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Published on 09/27/04 at 05:31
The KS Rack is designed with a clearance at the rear, thereby placing it in a rack without losing a unit above for jacks and other measures noon. It is five units high and has an internal power supply.
Originally, it comes with 200 presets and much in Program Performance. There are 200 user for each category, plus the sounds of plants are erasable. It is equipped with a multi FX with 6 different effects with some editable parameters, more than enough for me.
The connector includes the usual trio twelve o'clock, a headphone jack, an input and four output (+ to hand out).
This is a VA synth, it produces electronic sounds. But the oscilloscope waveforms samplées also have to have a wide variety of sounds, such as a Wurlitzer. But do not look in the General Midi synth (and good).

UTILIZATION

I have this synth for only four days, but for me a model of ergonomics. Everything is clear, direct access to the settings from the front with multiple controllers, manual well written and objective en français sorry, no French version for the moment! But it will certainly come. I would but only 9 for this reason, thinking of the non-English speakers who may galleys. Otherwise, I think I would have been 10!

SOUNDS

I bought this synth sounds used for teak, trance, trip hop. That's exactly what I was looking like sounds! Nothing more to add.

CHANGE OF 29/12/2003:
Unfortunately, this synth has a bp, which may explain its low price in Turnkey (about € 450). The sounds are good but accompanied by cracking! The pb is + or - according intense users, but is very common.

A solution that works with me: to increase the attack to 8 mini, because it would be a problem of closure.

Long silent despite the posts on the forum of SOS, Novation has finally responded to Use: they will do an update of the OS in March 2004 (!!!! foutage of big mouth) and a pdf for "help" delete bp.

So, the note takes a hit in the face!

CHANGE OF 27/09/04:

A few almost six months late, the update of the OS is finally here and has solved the problem completely at home.
The VAS Novation has finally restarted.

So, I give him the deserved rating.

OVERALL OPINION

At first, I loved this synth. The sounds are terrible, editing hyper efficient and amazingly low prices. It is found in Germany at € 890 and I got to 690 € chez Star's music (do not rush, they have more at this time and apparently was a mistake in the labeling ...).

I do not know if it actually plays of the bp, but is found currently in € 450. What, you're not placing your order ?!!!! Go, quickly before there was more.

Too bad though that Novation has been slow to react to provide an OS.