![]() ![]() All audio from the machine passes through an internal digital mixer, complete with three effects processors, and you can mix down and master entirely within the box. The new unit combines sampling and audio recording with a specially designed sequencer which integrates audio and MIDI recording and editing functions and which operates in both drum-machine-style Pattern Mode and linear Song Mode. Since then, this unit has been refined into the latest MV8800. Roland's first direct challenge to Akai back in 2003 was the MV8000, which moved away from the D-Beam-enhanced twiddliness of the grooveboxes towards a more stripped-back combination of sequencer, sampler and 16 'Have we met somewhere before?' velocity-sensitive rubber trigger-pads. However, in the last few years hip-hop producers have hit the big time, commercially speaking, revitalising the market for one of their favoured tools, the Akai MPC series, and Roland are now sensibly angling for a piece of this action. ![]() Roland have been producing sampling groovebox products for a decade or so now, and until recently have primarily been aiming these at the dance market. Have Roland finally outgunned Akai's renowned MPC series in the battle for the hip-hop market? ![]()
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