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The MC505 allowed me to play live without a band. I programmed my own patterns and riffs and used them live. Thank you, from Canada, for your MC505 episode
hi, is there any document or video that you use to help you on that ? i got mine 5 month ago and i would like to know better the machine. tyvm in advance !
Grooveboxes were designed to be used (and abused ) on live situations. Thats why the sturdy construction,controls and connections. Serious piece of hardware.
The big brother of my beloved first drum machine/synthesizer, the mc-303. I got a good decade of production and live performance out of the 303, and always coveted the 505... And it sent me on a 20-year journey of GAS and Grooveboxes.
I had a 505 shortly after they came out. I got it to replace my 303 that I liked a lot. Mostly made hip hop tracks but the 505 was the center piece of my studio for several years. This video was nostalgia!
I bought one in 2000, it was ahead of its time. Wish I would have never sold it. But the MC-707 is a true successor to it. Thanks for the awesome video!
The whole series of MC-x0x groove boxes is amazing. The same with 505 - real classic with (still) very serious possibilities of producing interesting sounds. Good review.
Still have my original 505 I purchased in 1999. I've put out numerous albums, ep's and singles over the years using only the 505 and some waves gold post production. As mentioned, if you take the time to learn it, it pays off, I've done everything from acid jazz to doom metal on this thing. Thankfully I had the forsight to buy 10 of the 5 volt smart media cards before they stopped production and became collector items. I've been playing underground parties in Detroit several times a year for 2 decades and the the 505 is always a crowd pleaser, usually as the sun is rising. Liked and subscribed.
@@MoraFermi It's actually because the attention span of people buying gear has greatly diminished over the years. Nowadays people are looping the same 16 steps for eternity, when back in the day people at least had the decency to stretch those 16 steps to 32 bars. I'm mostly joking, but it does seem like people aren't really learning their instruments anymore and as such instant-gratification becomes more sellable (onto which you can then bake on some proper features).
It is hard to believe that you got such great sounds out of that thing. This was honestly one of the most awkward pieces of gear I have had the pleasure of seeing on this channel. Rock on!
Legendary piece of kit and certainly very capable, especially in the song mode! This would have been mind blowing when it arrived! HAPPY FIRDAY EVERYONE!!!
That vocal sample in Jam 2 sounds SO MUCH like the weird little yells at the beginning of Sympathy For The Devil that I had to do a double take. Fun video as always, keep up the good work!
The MC-808 is still my fav of the 90s/00s Roland boxes, but there's something quite refreshing about the workflow on the 505 (and even more so on the JX-305) that always makes you smile.
My man! ...always killing it!..as a 90's producer my buddy had one and we called him a cheater!..Roland really knew how to bring the FOMO in those days!
I love all workstations or synths with sequencers that have a sound library that spans from Final Fantasy bell pads to jazzy saxophones, or b3 organs to jupiter 8 pads. Then you end up with some super catchy rompler electronic pop that starts to tickle my nostalgic sense.
I just filled out a Roland survey that asked for my fave TH-camrs/influencers, and I listed you first...LOL! (Maybe they'll finally add you to their merch list.)
Excellent Show mate. I have a mint condition MC 505, the screen is perfect, I also have the memory card. I bought it 10 years ago for 200 Euros from a chap from your neck of the woods. Blessings from a Brit in Berlin. ❤️
@@jimbotron70 some time ago there was a mention about somebody creating an alternative storage method but I never really followed its progression. Roland used a different voltage card to the other manufacturers so that made matters even more fluffed up. Typical Roland. With the memory card the machine is a lot more stable for some reason.. They are like rocking horse shit to find. I guess that demand for such a specialised hack for the MC 505 is quite low compared to a vintage SP, MPC etc. Its a shame because it is a good instrument for live set. The remix function is really good to take your jams to another level.
I remember clearly the day before Christmas in 2001. my dad bought a 505 for my brother, after he ask for it for almost a year. When I first saw the MC I was blown away by it! I tried to switch it on but unfortunately it fell off the table and broke my big toe.
That last line is the coup de grace - the 505's DNA is ALL OVER the MC 707. The 4 partials architecture, the JV1080 sound palette, the unerasable presets that are not destined to age well. The only thing that is missing is the D-Beam (which honestly would have been awesome).
I had an MC-303 in the 90s and sold it in college. I missed it, got nostalgic, and found a good deal on an MC-505 in 2020. It even had a Smart Media card, even though it doesn't come out of the slot, but it still reads and writes fine. I did stumble upon a TH-cam user Isobutane, who does some really good jams on his 505 and Yamaha RM1X. Makes me want to dig deeper and really milk the sounds on them. Thanks for this. Enjoyed your tunes!
This is one of these roland boxes i always extra never looked at. Now that i see it in action it is pretty impressive. Especially considering when it comes from. This was a bit ahead of its time. having said that, man you are seriously skilled and blessed. Keep em coming
YES! YES! YES! My dream has come true and you finally got your hands on a 505! Haven't even watched the video yet and hope you did it justice! I got one in 1998 when they came out and it was a fortune for me at the time. I then was in a electronic/metal band and it was the centerpiece of my rig. Such a powerful sequencer and synth, once you get your head around programming it.
my fave groovebox, its got a lot going for it and the preset patch sounds can all have the rom waveform samples edited , you can get some nice pad and bass sounds out of the box and the drums are still usable and can edit those , good video. 505 love
My first piece of pro equipment ! It had an excellent comunity of people sharing tips and advice over the internet, and several of them have remained friends over the years. A true classic.
Mine was also given to my older brother by my paternal uncle as an xmas present in 1999 but sometimes I borrowed it from time to time. Then in January 2007 my brother let me keep it and it's been in my stack ever since.
The highlight of my week! If you truly want to complete your collection of Bad Gear Roland’s, might I suggest the Alpha Juno! Readily available, need for an external controller, weakish filter and some other late 80s/early 90s quirks make it a prime candidate. Also, are you still planning on doing a 100k jam/liveset?
Oh the grooveboxes... The promise of a plastic-top-chart hit were strong on this one 😅 it was like an interactive instrumental MP3 of ‘no limits’ (and derivates). Amazing what you squeezed out on it in such a short time 👏
I got this thing when it first came out and I was so happy at first. I had it for a year and never successfully made anything I was happy with. It was a total cheese box.
Impressive. I didn't know about this thing, so I learned a thing or two today. I luuuuurve the abundance of knobs and sliders. Still, not my cup of tea, but it's a big world with room for all kinds. Thanks, Florian!
got my 505 the day it came out, i made extensive use of the megamix while performing my stuff, it allowed me to move from pattern to pattern seamlessly. The RPS was cool to "showcase" a bunch of tracks to friends without having to scroll for them i performed for almost 8 years with that machine, sometimes just it with a mixer and guitar pedals on the 4 independent outs, sometimes with a ef303 and sp 303
I mean Cibo Matto's Album "At Home With the Groovebox" used only an MC-505 for all the instrumentation....this thing is more than capable if you have the memory cards to hold the note data or something to dump MIDI data into for recall.
I had one in 1999 and i never saw it crash once, mostly used it to sequence other synths. By 2001 i had moved over to using a computer for sequencing and dsp, could still throw midi into the mc505 though via computer and that was great fun too.
Now i remember it did crash but only when i overloaded it with several drum patterns being fed into one midi channel via a pc. Things i remember most about the machine was that the drums could use the resonance filter and had a fully functioning ADSR filter not hidden away in a menu (and pitch knob), meaning you could play with drum patterns quite well compared to other machines of the time.
Amazing video, been waiting for this one! Im an absolutely massive fan of the MC-909, and its the centrepiece of my setup. Hoping you cover that one day!
I thought you already reviewed this thing like 3 years ago. Wish I could find somebody to fix mine. I used to play with that thing for hours. My buddy used to put it on a channel in his mixer and crossfade between the tracks I made and trance vinyls during live dj sets at parties. Now it’s just collecting dust because the screen’s toast and some of the knobs are shot. Tried the screen fix tricks, it didn’t really work. I would totally still mess around with that thing. I brings back so many memories. It was totally cheesy but loved it.
Surprisingly capable box in the right hands. Not sure about the left hands. It's one of those now vintage devices that makes me as an old 80s electronics former repair tech repeat the old mantra, remember - this is OLD electronics, not silverware, veteran cars or inheritable furniture. These only hold value because someone thinks they're an investment, they're not! They go bad, you need to maintain them a lot, this fall appart (literally) and components from that era is getting increasingly scarce.
