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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
Notice:	Conference has been write-locked. Use new version.
Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

306.0. "Roland MSQ100 Sequencer Blowout" by ERLANG::FEHSKENS () Fri Apr 11 1986 15:32

    Presumably in anticipation of the 60000 note, full editing capability,
    3.5" disk-driven MC-500 sequencer, Roland is unloading the MSQ-100
    for a song.  Namely $175 at your friendly neighborhood EUWurlitzer.
    The MSQ-100 is a deal for $175!!!!!!  It has 5500 note capacity
    and in place bar delete and insert capability.  You can program
    legato in step mode (nice feature), and it will remember bar lines
    even with occasional weird bar lengths (e.g., 2/4 or 3/4) - they
    don't all have to be the same bar length.  It will also rechannelize
    incoming MIDI data (albeit in a slightly clumsy way).  It will
    overdub and can be MIDI master or slaved to another MIDI clock.
    It has FSK tape sync and tape memory dump/load.  It is compatible
    with Roland DIN sync.  Get 'em while they last!
    
    len.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
306.1	MSQ-700's also cheap	MOSAIC::SAVAGE		`Tue Apr 22 1986 16:08`	3
	I got a flyer from Sam Ash and they are selling MSQ-700's for $259.00 Dennis Savage
306.2	MSQ-700 features	ERLANG::FEHSKENS		`Wed Apr 23 1986 13:17`	14
	Whoo hah - that's a deal!! For those who don't know anything about the MSQ-700, it's an 8 track sequencer modeled after a tape deck - it has overdub, merge, and time correct, fast forward and rewind. Holds about 6500 notes. Tape dump and sync interface. Roland DIN sync interface. Step and real time recording. All bars assumed to be a same length. No in place insert or delete. No channelization. With the MSQ-100's edit facilities and the MSQ-700's multitrack/merge/timecorrect/unmerge capabilties you can have a pretty incredible 12000 note sequencer combo for about $450! len.
306.3	Mine arrived and it's great!!	ADVAX::SPEED	Derek Speed	`Fri May 02 1986 11:33`	12
	I just received my MSQ-100 last night via UPS from Sam Ash for a price of $149. I played with it for about 20 minutes before crashing into bed and my opinion is that for the price, you'd be crazy not to buy one. Even if I get a computer and sequencing software in the future, having a small portable box for gigs is well worth it and I can simply down-line load the edited sequences from the computer to the MSQ. Now all I have to do is buy more MIDI synths so I can hear more than one voice at a time!! Derek
306.4	MSQ-700's sold out...	JUNIOR::DREHER		`Wed Jun 11 1986 14:21`	8
	Sam Ash is sold out of MSQ-700's. I guess they went like hot cakes. The salesman said they flew out of there. The still have MSQ-100's. I'd like to get the MSC-500, but know one seems to have them in stock. Anybody know what the hang up is? It's been advertised for several months. DD
306.5	Any Day Now...	ERLANG::FEHSKENS		`Wed Jun 11 1986 16:24`	9
	MC-500s have not been shipped yet. I've been promised mine around the end of June or early July. I expect this really means August. I haven't seen any Roland ads for it yet, just product description blurbs in magazine "what's new" columns. I think they ran into some "software problmes". len.