Digital Sampler Compatibility Guide
Current Operating Systems
S-760 S-770 / 750 SP-700 MS-1 JS-30 DJ-70 DJ-70MkII SP-202 SP-808 SP-808EX 2.24 2.25 1.12 EPROM 1.12 1.03 EPROM 1.05 EPROM 1.02 EPROM 1.03 CPU 1.050 1.001
Most of the drives in this guide come in rackmount versions as well as desktop units. The last page of this guide has the contact information for the companies that can package various drives in rack configurations.

CD-ROM Drives

The S-760s System Versions 2.19 - 2.24 have 7 CD audio drivers that will support most CD-ROMs with the CD-Player function. See the Supplemental Note for information on how to set drivers. If a drive is not on this list, it does not mean it is not compatible. This is a list of tested CD-ROM drives.

1x Speed

CDU-541 CDU-6111 Roland CD-5
CDR-84 CDR-74 CDR-38 CDR-37 CDR-36 CDR-35 CDR-25

Chinon

CDX-435 CDX-431

Plextor

M-5024D

2x Speed

DM-3028 DM-5024

CDX-525 CDX-535

CDU-55S (Caddieless) Apple CD-300E CDU-561 Apple CD-300

4x Speed

PX-43CS

Toshiba

XM-3301

6x Speed

PX-65CXS
CDU-76S CSD-7611M Apple 600E +

CDR-211 CDR-210

8x Times
PX-85CS 12x Speed PX-12CSE

XM-4402A XM-3401

3x Speed

CDR-510

Panasonic

LK-RC503 (CR 503)

CDR-511

TMX-5201B

Pioneer
24x Speed DR-U24X (S-760 only) 6 Disc Multi CD-ROM Changers Double Speed

DRM-602X

MediaVision

Reno Drive

8x Speed CDR-410

XM-3501

Phillips

8x Speed PCA80SC

12x Speed XM-5701TA 32x Speed XM-620

Quad Speed

DRM-604X
Roland Digital Samplers are not currently compatible with CD-ROM writers or WORM Drives
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Hard Drives
Most SCSI hard drives that are fully compatible with Macintosh computers will work with the 700 Series digital samplers. Our samplers format up to 600MB per drive. Rackmount drives are available from companies listed in Contact Sources on page 4.
Suggested types of Fixed SCSI Hard Drives:
Quantum Seagate Toshiba JVC Maxtor Conner Fujitsu

Removable Media Drives

SyQuest Mechanisms
44MB 88MB 105MB 135MB 200MB 270MB

IoMega Mechanisms

Bernoulli 150MB Zip 100MB & 250MB* Jaz 1GB
The Iomega ZIp and Jaz drives should have system 2.24 for the S-760 and 2.25 for the S-770/750 samplers. The SP-700 will need the 1.12 EEPROM update to support the newer ZIP drives. * The JS-30 needs ROM version 1.03 to work with Zip 100 drives. The DJ-70MkII needs Operating System 1.02 to work with Iomega Jaz drives. The SP-808 can use both Zip 100 & 250 drives, but can only use the 100Mb disks. We have also been able to use the Zip 250 with the S-550 and W-30 samplers which can format up to 80MB of each cartridge.

Other Mechanisms

Nomai 540MB MCD Does not format discs, only initializes preformatted discs

Optical Drives

*Use 512k Sector discs for all Optical Media

128MB Mechanisms* Ricoh

RS-3100E Chinon Relax Sierra RS-5031E

RMO-S350 RMO-S360 301F

230MB Mechanisms* Fujitsu

Olympus

MOS321

256MB Mechanisms* Most

Ocean Micro

230MB/640MB Mechanisms*

must use 540MB or 230MB disks

Fujitsu APS

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Optical Drives (Continued)

600MB Mechanisms* Sony

RM-S-550 FWB/Hammerdisk MassMicro/Datapak ThirdWave/Optidisk PLI/Optical 5.25 Sharp JY-750 Maxoptix Tahiti-2

1.3 GB Mechanisms* Ricoh

RS-9200
SMO-F521 Pinnacle Micro Sierra 1.3 Maxoptix Tahiti 3
Roland Samplers can format up to 600MB per side of each 1.3GB optical disc.
Gemini PCD 4xCD-ROM and MOdrive Phase Change / CD Subsystem

SCSI DAT Drives

Wang DATA DAT 1300 Archive Python Data DAT 4360XT APS DAT* Dynatek* Hewlitt Packard Teac Data Cassette MT-2St/F50
* Does not work with S-770 / S-750 Samplers. The S-770/750 must use Hacker Mode to use Data DATs.

Memory

We recommend using the highest quality SIMM's possible. See the phone numbers under contact sources for companies recommended by Roland U.S. for compatibile SIMMs.

S-770, DJ-70 & JS-30

30pin 1x8Mbyte, 100ns or faster

S-750 & SP-700

30pin 4x8Mbyte, 100ns or faster
8Mbyte- 72pin type 2-megaword x 32 bit D-RAM modules. 16 4-megabit D-RAMS built-in. Access time-80 nsec 16Mbyte- 72pin type 4-megaword x 32 bit D-RAM modules. 16 4-megabit D-RAMS built-in. Access time-80 nsec

MS-1 Memory Cards

The MS-1 Digital Sampler uses the Sandisk type of ATA Type II Flash RAM PCMCIA Cards. These PC cards can be ordered through distributors at the end of this guide.

SP-202 SmartMedia Cards

The SP-202 is compatible with 2 and 4 Meg, 5 volt SmartMedia cards. These SmartMedia cards can be ordered through distributors at the end of this guide or from Roland directly (model # SM-4).

RGB Monitors

These Monitors require special adapter cables. See the Contact Sources list for suppliers. Atari SC-1224 Atari SC-1435 Mitsubitshi Diamondscan Taxan 610/420 NEC 3D Magnavox 8762 Commodore 1080 & 1084 Sony KV1311 Sony PVM Zenith ZVM133 Darius TSM-1431

S-Video

The Roland S-760 can be used with TV monitors, A/V Computers and Computer Video capture boards (Mac & IBM compatible) to display its output. The S-760 can supply either S-Video or Color Composite signals. See the Contact Sources list for companies that sell these monitors and boards. The S-770/750 Digital Samplers output their composite signals in black & white only.
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CD-ROM Writers and Software
The 700 Series Digital Samplers can not directly address CD-ROM writers, however you can copy a 700 Series Hard drive to a CD-ROM writer by using a computer with CD-ROM premastering software. The list below contains programs that we know to work by making a bit by bit or SCSI device copy of a hard drive to a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM writer compatibility will depend if these drives are supported by the software listed below.

Toast (Adaptec)

Contact Sources
Rackmount SCSI Drives: SoundLogic Glyph Technologies Rorke Data Desktop SCSI Drives: APS MacWarehouse Memory Prima International ** SoundLogic * Bell Micro** Essex** Think Computer Products Epoch
* (SIMMs & PCMCIA) (SIMMs Only) ** (PCMCIA Only)
Phone (760) 789-6558 (800) 335-0345 (800) 328-8147
Computer Video Capture Cards (S-Video and Composite) MacWarehouse (Mac) (800) 645-9173 Tiger Software (IBM) (800) 888-4437 Monitor Cables Redmond Cable Phone (425) 882-2009 WA (423) 478-5760 TN
(800) 925-4922 (800) 645-9173
(800) 266-0488 (760) 789-6558 (408) 451-1680 (408) 229-8035 (800) 726-2477 (800) 736-3762
Video, Mouse & SCSI Switchers Redmond Cable
(425) 882-2009 WA (615) 478-5760 TN
CD-ROM Writer Programs Adaptec 3rd Party CD-ROM Distributors Spectrasonics Q Up Arts East-West Soundwarehouse Ilio Entertainment NorthStar SampleHeads

(408) 934-7283

Monitors (RGB) Direction Sound & Vision SoundLogic Monitors (S-Video) AVVID
(310) 276-2063 (760) 789-6558

(800) 924-2932

(800) 764-9379 (800) 454-4563 (800) 833-8339 (800) 747-4546 (503) 760-7777 (800) 807-6056

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