I bought one on ebay about 10 years ago and it seemed like it'd been through some wars. The lower right side looked like it had been in a fight with an angle grinder, including some of the "keys". After a few emails, it tuns out Roland were (and probably are) still selling the parts :)
I have the MC307 and used it for a live show recently and retired it after because it was starting to go. Replaced it with a 707 because, like you said, pretty much the same sounds lol
Oh wow, so awesome. I have one pride of place in my studio and the keys arent even yellowed! It's a great sound engine for authentic 90's sounds. So happy you made this episode! Awesome jam 🔥👌
I loved this machine. I had this and the MC-909, what was really cool about the MC-505 is that you were able to control temperament, like Arabian and Tonic. I want one of these right now. If I had the knowledge, I would like to make a huge tabletop version of a groove box with triple the knobs (for filter, amp and pitch) multiple filter knobs, multiple LFOs. 16 sliders, etc. Great machine! Thanks!
Yep - way too many parameters. I'm planning on programming a RemoteZero to help look after the more interesting menu-hidden parameters (now just to get both back off my mate I lent it to).
I like how all the samples for each drum patch are in the same spot..so you can just change patches to see what drum kit sounds best over your song..and its really fun to play it with a midi keyboard
There is an extremely good (quite recent) editor for it, based on ctrlr. It opens up the sound editing capabilities. I have this one in my studio since it came out and still use the great arpegiator, some sounds and the lousy (but in my music useful) LoFi filter. How did these old things have more sequencing, arpeggiating, microtonality options than most of recent gear?
The trade off in many of these all-in-one, late 90s grooveboxes (and many current ones) is the anemic sound. Routing all your parts to other fuller synths solves that, but then you have to deal with more equipment. Regardless, it all sounds better right out of a component than a mixdown to me. I love the grooveboxes, so this was an exceptionally good show for me! One day I aspire to get a Syntakt or an MPC One.
If I tried to sequence on another device and just midi out to the 505 it always had issues. Like it was slow / leggy. But it was fun. The 307 has all the same sounds plus a few extras if you can't get a 505.
This was an uneventful purchase for me a while back. I did sell it. Very interesting all the layers of the JV sounds however by the time I figured out how to program it because it's really deep but you are left scratching your head. I didn't think it sounded too good because of the way the sound engine was tuned. I wish they would put a modern MC 707 into the chassis of the metal boxes with multi outputs. Remember the MC 505 came out after a bunch of plastic drum machines and groove boxes have been on the market for a decade. Point in case: any manufacturer can move from cheap plastic to something a little more substantial and metal with a better looking layout at any time in the lifecycle of making products. Once you go full plastic, you don't have to stay there. Can we stop going full plastic!
I started making Music 24 years ago on a MC-303. Then upgraded to a MC-505 and in the end had the MC-909 which was a Pleasure as Center Piece for our/my Hardware based Live Acts back in the Days. Ahhh, Nostalgia....
The best thing about early Grooveboxes was definitely the idea of sticking everything under one knob covered lid. However, learning how to use one of these little beauties is just...😭
@6:52 apart from this being my favorite killer jam in this episode...we can even see mirror image Florian jamm'in in the 505 display 😄...loved the Bach watch 😂
Making the infotext like “This Webpage Is Still Online” @9:00 seem like part of the original Roland stock footage, was a stroke of genius. Applaus from Copenhagen! 🙌🏻
@@AudioPilz & everyone else who replied: Yeah, I should have been clear the MC505 is very different to the MC303, they just look similar and it reminded me of that silver box I bought off a guy who worked on the same production line as me in a factory in Cork city back in 2003. I knew it was shit when I bought it, but I just wanted something that would look cool, sat on my desk in-between some guitar pedals and stubbed out cigarettes . I've never used an MC505, but I think that was what M.I.A. used to make Paper Planes - which would be a pretty cool fact if it turns out to be true.
ahhh my first love.. my intro to creating electronic music, my first live set up was two 505s and an sp303 set up like two turntables and a mixer.. and i rocked out with multimix mode, classic
The truth is when I want that old Roland sound my go to box is the MC909. I still have the 505 and it holds a special place in my heart. It’s a great DAWless jamming tool, but the quality is better on the 909, and it has an SRX slot. It has the same problem as the 505; the processor is not powerful enough to take full advantage of the advanced sequencer the 909 carries. It’s glitchy as all get out. Thanks for the memories.
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The day has finally come... the greatest Roland instrument of all time is on Bad Gear
It was about time!!!
