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A versatile box. It has no ram memory. User made sounds cannot be stored in the machine. However, if you use Sounddiver – or possibly another software editor – all home brew sounds can be stored on your hard drive and loaded in the MKS instantly. The lack of storage memory no longer is a problem. Furthermore, through Sounddiver I connect the knobs of my midi controller to the functions of the MKS-7. Thus, I have hands-on control.
I like its sound. Never played a Juno 106, but it’s supposed to be same, with the addition of multitimbrality, a tr707 (without the sequencer) and a dedicated bass synth.
There are three synth parts, a 4 voice part, a 2 voice part, and a 1 voice bass synth. The difference between the 2 and 4 voice parts is that the former has a noise parameter. These parts can be combined to form one 6 voice synth – indeed, a Juno 106 in a box.
The difference between the 2 and 4 voice parts and the bass synth is that the latter does not have a suboscillator and a shorter, but very precise ADSR envelope (both use 127 steps, but as the bass synth’s envelope is shorter, it is more precise).
Each synth has its own edit buffer, so while editing you can switch from synth to synth and each synth will remember its last settings until you switch it off. It has 4 seperate output, in addition to a stereo output.
In any case, if you have a software midi editor that can handle the MKS-7, buy an MKS instead of a Juno. It’s cheaper, has more possibilities and can be racked. The editor removes its downsides.
The only problem with mine is that its output is noisy. But its an old synth and it’s nothing a noise gate can’t handle. I use it a lot.
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