======Hardware - Audio - Roland - SoundCanvas======

[[wp>Roland_Sound_Canvas|Roland Sound Canvas]] \\
[[wp>Roland_SC-55|SC-55]]
 
[[https://soundprogramming.net/synthesizers/roland/roland-sc-88/|Sound Programming - Synths -> Roland -> Roland SC-88]] \\
[[https://soundprogramming.net/synthesizers/roland/roland-sc-88pro/|Sound Programming - Synths -> Roland -> Roland SC-88Pro]]

Can be connected to modern PC's with something like [[https://www.roland.com/us/products/um-one_mk2/|Roland UM-ONE mk2 USB MIDI Interface]] which should be compatible with [[https://www.dosbox.com/|DOSBox]] and [[https://www.scummvm.org/|ScummVM]]. \\
Source:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq4rSEjgnA|YouTube - Roland Sound Canvas SC-55: 90s MIDI Excellence]].

Using the computer port on an SC-55mk2 or SC-88 with DOS (games) may require [[http://bjt42.github.io/softmpu/|SoftMPU]] a DOS TSR that emulates an ‘intelligent mode’ hardware MPU-401 interface.

[[https://hanwen.home.xs4all.nl/personal/synth/roland_supp_notes.html|BOB'S MIDI INFORMATION - Roland Supplemental Notes]]


=====Software=====

[[https://www.novatone.net/software/88edit.htm|88 Edit]] is a system exclusive message generator for the Roland Sound Canvas SC-88 and other sound modules bearing the GS logo. By Great White North Technologies.


=====Videos=====

By [[https://www.youtube.com/c/Lazygamereviews/|LGR]]:
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEMqLmqsLaQ|YouTube - Roland SC-55ST: $400 MIDI Music Powerhouse from 1993]] 
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVq4rSEjgnA|YouTube - Roland Sound Canvas SC-55: 90s MIDI Excellence]]

Predecessor (of sorts) the MT-32:
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiZOxUhQj10|YouTube - LGR - Roland MT-32: Retro PC MIDI Music Revisited]] by [[https://www.youtube.com/c/Lazygamereviews/|LGR]].
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMmFcs-_4x4|YouTube - The Best Sound for MS-DOS Games - Roland MT-32]] by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcTt3O4_IW5gnA0c58eXshg|8-Bit Keys]].