Groovebox

The term originally presented by Roland corporation on their MC-303[?] now more generically refers to a standalone instrument that includes a combination of any of a drum machine, a synthesizer or a sampler along with a music sequencer and a combination of knobs (potentiometer or rotary encoder[?]), sliders and buttons that allow a musician to control and construct a pattern-based sequence or a song consisting of the more than one such sequence chained together in a live or immediate way.

A groovebox is similar to a Music Workstation[?] except that it doesn't have a keyboard and generally includes more user controls.

"Groovebox" type instruments include:

• E-mu[?] XL-7[?] Command Station[?]
• E-mu[?] MP-7[?] Command Station[?]
• Ensoniq[?] ASR-X[?]
• Korg[?] ER-1 Electribe[?]
• Quasimidi[?] Raveolution 309[?]
• Roland corporation MC-505[?]
• Roland corporation MC-909[?]
• Roland corporation SP-808[?]
• Yamaha RS7000[?]