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Original Message Date: 12-May-98 @ 07:01 PM - The mc505, worth buying???

YaX (gi31713

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Well, I was thinking of buying this baby BUT I'm not really sure. For that amounth you can have some other secondhand gear. The MC-505 is maybe to
easy. I mean everything you make will sound almost
the same. Where is the originality man!! On the
other hand you get all the basics you need for making some dance/techno shit.
OK folks what do you think about it, buy or no-buy?

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Message 21/28 16-Jul-98 @ 02:18 AM - RE: The mc505, worth buying???

Sedusa

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Wow Kilo, you just described my rig....

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Message 22/28 16-Jul-98 @ 11:44 AM - RE: The mc505, worth buying???

vdomini

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Mc-505?!?!??! Bleah...
If u're looking for something that produce a low-quality
very unoriginal techno sound with useless stuff built
inside, so buy the mc-505.
Beleave me... and try to compare the timbre of any king of
sound of the 505 with other synth like Waldorf mw2 or pulse or Kawai k5000.

The only thing that the mc-505 has, in my opinion, is
the built in sequencer... and it is very easy to compose
anything... but only compose!! (The 505 timbre sucks!!!)

Think bout it!!

Bye!!!
vdomini@yahoo.com

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Message 23/28 16-Jul-98 @ 02:28 PM - RE: The mc505, worth buying???

Old Qwaxz

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From Keyboard Mag.July 98 issue. William Orbit
producer and co writer of Madonna Frozen album
and I quote: ...." Much of the album was done on a
Juno-106. You can get so much out of that synth."...
Just a quote ( ofcourse Orbit mentioned more stuff
yes he said JP8K the infamous one ) And you may think
Orbit should go in orbit somewhere but well , a lot of
you out there are realy wanting big comercial succes
and its not the kit list that do it . Remember all the
pioneers of electronic music making strange sounds
just by taping and cutting tape and making small loops
and samples.....

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Message 24/28 16-Jul-98 @ 04:03 PM - RE: The mc505, worth buying???

kilo

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yeah... and most of Eno's albums were done exclusivley with a DX7

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Message 25/28 17-Jul-98 @ 04:43 AM - RE: The mc_303_, worth buying for Cheap???

metalshop

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Lissen there's been a trend recently and I wonder if other's have taken note of this -- I personally am not really impressed by the MC505 but that's probably due mostly to the frickin outRAGEous price -- for that kinda' dough you could get some REAL gear. HOWEVER, even most other people who hate the 505 will admit that it's at least quite useful as a simple live sequencer and possibly a decent drum box as well . . . you hear this alot about the "grooveboxes".

. . . which brings me to this -- I picked-up an old MC-303 used but in mint condition for -- get this -- $360 (!!) a couple weeks ago and I'm telling you -- step back a second and reconsider this device now that it's "big brother" has come-out and they're dropping like flies -- for under $400 you get an all-metal case, somewhat tweakable drumbox with sequencer that can act as a clock master too! Screw the voices they're all canned -- instead, use ALL EIGHT tracks for drums and only drums -- I use this sucker eXclusively as a drum machine and if you simply don't ask for more (you won't get it) , you'll be plenty satisfied -- flatly, I can't find a METAL drum machine in this price range with more than 4 kits -- and certainly not one that will allow me to run seperate drums through filters and such and DEFINITELY not one with a handy super-bassey-low-boost feature. Oh yeah, and did I mention it's METAL? I've already dropped mine (in the backpack, that is) from at least 4 feet more than once -- it still works and it only rattles a little bit! 8-)

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Message 26/28 17-Jul-98 @ 11:40 AM - RE: The mc505, worth buying???

steve

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Bloody hell mate! You're just a bit more than clumbsy are you not?

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Message 27/28 18-Jul-98 @ 06:15 PM - RE: The mc505, worth buying???

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Hmm, I can't really understand the rant about the price
of the 505 in here....could you just write a short list
of 4/5 items that would match the 505 in abilities and would still be
cheaper in a bundle?
I'm a guitarist and I got interested in these annalogue
synth sounds.
but I couldn't find an alternative to the 505 that would
cost les, give the same abilities
(drums/synth/FX/filters/sequencer) and NOT use a
PC for sequencing.
And I don't want to argue about differences between
vintage/virtual/wave-table based synths and their qualities,
I know what a Juno106/Virus/TB303 is, sounds like
and why people prefer
them over an all-in-one a box, but I still think the
505 is a groovy thing to play with and you DO get
quite a bit for the money.
Ok, now tear me apart

tony@f104.hadiko.de

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Message 28/28 19-Jul-98 @ 01:04 AM - RE: The mc505, worth buying???

ivan

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I would get something like this: ESI32 (or another sampler) coupled to a MC303 for sequencing and drums and miscellanous sounds. This should roughly be the same amount of money, and perhaps you can find this even cheaper, in that case get a cheap FM-synth or an old analogue. Doesn't even got to have MIDI, since you can sample it anyway. Don't know how good this would work though- I would go crazy without my computer...

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