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: