The Roland CM-500 is a desktop GS/GM compatible digital synthesizer (editing via MIDI only) combining the CM-300 and CM-32L engines. The CM-300 engine is (aftertouch and velocity sensitive) 24 voice (multimbral), featuring an oscillator, a resonant low-pass filter, an ADR envelope, vibrato (with delay), portamento, reverb/chorus, 128 presets, 10 drum sets. The CM-32L engine is (velocity sensitive) 8-32 voice (9 part multimbral), featuring 1-4 oscillators (sample or resonant low pass filtered saw/square), dedicated pitch/filter/amp 5 stage envelopes, LFO, reverb, 128 presets, The CM-500 has a four-position switch on the back to select between LA synthesis, GS synthesis or a combination of both. Physical Form Factor Dimensions Weight Audio Input Audio Output Communication Port Control Input Control Output Switch Input Power desktop W:284mm(11.1875in) D:255mm(10.0625in) H:48mm(1.9375in) 1.75kg(3.875lbs) no stereo:RCA MIDI:IN/OUT/THRU MIDI MIDI no 9VDC 1A Interface Compatibility Multitimbral Memory Program Memory External Storage External Programming UI Input UI Output CM-32L CM-64 CM-500 MT-32 LAPC-I SC-55 GS/GM 1 presets:128 preset-drum-set:10 MIDI-SysEx MIDI-SysEx none none Architecture Multitimbral Polyphony Unison Architecture 16+9 32+24 no PCM->DCF->DCA [DCO->DCF->DCA]+[PCM->DCA]+[DCO->DCF->DCA]+[PCM->DCA] Output Effects Pan Modulator Volume Modulator Headphone reverb chorus key MIDI-CC10 MIDI-CC7 ENV velocity yes Control Arpeggiator Arpeggiator External Sequencer Sequencer Memory Sequencer External Continuous Program Change no N/A no N/A N/A MIDI-CC1 MIDI-CC5 MIDI-CC6 MIDI-CC7 MIDI-CC10 MIDI-CC11 MIDI-CC91 MIDI-CC93 MIDI-CC100 MIDI-CC101 MIDI Keyboard Key Pressure Chord Memory External Control External Sustain Key Scaling Velocity Curves channel no MIDI MIDI no 1 Sample Stereo Sample Depth Sample Rate Sample RAM Sample ROM Sample Points Sample Trigger Sample Loop Sample Edit no 16bit ? no ? N/A N/A N/A no Source Name Signal Class Waveform Octave Range Amplitude Modulator Harmonics Modulator Pitch Modulator Wave Assign Modulator Sample digital preset - no no Vibrato MIDI-PitchBend portamento no Filter Name Signal Class IC Resonant Shape Frequency Modulator Resonance Modulator Shape Modulator TVF digital ? yes low pass no no no Envelope Name Level Rate Loop Polarity Trigger Level Modulator Rate Modulator ENV - attack decay release no yes no no no LFO Name Waveform Delay Polarity Sync Delay Modulator Level Modulator Rate Modulator Vibrato triangle? yes no no no MIDI-CC1 no

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