The Virtual Sound Canvas from Roland, one of the world's biggest names in music technology, gives you stunning, realistic MIDI playback, without using any special hardware. This means you'll hear a huge improvement in your music, multimedia software and games without having to invest in a new soundcard. It has over 900 sounds to give you silky strings, brassy horns and classic synths, as well as 26 drum-kits. You can add effects to your music such as reverb and chorus, to get your sound just the way you like it.
Using the Virtual Sound Canvas also gives you the ability to record MIDI files as audio (.WAV Windows files and .AIFF Mac files) for later listening, editing or to burn to a CD.
Number of parts
16
Maximum polyphony
128 (This very according to your computer's specifications)
Number of sounds
902 sounds + 26 drum sets
Effects
Reverb / Chorus / Delay
Audio file conversion
Windows: WAV file / Macintosh: Apple AIFF
Contents
CD-ROM (Hybrid for Windows and Macintosh) - Virtual Sound Canvas 3.0 for Windows - Virtual Sound Canvas 3.0 for Macintosh - including over 100 music files - Owner's Manual
* Due to its specifications, software synthesizer will sound with some delay while playing from external devices, such as MIDI keyboards. * Virtual Sound Canvas 3.0 does not work with VSC-88 or VSC-55.
Windows PC
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows 2000(w/patch - NEW Version in April)
Computer
IBM PC or compatible computers
CPU/Clock
Pentium processor with MMX technology 166 MHz or higher, Pentium II processor or Pentium III processor
Memory(RAM)
32 MB or more
Hard Disk
15 MB of free space
Resolution/Colors of Display
640 x 480 or higher/256 colors or higher
Audio Device
a built-in sound device or a sound card supporting Windows 98/Windows 95 (16-bit stereo, 44.1/22.05/11.025 kHz sampling rate.)
* You cannot use with Windows NT.
Macintosh
Mac OS System 7.6 or later
Apple Macintosh Series
PowerPC 603e 133 MHz or higher, PowerPC 604, PowerPC 604e, or PowerPC G3
Compatible with OMS, FreeMIDI, and MIDI Manager, so it can be used as a sound module for playing data from other software. Real-time playback with G3 processors or higher with Macintosh platform.