This was one of the first pieces of gear I got...loved it, and this makes me miss it more! You essentially have the JV/XV sound engine, along with endless classic Roland drum sounds, sampling, a great sequencer, chord memory!!! and a great interface.....killer piece of kit. great, now im hunting for one on Reverb LOL
Thanks for the nostalgia! I'd used one for a bit in 2006, but not enough to dig in very far. What I'd done is transferred MIDI I had sequenced on the computer to it, reassigned the channels to better sounds, then recorded them back to the computer for arrangement layers. I remember needing to edit out the patch and program numbers from the MIDI file before sending them to the 909, or it would do as the event told it, instead of keeping the internally chosen sound. I still have a bunch of old files still that are appended GM.mid for general midi sound counterparts as well as NoPatchFor909.mid of the same songs with the events stripped out.
You taking that apart to show that it accepts an srx card and ram is priceless info! Now I KNOW I want one lol! This would be the Fantom S era machine. So 2002?
I have the MC-707 and its great and less laggy (but the screen is tiny) ... but I think this mc-909 is nice because of its size, great onboard controls and excellent sounds from that era. To me a lot of things from roland, yamaha, casio peaked between 1999 and the early 2000's ... and this one may have been an early bloomer.
Fantastic machine. Simple and powerful at the same time. Fun to play with as well.
This was one of the first pieces of gear I got...loved it, and this makes me miss it more! You essentially have the JV/XV sound engine, along with endless classic Roland drum sounds, sampling, a great sequencer, chord memory!!! and a great interface.....killer piece of kit. great, now im hunting for one on Reverb LOL
Thanks for the nostalgia! I'd used one for a bit in 2006, but not enough to dig in very far. What I'd done is transferred MIDI I had sequenced on the computer to it, reassigned the channels to better sounds, then recorded them back to the computer for arrangement layers. I remember needing to edit out the patch and program numbers from the MIDI file before sending them to the 909, or it would do as the event told it, instead of keeping the internally chosen sound. I still have a bunch of old files still that are appended GM.mid for general midi sound counterparts as well as NoPatchFor909.mid of the same songs with the events stripped out.
You taking that apart to show that it accepts an srx card and ram is priceless info! Now I KNOW I want one lol! This would be the Fantom S era machine. So 2002?
Built like a tank too!
I have the MC-707 and its great and less laggy (but the screen is tiny) ... but I think this mc-909 is nice because of its size, great onboard controls and excellent sounds from that era. To me a lot of things from roland, yamaha, casio peaked between 1999 and the early 2000's ... and this one may have been an early bloomer.
I got that one but the 505 hits way harder it actually has an analog bass circuit and overdrive where the 909 is just sample based
It have onboard sounds?
Roland gear looked way better back then
I have a MC-101 and I like it a lot, but I have to admit the MC-909 is peak Roland, everything after that is going downhill.