Synths ⇝ Roland ⇝ Roland SC-55

The SC-55 is a half-rack tone generator and the first of the Roland Sound Canvas series. It is nearly but not quite fully General MIDI Level 1 compatible. It was also available in sound card form as the Roland SCC-1 and tabletop form as the SC-155. A revised version was released as the SC-55mkII

Specifications

Year Released: 1991

Polyphony: 24 notes

Multitimbral: 16 parts

ROM: 317 tones, 9 drumsets, samples 16-bit at 32 kHz

Effects: reverb and chorus

Screen: 70.6 mm x 24.5 mm backlit LCD

Power Consumption: 9V, 500 mA

Dimensions: 218 mm x 297 mm x 44 mm

Weight: 1.4 kg

This is a tabletop module.

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Roland SC-55 Manual

Roland SC-55 Service Notes

Roland SC-55 Mk 2 Service Notes

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