ROLAND D-50 Demo&Review

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ROLAND D-50 Demo & Review
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[@MichaelSouhoka]

I remember all of those patch names... 0:04 - Future Pad, 1:28 - PCM E. Piano, 2:20 - Fantasia, 2:46 - Metal Harp, 3:00 - Arco Strings, 3:37 - Horn Section, 3:58 - D-50 Voices, 4:13 - Slow Rotor, 4:25 - Digital Native Dance, 4:54 - Flute/Piano Duo, 5:15 - Combie Strings, 5:25 - Nylon Atmosphere, 5:53 - Synthetic Electric, 6:12 - Intruder FX, 6:38 - OK Chorale, 7:21 - Jete Strings, 7:35 - Future Pad (reprise)

[@lilbluesky19]

Do u know the memory card number for those patches

[@MichaelSouhoka]

uriel garcia PN-D50-00, and usually it comes as a part of the D50 package, not for sale. But you can also get it as a SysEx file from many D50 blog archives.

[@pokemon2608]

Michael Souhoka I used to have back ups of all the best D50 patches, but they're on a fat mac 3 1/2 inch floppy somewhere, probably lost to entropy and bit rot at this point. I want point, I found patches online, but they're probably all long gone thanks to copyrights. If anyone wants to private message me where to regain all my patches for sysex upload, I would be grateful!

[@Examigan]

@@MichaelSouhoka Does the Roland Cloud D-50 plugin have those already, and if not, can I use them?

[@MichaelSouhoka]

@@Examigan Yes, it has all those factory presets (PN-D50-00) built-in, also includes presets from PN-D50-01 to 04. These presets are also included in the new Roland Boutique D-05.

[@lucamontefiori4128]

i literally cry everytime this man plays an improv. his stuff is just so epic

[@j.fuuryuji]

D-50の音色いつ聴いても素晴らしい‼︎

[@55masatoshi]

30年くらいたってるのにそれほどには今と変わらない気がする。

[@LesFarrington]

i fell in HOPELESS LOVE with the D-50 when i was released. nothing sounded like it and nothing since. I always felt it sounded like CHRISTMAS. i cant explain why. it had this ICY sound which you could layer on its Digital Warmth, it was by far the most Wide Ranging of all the synths up to its release and it was a huge hit. it is good for evolving dizzying textures. this video sure brings back those memories.

[@Chriskkboongg]

This guy's synth demos are the best on the planet.

[@forrestcitygroove]

i like when he say,s "PCM SOUND GENERATOR" cool dude !!!!

[@uglybastar-d]

1:51

[@pokemon2608]

I bought the very first D50 sold in San Francisco in early 1987.

[@dmomcilovic9185]

Poke Mon , I bought the 1217th sold in Birmingham England 1989

[@cnfuzz]

I bought the cheapest one 50 euro

[@ckeilah]

con fuzz it’s missing the mainboard, eh? 😜

[@cnfuzz]

@@ckeilah no really not joking bought it for 50 euro with 2 romcards and a memory card , also a jv1080 for 75 and m1r for 100

[@ckeilah]

con fuzz congratulations! Sounds amazing.

[@NegativeReferral]

I like your playing, Mr. Ujiie-san! Your chords are incredibly complex, but rarely dissonant - they're so uplifting! Your style reminds me of the short tunes played before The Roland D-50 is the essence of a digital hybrid (PCM+Subtractive) synthesizer. Like another commenter said, I always found these kinds of sounds very Christmassy. They're simultaneously warm and cold, both obviously electronic and full of the breath and airiness of acoustic instruments. It's both organic and synthetic, and since electricity is a force of nature - why not both? These sounds are so iconic that the General MIDI standard literally requires imitations of them in every compliant keyboard. These sounds remind me of a hidden nostalgia both for a time I was never alive, and for as long as I've been alive and aware of pop and video game music - they're everywhere, but you don't hear them as often.

[@thefool2007]

This is an excellent channel. Demos are always very good with excellent commentary. The sounds this unit produces are excellent even by today’s standards.

[@edwardhanson318]

This Synthesizer Roland D-50 is far the best and I give credit for all the engineers and engineering that went into making this. I still have mine and use this for composing my music.

[@Jaimefumer13]

The D-50 was an amazing machine. It's nice to hear it again.

[@Tischhupe]

It is great fun to see your demo's! Thank you!

[@gustavolara9919]

Thank you Ujiie-sama for your great videos, I have heard some of the most beautiful sounds from your playing. Hearing your playing reminds me of the magic of piano and keyboards. Thank you

[@moogdome2562]

i love to watch you play. you sound amazing. I have the D50 too. An amazing synth. thank you for sharing.

