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Subject: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Original Message 1/18 24-Jun-00 @ 12:22 AM - is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
i want something with drums and bass sound
what would be the best choice for a first time
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Message 2/18 24-Jun-00 @ 04:45 AM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
98% of dancetechers say to get a sampler.
Message 4/18 24-Jun-00 @ 08:29 AM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Message 5/18 24-Jun-00 @ 08:56 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Message 7/18 26-Jun-00 @ 01:04 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Message 8/18 27-Jun-00 @ 09:25 AM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
writing and sequencing, but the most important lesson I
learned is this:
Any gear that claims to be good for all genres, isn't
very good for any genre.
I write trance, which is pretty far away from jungle,
but I should have bought something else. I suggest
saving up and buying good high-end gear. If you're
serious, anything less than the best, professional
gear, will be a waste of money and you'll regret it in
6 months time.
Also, the MC-303 does not work well when sequenced from
an external sequencer (such as a computer running Logic
or Cubase). On the plus side, it will act as a 16 part
instrument when used in sound module mode (as opposed
to 8 when in instrument mode), but to make any
resonance and cutoff changes, etc., you have to use
SysEx, which is a pain in the butt regardless of how
experienced you are, or become.
Down the road it does not play well with other gear (on
a technical level), and next to any REAL gear, or even
mediocre gear like the Korg Electribe series, the
MC-303 sounds really wimpy and weak.
Get a sampler and stack it with RAM. Get a good
sequencer. Then but a real synth. You can write some
kickass jungle with alot of little short samples.
Take my advice or leave it, but don't waste your time
with the MC-3
Message 9/18 27-Jun-00 @ 10:44 AM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Message 10/18 28-Jun-00 @ 09:36 AM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Message 11/18 29-Jun-00 @ 05:54 AM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Ape
Message 12/18 29-Jun-00 @ 12:05 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Pongoid, though I realize that lots of people still use
it, and look for them. It does certainly has some nice
filters, and others available for a price (like Q and
resonance), but it doens't have/ won't support alot of
RAM (30 pin RAM is hard to find, too, I should know),
and unless it has the expensive SCSI card add-on, only
has a useless floppy.
Some poeple use it, probably because they've been using
for years and have banks and so faorth that they can't
live without.
Just my opinion... it does sound great and it very
versatile.
It's built-in sequencer is real-time only, and
therefo
Message 13/18 29-Jun-00 @ 05:56 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
It was a lot of fun!
(click on the link to listen to the track)
Message 14/18 29-Jun-00 @ 05:59 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
just go to the new one, and download the track called "belly Pilot".
it's all done with a groovebox and rebirth, blah-blah-blah...
Message 15/18 12-Jul-00 @ 04:44 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
Message 16/18 12-Jul-00 @ 09:50 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
well, if youve a soundcard with a synth in it you can try the 'demo's' and see if they run ok and even add some loops into the audio tracks... but sequencer is a tuff one cos still the manufacturers dont bring out any like they used to ...
why the hell cant someone make a sequencer with a disk drive, 16 mute buttons and loads midifiles from dos disks is beyond me.. it would sell absolutely shitloads.. perhaps we sould design one and market it... raise the capital etc... my old man can make all the case castings etc ready for vacuum forming or whatever process of moulding, so we'd need someone to design the board & os etc etc...
what about it peeps ?... the 'dancetech live playback sequencer' ideal for live gigs and super tite clock for mixing down - yeah !!!.... i'd want it in a thick plastic tablet case with rubber feet and made of some type of non-brittle plastic like a padded shell available in: camoflage, glow in dark, fluro orange or Fluro green, white, or yellow - a good scribble-strip for marking channels, led's for channel mute-button and activity led... plus 3, 4 or 6 assignable controllers on each strip... and a volume fader, plus a fader 'lock' button, and pan luverlee jubbleeee... plus a 'filter out controller data' switch for each channel so you can override controller moves on a track and go manual.
Message 17/18 12-Jul-00 @ 10:36 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
I KNOW.....!!!
how bout this ....
get your self a phat boy controller right ...
AND a P-mix controller....
Youve never heard of a p-mix controller?
it's a live controller for mixman.
ok get this ..
i'm told that logic audio has a fuction (touch something) that enable you to mute tracks on the fly for you keyboard...
i dont' know which keyboard so lets assume your computer keyboard
the p-mix is just a glorified computer keyboard, with big arcade style buttons and no problem with locked keys ever...
so if the logic audio timing is tight... then mute/unmute your midi tracks with the p-mix and fuck with them on the phat boy ...
ohh you wanted hardware ...shit
well that shot my ballon down..
but that's not a bad idea that.
Message 18/18 05-Aug-15 @ 04:36 PM - RE: is the roland MC 303 groovebox easy to use?
MC-30 and ASR-10 old, but better than other. you can make any kind of track with that. That will work best. Try them
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