For more information, please visit: https://www.roland.com/global/products/mc-101/ Watch video. Roland MC-101: Resampling For more information, please visit: https://www.roland.com/global/products/mc-101/ Watch video. Roland MC-101: Importing Samples as Tones For more information, please visit: https://www.roland.com/global/products/mc-101/ Watch video. Roland MC-101: Sequencing Melodies and Notes

For more information, please visit: https://www.roland.com/global/products/mc-101/ Watch video. Roland MC-101 - How to use as a Sound Module within DAW Maybe other would disagree. But I did not understand the purpose of this box, it’s not making a music making easier or distracts from the PC. Any Volca gives much more pleasure and actual results. The 707 version is looking more than an instrument to invest into. The MC101 can be used in a computerless setup with a Midi controller allowing you start your creative workflow wherever you are. Share &Collaborate A powerful new arpeggiator livens up your productions with tasty melodic lines and real-time control over motif, rhythmic variation, octave, and hold on/off. Roland’s ZEN-Core Synthesis System works across hardware and software, delivering decades of genre-defining sounds with the power to shape them in new and exciting ways. Read more… ZEN-Core Sounds An always-expanding sound library to keep you inspiredRGB pads allow you to produce your own original music with tactile input of drum, bass and synthesizer parts.

With its USB connection, you can easily connect the Roland MC-101 to your computer and use it as an advanced USB audio interface. I find the Digitone (and A4mk2) to be the most musically inspiring, both in terms of the sonics they give and the melodic approach rather than rhythmic (like the Syntakt). You can sync your imported audio with the Roland MC-101 and process it with the varied built-in effects and tools this awesome Groovebox gear has to offer. Professional Production and Performance For more information, please visit: https://www.roland.com/global/products/mc-101/ Watch video. Roland MC-101: Quantize In this video, Peter Brown gives you an overview of the beatmaking possibilities of the Roland MC-101. This overview looks at some of the sounds and performance techniques to get you making music anywhere.

So my comparison and reference is these devices - please don't feel offended for your favorite brand if I am doing too many comparisons! Random Tone Generator sparks fresh ideas with multiple algorithmic options that create interesting new tones on the fly. Scatter appears in various forms on the Aira products. It's primarily designed to add beat-repeat–type effects, fills and glitches to your master bus, although this really only scratches the surface. On the 101/707, Scatter can combine step-looping, pitch-shifting, reversing and any of the huge suite of insert effects provided on the unit. In Scatter mode, the pads store 16 different effect combinations which you can trigger momentarily. The Roland MC-101 Groovebox gives you high quality sounds and all the tools you need to produce and perform great music anywhere, any time. Small Size, Massive Groove You can combine loops and one-shots with melodic phrases and even important audio files and input MIDI sequences.

Furthermore, the Roland MC-101 is part of an expandable platform so you can add new content for constantly evolving performance. Powerful Sample Player The MC‑101 and MC‑707 have an almost ridiculously powerful digital synth engine at their heart: Roland's ZEN-Core. Each instance of the synth has four layers ('Partials'), all with their own Oscillator, Filter, VCA, LFOs and Envelopes. Oscillator modes include a classic virtual analogue with many shapes, all of which can be pulse-width modulated. There's also a super saw and a noise mode. Then there's a PCM mode, greatly increasing versatility by allowing sample-and-synthesis sound design. But there's more: Oscillator cross modulation is available between partials 1-2 and 3-4, with X‑Mod, Ring and Sync modes!For more information, please visit: https://www.roland.com/global/products/mc-101/ Watch video. Roland MC-101: Changing Clip Direction