MC-808 sample mangling at my place

[Slah606]

@AntiChinksFederation One is always constant mouse clicking which is not much fun, and the other has physical controls for controlling everything in one box that can sequence on the fly and make music for hours without a single mouse click. Try setting up a DAW to do that!

[yohppoy]

hi

do some fader can control loop point? i didn't find this on the (poor) manual, so if you could confirm this i will be very glad!

thanx

[Hartleigh]

@AntiChinksFederation it's not the same

[MrBoxxed]

seems awesome to me!

[sinknoodles]

the song sampled is "walk on by " by isaac hayes

[royorbitol]

The presence of a d-beam reduces the machine to a toy.

[genxtargetmarket]

@royorbitol How about not using it if you don't like it or finding a creative way to use the tool?

[576557]

you got some funcky goin there.

[plasmaforce11]

dude, this thing is a powerhouse! :P

[justinlecktschimmel]

cool thing

can you say me pleace if its rentabel to by this maschin ?

[freepartysoundsystem]

i was unaware there was a mc 808, to busy playing with the tr808!

nice vid.

[machinewave]

used to have one of these. Fun for just messing around but if you are serious about putting your tracks out stay far far away. Loading samples from the card took me more than a half hour each time I started it up. And why does it take two save slots to save a mono sample? To really edit a sound you must use the computer. And when you save your track, it never sounds the same when you load back up.The sounds are cheesy, bass is extremely weak. Motorized faders were really good though,. Thats it!

[jurazaz]

ha, thats wutang

2 VectronMusic: LOL , no its not resampling.

do you know what is resampling??

[TCellFourTwoZero]

Pretty weak. 808's rock if you know how to use them.

[darenager]

TR-808 yes, Mc-808 no.

[djkikis]

@darenager jus kiddin mate.. u have a TR-707?

[Kamisamadesu1]

Thanx for the demo and all of your trax.

[Kamisamadesu1]

Hi. Based on your trax and the work done by Denkitribe, I purchased an EMX-1 and KAOSS pad....and just picked up an ES-1 Mk II and ER-1 on eBay. These tools, coupled with my VoiceLive 2, Electro-Harmonix Voice Box, and Korg/Behringer controllers should help me make some sweet J-Pop/J-Rock tunes and vocals.. Can't wait to get everything hooked up and coupled to my AT-2020 microphones! Again, thanks for all of your trax! Domo arigato gozaimasu!

[harpomarx42]

1:03 FTW. Sounds like a Detroit b-side from '89.

[harpomarx42]

1:09 FTW. Sounds like a Detroit b-side from 89'.

[98dfox]

how much is it for one of these things?

[yennikcire]

@98dfox 400 bones

[rastamazza]

ma che è sto schifo????? w technics w il vinile

[KEPHALLE]

MA CHE CAZZO DICI?? e pure è ben specificato che questa è solo una dimostrazione!!

calmati va, hai fatto solo la figura dell'invasato... per di più paragonando tecniche e strumentazioni completamente diverse

[RamzGT]

would you recommend an 808 over an electribe?

[w0rmaster]

He sampled that pinecone for almost half an hour!

[eArtrash]

It would be funny to sample the samplers samplings.

[VectronMusic]

That's actually called resampling. You can in fact do that with this machine, and it has it's uses.

[dappadub]

Sample is a cover of "Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes. I think I could recognize it in any kind of mangle :)

Nice vid, defiantly subscribing.

[joshuatorres1988]

yep bad azz sample too

[Fiaganja]

do you want to sell any of your machines? :) i love the most of the them

[newshyheim9]

Hood Took You Under?

[kozes]

'whah-ah wah-ah!'

haha

[ivan00000006]

You might as well be receiving signals from outer space.The musical part sounds good though.

[shiverbone94]

nwa used that sample haha

[nrb3987]

wow that's almost like playing a real instrument and kind of like composing your own beat. now all you need to do is not sample a beat and not loop anything then your half way there on making a real song

[Gmancrap]

What would you suggest for a guy like me who likes nice bass and shit. I mean I'm thinking of buying the 808 but hearing this turns me off just a bit I want to make like Jungle and house shit. Maby some acid house ha ha.

