The write button is the most important button on this joint ha! It was the centre piece of my studio until the MPC One. TIGHT sequencer, great sample chopping and synth programming. Once you get used to Roland's convoluted way of doing things, it really shines. I still keep it as a sound module and the electric shocks keep me focused 😂
@@MeneTekelUpharsin yeah, lts like 20 years old so the included sounds and presets do sound dated, however you are getting an XV synth in there to create your own sounds (which you can also use your own samples to create patches) Same for the drums. An excellent sampler akin to the MV with re-sample, chop and import full tracks/acapellas etc . and a tight 16 track sequencer that can also route to external gear, and a ton of FX pulled from other gear like the SPs, Fantom, timestretch ahead of it's time and reverbs still sound great. it can basically sound how you want it to sound.
I am a owner of an MC-909 since it came out and I use it today too. It´s a secret weapon and the synthengine is extreme. That´s right, the unit is zapping you a bit xD Especially on the sides, where the unit has little or less painting on the metal. Nothing happend but keep your hands dry man xD
Dream machine for sure. I had learned the MC-303 so well and had some wild times with it until the sound engine died. The odd-time quantize settings on that thing that can be switched on the fly were like no other DAW or box I have tried since. I can't imaging getting a chance to hang with an MC-909. It's bizzare to have a fantasy about gear. Drool.
This machine was the CENTER of my studio rig for fifteen years. I could sequence all of my outboard gear with it and that alone made it ultra valuable.
@@kenzieprice6745 It's been a while since I've produced anything but little humans.😃 Now that our boys are big I'm probably going to switch to the Akai Force. It seems to me to have all of the qualities from the MC-909 and Ableton Live that I like/use. There's also the modern connectivity and LOADS of terrific material on You Tube to learn from. I may even create content here in this space when I get my hands on one. Take care.
@@MichaelBLevi Congrats! I had a feeling the Akai's are the answer but need to look at the Maschine+ too. Still, part of me thinks there might be a simpler/to the point workflow of something like this 909 I would want to give a try.
I owe every release I made while living in England between 2003 to 2005 to this very machine (Deep House Music). I'm still mad at Roland for dropping it before it was really finished! It was maybe 1 or 2 more patch updates from being legendary!
Love the way you present this history on this beast and you def got a subscriber with this one! To be fair it IS a solid machine for dance music (any music) as well even if the filter res is a little "early-2000's digital". Installing the SRX-05 Supreme Dance card gets you some nice basic TR-808/909 kits as well along with a few other bonuses that can only be unlocked on the MC-909, a good option cause the onboard drums can be a little "specific". It does almost everything and has an enormous synth engine where each Part can have up to 4 "Tones" AKA timbres AKA 4 totally different sounds, and everything is laid out nicely to cut your own synth patches with that big beautiful face full of controls! I will say that it can be weird not really being able to make even minor tweaks to existing patches without saving as a whole new sound, but you can automate changes as you record sequences which is usually enough. Worst case scenario you can always just sample another device and not bother with the synth engine. It has extensive sample goodies (resample, chop, normalize and way more), it has D-beams, master FX and a 3-band mastering compressor. There's the "Matrix Control 1" knob that you can set per-patch that controls the range and destination for 4 different Part values in 1 knob. There's a patch randomizer knob right next to it. You can even pitch-shift incoming audio LIVE across an octave! The Turntable Emulation and Auto Sync (sacrifice 1/2 polyphony for sample timestretch) are amazing for working with loop samples. This thing's so powerful and its workflows so flexible I can't imagine any one person actually using all the features the MC-909 allows! People say MC-505 is the best classic Roland groovebox for its MultiMix functions, Bass Boost and other great performance features, but for everything it loses from the 505 it gains another 4 things a 505 can't touch. Dunno how it got so slept-on!
