Roland MC-707 Groovebox 8 Track AIO Sequencer/ Synthesizer
Roland MC-707 Groovebox, 8 Track Sequencer, Synthesizer and Looper, 16 RGB Pads, Import Custom Sounds and Loops
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Roland - 'MC-707'
Groovebox
Move To A New GrooveThe Roland MC-707 GROOVEBOX has everything you need to write a song or perform a live set without needing a computer. You can lose yourself in eight tracks of recording, sequencing, synthesizers, and effects, plus a carefully selected range of sounds, loops, and phrases. Record audio and MIDI and extensive control over timing. Use the faders and knobs to control that “in the moment” experience. With such huge potential, you’ll be ready to compose in any style or create your own unique style.
Amazing Features
• Available storage space for user samples: 12 minutes in mono, 6 minutes in stereo
• Compressor, EQ, Reverb, Delay and Chorus Master Effects on board
• Up to 8 loop tracks with time stretch and pitch shift
• ZEN-Core sound engine with up to 128 voices
• 8-Track sequencer with up to 128 steps
Mega Micro Composer
World RenownedThis modern GROOVEBOX features a lot of power for a single unit. It’s complex and customizable, yet enjoyable and easy to use, ready and waiting to create something new. Compose from a professional range of built-in sounds, beats, and phrases all expertly designed by some of the world’s best artists and sound designers.
Dive into a musical playground, where you can freely join loops and one-shots with melodic hooks, including your own audio recordings and MIDI sequences. Record and chain clips, re-arrange, re-sample, record automation, and make it all sound epic with per-track and master effects.
Eight Tracks of Clip-Based Sequencing
Kick Start New IdeasThe MC-707’s eight-track sequencer is designed for seamless production of modern-day electronic style music and its continuously evolving subgenres. The TR-REC step sequencer is just like those found on classic Roland drum machines, perfect for quickly building rhythm sections. There are also 16 ultra-sensitive pads for creating or sequencing drum parts, melodic basslines, or polyphonic chord progressions.
Sequences are stored in clips that contain your sounds, note data, and live control movements or drawn automation. This allows you to create moving effects like a deep reverb on a single clap, slow filter sweeps, and much more. Clips can be triggered or chained into songs and creative tools such as note repeat, chord designer, and step LFO kick start new ideas.
Deep Synthesis
Iconic RhythmsThe MC-707 lets you delve deep into Roland’s most advanced synth engine ever, the ZEN-Core Synthesis System. Combining virtual analog, modelling, and modern PCM, the MC-707 has the sounds of iconic Roland rhythm machines and synthesizers that have become the foundation of electronic music.
Including the TR-808, TR-909, TB-303, JUNO-106, and SH-101. But the MC-707 also looks forward, with modern digital and hybrid sounds ideal for creating modern classics.
Record, Sample, Tweak & Mangle
Studio-Grade effectsAlong with the deep synthesis engine, the MC-707 has a powerful sampler with on-the-go recording that synchronizes the tempo to your composition. Record vocals or instrument parts, or import from your own existing library, then sequence or trigger phrases, one-shots, and loops. You can also edit and change samples by slicing, truncating, and reversing, with hands-on control comes the unique inspiration and precision that you can’t get otherwise.
With the MC-707’s huge range of effects, your music sounds rich and fully produced. All eight tracks feature individual effects processors with a huge range of variations. Warm chorus adds depth to pads and other synth sounds. Delays and reverbs create immersive spaces and add movement to subtle sequences. Overdrive, distortion, and amp simulation gives more aggression and intensity into synths, guitars, drums and more. You can process external audio and run your whole mix through master effects such as filters, bit-crushers, and a master bus compressor that ties it all together with punch and clarity.
Hands-On Experience
Deeper ControlPacked with hands-on controls, the MC-707 lets you dive deeper in and shape your music in a complex, physical way. Faders for each track mean you can instantly mix and arrange sections, and knobs can be freely set to any control you need.
You can also record your knob movements so they play back automatically. The 8x2 pad array is not only great for playing drums and triggering clips, but you can create repeating rhythms, compose melodies, constrain to any kind of scale, and trigger advanced chords.
Computer Enhanced
Advanced CapabilitiesWith the capabilities provided by the advanced USB audio interface, the MC-707 flows easily in and out of your production setup. You can record all eight parts to separate DAW tracks to finish your song. Or sample sounds from your DAW to capture backing tracks, stems, or the sound of a favorite software synth for your next live performance.
Expand With New Sounds, Loops & Phrases
Forever Up To DateThe MC-707 is an updateable and expandable platform that never grows old. Keep things fresh with projects that feature new loops, one-shots, phrases, and synth sounds, all available online.
As the MC-707 uses the ZEN-Core Synthesis System, you can get whole new sounds with ZEN-Core Sound Packs, available from the Roland Cloud Manager.
Roland MC-707 GROOVEBOX: Overview
The Tech Spec
| Features | Specification | Sound Generator | ZEN-Core (Tone,Drum Kit) |
|---|---|
| Track Type | Tone, Drum Kit, Looper (Audio Loop) |
| Maximum Polyphony | ZEN-Core:128 voices (varies according to the sound generator load) LOOPER:8 (varies according to the available number of Looper track) |
| Tracks | 8 tracks |
| Clips | 128 clips (16 clips per track) Clip Type: Tone, Drum Kit, Looper (Audio Loop), it varies according to the track type |
| Tones | Preset Tone: 3,000 or greater Preset Drum Kit: 80 or greater User Sample (as a Tone or Drum Kit): available by importing form SD CARD Looper Sample (as a clip of Looper track): available by importing from SD CARD, recording via EXT IN/Tracks Available total time for User Sample: 12 minutes in mono, 6 minutes in stereo (44.1 kHz) Available format of User Sample: WAV 32–96 kHz/16-bit, 24-bit (mono, stereo) Available total time for Looper Sample: Approx. 60 sec (44.1 kHz) Available format of Looper Sample: WAV 44.1 kHz/16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit, 32-bit float (mono, stereo) |
| Step Sequencer | Maximum Step: 64 steps Available on a Tone or Drum Kit Track |
| Looper | Time Stretch, Pitch Shift Available on a Looper Track |
| Display | 256 x 80 dots graphic LCD (with backlit) |
| External Storage | SD Card (SDHC supported) for saving Project Data and Audio Data |
| Connectors | PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type MIX OUT(L/MONO, R) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type ASSIGNABLE OUT(L,R) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type SEND/RETURN(L/MONO, R) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type EXT IN(L/MONO/MIC, R) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type (it works as 1/4-inch TRS phone type when using MIC) MIDI (IN, OUT1, OUT2) connectors USB port: USB B type (Audio, MIDI) DC IN jack |
| Power Supply | AC adaptor |
| Current Draw | 2,000 mA |
| Accessories | AC adaptor Owner's manual Leaflet "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" SD Card (installed in the product when shipped from the factory) SD Card Protector (installed in the product when shipped from the factory) |
| Dimensions | Width: 426 mm Depth: 263 mm Height: 60 mm |
| Weight | 2.1 kg 4 lbs 11 oz |
