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Roland MC-303

Groove box

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Roland MC-303
Roland MC-303
200.00 street price

Roland MC-303 was released in 1996, and is the first groovebox in the series. It embraces a combination of synth timbres, drum machine samples and a built-in sequencer. Its synth part is represented with a rompler which stores a wide range of sounds including classic synthesizers and drum machines by Roland (35 leads and pads from the Juno series, 40 acid basses from TB-303, as well as drums from the legendary TR-808 and TR -909).

The upper part of the device includes effects: arpeggiator with tempo control, quantization with choice of groove, shuffle, delay/reverb for surround sound, flanger/chorus, LFO, low-pass filter with cut and resonance knobs, as well as attack, decay and release adjustment.

In the central section there is a display with a global scroll plate and buttons for kick, snare, hi-hat, clap, cymbals, tom/percussion, and crash. And at the bottom there’s a 16-step sequencer. Groovebox MC-303 is ideal for such genres as techno, jungle, hip-hop and acid.

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Usage area
Synthesizer 
Usage Design/ Form Factor
Without Keys, Desktop 
Polyphony
Voices28
Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis
Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count448
Programs/ Voices/ Timbres
Percussion/ Drum Capabilities Kick Drum
Percussion/ Drum Capabilities Snare Drum
Percussion/ Drum Capabilities Clap/ Hand Clap
Percussion/ Drum Capabilities Hi-Hat Open
Percussion/ Drum Capabilities Cymbal
Percussion/ Drum Capabilities Hi Tom
Percussion/ Drum Capabilities Crash Cymbal
Filter
Low-pass Filter (LPF) 
Resonance 
Envelope Generator (EG)
ADR 
Modulation
LFO: LFO Count1
Effects
Reverb 
Chorus 
Flanger 
Delay 
Effects overall4
Sequencer
Tracks count8
Pattern Sequencer 
Max number of songs10
Preset patterns133
Arpegiator/ Portamento
Arpegiator 
Portamento 
MIDI in/ out
IN 
OUT 
Display
Display type EL
Resolution: Symbols Count6
External controllers
Swell foot pedal 
Audio out
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm)3
Power
Voltage 9V
Dimensions
Height91 mm
Width378 mm
Depth244 mm
Weight3.000 kg
Production start1996
Production end1998
Production ended

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