I love my MC-909 + MC-505 (505 needs a repair) I know I'm only using a small percentage of what it's capable of, and even that alone is fucking amazing still! A few months ago I got a Roli Seaboard and it plays sooooo well with my MC-909 (routed through Live)
The DJ got shocked lmfao. This show is magic. Back in the days I couldn't afford most of this stuff. I use maschine/mpc live (as my main weapons of choice)now, but dude I still be wanting to go back and get some of the stuff I missed out on but the technology today is so ahead of most of the vintage gear I was fiending over, so I kind of just like to watch this show to see what I missed. I still want that mc 505/909 but how u export tracks is so primitive(no usb) idk Great channel, peace from Louisiana
In my opinion the problem with this machine was that they rushed it.A year or two after this one they announced the MC-808 which was pretty much the same machine without the screen BUT with full length motorised faders,double the Ram and double the sampling time.Naturally most people expected Roland to make the final product that would have the luxury of screen and DAW-like workflow of the MC-909 but the specs plus the faders of the MC-808,what roland did was just expect people to choose between two different incomplete pieces of gear untill they FINALLY released the MV series,which is a whole different story.
@@indegruv SP-808 is a different tool. SP were compact samplers and fx units, that could be used for complete sampled beats. MC were supposed to be workstations, for managing external sounds, sequencing whole songs and even recording and mixing.
Actually they released it late:p by 2006 scene has been taken over by cheesier sounds made in a daw. Rs7000 and mc909 a purely do it all standalone torpedos they all gave place to other roland and yamaha machines that have direct connection workflow with a daw. So my guess if roland released that 98 or 99 would prolly be here till today going for sale like a tr909
The MC-909 has the same sound engine as the XV-5050/5080 Module Rack which runs for about $450 on ebay. For about $700 you can get a MC-909 from Japan, add more RAM, and buy extra Smartmedia cards.
I got one of these back then and you hit the nail on the head, it’s like a daw. But back then I didn’t know what all of that stuff was all about and found it confusing. Everyone was all about Akai, so I traded it for one around the same price. Truth is the MC probably ran circles around the lower end MPC at the same price.
It was also SRX Expansion Board compatible. My partner has a Fantom and the problem with the difference in Patch volume was between the Presets and Expansion sounds....possibly the samee with the MC909
Had one great for on the spot blending , sampling was ILL !!!! THE SAMPLE HOLD !!!! FIT VERY WELL WITH MY VESTAX PDX2000'S AND PMC 07 VERY SICK MACHINE FOR LIVE SESSIONS. NO DOUBT YES FOR DJ'S PEEP THE PITCH SLIDER. MY HOMIE MC SINJ had one and he did the whole battle scene. No doubt a collectors piece.
Why hasn't Roland ever sat down with RZA and been like... "yo...lets design a sampler". bet that thing would be dope as hell. and lol at the D-Beam! Vavavoom! I'm going to do that every time I touch one now... "Yo is that a D-beam" Vavavoom!
I remember the producers running for this over the MPC because of the built in sounds. The learning curve sent most back to the MP. But the ones who held on to it....made gold. And most of those...still have it to this day. I always liked the beats I was hearing....but watching em make it seemed so intricate lol.
I needed the laugh thanks, great video. I have an mc-505 and mc-808,, I regret not getting the mc-909 in like 2015 when i was in my synth buying frenzy days.. they were inexpensive and plentiful on the used market for a minute
WAH HAD HAPPENED WAS back in late 2002 I had just got a good deal on a new Roland MC505 only to find out a few days (or weeks?) later the all new MC909 had just come out. Then, in 2004, I got a really good deal on a brand new Roland Fantom S 61 only to find out just a short while later a new Fantom X just dropped!!! No big deal though, I sold the MC505 long ago (after I've had it for 5 years), but I still have and use the Fantom S 61 til this day. I did buy a new keyboard recently with the intention of it replacing the Fantom but I'm thinking about still holding on to the Fantom because it still sounds very good, even though I've had it for 17 years now. I'm undecided right now. Anyway, I guess you can say the MC505 plus Fantom S would be very close to the MC909 minus the turntable emulation feature.
I had the 303 and 505 back in the day, also the SP 808 and Yamaha Grooveboxes too. I love the Groovebox set up, but 2002 is the year I got my first mac, an old G3 and it's been mac set up for sequencing since and Grooveboxes werent really relevent for me anymore. BUT ... recently I scored the MC 909 for 200 bucks. THIS is the vid I needed to see to get hyped on it and do the work to wrap my head around it... once again! Great vid, subbed. Love from VanCity! RF
WAH HAD HAPPENED WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS !!!!!! lol ! When the MC909 came out, there was a hard decision to take, because RS7000 also came out (and as you said, MPC 4000 also but that's too "hip hop" for me as I am more in dance/techno/trance music) so at the end I went for RS7000 and never had regrets. At this time I had roland MC303 and yamaha EX7 and QY700 so both brands were OK, I choose the RS because I was more used to the yamaha way of creating songs. But this MC909 was a very good piece of gear according to what other people said at this time.
