Yeah, I mean, if one has been on the OT and come to terms with it, the 707 is a breeze. And while it’s deep, you don’t have to reach for every single setting just because it’s there. Just one drum track with very few tweaks can still make a floor filler on this one. That’s like the entire Electribe ES-1. With seven tracks still remaining.
Not sure I understand… mine has a mfx per kit.
Some parameters actually work as offsets on the “real” value set deeper in the menu
yes
yes
awesome !
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This looks like menu diving into the abyss!!! Very scary!!!
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It really isn’t. This thing is f*****g awesome. Tried the looper now. So I’ll record something from my Rev2, blend it with drums and complementary internal synths, slap on fx, assign a few scenes and create a scatter track and a nice default setting for the multi mode filter.
How can we not love that?
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Thank you!
Maybe I fundamentally misunderstood that parameter. I’ll check in again tonight!
Yeah, for what it’s worth, I don’t think the menu diving is too bad, for the most part.
welp, just got a 101 
Reasoning was, this box will do for breakbeats & MIDI sequencing exactly what I need going forward, in a far more casual and portable way than my OT (which tbh I wouldn’t have felt comfy taking to more casual gigs).
I hope its playable enough, and that the timing of the seq is solid enough to put drumloop slices to the drum pad slots… hmm what about poly? can I set a chokegroup for thhe drum pad samples or some other way of removing polyphony?
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I ran through a few bugs while playing a session earlier today, I think the OS still need some work…
One thing I like about the 8S is 1 fader per drum. It seems you’d be making some sacrifices with the 707. Granted I rarely use all 11 drum slots on the 8S.
I can see the 707 being percussion heavy with a synth or two.
Does the 707 come with some vocal samples?
I’m curious
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it would be interesting to calculate what size this things would be if it had physical control per parameter.
definitely like a wall, but i suspect one wall might be insufficient.
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“It’s bigger on the inside…”
You could still dedicate 4 faders to drums (kick/snare/hat/perc) and have 3 synth parts + looper. But yes, nothing beats the simplicity of the TR-8S. I have both and I’m still undecided: will it complement or replace the TR ?
A few mellow jazz/scat oriented.
The 101 actually has less settings than the 707, but I suspect the menudiving will still be significant. Roland should make an editor for it. But a bit like the OT, once everything is prepared, playing the thing might actually not be so terrible.
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Complement because samples instead of TR-* models with adjustable params.
I’m getting RD-8 & RD-9 for the ultimate combo (with the 101) 
I think it’s worth underlining that the 707 as a funk box for coming up with an idea, flesh it out in interesting variations, switch and experiment between live jams and composing and record this shit while you’re playing, is its strengths.
This one excels at coming up with something and actually taking it beyond just the notorious curse of the four bar loop. That’s what it’s about. If you got a bunch of defined drum kits and sounds locked to your tracks, then all this talk about menu diving, switching here and there to find some parameter, get lost in the submenues, that won’t happen. As you’re writing, playing and recording, it’s amazingly versatile and flexible. To get stuff done. To write music on.
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Say what you will - but I just took my 101 out of the box and jammed for 4 straight hours. One hell of a fun machine!
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I agree, and the beauty is you can do deep editing and fine tuning later on the box because the sound editing options are plenty!
When you’re done the next step is to record all 8 stereo stems into your favorite DAW for mixing over USB…
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