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Roland MC-303

Groove Machine from Roland belonging to the MC series

Erba Erba
Published on 02/08/08 at 16:50
Name-di-diou!
Groovebox first!
I raqui one month's salary at the time to pay me this machine!
What is annoying with this stuff, and I say without hate is that there is a max of plant patterns and a minimum of user patterns! Cagadou you say! Is yes!
MIDI In / Out and Through no!? How-that Mr Roland!?
No separate outputs (Grrr!)!
It is a MôlleBox you have done that? Hi hi I kidding!
It's from a good feeling ...
Roland TB script no more.
The quantifiquation (shuffle, groove & grid) is cool but the arpeggio styles are a first confusing but we can work something out (after much effort & patience).
The effects are cheap, there is a severe lack of distortion! Lol!

UTILIZATION

The use becomes a standard if it has a groove box (preso I'm a regular logic Roland), it spoils it if we started working with other like Korg grooove box (aka ESX- 1 & EA mk2 Because different logic and oh so intuitive ...).
I recall that it was the first of its kind, so ...
Editing sounds is picturesque. And must be wanting to sound different!

Note the album "Groovebox Experience" (I have the CD! Mdr !!!), made by producers more or less known, just with a Mc-303. If the composition with a Mc-303 boot you do not listen! Under penalty of being bummed a life! LOL!

The manual is a manual, what about the other ...?

SOUNDS

As for sound, it was at the time, but over time see an erosion wear ensues.
In 2008 I do not only serves as percussion sound module (606,808,909), it goes for that (with the BassBoost).
And I done with arpeggios to feed my electibes that is sorely lacking.

Ps: I put anyway good grades because it's my first groovebox, eh!? Gotcha!?

OVERALL OPINION

Well ... I would do this OUUUIII choice!
Unless you invent a machine back in time!

I envy the guys who still have a set electro / analog period (like Aphex Twin, Autechre, FSOL, etc ...)

But good. Roland Roland Roland will be the father of involuntary zic techno / elctro / trance all the same!
Solgan in their 80's were "We design the future" is not it?

The trick is that the crazy side argus this machine tends to go up!
Hallucinating! Anyway I do not separate and takes good care like an old granny ...
I'm a big sentimental what do you ...