The Roland TR-707 is the 707: a clean, punchy digital rhythm composer with that unmistakable 80s click and snap, the classic step-sequencer grid, and a sound that built house, techno and electro from the ground up. Easy to program, impossible to dislike, and increasingly collectible as the analog TRs spiral out of reach. This one is mint, and it's had real work done to it.

FEATURES & PROS:

• Iconic 707 Sound: Crisp digital kicks, snaps and that classic cowbell.
• Step Grid: The classic Roland step-sequencer everyone learned on.
• House and Techno DNA: Heard across decades of dance music.
• DIN Sync + MIDI: Locks tight with other vintage and modern gear.
• Fully Modded, Mint Condition: See the full mod list below.

THE MODS

• ROM and cymbal card: Genuine HKA Design ROM expansion and cymbal card fitted.
• Full mods deal: Complete HKA-spec mod package carried out by circuitbenders.co.uk.
• HKA expansion x2 installation: Dual expansion boards installed and wired in.
• New power socket: Replaced for reliability.
• Patch cabled and ready: Comes fitted with a full set of patch cables so every voice is already broken out.

AS USED BY

• INXS, "Need You Tonight"
• Marshall Jefferson, "Move Your Body" (the house anthem)
• Mr. Fingers (Larry Heard), "Washing Machine"
• Phuture, "Acid Tracks"
• The Jesus and Mary Chain, the "Darklands" album (a 707 across the record)
• Aphex Twin on the Analord series, plus Squarepusher and Luke Vibert
• Frankie Knuckles, Adonis and the Chicago house pioneers

THE WORD: Perfect Circuit notes the all-digital 707 had a huge impact on early Chicago and acid house, its snare, claps and hats shaping house's grooving sound, with a cowbell still ringing out across tracks and sample packs today. Read more at Perfect Circuit.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Type: digital rhythm composer (drum machine)
• Brand: Roland
• Model: TR-707
• Era: 1985
• Condition: used, fully modded, mint

We also have a NOS, still-sealed 707 in the wings — never opened, a genuine time capsule — being prepped as a separate collector's-item listing soon.