I try to keep the level as close to peak as possible without any clip readings. That ensures higher CD playback volume and no clips.

I have the D1600v40 which you have to hand feed each song one at a time while burning a CD. I understand the Mark II has the "disk at once feature", but that doesn't help me. hehehe

The only problem I have had is a few disk errors, which optimizing the entire song from start to finsish will usually fix. I can see a reformat coming not too far down the road...

Great Value

I have had no problems to contact Korg about.

Looks good to me.

Rock, Country, other.

It puts out a very good, accurate sound.

I liked that it came with cd drive/burner. I really liked the touchscreen.

I am concerned about the harddrive and the cd drive. I don't want to wonder everytime I take it somewhere, will it come apart. The idea of it being protable is taken awway if iI have to take apart the drives.

This is definitely worth the money I paid for it and more.

Haven't had to deal with them.

How do you find a digital recorder sexy????

Active musician/aspiring producer

Gospel/Christian

Very expressive and responsive. Picks up with extreme sensitivity. I use the auditech. midnight blues series dynamic cardiod mics of different varieties, and have excellent results using little to no equalization. I am recording acoustic instruments and vocals, with one electric bass input, for a bluegrass band.

I'm glad it came with the cd drive. Least useful for me is the midi, I have no use for it. I wish there were a few more editing capabilities, such as are available with the Roland series, but that's why Roland is in a whole different price range. LOL.

The only worries I have are the touch screen dying out, so I once read oil from ones fingers kill these quickly, so I use a pointer to touch the screen, hoping to prolong it's life (I know you can access everything from the value dial too). The levers that eject the hard drive and cd from their wells are poorly made. The explainations on jumper settings is sketchy, especially on the cd drive,so I had to fiddle with it a few times, and these levers actually came apart from their attachments to the body of the case after 2 uses (they are only attached with plastic "rivets"). Otherwise, it seems it is built well, and everything is user friendly.

For the price, this is the best value on the market for ease of use, functions, number of inputs, capabilities, etc.

I'm unable to make an assessment at this time.

I really don't find equipment "sexy." It is a visually attractive piece of equipment with it's buffed silver exterior, the orange screen is easy on the eyes, the blending of the colors of the faders and such blend well with the overall color scheme. To a female buyer, it is, as I stated before, visually attractive, but it SO clashes with all my other equipment, which is basic black. Just joking.

Bluegrass, old-time country

Online effects are good but somewhat limited in chaining. You will need outside preamps and eq's for vocals.

It needs sends and returns for exterior processing, rewiring from speaker outs is a pain. I would say it offers more features then most on the market.

Have had several problems with the hard drive freezing up and have needed to reformat the hard drive twice. It is a very temprimental machine and has several programming gliches that cause freeze ups and lost data. Save your work often.

Quality for Dollar, even with gliches I still think this is the best deal around. Especially for people new to recording.

I have owned the machine 1 year now and have found that the Korg website and information is not very informative. Most of the info I have needed was found on the web chats.

Rock