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Roland MV-8800

Sampling Sequencer from Roland belonging to the MV series

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Published on 11/09/12 at 13:57
Config &#39;full, but even criticism lowest just 2 midi port and two audio output series ...

An effect section, a little light compared to, say, a mc909. 3 effects processor: 1 reverb, 1 chorus / delay, and only 1 multi purpose. But hey, it does, the resampling is so simple. re-assignment of samples too. Brief. false problem. Edge of wing and the effects are good.

well apparently the beast comes out as 44100/16 bit, which is a problem in the ingestion ... Conversely, take it up to 24 bit / 72000 Hz, therefore the same as for the MFX, Me, I&#39;m satisfied.

On the bank of its delivery, the mythical drums, the drums mythical filtered, and bass sounds from Roland keyboard. nothing to climb the wall teme amount, but say it can be seen that the machine tape still not bad ... After that, well it&#39;s a sampler, ect. On the site MVO.org, there are plenty of sounding patch.

The sequencer is very comprehensive. Reason I had (that I&#39;ve never touched) and I must admit that the sequencer is very well done. comprehensive. I&#39;ll talk.

Other kiffe and not least, the editing part: each sample (or sample copy) has its own LFO, and believe me that when you see the edit page, there&#39;s way to get pleasure there&#39;s way to get stuff from the sick the most incongruous. Basically, it is a full hyper synth that uses an external source like wave base table!! Kiffe X 10


UTILIZATION

The general configuration is it simple?

Frankly, it is quite special. even a little trip on the mpc: Program in which record the songs and patterns, the structure saved as a song / pattern, all part / patch corresponding to samples and their assignments and audio phrases correspond to audio fragment used in parallel. everything is exported individually.

it takes time to understand the usefulness and role of each function, but it is beautiful with this machine is that final, in terms of organization for the game, whether live or to a track, you can do everything kind resample whole sections of the instrument to rework with effects, then reassign or put aside for storing and re-playing in real time with another effect, ect ...

I&#39;m a fan of the loop function "dynamic" (you can change the loop points and the size of the loops in real time) mode song, sequencing is linear in this mode, this function allows a process interesting game live or for mixdown (that is obtained by resampling).

we must understand that the song and pattern modes are actually parallel, except that you can use patterns to mount a song (the opposite is also possible with a little planning). patterns are accumulated and you can enchainer live. and is created parallel to that of the songs that peremttent enquillage patterns and the addition of other elements ..

Other cool stuff when we use the machine to drive counterparts, each pattern has it&#39;s called in "pattern play" message "start" is generated. knowing that we can assign a number and bank programmed for each pattern, basically no need to galérer with a parallel fashion song if for example sequenced parts of his piece on another machine .. short, there are plenty of little trick like this that are not clearly explained in the pavement, pardon the manual, but which become visible once the machine is apprehended in its entirety (which take roughly 6 months .. com)

Otherwise, big up the keypad which allows smooth navigation through menus.
especially as I use the machine without a mouse or screen.

mixdown and mastering modes are available any time the track ended. mixdown mode, the mix is ​​still accessible by a. Too bad we do not have access to otherwise mastering mode, basically, this is the last key that is applied to the piece and it is so full ... X preset, everything is editable for compression and limiting ... short, it is stupid not to be able to do a little more hand and not being able to dissect that under the influence of the excitement of the publication of a piece .. cellars if I&#39;m clear ...


SOUNDS

good, well I do not have much of a point of comparison, especially since I&#39;m not furiously looking for a hip-hop. Conversely, I think she sounds fat. and the possibility of "layerer" 4 samples (all configurable according to velocity, aftertouch and pan) for drums, it&#39;s pretty bad.
I noticed that samplant, it tends to reduce the volume, nothing serious, standardization is accessible for sampling. and at different times in the use of the sample (which is assigned to either a patch or a audiophrase. samples are stored in a manager sample (sample manager) which allows access individual samples without having to go through assigning the pads. This is useful when you wish to perform batch processing (normalization, deleter whole series of sample, or reassign your drums in another patch ...)

Expressiveness issue, the SMT is doing its job (see above), you can also set the default sensitivity of the pads. In short, it is complete.

Effects are apparently legendary Roland emulations effects. And there&#39;s the very very good. Maybe it&#39;s a bit of flanger and chorus: D

The synth board, accessible and squatting the only multi-purpose machine is very nice. dedicated low, you can get very analog, hyper grainy super uncertain. kiffe. and of course, the MFX is automated.

1 also effects processors dedicated to chorus / delay and reverb. They do their job quite well, each benefiting from its own back on the mixing of the different parts.

the mixing section, in fact, is also very comprehensive: one vote per patch, 4 voice which is ancillary to the road MFX, feedback and delay reverb / chorus, not the mute asignables and not by automated voice that can soloïser a patch over for resampling. Again, self-about the problem, there&#39;s a solution to make the mix as "tight" as possible.




OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two years and I could buy me a second ... I spent time, and I think Mrs. master. But beware, it is demanding. it takes time and understanding, even denial. Basically, if you do not want to spend too much time to get into its mysteries, I doubt she meets you. It is a beast. Hardware within the meaning of the term. It can do everything in its way, but it does, and well. It is ideal for driving, compose and manipulate the sound material. Really ideal.

negative points that I see are: a single multi-effect (at the plug-in is stingy and resampling can be annoying), access time loading a big session ( it can take a good quarter of an hour the 512 meg)
the sequencer application to read the instructions, and in general, the architecture of the bike is a bit esoteric at first (too much possibility ..)
Otherwise, go ben, this is good!