| Keyboard:  | 76 note semi-weighted keyboard with mono pressure | 
| Display: | 2x20 character LCD w/ rear panel contrast knob | 
| Polyphony:  | 64-voice, dynamically allocated (upgradeable to 128 with the Polyphony Expansion option). | 
| Multitimbral: | 16 parts (one per MIDI channel) | 
| Factory Presets: | 536 Internal programs (incl. Orchestral ROM set). Expandable to 668 via Classic Keys Expansion and optional GM Bank install. | 
| Factory MIDI Setups:  | 32 factory programmed MIDI setups expandable to 96 via Expansion ROM Blocks. 128 user programmable MIDI setups, each with 4 independent zones, effects and arpeggiator settings. | 
| General MIDI: | available with the Orchestral ROM expansion (included in all units sold in the USA). | 
| KB3 Mode: | Kurzweil's proprietary modeled tone wheel organ technology. | 
| User Memory: | 256 locations for User created preset programs (128 for regular programs and 128 for KB3 programs) | 
| ROM Expansion Slots: | 2 | 
| Effects : | Dual Processors (A & B) offering: 58 Reverbs, 6 Delays, 10 Choruses, 6 Flangers, 3 Phasors, 4 Shapers, 2 Enhancers, 8 Filtered Effects, 4 Distortions, 1 Mono>Stereo, 3 Wide Stereo, 4 Compressors, 2 Panners, 7 Rotarys, Stereo Tremolo, and 44 combination effects chains utilizing Kurzweil1s unique Laserverb | 
| Effects Routing: | All 16 MIDI channels can send to A and to B in any amount. Also there is a global send from A to B for serial effects chaining. | 
| User Controllable EQ: | Global 3-Band | 
| MIDI: | In, Out, Thru (hardware switchable to copy of MIDI Out). | 
| Controllers:  | Pitch wheel, modulation wheel, 4 front panel sliders, 5 front panel switches (momentary or toggle, software selectable), 2 continuous control pedal inputs, 3 footswitch inputs, mono pressure, breath controller input, Super Ribbon input. | 
| Arpeggiator: | Full-featured MIDI note arpeggiator with multiple latch modes, selectable play order, velocity, duration, tempo, and sync functions. | 
| Outputs: | Two 1/4" balanced TRS analog (24-bit DACs), RCA digital w/ selectable format (AES/EBU, S/P-DIF), bit width (16, 18, 20, 24), and dithering. | 
| FREE OS Updates: | Flash ROM upgradeable (via system exclusive dumps) |