[Batman83]

Get the 808. It is really fucking badass.

[Nord72]

The only reason is the 128 poly (xv 5080)

[killerpms]

Yes you can make anything on the 808. It has a great sound library and rhythm section. More importantly you can create your own patches. Lets not forget that you can import samples as well.

It all depends on you really. This is a great tool. I have owned a 303,505 and now have a 909. If I could afford a 808 I would have one as well. Get it!

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

Get Reason and use VST synths to make bass sounds.

[TheFreshPeddler]

reason doesn't support vst without rewire and thats kind of a pain. If you use another daw trilogy is a good bass vst with some tuning. you could probably get the sounds you seek from messing with reasons synths. Or you can always get a motif rack

[Gmancrap]

Would I be able to make Jungle with the MC808?

[shag005]

Putain t'as de l'or entre tes mains et tu nous ponds une chiance que j'ai envis de tirer la chasse d'eau... ! Putain !

[paddyheadz]

sound man.....thanks for taking the time out to reply. Yeah i have a virus c too.So i don't think i need to be looking any further. Head is full of notions just.

G'luck with your music

[paddyheadz]

greetings from ireland,

great tunes m8, could you help me on my quest?

I also have the RS7000 and thinking about buying the MC-808. Be interested to know your opinion on whats best for those chunky house basslines?

I guess what i'm asking you is the MC808 up to the job...has it more to offer.

Cheers M8 & all The Best

[darenager]

I sold my MC808 shortly after making this video, it is useless for bass and the sequencer is quite limited compared to the RS, so I sold it (for quite a loss) the RS7000 is much better in my opinion, but for bass you are better off going for an analogue synth or VA.

[romagen]

Hi, are the factory preset basses too thin or the sampled ones are useless too? I mean, if you sample a proper bassline to the MC808, will it kick?

[darenager]

The factory presets are the usual horrid cheesy stuff, I took a bass sample from my spectralis into the mc808 and it sounded thin and weak in bass when I compared it to the original, I did the same with my RS7000 and it was much closer to the original sound. Maybe the mc808 has poor a-d convertors or some sort of compression going on, all I know is it was not for me.

[romagen]

Thanks, that helped a lot.

[DJFG85]

The RS7000 is outdated. The MC-808 has a USB port which is pretty cool. I just got into music production, first thing I bought was a Yamaha MO6 workstation, I want a groovebox, which is why I am researching, MC-808 being an option. Also, its selling for $600 new on ebay

[slikdarelic]

RS fo' LiFE bitches!!!

da relic

[HoweGavin]

LOL you have MC eiht on your mc808

[haid00k]

деньги на ветер выкинул парень. это не музыка, это издевательство над инструментом!

[prevedmoped]

посоветуй что лучше покупать?

[yamezsr]

the sample originates from Isaac Hayes

[gepardek]

I like this sample but you should add some real timed beat and do some cheesy hip hop, lol :D

[JDub4InSeason]

The sample is Issac Hayes - "Walk on by"

[Scaraba]

The Sample is from Hooverphonic "2 wicky"

[darenager]

I since found out that it is the late great Issac Hayes - Walk on by.

[Scaraba]

that's creepy hahha. Hooverphonic sampled from Isaac Hayes.

[psychwarlord]

Great tune!

[artcoreone]

hooverphonic

[digitaljosh]

The 808 has 4 Reverb FX, 1 Compressor, 1 Pitch Shifter, and 47 other FX. I think you get to use 1 Rev, 1 Comp, 1 Pitch, and 2 Other FX at the same time. At least that's what I hear. I'll have my 808 Monday. :)

[monnie110]

Does it work well with cubase?

[KnockSquared]

FYI... the MC808 DOES auto chop on the machine itself. Download the latest OS update from Rolands site and it will then work. (doingit with a PC simply...well... ummm...SUCKS !

[Jazzybreaks]

can u pick and adjust the chop points as well??

[gepardek]

It's probably same system as in SP404 - you have to have good ear :)

[elhacxx]

how you upgrade the mc808 ,to have the autochoper for samples??

[elhacxx]

great use of the mc808,i have one, but i'm really new and kind of lost in it, can you tell me how you conect and add outside samples to the mc 808?, thanks...