If that is their greatest instrument of all time we're really deep trouble
The MC505 allowed me to play live without a band. I programmed my own patterns and riffs and used them live. Thank you, from Canada, for your MC505 episode
I had this thing squeal with the radio tuning unbelievable mine got stolen and I found the same one in a pawnshop in Vancouver
Nice!!!
hi, is there any document or video that you use to help you on that ? i got mine 5 month ago and i would like to know better the machine. tyvm in advance !
I'm in awe of how many bangers you make every week, great work as always!
Thank you so much!!!
I immediately thought of B Fleischmann when I saw this episode, I can't believe it was his 505 you were using! He mastered that thing!
Agreed, big fan here!!!
yea my friend gave me pop loops back in the day, im grateful bc id have not heard it probably
I bought my MC 505 2 years ago, still having loads of fun with it. Great piece of gear. I'm certainly keeping it. Great one, Mr Pilz!
Thank you!!!
Grooveboxes were designed to be used (and abused ) on live situations. Thats why the sturdy construction,controls and connections. Serious piece of hardware.
True that!
Wow that final demo is proper oldschool goa !! Respect.. That’s exactly the sound which defined 90’s goa !!
Thank you so much!!!
same opinion !! is posible download this track or buy?
The big brother of my beloved first drum machine/synthesizer, the mc-303. I got a good decade of production and live performance out of the 303, and always coveted the 505... And it sent me on a 20-year journey of GAS and Grooveboxes.
The 303 is super quirky!!! Classic!!!
i found one of these in the GARBAGE few years ago. it worked just fine. crazy to think someone thew it out.
Great find!!!
The 505 is a beast. Nice mix between the MC-303 & MC-909. Know a few house heads still making tunes with just this unit. Awesome jams & overview!
Thank you so much!!!
I had a 505 shortly after they came out. I got it to replace my 303 that I liked a lot. Mostly made hip hop tracks but the 505 was the center piece of my studio for several years. This video was nostalgia!
Some great hip hop sounds on this one!!!
I bought one in 2000, it was ahead of its time. Wish I would have never sold it. But the MC-707 is a true successor to it. Thanks for the awesome video!
Thanks for watching!!!
The whole series of MC-x0x groove boxes is amazing. The same with 505 - real classic with (still) very serious possibilities of producing interesting sounds. Good review.
Thank you!!! Agreed!!!
Still have my original 505 I purchased in 1999. I've put out numerous albums, ep's and singles over the years using only the 505 and some waves gold post production. As mentioned, if you take the time to learn it, it pays off, I've done everything from acid jazz to doom metal on this thing. Thankfully I had the forsight to buy 10 of the 5 volt smart media cards before they stopped production and became collector items. I've been playing underground parties in Detroit several times a year for 2 decades and the the 505 is always a crowd pleaser, usually as the sun is rising. Liked and subscribed.
Any sets recorded? You don't have any on your channel. Please post!
I own the 505 ! 1st and only hardware I got. Thanks to being inspired by M.I.A. amazing debut record Arular released in 2005 ❤
Nice!!! Love MIA!!!
@@AudioPilz she’s a legend ❤
What pisses me off is this ancient groovebox can have up to 32 bars, and the majority of modern gear is limited to 64-128 steps.
True that!
I've noticed that too. Why?? That level of memory is so cheap. This is why I love the Pyramid. 64 tracks up to 300-something bars apiece
I suspect it's a "creative limitation" rather than actual limitation.
Or they'd rather have you upgrade to one of those "workstation" type synths.
@@MoraFermi even the Squarp Hapax has less you can do with it than its predecessor. I don't get it
@@MoraFermi It's actually because the attention span of people buying gear has greatly diminished over the years. Nowadays people are looping the same 16 steps for eternity, when back in the day people at least had the decency to stretch those 16 steps to 32 bars.
I'm mostly joking, but it does seem like people aren't really learning their instruments anymore and as such instant-gratification becomes more sellable (onto which you can then bake on some proper features).
It is hard to believe that you got such great sounds out of that thing. This was honestly one of the most awkward pieces of gear I have had the pleasure of seeing on this channel. Rock on!
Thank you so much!!!
Legendary piece of kit and certainly very capable, especially in the song mode! This would have been mind blowing when it arrived! HAPPY FIRDAY EVERYONE!!!
Have a nice weekend!!!
