NI KA6 Mkll Review Sept 2019.

Everso pleased though I was to see Robin Vincent's review of a KA 6 I was rather miffed that a couple points were missed that I would have liked to have seen covered?
No mention of the quality of the microphone pre amps. The ones on my Mk1 are very quiet but 6dB more gain would be handy. Have NI done this and if so are they still as quiet?
The Mk has very poor phantom power capabilty, no doubt due to the AI doing so much with just bus power. I would liked NI to have improved this even at the expense of providing external power. I also hope the extra headphone output is not at the expense of performance in other areas? The original was not exactly deafening anyway!
Lastly, much space was given to the DC coupled outputs. Ok, not in the least interesting to me but even so, went on a bit IMHO at the expense of stuff I would liked to have read. Oh, and it is a shame NI have dropped the Cubase bundle?
When the Mkll was announced I spent some time trying to find a proper specification and user manual for it. No joy. Since posting the above I have tried again. Again no joy, just a scabby "quick start guide". People have complained to NI about this lack and I add my voice to them. I have been keen to the point of hissing people off in my reccy of the KA6! I shall keep my council now until NI do some decent documentation. Has the management been captured by Uli mayhap?
Dave.
No mention of the quality of the microphone pre amps. The ones on my Mk1 are very quiet but 6dB more gain would be handy. Have NI done this and if so are they still as quiet?
The Mk has very poor phantom power capabilty, no doubt due to the AI doing so much with just bus power. I would liked NI to have improved this even at the expense of providing external power. I also hope the extra headphone output is not at the expense of performance in other areas? The original was not exactly deafening anyway!
Lastly, much space was given to the DC coupled outputs. Ok, not in the least interesting to me but even so, went on a bit IMHO at the expense of stuff I would liked to have read. Oh, and it is a shame NI have dropped the Cubase bundle?
When the Mkll was announced I spent some time trying to find a proper specification and user manual for it. No joy. Since posting the above I have tried again. Again no joy, just a scabby "quick start guide". People have complained to NI about this lack and I add my voice to them. I have been keen to the point of hissing people off in my reccy of the KA6! I shall keep my council now until NI do some decent documentation. Has the management been captured by Uli mayhap?
Dave.