wondered about the mc 09

[Tristanofthewater]

hiya, I'm soon to be getting the mc 09, i understand that the dsp synth has 128 waves or something like that. but i was wondering....can you use two at a time? with a pitch offset? you know, like your standard 2 osc synth?

what about the drum sounds? are they really that terrible?
i watched the mc 09 video demo from the roland site, and thru the light haze of compressed audio fuzz they sounded pretty d**n hot to me. better than the mc505 i had, which alotta people (including me) credit for having great drum sounds.

oh yea and...can you trigger the samples manually? besides just seqencing them?

btw. i think thats a good idea to get the manual up here. how come its NOWHERE on the net? what a shame, i looked for hours.


thanks for any info anyone can provide ;D

later, corey

[dj_skain]

hi dude

not waves ,the mc 09 has 128 preset tones for lead & bass, for rhythm it is 10

drums are :
1. 808 kit
2. clap kit
3. funk kit
4. standard kit
5. rim shot kit
6. breakbeats kit
7. 909 synth kit
8. electro kit
9. cowbell kit
10. latin perc kit

the drums sound good in a filthy techno kinda way
thats the best way i can explain it

drums are polophonic MAX 3 at any one time
the DSP synth is monophonic

the synth appears to have a single osc
but has settings to sound like a twin osc
the waveforms are TRI SAW PLS Noise
also ringmod xmod detune can be added

synth parameters are :
LFO rate
LFO waveform
OSC waveform
OSC vibrato depth
Filter type
Filter envelope attack time
Filter envelope sustain level
Filter envelope release time
Filter LFO depth
Amp envelope depth
Amp envelope attack time
Amp envelope decay time
Amp envelope sustain level
Amp envelope release time
Amp LFO depth
Vintage mode (bass)
Effect type (lead)

sampled loops are divided into 16 parts
you cant trigger them like a sampler can, (except for original pitch) (hit loop control & press 1)

you can reconstruct the 16 parts to make a new pattern
from the loop to make a new pattern

the effects are awesome, the isolator rocks, good filter too, great distortion & overdrive effects.

[Tristanofthewater]

awesome, thanks so much for the in-depth specs

as i was writing the post i thought maybe the drums on the video demo were actually from the synth, maybe sampled bit by bit, then overlapped for a full beat. i think thats what they said it was. (they refered to it as "using the dsp synth for drums)

anyway thanks.

-corey