Next Exit - MC707 Live Set

[@bastian7097]

Very well made. You are my MC-707 idol now. Thanks for sharing.

[@sailingstar8176]

That's really nice sound design and performance. I think you showcase the 707s best bits - the sound engine that's full of sweet spots, the really useable effects, and all the hands-on controls. I noticed how you organised your clips carefully, that's clever. I know you can do all this sort of thing in a DAW like Ableton, plus a launch controller, but I don't think the results are any better. I think Roland gave us a nice toybox to play with here, there's everything you need to get good quality results, and it's not pushing you in any specific direction. There are a lot of things that this box does really, really well, and quite a few surprises, too! I think it'll keep me from getting bored for a long, long time.

[@Vidzul]

Loving the melted vibes on 16 min

[@Person1471]

Got here from your post on the Audiobus forum - glad I did. Really enjoyed the track and loved seeing you perform it. I have an MC-707 too which, after years of searching for the 'The One' feels like this is really close to being it (still could do with pre-fader sends to move be able to move instruments further away). Hearing what you've done with it is inspiring. I love the vibe. The bass lines are great and have been trying to get that sound myself, but never seem to succeed somehow, heh. Thanks for your work and sharing!!

[@jmcbeady8210]

Good to see the unit in a perfomance.

[@chrisbaron70]

That was a really nice discerning sound journey and demo. Let’s have some more😁....

[@raysubject]

that is great not just musically but it also really shows how great sounding is mc707.. some pretty cool sounds there ! good job !!

[@tarekith]

Thanks very much!

[@Naapeajaea]

love those ambient sounds ! just goes to show the synth is only half of it, for many of the early grooveboxes effects were the achilles heal. well done on this set ! still on the fence of a purchase of one of these... it's just that lack of sample memory which is my only bug bear as well as perhaps that screen

[@MrVincent97133]

let me go and take my mc 707 out of the box and start hitting the pads, you've motivated me

[@djthatguysmitty]

Most excellent brother!👏🏾🔥👏🏾🔥👏🏾

[@WilyEPeyote]

Thoroughly enjoyable, thanks for uploading

[@annaosumedia]

really good music!

[@berkut6313]

Great. Any bandcamp or other link to flac file ? For one, that would mean no ads to shatter the vibe....

[@tarekith]

HIgh quality AAC file here: tarekith.com/live-sets/. Bandcamp version will be posted first week of January most likely.

[@nexuzeb79]

Balls on maintenance on those rythms. Keep em comin'...

[@razvanion7]

Very well done!

[@daps_prod1064]

Love this set you put out. Some of it reminded me of Depeche Mode!

[@tarekith]

Depeche Mode is good, so thanks!

[@michaelandrewlawrence]

Awesome work!!

[@Orthod0x]

hello. thanks for the channel. tell me please - LFO on drum kits is not in this box? or on other’s samples..

[@trevorbrown8737]

Very nice!! Thanks for the video!👍👍

[@tarekith]

Glad you liked the video, it's a lot more work than just capturing the audio, so it's nice to hear people are enjoying that aspect. Thanks!

[@trevorbrown8737]

@@tarekith you’re welcome!! I enjoy all of them so keep it up!!

[@thestinkyweasel6297]

Love your 707 content!

[@tarekith]

Thanks so much!

[@dpalaoro]

that sound that comes in at :50. and also at 4:00 I had to turn down the volume and look around me. 👍

[@Unifono2012]

awesome

[@johnnygoodyear270]

Enjoyed it (and was inspired also :)...

[@donadoma]

Great! 👍

[@jeyjohnson883]

Top! Do you have any harder moments on composing the song with voice stealing?

[@tarekith]

It's happened a couple times when I was playing back all 8 tracks at once, but not that often. For the most part voice stealing hasn't been an issue for me.

[@mattspazmatic]

Did anyone ever send you the factory projects via we transfer? I have a used 707 on the way and they said, "To my knowledge there's no sd card."

[@mattspazmatic]

And I've been super into these sets you've been doing with the 707. They've been the final selling point, so, thank you!

[@atv4336]

groovy

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Maybe you can help me out. I’ve noticed what might just be a minor little bug and wanted to know if you can confirm. With the MC 707 in partial sound edit mode and partial 1 selected, press exit to main window. Now if I press knob 4 when SOUND is highlighted to enter sound editing, this action also selects partial 4. So the bug is that every time I use knob 4 to go into sound editing, it also selects partial 4 - no matter what partial was selected previously before exiting sound edit. Is this something that is replicated on your mc707? Thanks!

[@alecssson]

Did you enjoy the workflow / the process of creating the set on the mc-707?

[@tarekith]

Oh hell yes, the MC707 is perfect for this kind of thing. Very enjoyable to use.

[@adamdoran235]

Absolute quality 👌 may i ask was that a preset kit and if so which one?

[@tarekith]

It's a mix of three different kits, and I swapped a lot of the drum sounds out for sounds from other kits.

[@peterpeirs9919]

Weldone 👍

[@tarekith]

Thank you very much for listening!

[@electronicexposure]

sounds good dude!

[@tarekith]

I appreciate you spending time out of your day to give it a listen, thank you so much.

[@electronicexposure]

been a subscriber since loke 2016 haha, back when I had to learn the octatrack! Glad to see you still out here making music dude!

[@marcuunk8564]

Awsome…are these preset sounds ?

[@tarekith]

No, I use all my own sounds. Usually relying heavily on the randomize preset function in the 707 to get me started with something unique.

[@marcuunk8564]

@@tarekith wauw!! That is amazing, keep playing music…Forever!!!

[@madalan4767]

do u sell or share mc 707 pr0ject files?

[@tarekith]

Interesting idea, I've never thought about it but I'll let you know if I do!

[@madalan4767]

@@tarekith At the moment I think there are no sites that sell roland projects, Think about it, it could be a great business idea.

[@JonathanCabot]

is this on bandcamp or other platforms?

[@tarekith]

Free on my site: tarekith.com/live-sets/

[@tarekith]

It'll be on Bandcamp as well as part of my year in review album series in a few days too.

[@busterbuster1641]

Not normally my kind of thing, but listened all the way through while doing a spot of work. Esp nice around the 6-7 min mark. Will be sending you some mastering work after the new year so go easy on the beers.

[@tarekith]

No beers in January, so not even something I need to think about :)

[@solomonjenkins9505]

...what is the mc707?

[@tarekith]

A mystery indeed.

[@solomonjenkins9505]

@@tarekith how does it compare to an octatrack and would it work well in tandem with one?

[@tarekith]

@@solomonjenkins9505 Synth based versus sample based for the msot part. The OT is better at loops, the 707 is WAY better at effects and organizing live sets.

[@solomonjenkins9505]

@@tarekith why is it way better at effects? I thought electron effects with their crazy step sequencer was the best

[@tarekith]

@@solomonjenkins9505 There are a TON of way better Roland and Boss effects in the 707. The Elektron stuff is interesting when you add in parameter locks and what not, but in terms of overall effect variety and quality, Roland has them beat easily. Insert effects, send effects, track effects, drum pad EQ, drum rack EQ, channel EQ, song EQ etc... Elektron stuff doesn't come close to what's available on the 707 on that front.