It was very mind blowing, got one in fall of 98'... had it for about 5 years and miss it every time I write something new.
That vocal sample in Jam 2 sounds SO MUCH like the weird little yells at the beginning of Sympathy For The Devil that I had to do a double take.
Fun video as always, keep up the good work!
Thank you!!!
Truly ahead of it's time, I would love to see a refresh.
True! Isn't that the 707?
Oh no, I want one now! 10/10 music and review
Thank you!!!
I had one in 1999 with my Rm1x yamaha groovebox n me juno 106 but had to sell them all to move back to hudds from Galway. in 2006.
The MC-808 is still my fav of the 90s/00s Roland boxes, but there's something quite refreshing about the workflow on the 505 (and even more so on the JX-305) that always makes you smile.
Agreed!!!
Was it the one with motorized faders? I had the largest GAS for that one 🤯
My man! ...always killing it!..as a 90's producer my buddy had one and we called him a cheater!..Roland really knew how to bring the FOMO in those days!
Yeah, so powerful for the time!!! Thanks!
I love all workstations or synths with sequencers that have a sound library that spans from Final Fantasy bell pads to jazzy saxophones, or b3 organs to jupiter 8 pads. Then you end up with some super catchy rompler electronic pop that starts to tickle my nostalgic sense.
Same here!!! Team ROMpler!!!
I just filled out a Roland survey that asked for my fave TH-camrs/influencers, and I listed you first...LOL! (Maybe they'll finally add you to their merch list.)
Thank you so much!!! We really have to get that going!!!
Excellent Show mate. I have a mint condition MC 505, the screen is perfect, I also have the memory card. I bought it 10 years ago for 200 Euros from a chap from your neck of the woods. Blessings from a Brit in Berlin. ❤️
Thank you so much!!! Nice one!!!
Aren't there adapters for SD cards?
@@jimbotron70 some time ago there was a mention about somebody creating an alternative storage method but I never really followed its progression. Roland used a different voltage card to the other manufacturers so that made matters even more fluffed up. Typical Roland. With the memory card the machine is a lot more stable for some reason.. They are like rocking horse shit to find. I guess that demand for such a specialised hack for the MC 505 is quite low compared to a vintage SP, MPC etc. Its a shame because it is a good instrument for live set. The remix function is really good to take your jams to another level.
I remember clearly the day before Christmas in 2001. my dad bought a 505 for my brother, after he ask for it for almost a year. When I first saw the MC I was blown away by it! I tried to switch it on but unfortunately it fell off the table and broke my big toe.
That's tough!!! Do you still hold it against the groovebox?
That last line is the coup de grace - the 505's DNA is ALL OVER the MC 707. The 4 partials architecture, the JV1080 sound palette, the unerasable presets that are not destined to age well. The only thing that is missing is the D-Beam (which honestly would have been awesome).
So similar, agreed!!!
if only the MC707 had the SH4d's D-Motion thing... ;-)
I had an MC-303 in the 90s and sold it in college. I missed it, got nostalgic, and found a good deal on an MC-505 in 2020. It even had a Smart Media card, even though it doesn't come out of the slot, but it still reads and writes fine. I did stumble upon a TH-cam user Isobutane, who does some really good jams on his 505 and Yamaha RM1X. Makes me want to dig deeper and really milk the sounds on them. Thanks for this. Enjoyed your tunes!
Thank you!!! The SM card is something for the pension fund;)
This is one of these roland boxes i always extra never looked at. Now that i see it in action it is pretty impressive. Especially considering when it comes from. This was a bit ahead of its time.
having said that, man you are seriously skilled and blessed. Keep em coming
Yeah, this one is a classic
YES! YES! YES! My dream has come true and you finally got your hands on a 505! Haven't even watched the video yet and hope you did it justice! I got one in 1998 when they came out and it was a fortune for me at the time. I then was in a electronic/metal band and it was the centerpiece of my rig. Such a powerful sequencer and synth, once you get your head around programming it.
Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!!!
Eagerly awaiting the Teenage Engineering EP-133 video
So do I;)
Oh God. I had this and when you played that pattern at 1:27 my body actually shivered.
So much nostalgia!!!❤️❤️❤️
my fave groovebox, its got a lot going for it and the preset patch sounds can all have the rom waveform samples edited , you can get some nice pad and bass sounds out of the box and the drums are still usable and can edit those , good video. 505 love
Thank you!!!
