Roland MC-707 GROOVEBOX Video Manual Part Two: Production Tips

The Roland MC-707 GROOVEBOX has everything electronic music producers need to create a song or perform a live set without a computer. The MC-707 is armed with an eight-track sequencer optimized for fluid production, our latest deep synthesis engine, a powerful sampler, massive effects palette and 16 ultra-sensitive pads for playing or sequencing drum parts, melodic basslines, or polyphonic chord progressions.
The MC-707 Video Manual series looks to dive deep into this powerful GROOVEBOX and takes you through the MC-707 in a sequence as if you turned the instrument on for the first time. We highly recommend viewing the Parts in order but we have also provided chapter links below for you to jump straight to what you need to know.
In this MC-707 Video Manual (Part Two), the chapters are:
00:18 Drum Kit Editing
17:04 Looper Tracks
29:41 Effects
45:27 Clips
1:08:58 Scenes
1:19:13 Clip Chain
About the Roland MC-707...
The MC-707’s eight-track sequencer is made for today's electronic-focused music styles and ever-evolving subgenres. The TR-REC step sequencer is just like those found on classic Roland drum machines, perfect for building rhythm parts quickly. There are also 16 ultra-sensitive pads for playing or sequencing drum parts, melodic basslines, or polyphonic chord progressions.
The MC-707 features our latest sound engine, which fuses virtual analog and modern PCM. It’s flexible, powerful, and lets you dig deep into its sonic capabilities. It 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.
In 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 and works as an expandable platform that never gets stale. Keep things fresh with new loops, one-shots, phrases, and synth sounds-all available online.
For more details on the MC-707:
➤ MC-707 PRODUCT PAGE: www.roland.com/global/product...
Watch the complete MC-707 Video Manual here:
➤ PART ONE-THE BASICS: • Roland MC-707 GROOVEBO...
➤ PART TWO-PRODUCTION TIPS: • Roland MC-707 GROOVEBO...
➤ PART THREE-SAMPLING & PERFORMANCE: • Roland MC-707 GROOVEBO...
Watch the MC-707 Overview videos if you are getting started:
➤ OVERVIEW VIDEO: • Roland MC-707 GROOVEBO...
➤ PERFORMANCE VIDEO: • Roland MC-707 GROOVEBO...
➤ PRODUCTION VIDEO: • Roland MC-707 GROOVEBO...
➤ SOUND VIDEO: • Roland MC-707 GROOVEBO...
The Roland GROOVEBOX Series also features the compact Roland MC-101:
➤ MC-101 PRODUCT PAGE: www.roland.com/global/product...
➤ MC-101 OVERVIEW VIDEO: • Roland MC-101 GROOVEBO...
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[@markhall3323]

DRUM KIT EDITING - LOOPER TRACKS - EFFECTS - CLIPS - SCENES 00:35 Drum instrument settings (level, coarse tune, release, delay, rename kit) 04:30 Kit settings (level, pan, delay, reverb) 06:11 Mute groups 08:11 Output assign 09:40 Drum + compressor (6 compressor “lanes”) 15:20 Use sample as drum instrument 17:05 LOOPER TRACK 18:40 External input record (measures, clip destination) 21:20 Edit looper track (sound, pitch) 22:30 Looper track from SD card (edit start/end, MFX effects) 27:50 Record “MIXOUT” (from the MC-707 itself) 28:50 Normalise / export loop to SD card 29:45 EFFECTS (EQs inc. drum pads, 48:55 CLIPS (Copy/paste, rename, reload, delete) 50:48 Launching clips ( 58:14 Clip first/last step edit 1:00:12 Different sounds per clip on one track 1:11:29 Launch a row of clips (across tracks) 1:13:13 Play clips together in a scene 1:19:13 Chain clips together into a sequence

[@kalubandali2241]

cheers bro

[@jimgravesus]

Thanks for this!

[@maunstermusic]

Thank you so much for the timestamps!

[@jdikoder]

All Roland tutorials should include this in the description

[@vertigev]

THANK YOU!

[@kentsparling8222]

Thank you Roland, for these manuals and for the great updates to the 707.

[@GhostLabIndustries]

Dustin, you are the best! Thank you tons. You deserve a raise (no matter what you're making now) and you deserve the time and money to make these tutorials BEFORE the products get launched. I must have bought my 707 the week before you put these videos up so I floundered around with the best KZbin had to offer. Thankfully Chris at Exile talked to you and you let him know these were up. You're the best man, thanks. You've made my lockdown much more manageable. Xoxo

[@RyanKhay]

Give Dustin a pay rise! These videos are awesome and I hav learnt heaps about my 707!

