Edirol Introduces SD-80 Studio Canvas

SD-80 (Click for a close-up)

Rear Panel (Click for a close-up)

Edirol's latest high-end sound module, the SD-80, was announced at Summer NAMM show. The SD-80 is the flagship of the new Studio Canvas line of Edirol sound modules. The SD-80 is one of the most universal USB sound module solutions ever produced conforming to GM2, GS, and XGlite specifications. The SD-80 also ships with a powerful software editor that can control the SD-80's sound parameters via a graphical interface. The software editor provides complete control over tone editing, patch changes and effect parameters. It has a suggested retail price of $850.

The key SD-80 features include:

• GM2/GS/XGlite compatibility with 32-part, 128-voice polyphony
• 1,050 tones, 30 drum sets, 3 Multi Effect units
• Can be rack-mounted for studio use, or vertically mounted for desktop use
• Optical/Coaxial Digital output (S/Pdif)
• SD-80 Editor Software included (Win/Mac)
• 2-stereo/4-mono multi-outputs
• 2-port external MIDI In/Out/Thru
• WindowsXP/2000/ME/98, MacOS (OMS/FreeMIDI), MacOSX compatible