Pink Floyd Patch Kurzweil K2500

Kurzweil Zone Kurzweil release the. Patch that simulates Pink Floyd's 'On The Run' synth patch. Versions available for the K2000, K2000VP/K2VX and K2500. 0PF Whistle Fx. Shine Minimoog. Astronomy Echorc. Take LFOPink Bass. Perc Days PFMoney Wha/Delay. Machine Moog. Sorrow Pad IDivision Pad.

  • 12 Artists Use This

  • Steve Winwood

    'No, I played Kurzweil this time. As you say I often played Minimoog in the past. Or DX7.' and 'No, I think it was one of the preset sounds on a copy of the ROM which was Kurzweil's accessory. Or maybe I used other sound module in the end. I can't remember how the patches were. But I don't dislike programming itself though I sometimes leave it to other people. Recently I use MARK OF THE UNICORN's Performer [a programming software for Macintosh] and a Macintosh as my main tools when I do it. However, as to the sounds of such vintage instruments as Wurlitzer's electric piano and Hammond organ or of such effects as wah wah, I use real ones more often than programmed ones. But this does not mean that I defy sound modules and sampled sounds.' - Charles Shimiz, Keyboard Magazine May 1997, interview talking to Steve Winwood's upcoming Junction Seven album - http://www.stevewinwood.com/news/6052

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  • Autechre

    Autechre's hardware samplers include the likes of the Ensoniq ESR and EPS, Kurzweil K2500, Emu E-Synth, and Casio samplers like the FZ1, FZ10, SK1, SK5 and SK100. 'Changing them is brilliant fun,' remarks Booth about the latter three, 'get the backs off them and a few bits of wire and have an amazing time. We mess around with electronics, and have loads of broken half-bits of gear lying around. I learned some things at college and can use a soldering iron.'

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  • Trent Reznor

    '...We don't really have many sample-based workstation-type keyboards in the studio, except for the Kurzweil K2500.' The K2xxx series was also used a lot on the downward spiral. The guitar for 'Hurt' is the acoustic guitar patch on the on the orchestral rom. The drums for 'The Becoming' were also programed on a K2xxx series.

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  • cEvin Key

    The mixing console at Subconscious Studios, with a Kurzweil K2500 in the desk, probably used as a master keyboard.

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  • Richard Wright

    The Kurzweil K2500 is know as 'the Pink Floyd Synth' for has been used by wright since it cames out

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  • John Bechdel

    SL: According to your opinion, which are the most legendary synths ever produced? JB: I’d have to go with the Memorymoog and PPG 2.3 Waveterm. I bough both in the mid 80’s and still have them, they are beautiful to look at and compliment each other. The Memorymoog is extremely versatile for an analog synth and the PPG system had unsurpassed digital technology with analog filters, a winning combo. I’m also a big FM fan, I used and owned the DX-7 II FD extensively and still own and use the SY-77 perhaps one of the most underrated synths of all time. As I mentioned, I love the Kurzweil 2500 for it’s playability, ROM based sounds and VAST sampling technology. I used it with Fear Factory live for years.

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  • Stephen Morris

    'The vocal choir part on 'Blue Monday' was sampled, and it was probably one of the first instances of someone sampling something from someone else's record. New Order originally used an Emulator II to play their samples live, but a lot of the time the Emulators wouldn't load up so the roadie would have to hit one of the legs with a hammer to start it working again — it was that kind of technology! So Steve had that part loaded up into his Kurzweil K2500.'

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  • Donald Fagen

    ' I do have a Triton and a Kurzweil K2500, and use them for special effects and when I can get away with only using part of the keyboard, like if I want to mimic a flute or a mallet instrument or an organ. Organs aren't tuneable, and are flat, weird-sounding anyway.'

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  • Butch Vig

    'I bought an Akai S1000 and a Kurzweil K2500 and those became writing tools for us.'

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  • Scott Walker

    This Sound On Sound article states: 'Since The Drift, Scott Walker has developed a working method distinct from his albums of the '80s and '90s, which involves him creating demo sketches of his songs in the sequencer of his Kurzweil K2500 keyboard workstation.'

