Roland System 700
# 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 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:

* 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 Moroder
* Richard Barbieri of Japan
