Roland D50 demo | Valhalla improvisations

[@thefool2007]

Nicely done. I want a D50 even more now.

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Some very nice magical sounds Woody lovely jubbly !!!. I still cant get over how pristine the synthesizer looks after seeing what it looked like when you first obtained it . More D 50 vids please .

[@kiko1935]

This synth really must have blown everyone's mind when it came out

[@resofactor]

Still blows my mind today. So versatile.

[@suadcokljat1045]

It blew my mind. Bougt one in 1989. I still have two D50's. Nice digital machines. Cheers!

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

I bought one in 1988 after playing through the presets with headphones on my head in the local music shop. My only thought after that was " I * C R A V E * O N E * O F * T H E S E ! ! ! o_0 " I got one later that year and played it to death and loved every second, so ... Last autumn I bought a D-05 Boutique as the market started to dry up too soon for them and I got cold feet. It's same same but smaller !!!

[@michaelwagner8859]

@@pinkponyofprey1965 I had an identical experience. I played the presets through a headset and couldn't believe my ears! I looked at the sales rep and said - This, I'm getting! It took me a few months to save up, but I came back to take one home. This year in 2020 I bought another (my original I sold in the late 1990s).

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

@Жан Клон Read the original post again. It's about the D50 when it hit the market back then, right? I have a D05 now and it's great. The Roland Cloud however is something I won't touch with a ten foot pole. It's just modern extorsion subscription.

[@neonether]

Would love to get the Valhalla sounds for the D05!

[@brunocouto234]

Nice demo!! Please, more d50 videos

[@machiwoomiapoo]

I love those D50 sounds. You really make them shine. I love the way they use the stereo field and pan everything around. :) You need to make a song using some of those patches. That'd be awesome. Take care, Sam.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

hi sam, yes, the stereo imaging is quite striking, more so than on many modern synths! thx for the request. :)

[@machiwoomiapoo]

I need to include the D50 in more of my tunes. :) It is an amazing synthesizer. Keep up the great work. I really enjoy your videos. :)

[@ErwinvanHunen]

Because of your videos I completely rediscovered my love for making synth music again! Thank you! And on top of that, I just bought myself an affordable D-50 which I found on blocket (most likely familiar to you :-))

[@WoodyPianoShack]

awesome, nice score! everybody seems to be selling their d50s right now...

[@sergeymagel8715]

*Really Sound. Pleasant Evening.*

[@evetsnitram8866]

I had a U20 and remember seeing adds from Valhalla that had ROM cards for it with new samples burned onto it but I didn't buy any. I wonder if this D50 card has new samples on it too or just presets?

[@TranceJedi]

nice demo Woody, some nice voices on the D50 "Valhalla ", great mix of melody's , well done Wooody , i enjoyed watching this video ! 😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@mima85]

Wonderful patches.

[@mysterio1972]

Hi my friend Woody, A great demo af those patches on D 50! lAlways in love with the fantasia sounds!! :) Greets. Mysterio FTS

[@intelligenceservices]

the D50 is a keeper. i don't know what else to say. thanks for the video!

[@lundsweden]

Plucking awesome, especially Pizzagogo!

[@freecitizen2760]

I still have mine from back in the day. When I do use it, it’s primarily as a controller. I ran it through my tube guitar amp rig the other day and it did sound great. What used to drive me crazy when jamming with a synth player was ... PATCH-HUNTING! It would take them forever to audition patches and decide on one.

[@RossleMusic]

Fantastic synthesizer demonstrated by fantastic keyboarder

[@chaton51]

My first synth.. Best of all time. Dx7 killer.... First with included FXs .. And some sweet sounds... A dream.. Still love this synth... But a fragile keyboad with time.. Carbon rubber ...

[@RTOutdoors]

Beautiful sounding instrument

[@GeorgiosZaimis]

A great demonstration of my beloved D-50! It has a great quality of sound that even modern synthesizers cannot properly emulate.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

well said, stay tuned for my comparison with Roland's new virtual D50... :o

[@SyntheticFuture]

Is there anywhere online these patches can be found? Can't find any of those cards anywhere and these sound like they are worth having.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

i'm sure they are out there! my 50 came with a CD of patches, which I stupidly passed on to the next owner without taking a copy.

[@SyntheticFuture]

Ouch... well mistakes happen all the time :) I'll get back to searching the web then. Hopefully picking up a D50 next week, really excited to go it a spin.

[@tripppayne8777]

Search for Cult of D50 on Google.

[@flipix5408]

Just beautiful 🙌

[@J._Campbell]

It would be great to listen to Roland D50, Korg M1 and Yamaha DX7 togeather - maybe a music demo mix - song. I think - mix (or layering) sounds of these legendary synths will be amazing!

[@WoodyPianoShack]

yeah, i should totally do this. but it's a little against my nature, i've always been a keep-it-simple single-keyboard guy.

[@J._Campbell]

I mean you could single - by yourself - record demo-song using these 3 machines. It's interesting to here them togeather. I think that mix of sounds will be great and colorful.

[@buminbeer2]

Do you have a bank that is either straight 80's or recreations of acoustic instruments? While I liked the Valhalla digital bank, seemed more geared towards the DX-7 branch. Would love to hear other banks towards what I said or analog type banks? I have 7 Roland synths and a footstep from a mint D-50, I just need another reason to buy it :)

[@WoodyPianoShack]

you already need that d50, get it! I have the "valhalla analog" bank, I'm curious about that one myself so I'll check it out. I guess all the D50 soundbanks are by default straight 80's...? :) personally not interested in acoustic patches. thanks for the comment!

[@kiko1935]

6:44 love this

[@broderperdurabo]

Stilll loves this synth.

[@JorgeMartinez-fv1ow]

The always famous Roland d50 best ever!!

[@juangonzalezcabello1737]

Hi! i just got a D50 and love all your videos! but i cannot find the valhala patches anywhere in the internet! Where did you got em? Thanks in advance!

[@juangonzalezcabello1737]

nevermind i found them!

[@WoodyPianoShack]

these were on a CD that was bundled with the synth, and no, sorry I didn't make a copy before passing on the synth and cd!

[@garywright3628]

Could you demo the CL-Projects Linear Universe bank for the D50. Would love to hear your take on them. I've seen youtube demos, but would like your honest and straight forward take on them Woody. :-)

[@takeoffthat486]

Digital domain sound I'm sure Howard Jones used it on Natural? I've still got me D50 and the programmer I shall never part with it. I also have the Valhalla B101,102 and 103 cards but I'm missing 104 from the international gold series. Great video as always woody

[@BooXdk]

I really love the original sounds from the D50, but the Valhalla patches ( especially from those two cards ) are amazing too. They seem very difficult to get hold off. Both as original cards or as sysex purchase... An tips of where to purchase ?

[@WoodyPianoShack]

in my case there was a cd included with the synth, which I then passed on when I sold, without taking a backup. argghh!

[@BooXdk]

@@WoodyPianoShack 🙄 😁😁😁

[@hanse81]

Very nice playing :) A suggestion of a video to make is a "improv" of some of the best known synth bits of songs from 80s/90s like Take on me, The Sun always shine on tv, video killed the radio star, Duran Duran Save a Prayer, Alphaville - Forever Young and so on.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

thanks, and funny you should say that. currently practicing essential 80s synth riffs for a video. great minds think alike.

[@happyboar1019]

Wonderful machine and great musician👌 would il be possible to send me the files ?

[@jml19221]

The synth that made me the man I am today 😂 That Ying Yang sound tho’, still makes me wanna cry.

[@dazmonsta4190]

Nice sound huh!

[@AndrewTSq]

Need to fix my D50, its begining to BZZZZZ (that electrical hum) when powered on. Nice sounds and playing.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

thx, hope you sort out the 50, let us know what the issue is.

[@roetsj]

Power supply transformer would be my bet,nothing to worry about. A common thing with the older Roland gear.

[@nihonam]

Maybe caps?

[@intelligenceservices]

is it a physical buzzing emanating from the chassis or is it audio hum?

[@quattro4468]

Could be your power supply brah. Caps go bad.

[@metiobyk]

Can these sounds be uploaded to the Roland D10?

[@WoodyPianoShack]

no, d10 has a differemt sound engine, not compatible.l

[@SergeGolikov]

Very inspiring!

[@archierri]

I've got goosebumps!

[@andre.schwantes]

Woody, can you help me? Can you identify the D-50's preset used to get the 'bell sound' in this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKGnpoOae52MqJo ? Thanks!

[@saenzguy]

Recently discovered your channel and I really dig it! I have a D550 (had to go rack mounts cause of space) and I would love to load these sounds on it. Any chance I could get the .syx? Sorry to ask but those sound phenomenal. Anyway keep up the great work!

[@DavRBailey]

@Jonny - If you're interested in a superb Librarian/Editor for your D-550, I can't stop promoting an amazing program from Chris Nightingale, called "D-50 Librarian". Really awesome program, written specifically for the D-50/D-550. Great database organizer for your patches and you can double-click patches and audition them "live" on the D-50 before you even transfer them over permanently. Check it out. www.d50librarian.co.uk/

[@saenzguy]

DavRBailey Thanks for the tip. This looks like a great way to manage all the patches floating around the web. Found the ones Mr. Woody demoed here I believe...

[@theeltea]

Wow, Dave Bailey, your TG77 and D50 videos made me buy BOTH synths! :)

[@LegendaryWoke]

Thanks for sharing!

