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Roland MC-09 PhraseLab

Sampling Sequencer from Roland belonging to the MC series

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Published on 09/18/03 at 08:13
Classical connection. For the habitus of groovebox is apprciera to the LINE IN sampler and put effects in real time on an external source.

Section nice effect: four families of effects on a bass LFO automatically syncs to the tempo: Filters, isolator, phaser, slicer

Squenceur trs basic: patterns contain only one track (lead, rhythm or bass) So To create pieces, two patterns sampler must then merge the two into another track (4 tracks loop 6 seconds each). No mode "Song" (no automatic linking patterns)

The four loop trails are trs enjoyable to use. The capture of the internal sounds will automatically dock to the BPM (no need to press cell at the right time to start sampler, he started alone in the beginners to the next loop, it's really a practice live)

UTILIZATION

Super friendly and has flashes across the grip is super fast.

Most functions are accessible directly or with the shift button (not too many menus)

The manual is good but there are some imprcisions on the most advanced functions (control loop that allows dcouper a loop into 16 pieces and shuffled the pieces, for example To create the original breaks and patch process, a sort of macro to the 11 rpter dernires opration regnrer content made for and loops back on automatically when the machine without recharging the loop from the memory card)

SOUNDS

Super TB-303 emulator. The result sounds TB on the MC-303 will be delighted to finally make his aciiiiiiiid true!

The sounds are basic but ultra paramtrables trs: a hundred waveforms grind will (same pots that TB-303) with a paramtrage near a synth with analog and of the distortion.

The drum sounds are the basic 808 and 909. 10 kits each with 2 BD, 2 SD, and HH 1 1 OH. Once samples, great opportunities of crushing (especially the isolator and the slicer)

Good features timestretch To create original loops.

OVERALL OPINION

For a week I use, I think I have technically been around, it remains to be inspired! This is a machine without prtention but a good big sound out acid.

I had an MC-303, a DR-202 and SP 202. The MC-09 is a good compromise between the three, but the sounds spciaux the MC-303 (piano, brass, drop ...), without squenceur pattern, but with a pure sound TB, the good effects, and the possibility of evolution live INTERESTED trs (megamix style of MC-505), thanks the possibility of adding live patterns and merge tracks and especially thanks to the 4 sliders style mixer (silent thing he can not do with the MC-303: turn up the volume of a track and at the same time lowering the sound of another )

Addicts TR recording mode will be delighted!

Practical capture that hold automatically (no excuse for having to support cell at the right time)

No practice: time to save and load super long (30 seconds to save a patch process in the internal memory, 3min to load a loop of six seconds from the memory card)