Edirol SD-20

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Edirol SD-20
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Now there's a compact, portable, USB bus powered MIDI solution, perfect for your laptop. The Edirol SD-20 gives you the right number of sounds, and works with your computer no matter what its age: you can connect through USB or serial ports. And its compact size makes it easy to connect and create anywhere.

Main Features

  • 32-part, 64-voice polyphony
  • Complete studio module including 32-part MIDI synthesizer and 64-voice polyphony for sequencing, karaoke, huge orchestrations and more….
  • GM2/GS/XGlite 660 tones, 23 drum sets
  • The standard GM2/GS/XGlite compatible sound selections provide a variety of music genres such as classical, contemporary, pop and beyond. Play the realistic instruments tones from Grand Pianos, Rippin' Guitars, Jazzy Sax and Ethnic Drums!!
  • Optical Digital Output (S/P DIF)
  • Optical digital connection allows for exceptional MIDI sound quality output not found on any sound module in its price range.
  • USB bus powered, adaptor free
  • USB connection supplies power as well as data.
  • Easy connection to computer (Serial / USB)
  • Legacy compatible with serial computers or simply connect through USB for Mac or PC

Specifications

  • Internal Sounds :3 maps (Classical, Contemporary, Solo)
  • Preset Sounds :660
  • Drum sound sets :23
  • Effects : Reverb, Chorus
  • Power Supply : USB bus or DC 9 V (AC Adaptor)
  • Dimensions : 203 (W) x 159 (D) x 35 (H) mm, 8 (W) x 6-5/16 (D) x 1-7/16 (H) inches
  • Weight : 0.4 kg/15 oz
  • Accessories : USB Cable, Owner's manual, SD-20 driver CD-ROM, AC Adaptor

System Requirements

  • Macintosh
    • Operating System: MacOS 8.5, 8.6, 9.x
    • Computer: USB ready Apple Macintosh
    • CPU/clock: PowerPC G3/233 MHz or higher
    • Memory (RAM): 64 MB or more
    • OMS 2.3.3 or later. FreeMIDI 1.35 or later
  • Windows
    • Operating System: Microsoft Windows Me/98/98SE/2000/XP
    • Computer: Windows compatible equipped with a USB* port
    • CPU/clock: Pentium Processor 200 MHz or higher
    • Memory (RAM): 32 MB or more
    • *Intel USB Chipst are recommended

Edirol SD-20

Mike Lyons
February 27, 2007

Rating: 8/10

This is a fine piece of kit, for those wishing to add extra sparkle to their MIDI music. High quality sound sets, coupled with easy connectivity and trouble-free installation make it a very useful item for the home or travelling studio.

The SD-20 is very compact and light as anyone who has seen its heavyweight brother the SD-90 will tell you and the simple front face is easy to follow. The sheer number of connections possible on the back panel should make it a doddle to connect, whatever your equipment. The ability to switch between bus powered and self powered mode is particualry useful as it cuts down on carrying extra power supplies on the move, but means you get a more stable environment if you already have a huge drain on your USB power rail.

I was very impressed with the high quality of the GM2/Native soundset which has very 'human sounding' orchestral instruments, with variable vibrato on the string sounds and different attack on the brass, which adds to the realism in both chamber and full-on orchestral music.

Where there is a slight downside, the XG and GS soundsets can be fiddly to switch to in software (rather than using the front panel mode switch)as can the 3 available instrument sets. Also there seems to be a slight problem with USB if the machine has auto-switch-off, sometimes the native soundset gets replaced by the standard (and very nasty) Microsoft wavetable soundset and you have to fully switch off and unplug to get it back. (This was also a problem with the SD-90). Having said that, it has run very smoothly on my laptop and will, I'm sure, provide me with many years for faithfull service.

All-in-all, this is a very good product for those of us making music on a budget. The sound quality is excellent and the price is reasonable.

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