Yeah the RS7000 was dope too..So that was a good choice also..Some folks didn't like the loading time for chopping..But other than that you were good to go.
I remember when I saw the Roland promo vhs of this. Somehow I ended up with the Yamaha RS7000 instead. MC303 was my first real drum machine sequencer rompler. My RS7000 was sold to fund the MPCX. I still want to experience using the MC909 though.
I can confirm, all spanish speaking countries got into battle rap as well at the time and to this day thanks to that movie. And currently (specially improvised rap) it's a huge global market. Search for Wos vs Aczino redbull and look at those numbers, dayumm!
I’m 43 yo. Since 2002, I swear on God, every time I see this machine, something happens in me, it was my ULTIMATE dream, the untouchable dream because its price… To me, this machine is the sexiest thing EVER we had on the market. By the way I would love to have a documentary one day on who was responsible of the Roland design at this era, everything was SO DOPE… I really miss the ROLAND of this era. Today they only produce Fking cheap machines for dwarfs, I don’t understand what’s happening with Roland………
The 909s still on my list to buy, itl probably be there for another 15 years tho. For some strange reason i want the sp 606 more. Prolly because i was going into high school at the time it released and the 1k was out and i was battling myself over which one to buy, i saved my pennies and got a mpc 1k from zzounds for 599$ brand new, turns out an employee slipped up and listed it as that and they had to sell it to me since i checked out already lol
I’m guilty of judging this machine by it’s cover. It never caught my interest. This video has changed my mind on it, thanks for the enlightenment …sprinkled with humor…lol.
I've noticed that guys always call there gear girls... I have a lot of Roland gear ( MC 505, SP-404a, SP-808, VS1680, etc) ... and as a girl I always think of my gear as guys ... LOL ... (except my piano, she is too beautiful, and has to be a girl).
Nearly got my hands on one of these for cheap that had a few issues with power supply and buttons and such... but I doubt I could make full use of it. That or it would have knocked me on my ass with a zap.
Roland's RS7000 clone.. i still envy some of the 909's features.. the internal sounds are better.. and i believe u can add Roland's sound cards to expand the sound set.. and the sample choppin is light years faster the the RS7000's.. it even looks good.. unfortunately, u cant manipulate samples like the RS, and i hate that step sequencer style keyboard.. but if u were able to put them both together, u would have the dopest groovebox ever!!!
My second drum machine well the mc 909 is a groove box and man I wish I could've learned how to program that box like an mpc because the sounds in it are dope.
You can record straight in using the outputs into and audio interface..Saw a vid with a guy talking about importing wave files but he said it might be tedious.
The 707 you have access to the Zencore and all the 909 sounds I think..But the 909 is just to versatile...You can dj with it, produce with it, record with it..The 909 might be more straight forward.
@@titanjake8640 nothing wrong with timing on the mv's on the latest firmware. It's rocksolid. Some users have a hard time setting up the swing/quantise though. You either have to know what you are doing or arrive there through experimentation.
Actually nothing happened to the 909 it has been put out of the spot light and hidden cause this is a major secret weapon for most top producers for along time and still is..this machine if you know is one of the baddest that ever came out and if you got its work flow down pact there was a lot secrets tricks that came out of it..the engine on this thing is so sick that if you push it hard enough it will stop dead in its tracks trying to figure out what you trying to do with a sound your manipulating and just give you what it thinks you should have resulting in some of the dopest and unique sounds ever..In fact your spirit and energy is just as dope as this machine..you have a new subscriber..
The MC909 is still the center of my studio. It's a never-sell piece and one of the best grooveboxes Roland ever made!
Yup!
Now you are going to make me find another
@@titanjake8640 If you can find one - grab it, you won't regret it! If you do regret it, I'll buy it from you - Facts!
@@djsinless lol. I think the guitar center has ok be here used. I'll check tomorrow
I always associate that machine with Trance music which makes me want to make non trance music with it.
