Roland D20 demos part1

Factory ROM Demos showcasing Sounds and the boards capabilities.

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Music

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• Roland
• D20
• ROM
• demos

[worknman74]

At the 46 second mark, there is something wrong with the demo song - it's like the polyphony is overloaded or something, or that isn't the right sound. It is supposed to sound similar to how it does at 0:57, but even that isn't quite right either. I know this because I used to have this board, and that demo song is burned into my mind forever :)

[willrobinsonensoniq]

@worknman74 I know the same demo sounds different on the D110 as well. Different firmware/chipset perhaps?

[worknman74]

@willrobinsonensoniq There's a D10 demo on here that sounds like yours, but also a D110 demo (watch?v=urYQt0GPS74) that sounds more like mine used to. You can tell that at 0:47, the high G that plays is meant to be held down and not staccato. But even this one doesn't sound right... in between the G and D that plays, there is a brief 'pause', but there's supposed to be an E there. I know it doesn't really matter, but thinking about it is gonna keep me up at night :) lol

[willrobinsonensoniq]

@worknman74 i could think of worse songs to haunt my evenings. Macho Memory is living up to its name. LOL.

[Riot454di]

Sounds like a toy??

[willrobinsonensoniq]

@Riot454di That sounds about right. How far the equipment has come in the past two decades that today's toys sound like vintage keyboards.

[worknman74]

@willrobinsonensoniq Anyway, as I said, the D110 one is still a bit 'off', and I don't know what accounts for these differences. Since I sold mine about 12 years ago, perhaps there's something in the machines that gives out as they get older.

[willrobinsonensoniq]

@MusicAdict70 I sent a message to you regarding this as links cannot be shared via comments.