Bran Lanen - Roland MC-303 detroit techno live performance, part 2

[akufen75]

it is really hard to begin with this machine ? everybody advice me to take a korg but i prefer the sound of roland .. this is my first machine what should i buy ?

[branlanen]

@akufen75 ; I have also the two electribes MX and SX (see my other videos), and I only can say that Korg machines are easier to learn "the first day" but also more limited (are not polyphoni...etc) and can't use it for every electronic genre.

The main advantage for electribes IMHO is that you can edit the step sequencer while a pattern is playing and that's very interesting for live improvisations, jam sessions...etc

[klassklassklass]

Really really cool - and if you pause this video, anywhere, the still would make a great poster!!!!! :) thanks man!

[TR929]

Prob one of the best MC-303 vids on the tube, proving its the man not the machine for all of those who call the MC-303 a toy.

[branlanen]

@TR929 : Thanks! that's just what I wanted to say when uploading this video...You had catched the message ;)

[tresorier90]

@branlanen I'll buy ua mc 303 advise me to buy it!?? or not to buy it!! let me know thanks

[branlanen]

@tresorier90 : I don't know a better option for the price... buy a 303

:)

[Samyaza69]

@TR929 no man, is the opposite!

[captinp3anuts]

anyone know where i could get one?

[SwimmingLights]

@captinp3anuts on ebay :-P

[captinp3anuts]

@SwimmingLights ty



[TheSqdf]

Amazing man!

Just bought one myself, hoping to pull off something like this one day!

Got any tips :D

[branlanen]

Thanks all! I'm glad you like this...!!

[PsyLiq]

Wearing earphones and @ 5:42 I was like WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!! and I turn around and I see everyone looking at me (on a coffee in my friends flat) :D

[caiazzo89]

@branlanen amazing tunes u smash this thing! which patches are you using for the bass/synth?

[branlanen]

@caiazzo89 I don't remember what are exactly, all of them from bank 01, 02 and 05 (synth leads, bass and pads)

[DeRex9]

very good vide presenting sonic palette of this machine, cheers:)

[haraizmostara]

Great sound but too long and boring video!

[askadetra]

techno rules

[hallowedsound]

Very very cool!!!

[ratface1987]

This is one of the best videos of the MC 303 I've seen for video and sound quality. I can actually tell what you're doing. That's the best part of watching a 303 video!

[branlanen]

Thanks to all for your kind words! :)

[LouigiVerona]

Very confident sessions. Do you perform live with those?

[branlanen]

@LouigiVerona ... yes, sometimes I still use only a mc-303 added to a vinyl dj set...

[LouigiVerona]

@branlanen I have an MC-303, but did not use it for a long time and now decided to work more on it.

A tech question, if I may - did you ever manage to get a slow LFO out of it or is it really capable only of fast LFO periods?

[branlanen]

@LouigiVerona I think only short LFO (fast rates)... but I'm not sure if there is an option to set up for slower rates... what I'm doing if I want a slow filter sweep or something like that... is just recording the motion of the particular knobs

[LouigiVerona]

@branlanen Another thing - did you face the "bug" that you change effect (delay, reverb) on one instrument, but it gets duplicated to all of them? This one is nasty.

[branlanen]

@LouigiVerona mmm I think it's not a bug,...this Roland can only manage one effect at the same time, maybe for haven't not enough DSP abilities for being polyphonic and use chaining multiFX.... we haven't forget that it was produced 15 years ago...

[dominatus84]

@branlanen yes i have the same, one effect applied to all instruments at once.

[ratface1987]

@LouigiVerona Sorry to butt in, but this isn't a bug, just a frustrating design characteristic. You have to dig into the menu and manually turn down the amount of delay/reverb that each channel receives. Same thing for flanger/delay except that you won't hear any unless you manually go in and turn up the amount of flanger/delay each channel receives. And my 303 might just be busted, but it doesn't seem to save these changes no matter what I do, so I just don't use the effects... ever.

[TheFunkApprentice]

@branlanen

Hi branlanen, I'm curious... how do you sync this to your your vinyl?

[branlanen]

@TheFunkApprentice

The easy way (for me) is sync turntables with the machine ...like any other beatmatching between turntables, but also you can sync the Roland with a turntable using the black button called "TAP" in the right corner.

[thepixelninja]

Awesome. I can't believe it's just an MC 303.

[immermuzik]

best mc303 video there is online i think, nice job man!

[GONZALOMEDINADJ]

brilliant!

[BenSimsFanClub]

wow 0_0