MC707 BOOT CAMP PART 1 - SOUND DESIGN // ROLAND MC-707 TUTORIAL

Intro 0:00
Orientation 0:42
Fixing Pads 1:34
Drum Track 2:33
Custom Knob Assign 3:16
Programming A Beat 4:26
Select And Knobs 5:27
Programming A Synth 6:16
AMP ADSR 7:12
VA Synth 8:08
PW Mod And LFOs 8:58
Synth Knob Assign 10:45
Synth MFX 11:24
Editing Drums 12:04
MFX 12:36
Sequencing Synth 13:18
Octave Shift 15:34
Copy Paste Synth 15:58
Step Rec Sequencing 16:53
Playback Direction 17:50
Single Track Transpose 20:57
Fast Clips 22:03
Experimental Drums 22:56
Improv Extended Demo 24:20

[@RonCavagnaro]

WHOA THANKS FOR WATCHING! Here's a link to the MC707 BOOT CAMP playlist! (I will be adding more episodes to it as I create them!) kzbin.info/aero/PLQvVnhG7o2yROeK4Muj4CGv3fTX5Z6iMV&si=d7U1N2qXBSnba3oA

[@bloopbleepnothinghere]

Hey Ron, thanks for all of this work! The Roland manual is so bad, without videos like this I'd be a bit lost. One thing I am still yet to figure out, and can't find any demos showing how, is scales. There seems to be a project scale and key, and then a track scale, and then also I think tone scales. I have no idea how all that works, certainly not how I'd expect. Like a project scale seems to have no effect on any tone track. Do you cover scales in any of your videos ❤

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@bloopbleepnothinghere sorry i haven't ever got into scales, i just use chromatic. But if i ever do I'll do more

[@bloopbleepnothinghere]

@@RonCavagnaro haha, well if I figure it out I'll share the knowledge somewhere appropriate in the comments 😂. The Roland manual mentions the word "scale" exactly once. Maybe they don't know how it works either.

[@Psycoherohero]

I thought I'd seen it all... But in the right hands, this instrument keeps amazing me! So inspirational! Thank you for the upload. The first half with the explanation was already gold. The second half is mind-blowing. Looking forward to more of this combo videos! 🤯😍

[@glennpaul351]

That is a very fascinating tutorial, I've never seen anyone produce an experimental track like that before, it's usually a generic and predictive scenario. You've done something very leftfield and interesting... Spendid work.. And subscribed.

[@e.static_studio]

Thank you so much Ron! My 707 has been asleep. Your tutorials remind me why I choose to include it in my studio. So looking forward to getting back into it again. Cheers!🙏🖤

[@retlasd]

Nice! There’s always something new to learn with the 707 and getting inspiration from watching different workflows and creativity is one of the best ways of finding these nuggets. Thank you for taking the time to play and post. ❤

[@Roger-vb2dt]

thank you. this was very helpful

[@mrgum6y]

Here we go! Great response to your recent polls. There’s still plenty gold to found in the 707. Thanks

[@mudi2000a]

Wow! I have been owning an MC707 for like 3 years and recently haven’t used it much but this tutorial is so good, there are still things in it that I didn’t know. I’ll probably use the 707 more after watching this!

[@frankylanckacker6162]

Thanks a lot! Superb Part 1. You’re a good teacher. Can’t wait for what else you will show us. Great video

[@wendelynmusic]

I just bought one. This really helps me get started. Just as powerful as I'd hoped it would be. thanks!

[@openmike04]

Wow. Great video. You really showcased some cool stuff I hadn't tried before even as a long time 707 user.

[@BassamAbusamra]

Very Exciting, I have been away from the machine for a while and I needed a refresher. This seems to be excellent 👍 thanks 🙏 ❤

[@kjam4236]

You made a very good tutorial I've had my 707 for awhile... you make tweaking and adjusting sound seem easy... following you buddy!

[@raff1981]

This is an absolutely great and never seen before Tutorial. Thanks and keep on going!

