Roland MS-1 Sampler
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Product: Roland MS-1 Sampler Price
Paid: US $100 used Submitted 12/19/2000 at 04:49am
by joskamp Email: none Ease
of Use :
8
- What software version are you using? (Please try to find out
before completing)
- How do the presets sound?
- How hard is editing patches? Does a patch editor make a big
difference?
- How is the manual (if there is one)?
I've got the original sofware release, no patches
or upgrades have been run at all. The MS-1 has just a few pads, a
scrolling wheel and a tiny LC-Display. To change settings or
variables, just use the scrolling wheel and some pads. It's really easy.
The menu structure isn't very deep, so you won't get lost there.
Features
:
4
- What is the polyphony? How is the keyboard action?
- Does it have any built in effects? Are they easy to use?
- Does it have expansion capabilities? (i.e. can accepts cards, new
boards, more memory, etc.)
- What MIDI capabilities are there? (pressure senstive keys, )
- Does it have an on-board sequencer? How flexible is it? Easy to use?
The MS-1 has about half a minute of CD-quality
internal memory. Samples from this internal memory can be played more
at the time. Samples from a PCMIA type 2 memory card can be played
only 1 at the time, which is quite a shame. No effects available.
Editing options are: inserting start points, end points, loop points.
Disappointingly, the editing scale is represented in samples, rather
than milliseconds. The MS-1 has an internal sequencer. I don't use it.
I only use MIDI in, it works a treat. Expressiveness/Sounds
:
6
- How does it react to velocity and aftertouch?
- Are some instruments very realistic? Bad? Easy to use?
- What types of music does it work well for? Rock? Classical? Dance?
- Are the onboard effects good? Very bad?
- Does it react to your playing, or is it static?
Sound quality can be quite good, if you use the
highest sample rate available Reliability
:
8
- Can you depend on it?
- Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
The MS-1 is a reliable machine. There's not
much to break. Customer
Support :
5
- If you've dealt with the company, how helpful/friendly were they?
- Ever get an upgrade, or try and get it repaired?
Roland doens't host products this old on their
website. Why? Overall
Rating :
No Opinion
- If it were lost or stolen, would you buy it again or get something
else? Is it worth what you paid?
- How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?
- what do you love about it? What do you hate?
- Did you compare it to other products? Which ones? Why did you choose
this one?
- Anything you wish it had?
- Does it help you make music, or does it get in the way?
- Anything else you'd like to share?
It is a 'bare essentials-' sampler, samplers just
don't get any simpler. Or cheaper. If I had to do it all over again,
I'd buy Yamaha's SU 200.
Product: Roland MS-1 Sampler Price
Paid: US $100 used Submitted 09/11/1999 at 04:03pm
by Phill Bonet Email: voidjunkee<at>hotmail dot com
Ease
of Use :
7
- What software version are you using? (Please try to find out
before completing)
- How do the presets sound?
- How hard is editing patches? Does a patch editor make a big
difference?
- How is the manual (if there is one)?
This sampler is very,very,very basic. it has about
52 sec. of sampling on it at normal sampling rate(without memory cards)
and is quite simple to use, although I still needed the manual here and
there. the sample editing is done with numbers (example:start 0000 end
0012)which is sort of frustrating. Features
:
3
- What is the polyphony? How is the keyboard action?
- Does it have any built in effects? Are they easy to use?
- Does it have expansion capabilities? (i.e. can accepts cards, new
boards, more memory, etc.)
- What MIDI capabilities are there? (pressure senstive keys, )
- Does it have an on-board sequencer? How flexible is it? Easy to use?
It has no effects just sampling, but it does have a
so-so sequencer on it for the samples, I found this useful. it has 2
internal memory banks and 3 external memory banks. the external bank are
run by memory cards that are so hard to find it makes the unit not worth
buying but if you do find memory cards please let me know about it.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
4
- How does it react to velocity and aftertouch?
- Are some instruments very realistic? Bad? Easy to use?
- What types of music does it work well for? Rock? Classical? Dance?
- Are the onboard effects good? Very bad?
- Does it react to your playing, or is it static?
It has 4 sampling rates long2(crapy but gives you
more time) long1 (less crappy) standard (a good rate 52 min.) and high
(realy good but less time) you can loop raw sounds and is good for at
least that, Hey I still use it. Reliability
:
7
- Can you depend on it?
- Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
It's fairly reliable I use it on my gigs, but
definitley not as my main sampler, the MIDI capabilities aren't bad and
its survived the rough times. Customer
Support :
1
- If you've dealt with the company, how helpful/friendly were they?
- Ever get an upgrade, or try and get it repaired?
I tried to call about the memory cards and they
were jerks if at best telling me they didn't make them any more and tough
luck, but from diffrent people I learned that that there is a company that
makes compatible mem. cards (still haven't found them) Overall
Rating :
4
- If it were lost or stolen, would you buy it again or get something
else? Is it worth what you paid?
- How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?
- what do you love about it? What do you hate?
- Did you compare it to other products? Which ones? Why did you choose
this one?
- Anything you wish it had?
- Does it help you make music, or does it get in the way?
- Anything else you'd like to share?
I wouldn't buy it again but up to know its been
reliable enough so as not to complain. I've probaly had it for a good 2
1/2 years or less ? although for the price I'd save up and get the Boss
Dr.sample because at least it's got effects.
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