street priceRoland 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.
| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| Without Keys, Desktop | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 28 |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count | 448 |
| 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 Count | 1 |
| Effects | |
| Reverb | |
| Chorus | |
| Flanger | |
| Delay | |
| Effects overall | 4 |
| Sequencer | |
| Tracks count | 8 |
| Pattern Sequencer | |
| Max number of songs | 10 |
| Preset patterns | 133 |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Arpegiator | |
| Portamento | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| Display | |
| Display type | EL |
| Resolution: Symbols Count | 6 |
| External controllers | |
| Swell foot pedal | |
| Audio out | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 3 |
| Power | |
| Voltage | 9V |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 91 mm |
| Width | 378 mm |
| Depth | 244 mm |
| Weight | 3.000 kg |
| Production start | 1996 |
| Production end | 1998 |
| Production ended | |
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