[@RonCavagnaro]

Thank you! Oh believe me i will keep going!

[@treaverhargis2946]

I hate that I've been watching all of these and I dont even own a 707. I guess I need to start saving up now.

[@RonCavagnaro]

Its a great gear! If youre ok w limitations theres mc101 as well!

[@isaac.anthony]

I did not know about real time transpose, thanks for that!

[@sonfx]

Amazing

[@edgi55]

Thanks so much for this great tutorial series

[@RonCavagnaro]

Thank you for the supportive comment!!!

[@mjsanderson1982]

Nice video. Keep ‘em coming.

[@RonCavagnaro]

Thank youuuu!

[@matthewwilson3673]

mc707 has better content form youtubers compared to the haphazard roland videos, great synth sounds

[@akissparaskevopoulos]

Now I want one

[@konstantinoskarentzos9967]

MC 707 has the most smooth and non-button guessing workflow ever. This machine is greatly sophisticated and it seems that the guys behind it's development put a huge efford to make everything seem at the right spot\place.

[@RonCavagnaro]

Maybe you get mc101 akiss

[@UndeadBoogie]

Im gonna have to dust mine off and get back into it!

[@atomfaust]

Yes!!!!

[@RonCavagnaro]

Woooo!

[@thestinkyweasel6297]

HECK YA!

[@konstantinoskarentzos9967]

for this great tutorial!

[@RonCavagnaro]

Thank you for the great comment and for watching! More soon!

[@dam0ne]

26:50 🤯

[@RonCavagnaro]

Heheh wooo

[@ionianechoes]

You can clear the motion with motion on+ turn knob. Also you dont need to activate motion rec in order to record motion. You can just turn a knob while you press motion rec.

[@RonCavagnaro]

Yes i illustrated that later in the video but didnt say it. I wanted to save a lot of the shortcuts for later episodes

[@ionianechoes]

@RonCavagnaro the motionrec+knob is so much more useful that I don't even see it as a shortcut anymore. It's the only way y record motion. Also if you dont do this you risk forgetting that you engaged motion rec in the first place. It's like the project saving shortcuts etc. You will never go back to the regular way of saving once you've used the machine after a while.

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@ionianechoes yes agreed it is how deluge clear motion works as well:) i will go in depth on all these things later just wanted to get this basics video up first

[@ionianechoes]

@RonCavagnaro nice. Hope it is a fun and successful tutorial series. The machine is still lacking a bit of love from roland but still a very good sounding and great and useful concept.

[@RonCavagnaro]

​@@ionianechoes i appreciate your input! :) so fun, and if you have more tips ill check into it!

[@gorogne]

Thank you for the clip! Very helpful. Do you know how to get a drone sound without accentuating the first step? I try setting the step length to, say, 128, but when I play with the cutoff, it still doesn't sound good sometimes.

[@RonCavagnaro]

Go to filter and turn envelope down to zero, perhaps?

[@gorogne]

@@RonCavagnaro Where can I find the settings again? There's too much material at once to remember everything. Thanks! 😎

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@gorogne shift sound, arrow to filt see if filt env is zero. Hopefully that can help!

[@gorogne]

@@RonCavagnaro Thanks! However, the problem remains that when I adjust the cutoff control, the sound drops after about 1-2 seconds and becomes quieter after I stop turning the cutoff control. Do you have any idea what could be causing this?

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@gorogne ok go to amp. Make sure youre looking at adsr and turn sustain up to max

[@atomfaust]

When I try to use a pad it cut short when the next pad starts. What am in doing wrong?

[@RonCavagnaro]

What do you mean by "use a pad "? Playing note? step pads? "When the next pad starts"? What context maybe i can help once i have details

[@atomfaust]

When I program a piano sound but want it to hold for awhile and it just cuts off when the next note plays in the sequence.

[@RonCavagnaro]

@@atomfaust oh i see what you mean that's note length and sustain has to be enabled on instrument. I was going to get into that in next video but you can hold note on the step and change note length