MV-8800 - Reviews - Music Tech Magazine

Despite the rise of software, hardware music production systems are here to stay. Keith Gemmell ditches his DAW...

Price: £1,699.00
Manufacturer: Roland
Website: http://www.roland.co.uk

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, hip hop, house and electronic dance music was often sequenced using Atari computers and software such as Notator/Creator (later to become Logic). The combination of rock-solid MIDI timing and pattern-based sequencing was the ideal vehicle for this style of music. Machines, too, like the Roland TR-808 (drums), the TB-303 (bass) and AKAI samplers were a vital part of the mix. These days, though, the DAW rules the roost, but many dance music producers still prefer the hardware-based approach. Fully aware of this, in 2003 Roland announced the MV-8000, an all-in-one hardware music production tool. Since then it’s become a firm favourite with the hip hop and R‘n’B fraternity. And now, four years later, we see the emergence of the MV-8800, a very similar looking machine. So what’s new?

Score: 9

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 50
Filed under Audio Interfaces, Hardware, Hardware DAWs

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