Roland MC-101 Groovebox

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Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Product no: 9000-0055-3214 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

The Roland MC-101 is a Groovebox in a little jacket, finished with all the accessories found on older Roland drum machines, but what you see is not what you get! This mini magician is a comprehensive pocket-studio in a box! Since it can run for approximately five hours on just four AA batteries, sounds can be conjured, beats can be crafted and entire tracks can be sculpted on the fly with the Roland MC-101 Groovebox.

MC-101: The Impossibly Flexible Box

With the MC-101, you get a four-track sequencer, fully optimised for contemporary electronic music and 16 RGB pads to build loops and one-shots with drum, bass and synth sounds that can be freely combined with MIDI sounds. That the MC-101 can also weave the vintage Roland TR-808, TR-909, JUNO-106 and SH-101 is almost a given and if you want to throw in some self-made samples, load them up via the SDHC-card slot and assign them to the Sample Player included on each of the four tracks.

Effects on Every Possible Level

Adding effects to one of your beautifully crafted tracks, synth sounds or loops has genuinely never been easier. Drench your synth in chorus for a deeper sound then throw it into space with some delay or reverb, having already coloured it up with some overdrive, distortion or a tweaked simulated amplifier. Finally, squeeze the master channel through a bitcrusher, filter or compressor and share your newly conjured creation with the world by sending it to your DAW via the built-in USB audio interface.

Specifications

Product features

Number of analogue input channels 1
Number of analogue output channels 1
Number of digital input channels 0
Number of digital output channels 0
Number of microphone channels none
Number of pads 16
Number of keys none
CF card reader (CompactFlash) no
Sustainable product not specified
Suitable for operating system Apple OSX / Mac OS, Microsoft Windows
Headphone output yes
MIDI & other MIDI in, MIDI out
MIDI I/O in, out
SD card reader yes
Sequencer / recorder yes, built-in recorder/sequencer
Standalone yes
Type of display LCD, monochrome
USB port yes
Equipped with audio interface yes

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 1,3 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 32,5 x 20,0 x 10,0 cm

Product specifications

  • Roland MC-101 Groovebox
  • Sound Generator: ZEN-Core (tone, drum kit)
  • Track Type: tone, drum kit, looper (audio loop)
  • Maximum polyphony:
    • ZEN-Core: 128 voices (varies depending on the load on the sound generator)
    • LOOPER: 4 voices (varies depending on the number of Looper-tracks available)
  • Tracks: 4 tracks
  • Clips: 64 clips (16 clips per track)
  • Clip Type: tone, drum kit, looper (Audio Loop), this varies depending on the track type
  • Preset Tone: 3,000 or higher
  • Preset Drum kit: 80 or higher
  • User Samples: (like a note or drum kit) can be imported from an SD-card
  • Looper Samples: can be imported from an SD-card
  • User Sample Formats: WAV 32-96 kHz / 16 bits, 24 bits (mono, stereo)
  • Looper Sample Formats: WAV 44,1 kHz / 16 bits, 24 bits, 32 bits, 32 bits floating (mono, stereo)
  • Effects:
    • Multi-Effects: 90 types
    • Track EQ
    • Chorus / Delay: 9 types
    • Reverb: 7 types
    • Master-Effects: 90 types
    • Master Compressor
    • Master EQ
  • Step Sequencer max. steps: 64
  • Looper: time stretch, pitch shift
  • Display: 16 characters, 2 rows, LCD with backlight
  • Save to SD-card (SDHC also supported)
  • Connectors:
    • PHONES connector:
    • OUT (L / MONO, R) connector: 1/4-inch
    • MIDI (IN, OUT) connector
    • USB port: USB B type (audio, MIDI)
  • Battery Power: (AA, LR6) x 4 (alkaline)
  • Ni-MH-Battery: (AA, HR6) x 4
  • Can also be powered via USB port
  • Power Consumption: 500 mA
  • Approx. Battery Powered Playing Time: 3 - 4.5 hours
  • Dimensions: 224 x 132 x 61 mm
  • Weight: 716 g
  • Included: 4x AA batteries, SD card, SD card sleeve

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Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Wrote the following about Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Très bon petit boitier; plus compact encore que ce que la photo ou vidéos d'internet peuvent laisser penser.

