The RS7000 is a major groove production workstation! It's sort of like Akai's MPC-series, combining sampling and sequencing, but with an added internal synth engine. The RS7000 is particularly suited for dance, techno, Hip Hop, R&B, and ambient genres.

The sampler section consists of a 4MB (expandable to 64MB) sampler (5kHz to 44.1kHz or 32kHz to 48kHz via digital option board). You can use it to sample external sounds, re-sample the RS7000's sounds itself, or load samples from a variety of common formats! Auto-beat slicing lets you easily sample any loops or sounds and sync them to your sequence tempo! All the professional sampling and editing features you'd expect are here, and more!

The tone generator offers 62-voice polyphonic AWM2 synthesis, with over 1,000 synth sounds and 63 drum kit sounds (all via ROM). Here you'll find the resonant filters (6 types), advanced LFO modulation, BPM-synchronized LFO waveforms, and more! Edits made to the internal sounds, as well as to any samples are all stored within your sequence patterns.

The Sequencer is the real meat of the RS7000, where you make music out of the sounds it's got and that you've put into it! It offers pattern-based recording with 16 tracks each, and a 200,000 note-per-song capacity. Linear sequencer sequencing, like you would do using a software sequencer like Cubase, is also supported by the RS7000. Pattern-based sequences can be converted to the linear format as well. Realtime, grid and step recording methods are also available. Linking patterns into songs can be done in real time and meticulously tweaked. Total MIDI control, real-time hands on control, 18 assignable knobs and two pads, a Master effect section (with a multi-band compressor, slicer, isolater, other DJ-style master effects), and more make the RS7000 the most professional quality groove/loop/dance machine out there! It has been used by Hardfloor.

MAX

May 21, 2013 @ 11:55 am

And I need to further point out the following: I have owned and gigged extensively with all of the said grooveboxes, plus all the Korgs, too.

MAX

May 21, 2013 @ 11:43 am

Inasmuch as grooveboxes in general are REALLY useful for any dancemusic producer, when compared to the Roland 505, 808 and 909, the 2 Yamahas are: much better sounding, but much clunkier to use and very difficult to get to know.
Editing is tiresome and sequencing is bizarre to say the least. You will not be able to have any serious fun with these. However, they have better sound quality than the Rolands, and, IN THEORY, can do the very same stuff.
Yamaha was always a better manufacturer, but Roland always had the edge. Having said that, I cannot recommend this particular machine.

More

April 9, 2013 @ 9:17 pm

Really wish Yamaha had made these with higher quality pots and switches, a better case with paint that doesn't wear off or scratch off so easily, without the onboard sounds, and devoted more CPU power to the MIDI timing. Otherwise, it's a great machine that is a lot more intuitive than you would think at first glance.

Dan

December 11, 2012 @ 5:38 am

I palied this 10 years ago, and I going buy this back that was dman cool machine I never have

J.M.Järvinen

September 27, 2012 @ 12:29 am

i checked the value of the RS7k,$450-550.guess it's quite adecuate for the instrument. had a RM1x back in 2006 (traded for JX10),now using MC505 & MPC3000 for hardware sequencing..still would love getting RS...:P

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