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This blog will be an information resource for the 1977 Roland MC-8 Micro-Composer, the grand-daddy of all modern digital sequencers. I won’t be able to offer any comprehensive tech support here, but hopefully over time there will be enough info accumulated to get you going. Please stay tuned while I gradually add stuff!
In the meantime, a good intro to the MC-8 may be found in the article that Chris Carter wrote for Sound On Sound Magazine in the late 90s.
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About
This blog will be an information resource for the 1977 Roland MC-8 Micro-Composer, the grand-daddy of all modern digital sequencers. I won’t be able to offer any comprehensive tech support here, but hopefully over time there will be enough info accumulated to get you going. Please stay tuned while I gradually add stuff!
In the meantime, a good intro to the MC-8 may be found in the article that Chris Carter wrote for Sound On Sound Magazine in the late 90s.
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Thanks so much for posting a PDF of the Owner’s Manual! I bought my MC-8 years ago on eBay, but it didn’t have either the buss cable nor the manual. After identifying and obtaining a pair of male Hirose 60-pin plugs, I was finally able to make my own cable.
I had to figure out minimal programming using an MC-4 manual, but features like programming via a keyboard controller were lost. Until now. I can finally learn the full capabilities of the MC-8 — and in time maybe post some Youtube videos of my own!