Roland's MV-Series of groove boxes are the bomb! They provide an all-in-one process of composing songs and playing beats. It's large form Factor and handy visible LCD screen enable novices to professionals the ability to Create to their hearts content.
Chicken System's MV Kit Creator series of programs enables the computer to get into the act, from composing your own Kits to managing your sounds in a powerful database.
MV Kit Creator LE is a limited version of the Pro version, yet retains the basic ability to create your own .mv0 Patches quickly and easily, plus adds full editing of Patches. A feature list is below.
Basically the LE version just makes kits on the fly, and allows editing of the parameters, without being able to do serious persistent work.
* Create MV-8000 Series Patches (.mv0 files)
* Operates independently of the actual MV-8000
* Real-time auditioning with a powerful audio streaming Playback engine
* Playable via onscreen Pads
* Pro commercial version available; adds many powerful features
* Macintosh and Windows compatible
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