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 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.
