Roland MC202 patches from the wayback machine

mc202
I’ve been digging through my old bookmarks and have found some great patches for the Roland MC202 synth/sequencer. These are archived using the wayback machine.
You can view the original patch data at http://web.archive.org/web/20030609174604/pages.citenet.net/users/shawnm/202/patches.html


Funky Synth by Enigma

LFOVCOSource Mixer
RateDelayMODRangePulseW***SquareSawSubOSC***
505[4′]10[LFO]1010103
VCFVCAENV
FreqResEnvModKybd***ADSR
0010010[env]0101010

Hardcore Synth by Dj Brainzuk

LFOVCOSource Mixer
RateDelayMODRangePulseW***SquareSawSubOSC***
5-605[16′]5[LFO]101041
VCFVCAENV
FreqResEnvModKybd***ADSR
66406[env]05105

Synth Bass

LFOVCOSource Mixer
RateDelayMODRangePulseW***SquareSawSubOSC***
000[16′]0[LFO]100102
VCFVCAENV
FreqResEnvModKybd***ADSR
56500[gate]1400

Bass Drum

LFOVCOSource Mixer
RateDelayMODRangePulseW***SquareSawSubOSC***
000[16′]0[LFO]0001
VCFVCAENV
FreqResEnvModKybd***ADSR
410500[gate]0200

Acid Bass

LFOVCOSource Mixer
RateDelayMODRangePulseW***SquareSawSubOSC***
000[16′]0[LFO]10502
VCFVCAENV
FreqResEnvModKybd***ADSR
6866-70[gate]0202


This is an SH-101 patch, but it'll work on the 202 in a pretty similar way...
Thanks to Neil Whitelaw for the patch and the SH-101 link.

LFO/CLK Rate: 5
Waveform Selector: far left
MOD: 3
Range: 8'
Pulse Width: 0
LFO/MAN/ENV: N/A
Square: 10
Sawtooth: 0
Sub OSC: 0
1OCT/2OCT/2oct: N/A
Noise: 0
Freq: 3.5
Res: 10
Env: 0
Mod: 0
KYBD: 10
ENV/Gate: ENV
Gate+trig/Gate/LFO: Gate+trig
A: 2
D: 5
S: 3
R: 5

NOTES: When setting the all-important filter controls, push the Resonance up
to 10, then slowly slide Frequency up from 0 until the sound becomes really
clean (should be about 3.5). K Thomas of Mid-Glamorgan printed in December
1984 E&MM.

Dominik Rodler.
Mail: rodler@in.tum.de
WWW : http://www.in.tum.de/~rodler/

202-patch: dubstyle (by Dominik Rodler)

LFO: doesn't matter
VCO: doesn't matter
source mixer: doesn't matter
VCF: cutoff: 0
resonance: full
envelope: 0
modulation: 0
Kybd: full
VCA: gate / env
ENV: doesn't matter if "gate" is selected, otherwise adjust
according to personal taste, e.g.
A: 1
D: 0
S: full
R: 3

this is a 202 patch which produces very deep and fat bass-sounds

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