Man your channel is a history goldmine for us kids in europe
Lol..No doubt bro..Thanks!
Sheesh, it's a goldmine in the US too! Lol much love from Ohio
@@nocoolkidsallowed8787 Thanks Fam!..I appreciate it.
And over here in Aotearoa! Would never hear about this stuff so far away!
@@Fabermorrow Wow really..I would have thought you guys would have alot of gear over there.
The write button is the most important button on this joint ha! It was the centre piece of my studio until the MPC One. TIGHT sequencer, great sample chopping and synth programming. Once you get used to Roland's convoluted way of doing things, it really shines. I still keep it as a sound module and the electric shocks keep me focused 😂
Lmao!..I feel you.
Aren't most of the sounds kind of outdated?
@@MeneTekelUpharsin yeah, lts like 20 years old so the included sounds and presets do sound dated, however you are getting an XV synth in there to create your own sounds (which you can also use your own samples to create patches) Same for the drums. An excellent sampler akin to the MV with re-sample, chop and import full tracks/acapellas etc . and a tight 16 track sequencer that can also route to external gear, and a ton of FX pulled from other gear like the SPs, Fantom, timestretch ahead of it's time and reverbs still sound great. it can basically sound how you want it to sound.
You are a master storyteller my friend! Got an MC-909 on it's way and I'm super excited about it.
Lol..No doubt bro..Thats dope!
I still rock this in my studio will never get rid of this. Some sounds you will never get again. This is pure gold.
I feel you.
I can't get enough of this series lol everything. Great video king
Thanks fam!..I appreciate it.
crowd : the show must go on
Dj : help me please
Lmao!
I am a owner of an MC-909 since it came out and I use it today too. It´s a secret weapon and the synthengine is extreme. That´s right, the unit is zapping you a bit xD Especially on the sides, where the unit has little or less painting on the metal. Nothing happend but keep your hands dry man xD
Dream machine for sure. I had learned the MC-303 so well and had some wild times with it until the sound engine died. The odd-time quantize settings on that thing that can be switched on the fly were like no other DAW or box I have tried since. I can't imaging getting a chance to hang with an MC-909. It's bizzare to have a fantasy about gear. Drool.
Yup..The 303 was legendary.
I am a Roland head. Almost picked this up to pair with MV8000.
I feel you.
I still want to add roland Mc 909 to my gear collection is the best beat machine they ever made.
Its definitely up there..They really put alot into it.
Hey I hear you but the Mv-1 is a dope Beat Box. It might be the illest. Not a complete DAW in a box but a super dope Beat Box
what had happened was and bad gear are my 2 favorite series on youtube, love yall for talking about this very interesting era in music production
Thanks fam.
This machine was the CENTER of my studio rig for fifteen years.
I could sequence all of my outboard gear with it and that alone made it ultra valuable.
Looks like it would work great.
What do you use now/recomnend over this, if I can ask?
@@kenzieprice6745 It's been a while since I've produced anything but little humans.😃
Now that our boys are big I'm probably going to switch to the Akai Force. It seems to me to have all of the qualities from the MC-909 and Ableton Live that I like/use. There's also the modern connectivity and LOADS of terrific material on You Tube to learn from.
I may even create content here in this space when I get my hands on one.
Take care.
@@MichaelBLevi Congrats!
I had a feeling the Akai's are the answer but need to look at the Maschine+ too.
Still, part of me thinks there might be a simpler/to the point workflow of something like this 909 I would want to give a try.
I owe every release I made while living in England between 2003 to 2005 to this very machine (Deep House Music). I'm still mad at Roland for dropping it before it was really finished! It was maybe 1 or 2 more patch updates from being legendary!
No doubt..I feel you.
Love the way you present this history on this beast and you def got a subscriber with this one! To be fair it IS a solid machine for dance music (any music) as well even if the filter res is a little "early-2000's digital". Installing the SRX-05 Supreme Dance card gets you some nice basic TR-808/909 kits as well along with a few other bonuses that can only be unlocked on the MC-909, a good option cause the onboard drums can be a little "specific".
It does almost everything and has an enormous synth engine where each Part can have up to 4 "Tones" AKA timbres AKA 4 totally different sounds, and everything is laid out nicely to cut your own synth patches with that big beautiful face full of controls! I will say that it can be weird not really being able to make even minor tweaks to existing patches without saving as a whole new sound, but you can automate changes as you record sequences which is usually enough. Worst case scenario you can always just sample another device and not bother with the synth engine.
