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Roland • MKS-7 Super Quartet

The MKS-7 Super Quartet is a multitimbral synth module with dedicated sections. The Melody section: 2 voice polyphony, 100 presets; Chord section: 4 voice polyphony, 100 presets; Bass section: monophonic, 20 presets; Rhythm section: 11 PCM sounds. The sound and architecture of the Melody, Chord and Bass sections are the same as the Juno 106 synthesizer. The Rhythm section offers up a few basic electronic rock drum sounds borrowed from the TR-707.

The beauty of using this sound module is that all 4 sections are available at once. Drums, bass, leads and pads can all play independent parts and patches together making this a very nice all-in one vintage Roland tone module. Just like the Juno 106, the MKS-7 is also controllable via MIDI and System Exclusive messages for editing. Most Juno 106 editors will work for the MKS-7 too. An underrated machine.

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Todzilla

Posted 257 days ago

Very underrated little analog synth. Horrible programming interface and doesn't store patches over powerdown. But, it can do bubbly squishy resonant filter sounds like you wouldn't believe. Some dispute about this, but I'm told it has the same architecture as the Juno-106.

It also has a 4 part timbrality, with cool drum sounds, a mono bass synth, and two other synths which can be bridged as a 6 note polyphonic synth.

I love mine.

DnA

Posted 267 days ago

The MKS-7 is a great synth module. If you have one and have a PC with mid out, try this step sequencer with it: http://www.wizardmaster.com/bludgeonsoft /wmcp/
The MKS-7 performs flawlessly with it. It can even change patches with each note!

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