[@orcio]

Your demos are always the best!

[@dandare301]

Great reviews - you get to the essence of each synth !!!

[@V6602]

The Roland D50 rules;excellent demo by the way!!!

[@rickygarcia7400]

Tim Fielding yep king of synths(:🎹

[@amonra2158]

GREAT ROLAND D 50 DEMONSTRATION, ONE OF THE BEST ON THE YOU TUBE

[@drkam6]

Domo Arigato Katsunori for this great demo!

[@yakiyaki3483]

氏家先生、こんにちは。そう、全くおっしゃる通り、ファンタジア、本当に素晴らしい、デジタルリバーブを標準に組み入れてくれた事がすごく刺激になりました。残念ながら僕はユーザーにはなれなかったのだけれど、GAIAユーザーで勘弁してください。あれ、ディレイとリバーブがとっても素敵に聴こえるんですよ。GAIA買ってみてください、シンセサイザー初心者さんには本当にお薦めです。ローランドさんありがとう。

[@deadwhenifoundher]

wonderful demo. thank you.

[@PureAmbientDrone]

Lovely sounding machine!

[@hpdc5100sff]

6:40からの音といい演奏といい、素晴らしい。

[@vkvvkyjvijv]

氏家師匠はなんでこんなに素晴らしいの・・・。

[@GennaroGiugliano]

Great D50 Synthesizer !!!!!

[@adam872]

I still have my D50 and love it. It was my main workhorse instrument for many years.

[@stcezaire06]

Many thanks I have my D50 next Week !!!!

[@jml19221]

You can name a Top 40 hit with each preset of the Roland D50. It really became Roland flagship synth for a full decade. It was my first professional level synthesizer.

[@benanderson89]

It's the sound of British Television in the 1990s because it (along with a few other Roland units) are what the BBC used for music production for pretty much the entire decade.

[@erikthompson9144]

It was my first pro-synth as well! As a teenager, I worked for an entire summer and saved enough to either buy a used car or a used D-50 with a stand and a 200w Peavy amp. Never regretted my decision once!

[@dvamateur]

Well, if Roland introduced the D-50 in 1984, they would've made a splash, no doubt. However, having 1MB of onboard samples in 1984 would have been totallly prohibitive. Such instrument would have to cost probably around $5,000 in in 1984. But yes, Roland fired back with the D-50 in 1987 which was right about the same time as Yamaha introduced the DX7II. So yeah, Roland fired back a the DX7II, and very successfully at that.

[@wal74222]

Future pad at the beginning and the end of this video is just magic! Got my eye out for a good condition D-50 now.

[@mentalmelodious851]

D50でのトラックメイキングも見てみたいな〜なんちゃって

[@clubboy4790]

great !

[@bestgood374]

D-50は私のメインキーボードにしてました。これに音源モジュールのU-110が基本セット。 ピアノの音だけは別に1台あったけど、打ちこみなんかはこれがメインでしたね。 CMのBGMの作曲でいい働きしてくれました。 アタック強めのストリングス好きだったな。ブラスも良かった。良いシンセでしたね。

[@jaggass]

Not to mention that the cathedral organ sound was bloody awseome.

[@AztecWarrior707]

Yeah even today! i still like using it for playing the Dracula theme (Toccata And Fugue) and wedding march. etc still impresses me

[@jaggass]

AztecWarrior707 Im awaiting the D-50 PN-00 sound card as my D-550 doesnt seem to have that on it soon as i get the sound card ill be playing things like the opening of Faith by George Michael,church music etc. The cathedral organ is like a huge pipe organ that has been squeezed into a keyboard.

[@xavierbeauregard]

Isn't the pn-00 for the factory sounds? you can get these factory sounds online and transfer them on your d50 via midi

[@AztecWarrior707]

yes the pn-00 contains the original factory patches, and yes you can download all the banks from the Roland cards and transfer them using "midi-ox(PC)" or ."sysex librarian (MAC)" i use sysex librarian, you can also back up your sounds from your d50 before you install the new banks, i always back up before loading new banks

[@jaggass]

AztecWarrior707 I have all the factory cards.

[@gustavokoshikumo]

Amazing

[@garty2237]

Love a good demo done by someone who can play.

[@mayhewmusic]

the music played at the start of this video is very good, I played it multiple times

[@nokia3210fuck]

the melody in the beginning is brilliant

[@soundmanhaven1]

great prised there thank u

[@user-rj6ju7pn2c]

Super!

