Roland — U-220 Vst

Have you used the original U-220 or the Roland Cloud version? Drop a comment below about your favorite "cheesy" rackmount sound from the 90s.

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Mark reached for the power strip under his desk. He was about to pull the plug when the plugin spoke one last time, clear as day, no longer sounding like a recording. Have you used the original U-220 or the Roland Cloud version

The U-220 was often sold as a "D-50 with samples instead of synthesis." Interestingly, Roland Cloud’s D-50 plugin cannot load U-220 patches natively (different architecture), but the D-50 library shares many of the same "attack" samples used in the U-220's percussive sounds. The subject line was blank, the body contained