Roland SC-880

64 voice synthesizer module (1996)

"Rackmount version of desktop module Roland Sc-88PRO"

Overview and Sounds

OVERVIEW 1 unit rackmount Midi rompler module with big nice 136 x 32 Dots Graphic LCD display, the expander offers il multitimbric with 32 parts (16 from Midi A 16 from Midi B) to the output of its choice.

TERMINAL CONNECTORS:
1- VDE AC input
2- MIDI IN (X2) + MIDI OUT (assignable as THRU)
3- Computer host serial RS232 (for old pc, requires driver) with switch selector
4- Auxiliary outputs
5- Main outputs
6- Line input (only monitoring)
7- input volume gain

Effects and edit

SOUNDS 64 voices polyphony with 1117 sounds in preset+ 256 user locations (CR battery inside) + 42 preset drum kits and 2 user kits. It's a rompler class with 20 MB of waveforms in memory, the SC-880 offers traditional GM standard.
The GM mapping includes also a SC-55 set for retro compatibility.

EDIT All sounds can be edited in minal way with front buttons (eg. LFO vibrato, filters and volume envelopes) and stored in one of the 256 available user memories. For in depth edit an external editor is needed with sysex.

FEFFECT DSP SC-880 is divided into two families:
1) 64 classic: reverbs (8), chorus (8), delays (10) and the two-band EQ.
2) 64 Insertion: limiter / compressor, pitch shifter, flanger, distortion, saturation, enhancer, Leslie, wah wah, 3D, combination.