The SCC-1 is the equivalent of a Roland MPU + SC-55 synth , which makes it an excellent base to start with.
GM/GS stuff will sound great and you will have a 101% compatible mpu to connect your other synths. It's a win-win situation.
100$ is a very good price for one IMHO, they go higher

Yes it's a great card to have! As you said, acts as a MPU401 interface for external units as well 😀

Thanks, so that combined with a Sound Blastr Pro 2.0, then adding external later if/as needed is how I will go.

squareguy wrote:

Thanks, so that combined with a Sound Blastr Pro 2.0, then adding external later if/as needed is how I will go.

Exactly!

Yay, got it for USD $120

Nice! Now you belong to the Roland owners club 🤣

And I love the fact it's internal. The wife can't see it 😉. Also, it is a genuine Roland and it's not PNP thank goodness.

Make sure to replace (or at least remove) cap C38 before installing it though.

Definitely gonna recap 38 in case it was just pushed back down. I may go ahead and recap the whole thing too. I am a computer tech with decent soldering skills and I have been wanting a new soldering station anyways hehe. I will give it a good bath too and clean the card edge connectors.

Great 😀
Full recap is not always necessary though. I'd say try it out first, and go ahead with the recap if it turns out to be noisy.

I know this is an ancient thread, but wonder why it’s necessary to remove cap C38???

Something to do with squareguy's particular card, I guess. There might've been a photo before.

C38 seems to be for filtering the VCC from the ISA slot. In any case, it looks fine on my card and it works and sounds great. Guys, do not butcher your hardware when there's nothing wrong with it. "Recapping" for no reason is just plain stupid.