From the company that made "groovebox" a household name comes an addition to the famous Roland MC family: the MC-808. The sleek, silver powerstation features eight motorized faders on its surface — a groovebox first!

The MC-808 shares two key attributes with the flagship MC-909: The same sampling and sequencing features that made the MC-909 so famous are built into the MC-808, making it a serious tool for sampling, editing, track building, and mixing. Performers are in for an extra treat with the MC-808, however, as is the world's first groovebox with motorized faders. No matter what pattern is called up, the faders will snap to the proper position. As a result, the parameter values and position of the faders always correspond, allowing the performer to see the values instantly and make changes directly. No more unexpected jumps in values when a fader is grabbed in mid-performance. It's always in the right position.

With the exception of a few "must have" favorites from the MC-909, all of the MC-808's internal sounds and patterns have been created fresh. These slammin' new dance and hip-hop grooves are instantly ready for primetime, but playing and manipulating the internal patterns is only half the fun. The MC-808 allows any sounds to be sampled, edited, and added to the song WAV and AIF files can also be imported from computer via USB.

Features :
- 8 motorized faders — a groovebox first!
- Same powerful sampling & sequencing features as MC-909
- Brand new sounds and patterns
- 128-voice polyphony
- CompactFlash slot for memory backup
- USB for storage and AIF/WAV file import and export
- 16-step pad bank, D Beam controller
- Editor software included (PC/Mac)

The MC-808 ships with a free Mac/PC editor for serious sample editing tasks on the luxury of a large computer monitor, and for shuttling the files effortlessly back and forth via USB.

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