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About the US-2:
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For those of you unfamiliar with the US-2, you plug a vintage Roland guitar synth controller, like a G-202, G-303, G-808, G-808, or a bass unit like the G-88 or G-77 into the female 24-pin input connector. Plug the channel A and B outputs into a vintage synth, and you now ca play either synth A, synth B, or both. The US-2 receives its power from synth A. However, you can plug a bus converter, like a BX-13 into the synth B output, enabling you to play a 24-pin and 13-pin synth at the same time.
If you are familiar with how the GR-300, GR-33B or GR-100 look when they are working, well, you get the same light show! The front panel LEDs flash just like they do on the synths, until you push down on the footswitch and engage an output. Then the respective LED lights solid.
Inside the US-2:
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MES Online Auction Photos:
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These photos are from an excellent auction run in 2006 by MES Online. This was perhaps the nicest US-2 that I have ever seen. The US-2 also included a shorty C-24D cable as well.
Heart of a Multi-Synthesizer System:
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As the above photos show, the US-2 can be used with either vintage Roland guitar, or bass, systems. Thanks to Pablo Leocata for the photo of his dream bass system!
Video Demo of this US-2 in Action:
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| A Parker Nitefly with factory Roland MIDI GK pickup installed drives a Roland GR-300 and GR-700 with a Roland US-2. |
