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   *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_MT-32
   *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_SC-55
+  *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_U-110
+  *http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BBU%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
+====== Introduction ======
+There are three ways how to output music on X68000 - Built-in sound, Roland LA sound source, Roland GS sound source. The Roland MT-32 MIDI synthesizer module, which was accepted as the industry standard for X68000, was introduced in 1987, the same year when the first X68000 came out. It used Linear Arithmetic synthesis to produce sound and saw several upgrades. The Roland SC-55 General Standard module, which was introduced in 1991, supported LA through emulation which was not accurate and thus noticeably degraded music quality. However, there are some games that take advantage of GS enhanced capabilities.
 ====== Datasheet ======
 |  Sound module  |  LA sound source (Tr.2-10)  |  PCM sound (Tr.11-16)  |  GS sound source (Tr.1-16)  |
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 |  SC-55  |  ●*  | |  ●  |
 |  SC-55mkII  |  ●*  | |  ●  |
+|  SC-88  |  ●*  | |  ●  |
 *Linear Arithmetic synthesis available through emulation.
+|  Model  |  Year  |  Standards  |  Parts  |  Voices  |  Tones  |  Drumsets  |  output resolution  |
+|Roland SC-55  |  1991  |  GM GS  |  16  |  24  |  317  |  9  |  16 bit @ 32kHz  |
+|Roland SC-55mkII  |  1993  |  GM GS  |  16  |  28  |  354  |  9  |  18 bit @ 32kHz  |
+|Roland SC-88  |  1994  |  GM GS  |  32  |  64  |  654  |  22  |  18 bit @ 32kHz  |
 ====== Roland MT-32 ======
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-A combination of the CM-32L with the sample-based CM-32P which features a Memory card slot. The CM-32P part plays on MIDI channels 11-16 which are not used by the CM-32L part.
+A combination of the CM-32L with the sample-based CM-32P, features a Memory card slot for ROM cards with PCM data. The CM-32P part plays on MIDI channels 11-16 which are not used by the CM-32L part. There were a total of 15 PCM ROM cards and Gemini Wing takes advantage of SN-U110-07 and SN-U110-10.
+|  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  |
 ====== Roland SC-55 ======
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 A minor upgrade to the original SC-55. The Mk2 model has an upgraded ROM, that has a few more instrument sets that are not in the original SC-55 and brings the total number of notes it can play at once to 28 (over the 24 of the first one). It also has an RS232 port that the first one does not have, allowing computers that only have a serial port to communicate with it over RS232 using special MIDI drivers or software that support MIDI through a serial port. The DAC in the Mk2 models was also upgraded to an 18 bit one, over the 16 bit one of the original.
+====== Roland SC-88 ======
+|{{:x68000:roland_sc-88_1.jpg?200|}}  |{{:x68000:roland_sc-88_2.jpg?300|}}  |
+Roland SC-88 features twice as much voices, tones and drumsets as its predecessor the SC-55mkII and has an 18 bit DAC as-well.