[@javielectronic]

What a Masterclass!! Really boosted to deep into my mc707!!

[@soppl9453]

best groovebox so far _ thx for the very good manuel

[@KaceyBakerFilms]

Thanks Roland, you have brought back the beauty of dance music creating, such a therapeutical escape. May I ask if there are possibilities of adding an internal export to wav / mp3 and 16 tracks?

[@wslbeats]

thank you so much for these videos, now it is starting to make sense👍

[@ZafroSoundz]

Quality instruction, great work.

[@tonreiter]

Bestes Video. Viele Fragen sind nun geklärt. Super.

[@holotropik]

Clips has blown my mind 👍😎

[@adidai]

The three part video manual series is truly awesome! Thanks a lot for making these videos! Takes a few months off of the time it would have taken to learn this amazing piece of equipment! Much love from Sweden!

[@alexbarn]

This series is great, thank you!

[@vertigev]

Just got a 707 and these videos have been so helpful, thank you Roland!

[@7177YT]

brilliant, thank you!

[@jimgravesus]

Great video series. I got a lot of of it. Instructor did a good job. Thank you Roland.

[@SRDhain]

Thank you for producing this, it's a valuable and useful tool to get more out of the unit. Your presentation is top notch for speed and finesse. My only request, if possible, is to allow LIVE chaining of clips, similar to how you create scenes. You can do a similar thing on the motif range to create a song out of patterns. Not sure how you'd implement it, but I'm confident it can be done using the current UI and an extra page for information in the O/S.

[@deemes7028]

Incredibly helpful and super well-explained!

[@signaltouch7413]

You are the best instructor I ever seen.

[@michaelandrewlawrence9961]

Great video! Thanks :)

[@trevormalcolm4328]

Great video series. Roland really need to carry this on, the quick start manual wasn’t the best and the reference manual (which cost me £20 to print) Was like swotting up for my theory driving test!

[@fernando-bondedstripes2773]

Ok, I have had this beauty, cause there are no other words to describe the advance in understanding and performance it has allowed me to gain in a month, and hadn't tried out the 6 compressor drum track....ö...ooo... I jut got to that p0asrt of the video for the 4th time and I noticed I haven't payed attention on this part cause OMFG that is power, that is genius, I love how this machine and my brain connect. Everyday a bit better. And everyday I watch this tutorial at different parts to refresh or find new details I am getting distracted from. I really am thankful and happy I decided to get this one.

[@AndyWardpara]

Amazing tutorials, thanks so much

[@jacco1967]

Thanks for this good lesson in MC707🙂

[@tommygold9725]

You’re are Genius Dustin! Thank you!😎

[@thehowlingterror]

Great! Was fed-up of the countless videos either with poor camera angles, presenters who 'think' they're doing a review or the ego driven ones. This is just good ol informative.

[@Flachdachbunker]

Guys, you are crazy and created a monster ♥☺♥

[@VacancyOfDisco]

I would love to see a random function for the next clip option in the clip chain menu!

[@jameshumfry1256]

This dude is amazing!

[@nsjx]

Drumroll mode is killer fun and mega-useful 👍

[@freejazzbone]

awesome workshop, thanks, finally getting closer to a proper linear sequencer (a la MC-50 MK2) I prefer a linear style sequencer but the new MC707 is incredible, very creative possibilities for sound design or makin’ a commercial track. I guess the MC101 has a lot of the features of the 707 but less deep editing possibilities, thanks

[@Dolores5000]

Gonna load it with samps!!!! of trippy drums!!!!

[@theelectronic4051]

1:19:13 for clip chaining

[@alexmax9832]

clip chaining and not scene chaining

[@theelectronic4051]

@@alexmax9832 Yeah I'm baffled why Roland went for clips over scenes. Scenes are already the building block of a song, stringing them together is all that is needed. Going lower down to clips level is more complex to remember when performing and doesn't really give a proper song mode. Over engineered IMO

[@alexmax9832]

@@theelectronic4051 you described everything perfectly.

[@alexmax9832]

@@theelectronic4051 some even, to solve the problem and justify Roland, says to change the chain to all the clips of a scene, and then move on to the next. And so on for those to follow. That is, a madness, of an absurd mechanicity and difficulty. The instruments are mainly used for playing and drawing inspiration: not for getting caught in menus, submenus and shortcuts without sense and logical thread.

[@Gainn]

I think these MC-707 videos should be available for download. Having them on YT is great, but I'd love them available anywhere. (I know there are ways to get them off YT, but not everyone is comfortable with that)

[@PedroAnastazi]

YTD video downloader pro worked for me...

