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Original Message Date: 29-Jan-98 @ 12:53 PM - MC-505 on sale

csg6031

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Hi, I was in my local proaudio/music shop this
morning,

And they had a roland MC-505 running some demos.
is it already available in UK Shops?.

It had some pretty convincing Drum & Bass demos in it.
But somehow I got this audio equivalent of 'painting by numbers' feeling.

Anyway for the interested, they asked fl 2400,-
for it as an introductionairy price. later it will
be fl 2900,-.
Divide these numbers by 3.5 to obtain the price in
UK pounds.

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Message 11/66 08-Feb-98 @ 06:51 PM - RE: MC-505 on sale

cybr0

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I bought my 505 in Japan last week for 99000 yen. While I am still waiting on an English manual I have found that it is has a totally awesome sounds & functions. I will put some of my explorations onto a ftp site in a week or so. I have to say though the Dbeam is just too cool! Those trying it in a shop should have a go at the Adlib mode with one of the great tb patches (they kick even better than my JP8K)and move your hand about 1 foot above it moving slightly up and down while using your other hand to drive the cutoff/resonance. This thing is totally going to be the bomb in a live sitution. Takes a while to master though so sit back and play with it until you become one with the beam.

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Message 12/66 09-Feb-98 @ 01:54 PM - RE: MC-505 on sale

Avene

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They shouldn't have called it a 505, people such as myself may get it confused with the TR505 which Schoolly D used to use.

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Message 13/66 09-Feb-98 @ 02:02 PM - RE: MC-505 on sale

kilo

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yup.....at 300 the mc-303 is a decent drum box....... but i'd suspect the new stuff will be much of the same....... sings and dances in the shop ok,...... but has a crap line in conversation when you take it out for the night !!!......

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Message 14/66 12-Feb-98 @ 10:51 PM - RE: MC-505 on sale

Lars G.

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So what's the ppq of the MC505's sequencer? 1/16? Can you sequence complex beats besides 4/4? And the patches are editable, right?

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Message 15/66 14-Feb-98 @ 09:04 AM - RE: MC-505 on sale

acid cat

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Check out Roland's new JX-305 `GROOVE SYNTH'...the namm report is at www.harmony-central.com; theres also a rolandgroove site at www.rolandgroove.com....its awesome!!!!!!!. The synth has all the mc-505 patches, standard 303 realtime control knobs and 64 voice polyphony.....it looks gorgeous too.....

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Message 16/66 15-Feb-98 @ 12:14 PM - RE: MC-505 on sale

kid303

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Well if it looks gorgeous then it must be a good bit of kit.....not!
I cannot believe anyone would pay �1000 for the 505.
When you look at the number of second hand mc303's
that have flooded the market(in perfectcondition....hardly sed they inevitably say) give it about 6 months and you'll
pick a 505 up for �400.

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Message 17/66 16-Feb-98 @ 01:29 AM - RE: MC-505 on sale

acid cat

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Its true, I'm a superficial, manufactured, fad-following pretentious talentless wannabe muso type, I work in a hair salon, and I have a red car, it just looks pretty, my boyfriend is a 6ft 5 triathelete, i wear gold jewelry. I bought a nord lead to match the colour of my car, and the mc303 because I needed `something silver' to liven up the corner of the room; I thought the roland groovesynth would look good in my bedroom with the JP8K; it would match my blue walls, if I can only find the right doily to sit them on, I bought an 02r as for a juxtipostion, the DA88 because you can sit 2 six packs of beers on it while I watch the TV, I'll buy the MC505 because you can really pissed and fuck with cutoff frequencies with your toes whilst playing `nude twister' Thanks for bringing me back into line Kid303, I can tell by your down to earth no-nonsense name that you must be an authority in this respect.

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Message 18/66 16-Feb-98 @ 10:46 AM - RE: MC-505 on sale

kid303

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Meeoowww!!!! scratch my eyes out acid cat!!!
Maybe there's an untapped market to get the girlies
playing electronic music,if Roland put an oven and a
kitchen sink on each end of their next synth then they could really get the girls interested.

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Message 19/66 16-Feb-98 @ 11:15 AM - RE: MC-505 on sale

acid cat

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I believe the Roland `circuit bent' patch was made just for you in that it is useless, pointless, annoying and you wish it was never invented. ;)

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Message 20/66 16-Feb-98 @ 11:37 AM - RE: MC-505 on sale

Avene

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I think the JX-305 looks dodgy, and definitely would not fit in with any of my decor.

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