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  • Craig Kerley

    Uses in the studio only.

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  • Ernst Horn

    As can be seen in the photograph, Ernst Horn used the Kurzweil K2500 keyboard for live performances.

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Sounds to Download

BassDrums and PercussionGuitarSound Effects Voice
Bells and Chimes EthnicKeyboardStringsWoodwinds
BrassFluteMiscellaneousSynthesizer

These are public domain sounds for the Kurzweil K2000/2500. They were collected from a variety of sources, including CompuServe, the University of Wisconsin ftp site, and the Bach.Nevada ftp site. We, of course, can take no responsibility for the quality of these sounds but invite you to give them a try; some of them are excellent. You'll need to copy the .KRZ files to a K2000 (or ms-dos) formatted floppy disk using your PC or Mac. Sounds with .KR1 .KR2 extensions are multiple-disk sets and must be renamed with a .KRZ extension after they are on the floppy disk.

BASS
Synthetic bass sound
bassman.krz. . . 33 kb
bassman.txt. . . 92 bytes
Big fm stick
bigfmstk.kr1.krz. . . 1421 kb
bigfmstk.kr2.krz. . . 9 kb
A small bass sample
crowbass.krz. . . 8kb
crowbass.txt. . . 47 bytes
Double bass
dblbass.krz. . . 929 kb
A nice wooly bass sample
dubbass1.krz. . . 5 kb
dubbass1.txt. . . 52 bytes
Bass sound
e3_bass.krz. . . 201 kb
e3_bass1.txt. . . 83 bytes
Fast Bass
fastbass.krz. . . 29 kb
FM bass
fmbass1.krz. . . 26 kb
fmbass1.txt. . . 70 bytes
Fretless bass
fretless.krz. . . 760 kb
Moog bass
moogbass.krz. . . 115 kb
moogbass.txt. . . 95 bytes
Bass synth sounds
poly6seq.krz. . . 1110 kb
poly6seq.txt. . . 182 bytes
Electric bass
realbass.krz. . . 926 kb
realbass.txt. . . 877 bytes
Scoop bass
scoopbas.krz. . . 738 kb
Roland SH-09 bass sounds
sh09bass.krz. . . 330 kb
sh09bass.txt. . . 70 bytes
Stand-up bass
standbas.krz. . . 140 kb
standbas.txt. . . 910 bytes
A small bass sample
stubass1.krz. . . 16 kb
stubass1.txt. . . 49 bytes
Synth bass
syntbas2.krz. . . 236 kb
synthbas.krz. . . 290 kb
Imitation TR303 bass sounds
tb303gr.krz. . . 142 kb
tb303gr.txt. . . 162 bytes
Roland TB303 emulations
tb303pat.krz. . . 1 kb
tb303pat.txt. . . 339 bytes
The stick
thestick.krz. . . 741 kb
K2500Patch
BELLS and CHIMES
AKAI chimes
akaichim.krz. . . 1379 kb
akaichim.txt. . . 4 kb
Big bells
bigbells.krz. . . 1070 kb
Ding
ding.krz. . . 16 kb
ding.txt. . . 96 bytes
Sleigh bells
sbells.krz. . . 263 kb
sbells.txt. . . 63 bytes
EMAX tubular & S50 marimba sound
tubular.krz. . . 141 kb
tubular.txt. . . 80 bytes
Wind chimes
wchimes.krz. . . 95 kb
wchimes.krz.Z. . . 75 kb
wchimes.txt. . . 90 bytes

BRASS
Two french horns
bothfrhn.krz . . . 571 kb
'Big Band' brass section
brasps11.kr1.krz . . . 1420 kb
brasps11.kr2.krz . . .35 kb
brasps11.txt . . . 1 kb
Falling brass sound
brassfal.krz . . .72 kb
brassfal.txt . . .92 bytes
French horn
frenchrn.kr1.krz . . . 333 kb
frenchrn.kr2.krz . . . 840 kb
Muted french horn
mutdfrhn.krz . . . 238 kb
Rnr brass
rnrbrass.krz . . . 263 kb
Filtered fat synth brass sound
synbrass.krz . . . 164 kb
synbrass.txt . . . 104 bytes
Trumpet
trumpet.krz . . .837 kb
Trumpets
trumpets.krz . . . 1222 kb
Tuba
tuba.krz . . . 432 kb