[shogunlord]

good question?

[EPhonez]

Korg ESX or MC 808?

[manzies12]

hey man how do u chop samples on the mc 808??

[KonisAdonis]

you can chop them up with the supplied software on your pc

[vivipedraglio]

great!!!!

[madbeatchemist]

The origination of that loop is Isaac Hayes - Walk On By. A truely badass tune. It has of course been sampled by countless others but thats where the sample originates.

[chitmit]

i have some questions about this,how can i contact u

[H4NDCRAFTED]

ok, I don't mind that, I have other gear for live tweekin ;).

I have a roland D2 which i a mc505 in a plastic box.

I can use the 505 pc editor, so it is cool, but I hate the fact that the rhythm sets can not be panned individually, i.e the whole drum set gets panned not just a kick or a snare etc, and stuck on only one track all together. Tell me it is not the same with the mc808 ?

[H4NDCRAFTED]

Can you edit the fx with the software editor ?

Seems a bit crap to only be able to change two fx parameters live.

With the old sp808 you had a total of 6 parameter's you could change but you had to switch between two banks for the three control pots.

[darenager]

Yes the downside with the 808 is that any in-depth editing needs to be done on the computer.

[JXVI]

I'm a visual guy, so I guess it depends on taste and opinion. Great vid by the way.

[slikdarelic]

very good... almost as good as the RS7000.

da relic

[tobotron]

your videos are nice, but i don't like the mc-808. just build to sell. lot of features, but even the electribe emx-1 has a better sound than that. without soul.

[H4NDCRAFTED]

Cool I didn't relise it had grain shirt....I wonder if the fx bank is good as the old sp808ex's, roland verbs are so warm and nice, as well as there distortion...guess that s the Boss element.

I take it the pads are vol sensitive ?

How do you rate the faders, will they last ?

Have roland got rid ofthere horrible rezzy stepping filters yet lol ?

I love my sp808ex effects but the rest is rubbish I just keep it for the delays and verbs now.

[TommyDuzIt]

Im Thinking Of Buying 1 Of These.

What Comes In The Box?

[floydc1]

i hear that isaac hayes sample...nice machine

[jeromeb35]

Hello Darenager , I m french , and , i try to do this , but i don t understand , i don t know how you do ...??? Could you " teach " to me .???

( Excuse me for my English or US ... I don t speak very very well ...

Thanks you . Bye

[SquareShot]

1:50 through 2:00 is the best

[SquareShot]

Great ear for sampling that! I like this video.

[onnolab]

Hot shit, man! MC808 rulz. Thanks for your vid, makes me wanna experiment more with the synth side of the groovebox. BTW: Love your tracks

[digitaljosh]

I think I'd prefer knobs to faders, but I might still get a 808. It's got 128-voice polyphony! Wow!

[darenager]

Yep, it also has a kick-ass synth very similar to the XV/Fantom engine, with 4 tones per voice each with their own filter, envelopes, etc. The best thing though is that you can use your own samples as part of a synth patch, so 4 samples which can be layered/split/velocity switched etc etc. A powerful sound engine.

[digitaljosh]

I just bought a Zoom Street Box and a Roland DR-202 after I get all the samples I want from them I'll probably sell them and get a 808. Then it'd be Yamaha RM1X, XV-5050, and MC-808. Hopefully I'll be content for a while with that setup. :)

[glowballist]

darenager your video has opened my eyes.I think an MC808 is going to be early b'day present to me from..me.Can you mix full tracks on it?The fx sound wicked,i was getting inspired listening to that.Nice one

[darenager]

Yes you can do full tracks on it, thanks for the comment:)

[LowLife81]

That's pretty damn awesome. I bought an MC-505 last year and didn't even know about the MC-808 coming out. After finally hearing some real experimentation with this machine, I think it's time to pawn off my 505 and get the 808. I primarily make noise based music.

[bananepoep]

very nice to see that you got the mc808

be shure to update the system to v1.03

maybe you already did

you can autochop with this version

and assign it to a rythem set very easy

hope to see (hear) some cool stuff from you conrolling this little box

greetings