Highlights
- Stereo and panning. Output channels pair up into stereo, with a pan position per sound and an editor for setting it.
- Step editing. A step can be opened after it has been recorded and its parameters changed. Until now a step could only be erased and entered again.
- Automation. Moves on the filter, filter 2, gain and LFO pages can be recorded live from the sliders, along with drive, pan spread and pitch error, and everything else entered a step at a time.
- An LFO for each sound, on pitch, filter cutoff and gain.
- Polyphonic and gated playback, from the pads and over MIDI, with chords in the step sequencer.
- Sounds save to the card as WAV, and the card can be managed from the machine.
Sequencing
- Step Edit. Hold Tap/Repeat and press a pad to open a step and change what it does: pitch, velocity, duration, panning, delay, cutoff, both filters, the gain envelope and the LFO, across fourteen pages.
- A step can hold several notes as a chord, each with parameters of its own.
- Polyphony in the step sequencer, with note length, delay and pitch set per step, high-quality pitch included.
- Up to six segments play together, each with its own length, for polymeter.
- Slides between notes, with a default slide speed per sound.
- Gated playback.
- Progress and playback indicators for segments and songs.
Sound
- Automation in a pattern. Every slider on the filter, filter 2, gain and LFO pages can be recorded while the sequencer runs, by holding Tap/Repeat; pitch, panning, drive and the rest are entered a step at a time. A recorded move holds for the notes that follow, and moving the same slider by hand takes the parameter over for that sound until you hand it back.
- An LFO for each sound on pitch, filter cutoff and gain, with rate, delay, depth, start phase and sync, and a master depth over the lot.
- Crossfade looping.
- Pitch range extended to ±36 semitones.
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Last checked 17 Oct 2026
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Download the .mfw firmware file from the MKSREC downloads page and copy it to the root folder of the SD card. Make sure there are no other .mfw files on the card. Power off the sampler, then power it on and immediately press and hold Setup. When the sampler finds the firmware it asks whether to update: press 9 (yes) to proceed or 7 (no) to cancel. Keep the machine powered on during the update; it restarts when the update is complete. Projects saved with a newer firmware do not load on older versions. To check the installed version, select Setup 99 (Version).
The latest firmware for the MKSREC 1 is version 180926, released on 18 Sep 2026. FW//RADAR last checked MKSREC's official page on 17 Oct 2026.
How do I update the MKSREC 1?
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