It has extensive sample goodies (resample, chop, normalize and way more), it has D-beams, master FX and a 3-band mastering compressor. There's the "Matrix Control 1" knob that you can set per-patch that controls the range and destination for 4 different Part values in 1 knob. There's a patch randomizer knob right next to it. You can even pitch-shift incoming audio LIVE across an octave! The Turntable Emulation and Auto Sync (sacrifice 1/2 polyphony for sample timestretch) are amazing for working with loop samples. This thing's so powerful and its workflows so flexible I can't imagine any one person actually using all the features the MC-909 allows!
People say MC-505 is the best classic Roland groovebox for its MultiMix functions, Bass Boost and other great performance features, but for everything it loses from the 505 it gains another 4 things a 505 can't touch. Dunno how it got so slept-on!
Oh ok I feel you ..Yeah I remember hearing about the SRX-05 Supreme Dance card option..The 909 is a BEAST!!
I love my MC-909 + MC-505 (505 needs a repair) I know I'm only using a small percentage of what it's capable of, and even that alone is fucking amazing still! A few months ago I got a Roli Seaboard and it plays sooooo well with my MC-909 (routed through Live)
Nice!
The DJ got shocked lmfao.
This show is magic. Back in the days I couldn't afford most of this stuff. I use maschine/mpc live (as my main weapons of choice)now, but dude I still be wanting to go back and get some of the stuff I missed out on but the technology today is so ahead of most of the vintage gear I was fiending over, so I kind of just like to watch this show to see what I missed.
I still want that mc 505/909 but how u export tracks is so primitive(no usb) idk
Great channel, peace from Louisiana
Thanks fam!..I appreciate it.
The DJ literally shocked the party. 😅😢
In my opinion the problem with this machine was that they rushed it.A year or two after this one they announced the MC-808 which was pretty much the same machine without the screen BUT with full length motorised faders,double the Ram and double the sampling time.Naturally most people expected Roland to make the final product that would have the luxury of screen and DAW-like workflow of the MC-909 but the specs plus the faders of the MC-808,what roland did was just expect people to choose between two different incomplete pieces of gear untill they FINALLY released the MV series,which is a whole different story.
I feel you..Sometimes Roland just cant get it right lol.
SP-808 was a side piece option too
@@indegruv SP-808 is a different tool. SP were compact samplers and fx units, that could be used for complete sampled beats. MC were supposed to be workstations, for managing external sounds, sequencing whole songs and even recording and mixing.
Actually they released it late:p by 2006 scene has been taken over by cheesier sounds made in a daw. Rs7000 and mc909 a purely do it all standalone torpedos they all gave place to other roland and yamaha machines that have direct connection workflow with a daw.
So my guess if roland released that 98 or 99 would prolly be here till today going for sale like a tr909
I had one and wish I'd never gotten rid of it! I sold this and my mpc-1000 then bought a MV-8800.
I bought a MC-808 and sold it for the MC-909. I love mine. Never selling it.
I feel you.
The MC-909 has the same sound engine as the XV-5050/5080 Module Rack which runs for about $450 on ebay. For about $700 you can get a MC-909 from Japan, add more RAM, and buy extra Smartmedia cards.
I got one of these back then and you hit the nail on the head, it’s like a daw. But back then I didn’t know what all of that stuff was all about and found it confusing. Everyone was all about Akai, so I traded it for one around the same price. Truth is the MC probably ran circles around the lower end MPC at the same price.
I feel you.
Man your content keeps getting better and better. I had the 909...it was too complicated for me so I got the 4k lol!!!
The 4k was a beast!
I still got mine since it's inception. I input samples in and then I can use the fx of MC-909 and resample the end product.
Nice.
Still have mine after all these years.
Nice!
It was also SRX Expansion Board compatible.
My partner has a Fantom and the problem with the difference in Patch volume was between the Presets and Expansion sounds....possibly the samee with the MC909
Oh ok.
