Despite my not so good experiences with the Studiologic MK1 version I probably will end up getting the MK2 version as I basically like the keyboard action on the MK1 and having a built in audio interface that you could use as a backup is certainly helpful. Have you tried the built in audio interface yet?
Hi!
What was your not so good experience with the mk1?I could not try the audio interface yet, I am spending my holiday and I don’t have any wired headphone with me, but as. soon as I reach back home I will give it a try…on the forums they are complaining that there is no ASIO driver…after a week of using this keyboard I did not have any problems but the buttons and the knobs feel cheap…the keybed is OK
Having 2 keys right near the middle of the keyboard stop working after having it for about a year. And the keyboard was not moved anywhere in that time. They do have a 2 year warranty which is good but the nearest authorized service center is about a 3 hour drive and it sat in the repair shop for a month and a half
I don’t expect the audio interface to be really good but hopefully good enough to use as a backup. I’m using a MacMini M4 so I don’t have deal with the driver issue. I’m definitely interested in how you and anyone else who has the MK2 think of it after using it for a while. I do think it’s a good value for the money and it’s not too heavy to transport but I just hope that all the notes still work after a year. Perhaps the MK2 is better constructed
so this is my concern too…I had use a kurzweil forte 7 more than 5 years and no issues at all with it, but shifting to softsynths I wanted to bring down the keyboard weight also beside the keyboard rack weight…my main audio interface is a radial engineering KL8 , which is quite good in USB world too
I too actually had a Kurzweil Forte 7. The only bad thing that happened with it was the paint started peeling off after about 2 years of owning it. Also I really do prefer having 88 keys though obviously 76 is a bit more portable,
mine is ok, no peeling at all, only a few scratches … I love it and for me was very confortable to work with it and no limitations found for my setups be it midi or sound wise…I will give it a try to the new model K2088, as a controller and a backup sound maker