Roland D-50 demonstration
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I really had problems to work without my D50s. But as the keyboard only has 5 octaves and lousy mechanics (plastic and non-weighted keys, sound comes too late) I got the VC1 card and I hardly hear the difference to the real thing.
Anyway - the D50 is one of the very few synths that can´t be reproduce by any other synths.
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Madonna-Live To Tell: D50 patch C-82 Spacy Voices is not in a factory setting right? I can't find it in my D50.
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the start is is madonna's live to tell 0:00
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@VintSynth Exactly, the D70 is like a U20 on steroids, they even share the same patch cards. There is little resemblance to the D50. The D70 is good though, don't get me wrong, but the D50 is a classic, the D70 is just a another synth lost in time.
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the d70 is not that weak...
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This is the best synthesizer Brendan the Blue Jay has!
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Good synth, good demo, and very good intro : i think i've recognized Madonna's "live to tell" intro at 0:02 !
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SO many good memories.
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Madonna Live to Tell
How does D50 compare to D70?
Forsure3333 1 year ago
@Forsure3333 Hardly at all. Compared to the D50, the D70 is rather weak, whatever it is the name suggests. The D70 is more related to the U20.
VintSynth 1 year ago 2
Great demo. Do you have any experience with having the key contacts cleaned? I have a few misbehaving keys and am not sure if I want to spend a lot to get them fixed. At the same time however, cleaning them doesn't really seem like a beginner's job. Do you have any advice? thanks.
culturaleyes 1 year ago
@culturaleyes I have the same problem on mine, that's why I mostly play it via MIDI nowadays. I am planning to repair it, though. Some time ago, I did the same thing on my Juno Alpha 2. It wat the first time I ever did this job and it worked out perfectly. I think it won't be that different on the D50. I did make a manual on the repair job of the Juno, you can find it here: frankjacobs dot nl/vintsynth/roland_alpha_juno-2_repair.html
VintSynth 1 year ago