Roland SC-88 Sound Canvas Demo MIDI files

Here are four of the seven demo MIDI files which came with the Roland SC-88 Sound Canvas I bought back in 1994. I was unable to locate any information about who actually composed them.

"Myth" (C) 1994 Roland Corporation
"Toxoplasma" (C) 1994 Roland Corporation
"Opus 88" (C) 1994 Marvster Music
"Idaten" (C) 1994 Roland Corporation

Here's the original MIDI files if anyone is interested

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/687288/SC88FactoryMIDIs.zip

Category:

Music

Tags:

• SC88
• SC-88
• Sound Canvas
• Roland
• MIDI
• Demo
• Synthesizer
• Sound Module

[orborborb]

I added a link in the description to the original MIDI files

[F1carsguitar]

These are for keyboards only? Can you connect to any keyboard as long as it has midi?

[orborborb]

it has a standard MIDI input, so yes anything with a MIDI output will work

[StudioBBH]

Good helpfull module as a quick sketchbook. I still use these kinds of sounds (like basses or e. piano's or even timpani) sometimes in combination with live musicians and the Vienna Library and of course all kinds of AU, e.g. from Native Instruments.

Alltogether enough to get really good-sounding productions.

ps.: This referee-whistle is kind of funny in the first orchestral part...

[orborborb]

Yeah, that whistle sounds like an error in the MIDI file to me, perhaps it was composed before the hardware was finalized?

I definitely have found that the care that was put into the playability of a sampled sound counts more than the number of kilobytes or megabytes. Of course the effort put into the arrangement counts even more! Many of the great samples in the Sound Canvas series originated Roland's U110 expansion cards, which actually sound better due to less data compression.

[CirnoLikesMath]

I don't believe this is that these are the same samples in Windows 7 (MS GS wavetable) and Quicktime...

[fumecollector]

anyone can help me to instal vsc virtual soundcanvas to my windows 7?? thanks....pls send me tutorial thaks asap!

[5825gg]

the best module for a midi sequencer player....

[HDentmusic]

Thanks for the email.. I sent you one back

James

[yilito100]

Wonderful! I have my old SC-88 working good at present (2012) in combination via midi with the new Roland GR-55.

[waldguy]

I've got an SC-55 that hardly use anymore due to changing interests, but the thought of getting rid of it hurts too much. Still amazed at the quality for an early 1990s product.

[HoneycombAgent]

My synthesizer is broken. These midi's sound like crap when I try to play it on my computer!

[djkoelkast]

Sounds a lot like the music in Theme Hospital!