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.
| 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 and 6 individual outputs (different output modes are available) also a headphone socket is attached to the mix output | |
| Multimbral | Yes. 6 Parts splitting the polyphony with each part i.e. no dynamic voice allocation | |
| Effects | Basic Digital Chorus and Tremolo | |
| Filter | NONE | |
| Display | 16x2 LC Display | |
| Control | 6 Front panel buttons and a volume dial for the mix/headphone output. |
| 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 |