[@domigames3346]

Please could you Share THE sounds?

[@deauvillevrienden]

These are commercial banks, sharing sysex would be a violation :-(

[@looneyburgmusic]

Pretty much every patch bank ever created for the D-50 is now available online... even the "commercial" ones... Just hit Google for 30 seconds or so.

[@deauvillevrienden]

Yep, but that does not mean it's legal to share them. It's still piracy and it will not encourage companies to release any new banks so the sources will dry up. That's not what we want is'nt it ????

[@looneyburgmusic]

I don't think sysex files are covered by Copyright law... Since anyone who owns a D-50 could independently create the exact same patch settings, there is no real way to claim a sysex file is an "original" work.

[@giuseppmetallic8872]

@@deauvillevrienden no way

[@GennaroGiugliano]

d50 for me N.1 Synth of the world !!!! ciao

[@cueboyd8666]

Does the joystick on the D50 work like the vector switch on the Wavestation?

[@DavRBailey]

@Cueboyd - Forgive me if this isn't what you're looking for, I don't have a Wavestation. The regular pitch bender on the left does the typical side-to-side pitch bending, and pressing "up" adds vibrato or LFO or whatever is programmed in the patch. A second (non spring-loaded) data-entry joystick on the front panel allows for changing values when you're editing a patch parameter. Also, the D-50 uses four "partials" in each sound. (Or any combo of the four as you wish.) Two grouped together as the "Lower Tone" and two for the "Upper Tone". This data entry joystick allows you to adjust the balance of those four partials in real time by moving to the four corners of the joystick travel. One final trick is that when you have two parameters side-by-side that play off each other (such as frequency cutoff value and resonance value,) this joystick will let you edit them simultaneously. Up and down for one of the values and left and right for the second value. Pretty nifty if you're into programming. For the regular "player of patches" who doesn't edit much, this joystick won't mean much. Hoe any of this helps! :-)

[@oriomenoni7651]

No, because it’s no wavestation

[@ebeep]

Can these be loaded via sysex, or do these contain external partials that have to be loaded from a card? Thanks!!!

[@WoodyPianoShack]

sysex ftw!

[@ebeep]

Hurray!

[@RayyMusik]

Nice, but I like Legowelt‘s patches even better. They are available on the Roland website.

[@Agalachiha]

I'm charmed!

[@bigbang4906]

great !

[@TeauhiaProduction]

What ROM D-50 did you load for this demonstration ?

[@issiewizzie]

he mentioned its a third party company called Valhalla

[@TeauhiaProduction]

Sorry, I did not read it ! Thank you.

[@silentghost82]

Patch 84 Islamorada did you make it using d50 sounds or are there another memory card with more sounds it can be loaded to the d50?

[@tripppayne8777]

Search for Cult of D50 on the interwebs. I found this bank there and enjoyed plucking my faves out of it.

[@TheAlfonso432]

Song 2:12?

[@alaindeloin6714]

The Korg wavestation is still the best !!

[@djdigital3806]

I have the Wavestation EX.

[@PeteKowalsky]

"Wax Man" is pretty FAT! "Trower Guitar" is nice and trippy. "Yin-Yang" is pretty nice -- I got lots of stuff like that out of my D-20 believe it or not. "Future's Past" is velvety. "Matee Fine" is nice and thick too. Funny how a lot of the sounds attempt to mimic DX sounds, LOL! There's some nice sounds in there man. Also, you win for best hoodie. Microbus FTW.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

one of those patches almost sounded like Emerson's Moog

[@MrSpasticdancer]

the fake filter really isn't cold sounding at all. you'd think it would be since its early digital virtual analog synthesis with a basic primitive algorithm, but it really does sound quite fuzzy and warm. i think the analog style synth parts are done with phase distortion, similar to the casio CZ synths. tends to give it a kinda rubbery throaty sound

[@JFinnerud]

It is sad that the Valhalla patches are as available as unobtanium. Nowhere to be found on the web and rare as hens teeth on eBay

[@WoodyPianoShack]

they came on a CD with my D50 and I passed it on to the next buyer! I can't even read a CD these days.

[@JFinnerud]

@@WoodyPianoShack Thanks for your reply. And wouldn't you know - twenty minutes after i posted this yesterday, I found those banks in an old zip-file i got a few years back and had totally forgotten about 🙄 (I am SO ashamed)

[@spaceman103]

Valhala...

[@paypower66]

compliment fantastic patch for D50!!! please send me sys bank thank you very mach :-)

[@WoodyPianoShack]

contact me on my facebook page

[@paypower66]

yesss :-)

[@deauvillevrienden]

These are commercial banks, sharing sysex would be a violation :-(