title: Roland System 700
text: # 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
  