Korg D-1200 MKII

This is the latest version of Korgs D-1200.
Cool Dark Blue Finish(Matches My Triton Extreme).
Not dificult at all to use, I was able to track a few aprts in just a few minutes.
The manual is very clear and get you to were you want to be.
Not sure of the firmware/software version, its the latest version so I asume they have worked things out.
I havent updated it at all.
It was smartly designed with software dedicated knobs that make editing the guitar, bass and vocal patches quick and easy.

Korgs built in effects always sound good to me without much tweeking.

I am using this with a Yamaha ES-335 knock off, A Yamaha Active bass, A Korg Triton Extreme 61 key, Dual core athlon machine running Reason, Ableton and FL Studio, M-Audio BX-5a's and a Yamaha DTXpress Elctronic drum kit as well as a Shure SM-57 and a MXL condensor mic.

Everything seems to be very quiet and noise free.

Nice uncompressed sounding CD quality.
The only Gripe I have is that if you wish to record at 24bit you loose use of 6 tracks. But, since I mostly record at 16bit thats not a huge concern to me.

I havent had it long or taken it anyware but it seems tough enough to handle some road work.

Having had worked for a "Bigger" music chain, I had alot of people buy korg recorders and have very little complaints or breakage.
Cant say the same about Boss/Rolands(The rep was constantly in reloading the software on those VS Rolands).

Since I dont have ton of cash for two D-1200MKII's I do run without a backup.

I only give it an 8 cause I couldnt tell you much about relianility until I have had it for a year or two.

I have delt with the company direct and with reps and have to say I dont have a single complaint about their techs or people.

Very helpfull. E-mails are responded to fast.

I play every type of music from rock to nasty industrial. This works very well plus the USB conection alows me to edit and work on things post in a PC or Mac so thats very usefull.

I have been playing and recording for 15 year.

If someone stole it I would hurt em' and if I lost it I would shoot myself in the foot with a .45 .....

Its a far better made machine than the Tascams, Boss, Roland.
Its very comparable to Yamaha's quality(No Suprise as they were once the same company and are very friendly to one another, Heck they stager there releases of products as to not hurt one-another. Thats cool).

I do wish it a little bigger screen and a more graphical display for edits. I wouldnt need a PC at all.

I bought this machine so I wouldnt get all mucked up in the mire of trying to maintain my pc for recording.
So yes it helps me make music now. Rather than be a tech guy I get to be a song writter.

I think Korg is one of the better companys out there.

Unfortunatly it looks like this machine is being fazed out but for the $500 price tag it is worth it. Plus B&H Photo Video gives you a $50 gift card when you buy it.