Les sons sont d'une qualité étonnante et peuvent être édités en profondeur; il est également possible de faire du sound design en partant de forme d'onde basique.
Beaucoup d'heure de plaisir créatif en perspective avec cet appareil pour celui qui prendra le temps de creuser ses fonctionnalitées.
Juste petit dommage : j'ai un pad plus rougeatre que les autres (surtout visible en pénombre) pour lequel je n'ai pas retourné l'appareil; ayant peur qu'un autre soit pire. Mais j'ai peut-être l'oeil trop affuté... D'autres personnes sur Internet ont également relevé de tel inégalités. Enfin l'important est qu'il sonne :-)
Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Wrote the following about Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Eigenlijk is het nog wat te vroeg om een beoordeling te schrijven omdat ik de box pas een week in gebruik heb.
Dus ik kan alleen maar de eerste indruk geven..en die is nog al negatief om redenen die ook al door anderen
is gegeven..en die is dat het een shift machine is met vele functies die alleen maar te vinden zijn door shift te
gebruiken..de salespitch is dat de box hands-on zou zijn wat ver van de waarheid is.

De presets zijn zeer goed en je hebt er zo'n 3000+ van om te gebruiken..verder is er daw integratie over u.s.b
Maar die gebruik ik niet omdat het nou juist de bedoeling was om van de computer weg te komen.
Midi connecties zijn goed en ik gebruik de box vooral in s.w met mijn modular setup..melodicer in doepfer A-192-2
cv to midi converter naar mc-101 wat uitstekende resultaten oplevert.
Zodoende heb ik volledige controle over de cv en de midi wereld en hoef ik de sequencer van de mc-101 niet
te gebruiken..en dat is waarop ik tot heden ben beland.

Dus dat is het voor nu..ik weet nog niet of ik de mc-101 zal houden of terug sturen..dat is afhankelijk van in
hoeverre ik de vele shift functies zal leren te bedienen want het is een nightmare om te leren.
Alleen al vanwege de shift knop zou de mc-101 eigenlijk veel goedkoper moeten zijn dan 487,00 nieuw.
Zoals de Novation cirquittrack die vrijwel geen shift functies heeft en veel meer hands-on is.
Roland MC-101 Groovebox
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Een fijn compact en licht apparaat met enorm veel mogelijkheden! Ikzelf gebruik hem tot nu toe vooral om drum tracks te maken. Daarvoor zijn de reeds aanwezige drumgeluiden al ruimschoots voldoende, maar het is ook te gek om met geïmporteerde samples zelf een drumkit samen te stellen.

Het gebruik van het apparaat is niet heel intuïtief en de manual die je kan downloaden helpt niet echt... Gelukkig zijn er op YouTube heel veel tutorials waarmee je al gauw ook de fijne kneepjes van het apparaat leert kennen. Het gebruik van de menu's vind ik niet zo'n probleem, maar de manier waarop dingen werken is niet altijd logisch en/of handig. Maar: het werkt! En dus kun je met wat geduld geweldige resultaten bereiken met de MC-101.

Het enige waar ik moeite mee heb is de weerstand van de pads. Je moet er echt flink hard op drukken voordat ze triggeren. Dat had van mij wel wat minder stug gemogen. En het is jammer dat ze niet touch sensitive zijn...

De kwaliteit van de geluiden is dan weer geweldig, dus al met al een aanrader!
Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Wrote the following about Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Top appparaat!
Krachtige, uitstekend klinkende Groovebox van Roland. Eigenlijk zoals je gewend bent van Roland.
Wat een power heeft dit kleine apparaat, ongelofelijk!
Ik las hieronder dat er mensen zijn die de 4 tracks niet voldoende vinden, totaal onzinnig, daarvoor is er de "grote" broer de MC-707.
Het vereist wat "menu-diving", maar de mogelijkheden zijn schier oneindig.
Prijs/kwaliteit is ook geweldig.
WHAT A MACHINE.
Roland MC-101 Groovebox
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I am blown away by this little box. This was my first time using any kind of hardware sequencer. I expected it to be difficult to navigate around to different functions, but it's actually quite intuitive. And boy oh boy was I unprepared for the sheer volume of preset sounds available. Almost any sound you can imagine is in there — often in multiple forms. I bought this for the purpose of improvising and jamming at home with my wife, in many different genres, including funk, electro, minimal techno, folk, indie, etc. There are plenty of sounds both synthetic and realistic in nature, enough to cover any kind of music you could possibly want to make.

