Roland SC-88 Pro
- Not to be confused with the Roland SC-88.
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| W × H × D (mm) | 218 × 72 × 250[1] |
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| Rack units | ~1.6U, half-width |
| Type | GM/GS sound module |
| Manufacturer | Roland |
| Release date | 1996 |
| Standards | Roland GS[1] General MIDI[1] |
| Parts | 32[1] |
| Max polyphony | 64[1] |
| Normal presets | 1117[1] |
| Drum presets | 42[1] |
| Effects | Reverb, Chorus, Delay, 2-band EQ, Insertion effects[1] (EFX) |
| ← Roland SC-88 | |
| Roland-ED SC-8850, SC-8820 → | |
The Roland SC-88 Pro is a Roland GS and General MIDI sound module in the Sound Canvas series, introduced by Roland in 1996. It retained the same form factor and design as the Roland SC-88, while making the following significant upgrades:
- A new insertion/EFX effects unit was added alongside the existing reverb, chorus, delay and EQ units, allowing use of effects like distortion, compression and more on a per-part basis
- Many new sounds and drumkits were added, including new versions of capital (GM) tones
- The SC-88 and SC-55 sound maps were retained, and it is possible to switch back and forth between SC-55, SC-88 and SC-88 Pro maps on a per-part basis
The SC-88 Pro was succeeded by the Roland-ED SC-8850, released in 1999.
Variants
Roland SK-88 Pro
The Roland SK-88 Pro is a variant of the SC-88 Pro released in 1997, presented as a velocity sensitive 37-note keyboard synthesizer, and uses a barrel jack 9V DC power input unlike its desktop module counterpart. While containing much of the same interface as the SC-88Pro, moved around to accommodate the new form factor, the SK-88 Pro also adds 3 new assignable knobs and a fader.[2]
The keyboard itself features a modulation/pitch bend stick, an octave shift function (that goes up to 4 in both directions)[2] and has the notes and their proper octave marked over the keybed (from C3 to C6), as well as additional control configuration also as labelled.
SC-88ST Pro
Much like the Roland SC-88ST, the Roland SC-88ST Pro is a shorter 1U rack height variant of the SC-88 Pro without a display or much of the face buttons/interface, as well as featuring a 9V DC power input instead of a built in power supply like the original model.
Roland SC-880
The Roland SC-880 is a rackmount variant of SC-88 Pro. While it has the features of SC-88 Pro, it also uniquely has a patch mode where up to six tones can be played at once.[3]
Oddities
- Some notes of the Piano 1 preset are very slightly detuned. This is only documented on the original SC-88 Pro. It has been seemingly corrected on later models like the 88ST Pro and the SK-88 Pro.