The Roland System 700 was a professional modular synthesizer for electronic music manufactured by the Roland Corporation and released in 1976 and was followed by the Roland System-100M in 1978.
The System 700 range included the following modules:
701A – Keyboard controller702A – VCO-1702B – VCO-2702C – VCO-3703A – VCF-1703B – VCF-2704A – VCA-1704B – VCA-2705A – Dual envelope generator706A – LFO-1706B – LFO-2707A – Amplifier / envelope follower / integrator708A – Noise generator709A – Sample and hold710A – Multiple jacks711A – Reverberator / panning / standard oscillator / phase shifter712A – Monitor / external keyboard controller / voltage processor / keyboard CV output / gate output714A – Interface716A – Mixer717A – Analog sequencerThe 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, 718ABlock 2: Keyboard controller – 701ABlock 3: Analog sequencer – 717ABlock 4: VCO bank – 3x 702D, 3x 702E; 716A, 710A, 706B, 709B, 705ABlock 5: VCF / VCA bank – 2x 703C, 3x 704C; 713A, 2x 705A, 710ABlock 6: Interface / mixer – 714A, 704C, 715ABlock 7: Phase shifter / audio delay – 710B, 723A, 720B, 721A101 – Synthesizer instruction manual101 – Synthesizer patch book102 – Expander unit instruction manual102 – Expander unit patch book103 – Audio mixer instruction manual104 – Sequencer instruction manual
