Roland MC-707 Tutorial - Understanding Drum Track FX

[@_-Marcel-_]

Absolutely needed this!! Thank you!! 🙏🏻

[@Maochan81]

This was very useful, thanks. I thought the MFX can only run on the whole drum track and was disappointed. Well...i'm still disappointed how Roland hid it in the menus :D

[@Tripnotix69]

Thank you Sir for all your videos!!! Always very useful 👍

[@JohanSebastianBot]

In the 'about' section of your KZbin page you should really consider including a PayPal, Venmo, CASH app, or something akin. No joke, over the last few years you have produced so much value in my music making life that I wanted to send you money. There have been a couple times where I said outloud "THANK YOU, E!" and wished there was some way I could show my appreciation outside of the usual like/subscirbe shit. Seriously. Think about it. I believe you'd be surprised by the number of folks that will shoot you a fiver simply for making their creative lives easier. Thank you so much for your dedication and expertise with these machines. This channel is truly a diamond in the rough. Cheers.

[@UnitE808]

Thank you so much for the kind words and incredible advice! I don't know why it never crossed my mind to do that. I owe you a lunch next time we meet....🙏

[@JohanSebastianBot]

@@UnitE808 No lunch required. I just shot you a ten spot on PayPal, so in fact, lunch is on me! 🍻

[@UnitE808]

@@JohanSebastianBot you're awesome! Got the tenner, thank you so much!

[@jeffcarricoguitar]

THANK YOU so much for this. Looking forward to the video about Drum Track w/ Compressors.

[@adidai]

Yo Unit: E! Thank you for your great videos about the 707! I've learned a lot from you, thanks again!! Peace and love from Sweden!

[@matthiasreichert4016]

you said something about theres a video coming about the compressors in the 707 :D i would be really interested in that video! :)

[@hugocaldeiravinagre]

thanks for all the info. is there a way to use the knobs above the faders to control volume of the drum sounds in the current kit? imagine i have a drum kit on track 8, and i want knob 1 on track 8 to control the kick volume, knob 2 to control the hat volume and so on. can i don this with the mc 707 alone ? or do need a midi controller for that ? if a controller is needed how can it be done? thanks

[@UnitE808]

It won't work for individual drum pads, there are no cc numbers for the level parameter of each instrument. This is one of the big reasons I use a TR-8S with the 707.

[@mrbreaker101]

Brian this has solved a major issue I have with the MC707, thanks!

[@PierGen]

Excellent video, thank You.

[@cornhusk]

Is there a way to pitch, or tune a drum pad? I know you can use "Course" to change pitch in "Kit Edit -TRK#" menu. But what is the initial note that a pad starts on? C? Or is there a menu to simply choose what note that drum pad should be tuned to? Thank you to anyone who can glean some insight :)

[@UnitE808]

All preset drum tones are C. Use Coarse to change by semitones.

[@williamwallace6508]

ive got YT coming in on usb from laptop. i want to have the auidio going out on the assignable out but cant find any way to do this? any ideas please?

[@UnitE808]

You might need to assign PC to a track first. Then you can send the track out the assign out.

[@mc84music]

So useful, thank you 👍

[@Sweenah94]

Is there any way to change the decay of individual drums?

[@UnitE808]

Yes. Each instrument has a decay setting right on the bottom of the kit edit screen. Select the instrument pad and it will be shown.

[@MiCtiSilen]

ALOHA ... thanks to your videos and GOOD LUCK ! Amazing ... TNX

[@frankylanckacker6162]

Very useful! Thanks a lot!

[@andrevanderschueren4826]

Thanks for diving in the rabithole very nice tutorials as always ;-)

[@tekk9995]

Indeed, very nice..

[@toffchunks]

top as usual thks!!!

[@AndyWardpara]

Thanks Brian, this is super useful as are all your videos, I always look forward to your next installment, compressor video coming too eh? That's exciting me!

[@tekk9995]

Nice! More :)

[@A_wolfcalledCherry]

Thanks 😌

[@DennisdeWeerd]

Great video! I have the MC-101, but most stuff can be easily translated.

[@UnitE808]

I have some 101 tutorials coming soon!

[@DennisdeWeerd]

@@UnitE808 That's really nice! I will probably buy an MC-707 at some point, but the MC-101 will stay as well since it's so practical. Love it!

[@debelfortmickael3469]

Thanks for your tuto. They're so helpfull :-) Looking for the next one and hope they are much more to come.

