The Roland U-110 is a

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synthesizer module that was produced by

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in 1988.

General information

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

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to store sounds rather than loading them from disks into

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, 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

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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

List of SN-U110 ROM Cards

References

External links

*Vintage Synth Explorer's site on the U-11

*U-110 Manual tp://ftp.roland.co.uk/ProductSupport/U-110/01_U-110_OM.pdf*Vintage synth explore

*Synthmania's site contains the demo songs on MP

*U110 Resource: Manual, many audio demos and revie

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