Welcome to RETRO MACHINES MK2

Abstract

Welcome to the RETRO MACHINES MK2 online manual. Read this user guide and learn how to use RETRO MACHINES MK2 to play vintage synthesizer sounds in KONTAKT.

RETRO MACHINES MK2 is a collection of 16 definitive analog synthesizers and keyboards, lovingly sampled and refined for KONTAKT and the free KONTAKT PLAYER.

It covers the classic, the idiosyncratic, and the exotic instruments that defined electronic pop in the 70s and 80s. Today, the originals are hard to find, expensive, and often temperamental. RETRO MACHINES MK2 gives you thick, creamy, analog sound without the repairs and with all the benefits of state-of-the-art software technology.

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