[@danedmiston7734]

Still have my D-50 racked up with all of my other gear. Still love it, but after hearing this demo I think I will use my old friend a bit more.

[@KodytheRedFox]

The "Future Pad" patch on the Roland D-50 synthesizer was used for the 1989 Barbour/Langley Productions synthesizer jingle.

[@CeruttiTroutman]

Great Demos thank you ! And thanks KZbin for the Subtitle function. Finally we can understand you :-))))

[@kefastvplaypedroariel2143]

The sounds of the Roland D-50 were OUT OF THIS WORLD back then. I don't think it sounds outdated by today's standards, but all you need to do is add it to your DAW like a MIDI controller or something and just buy some VSTs that adds some realism to the atmospheric feel of the D-50.

[@saricubra2867]

Roland has a bit accurate emulation of the D50.

[@DavidLovasMusic]

Pinnacle of quality on youtube right here!

[@formularityzonexs]

Great

[@manuelalejandroorqueravald6511]

Excelente teclado!

[@Louieboy23]

Happy B-DAY D-50!!!! haha

[@lemyleopard_]

What a sound!

[@savanaviolenta]

Oh boy,what a sound!!!

[@dvamateur]

Ironically, because of the very expensive ROM memory back in 1987, they made a very tastefully designed instrument. It has all a synthesizer should have, which is saw and square wave generator with variable pulse width and ring modulor, and it has 76 short samples (some looped spectra) sprinkled all over, but in very tasteful manner, again. That's what makes this instrument so particularly beautiful. Now, with more ROM and RAM than brains, we get products that we get...

[@TryptychUK]

The D50 is unique. I have used one on many occasions and "OK Chorale" still gives me shivers. IThe keyboard is a real solid brick of a machine, and nice looking too, but very heavy. If you are looking to get one for the sounds, get the D550 module as the MIDI is a lot more responsive.

[@jeanrenepadre]

j'aime bocoup le roland D-50.

[@ElectronicazMusic]

Great review. Had one.... Sold it... Want another one now!

[@ElectronicazMusic]

I now have a D50 again!

[@MasterLinkuei]

Congratulations! ONE OF THE BEST SYNTHS I EVER HEARD!

[@PureAmbientDrone]

I had to pick between d-50 and m1r. I chose the mr1 because it was way cheaper, got it for $70 including shipping. So d-50 will have to wait :(

[@jaggass]

D-50-D-550 prices are rising fast. My D-550 has almost doubled in value since i bought it 2 yrs ago.

[@RayyMusik]

Paul Johnson So do I. :(

[@bashanori]

love the guy addicted like hell, one of the top demo artists currently on the planet !!!!!!!! :)

[@UnchainTheNight1]

i really love that first tune

[@JeromeHattKronen1664]

5:53 "That sound has a nice feel to it" - not when I play it it doesn't ;-(

[@Cryo837]

Didn't understand his words but I DEFINITELY understood his LOVE and ENTHUSIASM for this great vintage synth!!!

[@ethanmarciano1533]

This is the video that pushed me to buy a D50!!!

[@gomachanLovely]

名機です❤❤❤

[@zlahaye246]

blown away i need to check more synths

[@realityfakers]

Best thing is D-50 can sound 100% better than these 80s presets, bypass that PCM stuff and you have probably the warmest digital ever made (and has live oscillators like an early VA). D-50 is one of the best synths ever, not for doing PCM/Rompler stuff but for all the other things it can do and how it sounds doing them!

[@Aileron90]

realityfakers yeh but.... we want the 80's presets....

[@MarjanJanczyk]

all reviews should be like that

[@MichaelSouhoka]

At 4:27, that is "Digital Native Dance", the most beautiful sound patch of D-50 that I love. The percussive loop after the pad sounds like a dancing Gods and Godess.

[@smashingpoop]

P E R F E C T ! ! !

[@gomachanLovely]

名機ですね

[@messiahblack2295]

At 4:27 I'm instantly transported to the blessed year 1988!!!!

[@slammy102]

had one. sold one. missed one. just bought another on ebay!

[@gabrielproteus3172]

6:13 Vangelis used that on the opening of Will of the Wind on his Direct album 1988.

