Roland MV-30

[tauzero]

Time to clear out one or two items that never get used...

Roland MV-30

MIDI sequencer, file player, and sound module.



With this, you can record, edit, and play standard MIDI files. It can also be used as a sound module - it's a Roland D-70 without a keyboard. I haven't used it for recording or editing MIDI files (nowadays, with software MIDI editors all over the place, using a hardware sequencer for file editing takes a special kind of masochism). I have used it for playback though, which it did a pretty good job of.

Everything on it works as far as I know.

There's a page about it here:

http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/mv30.html

and if you go to Yahoo! Groups ( http://groups.yahoo.com ), you will find a group called mv-30studiom which has some useful information.

Reviews can be found at

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...and/MV-30/10/1

http://www.sonicstate.com/synth_reviews/roland_mv30.cfm

Note: it uses DD floppies - these can still be obtained. You can format HD discs as DD, but I prefer to use DDs. I'll put half a dozen DD discs in with it, including several copies of the system disc (the MV-30 doesn't contain its operating system in ROM, it reads it off floppy, just like the early days of PCs...). I'll also include a CD with the user manual and other handy information on it.

Looking for £90 plus postage.

PS. I understand it's the rules that all carpets used to photograph things on should be able to be used as camouflage for ACG basses. If you look carefully, you'll see there would be a Harlot and a Finn just by the MV-30, but I cropped them out.

[Antonius]

It looks like a fax machine with a built in equalizer to me



Just goes to show I know nothing about keys and midi (I'd better learn something, because we're getting a USB/Midi keyboard for my gf to use with music notation software, and I'm most likely the one that is going to connect the wires and make it all work together).


EDIT: just read it again, it uses floppies. If anyone buys this and needs more floppies, let me know. I'm cleaning up the attic and doing away most of my old floppies. Part DD, part HD. Will happily send some to the new owner of this for postage.