DCB
DCB (short for Digital Communication Bus)[1][2] was Roland's short-lived precursor to MIDI, and indeed many of its ideas were merged with Sequential Circuits's in order to create the MIDI specification.
While DCB isn't as featureful as MIDI, a MIDI to DCB converter at least allows you to control a DCB-based synthesiser via MIDI without modifying it.
Example implementations
- Kenton Pro-DCB
- Roland JSQ-60
- Roland Juno-60
- Roland Jupiter-8
- Roland MC-4 with OP-8 CV Interface
- Roland MD-8
- Roland MSQ-700
References
- "Juno-60 service notes" Roland, Apr 1983, p. 19
- "MD-8 manual" Roland, Sep 1983, p. 1
Roland: DCB | JV-1080 | Juno-6 | Juno-106 | MC-4 | MC-8 | MPU-101 | R-8 | SH-101 | SN-R8 series | SN-U110 series | SO-PCM1 series | SR-JV80 series | System-100 | System-100M | TB-303 | TR-606 | TR-808 | TR-909 | U-110 | VP-330 | W-30
Studio infrastructure: ACSI | DCB | Eurorack | MIDI | SCSI | Tracks and channels