The Roland U-110 is a ROMpler synthesizer module that was produced by Roland Corporation in 1988.
The predecessor of the more successful U-20 keyboard and U-220 module, the U-110 was Roland's first dedicated sample playback synth. It used ROM to store sounds rather than loading them from disks into RAM, hence it was not a true sampler as it could not sample sounds.
The U-110 contained a base 2MB of sounds stored in ROM. It could be expanded with up to four Roland SN-U110 sound library cards, unlike the more popular Roland U-220 that could only accommodate two. It had six individual outputs, allowing for each instrument channel to be recorded separately, and two mix outputs to output all channels as a stereo pair.
Specifications
Feature Value Polyphony 31 voices Sound Generator DC-PCM sound generator Base Sample ROM 2MB consisting of 99 sounds Patch Storage 64 internal memory locations Expansion 2MB of extra sounds can be added by using up to 4 Roland SN-U110 PCM cards Outputs 1 stereo mix output 6 individual outputs (different output modes available) headphone jack (outputs stereo mix) Multitimbral Yes. 6 parts splitting the polyphony with each part, i.e. no dynamic voice allocation Effects Basic digital chorus and tremolo Filters None Display 16x2-character LCD Controls 6 front panel buttons and a volume knob for the mix/headphone output.
List of SN-U110 ROM Cards Card Number Name SN-U110-01 Pipe Organ and Harpsichord SN-U110-02 Latin and FX Percussion SN-U110-03 Ethnic SN-U110-04 Electric Grand and Clavi SN-U110-05 Orchestral Strings SN-U110-06 Orchestral Winds SN-U110-07 Electric Guitar SN-U110-08 Synthesizer SN-U110-09 Guitar and Keyboards SN-U110-10 Rock Drums SN-U110-11 Sound Effects SN-U110-12 Sax and Trombone SN-U110-13 Super Strings SN-U110-14 Super Acoustic Guitar SN-U110-15 Super Brass
References
External links Vintage Synth Explorer's site on the U-110 U-110 Manual Vintage synth explorer Synthmania's site contains the demo songs on MP3 U110 Resource: Manual, many audio demos and review