Roland M-DC1 Dance

-> 1U
-> 256 sounds, many of which sixty are samples of music "dance" (good quality but frankly viellot the samples)
-> Correct connectors (audio outputs, midi in out through)

UTILIZATION

-> Config gnrale very easy and very easy to use bte

SOUNDS

-> Sounds "old school dance"
-> I use it mainly for its drum kits that are relatively accurate and some original sounds

OVERALL OPINION

-> 5 years is that I use and frankly allows for a variety of musical spirit (techno, electro, dance): I wrote my beginners fifteen pieces, and nothing but the MDC1 an atari (half with sounds relatively INTERESTED).

The expander is a MODEL 19 "rack with a height of 1U. There are 256 type sounds that are a little dance but C dpasss a matter of taste because they still hear a lot of use prods these sounds in compositions. The sounds are not ditables but the ACCS is fairly easy so no worries.
There are no extensions and connectors is simple: audio out (output), audio in (from another instrument to mix with the expander), all in 6.35. in implmentation PM: IN, OUT, THROUGH.
The construction of the device is super srieuse: rack solid, enjoyable buttons, headphone jack with volume faade, solid connectivity, power transformer R-Core intgre ...

UTILIZATION

Gnrale configuration is simple, if you have MIDI, a brain and fingers for the mouse, Nickel C: P! There's Effects: Reverb and Chorus, pretty standard but clean. edition of the effects is quite easy. the manual is English, but the era could be, as I did, ask for Roland in French France.

SOUNDS

Sounds no longer adequate today my style of music but they allow me to use all of the same sounds of the expander for various styles, even the percussion, which are quite nice. Tablecloths and synths are not bad, I do not like the way ... what are gnral sounds dance, techno, oldschool, breakbeat. POyur of dance, techno a little commercial or advertising components as C gnial device. Otherwise, C p'tet not IDAL!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 years. I gnrale construction and ease of use ... we are really facing a real machine studio: Designed well, sounds pechus, easy MIDI, nice finish, rack and construction Solid ...
What I like least are certain sounds can be 'channels', some patch a little late chelous and unusable.
I have not tried many before MODELS acqurir but I cost a lot of sounds and sounds roland AKAI is sometimes found on large pumping ... AKAI samplers !
Roland sounds, we like it or not C but really sounds that made history: dynamic, typs, the characters ...
The report qaulitprix, is used intrressant trs. Ms. nine, the expander is 450, so almost the price of the expansion card expander dance for 1080 or 2080 for example ... 150 of ocaz, you do not be evil