Roland MC-307
Synth nameRoland MC-307 groovebox
Synth manufacturerRoland
Polyphony64-note
Timbrality16-part
OscillatorYes
FilterYes
LfoYes
KeyboardNo
Ext controlMIDI in/out
Memory800 preset sounds, 40 drum kits
Fxreverb/delay, chorus/flanger
Dates1999–2003
Price£782 UK, $1299 US

The Roland MC-307 is a combination of MIDI music sequencer, synthesizer, drum machine and control surface produced by the Roland Corporation. This combination is commonly referred to by Roland as a 'Groovebox'.

It is a scaled-down version of the Roland MC-505. It has the same tone generator, but a much smaller control surface. It does, however, have several features that make it an ideal clock source for musicians wanting to do beatmatching. These include a large, very granular tempo slider similar to the sliders found on a modern phonograph and 'push' and 'hold' buttons that permit temporarily slowing down or speeding up the beat clock.

It can also transmit MIDI Machine Control and MIDI beat clock, and slave to external beat clock sources such as other Roland grooveboxes. It can be used as a sequencer to drive external synthesizer units. It is the successor to the Roland MC-303 and Roland MC-505, and the predecessor to the Roland MC-909 and the Roland MC-808.

Features

The key features of the MC-307 are:

  • Sound generator with 64-note polyphony[1]
  • 8-track sequencer+Tempo/Mute Ctrl Track
  • 4 assignable CC MIDI knobs
  • 240 onboard dance music patterns
  • MIDI

References

  1. ^ "Play MC For Me". Sound On Sound. June 2001. Archived 6 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine.

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