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Roland System 700

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The Roland System 700 was a professional monophonic^[1] modular synthesizer for electronic music manufactured by the Roland Corporation and released in 1976 and was followed by the Roland System-100M in 1978.^[2]

Modules[edit]

The System 700 range included the following modules:^[3]

701A – Keyboard controller
702A – VCO-1
702B – VCO-2
702C – VCO-3
703A – VCF-1
703B – VCF-2
703G – VCF (Block 8)
704A – VCA-1
704B – VCA-2
704D – VCA (Block 8)
705A – Dual envelope generator
706A – LFO-1
706B – LFO-2
707A – Amplifier / envelope follower / integrator
708A – Noise / ring generator
709A – Sample and hold
710A – Multiple jacks
711A – Reverberator / panning / standard oscillator / phase shifter
712A – Monitor / external keyboard controller / voltage processor / keyboard CV output / gate output
713A - Gate delay
714A – Interface
715A – Multi-mode filter/Audio mixer
716A – Mixer (Signal/CV)
717A – Analog sequencer
718A – Power Supply
720B – 2 Channel Phase Shifter
721A – 2 Channel Audio Delay
723A – Analog Switch

Blocks[edit]

The following blocks were offered, as suggested combinations of modules:

Block 1: The main console – 702A, 702B, 702C, 708A, 703A, 703B, 704A, 704B, 711A; 712A, 705A, 706B, 709A, 707A, 705A, 716A, 710A, 718A
Block 2: Keyboard controller – 701A
Block 3: Analog sequencer – 717A
Block 4: VCO bank – 3x 702D, 3x 702E; 716A, 710A, 706B, 709B, 705A
Block 5: VCF / VCA bank – 2x 703C, 3x 704C; 713A, 2x 705A, 710A
Block 6: Interface / mixer – 714A, 704C, 715A
Block 7: Phase shifter / audio delay – 710B, 723A, 720B, 721A
Block 8: 'Lab' configuration – 702A, 702B, 702C, 708A, 703G, 704D, 716A, 706A, 709A, 705A, 718A

Documentation[edit]

101 – Synthesizer instruction manual
101 – Synthesizer patch book
102 – Expander unit instruction manual
102 – Expander unit patch book
103 – Audio mixer instruction manual
104 – Sequencer instruction manual
System 700 Synthesizer Service Notes
System 700 Synthesizer Service Supplement

Notable users[edit]

The System 700 was used by many artists, including:^[4]

Rhett Lawrence
Isao Tomita
Matthias Becker
Eric Carmen
Vince Clarke
Paul Davis, singer/songwriter and owner of Monarch Sound Atlanta GA
Eloy Fritsch
Depeche Mode
The Human League
Visage
Hans Zimmer
Giorgio Moroder^[5]
Richard BarbieriofJapan

References[edit]

^ "Roland System 700". Encyclotronic. Retrieved 2018-07-14.

^ Forrest, Peter (1996). The A-Z of Analogue Synthesizers, Part Two: N-Z. Devon, England: Susurreal. pp. 96–98. ISBN 0-9524377-1-6.

^ "Roland: System 700 Synthesizer Instruction Manual".

^ Mark Jenkins (2007), Analog Synthesizers, page 91, Taylor & Francis

^ Giorgio Moroder Gear Guide, Dolphin Music

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Keytars	AX-7 AX-Synth AX-Edge Roland keytars
Grooveboxes	D2 MC-303 MC-307 MC-505 MC-808 MC-909 SP-808
Samplers	DJ-70 MS-1 S-10 S-50 S-220 SP-202 SP-303 SP-404 SP-505 SP-555 SP-606 SP-808
Workstations	Fantom-X W-30 XP-50 XP-80 SP-202 SP-303 SP-404 SP-505 SP-555 SP-606 SP-808
Sequencers	MC-4 MC-8
MIDI interfaces	MPU-401
Modules	JD-990 JV-1080 JV-2080 MKS-80 MT-32 SC-55 SC-8850 U-110 U-220
Software	Roland Cloud
Amplifiers	Jazz Chorus
Effects units	Space Echo
Organs	VK-7 VK-8
Boss effects	DS-1 HM-2
Founder	Ikutaro Kakehashi
Other	D-Beam Tadao Kikumoto Boss V-MODA

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