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A software application that lets you program your Roland MC-8 sequencer with MIDI files from your computer!

Features

• Convert a MIDI file to audio that programs the MC-8’s sequence through its cassette input
• Edit MC-8 sequences on your computer, not on your MC-8’s LED screen & keypad
• Configure each of your MC-8 channels with whatever combination of CVs as well as MPX and Tempo values as you like

Requirements


• Intel: OS X 11.0 or later
• Silicon: OS X 11.0 or later (runs natively on Apple Silicon machines)


• Windows 10 (v 22H2), Windows 11 (v 22H2 or higher) (64-bit only)

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Documentation

• Read the full documentation

Who’s using it

Alex Ball (Alex Ball Music)

“After about 18 months of the dorkiest analysis of data dumps known to man, Dan Nigrin and co have reverse engineered the 1977 Roland MC-8 music computer so that you can create midi files and convert them to an FSK audio file that you run into the back of the unit. Voilà, it works!”

Pea Hicks

In addition to his work on the Optigan, Pea maintains the most comprehensive source of information about the MC-8!

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