For me, it was safe already one year ago. It’s a great machine, maybe my favorite.
If you buy it new and you recognize any issues, there is money-back and all those things…
Don’t worry too much.
Yeah, have had a AR mkII for about 8 months, use it a lot. It has froze twice, which happened quite awhile ago. I have read of someone’s freezing during a show but the firmware upgrade might have addressed this issue. These are pretty powerful machines and I haven’t been too concerned about mine breaking. That said, I haven’t toured with it or anything like that. They have 3 year warranties so I feel like chronic freezing or bugs should be addressed in the warranty.
It’s been a dream owning it - workflow is amazing.
Yet, I saw a friend’s rytm the other night and the pads weren’t responding correctly, similar to described above. It was a demo unit that sweetwater sent him. just make sure to test your equipment thoroughly when you get it!
Later!
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