fred,
does the k2600 have any arabic or western sounds?

Yes it does, allthough I cannot recall which ones, but even if it had no arabic or other ethnic sounds, it does not matter, because you can Load/Fill any bank with any sound.
(*raw*wav*aif - emu-akai- etc...)

Some very good examples can be heard on;
(I think someone was looking for a steinway)
http://www.pyramid-sound.com
http://www.boldersounds.com

Fred

Well Fred,

You are right about that. The Kurzweil sounds are u-n-b-e-l-i-e-v-a-b-l-e.

But there IS a new Kurzweil coming WITH an arranger.

Ilija

PS Waar in Nederland?

Kurzweil has had a number of arranger-type boards for a while, under the guise of the piano-type home instruments. They sound pretty good, but not as good as K2600; they don't have expandable/editable sound set or built-in sampling. The number of styles is fairly small - IMHO they lag behind the top-of-the line offerings from Yamaha, Roland, and even Technics. They are also way too expensive for me.

I hope the instrument Ilija is talking about is a portable keyboard with many of the features of K2600 plus auto-accompaniment styles, rather than one of the home-keyboard piano-type insturments.