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Korg Triton rack-mountable sound module. A sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a piano-style musical keyboard.Sound modules have to be operated using an externally connected device, which is often a MIDI controller, of which the most common type is the musical keyboard.
The Roland JV-2080 is a rack-mount expandable MIDI sound module and an updated version of the Roland JV-1080.Produced by the Roland Corporation, released in 1996, and built on a sample-based synthesis architecture, the JV-2080 provides a library of on-board sample material and a semi-modular synthesis engine.
The Roland MKS-20 is a digital piano–type sound module released by Roland Corporation in 1986, simultaneously with the Roland RD-1000 digital stage piano.The MKS-20 and RD-1000 share the same "Structured/Adaptive Synthesis" sound engine; the RD-1000 integrates that engine into a musical keyboard-type MIDI controller with size, weight, and features similar to the Roland MKB-1000.
MIDI keyboards lacking an onboard sound module cannot produce sounds themselves, however some models of MIDI keyboards contain both a MIDI controller and sound module. When it is used as a MIDI controller, MIDI information on keys or buttons the performer has pressed is sent to a receiving device capable of creating sound through modeling ...
The Roland Sound Canvas (Japanese: ローランド・サウンド・キャンバス, Hepburn: Rōrando Saundo Kyanbasu) lineup is a series of General MIDI (GM) based pulse-code modulation (PCM) sound modules and sound cards, primarily intended for computer music usage, created by Japanese manufacturer Roland Corporation.
Sound modules that do not fit into other categories. CBX-T3 — General MIDI and other modes supported (same as TG100, but with LEDs instead of LCD) FB-01 — (1986) 4op FM/8 multi-timbral sound module, suitable for CX5M system. a forerunner of TG & MU series; FS1R (1998) — FM/Formant synthesis; TG100 (1991) — General MIDI sound module [38]
The Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound Module is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1987 by Roland Corporation. It was originally marketed to amateur musicians as a budget external synthesizer with an original list price of $695. However, it became more famous along with its compatible modules as an early de facto standard in computer music.
The GS extensions were first introduced and implemented on Roland Sound Canvas series modules, starting with the Roland SC-55 in 1991. The first model supported 317 instruments, 16 simultaneous melodic voices, 8 percussion voices and a compatibility mode for Roland MT-32 (although it only emulated it and lacked programmability of original MT-32) and gained explosive popularity.