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Roland UA-100 At a Glance |
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Released: Version: 0.00 | |
Rated: 5.0/10 User reviews: (3) | ||
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Alex Daniels writes: |
One of the (if not THE) first USB midi/audio interfaces. Also a 20 bit (relatively) high quality a/d-d/a convertor and guitar fx processor. Also has an optical spdif out for recording to minidisc or DAT.
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Good Points Relatively cheap for what you get. Bad Points If you don't have an intel chipset on your pc motherboard, then forget buying this unit. I tried the UA-100 with a Via chipset USB controller and it would crash windows 98 within 5 seconds of transmitting audio. To be fair, Roland do say which USB chipsets work with the unit on the side of the box (in very very small writing) - however it's a little hard to read the box when you mail order it, and the edirol web site has no mention of this rather important information. I switched to (a new computer with) a BX-440 intel chipset and things seemed ok, but after a while I noticed the midi timing was screwey and eratic, almost random. Turns out Roland's win98 driver was to blame. V 1.10 fixed that issue, and finally the thing seems to work ok. Btw, Win95 osr2 with USB can't be used, it must be Win98. As you can see, there are a couple gotcha's you have to watch out for with this unit, but I guess that's what happens when you're on the bleeding edge of technology. |
Roland UA-100 Specifications: |
Digital IOs: spdif out Analog IOs: 1 pair of ins and outs (20 bit convertor) Midi IOs: 2 midi ins and outs Other IOs: guitar and mic (unbalanced) |
Maximum Resolution:44.1 @ 20 bits
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Software supported: Windows 98 |
UA-100 Links |
UA-100 Win 2000 drivers Try the Midi/Sync Interfaces links page for more.. |