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 controller 702A – VCO-1 702B – VCO-2 702C – VCO-3 703A – VCF-1 703B – VCF-2 703G – VCF (Block 8) 704A – VCA-1 704B – VCA-2 704D – VCA (Block 8) 705A – Dual envelope generator 706A – LFO-1 706B – LFO-2 707A – Amplifier / envelope follower / integrator 708A – Noise / ring generator 709A – Sample and hold 710A – Multiple jacks 711A – Reverberator / panning / standard oscillator / phase shifter 712A – Monitor / external keyboard controller / voltage processor / keyboard CV output / gate output 713A - Gate delay 714A – Interface 715A – Multi-mode filter/Audio mixer 716A – Mixer (Signal/CV) 717A – Analog sequencer 718A – Power Supply 720B – 2 Channel Phase Shifter 721A – 2 Channel Audio Delay 723A – Analog Switch

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

Documentation

101 – Synthesizer instruction manual 101 – Synthesizer patch book 102 – Expander unit instruction manual 102 – Expander unit patch book 103 – Audio mixer instruction manual 104 – Sequencer instruction manual System 700 Synthesizer Service Notes System 700 Synthesizer Service Supplement

Notable users The System 700 was used by many artists, including:Mark Jenkins (2007), Analog Synthesizers, page 91, Taylor & Francis Rhett Lawrence Isao Tomita Matthias Becker Eric Carmen Vince Clarke Paul Davis, singer/songwriter and owner of Monarch Sound Atlanta GA Eloy Fritsch Depeche Mode The Human League Visage Hans Zimmer Giorgio MoroderGiorgio Moroder Gear Guide, Dolphin Music Richard Barbieri of Japan Kim Wilde

References