DRUMS and PERCUSSION
Akai drums
akaiperc.krz . . . 780 kb
akaiperc.txt . . . 5 kb
Akai drum samples
akaifunk.krz . . . 1276 kb
akaifunk.txt . . . 5 kb
Alesis drums
alesisdr.krz . . . 775 kb
Beat
beat.krz . . . 136 kb
Beat at 125 bpm
bt125bpm.krz . . . 262 kb
Choice drums
choicdrm.krz . . . 731 kb
Conga
cnga-tmb.krz . . . 469 kb
Cymbal
cymbal.krz . . . 1307 kb
Dance Drums
dancedru.krz . . . 464 kb
Beat at 125 bpm
dr125bpm.krz . . . 170 kb
Ambient drums
drambien.krz . . . 226 kb
Drums
drmfile.krz . . . 946 kb
Boss drum pad
drpad.krz . . . 1377 kb
drpad.txt . . . 766 bytes
Drums, bass and distorted solo guitar
drumgits.krz . . . 188 kb
drumgits.txt . . . 127 bytes
Drum kit
drumkits.krz . . . 680 kb
drumkit2.krz . . . 415 kb
drumkit3.krz . . . 455 kb
Percussion sequence
dsp4.krz . . . 54 kb
dsp4.txt . . . 100 bytes
Electronic Drums
elecdrum.krz . . . 227 kb
EPS drum sounds
epsdrums.krz . . . 248 kb
epsdrums.txt . . . 108 bytes
Finger snap
fingersn.krz . . . 12 kb
Gong
gong.krz . . . 126 kb
gong.txt . . . 66 bytes
Jim's kit
jimskit.krz . . . 944 kb
Single kick drum
kick001.krz . . . 25 kb
kick001.txt . . . 90 bytes
Industrial percussion
idstperc.krz . . . 564 kb
idstperc.txt . . . 74 bytes
Linn drum machine
linndrum.krz . . . 673 kb
M1 drum sounds
m1drums.krz . . . 975 kb
Marimba
marimba.krz . . . 12 kb
marimba.txt . . . 84 bytes
Metal percussion
metlperc.kr1.krz . . . 1421 kb
metlperc.kr2.krz . . . 420 kb
metlperc.txt . . . 114 bytes
Snare
milisnar.krz . . . 290 kb
Percussion
percussi.krz . . . 1200 kb
R100 drum
r100drum.krz . . . 455 kb
Rap drums
rap.txt . . . 118 bytes
rapkit.krz . . . 309 kb
rapscrat.krz . . . 44 kb
Simmons SDS8
simmons.krz . . . 295 kb
simmons.txt . . . 722 bytes
Drum sounds
skinperc.krz . . . 162 kb
skinperc.txt . . . 104 bytes
Snaps + stuff sounds
snapstuf.krz . . . 56 kb
snapstuf.txt . . . 66 bytes
Different exotic drum sounds
stckperc.krz . . . 629 kb
stckperc.txt . . . 152 bytes
Steel drums
steeldrm.krz . . . 257 kb
Synclavier drum sounds
syncdrum.krz . . . 74 kb
syncdrum.txt . . . 69 bytes
Techno percussion
techno01.krz . . . 593 kb
technos.txt . . . 115 bytes
Tympani
timpgcff.krz . . . 163 kb
timpgcmf.krz . . . 145 kb

ETHNIC
African
african.krz . . . 659 kb
african.txt . . . 1 kb

Indian
indiperc.krz . . . 390 kb
indiperc.txt . . . 70 bytes
sitar.krz . . . 1034 kb

Korean
koreaprc.krz . . . 813 kb
koreaprc.txt . . . 4 kb

FLUTE
Flute
flute.krz . . . 829 kb
flute1.krz . . . 148 kb
flute2.krz . . . 923 kb
Flute
flute3.krz . . . 38 kb
flute3.txt . . . 82 bytes
Recorder
recorder.krz . . . 280 kb
Five shakuhachi sounds
shaku.krz . . . 285 kb
shaku.txt . . . 107 bytes
Shakuhachi
shakuhac.krz . . . 178 kb
shakuhac.txt . . . 100 bytes
Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer Shakuhachi
sledge.krz . . . 234 kb
sledge.txt . . . 139 bytes

GUITAR
Acoustic guitar
acguit.krz . . . 772 kb
Acoustic guitar
acstguit.krz . . . 651 kb
Classical guitar
classgtr.krz . . . 1359 kb
Clean riff
cleanrif.krz . . . 89 kb
Clean guitar
clguitar.krz . . . 532 kb
Dream guitar
dreamgtr.krz . . . 477 kb
Dulcimer
dulcimer.krz . . . 501 kb
Filtered harp-like sound
eterharp.krz . . . 16 kb
eterharp.txt . . . 97 bytes
Fender strat 68
fenderst.kr1.krz . . . 710 kb
fenderst.kr2.krz . . . 462 kb
fenderst.txt . . . 1 kb
Finger squeak guitar sound
sqeekgtr.krz . . . 1016 bytes
squeekgtr.txt . . . 783 bytes
Distorted guitarstring noise
guitloop.krz . . . 143 kb
guitloop.txt . . . 102 bytes
Harp
harpfile.krz . . . 1346 kb
Harp
harpstrg.krz . . . 396 kb
Guitar major and minor triads
ozguit.krz . . . 959 kb
ozguit.txt . . . 82 bytes
Acoustic guitar
presacst.krz . . . 4 kb
Electric guitar
preselec.krz . . . 3 kb

Pluck
p5pluck.krz . . . 53 kb

Rock guitar
rockgtr1.krz . . . 900 kb

KEYBOARD
Piano
brtpiano.krz . . . 934 kb
CME piano
cmepiano.krz . . . 3 kb
CP70
cp70.krz . . . 1338 kb
Dark piano
darkpno.krz . . . 616
darkpno.txt . . . 353
DXE piano
dxepiano.krz . . . 752 kb
Roland JV80 electric piano samples
jv80ep.krz . . . 145 kb
jv80ep.txt . . . 149 bytes
Piano
piano.krz . . . 968 kb
Pop piano
pop_pian.krz . . . 282 kb
pop_pian.txt . . . 99
Steinway
steinway.krz . . . 953 kb
steinway.txt . . . 96
Hammond B3 organ
b3.krz . . . 688 kb
b3.txt . . . 121
Farfisa
farfisa.krz . . . 498 kb
Hammond
hammond.krz . . . 589 kb
Pipe organ
pipeorgn.krz . . . 1234 kb
Celeste
celestia.krz . . . 286 kb
celestia.txt . . . 117
Clavinet
clavdst.krz . . . 172 kb
clavdst.txt . . . 28
Clavinet
clavinet.krz . . . 336 kb

Electric organ and piano sounds
from a bass sample

dubeporg.krz . . . 5 kb
dubeporg.txt . . . 124 bytes

Programs and accordion samples
hapmkdmo.krz . . . 252 kb
hapmkdmo.txt . . . 228 bytes
Harpsichord
harpsi.krz . . . 500 kb
harpsi.txt . . . 168

Roland JV80 Clav
jv80clav.krz . . . 95 kb
jv80clav.txt . . . 139

Synclavier
synclavs.krz . . . 382 kb
synclavs.txt . . . 112

MISCELLANEOUS

andycmdf.krz . . . 68 kb
angkorw.krz . . . 799 kb
dynamohm.krz . . . 109 kb

stardust.krz . . . 731 kb

hrd2kill.krz . . . 52 kb

presefx.krz . . . 8 kb
midilayr.kr1.krz . . . 1421 kb
midilayr.kr2.krz . . . 244 kb
ocoercdr.krz . . . 1063 kb
Pink Floyd 'Darkside'
pinkflyd.krz . . . 17 kb
pinkfl25.k25 . . . 20 kb
pinkf_vx.krz . . . 32 kb
Kurzweil sound banks
xprogs1.krz . . . 17 kb
xprogs2.krz . . . 20 kb
xprogs3.krz . . . 32 kb

xprogs4.krz . . . 31 kb
xprogs5.krz . . . 47 kb
xprogs6.krz . . . 26 kb

xprogs7.krz . . . 12 kb
xprogs8.krz . . . 30 kb
xprogs9.krz . . . 17 kb
Kurzweil version 1.0 built-in sounds
10prg099.krz . . . 95 Kb

