Members shawnl Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 So I found someone selling a novation ks4 for $300. I already own a kstation which I adore and wonder if having a larger version with more polyphony and multitimbrality to pair it with would be beneficial or just plain redundant. thoughts anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Suilebhain Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I'd say $300 is a no-brainer as long as you can still pay your rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zzzxtreme Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 plain redundant unless of course u're gonna sell the kstation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 It has a {censored}ty keyboard. Get an Ultranova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k2500x Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Love the sound on mine. Although I have experienced the 'phantom knob turning' that plague these units. Really sucks when you're trying to play the thing and all the sudden the filter just shuts all the way down on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Suilebhain Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 It has a {censored}ty keyboard.Get an Ultranova. I agree with this, but you can't get one for $300 (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shawnl Posted August 4, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I like how direct and simplistic everything is on the ks series synths. It's almost a knob-per-function layout. I feel like novation has lost some of that with it's newer line and has cheapened itself with plastic build quality. I don't feel impressed with the ultranova for this reason. Originally, I bought an 61 key xstation but sent it back because it arrived broken and just didn't have the same feel as my kstation. It supposedly had semi-weighted keyboard but sure didn't feel that way to me. I haven't had the chance to play an ultranova so perhaps its not fair to make such presumptions, but if it's built anything like the xstation I'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liliththekitten Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 I like the x-station layout but the knobs and sliders are plastic-y feeling like my SL MKI and I think thats when they started having reliability issues. I use it with V-station and I still like the combo. The UltraNova seems to be a lot nicer in sound and build when I've played with it in the store and I'd like to get one. But I'm interested the KS4 and rack if the build quality is nicer than the X-station et al and 4-part multitimbrality sounds good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gordonwiebe Posted August 5, 2011 Members Share Posted August 5, 2011 go for it! it's like having 4 k-stations with more hands on control.You could probably get close to $300 for the k afterwards. are you in the GTA by the way? Did you pull the trigger already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted August 5, 2011 Members Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yeah sell the K-station for 300 later, it's like you traded 1 for 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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