Questions about MC-909

[Trusty]

roland is clutching at straws and "grooveboxes" are toys nd not to be taken seriously. the more they have tried to make the grooveboxes serious instruments the more overpriced and crap they are

Really? Over 2 million 303's sold. Over 5 million 505's sold, and almost 1 million 909's sold already. Not all by novices, mind you. World wide DJ's and Producers have used and loved them since day one. Of course, I don't use them as I do hip-hop, but many a DJ an dance producer like them grooveboxes. BTW, my MV8000 plus V-Synth (or any two of my other Roland gear) will kill a K-Station and MPC combo anyday. Respect Roland, wspecially for the V-Synth.

 

[Cruel Hoax]

But really, the cool thing is being able to mix and remix your own stuff on the fly. I imagine that it's really useful for DJs making a set. But I use it when jamming with rock/metal bands who don't play to a click track. The ability to constantly change the tempo, as well as the ability to fire off my own patterns on the 16 pads in realtime, while at the same time having backing patterns going (up to 16 more tracks) makes the 909 really worth it for me.

It's the only instrument I've found so far that lets me jam seamlessly with metal guys who don't play to a click.

Rather than whining "umm, er... you guys... we really need to play to a click," I just jam along, whatever the tempo reference is. Much easier and more musical than trying to force artificial time down the throat of a band who already know what they're doing.

-Hoax

 

[Dr.Wu]

where did you get these numbers from?
i heard that they sold quite a lot of 303s but 5 million 505s?
and one million 909s?

Dr.Wu

Really? Over 2 million 303's sold. Over 5 million 505's sold, and almost 1 million 909's sold already. Not all by novices, mind you. World wide DJ's and Producers have used and loved them since day one. Of course, I don't use them as I do hip-hop, but many a DJ an dance producer like them grooveboxes. BTW, my MV8000 plus V-Synth (or any two of my other Roland gear) will kill a K-Station and MPC combo anyday. Respect Roland, wspecially for the V-Synth.

 

[pmpnotiq]

As far as the MC 909 goes it is swinging like the mpc's. If you dont believe me try this.

How I swing my MC-909:

1. Make a dope beat in regular pattern mode
2. Stop the beat and make sure you are in pattern mode by simply pressing the pattern button or exit several times.
3. Press the edit function key which should bring you to pattern edit mode.
4. Hold down the shift key then press the edit quantise function key.
5. The word "Grid" should be highlited, simply turn the data wheel to shuffle which should be the next choice.
6. Arrow down and change the percentage with the data wheel to 69.
7. Press f6 to execute then go back to pattern mode.

..Once you press play you will see the 909 swing like the pro's. 69 usuall works for club like uptempo rap, but the cool part about the 909 is you can swing it live while it is playing by simply pressing while you adjust the percentage and hear the MC909 swing right before your precious little ears. The mc-909 also has a groove feature where it will swing the beat to preset templates like R&B, Regae, Techno, and whatever else. I usually like to shuffle my own swings live and save the changes. You can even pick which "parts you want to swing by muting the ones you dont want to swing.

*Cool MC-909 tip*
I would make a dope drum pattern (no synth or melodies just percussion), swing it with a 69% shuffle, compress them and add effects, thei i would resample the whole 2 or four bars and have the dopest breakbeat sample which you can then time streatch, or flip it in reverse and lay a whole different drum, then you can swing that whole thing, add your bass lines and melodies... or you could lower the pitch on th loop and chop it up and have a whole new grimy, hardcore type drum rhythm set..... Have I made my pont clear about the Roland Mc-909 or do you need more


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