ROLAND D-50 Digital Synthesizer 1987 | HQ DEMO

[TrainmasterCurt]

@ 3:37 sounds just like Foreigner's "I Don't Want To Live Without You"

[douro20]

The MT-32 tone module is very similar to the D-50 but it suffers from very noticeable audio distortion due primarily to poor ground isolation. There are ways around it, though, and a couple of companies have done mod services for them.

[igig1970666]

whats that separation bar on your screen?  D50 did not have 2 LCD ?

[BaconBricks]

@igig1970666

yes it did.

[Venatt1]

The bell type sound at 6:15 do you know in what ROM Card is it included ?

[fender1000100]

Not Bad But not as good as a DX7s or JX8P. Too much reliance on effects to lift and space the sounds. The DX7s can produce a better alround array of sounds from the fattest bass to the most awesome pads. Its a PURE SYNTH. The Roland JX8P to which I consider better that both a jupiter 8 and D50.

[dorgasvideos]

My only and favourite synth... the best synth for beautiful and ethereal pads EVER.

[TrainmasterCurt]

@dorgasvideos I do indeed agree, when I get to Heaven, I bet the music there will sound like a Roland D-50/D-550!!

[tonijn1969]

i have a D50 i love this synth

[HOOKSnKISSES]

Thanks for sharing this demo although I must say  a 240p YT vid can hardly be called "HQ". ;)

[AnalogAudio1]

@HOOKSnKISSES HQ means, the audio is a direct-line recording, the audio is HQ.

[Cityangel38]

@AnalogAudio1 HI Guy, thanks for this demo, which sound card did you use to have a so good sound ? thanks in advance ! keep it up !:)

[dreamrecorder]

Are these Original factory presets sound? Or you make / modified them by with the Joystick. I have a D-50 here, I have never heard before some of the Strings/Orchestral you played in the video.

[AnalogAudio1]

@dreamrecorder the most of the sounds are not the factory sounds. I got them from internet...

[dreamrecorder]

@AnalogAudio1 Thank you.

[jcarterize]

Geddy Lee used this synth

[pairman69]

I still wouldn't kick this out of bed for eating crackers

[culturaleyes]

this synth sounds like the cosmic key from Masters of the Universe

[magermunson]

Mono sucks!^^

[xan1242]

i hav d-20 and its really awesome synth if you know how to use it.

[SpacehotelMusic]

@xan1242 D-20 have very little to do with the D-50 though. None of the D series has the full architecture and depth of the D-50, nor does the JD800 for that matter. D-50 one of the best synths ever made and with a real synthesizer (not 'just a rompler') lurking inside. I program mine fine.

[StrangeQuarkStar]

I was just listening to Jean Michel Jarre today, after which I heard this demo of yours.

I didn't know JMJ used preset D-50 sounds for Revolutions!

Apparently the D-50 was for Revolutions what the Synthex was for Rendezvous…

Great demonstration, as usual!

[AnalogAudio1]

@StrangeQuarkStar ... and what the Eminent was for OXYGENE. Thanks...

[blackknight2545]

@StrangeQuarkStar

I´ve got some JMJ Sounds from "Revolutions" on my D-50.

Jarre used many of this presets on this Album.

[sauermusicDE]

If anyone knows a good "D-50 like pads" sound bank for the XP/JV-series...please contact me.

[fystasjoppheng]

Nice demo! Do you know if the Behringer BCR2000 can replace the PG-1000?

[AnalogAudio1]

@fystasjoppheng maybe I will try one, because the PG-1000 costs almost like a D-50 today.

[rondroyd]

@AnalogAudio1

same whit the pg800/300 foor jx synth s

[blackknight2545]

@AnalogAudio1

That is right, I spend as much money for the PG-1000 as for the D-50.

[Marvin427]

Very nice synth!!! i'm considering getting one of these, how much did you pay for yours, what would be a reasonable price to buy one for?

also, do you think this would be a good choice for a 2 man band like breathe carolina or cookiebreed? my friend and i are starting a techno/metal band. and we need a synth.

[TheMilford]

Geddy Lee used one of these in the late 80s... I think it's all over Hold Your Fire and Presto.

[BrontoScorpioMusic]

Definitiv ein Synth mit Charakter! Klasse Demo, wie immer!

[soundmanhaven1]

i had one sold recently it is one of its own sounds no other i heard sounds like it very cool to have

[RudyZombe]

What a beast of synth.

[CleverDjembe]

Epic synthi!

[jauqq]

Loads of D50 al over Canyon Dreams by Tangerine Dream. Another great D50 album.

[soundmanhaven1]

@jauqq Hi really did td used the d50 on canyon dreams i not hear it yet...

[jauqq]

Yeah loads of D50 presets all over it, esp the tracks Canyon Carver, Waters Gift (which features THE most lovely D50 patch ever "Soundtrack")

Check out the album if you can!!

[schmittwilli]

Great, all the sounds you can hear on Jean Michael Jarre`s "Revolutions" album.

A really amazing synthesizer. I wish i had this machine at home.

[RobinStrower]

Sounds fantastic, I really like Roland synths, many of them have very usable sounds.

5 *

Robin :o)