I have only a few small criticisms, and they are not enough to knock this device down from 5 stars. First, having only four tracks available is fairly limiting. It's not impossible to deal with, but you will need to write your music with this in mind. Exceeding the four-track limit will require making use of resampling the output and loading it onto a sample ("drum") track. Second, while Roland have added many great new features with each new firmware update, they have not updated the reference manual accordingly; so some features on the device are not listed in the reference manual, and you need to look to auxiliary documentation to find out how to use it. Third, it's a shame that you cannot craft synth patches from scratch directly on the device. I believe it can be done on a computer using the Zenology software, but unlocking full access to that is not free. Fourth, the track limit means this will never be able to act as the "master sequencer" for a bigger setup.

At the end of the day, this is incredible value even if you don't make full use of every single feature. I can heartily recommend it.
Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Wrote the following about Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Waanzinnig apparaat! Bij default al rond de 3000 sound presets aanwezig zodat je gelijk aan de slag kan.
Via USB makkelijk te koppelen aan je PC zodat je eenvoudig samples en MIDI bestanden op je MC101 kan zetten. Ook kan je de individuele kanalen van de MC101 overzetten naar je DAW om ze daarna verder te bewerken. De Knoppen en schuiven voelen ook erg goed en duurzaam aan.

Voordelen:
- Klein maar fijn!
- Werkt op 4 AA batterijen, maar kan ook via USB i.c.m. een powerbank of telefoonoplader.
- Bij default al veel goede sounds aanwezig zodat je gelijk aan de slag kan.
- Makkelijk te voorzien van eigen loops en samples.
- MIDI in en Out
- Veel effecten die je op de individuele tracks kan loslaten en ook op de master.

Nadelen:
- Het apparaat heeft zo veel in zich en een kleine beperkte display waardoor de menu's in het begin wat tricky kunnen zijn, sommige functies vereisen knop combinaties, dat kan even lastig zijn, hoop drukken en draaien, maar uiteindelijk went dat wel, dus geen echte showstopper.
- Er zit nogal wat volume verschil in de default sounds, deze zijn niet op 1 level gelijk getrokken, maar ook dit is geen showstopper, gezien je dit weer aan kan passen.

Conclusie:

Eigenlijk heb je een complete mini studio die je overal naar toe kan meenemen, in mijn opinie een aanrader!
Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Wrote the following about Roland MC-101 Groovebox
Wat een powerhouse! Het is dat hij niet meer dan 4 tracks heeft (genoeg voor mij), anders zou ik het een micro workstation noemen. Ik kan er net alles mee doen wat ik wil.

Synth sounds zijn fantastisch, sample based instrument sounds zijn goed, zelfde kwaliteit als in de Juno workstations. Het is voor mij de perfecte muziek sketchpad voor onderweg of op de bank.

Enige nadeel, als je via Midi een stukje muziek inspeelt en je gebruikt je sustain pedaal dan wordt de sustain niet opgeslagen.

Voor dir geld en no-brainer.
Roland MC-101 Groovebox
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Amazing Groovebox - does exactly what I need!

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Number of analogue input channels 2
Number of analogue output channels 2
Number of digital input channels 0
Number of digital output channels 0
number of microphone channels 1
number of pads 16
Number of keys none
CF card reader (CompactFlash) no
Sustainable product not specified
suitable for operating system Apple OSX / Mac OS, Microsoft Windows
Headphone output yes
MIDI & other MIDI in, MIDI out, CV/gate in, CV/gate out
MIDI I/O in / 2 x out
SD card reader yes
Sequencer / recorder yes, built-in recorder/sequencer
Standalone yes
type of display LCD, colour
USB port yes
equipped with audio interface yes
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