Roland MC-101 Groovebox

Production Studio in Your Pocket

The MC-101 is a professional production tool based on the sounds and capabilities of its big brother, the MC-707. Its compact format offers many advantages. The MC-101 is lightweight, robust, and can run on just four AA batteries for up to five hours of mobile use.

This lets you create sounds, develop drum patterns, and compose music anywhere you want. The groovebox is much more than a simple scratch pad for your ideas. Produce professional songs and create complete backing tracks and accompaniments for your live performances.

A Creative Spark Ignites a Fire

The MC-101 features a 4-track sequencer optimized for modern electronic and dance-focused music styles. Use the 16 RGB pads to create drum, bass, and synthesizer patterns and produce your own music.

Explore a vast musical playground by combining loops and one-shot samples with melodic phrases, your own MIDI sequences, and imported audio recordings. Compose and trigger clips, arrange and resample clips in new creative ways, record your automations, and more.

A Mobile Studio Packed with Vintage Gear

The built-in Roland sounds of the MC-101 have shaped numerous electronic music genres for over 40 years. The collection includes legendary instruments like the TR-808, TR-909, JUNO-106, and SH-101. You can choose to work with the classics or creatively combine them into entirely new sounds.

Expandable Sounds, Patterns, and Phrases

Create your compositions based on a carefully curated collection of built-in beats, phrases, and sounds—crafted by renowned artists and sound designers. Moreover, the MC-101 is part of an expandable platform, allowing you to extend your groovebox with additional content to explore new genres and styles. Check out the Sound Expansion here

Your Own Audio Files, Perfectly Synced Anytime

Each track includes a powerful sample player so you can import your own sounds. Use your own voice or the sound of your favorite software instrument. Imported audio files automatically sync to the MC-101’s tempo or can be edited with the many built-in effects and hands-on controllers.

Produce Tracks for Streams and Live Performances

Thanks to the MC-101’s variety of professional effects, your productions benefit from a polished and refined sound. Each track has its own effect processor with extensive possibilities.

Use a lush chorus to add depth to your pads and synthesizer sounds. Delays and reverbs create vibrant spaces and add movement to important sequences. Enrich synthesizers, guitars, drums, and other instruments with effects like overdrive, distortion, or amp simulation for extra warmth and character.

You can also run your entire mix through various master effects like filters and bit crushers or use a master bus compressor to glue all elements together and make the mix more powerful.