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Roland MC-307

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The Roland Corporation MC-307 is a combination of MIDI music sequencer, synthesizer, drum machine and control surface. This combination is commonly referred to by Roland as a 'Groovebox'

It is a scaled-down version of the MC-505. It has the same tone generator, but a much smaller control surface. It does, however, have several features that make it a ideal clock source for musicians wanting to do beatmatching. These include a large, very granular tempo slider similar to the sliders found on a modern phonograph and 'push' and 'hold' buttons that permit temporarily slowing down or speeding up the beat clock.

It can also transmit MIDI Machine Control and MIDI beat clock, and slave to external beat clock sources such as other Roland grooveboxes. It can be used as a sequencer to drive external synthesizer units.

Features

The key features of the MC-307 are:

  • 64-voice polyphony
  • 4 assignable CV controllers
  • 240 onboard dance music patterns
  • MIDI