As a mc707 owner, that last comment made me spit out my drink a little. Touche.
😀😀😀
My first piece of pro equipment ! It had an excellent comunity of people sharing tips and advice over the internet, and several of them have remained friends over the years. A true classic.
Agreed!!!
We are Roland, we are Legion, join ussssssss.....
😂😂😂😂
I got one of these for xmas when I was a teen and it was actually awesome
Mine was also given to my older brother by my paternal uncle as an xmas present in 1999 but
sometimes I borrowed it from time to time. Then in January 2007 my brother let me keep it and it's
been in my stack ever since.
Nice!!!
The highlight of my week! If you truly want to complete your collection of Bad Gear Roland’s, might I suggest the Alpha Juno! Readily available, need for an external controller, weakish filter and some other late 80s/early 90s quirks make it a prime candidate. Also, are you still planning on doing a 100k jam/liveset?
Thank you so much!!! 100K was the roast episode, let's see when I can squeeze in another jam
I bought one about 4 years ago and I love it. I mainly use it as a synth module & edit it via my master keyboard.
Nice technique!!!
Just in time to catch this on my lunch break!
Cheers!!!
wow, I watch you tweak all of these machines, I sit in awe , well done sir,
Thank you so much!!!
Oh the grooveboxes... The promise of a plastic-top-chart hit were strong on this one 😅 it was like an interactive instrumental MP3 of ‘no limits’ (and derivates). Amazing what you squeezed out on it in such a short time 👏
Thank you!!!
MEGAMIX is the best feature on the MC505, its endless fun swapping parts between various patterns from different genres!
Agreed!!!
I got this thing when it first came out and I was so happy at first. I had it for a year and never successfully made anything I was happy with. It was a total cheese box.
Cheese for days!!!
Haha that's the same story for me!
I bought mine in early 1999 and gigged it extensively in the 2000s. So much fun to use
Nice!!!
Impressive. I didn't know about this thing, so I learned a thing or two today. I luuuuurve the abundance of knobs and sliders. Still, not my cup of tea, but it's a big world with room for all kinds. Thanks, Florian!
Thanks for watching!!!
got my 505 the day it came out, i made extensive use of the megamix while performing my stuff, it allowed me to move from pattern to pattern seamlessly. The RPS was cool to "showcase" a bunch of tracks to friends without having to scroll for them
i performed for almost 8 years with that machine, sometimes just it with a mixer and guitar pedals on the 4 independent outs, sometimes with a ef303 and sp 303
RPS is awesome!!!
All your GOA bad gear episode finishers are bangers!
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz I would go to an underground Florian GOA party!
Alot of people talk a lot about filters being warm. First time I've heard anymore describe a filter as cold! Bad gear counterpoint pedagogy! 👏👏🙏
They are definitely not warm;) Thanks!!!
I mean Cibo Matto's Album "At Home With the Groovebox" used only an MC-505 for all the instrumentation....this thing is more than capable if you have the memory cards to hold the note data or something to dump MIDI data into for recall.
Legendary album!!!
I had one in 1999 and i never saw it crash once, mostly used it to sequence other synths. By 2001 i had moved over to using a computer for sequencing and dsp, could still throw midi into the mc505 though via computer and that was great fun too.
Now i remember it did crash but only when i overloaded it with several drum patterns being fed into one midi channel via a pc. Things i remember most about the machine was that the drums could use the resonance filter and had a fully functioning ADSR filter not hidden away in a menu (and pitch knob), meaning you could play with drum patterns quite well compared to other machines of the time.
Yeah, it's mostly stable but I have a very special talent for that;)
Amazing video, been waiting for this one! Im an absolutely massive fan of the MC-909, and its the centrepiece of my setup. Hoping you cover that one day!
Thank you so much!!! I really have to get hold of one of these!!!
I thought you already reviewed this thing like 3 years ago. Wish I could find somebody to fix mine. I used to play with that thing for hours. My buddy used to put it on a channel in his mixer and crossfade between the tracks I made and trance vinyls during live dj sets at parties. Now it’s just collecting dust because the screen’s toast and some of the knobs are shot. Tried the screen fix tricks, it didn’t really work. I would totally still mess around with that thing. I brings back so many memories. It was totally cheesy but loved it.
I think that was the 303
Surprisingly capable box in the right hands. Not sure about the left hands. It's one of those now vintage devices that makes me as an old 80s electronics former repair tech repeat the old mantra, remember - this is OLD electronics, not silverware, veteran cars or inheritable furniture. These only hold value because someone thinks they're an investment, they're not! They go bad, you need to maintain them a lot, this fall appart (literally) and components from that era is getting increasingly scarce.
I wouldn't call them an investment but these are pretty robust and servicable
I find that taking a hot steam iron to ALL my mid and late 90's synths and grooveboxes fixes everything!
Gear manufacturers hate that trick;)
wow this thing is gnarly, awesome stuff as always!
Thank you so much!!!
Feels extra special this week watching Austria 🇦🇹. Amazing content as always!
Thank you!!!
I rented one of these to babysit the “chill out room” at a miniature Vancouver warehouse party and somehow pulled it off.
Cool idea!!!
I bought one on ebay about 10 years ago and it seemed like it'd been through some wars. The lower right side looked like it had been in a fight with an angle grinder, including some of the "keys". After a few emails, it tuns out Roland were (and probably are) still selling the parts :)
Postapocalyptic gear;)
Another great video, as usual. Would you consider doing maybe the omnichord in the future? Something like that would be ultra-dope.
Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!
God the jams in this video gave me SUPER nostalgia of a micro-specific color and taste. Thanks again! haha
Thank you so much!!!
I have the MC307 and used it for a live show recently and retired it after because it was starting to go. Replaced it with a 707 because, like you said, pretty much the same sounds lol
Really like the 307 tho!!!
@@AudioPilz They 307 is awesome. I love that thing. :)
Oh wow, so awesome. I have one pride of place in my studio and the keys arent even yellowed! It's a great sound engine for authentic 90's sounds. So happy you made this episode! Awesome jam 🔥👌
Thank you!!! Nice one!!!
I loved this machine. I had this and the MC-909, what was really cool about the MC-505 is that you were able to control temperament, like Arabian and Tonic. I want one of these right now. If I had the knowledge, I would like to make a huge tabletop version of a groove box with triple the knobs (for filter, amp and pitch) multiple filter knobs, multiple LFOs. 16 sliders, etc. Great machine! Thanks!
Non-western scales are awesome!!!
Yep - way too many parameters. I'm planning on programming a RemoteZero to help look after the more interesting menu-hidden parameters (now just to get both back off my mate I lent it to).
I like how all the samples for each drum patch are in the same spot..so you can just change patches to see what drum kit sounds best over your song..and its really fun to play it with a midi keyboard
True that!
What a great presentation. I really love your videos! -ah yes and the music you make is fantastic always!
Thank you so much!!!
You did it!! You did my beautiful freak!! Superb!! You made my Friday!!!! long live 90s dance!! (Well, only until the display goes kaput!)
Thank you so much!!!
GALANG by M.I.A. + the rest of her Arular record ❤ 505 magic
Legendary!!!
9:18
That pic, on so many levels, is fairdikum GOLD!~
Thank you!!!
There is an extremely good (quite recent) editor for it, based on ctrlr. It opens up the sound editing capabilities.
I have this one in my studio since it came out and still use the great arpegiator, some sounds and the lousy (but in my music useful) LoFi filter.
How did these old things have more sequencing, arpeggiating, microtonality options than most of recent gear?
Thanks for the heads up!!!
I have this one around many other boxes, and it delivered so much fun! It's not perfect but very unique and charismatic piece. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!!!
The trade off in many of these all-in-one, late 90s grooveboxes (and many current ones) is the anemic sound. Routing all your parts to other fuller synths solves that, but then you have to deal with more equipment. Regardless, it all sounds better right out of a component than a mixdown to me. I love the grooveboxes, so this was an exceptionally good show for me! One day I aspire to get a Syntakt or an MPC One.
Syntakt is much recommended!!!
If I tried to sequence on another device and just midi out to the 505 it always had issues. Like it was slow / leggy. But it was fun. The 307 has all the same sounds plus a few extras if you can't get a 505.
Midi is not the tightest indeed
This was an uneventful purchase for me a while back. I did sell it. Very interesting all the layers of the JV sounds however by the time I figured out how to program it because it's really deep but you are left scratching your head.
I didn't think it sounded too good because of the way the sound engine was tuned.
I wish they would put a modern MC 707 into the chassis of the metal boxes with multi outputs.
Remember the MC 505 came out after a bunch of plastic drum machines and groove boxes have been on the market for a decade.