[@Nemion]

It would be extremely useful for project arrangement and organization if an option to "Insert Row" appeared when a row of clips has been selected in the main work screen using the shift key. Likewise, an "Insert Clip" option appeared when a whole track was selected. Additional sub-options for "Insert-Paste" to insert a previously copied clip or row, as well as as "Insert-Blank" for just inserting a blank clip or row would also be very useful. We would love to see this functionality added in a near-future update.

[@vannitronix]

We still need an UNDO function guys...

[@tb-cg6vd]

Indeed!!!!!

[@dbeene36]

@@tb-cg6vd Would you happen to know how to get the groove box to record sustain pedal messages? I hear the notes holding but it doesn't record it.

[@stevo3985]

Hey if you guys haven’t already, I recommend submitting feature requests to Roland. I sent suggestions for drum programming loop chance of sub step gate within a chance gated hit (so sometimes it will be a single, and others it might be a dual, triple, etc.), on the other side of chance, I requested a way to conditionally (numerically, like the OP-Z) gate steps and sub steps, rather than only having chance gates, and lastly, a way to sequence the scatter effects and then be able to use the knobs to tweak the sequenced scatter FX. I think the first two are quite possible, but maybe not so easy to implement the third, but why not ask? You can reach support from the website at www.roland.com/backstage/support, and either as that they forward your feature request or they will reply and tell you where to send it. I forwarded my communication this morning. I hope this helps! 🙂

[@stevo3985]

@@dbeene36 not sure if you are talking live or step recorded. For step mode, when you are in the tones section programming a melody, there should be a red key between D# and F#, which is the ‘tie/rest’ key. As long as you are holding the desired note(s), you can tap the key and a tie will tell the seq to sustain. As soon as you let off, it becomes a rest key again. I hope this helps with your question!

[@dbeene36]

@@stevo3985 Thanks for your response but I was talking about live mode. I can actually hear the notes sustaining when I press the pedal but for some reason it's not recording it that way. My FA-06 does that sometimes too.

[@rkxff9593]

your simply but very Deeply Great love to watch you your superb

[@tomfurstyfield]

INCREASE THE RELEASE!

[@mh22xv]

ROLAND PLEASE make it possible to RECORD pitchbend and modulation from a controller keyboard! Its so strange that this isnt possible! The MC 707 is fantastic. Easy and fast to record with a controller keyboard but its so unintuitive to have to use the knobs on the MC for modulation/pitchbend instead of the wheels on a controller. Would make the MC 707 the ultimate workstation! BR /Mack

[@PedroAnastazi]

strange... check your settings and make sure theres no midi controller filters activated. I dont have this problem and im controlling this with an RS7000

[@mh22xv]

@@PedroAnastazi Yes thank you, I too can control pitch bend and modulation on the MC 707 with for example my Novation SLMk3. But the MC 707 does not RECORD the changes made when using the pitch bend- or modulation wheels. /BR Mack

[@PedroAnastazi]

@@mh22xv u srs?? If it's reading midi data from a controller, that means that those cc's are goin thru to it & literally controlling it... So theoretically can b recorded like any other midi data as standard... That's bizarre... I haven't recorded that as I put my unit away soon after getting it & rebuilding the studio but it should work.. What OS u running?? Apparently fw1.6 address afew midi issues.. Like CCsend frm knobs which was a surprise wen I discovered that was disabled .. . I also know this unit can have tracks /scenes controlled/triggered via midi interface on ipad app similar to Ableton push.. Which for my use would be a heavensend coz u can't switch scenes on the fly while muting certain sections, allowing one to trigger a one measure break & flip it's mutes halfway through before a kick off (as example.. A pitch drop with a following rise in reverse ) I'm surprised that this happened. Can u chk if there are midi filters in place on the mc to only record certain controls?? I know all the later mc's & the Yams allow you to filter data types, be it sysex, mtc, cc, pc, etc etc or if event chase is enabled & if it's updating ? Pitch & modulation have their own commands so if u can hear those changes made it means the ur controller is configured it's channel & commands correctly. But, it depends on the command & I believe modulation is a sysex command, much like the tb3... I could be wrong so don't quote me on that, but this is strange... Have u gone into the clip edit section to see what data is being retained?? Have you tried reassigning the commands to OTHER controller numbers which the mc can record ?? U gta go to the section that looks like an old skool tracker (or a phrase edit page frm the rm1x/rs7000) & scroll down the event list to chk the command. Maybe record those commands internally using the mc, go to the edit page & suss out the commands frm there & assign that command number your controller.. Convoluted I know but it's the only workaround I can think of. I noticed this unit has afew midi nuances not found as standard as u would find in most other midi devices, such as controller numbers for effects & whatnot...

[@mh22xv]

@@PedroAnastazi Yes, it’s bizarre. I’ve checked a lot of forums. People have the same problem. I asked some great synth/hardware reviewers like Loopop and Bo Beats and they said it’s not uncommon for devices like groove boxes not to record pitch bend or modulation. So I guess those like myself who use PB and Modulation all the time for a way to ad feeling and expression when making music are left behind. BR/ Mack

[@PedroAnastazi]

@@mh22xv very odd as like i said, if u can hear the change from a midi controller, then the change is being read and understood, meaning it can also be recorded... theoretically... unless a filter is in place which affects its means of recording. ... Have you tried manually inserting the controller change parameters in the editor? The page which looks like a tracker or RM1x/RS7000... Try that... Id suggest u try out something like midi ox and check out the midi stream to and from everything and follow the chain of events. I'd also suggest u test it with USB as well as midi... Or test with several other controllers... If none of that works, you might need to record the motion directly from the hardware itself...

[@7177YT]

Is there way to play random or conditional steps on tone tracks? I know about the mute propability on drum tracks, but any additional possibility for creating variation would make the sequencer more usable. Cheers!

[@emkoblues9574]

gracias

[@TheALCH]

PUT THESE IN A GODDAMN PLAYLIST

[@Biogroup]

Have you understood how the "scene chains" function works? I did not understand whether it is possible to save a scene as a set of clips and then call them in a chain without specifying the next clip number inside the clip.

[@unitedsouls11]

automatic random ghost notes would be super cool !

[@anthonyballoni4824]

Please, Roland, add an auto-slice function for the looper, this way one could do live remixes in real time without pressing stop! 🙏🏻 Checkout the Octatrack.

[@PedroAnastazi]

Yeah, i dont think thats gna happen coz the slicer in the sample recorder/editor is only workable before the sample is allocated a pad and space on the card and loaded in the "ROM".. not really a rom but whatever.. .point is, once youve edited your sample, thats it... you cant go back and retweak it or normalise it or run a compressor on it or whatever unless you resample it...which is dead easy and probably a better option anyway... BTW if you want auto slice, its there, but if you want LIVE auto slice and auto resequence you gta grab an RS7000 or record your scatter triggers.... which i think is what Roland were counting on. Roland seem to have forgotten that many younger people looking at this machine havent had to work with limited sampling time or features ... TBH from what Ive seen in the industry going back 25yrs now (yes i stil have my mc303) , 32gb would NOT have killed Roland when it comes to internal memory... or jack up the Ram buffer on this... They could have also coded the unit to stream or record straight to/from memory card, but they didnt do that either... if it could stream to and from card, then we could have virtually limitless sample time and virtually any kinda editing possible, BUT you gta remember that if youre streaming samples from a memory card, processing those, and THEN wanting to stream those back OUT the USB to your DAW, then youre going to bottleneck the USB bus... 32gb would have cost less than $25 to fit and been enough for half hour of stereo . Adding to the Ram buffer probably more expensive but when you consider what can be done with 64mb (you read that right) then it coes down to milkin as much from the unit as opposed to what it can do for you without tangent thinking... Point of this, my RS7000 DOES do this live slicing and live remixing youre refering to, and its all done in ram.. .and I can undo... and i can set or record or resample or whatever... BUT as low as 64mb ram is, with a 64mb memory card.. (yes, 64megabytes..) and its still enough to cover an entire album when sampling smartly. A sampler like this isnt designed to behave as a multitrack recorder... mind you, Id like sampling features post pad allocation and post saving to card, but alas...

[@lushfauna]

bring back a streamlined mv-8800 please!

[@mrbreaker101]

Brilliant stuff Roland - these videos are great and you should do this with all future products. But I also see you waiting for the major feature updates in 1.3 before releasing this. No point referring to features that get moved / deprecated.

[@Miromarkus]

Great! Is there any way to save your own drumkit and than load it into another project? This would be a great function because creating your own drumkit can take quite some time

[@digitalspecter]

If you're editing a drum kit there's a place to name it.. it's save on the sd card so you can reuse it.

[@stevewoywitka3258]

1.7 update with more motion recording options please.. standard controls changes from a midi controler firstly

[@ForSynthsSake]

How do I ensure that if scene 1 is playing and I press scene two, that scene one finishes first, then goes to scene two? I can't find that technique anywhere.

[@PedroAnastazi]

its automatically done for you.. what i want is the total opposite.. i want the measure to end and kick of fmy next selection... i cant seem to find that here... on my Yamaha gear i can literally fly live sequences and hammer one and even half measure breaks in between moving onto other sections.. but with this, i cant... not yet... im still workin on it...

