While I’m aware I’m being quite isolated and biased with my opinion, i prefer the mki over the mkii sound wise. I bought the mki when it arrived at the shelves in 2012, so 10 years I’m used to it. Last year I gave the mkii a try and bought it for testing. Reason for that was a possible step up in Sound quality (mainly in the bass region) and workflow enhancement. I connected both side by side and loaded my crafted Sounds onto the mkii. I played sequences side by side and could recognise a different, more full bass Sound on the mkii with the exact same settings. With a few tweaks the mki could hold up. But what I also recognised was a different character, mainly in higher frequency regions. The mki had a more hollow, fragile but detailed Soundcharacter in a very pleasant way. With patches i use since years, the difference was subtle but there. This character was gone on the mkii - on some patches more then on others. And while I’m set with bass beefy analog synths, the mkii had lost me with this loss of character. Maybe I’m biased on this, but the mkii went back and the mki is holding strong here. If I hadn’t had the direct comparison and would need a great 4 poly synth, it had stayed for sure. I remember some few here preferring the chracterof the mki too and I totally know what they are referring to.
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