Roland MC-101 Groovebox 4-track Sequencer

Small size. Massive groove.
Produce and perform music anywhere, anytimewithout clutter or complications. The MC-101 GROOVEBOX has all the high-quality sounds, sequencing, and effects of the professional MC-707, in a compact four-track version thats go-everywhere portable. Get started with an inspiring collection of ready-to-go sounds and patterns, or easily create your own. Craft a unique style by importing custom sounds and loops that sync to tempo. And you can perform with the MC-101, triggering clips and shaping your sounds with direct, hands-on control.

Features

Pocket production studio.
The MC-101 is a professional production tool, sharing the sounds and many of the capabilities of its bigger sibling, the MC-707. And there are advantages in being small. The MC-101 is solid-yet-light and runs for about five hours on four AA batteries, so you can design sounds, create drum patterns, and compose musical phrases just about anywhere.

Turn a creative spark into fire.
The MC-101 has a four-track sequencer optimized for creating todays electronic and dance-focused music. You can use the 16 RGB pads to create drum, bass, and synthesizer patterns and produce your own original music.

A portable studio full of vintage gear.
The MC-101 uses the ZEN-Core Synthesis Systemthe most advanced synth engine weve ever made. ZEN-Core delivers the Roland sounds that have defined electronic and dance genres for over forty years. Legendary instruments like the TR-808, TR-909, JUNO-106, and SH-101 are all here, ready to replicate classic sounds or be combined, tweaked, and processed into entirely new sounds.

Expandable sounds, patterns, and phrases.
Compose from a curated collection of projects with built-in beats, phrases, and sounds, all expertly crafted by renowned artists and sound designerswith even more available to download.

Produce tracks ready to stream or perform.
With the MC-101s wide range of pro effects, your music sounds polished and fully produced. Each track has independent effects processors with a huge number of variations. Lush chorus brings depth to pads and other synth sounds. Delays and reverbs create evocative spaces and add movement to delicate sequences.

Produce and share with the world. With a single cable.
When youre ready to further develop your tracks, or share your creations with friends and fans, simply connect the MC-101 to your computer with a single USB cable. It has advanced USB audio interface capabilities and can record an entire mix or all four parts to individual tracks in your DAW.

Specs

• Sound Generator ZEN-Core (Tone, Drum Kit)
• Track Type Tone, Drum Kit, Looper (Audio Loop)
• Maximum Polyphony
• ZEN-Core: 128 voices (varies according to the sound generator load)
• LOOPER: 4 (varies according to the available number of Looper track)
• Tracks 4 tracks
• Clips
• 64 clips (16 clips per track)
• * Clip Type: Tone, Drum Kit, Looper (Audio Loop), it varies according to the track type.
• Tones
• Preset Tone: 3,000 or greater
• Preset Drum Kit: 80 or greater
• User Sample (as a Tone or Drum Kit): available by importing form SD CARD
• Looper Sample (as a clip of Looper track): available by importing from SD CARD
• * Available total time for User Sample: 12 minutes in mono, 6 minutes in stereo (44.1 kHz)
• * Available format of User Sample: WAV 3296 kHz/16 bits, 24 bits (mono, stereo)
• * Available total time for Looper Sample: Approx. 60 sec (44.1 kHz)
• * Available format of Looper Sample: WAV 44.1 kHz/16 bits, 24 bits, 32 bits, 32 bits float (mono, stereo)
• Effects
• Track Multi-Effects: 90 types
• Track EQ
• Chorus/Delay: 9 types
• Reverb: 7 types
• Master Effects: 90 types
• Master Compressor
• Master EQ
• Step Sequencer
• Maximum Step: 128 steps
• * Available on a Tone or Drum Kit Track
• Looper
• Time Stretch, Pitch Shift
• * Available on a Looper Track
• Display 16 characters, 2 lines LCD (with backlit)
• External Storage SD Card (SDHC supported) for saving Project Data and Audio Data
• Connectors
• PHONES jack: Stereo miniature phone type
• OUT(L/MONO, R) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type
• MIDI (IN, OUT) connectors
• USB port: USB B type (Audio, MIDI)
• Power Supply
• Alkaline battery (AA, LR6) x 4
• Ni-MH battery (AA, HR6) x 4
• Obtained via USB port (USB bus power)
• Current Draw 500 mA
• Expected battery life under continuous use
• Alkaline battery (AA, LR6): Approx. 3 hours
• Ni-MH battery (AA, HR6): Approx. 4.5 hours
• * This can vary depending on the specifications of the batteries, capacity of the batteries, and the conditions of use.
• Accessories
• Owner’s manual
• Alkaline battery (AA, LR6) x 4
• SD Card (installed in the product when shipped from the factory)
• SD Card Protector (installed in the product when shipped from the factory)
• SIZE AND WEIGHT
• Width
• 224 mm
• 8-13/16 inches
• Depth
• 132 mm
• 5-3/16 inches
• Height
• 61 mm
• 2-7/16 inches
• Weight (including batteries)
• 716 g
• 1 lb 9 oz