Kurzweil SP5-8 - SP5 Introduction - Chapter 1; Introduction, Features, and Keyboard Details

Introduction
Main Features
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a Kurzweil SP5!
This manual will help you get acquainted with your new instrument. Be sure to keep the
manual on hand as you continue to familiarize yourself with the features and functions of
the SP5.
Main Features
The SP5 is a professional performance instrument. It boasts hundreds of preset excellent
sounds (including the famous Triple Strike Stereo Concert Grand Piano) already on-board
and ready to be played. It is also a capable MIDI controller ideally suited for controlling
additional sound modules and as input to a sequencer.
The SP5 also features the Kurzweil’s KB3 organ simulator designed to emulate classic tone
wheel organs like the Hammond B3.
Keyboard and Controllers
The SP5 has 88-key fully-weighted graded hammer keyboard action that provides you with
a piano-like feel without adding excessive weight to the instrument. The array of physical
controllers includes: