This SDISK file is the MRC-300/500 system disk for the MC-300 and MC-500. You will need a PC with a floppy drive to create system disks.
Good sequencing and good playing.Īll system software (including MIDI file transfer software) for the MC-500Īvailable here for FREE from Roland US Website. I'd be glad to swap information and be of assistance to other users of either MC 500 or D110. (I had an old program called Sound Quest, but was unable to bring it over from my old computer, and evidentally the company has gone out of business. Another thing I would be interested in is a computer program that will help "tweak" the tones. One in particular is a good pedal steel guitar patch.
I need some sounds that I lost when my original D-110 went down, when it needed a battery change. The only problem I have now is that I don't have any extra sound cards, and would like to find some. It's outmoded, but I like what I originally used mine for, still like the sounds, and don't want to change. (try My main sequencer is a Roland D-110.
I found a source for DD discs and since then life has been better. Double density (DD) discs should be used. I found out since that most of my disc reading problem was that the MC 500's do not like high density (HD) discs, which is about all you can buy now. Finally found an older MC 500, that I bought as a spare, mainly so I could take the disc drive if the one in the MkII ever does go down. Most of the new drives are wired differently.
I had some sparodic trouble with my disc drive, tried to find a replacement but couldn't. I bougnt a MC 50 to use as a back up, still have it, but have never had to use it. I use it to control guitar pedals, harmonizers, effects unit, etc. It can drive any synthesizer or midi sound module. I've messed with and heard about many other similar machines since, but have yet to find one that I feel more at home with. I have been using an MC 500 MkII since about 1990.