Roland System 700


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

Modules

The System 700 range included the following modules:701A - Keyboard controller702A - VCO-1702B - VCO-2702C - VCO-3703A - VCF-1703B - VCF-2703G - VCF 704A - VCA-1704B - VCA-2704D - VCA 705A - Dual envelope generator706A - LFO-1706B - LFO-2707A - Amplifier / envelope follower / integrator708A - Noise / ring generator709A - Sample and hold710A - Multiple jacks711A - Reverberator / panning / standard oscillator / phase shifter712A - Monitor / external keyboard controller / voltage processor / keyboard CV output / gate output

Blocks

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

Documentation

101 - Synthesizer instruction manual101 - Synthesizer patch book102 - Expander unit instruction manual102 - Expander unit patch book103 - Audio mixer instruction manual104 - Sequencer instruction manual
  • System 700 Synthesizer Service Notes
  • System 700 Synthesizer Service Supplement

Notable users

The System 700 was used by many artists, including: