Why I Like the Roland MC-707 

Can you elaborate/explain what that means?

the mc 101 seems really fun!

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I echo this sentiment.

Datsunn is such a huge inspiration!!

@@RedMeansRecording he is single-handedly responsible for me buying a Maschine MK3, and then selling in it in frustration when I was too lazy to put the time in to try and do what he does. xD

welcome to the very strange community that is: electronic music

Run away quickly before you gain an unquenchable thirst for buying synthesizers.

vedi0boy You are doomed now. Digital or Analog?

@@BargenMusic I think digital. When I was in Japan, I saw that there were capsule machines selling old arcade sound chips. I always thought it would be cool to use those to make modern music

That's how it gets ya. Next thing you know you'll be shopping for a mixer. I wish you many years of lovely music making!

Yes, please

that's definitely the benefit of having PCM stuff as opposed to just subtraction synthesis .

I know where you are coming from! My sex drive seems to have diminished since lockdown, OH SORRY you said incompetent, my bad lol.

How are you liking the Deluge these days? Did you get an MC-707?

Stuff some fm drums samples in this one, this vs the tr8s is like a Ferrari vs a toyota

I was scanning these comments to see if anyone answered about song mode. So you can’t have it automatically play through different parts, ie verse, chorus etc?

I would have thought the song mode would be (one of) the selling points, for the bigger machine compared to the smaller mc101?! Anyway, apart from that looks like an awesome music making machine

I know this may be late, but you can "clip chain" where you automate the clips to play in a custom order on a single track

hoping to but one in the near future.

Is it as complicated as an Octatrack?

Brendon Brooks I have used every Elektron product except for an Octatrack. I’ve stayed away from that unit because so many people tell me it is just to heavy of a workflow to make great use of it. I will say that adjustment of certain parameters per sound is somewhat nonsensical on the MC. Take a simple ADSR of a sample. They don’t call the parts Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release. Instead it’s something like setting 1,2,3,4. The manual you get online tells you what each setting represents, but wh tv not just say attack and so on? It’s still powerful though. Worth the money

Digitakt has a crap menu and very cheap button, they still have to work on these 2, not mentioning about keyboard lack of playing synth on it. Totally expensive tool just for some of its functions.

I have a baby on the way so I’m selling a lot of gear, downsizing and using the 707 as my centerpiece with an Elektron A4, a Micorfreak, and some Volcas. This comment has me excited.

i love to sleep

I hope you're right.

imma bout to see if i can somehow use the random sound/drum generator to fill in the drums onna kit...

ugh that sucks. sorry you had to go through that.

I hope Roland cut you a check？

oh yeah, I had one back in the day. Why did I sell it :-s, such a lovely silver machine!

It has got scene launching. I agree on the missing XLR. That would have been nice

I think it does have software editor now. Plus, each firmware update adds 2-3 very useful features. I have the MC 101, which is surprisingly powerful for the price. Doesn’t have access to the synth engine, but you get the same presets (3500ish synth/pcm, 130ish kits, and 716 drum samples). The 101 only has four tracks, but each drum track has 16 kit pieces, and even more if you use an external keyboard.

Yes, apparently the Zenology Pro software can export to this device, which is pretty cool

@@BluffMunkey how it is possible?

I think they're just very ... similarly-different machines. I was thinking about an MPC Live/One instead but went for the 707 because of the synth engine, which there isn't really any competition to within that ecosystem. but the sampling/etc. is definitely more powerful in the Live/One. similar-ish machines but with a really different sort of workflow, as a result

The Sunshine Group funny, I have a Deluge and feel a bit of the same thing. The Deluge beats this thing hands down as a sequencer with fast workflow (for me at least). But I like the many many many sounds on the Roland.

Yeah, the MC-707 seems really similar to a MPC Live or MPC One. But the MPC has more sophisticated song sequencing and multisampling, while the MC-707 has a much more powerful synth engine and effects. It seems like the biggest difference is the workflow though. The Deluge is also incredibly powerful, and more DAW-like. Definitely a good option. Lacks a screen, but makes up for it in sheer power and flexibility. I ended up getting a Digitakt instead, before the current-gen Akai or Roland devices came out, and before the Deluge had an arranger mode. It's okay, but I've spent much of the time since then wanting something else. The Digitakt's workflow isn't great for me, it's mediocre at midi, and Elektron's decision to tie it to proprietary software has artificially crippled it by making some of its best features inaccessible. So I end up using it just as a drum machine, instead of a groovebox.

Jan Tuitman A deluge with a MC-101 would be the solution

Have bought the MPC live as well. And actually enjoy the synth plugins that they added a few updates ago. Hope they will add some more in future updates. The only problem I have is that when you have a device that can do so much, it’s not a pick up an play device. That’s why I sometimes still play with my Novation circuit.

No not really, you can select a scene, press arrow down and enter within a second