Here is more Roland MC-303 Groovebox nostalgy, this time I play some custom patterns I've programmed during the years. Oldest are almost as old as the machine itself, the new ones I just programmed to show some of the sounds.
I bought one of these new. Still remember walking around the city with the box under my arm, thinking I was about to get rolled. Later I would collect a whole studio full of 2nd hand analog synths and drum machines, but would always find a use for the old mc303,
Fantastic. Just shows its OFTEN the skill of the USER. Not the equipment. Give this to someone else. And it would end up in the exchange shop in a few weeks. While guys like you can make these killer grooves. Nice work. The Sexual healing type groove and Radio Gaga and West end girls were OUTSTANDING. You should have been a programmer for Roland. Sales would have gone NUCLEAR for these groove boxes.
Thank you Phil! This box has made me feel nostalgic as well. It's been years since I've used it, and now I want to do a proper 90's cheesy rave track with it :D
Thank you for this. I got one of the first units that arrived in France. I was 16 years old. I dreamed about it. It was my first piece of gear. I used it with a small Roland keys controller, and played on stage with my (French!) metal band, Throner. Very special to me.
They are lazy with no SKILL or IMAGINATION. That's why. They want to just press a button and everything happen for them. This guy shows what can happen. When you invest some time and have some talent.
@@Slackboy72 i was only a young kid in the 90s but it was an awesome time. I bet it was even better as an older teen or younger adult. SO much good music and parties going on
Excellent man love it, especially the prodigy sounding one, been fartin about wi my 303 lately, why do people never sing with them playing minted tunes is beyond me, my lyrics get pumping almost immediately when fartin about wi my groove box lol. Great stuff mate.
I recorded a song doubling this up as a sound module controlled from my MT-100 sequencer/sound module to beef up the MIDI tracks in 1998. Gave it all heaps of resonance...@
Woaoh! Great demo! You prove that this piece of gear sounds great if it is well used. Also, you had good inspirations with Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Kraftwerk, The Prodigy and even Alcatraz... It even sounds rather new at 2:11. This can be played on the radio nowadays...
@@tiergrinder having never owned anything like this and knocking on 50's door, Im really just looking forward to jamming on it. Honestly I can't wait to get it lol
The sounds you made with your mc 303 has made me get mine back out the cupboard, you've really proved that its not the machine and its me 😂😂😂😂 Brilliant work mate, loved the sexual healing and radio ga ga especially
I’m looking for a drum machine either this or the TR8. However I have a 303 by my area going for $150. I have a TB3, KP3 ,CDJ, and mixer. And honestly this doesn’t sound half as bad for the price. Thank you
Well, some of these sounds are really cheesy, but overall it seems incredibel how full this thing sounds. I have a Korg emx and somehow i was never able to get it sound like this regarding anything, drums, synths, fx... and the EMX was much more expensive and still is!
I have one of these and I could never get any kind of resonance out of it which I found disappointing considering the heritage of the name. These tracks sound great!
Yep, I know what you mean :D The resonance on the MC-303's filter is pretty weak. I think Roland could have left the 303 reference from the groove box and just call it a groove box :D
Hi Andrew! I gave up using the MC-303's internal sequencer years ago. I record my patterns part by part from DAW to MC-303. I've noticed that I get the tightest note data when recording 60 BPM. For example if I have a 4 bar long bass line, I set my DAW tempo to 60 BPM, then set the MC-303's internal clock to 60 BPM and arm the real time record. When I hit play on the DAW the MC-303 starts to record live and DAW plays the melodies in.
That Rave Organ sample is from Modular Expansion - Cubes, although what it's from before that I don't know. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rL8kh339tNE.html Yup. One of the uncleared samples that got the M-DC1 pulled :-D
Hi. Do You think it's possible to make a 30min set with nice ,not rave music just to have good time before real band finishes preparing? I have this one but still fighting with programming patterns. Factory ones are painfull...
Hi there and sorry for the late reply. I'm sure that you can do a 30 min live set with MC-303 alone. I remember back in the 90's when guys did whole gig just with one MC-303 and one keyboard. The MC-303's downside on the live performance is the CPU power. If you have complex and fast 16th note arpeggios running on many channels and comples drum patterns the 303 will slow down.. It doesnät freeze or crash, the tempo stays up but it starts to drop notes and tempo swings a little bit. Then again, I think its charmy and part of the gimmics of the the retro vintage gear :D
@@tiergrinder Thanks! Back to work for me, despite pain in ears after those dull rave patterns...I also have soundcanvas midi module. Will try to sync them. Ultimate goal is to be able to play 40min set on pt1210 replayer for amiga and mc303 and there will be no royalties to pay!. all best
@@tiergrinder but that's what multi track are for lol to save all the work lol I'd love to record a set and only have to press two or three buttons lol and get payed for it lol.
I recorded a song doubling this up as a sound module controlled from my MT-100 sequencer/sound module to beef up the MIDI tracks in 1998. Gave it all heaps of resonance...@
I recorded a song doubling this up as a sound module controlled from my MT-100 sequencer/sound module to beef up the MIDI tracks in 1998. Gave it all heaps of resonance...@
I recorded a song doubling this up as a sound module controlled from my MT-100 sequencer/sound module to beef up the MIDI tracks in 1998. Gave it all heaps of resonance...@
