Roland SDD-320 Dimension D Chorus

Roland's Chorus effect that featured heavily on their JC Series guitar amplifiers was a unique and desirable sound back in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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The demand for this new chorus effect was so great, Roland developed the Roland SDD-320 Dimension D to satisfy that market demand, and it is quite possibly the greatest chorus effect processor ever made.

Roland’s chorus had a huge impact on recorded music particularly in the early 1980s. It almost defined the clean guitar sound from the early 1980s and onward. Guitarists like Alan Murphy used The Roland SDD-320 Dimension D rather than pedals in the studio, and you can hear this on his recordings with artists such as Go West and Kate Bush.

Details

The Roland SDD-320 Dimension D is a specially designed chorus effect unit for adding spatial effects to stereo and monaural sound sources.

Monaural inputs are converted from a single point sound source into a sound which fills the entire stereo field. The Dimension D gives a new dimension without the apparent movement of sound produced by most other chorus devices.

Features

Both balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs for ease of use in the studio or on the stage
Click-free noiseless switching between four different dimension modes.
Remote controlled dimension EFFECT/NORMAL function.
Fast acting LED level indicators,
Low noise (S/N greater than 95dB, “A” weighted) .
Standard 19″ rack mount

The Dimension Mode selector button provide different effects, MODE 1 produces the softest effect and MODE 4 produces the strongest effect. At OFF the sound passes through the SDD-320 without change.

Listen to Alan Murphy on guitar in this classic Go West song ‘Don’t look down’.

Specifications

Released: 1981

Quantization: N/A
Sampling Frequency: N/A
Frequency Response: Unknown
Dynamic Range: >95dB
THD: Unknown

Dimensions: 482mm x 92mm x 252mm
Weight: 4kg

Plug-In Options

Universal Audio Studio D

The Studio D Chorus plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces is an exacting emulation of this sought-after rack unit, deftly capturing its musical bucket-brigade circuit, the key to its complex range of sounds and textures.

Used on this classic track