Point in case: any manufacturer can move from cheap plastic to something a little more substantial and metal with a better looking layout at any time in the lifecycle of making products.
Once you go full plastic, you don't have to stay there.
Can we stop going full plastic!
Full Metal MC-707!!!
Well made polymer enclosures can be tougher than a metal case fwiw (just most arent on the same planet as well made).
I started making Music 24 years ago on a MC-303. Then upgraded to a MC-505 and in the end had the MC-909 which was a Pleasure as Center Piece for our/my Hardware based Live Acts back in the Days. Ahhh, Nostalgia....
Nice!!!
The best thing about early Grooveboxes was definitely the idea of sticking everything under one knob covered lid.
However, learning how to use one of these little beauties is just...😭
The learning curve of that one ain't so bad...
holy shit! B. Fleischmann is awesome! good on him for letting you use his gear!
The man. The legend.
Mc909 and mc808: I’m a joke to you.
BadGear: Of course not, Roland is.
Already had the MC-808 on the show and it's not so funny;)
@@AudioPilz but what “the last”? Mc909 should be… since 808 it’s half software based!
@6:52 apart from this being my favorite killer jam in this episode...we can even see mirror image Florian jamm'in in the 505 display 😄...loved the Bach watch 😂
Thank you!!!
Biggest Roland fan indeed 😅😂
Hell yeah!!!
Making the infotext like “This Webpage Is Still Online” @9:00 seem like part of the original Roland stock footage, was a stroke of genius. Applaus from Copenhagen! 🙌🏻
Thank you so much!!!
Wish I had never sold mine!
Selling Gear is only advised after it hikes in price
Only worth it with a working display!!!
@@AudioPilz Are you sure about that?
That first diddy you made had an old school Infected Mushroom feel to it! Kudos!! I used to own the MC 303 and hated it
Thank you so much!!!
Back in the day I had an MC303. Real talk: it was shit, but it looked really cool.
I hear 505s are quite a bit nicer than the 303
Yep 307 n 505 were different
Definitely give the 505 a try!!!
I also had a MC-303 …. And buyer’s remorse.
@@AudioPilz & everyone else who replied: Yeah, I should have been clear the MC505 is very different to the MC303, they just look similar and it reminded me of that silver box I bought off a guy who worked on the same production line as me in a factory in Cork city back in 2003. I knew it was shit when I bought it, but I just wanted something that would look cool, sat on my desk in-between some guitar pedals and stubbed out cigarettes . I've never used an MC505, but I think that was what M.I.A. used to make Paper Planes - which would be a pretty cool fact if it turns out to be true.
D-Beam nuf said. Had one of these when it was new. Actually pretty awesome gear even if it was a bit of a pita to play with as a noob.
Legendary!!!
At least faders are working on this one 😂
Totally!!!
I bought one when they came out, never got my head around it.
Yeah, there's some learning curve...
Sacrilege!
Of course;)
ahhh my first love.. my intro to creating electronic music, my first live set up was two 505s and an sp303 set up like two turntables and a mixer.. and i rocked out with multimix mode, classic
Simpler times!!!
Better than MC Hammer- Hammer please don't hurt 'em (with your dreary, Christian soft rap crap!)
I wonder what happened to that sucker?!
😂😂😂😂
The interface has always looked perfect to me…a modern one of these would be amazing
True that!
The truth is when I want that old Roland sound my go to box is the MC909. I still have the 505 and it holds a special place in my heart. It’s a great DAWless jamming tool, but the quality is better on the 909, and it has an SRX slot. It has the same problem as the 505; the processor is not powerful enough to take full advantage of the advanced sequencer the 909 carries. It’s glitchy as all get out. Thanks for the memories.
909 is a beast!
I had an MC 505 a long time ago, a cool machine. With that one together the Yamaga RS7000 that I still have today.
Nice!!!
I love the second jam, totally my 90s thing..
Merci pour ta gentillesse.
Merci beaucoup!!!
Snagging B Fleischmann's MC-505 is a true score! Loved the jam you did with the Waldorf rocket as a side synth.
Thank you so much!!! The man. The legend.
Legendary that you got access to B Fleischmann's 505. That's 1/2 of Duo 505!
The man. The legend.
Thank you so much for doing this one! I have it in mint condition with VHS instruction video and everything! My favorite 90's possession! 😅
Nice!!! It's a keeper!!!
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