Had one great for on the spot blending , sampling was ILL !!!! THE SAMPLE HOLD !!!! FIT VERY WELL WITH MY VESTAX PDX2000'S AND PMC 07
VERY SICK MACHINE FOR LIVE SESSIONS. NO DOUBT YES FOR DJ'S PEEP THE PITCH SLIDER. MY HOMIE MC SINJ had one and he did the whole battle scene.
No doubt a collectors piece.
I feel you fam.
Love your videos dude, very very cool 🤙🏽
Any chance of an mc505 video?
Thanks..No doubt bro!...Thats definitely on the list.
When I saw this title .I couldn't click fastest enough I damn near broke the right side of my mouse clicking/pushing so hard!
Lmao! Thanks fam.
I had no idea the MC909 was this powerful... probably can be picked up for cheap now!
The prices actually aren't too bad.
Why hasn't Roland ever sat down with RZA and been like... "yo...lets design a sampler". bet that thing would be dope as hell.
and lol at the D-Beam! Vavavoom! I'm going to do that every time I touch one now... "Yo is that a D-beam" Vavavoom!
Lmoa! Word!
dope lesson. Thanks DyReck🙏
No doubt fam!
I remember the producers running for this over the MPC because of the built in sounds. The learning curve sent most back to the MP. But the ones who held on to it....made gold. And most of those...still have it to this day. I always liked the beats I was hearing....but watching em make it seemed so intricate lol.
Lol I feel you.
I needed the laugh thanks, great video. I have an mc-505 and mc-808,, I regret not getting the mc-909 in like 2015 when i was in my synth buying frenzy days.. they were inexpensive and plentiful on the used market for a minute
WAH HAD HAPPENED WAS back in late 2002 I had just got a good deal on a new Roland MC505 only to find out a few days (or weeks?) later the all new MC909 had just come out. Then, in 2004, I got a really good deal on a brand new Roland Fantom S 61 only to find out just a short while later a new Fantom X just dropped!!!
No big deal though, I sold the MC505 long ago (after I've had it for 5 years), but I still have and use the Fantom S 61 til this day. I did buy a new keyboard recently with the intention of it replacing the Fantom but I'm thinking about still holding on to the Fantom because it still sounds very good, even though I've had it for 17 years now. I'm undecided right now.
Anyway, I guess you can say the MC505 plus Fantom S would be very close to the MC909 minus the turntable emulation feature.
Yeah your right it is pretty close to a Fantom..You basically have a 909..And some folks prefer the effect manipulation capabilities on the Fantom.
Such a unique and underrated channel.. easily worthy of 1m subs!
When I watch your videos I’m always thinking “dude get to the point” but then you got me cracking up with all them jokes 😂
Lmao!!..Thanks fam!
I had the 303 and 505 back in the day, also the SP 808 and Yamaha Grooveboxes too. I love the Groovebox set up, but 2002 is the year I got my first mac, an old G3 and it's been mac set up for sequencing since and Grooveboxes werent really relevent for me anymore. BUT ... recently I scored the MC 909 for 200 bucks. THIS is the vid I needed to see to get hyped on it and do the work to wrap my head around it... once again! Great vid, subbed. Love from VanCity! RF
Thanks fam!..I appreciate it!..And you just gave me an idea with that ol mac G3..I think I got one lying around.
The RS7000 was a good box too. Very different but usable and very user friendly
I used to fatten the 808 kicks with a sine waveform.
Nice!
Now I want one lol! Another banger, love this series!
Thanks bro.
WAH HAD HAPPENED WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS !!!!!! lol !
When the MC909 came out, there was a hard decision to take, because RS7000 also came out (and as you said, MPC 4000 also but that's too "hip hop" for me as I am more in dance/techno/trance music) so at the end I went for RS7000 and never had regrets. At this time I had roland MC303 and yamaha EX7 and QY700 so both brands were OK, I choose the RS because I was more used to the yamaha way of creating songs. But this MC909 was a very good piece of gear according to what other people said at this time.
Yeah the RS7000 was dope too..So that was a good choice also..Some folks didn't like the loading time for chopping..But other than that you were good to go.
I still use mine and just bought the 707
Oh ok nice!..The 707 is dope..You got access to the Zencore.
Mate, you're the best!!! Masterpiece!!! I always wanted to chop your spech samples from youtube and use it in tracks :D Amazing voice and humour
As long as we can discuss publishing Lmao!
