Roland released an upgraded version of the SC-88, called the SC-88 Pro in 1996, which improved on the original hardware with more drumsets, more tones, as well as the introduction of Insertion EFX and unofficial XG compatibility. You will also need to set the computer switch on the rear panel according to the type of computer connected to the Computer Connector. On the rear panel, you will also find the computer connect for connecting a special computer cable to the SC-88. The rear panel of the SC-88 has a MIDI OUT/THRU connector, MIDI IN A, MIDI IN B, audio output jacks, audio input jacks, as well as an audio input volume know. It has a 70.6 x 24.5mm backlit LCD screen on the front panel along with the power switch, volume know, preview switch, headphone jack as well as several buttons. The SC-88 featured more memory, multitimbral, and polyphony compared to the SC-55MKII while also adding EQ. The SC-88 was basically an expanded version of the SC-55MKII which was released in 1993. Since the SC-88 has audio input jacks with input level adjustment, you can also connect other sound sources to output from the audio output jacks mixed with the sounds of the SC-88.

Most of the sound parameters can even be edited directly thanks to dedicated buttons. These parameters range from depth, rate, and time to frequency, character, and more. Additional fine adjustments to the sound can be made by specifying the parameters for each effect. It allows you to modify the sounds by tweaking vibrato, filter and envelope and other parameters and also comes with eight types of reverb, eight types of chorus, ten types of delay, and other effects. Users can also create their own sounds and drum sets as the SC-88 features 256 user sounds and two user drum sets. Amongst these sounds are the same ones as the SC-55/55MKII, which means that the SC-88 can correctly play the song data of these modules too. It has 654 high-quality sounds, along with 24 types of drum sound sets.

At home, linked to my desktop Mac, I have an SC55mkII, which Ive been using since.

In terms of features, the SC-88 a 32 part multitimbral sound module with 64 voices of polyphony. To answer the above question about the VSC (Virtual Sound Canvas). The SC-88 sound module is used for playback of song data with the GM mark as well as GS song data. It was popular for video game music and MIDI composition in the.

The Sound Canvas series itself was first introduced in 1991 and became the de-facto standard in General Standard sound modules. The Roland SoundCanvas SC-88 is a rompler based on General MIDI and Roland GS sound sets. Roland released their SC-88 in 1994 as a half-rack unit.

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