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<t>like most (if not every) piece of hardware the mc-808 is in between disaster and great piece...<br/> <br/> i like it for some features and i (sometimes) hate it for the lack of others or for the interface.<br/> <br/> anyway, i wouldn't use it on its one (without other hw) - neither for producing ...

the MIDI footswitch is naturally suspect too ... i've also just asked a friend if he has another MIDI device that can send simple start/stop commands via MIDI to see if the MC-808 responds you could also try it using some software sequencer if you have the possibility to connect your 808 to a compu...

no one has ever replied to any of my messages here, which i find very strange. i'm hoping that trend stops now. do i have to call out the magic words "mike acosta" or something? sorry about that. (my experiences so far with this forum are pretty good...) i've used my 808 connected (in sla...

<t>there are a few reasons why i bought an mc-808 but autochop is not one of them.<br/> <br/> i knew before i got the unit, that some functions can only be acessed by using a computer, but since i have one that's fine with me.<br/> <br/> also: autochop is quite nice and does save time, BUT you can d...

<t>well, i'm not mike acosta, but anyway...<br/> <br/> the sp-606 is a sampler/groovebox with an usb connection. sound forge and acid are both sample editing software programs.<br/> <br/> so, put the samples you want to use on your computer, edit them in acid or sound forge until you're happy with t...

or is your question about using real time recording control movements done to a pattern which you want to use for a song ?

sorry, i don't really understand your question.

do you want to record/save a sequence of patterns on the 606 in order to create a song ?

greetings, b.

do you mean track as in pattern or track as in one part of a pattern?

<t>well, if you have the money to buy a reasonable laptop, you might wanna get one...<br/> <br/> also, you perhaps want more ram than 256, 1 gig or upwards.<br/> <br/> i guess cubase, cakewalk/sonar, etc. are pretty decent programs for midi recording.<br/> <br/> <br/> what else do you need a pc for ...

you can initialize and rewrite all the patterns.

and you have to stop the sequencer to do any editing, also copying, which is a bit anoying...

You can take the bass (part 2) from pattern 5 for example and change the part information from that to the part 2 on pattern 10. The entire part is changed (temporarily, unless you save it to a user pattern) to the new part including patch, notes, controller messages, everything. thanks for the exp...

<r>well for hip-hop, r&b, and neo soul i would say that 808 would be more useful than the electribes, but that's just my opinion <E>;)</E><br/> <br/> as you said in your first post, you probably have to try it out to see if you like it, so i'd suggest just have a look at one if a store near you ...

it's a groovebox with no actual song recording capability you just can construct song with combining patterns you can't records full .wav song with this i consider that fairly normal, no? it's not a hard-disk recorder or something it's a synthesizer and a sampler, i.e. an instrument... I am conside...

sorry about my ignorance, but i don't really know what |mega-mix| actually is...

i've seen it being mentioned and praised fairly often, still what does it do ?

thanks, b.

<r>hey.<br/> <br/> got my mc-808 yesterday.<br/> <br/> i already knew that pattern programming is a bit tedious on this machine, so i was prepared for that. having used a similiar sequencer before it wasn't too hard to create the first few patterns.<br/> <br/> what i find a bit odd is, that when you...