I have recently bought an scb-55 daughterboard from a musician and this little card was a bonus. The seller could not remember what it is. I think it is some sort of MPU interface because it has the same Roland chip but I do not know the proprietary connectors. Part of a synthetiser maybe? Any ideas?
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yeah most likely it's a part of another synth/keyboard...
It's the MPU-401 daughterboard for a Voyetra V-22 MIDI interface card.
Thanks a lot!
The card is of no use to me, then. I do not think I will invest in the host card (unless I can get it cheap which is very unlikely).
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wrote:It's the MPU-401 daughterboard for a Voyetra V-22 MIDI interface card.
really? so this adds roland compatibility to the V-22?
MPU 401 compatibility only. You still need the Voyetra/Turtle Beach breakout box and an external MIDI device (if you want to have genuine Roland stuff)
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You don't perhaps still have this daughterboard?
I might... but cannot find it right now 🙁
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jolaes76: what did u think of the sound canvas 55 daughterboard? did u find it worthwhile?
did u buy this board to attach it to a MPU-401AT MIDI interface card?
or did u use it with some other soundcard with wavetable header?
just curious;)
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Oddly enough, this ended up on an SB16 for quite a while. I was testing various SB16 models and I had only two without the hanging note bug: a CT1740 and a CT2xxx (I cannot recall if it is a CT2230). Later I realized (after reading Cloud's posts) that ALL SB16s are "defective" in this sense because of a MIDI buffering problem but somehow the DB stayed on the CT2xxx card. My taste moved towards the Yamaha/NEC and some exotic DBs for general listening because I knew nothing about fine tuning GM effects* and the NEC sounded more "fun" out of the box, but the SC-55 still is on that SB16 with the "proper" DSP. I am not playing Xwing and Tie and the likes too much on that system to care for the general SB16 bug.
But this does not change the fact the SCB-55 IS the reference GM DB and some games really benefit from its well-balanced instrument set.
If I had an MPU-401AT, I would put the SC-55 on that one for sure 😀
*but since then I stopped worrying and learned to love MIDICOM 😀
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