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