@@DyReckProductions 😂
HACK THE PLANET!
I remember when I saw the Roland promo vhs of this. Somehow I ended up with the Yamaha RS7000 instead. MC303 was my first real drum machine sequencer rompler. My RS7000 was sold to fund the MPCX. I still want to experience using the MC909 though.
I feel you.
I can confirm, all spanish speaking countries got into battle rap as well at the time and to this day thanks to that movie. And currently (specially improvised rap) it's a huge global market. Search for Wos vs Aczino redbull and look at those numbers, dayumm!
Wow!..No doubt fam..I feel you.
That yamaha cs6x in the video brought back some memories.
No doubt.
I’m 43 yo.
Since 2002, I swear on God, every time I see this machine, something happens in me, it was my ULTIMATE dream, the untouchable dream because its price…
To me, this machine is the sexiest thing EVER we had on the market.
By the way I would love to have a documentary one day on who was responsible of the Roland design at this era, everything was SO DOPE…
I really miss the ROLAND of this era.
Today they only produce Fking cheap machines for dwarfs, I don’t understand what’s happening with Roland………
The 909s still on my list to buy, itl probably be there for another 15 years tho. For some strange reason i want the sp 606 more. Prolly because i was going into high school at the time it released and the 1k was out and i was battling myself over which one to buy, i saved my pennies and got a mpc 1k from zzounds for 599$ brand new, turns out an employee slipped up and listed it as that and they had to sell it to me since i checked out already lol
The SP606 is good. I’m still use mine.
599!.. Thats a steal for a brand new 1000 at the time.
The MC 909 is a classic groove box period.
Yup.
Cool 😎
Word!
I’m guilty of judging this machine by it’s cover. It never caught my interest. This video has changed my mind on it, thanks for the enlightenment …sprinkled with humor…lol.
Lol. Thanks fam.
It's a dope bit of kit never used one but always looked appealing
Being more experienced in sound design I now wish I still had this thing
I feel you.
Love the way U brought the commentary 🙌🏼😂 👊🏼 keep'em comin!!
No doubt fam Thanks.
Still have mine. She's big and beautiful...
I've noticed that guys always call there gear girls... I have a lot of Roland gear ( MC 505, SP-404a, SP-808, VS1680, etc) ... and as a girl I always think of my gear as guys ... LOL ... (except my piano, she is too beautiful, and has to be a girl).
@@happylandings102 What type of music do you make?
DyReck ima say this again man you should seriously look into voice over work
Lol Thanks bro.
I’m in the process of collecting all the Roland groove boxes now
Oh wow!..Your not playing..Well the sell back value on them are always pretty good.
they were no "gaps". songs ran smoothly. problem was the efx ended abruptly after each pattern. you had to use the sounds dry and everything was good.
"there were", not "they were", of course. sorry.
@@woodyforrest313 Oh ok.
I hear this on the Kill Bill ssoundttack - Re a did the famous kill Bill siren with the d beam - Southside brought the sample of that back in 2015
Oh wow thats dope!..That siren was legendary!
Great review- This is still an awesome Groove Box- one of my favorites 💯
Thanks fam.
I made it 590 likes for you because this video highlights the real ideal behind this groove box concept. 👍
Lmao!!..Thanks fam..I appreciate it!!
MC909, the beast that keeps on giving
Lol!..Word!
Best series on TH-cam!
Thanks fam!
Nearly got my hands on one of these for cheap that had a few issues with power supply and buttons and such... but I doubt I could make full use of it. That or it would have knocked me on my ass with a zap.
Yea, I still got mine. I got 2 bros who got 1 as well. A very strong piece of equipment for sure
Yup!
native shade is back
Lol..No doubt fam.
Mines restarts on its own. Had to put her in storage and the bad pads. Was the greatest sound module 💯💯💯 sequenced the 909 with the RS7000 😂😂😂
Oh ok nice!
Roland's RS7000 clone.. i still envy some of the 909's features.. the internal sounds are better.. and i believe u can add Roland's sound cards to expand the sound set.. and the sample choppin is light years faster the the RS7000's.. it even looks good.. unfortunately, u cant manipulate samples like the RS, and i hate that step sequencer style keyboard.. but if u were able to put them both together, u would have the dopest groovebox ever!!!
