If you get Roland SD-80 expecting an upgraded Sound Canvas, like an SC-88 Pro with a 44.1 kHz signal path, you will be quite disappointed.
The backward compatibility is no good, and it means MIDI composed for SC-88 will have different balance, missing effects, or will just sound bad.
Very nice breakdown of SD-80 here: https://chrisoft.org/blog/post/2019-04-25.html
mmontag wrote on 2021-03-05, 19:55:If you get Roland SD-80 expecting an upgraded Sound Canvas, like an SC-88 Pro with a 44.1 kHz signal path, you will be quite disappointed.
The backward compatibility is no good, and it means MIDI composed for SC-88 will have different balance, missing effects, or will just sound bad.Very nice breakdown of SD-80 here: https://chrisoft.org/blog/post/2019-04-25.html
What is you own opinion about this module. Warth it to spend on it money?
Retroit wrote on 2021-04-18, 20:31:What is you own opinion about this module. Warth it to spend on it money?
Nah, not in the context of Vogons. It is cool if you are into DTM (desktop MIDI gear) in general and would like to compose new music with a high-quality GM/GS synth, but not so useful for breathing new life into old games or standard MIDI files.
mmontag wrote on 2021-12-09, 02:52:Retroit wrote on 2021-04-18, 20:31:What is you own opinion about this module. Warth it to spend on it money?
Nah, not in the context of Vogons. It is cool if you are into DTM (desktop MIDI gear) in general and would like to compose new music with a high-quality GM/GS synth, but not so useful for breathing new life into old games or standard MIDI files.
But as I already discovered, DTM with highest DAC > 16 bit and more notes per instrument sound better then older units. For example Roland SC-55 and Roland SC-D70 or SC-88Pro. I have Yamaha MU-2000EX and the same MiDI file will play better without XG. For my self I try to find most compatible and easy to use DTM. I have a lot of them, but a not saw much time to play with zło of them
