The MC-707 GROOVEBOX has everything you need to create a song or perform a live set without a computer. Immerse yourself in eight tracks of recording, sequencing, synthesizers, and effects, plus a curated palette of sounds, loops, and phrases. Record audio and MIDI—with deep control over timing—and tweak the faders and knobs for that “in the moment” experience. With such massive potential, you’re ready to produce in any style or create your own new thing.
This modern GROOVEBOX packs a lot of punch in a single piece of gear. It’s deep and customizable, yet fun and friendly, always ready to create something new. Compose from a curated collection of built-in sounds, beats, and phrases all expertly crafted by renowned artists and sound designers. Explore a musical playground where you can freely combine loops and one-shots with melodic phrases, including your own audio recordings and MIDI sequences. Record and share clips, chain Scenes, re-arrange, re-sample, record automation, and make it all sound huge with per-track and global effects.
The MC-707’s eight-track sequencer is optimized for fluid production of today’s electronic-focused music styles. Quickly build parts with the TR-REC step sequencer found on classic Roland drum machines and use the 16 ultra-sensitive pads to play and record drum parts, melodic basslines, or polyphonic chord progressions. Sequences are stored in clips that contain your sounds and note data, plus real-time or drawn automation for creating effect changes, slow filter sweeps, and much more. You can capture clips in Scenes to perform complete songs, and use creative tools like note repeat, chord designer, and step LFO to supercharge new ideas.
The MC-707 lets you dig deep into our most advanced synth engine ever—the ZEN-Core Synthesis System. Fusing virtual analog, modeling, and modern PCM, the MC-707 has the sounds of legendary Roland rhythm machines and synthesizers that are 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 perfect for creating future classics today.
n addition to its deep synthesis engine, the MC-707 has a powerful sampler with on-the-fly recording that synchronizes to your project’s tempo. Record vocals or instrument parts, or import from your own existing library, then sequence or trigger phrases, one-shots, and loops. You can also tweak and mangle samples by slicing, truncating, and reversing—with the inspiration and precision that comes only from hands-on control.
With the MC-707’s massive effects palette, your music sounds polished and fully produced. All eight tracks have independent effects processors with a huge number of variations. Lush chorus brings depth to pads and other synth sounds. Delays and reverbs create evocative spaces and add movement to delicate sequences. Overdrive, distortion, and amp simulation inject grit and intensity into synths, guitars, drums, and more. You can process external audio and run your entire mix through master effects like filters, bit-crushers, and a master bus compressor that glues it all together with punch and clarity.
Loaded with tactile controls, the MC-707 lets you dig in and shape your music in a visceral, physical way. Faders for each track let you immediately mix and arrange parts, and knobs can be freely assigned to any control you need. You can even record your knob movements so they play back automatically. And the 8x2 pad array is not only great for playing drums and triggering clips—you can generate repeating rhythms, create melodies, constrain to any kind of scale, and trigger complex chords.
With its advanced USB audio interface capabilities, the MC-707 easily flows in and out of your production setup. You can record all eight parts to individual DAW tracks and finish your song there. Or sample sounds from your DAW to capture backing tracks, stems, or the sound of a favorite software synth for your next live show.
The MC-707 is an updateable and expandable platform that never gets stale. Keep things fresh with projects that contain new loops, one-shots, phrases, and synth sounds—all available online.
Specs
Sound Generator ZEN-Core (Tone,Drum Kit)
Track TypeTone, Drum Kit, Looper (Audio Loop)
Maximum Polyphony ZEN-Core:128 voices (varies according to the sound generator load)
Tracks 8 tracks
LOOPER:8 (varies according to the available number of Looper track)
Clips128 clips (16 clips per track)
- 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)
- Effects
- Track Multi-Effects: 90 types
Track EQ
Chorus/Delay: 9 types
Reverb: 7 types
Master Effects: 90 types
Master Compressor
Master EQ
- Step Sequencer
- Maximum Step: 128 steps
- Looper
- Time Stretch, Pitch Shift
* Available on a Looper Track
Display 256 x 80 dots graphic LCD (with backlit)
External StorageSD Card (SDHC supported) for saving Project Data and Audio Data
- Connectors
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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 Draw2,000 mA
SIZE AND WEIGHTWidth426 mm 16-13/16
Depth263 mm10-3/8
Height60 mm2-3/8 inches
Weight2.1 kg4 lbs 11 oz
Condition: Excellent, Pre- Owned, Includes Power Adapter & DeckSaver
Info from Roland