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Reliving the '90s: A Guide to the Roland SC-55 Soundfont Roland Sound Canvas SC-55

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The SC-55 was revolutionary because it was the first module to incorporate the General MIDI standard. Before it, game music varied wildly depending on your sound card. The SC-55 provided: 317 High-Quality Patches: Reliving the '90s: A Guide to the Roland

• Pros: Compatible with virtually any modern DAW.
• Cons: They are static samples. They lack the velocity layering and synthesis response of the original hardware. A SoundFont of an SC-55 piano will sound "dead" compared to the hardware reacting to key velocity.
• Notable Project: Weeds GM Soundfont and GeneralUser GS are popular SoundFonts designed to replicate the Roland sound palette.

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| Specification | Roland SC-55 (Original) | Roland SC-55mkII | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | LA Synthesis (Sample + Synthesis) | LA Synthesis | | Polyphony | 24 Voices | 28 Voices | | Parts (Multitimbral) | 16 Parts (MIDI Channels) | 16 Parts | | Waveforms | 354 Waveforms (approx) | 354 + Variations | | Presets | 128 Presets + 9 Drum Kits | 226 Presets + 9 Drum Kits | | Sample Rate | 32kHz (Output) | 44.1kHz (Output) | | Signal Processing | Chorus, Reverb, Delay | Enhanced Chorus/Reverb | Pros: Compatible with virtually any modern DAW