[@DominicJacksonFilm]

super useful I am new to the 707 and fascinated by it so far! thanks

[@jakubtomas9154]

Hey there, I have two question: a) is it possible to have LFO on drum track instrument? For example i would like to have a hi hat that goes up and down on cutoff through out the clip. I imagine it would be possible by recording automation, but then the automation would affect the whole clip. I want it to affect just the hi hat. Or i'm I wrong? Is the motion designer the tool for my use case? b) Is it possible to reverse the hi hat sample (or any other instrument in drum track)? Either on per step basis or the whole instrument? Thank you

[@mattspazmatic]

From the answer unit E gave someone else about having a drum shift and sway in pitch, if you highlight the high hat and hit enter, it will bring you to a menu, and then hit inst edit. From there there is a com tab, or the setting your looking for might be on the inst edit page. I hope this helps. I'm guessing you're asking because using the lfo on the tr8s kicks ass? 😅

[@trusto1016]

This better not replace my tr8s B!🤔

[@UnitE808]

No way! TR-8S has individual fx for each drum voice, volume fader for each, motion recording for each... They will work beautifully together.

[@trusto1016]

Looking forward to you teaching me about all this equipment tonight bruh

[@stevewoywitka3258]

Do you know how to record pitch bend on a tone track from a midi controler. I did the initial set up but only the 707's knobs records motion. Not the keystep.. and I see the movement on the knob assign screen from keystep movement. What em I missing 😕

[@UnitE808]

At the moment, it doesn't record pitch bend or aftertouch or the mod wheel of external controllers.

[@reddfredde]

Thanks Brian , great tutorial as always 👍🏼

[@jayfarris9752]

Will fx per pad ever be included? Master fx over a whole kit with the option to just turn fx off per pad is disappointing.

[@UnitE808]

I dont think so. With 16 fx per clip, per track....that's 256 seperate fx per drum track. If you made a project with all drum tracks, that is 2048 different fx. No way the machine can handle that. You might want to look into a DAW, if you want seperate fx for each pad. Or the TR-8S.

[@jayfarris9752]

@@UnitE808 thanks, I’m trying to stay dawless. Id ultimately like some sort of external mfx that I could send individual drum sounds to. Any recommendations for that?

[@UnitE808]

@@jayfarris9752 eventide H9 is what I use for external fx. I am DAWless too. I'm not aware of any groovebox that allows each instrument on a drum track to have a seperate effect. That is a lot of processing power.

[@jayfarris9752]

@@UnitE808 yeah I might need to get something separate for just drums then and keep the 707 for sequencing, samples, and mixing

[@UnitE808]

@@jayfarris9752 I use the TR-8S for drums, but any drum machine you prefer would be great!

[@BasslineDJs]

I've just recently acquired an MC707 - do you know of any method/function that will allow for the randomisation of fine pitch adjustments for each pad. I can see the option for coarse and fine in the settings, I was looking for a means that would help to emulate some of the random nuances associated with some vintage analogue drum machines (e.g. Linn Drum reading at different rates from the EPROM, thus creating unique playback/clips. Thanks

[@UnitE808]

If you highlight a drum pad and press enter, you will be taken to a menu. Select inst edit. Under the Com tab, there is a random pitch setting.

[@BasslineDJs]

@@UnitE808 Good shout, quick and easy fix thanks

[@Reg-Edit]

Nice video man 😎❤️

[@JayaLove]

You’ve got a great voice for tutorial vids. Very nice to listen to!

[@UnitE808]

Thank you for your kind words and support!🙏💙

[@joshkorody7376]

Thanks for this. I'm just wondering is it possible to change overall or individual fx per clip? Like say clip 1 track 1 has distortion on the kit but clip 2 has delay? When i change the effect it seems to do it for the whole track

[@UnitE808]

This is possible, but you have to set the track sound source to clip instead of track. Press shift+sel for the track in question. Please note that doing this to an existing track will reset all sounds and fx for all clips in that track. The sequencing stays, but your patches or sounds will revert to the initial tone

[@joshkorody7376]

@@UnitE808 Oh yes ok thank you!!!

[@trusto1016]

Now I want one....damn!

[@gorogne]

Hi! First of all, thank you very much for the helpful clips. Is it actually possible, for example if I connect a guitar and switch on the effects, that I can then record them on another channel? For example, I use channel 3 as a mixer for the guitar with all the possible effects and then record them on channel 4. I've seen something like this before. But I don't know what kind of settings are necessary. Could you help me?

[@UnitE808]

You would have to set up ch. 4 as a looper track and the record source to ch.3.

[@gorogne]

@@UnitE808 thank u man! 👍🏿😎👍🏿

[@prototyrant3335]

You can now route the audio of one track to the other tracks, which allows you to make fx chains kinda like a pedal board. So track one (where you'd have the guitar input) into track 2, 2 into 3, etc etc. And have track 8 as a looper so you can record it, though would probably be best to use all 8 tracks as different effects and record to a daw so you have a longer rec time

[@cornhusk]

How did you capture the mc 707 menu screen?

[@UnitE808]

I’m doing a PinP Picture in Picture with the video mixer, but using the same camera. I crop down and overall enlarge the second video and lay it over the first video on top of the device screen.

[@cornhusk]

@@UnitE808 always appreciate your responses my man. Thank you