Hello,
For those of you who have an MK1, does it play nicely when synchronized to an external MIDI clock? Does everything work as expected in this scenario, in your experience?
I’m thinking of getting an MK2 since I discovered it, but the unreliability of its OS made me think that maybe the MK1 is still a “better” machine in certain regards, especially since I play live from time to time and really value stability.
Cheers
Hi,
No midi Sync issue with mk1 
That’s great, thank you
Got a MK2 on the way. Was a bit scared of all the talk about bugs, but been looking at this synth for a long time. Hopefully i wont regret it. 
I know you can P-lock/automate the regular parameters pr step. But can you also do that with the x-mod and x-env?
Well, I just got one (MK2) and it certainly sounds phenomenal; one of the best synths I’ve ever heard. But mine crashes a bit, I’m on the latest firmware 1.2.3r. Is there likely to ever be an upgrade for stability etc?
It’s actually not the most intuitive thing to drive though, and I’m not really a fan of the pseudo MPE buttons, it doesn’t add much imho and would be better off with clicky (good feedback) buttons like the mk1.
Not a deal breaker.
And neither are the crashes … not yet.
Quite an achievement, really. And a future classic I would say, if enough of them can stay alive for long enough.
But I think I’m done with boutique small synth companies on the other side of the world.
similar experiences to yours. sounds great when it’s working, but knowing whether or not it’s going to work makes it essentially useless to me. holding on to it in the hopes that they can sort out the firmware bugs which must be extensive, but i’m guessing at this point there’s gotta be some hardware problem underlying that aren’t being discussed in the open.
the forum’s been dead (as in down/not available) for a few weeks now too which is not a great sign either…especially after going to the trouble of making a ‘we’re not dead!’ post there a couple months ago.
hoping for the best but who knows. Mk2’s been out for what…2 years? 3 years? there’s really no excuse for issues continuing for so long for so many users.
Yeh, the crashing is annoying but it’s not unusable as long as you’re not on stage, live, I guess.
Such a brilliant toy otherwise.
So the verdict on the mk2? Unstable and prone to crashes? Not worth the investment at this point?
Depends on your patience. I havent had that many crashes. But there is some inconsistensies in how “p-locks” works. So some parameters works as described in the manual. But some i dont get to work at all.
It sounds good. And is really flexible. But its like a big collection of great ideas, but poorly/strangely implemented.
Thanks. I don’t play live or anything like that, I mostly want it as an idea generator, making sounds and loops to sample.
I just spent 30 min on mine now. And got 3-4 pretty cool loops. So it usable even if it is some bugs and oddities. hehe.
Its really awesome for hard gritty techno melodies.