MV-8800 System Update Version 1.01

MV-8800 Sounds: Dirt & Grime Kit

This drum kit is available for existing 8000 and 8800 owners and spans a range of musical styles from urban, R&B and electro house. The kit has a slighty gritty sound and a wider-than-normal range of sensitivity so you can experiment with changes in swing and volume.

MV-8800 Sounds: Percussion Loops and Phrases

Recorded with the highest quality mics, preamps, and converters, this new audio phrase bank of percussion loops and phrases gives MV customers exactly what they’ve been asking for, another source of inspiration. The samples in Roland's new audio phrase bank come pre-looped and have the BPM calculated—so when MV-8800’s BPM Sync is engaged, the MV-8800’s realtime time stretching function will automatically make the loops synchronize with the current song’s tempo. This makes working with loops in the MV-8800 much easier than any other manufacturer’s hardware beat machine or production studio.

Please refer to the "readme.txt" file, included in this download, for the install procedure.

MV-8800 Sounds: Bass Synth Patches

Collection of bass synth patches for the MV-8800.

Please refer to the "readme.txt" file, included in this download for the install procedure.

MV Patches: CR-7800 Kit

The Roland CR-78 drum machine was originally manufactured in 1978 and has been used on countless records over its lifetime. Now the sounds of the CR lives again in the new CR-7800 kit for the MV Series Production Studio.

Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file included in this download for the install procedure.

MV Patches: TR-527

TR-505, TR-707, and TR-727: Roland has captured and combined these classic sounds into one convenient, 3-bank package called the TR-527.

Please refer to the "readme.txt" file, include in the download, for the install procedure.

MV Patches: TR-808

Every famous TR-808 sound, complete with knob twists and nuances, has been masterfully captured in uncompressed, full-resolution audio.

Please refer to the "readme.txt" file, included in this download, for the install procedure.

Appendices

Owner's Manual

Applications Guide

Addendum

MV-8800 TurboStart

MV-8800 Workshop 01: Creating a New Project

An MV-8800 project holds for everything you need when you're working on a song. This booklet will help you understand how to get the most from your projects, and how to set up them up for the way you like to work.

MV-8800 Workshop 02: Loading Patches

This booklet explains how to load patches into the MV-8800 when you're trying to find the sounds for a project, or when you just want to have some fun playing the MV-8800.

MV-8800 Workshop 03: Sampling

This booklet gets you started with MV-8800 sampling. It's also intended as a companion for the Auto Chop, Importing a Sample from CD, Direct Recording, and Spreading a Sample Across the Pads MV-8800 Workshop booklets, which discuss some of the more advanced ways you can sample.

MV-8800 Workshop 04: Auto Chop

It's easy to slice up a sample into separate sounds you can play on the MV-8800 pads. This booklet explains how to do this using the MV-8800's Auto Chop feature.

MV-8800 Workshop 05: Importing a Sample from CD

Learn how to make samples from audio CD and data CD-ROMs.

MV-8800 Workshop 06: Direct Recording

Did you know you can use the MV-8800's sampler to simply record along with your sequenced tracks? This booklet explains how.

MV-8800 Workshop 07: Spreading a Sample Across the Pads

This booklet explains how to lay out a single sample across a set of pads so you can play it at different pitches.

MV-8800 Workshop 08: Getting the Most from Sample RAM

The MV-8800 makes it easy to trim away samples you’ve decided not to use so that you have more room for stuff you do want. This booklet explains how to “optimize” a project.

MV-8800 Workshop 09: MPC-to-MV Translator

This booklet is for people migrating to the MV-8800 from AKAI MPC™ products. If you know how to do something on an MPC, this booklet will tell you how to do it on the MV-8800.

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MV-8800 Workshop 10: Getting Around the MV-8800’s Hard Drive

If you own an MV-8800, and aren't familiar with computers, this booklet explains how to navigate the MV-8800’s hard drive.

MV-8800 Workshop 11: Working with External MIDI Instruments

This booklet explains how to play MIDI instruments—including computer-based soft synths—from the MV-8800’s pads, as well as how to use MIDI sounds in your MV-8800 sequences.

MV-8800 Workshop 12: Using the MV-8800 with an External Sequencer

The MV-8800 can act as a powerful sample player when it’s used with a computer sequencing program, or with a standalone hardware sequencer. This booklet explains how.

MV-8800 Workshop 13: Automation

With automation, the MV-8800 memorizes and plays back mix settings for you, helping you create the perfect mix for a song or pattern. This booklet explains how to use the MV-8800’s automation features.

MV-8800 Workshop 14: Using EQ

The MV-8800’s built-in EQ lets you adjust the tone of your audio tracks and MIDI track instruments so they sound just the way you want them to. This booklet explains how to use the MV-8800 EQ, and includes a bunch of tips if you’re new to EQ.

MV-8800 Workshop 15: Making a Beat

The MV-8800 is all about beats, and this booklet tells you how to make them. Step-by-step instructions show you how easy it is to create everything from the simplest beat to a full-on monster arrangement without ever hitting STOP.

MV-8800 Workshop 16: Using Patterns in a Song

This booklet explains how to add new beats—also called “patterns”—to your songs, and how to build brand-new songs by stringing patterns together.