An all in one techno music production studio, this machine has it all. A massive collection of professional and coveted electronic synth and drum sounds, effects, built-in real-time VCF and envelope knobs for tweaking, a sequencer/arranger, and many other great additions. This is the successor to the MC-303 and is now much more advanced. Its sounds will be familiar to any techno-head.

The LFO and resonant filters allow quick and easy sound manipulation. The new D-Beam allows you to randomly tweak your sounds by passing your hand over an infrared beam! It has a great sequencer for building your songs (with groove quantizing and part level faders for mixing) as well as many idea catchers like the phrase sampler and arpeggiator.

This is an all-in-one music machine that's great for DJ's or anybody else who wants to create slamming dance tracks. Designed as a stand alone machine, they do not work quite as well when incorporated into a multi-synth keyboard rig. It's perfect for beginners and advanced users, but offers the most possibility to those who will use it exclusively. By the way, in comparison to the MC-303, this is far better especially in the quality and quantity of sounds! It is used by Beck, Chicks On Speed, Peaches, Freddy Fresh, and Cibo Matto.

Lewis

May 25, 2011 @ 7:00 am

Picture of my pot fix

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z104/thefishdog/IMG00061-20110525-1155.jpg

Lewis

May 25, 2011 @ 6:56 am

TOP TIP: For loose pots with wobble plug the space around them with the use of a hot glue gun stick and a solder iron or use just a hot glue gun. I have done this to all my pots to act as dampers on them. They have all become solid and has aided control. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z104/thefishdog/IMG00061-20110525-1155.jpg .

neonelectro

May 4, 2011 @ 4:17 pm

I highly recommend you connect a midi controller keyboard to this machine, it will transform it's capabilities. I've had mine for about a year and only got a midi keyboard for it this month. It really is worth it. It makes programming and playing a whole lot easier, and adding velocity and after touch as well as mod wheel and pitch bend really makes you appreciate what this machine can sound like even more. The most totally playable bit of kit out there.

Denizen

April 24, 2011 @ 2:33 am

Other notes - I lve the drum sounds in this and with a bit of post eq/preamp it covers some good rolandy bases.
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I have never used an mc909 and will get one just to say I know it once the prices go down a little more but I will never let this piece out of my studio unless it become unrepairable.

Advice: Get one while you can!

Denizen

April 24, 2011 @ 2:32 am

The metal case and knobs/buttons have all held up well for a 12 yo instrument & the screen still works fine on mine. Its actually quite a sexy piece of equipment.

6 outputs + much better control surface puts the mc-307 to sleep even though it lacks some of the 307 soundset.

RPS isn't quite up to the pattern mixer in the rs7000 but it comes close enough for jamming purposes. Also the sequencer isn't as advanced (eg 8 vs 16 channels, rs7000 midi play fx rules).

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