Of course, the '80 comes with a floppy drive as standard, and its onboard sequence memory is none too shabby, at 120,000 notes. Adding to the deluxe feel are options for an internal hard or Zip drive, and an external Zip drive - wow.
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Also new for a Microcomposer is the option to add sounds, with the SC88 Pro Sound Canvas‑based VE‑GS Pro Voice Expansion Board.
The '80 has an eye‑popping feature set: the bread‑and‑butter sequencing capabilities expected in a pro machine are augmented by real‑time sequence control and playback features designed especially for onstage use, groove quantising gleaned from the MC303/505, and RPS (Real‑time Phrase Sequencing), an arpeggiator, and the 'Disk Quick Play' feature borrowed from the XP‑series keyboards.
This new unit incorporates sequencing techniques familiar to MC‑series users the world over but borrows tricks from the groove machines, and from other Roland sequencer‑toting instruments such as the XP workstations. Their venerable Microcomposer line hasn't had an addition for several years, but that hiatus has now been ended with the launch of the MC80.
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The new instruments incorporate contemporary sounds, hands‑on controls and real‑time pattern‑changing features, plus swinging, grooving and general note‑munging parameters previously offered more frequently by computer sequencers - and they've been doing very nicely, thank you.īut what of the traditional hardware sequencer? Is this proud institution, already embattled by computer sequencers, being superseded by its own 'groovier' offspring? Not if Roland have anything to do with it. We observed in a recent review that the dedicated sequencer, rather thin on the ground not so long ago, has been undergoing a metamorphosis into the 'groove machine' - Roland's MC505 and MC303 and Yamaha's RM1x being prime examples of the new sub‑genre. Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser take the hard option. Now the MC80 seeks to bring the idea bang up to date. There have been Grooveboxes and user‑friendly MIDI file players, but it's been a while - nine years, in fact - since Roland last added a full‑on hardware MIDI sequencer to their product line up.
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