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SC-88

Roland SC-88
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Description

Roland/Edirol Sound Canvas lineup is a series of General MIDI based PCM sound modules and PC sound cards primarily intended for computer music usage, created by Roland Corporation. Some models include serial or USB connection to computer.

FEATURES

64-voice polyphony.
32-part multitimbrality (via two independent MIDI Ins).
8MB of waveform ROM.
654 patches on board: 354 from the SC55 MkII and 300 from JV80. Sound Map: 2 (SC-55, SC-88), Preset Sounds: 654, Drum Sound Set: 24 (including 2 SFX sets), User Sounds: 256, User Drum Sound Set: 2 Built-in serial port for use with Mac or PC compatible computers.

Discussions

MIDI files with ROMplers vs The Real Thing

...smiley" title="Smile" width="15" height="15" class="inlineimg" /> I often imitate popular 80's synth hits by writing MIDI files and using my Roland SC-88 ROMpler as sound generator. I can never get it to sound the same like the actual hit song. E.g. Donna Summer "This Time I Know It's For Real" (I can send my attempt to...

MIDI files with ROMplers vs The Real Thing

...this won't help - it will still sound crap. The Integra-7 has many of the same samples as the older SC-88 so it will sound nearly the same. Nope, the Integra has a full VA engine for making those synthesizer sounds, it also has 1000's more samples than the SC88, far more realistic ones. But my...

Roland SC55 Plugin from Decapped core

I keep my SC-88 to use with my MiSTer FPGA when running classic PC and Amiga games. Works with the old Japanese X68000 computer as well.

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