Compatible Media Guide
Current Operating Systems S-760 2.24 S-770 / 750 2.25 SP-700 1.12 EEPROM MS-1 1.12 JS-30 1.03 EEPROM DJ-70 1.05 EEPROM DJ-70MkII 1.03 EEPROM SP-808 1.021
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-760's System Versions 2.19 - 2.23 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. Sony
1x Speed
CDU-541
CDU-6111
Roland CD-5
2x Speed
CDU-55S (Caddieless)
Apple CD-300E
CDU-561
Apple CD-300
4x Speed
CDU-76S
CSD-7611M
Apple 600E +
Panasonic
LK-RC503 (CR 503)
MediaVision
2x Speed
Reno DriveNEC
1x Speed
CDR-84
CDR-74
CDR-38
CDR-37
CDR-36
CDR-35
CDR-25
2x Speed
CDR-211
CDR-210
3x Speed
CDR-510
4x Speed
CDR-511
8x Speed
CDR-410
Phillips
8x Speed
PCA80SCChinon
1x Speed
CDX-435
CDX-431
2x Speed
CDX-525
CDX-535
Toshiba
1x Speed
XM-3301
2x Speed
XM-4402A
XM-3401
3x Speed
TMX-5201B
4x Speed
XM-3501
12x Speed
XM-5701TA
32x Speed
XM-620Plextor
1x Speed
M-5024D
2x Speed
DM-3028
DM-5024
4x Speed
PX-43CS
6x Speed
PX-65CXS
8x Times
PX-85CS
12x Speed
PX-12CSE
Pioneer
24x Speed
DR-U24X
(S-760 only)
6 Disc Multi CD-ROM Changers
Double Speed
DRM-602X
Quad Speed
DRM-604XRoland Digital Samplers are not currently compatible with CD-ROM writers or WORM Drives.
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 at the end of this page.
Suggested types of Fixed Hard Drives:Quantum Seagate Toshiba JVC Maxtor Conner Fujitsu
Removable Media Drives SyQuest Mechanisms 44MB 88MB 105MB 135MB 200MB 230MB 270MB IoMega Mechanisms Bernoulli 150 MB* ZIP 100 Mbytes Jaz 1 Gigabyte The Iomega ZIp and Jaz drives should have system 2.23 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.
Other Mechanisms Nomai
540MB MCD
Does not format discs, only initializes preformatted discs
Optical Drives * Use 512 Sector discs for all Optical Media. 128MB Mechanisms* Ricoh
RS-3100E
Chinon Relax Sierra
RS-5031ESony
RMO-S350
RMO-S360
301F230MB Mechanisms* Fujitsu
M2512Olympus
MOS321256MB Mechanisms* 230/640MB Mechanisms*
must use 540MB or 230MB disksMost
Ocean MicroFujitsu
APS600MB Mechanisms* Sony
RM-S-550
FWB/Hammerdisk
MassMicro/Datapak
ThirdWave/Optidisk
PLI/Optical 5.25
Sharp JY-750
Maxoptix Tahiti-2Ricoh
RS-9200
Panasonic
Gemini PCD
4xCD-ROM and MO drive
Phase Change / CD Subsystem1.3GB Mechanisms* Sony
SMO-F521
Pinnacle Micro Sierra 1.3
Maxoptix Tahiti 3Roland Samplers can format
up to 600MB per side of each
1.3BG optical disc.
SCSI DAT Drives Wang DATA DAT 1300
Archive Python Data DAT 4360XTAPS DAT*
Dynatek*Hewlett 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 compatible SIMMs. S-770, DJ-70 & JS-30
30pin 1x8Mbyte, 100ns or fasterS-750 & SP-700
30pin 4x8Mbyte, 100ns or fasterS-760 & DJ-70MkII
8Mbyte- 72pin type 2-megaword x 32 bit D-RAM modules. 16 4-megabit D-RAMS built-in. Access time-within 80 nsec
16Mbyte- 72pin type 4-megaword x 32 bit D-RAM modules. 16 4-megabit D-RAMS built-in. Access time-within 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 M3g, 5 volt SmartMedia cards.
RGB Monitors These Monitors require special adapter cables. See the Contact Sources list for suppliers. Atari SC-1224
Atari SC-1435
Mitsubishi Diamondscan
Taxan 610/420NEC 3D
Magnavox 8762
Commodore 1080 & 1084
Sony KV1311Sony PVM
Zenith ZVM133
Darius TSM-1431
CD-ROM Writers and Software 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.
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: Phone SoundLogic (619) 789-6558 Glyph Technologies (607) 275-0154 Rorke Data (800) 328-8147 Desktop SCSI Drives: APS (800) 925-4922 MacWarehouse (800) 645-9173 Memory Distributors EBI Inc + (626) 961-3437 Advantage Memory * (800) 266-0488 Prima International** (800) 737-7462 SoundLogic + (619) 789-6558 Bell Micro** (408) 451-1680 Essex** (408) 229-8035 HCo + (800) 726-2477 Epoch+ (800) 736-3762 * (SIMMs & PCMCIA)
+ (SIMMs Only)
** (PCMCIA Only)Monitors (RGB) Direction Sound & Vision (310) 276-2063 SoundLogic (619) 789-6558 Monitors (S-Video) AVVID (800) 924-2932 Computer Video Capture Cards
(S-Video and Composite)MacWarehouse (Mac) (800) 645-9173 Tiger Software (IBM) (800) 888-4437 Monitor Cables Redmond Cable (206) 882-2009 WA
(423) 478-5760 TNVideo, Mouse & SCSI Switchers Redmond Cable (206) 882-2009 WA
(615) 478-5760 TNVideo & Mouse Switcher (RGB) SHP manufacturing (310) 393-2933 CD-ROM Writer Programs Adaptec (408) 934-7283 3rd Party CD-ROM Distributors Spectrasonics (800) 764-9379 Q Up Arts (408) 688-9524 East-West Soundwarehous (310) 858-8797 Ilio Entertainment (800) 747-4546 InVision (800) 468-5530 NorthStar (503) 760-7777 SampleHeads (212) 262-3488