[@Fleg]

My most memorable and first time i hear the Roland D-50 was on a tune of Shawn Lane on the album power of ten, exactly the first preset Ijiie play before talking

[@rockhouse90]

The keyboard that made the entire soundtrack to the first season of rugrats

[@nekosukeneko7204]

REBECCAのコピバンをしていたときに重宝したシンセです。 「Nervous But Glamorous」の上モノや「MONOTONE BOY」のオルガンなどで使ってました。

[@viv30406]

Could you please demo the Roland JD-Xi ? Thanks for the great demo!

[@jantristian]

I had the JV1080 rack previously..the D-50 smack it down easily..... never knew it sounds this good !

[@funkmachine6420]

his playing style combined with those digital sounds remind me of the outtro song to Super Mario 64

[@RyouRan]

The V-synth and VariOS can emulate a D-50 when you use the VC-1 card. They're said to be able to perfectly replicate its fuzzy sound. The D-50 isn't a ROMpler, by the way. It has a stand alone synthesizer engine that's pretty powerful. Most patches available online don't contain samples. The Roland D-70 is a ROMpler, though. It shares many samples with the D-50 (it can play Digital Native Dance too).

[@supermahmoud]

D50 has some great sounds ever, I got the XV-3080 and it has some of it's sounds, really great stuff :)

[@nonosong1964]

Love this keyboard!!! remember Toto, Michael Jackson, Van Halen, Huey Lewis and the news .. Sounds as Living Calliope, Horn section, Fantasia, Digital native dance, Slow rotor, futur pad... This keyboard is a Legend!!

[@cosmic687]

played like a pro

[@jose5370]

I like to found one Keyboard with every electric FM Pianos of Yamaha DX7, Dyno Piano of 01/W FD Korg, Roland D-50. Where can I found!? But, not expensive! Greetings from Brasil!!! Congratulations!!! You are Great!!!

[@sam-zy2dn]

Hello Katsunori ! what are the monitoring system that you are using in this video?

[@dvamateur]

PCMuu soundoo genereta! Cool!

[@friedrichkertoja]

A very good sound - even today😊

[@saricubra2867]

The SY77, SY99 are the D50's brothers by Yamaha. Similar algorithms but replace Substractive with FM plus other stuff.

[@txdap786]

ROLAND D50 THE CLASSIC

[@emilyeah]

I have this 👌🏼 Roland d-50 ☺️

[@thatbrotherclawz6590]

I wanna play like him!

[@Trontasia]

Whew!.. Not sure the exact word to say about this... Beautiful? I've commented on here before but wanted to revisit this and make another comment. :) The Fantasia family of samples are my samples... They hold a special place in my heart... There's other versions of Fantasia: Fantasia 2 (bright version), and Night Vision (brighter version). :) You can find them in a program called: Acoustica Mixcraft. :)

[@vdublu909]

That has to be the same patch from Erasure's 'When I Needed You', sounds exactly the same...cool!

[@tedijudiarta1215]

Pokonamah uwa mah hebring dah ah salam ti urang Bogor Allo uwa tea tedi budak Sunda Bogor mangga permios sampurasun nya uwaa☺️🙏🙏🙏

[@MegaSmmy]

good good

[@jjBlue777]

Back to 80's!!!!!!

[@RayyMusik]

A rare feature was also the joystick making dramatic, simultaneous real-time changes of various parameters possible (filter sweeps, LFO rate etc.). Unfortunately it is only used once in this video in 1 dimension (up & down).

[@bigblockelectra]

hahaha! 4:32 those little drum beat sounds.....very Roland. I have a cheap old Roland E-30 that I use for a MIDI controller and it has a similar sound onboard called "one note jam"....sounds a lot like that, but they removed the pitched portion of the patch.

[@Timecop1983]

Auralaffinity is right. Everywhere i was looking for patches for my micron, radias, blofeld, microkorg and many vst's that sounded like the 80's. I found some (and some really good ones), but if you are looking for 80's sounds you should buy a 80's synth! That's why i bought the Roland D50! :)

[@GoldfieldsTitansRLFC]

Erasure's The Innocents album was recording mainly using the D-50 and Casio synths.

[@ColinCayvzmusic1111]

Dudes got chops.

[@archdukeofsynth]

Just a bit.

[@KCJazzKeys]

The "Fantasia" patch @ 2:20 is probably the most famous patch from this synth. I still have my MT-32 wich had a watered down version of the same synth engine I didn't quite sound as good as the real deal.

[@Scrumper66]

3:27: gros nénés! LOL! c'est excellent le japonais! Katsunori is so good!!! i like! ;)

[@upersofos]

4:27 - most powerful synthesized sound ever!!!

[@KodytheRedFox]

That's the synthesizer I would like to get when I have enough money to buy it.