[@djangofett4879]

I'm hoping the next update will expand the sample/loop memory. 60 seconds per project is ok for one shot samples but for looper function Its so sparse 😕. This could be the ultimate looper of all time if it had more looper memory.

[@oldschoolebm666]

100%. I'm crossing my fingers. 120 seconds at least

[@geofff6671]

A wonderfull machine but can we please have side chain compression in the next update please, please Roland.

[@carlosnieto8241]

Best MC-707 tutorial so far. Thanks. Question: Does exist any limitation time when recording in loop mode?

[@ZafroSoundz]

You've got about 6-8 mins worth of sampling time per project.

[@carlosnieto8241]

@@ZafroSoundz Thanks for the answer. Another, and last, question: Is the sampler mode capable of some kind of granular synthesis?

[@ZafroSoundz]

@@carlosnieto8241 I couldn't tell you that, still waiting for it to be delivered....ahhhhhh!!! Looking at the effects onboard though it is probably possible.

[@carlosnieto8241]

@@ZafroSoundz Ok. I'm still trying to decide between the MC-707, the Digitakt, the new Polyend Tracker and the 1010 Music Blackbox ,(and, maybe, the MPC One). I know that they're very different machines in some crucial aspects. What I'm looking for is a capable sampler machine (Octatrack is out of the question, even considering myself an Elektron fan: too old, too complex) but with the fun and feel of a classic/modern groove box (my actual sampler is an Electribe Sampler 2). Be patient and enjoy your MC-707 when it arrives!

[@kalubandali2241]

@@carlosnieto8241 707 all day! i have a digitakt and a 707, will post some videos on my channel soon :)

[@lavoicebrandon27]

In this day and time Roland come a lot better. Touch screen , bigger, Color, it would be nice more fader and able to be used as a controller with DAW

[@brokenpoolhall]

18:10 into the video, is it possible to do this with MC-101 and a Roland boutique o to synch them up?

[@egilhelleland]

I Got my 1000$ groovebox 5 days ago, Gratification: 8/10,. To my suprise there was only 60sec loop sampling. Not the 6min that is reserved for drumtracks tone tracks. Why the F**** is it not opposite?? 60sec is barley enough to load around. is there any plans on diversify the ram between tracks? or is that maybe the problem? If so that explains the lack of a UNDO button. How can i give roland my feedback?

[@jwmeps]

I am interested in the MC-707. I have a few questions that I want to ask about it. Can songs be made from scenes? Is paste a merge or overwrite operation? Can MFX settings be transferred between projects? Can pad mode settings, specifically chords from chord mode, be transferred between projects? Can note phrases be entered and triggered as one shots?

[@PedroAnastazi]

Make it easy for ya... Ppl need to remember this is a HW sequencer and HW is very different to SW. I just hope Roland keep supporting this unit and dont ditch it or the Zencore anytime soon. To your questions... 1) Can songs be made from scenes? A - there are "pattern chain" abilities since FW 1.6 Then theres what could be considered mute memory. You also have the scatter ability which is a further 16 variations which can be programmed and then triggered into or from any clip. BUT.. even with this, and before FW 1;6, you had the ability to chain one clip to another. This was only on the lip level, not the track or scene level... If all you want to do is hit play and have a linear playback, then you can do that by chaining your clips individually one clip to the next clip so long as your sound source is CLIP not track. Since pattern chainging came about you can sequence scenes/tracks into a sequence and while it plays back, toss in afew mutes or scatters between changes... Id like to see a scene pattern record mode, like the way in which ableton records your live sequence perforamnce into a linear timeline.. that would be nice.. Since FW 1.6 the pattern chain function has been reintroduced as a formal operation, so you can do a whole chain of scenes playing back in sequence. But there arent many live sequencing options if you use this function. Itll play live and play in sequence, but it wont let u jump in halfway through your song to do a spontaneous tb303 solo... So there are at 2 ways to sequence a song, Pattern/scene chain and/or clip chain which sends one clip to next clip. 2) Is paste a merge or overwrite operation? A- Depends on what youre doing and what record mode youre in. Im sure theyre working on this overlooked necesty when it comes to copy/paste/trim/extract/copy append paste to/ clear filters etc .... buuuuut in the meantime, make a backup of everything. If you want to append a track, you have to extend it first, THEN paste whatever extraction you want into that new appendage into its respective empty spot in the clip. Thats the only way I can figure at this time, Another option is overdub record MIDI OUT while switching live. Ensure that youre sending midi data out to whatever receiving channel you want ie, if you have a 1 measure pattern here and another 1 mesaure pattern there, but you want pattern A to cycle into pattern B, you have to append pattern A and paste pattern B into that blank spot of A.. If however you route the midi out of those 2 clips A and B to another channel C and record that channel as a tone CLIP (not track), then whatever is sent to that channel is recorded. Youre pretty much resampling from the source, but in midi form... Thats an old trick from the old days but yeah id like a visual represntation of each clip where one can literally slot sections of other clips into each other... like the RM1x and RS7000 does.. 3) Can MFX settings be transferred between projects? A- No need. You can set up ANY clip with your MFX settings, save it with a name like 'myFX Dist1" and "myFXDist2" "myFX Chor4" {etc etc and so on. NOW... that clip with your effects and settings is accessible to/from ANY project, and I believe its even available when using Zenbeats VSTi but im not sure... havent tried that yet...but i do know you can set all this up IN Zenbeats and the VSTi Im putting together a series of clips and project template projects for different uses. Some for live use with Ableton, some for live use with external inputs, some for studio, some for hard mastering and others as scratch pad. You can always paste attributes from one clip to another. Just remember, with effects, you can have up to 8 mfx, plus revverb plus chorus, plus one master effect used all at once, unlike most HW sequencers which only allow one mfx per project or one mfx per track. OK so long as the SOURCE of that clip is CLIP and NOT track, then that effect will be married to that clip. You can erase all the note data and just keep it blank with the metadata holding fx and midi settings etc and like i said, access that clip for use in any project, much like a .wav sample. You can build a bank of these, which is what im doing as I write this... 4) Can pad mode settings, specifically chords from chord mode, be transferred between projects? A= theyre THAT simple to set up that its not needed, however just create a blank template project and simply use that as your starting point. I do that with all my DAWS and NLEs anyway with all my routing and inputs and outputs set up before i even import my raw material. In this case, its no different. Create a template, save it as a master preset starter and launch it whenever starting a new project. Immediately save it with another name and your setttings are retained. Another option, is to do that with your scatter config, effects, va syth/pcm oscilator settings, matrix routings if youre into the whole VAnalog oldskool style of sythesis and whatnot through to midi configuraiton and audio routing from external etc. Easy... 5) Can note phrases be entered and triggered as one shots? Are u refering to the old MC and JP8000 and GaiaSH01 RPS phrase repeat? The "realtime phrase record"... Good question and great for use before a break or a drop but I dont think this has that. 128 phrases to a project and any one of those can be triggered whenever you please through scene memories or mute memories, depending on what mode youre in. Then theres the scatter function which can be set to simply play back certain sources and certain effects, all programmable, but im unsure how far that goes when it comes to meshing/blending clips. I mean it would be good to be able to drop a rise or a drum roll live over a scene before the next one kicks in, but i think the closest thing to this would be scene and mute memory and live scene memory drop ins. I mean on the RS7000/RM1x I can drop and mute and change sections/scenes within half a measure live, I cant do that here and its doing my head in... Im also rryin to connect my Ableton live controller to this and literally mute/unmute all tracks and clips whenever i choose... if I can control scenes with one machine, and trigger mutes with another, I use then use the same breaks and drises and drops in different variations simply using mutes instead of having to program a new clip for each short break... can do this with an Ipad, and all my yamaha gear from 15+ years ago lets me do this, but I cant do that here... Oh well, cant win them all...

[@mariolopezlopez9488]

Subtítulos en Español porfavor :D Gracias!!

[@nativeinstrumentssuperchar1277]

Roland es una empresa que odia a los latinos. Con esa pesima atencion es muy improbable que les importe incorporar subtitulos en sus tutoriales

[@marcean6495]

Is it possible to apply distortion effect only on channel where I have TB3's audio in and not on whole master with drum included( distortion not affecting the drum and other channels with set up tones) Will be grateful for answer...and help. Have both mc 707 and tb3 and I cant figure out how to do it if possible. Seems like this distortion effect can be used only as master fx disforting whole track and channels without possibility of separation to only for ex channel 8. Am I right? Or maybe there is possibility to set it up properly?

[@theodorozzz]

Hello! Maybe you could help with my question. Or someone from community) I can't assign something like "velocity control reverb send". When try something like: 1 From "VELOCITY" to "REV" Depth +63 Nothing happens. While if I change "REV" to "PAN" the effect definitely heard. So, what I'm doing wrong? Is "REV" parameter in matrix is "send" reverb parameter, am I right? "DLY" doesnt work either, btw. p.s. both reverb and delay are on as global effects and can be heard when I use FX or C1-4 knobs

[@pablopazosfilgueira8228]

I have a problem. When i trying reccord a loop track i press [enter]Load and appear WRONG TRACK TYPE...... I don't know to do.

[@FunkTree]

Please add "last step" to the motion functionality so motion can run on 5 steps while sequence runs on 16/32 steps, you've done this partially with tr8s LFO....that is a powerful creative feature , 300 EQs in this unit is just too tedious to work with..... and also mute motion per track or knob would help ....editing the step LFOs is too painful in 21st century yes this unit is powerful as mentioned hundred times in this video, but doing a sound creation with partials is too slow as it is on JdXi..., Another powerful feature would be to edit multiple drum pads at the same time (select pads edit...blah blah) the same for the steps of sequencer , if I need to change velocity on multiple steps I need to go ONE BY ONE ... I know zen-engine is powerful but some of the sequencing features in this machine are still from 19th century ....instead of pushing engines via cloud, sell me iPad based clip editor when I can really fast move, copy and rename clips, and lastly The tone track should have the beautiful random mute function so my 16-32-64 steps are not static

[@PedroAnastazi]

The funny thing is, what you're asking for was available on the old mc units with the turn of a knob... I'm not kidding.. & on the rm1x/rs7000 this was available through event editing as well as the awesome grid groove functions.. Literally behaving like the custom lfo map here but wit more tweakability.. I'm really surprised how much had been left out of this, such as the arpeggios, the rec count in options (I prefer count in to note, meaning recording starts when I hit a key) live overdub recording, pitch corrected one shot "gate trigger" sampled loops loaded onto one bank as opposed to one pitch corrected track running one sample per clip, actual multi sampling (just coz this pitch algorithm is good, doesn't mean it can accurately represent & correctly playback a velocity sensitive sample.. Velocity is VERY different to volume.. Sound fonts & data streaming frm sd card would have been a great solution to most of these issues... The wish list goes on..

[@electroshock3000]

Why is the source always on track? It looks like changing it to clips is like the same but better or am I missing something?

[@matthiasreichert4016]

scene chain loop funtion for 2.0!

[@unitedsouls11]

a dream machine! just one big big flaw: only 8 bars. Why not bars enough to improvise/record for a few minutes? why not allow this level of creativity?

[@MusicWizard85]

If you record into a DAW you can record as long as you like......

[@alexguest6289]

just be aware you cannot chain clips then record into the chain so for midi recording the limit is 8 bars and then it drops out of record regardless of the chain length. So any musician capable of playing for more than 8 bars (which is most musicians) will find this very frustrating. The good news is you have a whole minute of audio, Roland really are spoiling us!

[@phelper4554]

The only thing I’m really missing is more insert Effects per Channel one effect is just not enough… and Roland should think about the shift feature it would make more sense to press a button twice to activate the shift function…

[@dgodbey]

I'm trying to midi sync my Roland Gaia to my MC 707. I imagine it's a Shift/Cancel vLink something... does anyone know? Thanks

[@nativeinstrumentssuperchar1277]

this thing really needs another update soon. Last step function is useles if we cant move first-last step knobs when first sw and last sw are off. Patterns between pads are impossible to copy, and there is a terrible bug (search yt: Roland MC 707 | Firmware 1.72 BUG!). Is Roland going to listen to their customers finally?!

[@arturobianco3884]

21:11 i followed all this step but no sound out of the looper track, i hear the instrument, the recording is there, i can see it in the edit menu but still wont hear anything. All the volumes are up and also the levels. Any help? Please!

[@gladstone3532]

Press input (the button will flash) then use the value knob to raise volume. Hope it works.

[@arturobianco3884]

@@gladstone3532 Unfortunately i already did it.. I need to dig more, hope it's not broken.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

[UPDATE: FIXED - THANKS!] Major Clip chain issue: tones with longer release times cut off when changing to new clip. This makes chain useless to create longer sequences using a tone that uses longer sustained notes. And definitely can’t be called a song mode.

[@NickDimmock]

Yep, this is definitely a problem (in 1.50 at least) with both tone tracks that have a long decay, and long drum samples. I've reported it to Roland support. Hopefully it'll be fixed quickly, because clip chaining has a lot of potential for creating almost generative sequences (as each channel can have clip chains happening at different divisions). But as it stands, it's not really usable.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Nick D Hey - I never thought of contacting Roland support. Good idea. I will do the same.

[@NickDimmock]

@@GrootsieTheDog They got back to me a day or two later to say the comment had been passed to the product manager to check, and they hoped to have some more info later this week. So it's definitely worth getting in touch, if only to boost recognition of the problem.

[@NickDimmock]

@@GrootsieTheDog Update! Just after posting I saw I had a reply - Roland have been unable to replicate the problem for some reason, but I've sent in a project file that will hopefully help demonstrate it. I'm sure an additional report couldn't hurt!

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Nick D that’s weird they can’t replicate it because it’s not a bug...it’s a feature. Perhaps they are not understanding the issue to begin with? Thanks for your diligence on this!

[@marcelcontrole2948]

Side chain compression?

[@geekia5216]

clip chaining: please add one more option "next clip"

[@PedroAnastazi]

its already there

[@CarlitoM77]

Does anyone know if it's possible to chain more than one clip simultaneously?

[@PedroAnastazi]

fw 1.6 pattern chain

[@remoteflying]

Is there any way to delete unwanted preset tones? I find it such a pain to go through a billion techno stabs and other stuff i don't care about to find something i actually like. By the time I find a nice preset, i'm tired and the inspiration is gone. Will need to sell my mc707 otherwise cause there are too many presets, it's bogging the process down so so much.

[@AcidTechnoMan5000]

GRUNGLE THORNGE GRENGEDENN!!!!

[@sparky3690]

9:50 drum plus comp

[@oliverwillman1758]

Can I make more than eight scenes?

[@vannitronix]

meanwhile yes. update 1.50 gives now 16x8 scenes ...

[@monodefunction3905]

Roland MC-707 Bug. Project loading without pause? wtf its not for live -.- please fix this. i will play with 2 mc 707 live

[@PedroAnastazi]

the old MCs played project after prject while retaining mutes and tempo.. this is a sampler.. most if not all samplers aside from the akais and the RS7000 (and i'll explain in a minute) have this same loading issues... The akais and the RS7000 load all their sample data into RAM along with the projects.. from there, the only limitation is the actual sequencer and project track settings and routings..Now this inabiity to play one project after the other was a major gripe on the RM1x and RS7000 coz the OLD MCs could in fact move from song to song and keep going... But this is coz theyre VERY different sequencers with different engines... I believe the akais simply allowed you to access sample banks and blocks/scenes similar to the way this handles its scenes Its not a bug...

[@IUsedToBeAPygmy]

I'm enjoying the video and watching the compressor part but I honestly don't (or hardly) hear any difference while you're tweaking the compressor(s) settings.. Probably because you're using a unique compressor per pad? I think the result would be more audible if you'd use a single compressor for a few pads - say kick, hihats and cymbal - so we could hear the compressor kick in..?

[@JoaquinBrandtA]

1:02:04 banger slide sound 🤣

[@futumama1]

11:25 Drum compression

[@spookylaundry3326]

except you skipped the part where you have to create a new drum track as a Drum + Comp, couldn't figure out what i was doing wrong.

[@PedroAnastazi]

its already there... either DRM with compression or simply use a filter and EQ the bugger.. better yet, use the assignabe output to another mixer or route that input to your daw... easy

[@doverbeachxyz]

So If I understand correctly if you have a compressor on a drum pad you can't have an mfx. Weird limitation

[@roo288]

the thumbs down are from akai

[@Dolores5000]

Want

[@raphxmatrix]

sidechain????

[@PedroAnastazi]

I think it's funny wen ppl use lfo ramping to mimic a side chain.. They're VERY DIFFERENT.. but side chain routing would be nice to have in the sound creation section, such as within the matrix or simply routing one track thru another, & having respective frequencies tweaked to however u need... Coz lfo ramp isn't adjusting the frequencies... Side chaining is all bout frequency as it should be.. But I agree 100% & seeing as the unit allows for freq pass thru (like a mixer) then Side chaining should be possible, evn on a basic insert /send configuration... Where that feature is limited by hw, it can possibly be done with routing an assignable output for track X back into the unit to track Y which is influenced/side chained by the drum track.. So anything in track Y is chained allowing one to swap clips as they please.. Its definitely possible coz the matrix is there... Its just how each track behaves wit each other that is the million dollar question...

[@nativeinstrumentssuperchar1277]

in my elektron digitakt is easier to mute a sound of my drums, while this thing requires 2 buttons to mute the sound of a drum track. Could be easier if with double tap we could mute/unmute pad instruments. It's simply ridiculous having to press 2 BUTTONS to mute a sound!!

[@adamdoran235]

How The F*ck Do You Save Your Patches? No lie, all my Elektron gear is far more easy to use and navigate than this.

[@neptunesgold1216]

You can't save patches in a user bank. Only save them in your clip. Hopefully that add user bank for edited patches.

[@dhruvalance1323]

Dude, you are compressing a KD that has the same velocity with a ratio of 16:1 whaaaat? You are basically doing nothing.