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The Roland MC-808 was used prominently in the album Téo & Téa by French composer Jean Michel Jarre, who used some of the preset patterns as the base for a number of the tracks of that album. DJ Uplighter and Friends uses the MC-808 on the album "Lighten Up New Synthesizer".
The Roland MC-909 is no longer in production by Roland Corporation. The Roland MC-909 is consequently called to become a cult item, as Mellotron or the TB-303 . While no longer in production, the MC-909 can be bought these days second-hand at places like eBay , with a typical second-hand purchase price, as of 2021, around US$1000.
The term "Groovebox" was originally used by Roland Corporation to refer to its MC-303, released in 1996. [2] The term has since entered general use, [ 3 ] and the concept dates back to the Movement Computer Systems Drum Computer in 1981 and Fairlight CMI Page R in 1982.
The 808 was a commercial failure, as electronic music had yet to become mainstream and many producers wanted more realistic drum sounds. After building approximately 12,000 units, Roland discontinued the 808 after its semiconductors became impossible to restock. It was succeeded by the TR-909 in 1983.
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Roland has manufactured numerous instruments that have had lasting impacts on music, such as the Juno-106 synthesizer, [4] TB-303 bass synthesizer, [5] and TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. [6] It was also instrumental in the development of MIDI , a standardized means of synchronizing electronic instruments manufactured by different companies.
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The synthesizer built into the Roland MC-303 is a rompler which contains sounds largely drawn from classic Roland synths and drum machines such as the TB-303, TR-808 and TR-909 along with the Juno series and various other dance themed sounds such as pads, pianos, strings and vinyl scratches.