| Features | |
| Year Made | 1985 |
| Original List Price | $1195 |
| Polyphony | 7 |
| Mulitimberal | 3+drums |
| Tones & Patches | 100 presets in melody section 20 in bass |
| Type of Synthesis | Analogue Synthisis (DCO's) |
| Effects | Chorus |
| Sequencer or Arpeggio | none |
| Drum Sets | 1 |
| MIDI | programmable 1-16 (default 1,2,3&10) |
| Outputs | Mix Out L & R +Melody, Chord,Bass, Drum |
| Backup | Sysex (sort of) |
| Options | none |
| My Comments |
| I have
been wanting one of these for about 3 years, so I can only say it had alot
of expectaions to live up to. Believe it or not it met them all!! This
little guy sounds incredible. Ok, there are four separate sections : Melody,
Chord Bass & Rhythm. Each section is controlled by its own MIDI channel
has its own volume slider and can have it's velocity sensitivitly set separately
as well. The Melody section has a polyphony of 2 and has a selection of
100 preset sounds (although I did think silence was a bit of a rip-off!).
The Chord section has a polyphony of 4 but cannot use the noise source
so only can use about 95 sounds. These 2 sections can be combined to create
a 6 note section (still no noise source). The Bass section is monophonic
and has aselection of 20 bass sounds. All are vevlocity sensitive. The
Rhythm section has 11 PCM samples that are typical of the time. Now for
the few bad things. There is no memory so you cannot store patches and
the MIDI channels will always power up at their default values. There is
no MIDI out (not really a big deal). There is the limitation of polyphony.
And also the sounds are presets, but it can be sent SYSEX! You can send
sounds via a sequencer or the juno 106 which is what this unit is based
on. The 3 synth secions can also be programmed through an arcane set of
button pushes. I have already sequenced a few songs with just this unit!
UPDATE July 18 2005 : Just a note, I have done some tinkering with the patches via sysex. It is not easy, but doable. One thing I found out when I downloaded the MKB-200 manual is that controller can actually send some specific SYSEX messages meant for the MKS-7!!! So I recorded them on my sequncer and it was quite a help. When I have more time ...
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I rate it 
I bought it for 200$ c I owned it from Dec 2004 - present Current PrePay value 203$ us |
| condition of my keyboard
cosmeticaly  The
melody slider is a bit bent, there are a few scratches on the front.
electronically Everything
works great! |
Status
2016: Still using it heavily for bass and drums, set up in rack 1 2012:Set up and in the rack. 2010: set up with the other keyboards in the basement. 2008: I at the moment have it set up in my dining room! I am gearing up for a live Beker show, and am practicing as much as possible. All the drums come from this unit! 2006: My favorite module, simply for it's versatility. And the sound ... wow. I was heart-broken to have to put this one away ... |
| Resources
FTG
- notes tips and many Docs including manuals for the whole mks line !!
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