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Kurzweil 1000PX expander module, 1980's ROMpler - $149 (Van Nuys)
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1000PX PROFESSIONAL EXPANDER (120 PRESETS)
Piano
String
Choir
Acoustic Bass
Vibes
Organs
Clarinet
Trumpet
Baritone Horn
Waveforms
The 1000‑series boast two types of onboard effects: compiled and modular. Compiled effects comprise familiar fare: Vibrato, Tremolo, Chorus, Phaser and Leslie, with variations of each. Some compiled effects use 'hidden' layers; some of the chorus effects, for example, are created by actually layering multiple versions of your soundfile on top of each other and detuning them. This does mean that with, say, Chorus 3 activated, only one soundfile or layer can be used, as the other three layers will be taken up with the variations of the soundfile required to create the effect (I thought that my PX module had gone phut until I realised this).
So far, so normal. But then we come to the truly far‑out Modular effects section. Here we have two LFOs, two envelopes (ASR), two Inverters (which turn the waveform upside down) and two Negators (which turn them back to front), and pitch and amplitude control. And all of those are per layer. Then add to that two Global LFOs and ASRs which can be applied to the entire program. In short, there's a lot of synthesis capability lurking in a 1000 module!