No doubt ..I feel you..The RS was a beast and it did come out first.
I always go duet: WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaassssszzzzzz
My neighbor knows.
My second drum machine well the mc 909 is a groove box and man I wish I could've learned how to program that box like an mpc because the sounds in it are dope.
The drums are awesome in the 909.
Great stuff! Learning a lot of the history of things. Thank you..
Namaste' my TH-cam friend...
Lol. Thanks fam.
Can you review the Roland VS840?
Oh ok gonna put the on the list.
You've gotta admit. That 'theremin' function was a brilliant workaround for that ground issue.
Lol.
I have a MC307 I wanted that 909 so bad
Dope Machine
Yup.
Nice history channel man. Thank you.
No doubt fam!..Thanks.
“Pump your fist to the left, pump your fist to the right” 🤣 😂 🤣
Lmao!
I always wanted to add this to my arsenal especially when my first xp60 died but lucked up on a E4 and later ensoniq eps classic
Nice!
I got the mpc live 2 now which is amazing 👏 dope piece very solid
Word!
How do you put your music on a laptop with this machine?
You can record straight in using the outputs into and audio interface..Saw a vid with a guy talking about importing wave files but he said it might be tedious.
@@DyReckProductions Ok. Thank you . I thought it might be a simple process.
i wanted this SOB so much back in the day lmao
I feel you.
Imagine Roland reissuing this one in Boutique form. 😆
That would be dope.
That would be too small
Piano-roll -best part of mc-909
Something is wrong with the one I bought.....the velocity pads do not work....just the last 4....will not play any beats or songs ?
Dang!..that sucks.
Lo importante es manter el espíritu del hip-hop sin perder años de tu vida en diferentes manuales para hacer lo que ya se hacía antes...
I feel you fam!
Heey, love your videos man! Do you think the MC 909 it's better than MC 707?
The 707 you have access to the Zencore and all the 909 sounds I think..But the 909 is just to versatile...You can dj with it, produce with it, record with it..The 909 might be more straight forward.
Dead DJ on the floor....The show must go on!!!
This machine was great but kind of buggy. It was like they never completely finished the OS.
There it is! Like the damn timing on the MVs!!!!
@@titanjake8640 nothing wrong with timing on the mv's on the latest firmware. It's rocksolid. Some users have a hard time setting up the swing/quantise though. You either have to know what you are doing or arrive there through experimentation.
@@dco1019 thanks family. I don't think I ever updated the firm ware. I traded my MV8000 for this one.
I loved this machine it was stolen from me out my college dome room at the time...... big hurt!!!!
Dang!..That hurt me Lol.
Bummet
This is hilarious! Love it!
omg!!! i need moreeeeee ..............
Lmao!
I wished I had bought the roland mc 909 instead of the Akai mpc 1
I still cant get my head around that thing...
Dang..The One is dope..But it does take a little min to get comfortable with it..But for the price you cant go wrong with it.
@@DyReckProductions
My ASR10 was much easier to use..
and my dumb ass sold it to get the akai mpc 1.
@@dannydaniel1234 what?!!!!!!!!!!! Omg. Still got the ASR with no scsi tho...it is legendary. You can find another .
@@titanjake8640
Yeah, they're out there, I just don't have the funds right now to get one.
@@dannydaniel1234 Dang!..The ASR10 goes for alot of money right now.
Just loaded mine with vinyl samples. Gonna be interesting
Nice!
Actually nothing happened to the 909 it has been put out of the spot light and hidden cause this is a major secret weapon for most top producers for along time and still is..this machine if you know is one of the baddest that ever came out and if you got its work flow down pact there was a lot secrets tricks that came out of it..the engine on this thing is so sick that if you push it hard enough it will stop dead in its tracks trying to figure out what you trying to do with a sound your manipulating and just give you what it thinks you should have resulting in some of the dopest and unique sounds ever..In fact your spirit and energy is just as dope as this machine..you have a new subscriber..
Lmao!! Thanks fam I appreciate it!!..And yeah the 909 is Dope!!
So happy I got one 🤩
Lol I feel you.
Hmm so as I boot up my mv8800 why is there no damn DBeam??????
Lmao!
Yes!!
Word!
lets go
Lol..No doubt!
Native Shades is the truth
Lol. Thanks fam.