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From Our Research Team:A Complete Music Production Multi-tool!Roland and Cakewalk teamed up to create an awesome, portable sound module and interface called the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas. The SD-50 gives you a musical multi-tool that can handle anything from simple 2-track recording or playback, to being the centerpiece of a live, one-man-band. It offers you high-quality XLR and instrument inputs along with onboard effects, and the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas can play your backing tracks from a USB flash memory drive while providing you with a fully multitimbral sound engine for your keyboard controller. No matter what kind of music you create, the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas has tools that let you do more.Click for Video & Audio Demos:
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In the studio, the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas is your complete 2-channel interface. Select from its hi-Z instrument or phantom-powered XLR inputs and record with most Mac- or PC-based DAWs. If you use a PC, then you can even take advantage of the included SONAR 8.5 LE recording software from Cakewalk. And if your studio is anywhere you can take your laptop, then the USB bus-powered SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas is fully prepared to join you. As a sound module, the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas is entirely worthy of the Roland name. A 1-in/1-out MIDI interface lets you plug in any MIDI equipped controller or keyboard. The SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas gives you 1,125 sounds and sports a 128-note polyphony. It even comes with impressive Mobile Studio Solo Tones, such as Roland's acclaimed shakuhachi, trombone, and violin. And because the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas meets General MIDI 2 (GM2) format specifications, any properly formatted MIDI 1 or 0 file you load via its onboard USB port will provide properly orchestrated backing tracks as you play. Even if you aren't a musician, the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas is a powerful general purpose sound source. SONAR LE 8.5 offers educators and lecturers easy-to-use software to edit music or audio for presentation purposes, and the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas itself provides powerful and useful functions. While connected to a computer, it is a high-quality audio output option. But the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas doesn't require a computer to function. With only six AA batteries or using its included AC adapter, the SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas is able to run in standalone mode. Just plug in a USB flash memory device loaded with your audio, and use its comprehensive onboard controls to play it back. Roland and Cakewalk SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas Features at a Glance:
Roland and Cakwalk's SD-50 Mobile Studio Canvas is your total music production solution! SD-50 Sound Canvas Image Gallery
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Reviewsbased on 2 reviewsSD-50 & Sonar LE
by George R Wilson from Campbellsville, KY
This Amazing device about the size of a King James Bible made a believer out of me!November 22, 2011 Music Background: Mel-Bay Registered Guitar Instructor 20 years Can't wait to explore the Recording aspects with the Sonar LE program. I'm familiar with CakeW... read more [+]alk Pro 8.0 but this is new and I'm still in that discovery mode. But everything has been enjoyable! I need a little help with my Playlist Editor as it requires Apple Software and my computer has problems when installing Quicktime and Apple Support Software. All other things fine, close [-] Good but Has Major Problems
by Eric Chalko from South Bend, IN USA
I used to use the Edirol SD-20 back in the day as my sound bank. I wanted to upgrade to something better, and was hoping that the Roland SD-50 would be that answer. I was very excited to receive the... read more [+] package, FINALLY figured out how to get it to work and how to work the thing myself, and that's when the problems started. Overall, I really liked the sounds and was very happy with it for a while. (It should be noted here that the sounds themselves are decent, but that's about the extend of it.) September 7, 2010 Music Background: hobbyist Later, when I tried to use it with my computer, the thing kept freezing up. I read about a patch that's supposed to help with an i5 compatibility problem, and I can't download it to the SD-50 because it won't accept any of my flash drives. This begs the question...why do I have to update it using a flash drive when it's CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER with via usb? Another problem I had with it is the fact that it can only save 3 preset instrument playlists at a time. What happened with the SD-20 method, having a software program that allowed you to save to the computer and choose your instruments easily with the mouse instead of fishing around with a turn wheel? This does get easier to use after a while, but it doesn't come close to the user interface that it should have. Roland needs to do their user research and observe people using it in order to see how this slows the creative process down. Admittedly, I only really use it for its midi sound bank, hooking it up to my computer and keyboard so that I can use it with Cakewalk, so I'm not sure how the other features work. All I know is that it keeps freezing on me, has an unfriendly interface, and doesn't allow you to update it without buying a Roland thumb drive. At least it looks pretty, though. close [-] Also popular
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