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mango wrote:

>
> I truely think an MC-303 sounds and plays like crap, it really *is* just the marketing
> scheme that makes it so popular. kimdof like "oh wauw, that box looks cool, i gotta have
> one too" or "wow.. 303.. gotta have one too"

When the MC-303 first came out, I remember going, "Gotta have that thing!"
But then when I tried it out and found it impossible to do sequence a damn
track, I said, "Forget it!"

Elson

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Roland van Oorschot wrote:

>
> At 22:42 07/31/2000 +0200, you wrote:
> >I understand that people won't call this innovative gear, but we must
> >remember that it is the artist who can innovative and not the gear itselve..
>
> Hear Hear!
>
> R.
> (happy MC303 owner!)

Technically, the gear is the one can be innovative [adjective] but the artist is
the one that innovates [verb].

Elson

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:. elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
:. elson@...
:. www.westworld.com/~elson

"music is a form of rapid tranportation" - john cage

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> Hi,
> Offcourse it sounds crap.. it's like 4/5/6 years old..I've got one and
> practically only use the drumkits (which are ok). The mc-505 is better
> though, 'cause it uses the engine/sounds of the JV-series..
> I understand that people won't call this innovative gear, but we must
> remember that it is the artist who can innovative and not the gear itselve..
>

But, man, you are limiting yourself a great deal