Roland MC-303 Demo

I recommend you watch this in high quality, Youtube standard compression completely destroys the top and bottom ends.

This is a quick demo of the Roland MC-303. I find the 303 is best at drums and bubbly synth sounds so that's what I did in this video.

For those of you interested in the hardware side of things all the sounds are coming from the MC-303 to the Line in on an SP-808 (Just so i have a nice big fader to control the master volume) and then onto the PC. The MC-303 is also MIDI linked to the SP-808 so I have layer volume control via the Mic/Line fader on whichever layer is currently selected (which is why it looks like I am doing nothing when the new layers fade in).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Roland
• MC-303
• MC
• 303
• Groovebox
• House
• Drum
• Machine
• Sequencer
• Retro

[akufen75]

is this fine to begin with a mc 303 ?

[snolan1990]

@akufen75 If you are asking if the MC-303 is a good machine to start out on then I think honestly I would have to say no, the sound isn't bad for what you pay but the interface is pretty awful as is the sequencer. It was my frist synth/drum machine but I think I would have been better off skipping it for a small sequencer (MMT-8) a synth module (Perhaps TX81Z) and any MIDI keyboard.

[philippole]

how do you record it? when i tried it with audacity the bass is too high and other problems...

[snolan1990]

@philippole That sounds like it's a problem with your recording set up. Although there is a bass boost pot on the back that may be causing issues if it is maxed out.

[francaisemusique]

what are the sounds you are using for this ? :)

[snolan1990]

@francaisemusique I couldn't tell you now, I sold the MC-303 about a year ago so I don't know what patches I was using.

[s1Mii]

@snolan1990 It's cheap and in a way limited towards beginners which isn't that bad. (The lack of complexity makes it toyish, but therefor more attractive to play with imo)

But you can get a Yamaha RM1X for about the same price (or a bit more) and you'll have a way better sequencer, more sounds, more patterns, more options, ...

(but it is alot more complex! )

[1787dude]

keep the volume down on your 303 and turn your mic volume down anywhere from 1 to 10 percent if you have to. I had the same problem with my emx. hope this helps if you look at my emx videos I've replaced the audio on the video with the actual mp3

[MrTeeBee303]

Smooth as ya like!

[francaisemusique]

Ah thankyou very much :) ! I presume you can also tweak the sounds as well ? :)