ISM

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File Format
Name ISM
Ontology
Extension(s) .rsc, .rsd
Released 1987

Some Roland musical instruments support ISM "Intelligent System of Music".[1] This system supported MIDI and their proprietary RSC - RSD formats on 3.5 inch floppy disks.[2][3]

Format Information

Audio files come in pairs

  • RSC is a supporting file with metadata about the song, title, copyright, and system support
  • RSD is the actual song data. Often beginning with some variation of 00 A3 00 03 02 18 00 88

Software

Format can be converted with an online or offline tool.

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20081219030217/http://www.roland.com/products/en/exp/ism.html
  2. https://asgerix.dk/web/page/roland2midi
  3. https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/roland-ra-95-disk-file-format-compatibility/
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