As someone who's used the same SC-D70 in multiple countries, it has a switching power supply, no dramas. It's a good unit and the digital output is a nice feature, although it sounds like there's some sort of compression stage compared to my (recently sold) SC-8850. So it is a plus and minus …

I bought another thing. Very interesting advice on the SC-D70 taking 240v/50hz directly, despite the nameplate saying 100v (and sellers generally saying you need to buy a stepdown). The specs in the manual, and numerous discussions around the internet, seem to back it up. I'll be taking the gamble …

Some information for European users (voltage wise): Roland SC-D70 also works with 240v/50Hz, despite the device being imported from Japan, and displaying 100V/50Hz/60Hz on the bottom as being the input voltage. The power cable is a standard IEC C13 cable. The Vista 64-bit drivers also works out of …

thanks for sharing that, nicely done! TMIDI is also my midi player or choice, small and efficient :) Thanks for the kind words. :) I agree with the choice, TMIDI is efficient & reliable. This was a required modification to allow map selection for casual listening, but I'd gladly add further …

I recently purchased the awesome Roland SC-D70, and was frustrated by the lack of SC Map selection on the front panel. I spent about a week researching how the midi standard works and how the Roland Sound Canvas works, and one evening to modify Tom's Midi Player to allow for the custom SC map …