SOUND EFFECTS
Bird Sounds
birdsng1.krz . . . 178 kb
birdsng1.txt . . . 93 bytes
Car crash
carcrash.krz . . . 128 kb
carcrash.txt . . . 97 bytes
Cuckoo clock
cucu.krz . . . 128 kb
cucu.txt . . . 93 bytes
Delay fx
delayfx.krz . . . 1 kb
Dragster
dragster.krz . . . 284 kb
Panner and FUNs
driftpan.krz . . . 852 bytes
driftpan.txt . . . 2 kb
Waterdrops
drippy.krz . . . 225 kb
drippy.txt . . . 98 bytes
Efx disc
efxdisc.krz . . . 6 kb
Fire
fire.krz . . . 233 kb
Flange fx
flangefx.krz . . . 1 kb
Fx programs
fxprogs.krz . . . 12 kb
Gate reverb
gatedvrb.krz . . . 484 bytes

Breaking glass
glassbrk.krz . . . 32 kb

Glass
glassswp.krz . . . 320 kb
Gunshots
gunshots.krz . . . 966 kb
gunshots.txt . . . 621 bytes

Helicopter
helicptr.krz . . . 603 kb

Hits
hitit.krz . . . 1401 kb
hits.krz . . . 39 kb

Pong hit
ponghit.krz . . . 242 kb

Rain
rain_1.krz . . . 101 kb
rain_1.txt . . . 89 bytes

Ocean sounds
seavoice.krz . . . 716 kb
seavoice.txt . . . 299 bytes
Splash, carriage & gong
soundfx1.kr1.krz . . . 1421 kb
soundfx1.kr2.krz . . . 1089 kb
soundfx1.txt . . . 961 bytes

Three Stooges
stooges.krz . . . 1146 kb

Storms
storms.krz . . . 993 kb
storms.readme . . . 979 bytes

Reverb hall
verbhall.krz . . . 1 kb
Vincent Price's evil laugh from the end of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
vincent.kr1.krz . . . 1420 kb
vincent.kr2.krz . . . 788 kb
vincent.txt . . . 189 bytes

Wayne's World
wayneswd.kr1.krz . . . 1419 kb
.krzwayneswd.kr1.zip . . . 1242 kb
wayneswd.kr2.krz . . . 824 kb
wayneswd.kr3.krz . . . 950 kb
wayneswd.txt.zip . . . 434 bytes

Toilet flush
wcflush.krz . . . 428 kb
wcflush.txt . . . 133 bytes

STRINGS
String sound from Ensoniq EPS
epsstrng.krz . . . 473 kb
epsstrng.txt . . . 102 bytes
High strings
histring.krz . . . 927 kb
histring.txt . . . 95 bytes
Roland JV80 violin
jv80violn.krz . . . 259 kb
Low strings
lostring.krz . . . 897 kb
lostring.txt . . . 95 bytes

Pizzicato strings
pizzacat.krz . . . 133 kb

Pizzicato strings
pizzi1.krz . . . 242 kb
pizzi1.txt . . . 87 bytes
pizzica2.krz . . . 318 kb
Orchestra
presorch.krz . . . 3 kb
Pizziato strings
propizzi.krz . . . 289 kb
Vibrato violin
quartet.krz . . . 399 kb
quartet.txt . . . 98 bytes
9 different strings
strngsct.kr1.krz . . . 1421 kb
strngsct.kr2.krz . . . 977 kb
strngsct.txt . . . 117 bytes
Strings
strvoxbl.krz . . . 916 kb
Strings
sxstring.krz . . . 274 kb
sxstring.txt . . . 100 bytes
Strings
tiny_str.krz . . . 65 kb
tiny_str.txt . . . 94 bytes
Violin
violin.krz . . . 695 kb

Kurzweil K2500s Weight

SYNTHESIZER
Fat synth sound
coldwatr.krz . . . 120 kb
coldwatr.txt . . .96 bytes
Interesting synth sound
dsp3.krz . . . 96 kb
dsp3.txt . . . 117 bytes
Yamaha DX7
dx7works.krz . . . 141 kb
dx7works.txt . . . 109 bytes
Emu
emusp12.krz . . . 916 kb
Fantasia
fantasia.krz . . . 783 kb
Roland JD-800 'Crystal Rhodes'
jbstab.krz . . . 55 kb
jdcrystl.krz . . . 1420 kb
jdcrystl.txt . . . 1 kb
M1 universe sound
m1univrs.krz . . . 1055 kb
Frequency modulated sounds
monopoly.krz . . . 366 kb
monopoly.txt . . . 109 bytes
Moog
moog1.kr1.krz . . . 1421 kb
moog1.kr2.krz . . . 77 kb
New ages
newages.krz . . . 304 kb
Oberheim
obmtrx12.kr1.krz . . . 1340 kb
obmtrx12.kr2.krz . . . 1340 kb
obmtrx12.kr3.krz . . . 1340 kb
obmtrx12.kr4.krz . . . 127 kb
Techno (Depeche Mode, Erasure,
New Order) sounds

omatall.krz . . . 81 kb
omatall.txt . . . 391 bytes
Pressynth
pressyn1.krz . . . 30 kb
pressyn2.krz . . . 19 kb
Rave synth
rave1.krz . . . 264 kb
rave1.txt . . . 875 bytes
Analog sounds
rjs_analog_sounds.zip . . . 8 kb
ASR10 vocal, pad, synth
speceff.kr1.krz . . . 1421 kb
speceff.kr2.krz . . . 694 kb
spectre.krz . . . 71 kb
spectre.txt . . . 1 kb
Mystic synth
spirits.krz . . . 56 kb
spirits.txt . . . 92 bytes
Yamaha SY77
sy77tine.krz . . . 1385 kb
Synth
synth01.krz . . . 808 kb
Wave sequence
wave001.krz . . . 603 kb
wave001.txt . . . 76 bytes
Complex synth sound
widor.krz . . . 83 kb
widor.txt . . . 89 bytes

VOICE
Bass voice
basvoice.kr1.krz . . . 1340 kb
basvoice.kr2.krz . . . 440 kb
Boys choir
boychoir.krz . . . 780 kb
Chorus
chorus.krz . . . 294 bytes
Choir pad
eleison3.krz . . . 190 kb
eleison3.txt . . . 2 kb
James Brown
jamesbrn.krz . . . 531 kb
jamesbrn.txt . . . 42 bytes
Tibetan Monks
monksvox.kr1.krz . . . 1340 kb
monksvox.kr2.krz . . . 1270 kb
monksvox.txt . . . 1 kb
New voice
newvoice.kr1.krz . . . 1340 kb
newvoice.kr2.krz . . . 632 kb
Chorus
preschor.krz . . . 4 kb
Rhythmic speech sounds
s50voice.krz . . . 376 kb
s50voice.txt . . . 117 bytes
Vocals
vocalz.kr1.krz . . . 1421 kb
vocalz.kr2.krz . . . 600 kb

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WOODWINDS
Bass clarinet
bassclar.krz . . . 549 kb
Bassoon
bassoon2.krz . . . 379 kb
English Horn
enghorn.krz . . . 339 kb
Oboe
oboe.krz . . . 310 kb
oboe2.krz . . . 881 kb
oboercdr.krz . . . 1063 kb
Sax/brass
saxbrass.krz . . . 1303 kb
Shinoboe
shinoboe.krz . . . 17 kb
Two bassoons
twobsns.krz . . . 495 kb
Two synth basoons
twosynbs.krz . . . 527 kb