SGM-X28 SounFont preview demo (video)

Posted on 2023-12-25, 12:02

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by shandavid

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After nearly 20 years, more and more people are nostalgic, and I started making soundfont again.... File size is less than 28MB, the sound will be much better than SGM-V2.01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS8Sm--2e3w

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-19, 10:10

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by shandavid

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The SC-8850 has flat sound due to the AK DAC. All Roland units with this DAC just don't sound quite as good - JV-1010, XV-5080, and many others. Although it's worth pointing out that the 8820 and 50 aren't actually the same unit, they are different in many ways, mostly - but not all - subtle ones. …

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Re: (video) Roland SC-8850, CableCreation power cord, fuse bypassed VS Stock

Posted on 2023-11-19, 10:02

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by shandavid

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And there's a "Roland SC8820 vs SC8850 vs Sound Canvas VA" video on youtube, https://youtu.be/4C7oCmF4XU8 and a "Roland JV-1080 Plugin vs Hardware" video https://youtu.be/btCnYLN6lEM?t=222 Can you hear their difference? I can, to my ears, SC8820 > SC VA > SC8850, JV-1080 hardware > software The …

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-19, 09:52

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by shandavid

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Sounds the same for me, can't tell the difference and I do use headphones for listening on my modern computer. There's a "Roland SC8820 vs SC8850 vs Sound Canvas VA" video on youtube, https://youtu.be/4C7oCmF4XU8 and a "Roland JV-1080 Plugin vs Hardware" video https://youtu.be/btCnYLN6lEM?t=222 Can …

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-19, 09:46

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by shandavid

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Not again... https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=96463 Yes. But this time even with a risk of fire. Excellent. Natural selection i guess... We have a phrase for this type of character: dumb and persistent. Or maybe he's an ordinary LVL99+ troll. The most worrying thing is that there are …

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-19, 09:42

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by shandavid

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DerBaum wrote on 2023-11-18, 23:53: Yes. But this time even with a risk of fire. Excellent. […] Show full quote analog_programmer wrote on 2023-11-18, 22:23: Not again... Roland SC8850, replace the power cord as soon as possible. Yes. But this time even with a risk of fire. Excellent. Natural …

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Re: (video) Roland SC-8850, CableCreation power cord, fuse bypassed VS Stock

Posted on 2023-11-19, 09:39

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by shandavid

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SuperDeadite wrote on 2023-11-19, 00:06: Youtube compression makes such tests pointless. If you are truly serious about this (and not just a troll), upload some raw wav recordings please. Also please explain your recording setup. There is a difference in sound, why not give it a listen?

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Re: (video) Roland SC-8850, CableCreation power cord, fuse bypassed VS Stock

Posted on 2023-11-19, 09:35

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by shandavid

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Some people don't seem to know that power cord and fuse can affect sound.... Some people here are electrical engineers and really pissed that you tell people to bypass fuses... Thats a different thing... The principles of the two are different. If you are just an electronics engineer, and do not …

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-18, 23:26

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by shandavid

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Shponglefan wrote on 2023-11-18, 23:17: They sound the same. No, the sound on the left side is more comfortable, relax and smooth than the right side, the timbre is better. listen it carefully

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-18, 23:15

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by shandavid

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analog_programmer wrote on 2023-11-18, 22:23: Not again... Roland SC8850, replace the power cord as soon as possible. yes again 😄 SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound comparison video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvHwHWX3LOk

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(video) Roland SC-8850, CableCreation power cord, fuse bypassed VS Stock

Posted on 2023-11-18, 23:14

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by shandavid

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Some people don't seem to know that power cord and fuse can affect sound, so I made a comparison video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvHwHWX3LOk

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Re: SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-18, 22:13

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by shandavid

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Nice troll. Bypassing a fuse is obviously stupid and dangerous and shouldn’t be done and isn’t going to have any impact on the sound. Neither is replacing the cord. I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt with the cord thread but this just exposes you as trolling. I'll make a comparison …

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SC8850 one easy mod, bring back the magic of sound

Posted on 2023-11-17, 23:29

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by shandavid

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EDIT by Dominus: DO NOT BYPASS OR DISABLE A FUSE! THIS IS NOT SAFE! FUSES ARE THERE TO SAFE YOUR LIFE! The SC8850 sounds flat, bland and boring, lacks musicality, when compared to the SC88PRO and SC8820 I changed the power cord to Cablecreation before , the sound improved a lot, but it's still not …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2023-11-17, 13:43

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by shandavid

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So you are destroying existing AWE64 cards to build your custom ones? Not sure about others, but in my opinion, it's completely pointless to destroy real retro hardware for a modern replacement. If they end up with a superior result, where is the great harm in the effort? It's not like they are …

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Roland SC55mkII is a bit disappointing

Posted on 2023-11-17, 11:23

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by shandavid

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The instrument timbre is exactly the same as when sc88pro/sc8850 use sc55 map. 28voices is obviously not enough, notes are cutting off. Sc88pro and sc8850(sc55 map) sound a little smoother than sc55, older doesn't always sound better

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Yamaha TG300 is a HIDDEN GEM (videos)

Posted on 2023-11-11, 01:42

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by shandavid

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It has the characteristics of the golden age of the late 1980s. Most(75%) of the sounds of TG300 are on another level, not even JV1010 can compare My SC8850/MU90/MU1000 are collecting dust now... I just uploaded some japanese game bgm played by TG300, have a listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist? …

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Re: As a fan of Roland, I find the Yamaha TG300 sounds better....

Posted on 2023-11-09, 18:32

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by shandavid

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Just uploaded two TG300 videos, beautiful sound, completely different from the MU series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8zi1G9I10o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7eQxyQ35Yk

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Roland SC-8850 vs Yamaha TG300 sound comparison

Posted on 2023-11-08, 02:38

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by shandavid

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvW0e20dMCs

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As a fan of Roland, I find the Yamaha TG300 sounds better....

Posted on 2023-11-05, 05:07

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BGM1: TG300 https://youtu.be/PkzLIQksvc4?t=166 SC55 https://youtu.be/fjwZIojX_uQ?t=166 BGM2: TG300 https://youtu.be/PkzLIQksvc4?t=267 SC55 https://youtu.be/fjwZIojX_uQ?t=267 Yamaha MU series is not even as good as SC, the sound designers of TG and MU are probably not the same. I just bought a TG300, …

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SC8850 seems to sound best when listening to GM midi with this setting.

Posted on 2023-10-15, 18:35

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by shandavid

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Channels 1-9, 11-16 use sc8850 map, because 8850 contains some high quality JV samples Channel 10 uses sc55 standard drum, It has the most balanced, natural and classic drum sound Anyway, it’s quite fun to switch between different SC maps while listening.

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