From Tom Moravansky Sent Thu, Aug 13th 1998, 19:29
From Tom Moravansky Sent Thu, Aug 13th 1998, 19:29
> A friend of mine in Oregon just got the mc-8. Anyone heard of it? I > guess it was rolands step up from the mc-4 as it can controll 8-synths > through cv gate. It also has din sync and 6 mpx ,i think was, outs > which control filter, protamento, lfo, q, etc. It is like an old > doepfer but he says it is alot cooler. There was something like only > 3000 made or mabe it was 300 b/c it cost 5000$ dollars originally and > if i am not mistaken the orb uses one ( i probably am wrong but it's > one of those guys ). He got it for like 600$ in good condition which > is pretty rad considering mc-4 which have way less features go for > 375$. If you ever see one check it out b/c it's alot less money than > the 8 synth doepfer. > The MC-4 came out after the MC-8. The MC-8 was notoriously quirky and prone to crashing and wiping out all your data. I don't think there was a way to back up your sequences. I seem to remember an interview w. Suzanne Ciani and she was talking how a brief power surge or something wiped out hours of work and they had to rekey it in by hand all over again. In addition, the MC-4 allows you to input notes via an external keyboard, the MC-8 was keypad entry only. The MC-8 is certainly a rarity and probably worth having from a historical perspective, but I can't see it being 'better' than any of the other sequencers out there (old or new). I don't even use my MC-4 much for note data; mostly as a trigger generator. -- ___________________________________________________________ Tom Moravansky xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx