Roland U-110

Roland U-110 with 2 PCM cards fitted

The Roland U-110 is a ROMpler synthesizer module that was produced by Roland Corporation in 1988.

The predecessor of the more successful U-20 keyboard and U-220 module, the U-110 was Roland's first dedicated sample playback synth. It used ROM to store sounds rather than loading them from disks into RAM, hence it was not a true sampler as it could not sample sounds.

The U-110 contained a base 2MB of sounds stored in ROM. It could be expanded with up to four Roland SN-U110 sound library cards, unlike the more popular Roland U-220 that could only accommodate two. It had six individual outputs, allowing for each instrument channel to be recorded separately, and two mix outputs to output all channels as a stereo pair.

Specifications

Feature Value
Polyphony 31 voices
Sound Generator DC-PCM sound generator
Base Sample ROM 2MB consisting of 99 sounds
Patch Storage 64 internal memory locations
Expansion 2MB of extra sounds can be added by using up to 4 Roland SN-U110 PCM cards
Outputs
  • 1 stereo mix output
  • 6 individual outputs (different output modes available)
  • headphone jack (outputs stereo mix)
Multitimbral Yes. 6 parts splitting the polyphony with each part, i.e. no dynamic voice allocation
Effects Basic digital chorus and tremolo
Filters None
Display 16x2-character LCD display
Controls 6 front panel buttons and a volume knob for the mix/headphone output.

List of SN-U110 ROM Cards

Card Number Name
SN-U110-01 Pipe Organ and Harpsichord
SN-U110-02 Latin and FX Percussion
SN-U110-03 Ethnic
SN-U110-04 Electric Grand and Clavi
SN-U110-05 Orchestral Strings
SN-U110-06 Orchestral Winds
SN-U110-07 Electric Guitar
SN-U110-08 Synthesiser
SN-U110-09 Guitar and Keyboards
SN-U110-10 Rock Drums
SN-U110-11 Sound Effects
SN-U110-12 Sax and Trombone
SN-U110-13 Super Strings
SN-U110-14 Super Acoustic Guitar
SN-U110-15 Super Brass

References

  • Vintage Synth Explorer's site on the U-110 [1]
  • U-110 Manual [2]
  • Vintage synth explorer [3]
  • Synthmania's site contains the demo songs on MP3 [4]
  • U110 Resource: Manual, many audio demos and review [5]
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