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Roland M-DC1

 

 

Roland mdc1 dance module

info Country: Japan
Weight: 2,6 Kg
Dimensions: n/a
audio demo trend price : 50€
manual demo video comments

Roland M-DC1
Dance Module (1995)

 

The sound expansion series were budget version of SR-JV cards fitted into expanders like JV1080 or 2080 but also workstations like XP50.

The MDC1 is a 90' dance oriented rompler with an interesting story : the internal sample table is partially based on the original Srjv-06 boards that has been retired from market for copyright infrigment, the incriminated samples were removed for the module.

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roland moc1

info RACKMOUNT Single unit module, basic design with 11 buttons and a 7-segments display.

Rear panel terminal connectors:
- Midi interface
- main output
- signal line input (signal not processed)


Front panel terminal connectors:
- headphones.

 

 

edit VOICE core 16 bits microcontroller HF6415108F (part of HD6415 / h8 family) manages 28 voices polyphony.
Synthesis based on subtractive synthesis: each patch is composed by 1, 2, 3 or 4 PCM samples layers. The module is more like a preset machine since all sounds are ready to go and it not possible to edit from direct panel - most parameters can be changes only using an external Midi SYSEX strings generator.

architecture

roland moc1


edit WAVETABLE contains 8 MB ROM, 255 PCM samples focuses on electro sounds dirty samples from vinyls, analog brass, drum machines precussions and a big section of useless outdated drum loops and "yeahh ohhh baby". The only worth samples are perfect string and pads, mixed with resonant filter- check out the demos and some Roland TR909 and TR707 kits.

samples



edit PERFORMANCE
MVS1 handles up to 7 parts + 1 drum.
Each part can be set with a single patch with variable multitimbral parameters:
- reverb and chorus level
- volume / panning
- pitch detune
- Midi channel.


parts


 

edit FILTER section is based on digital TVF Time-Variant-Filter and 3 modes:
- lowpass
- bandpass
- highpass.


filter

 

edit LFO 2 modulators each features 7 shapes (- triangle, sinewave, sawtooth, trapezoidal, random, sample & hold, chaos random).
- LFO 1: amplitude
- LFO 2: filter.


LçFO


edit ENVELOPE
each layer features 3 EGs:
- EG1 amplitude: 4 stages ADSR
- EG2 filter: 4 stages ADSR
- EG3 pitch: 4 stages ADSR.


decaymodule



edit
EFFECTS the Roland MDC1 manages:
- 3 choruses
- 8 reverbs
- 2 delays
TECH: This section also cannot be edited or applied to a specific multitimbral part but to master out.



edit MEMORY:
- 18 performances
- 226 patches
- 16 rhythm sets
- 1 global setup
There is no patch RAM slots for save and performance can bulk dumps data to Midi.


roland mdc1
Bending and hacking the MDC1


edit RELATED FAMILY:

dance tr909

M-bd1 BASS DRUM - Drum kits

M-oc1 ORCHESTRA - strings and brass

M-se1 STRINGS - orchestral strings

M-vs1 VINTAGE - analog synth

Mgs64 CANVAS - GSmidi module

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SRJV DANCE 06 the original expansion board: a Roland-AMG cooperation, removed from the market for copyrighted samples from artists like Kraftwerk and Telex - hear the infamous samples in the demo section below.

 


 

effet VST PLUGIN / SAMPLED VERSION there are some free and commercial samples set:

  name price link demo
free sample pack

FREE
MDC1: the full 909 kit sampled!

A MDC1 sample pack FROM US!!

effet n/a


 

demo AUDIO DEMO

demo my 100% MDC1 mix (overdub, no fx)
demo pad 1
demo pad 2
demo pad 3
demo removed copyrighted samples : kraftwerk/ telex :)
demo All demo factory 1-2-3-4

 




video YOUTUBE VIDEO CLIP SELECTION

video 1
MDC1 full track

mvs1 synth





manual
ROLAND M-DC1 MANUAL

 

 

 

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manual


- cheap
-some great pads

manual

- limited
- sound
-too much loop crap

comment


REVIEW "A lot of sound in a cheap box. Too much outdated loops wastes memory and edit is too limited. This unit stinks! HOWEVER, there are about a dozen of excellent pads absolutely worth it-if you care"

 

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Roland Mdc1 2 out of 5 based on 6 ratings. price €100,00.