The Roland D-50 // Songs and Sounds From an 80's Icon

[@EscutCavaller007]

Wow, the "Sailing" D-50 homage was amazing!

[@johningram2153]

Yes, a very good cover. But definitely not used on the album, which came out in 1979.

[@GunnarLoeb]

I think it is real guitar on the original

[@truefilm6991]

​@@GunnarLoebof course. The original is from 1979.

[@80Jay71]

Not to forget Orinocco flow...

[@garysmith8455]

Thanks for this presentation! 72 year old rock and blues keyboardist/synthesist here, still have a D-50. Also a Korg MS-20 and SQ-10 seq. along with a Yamaha CS-60 which were bought brand new in 1978! Nostalgia for sure 😉. Its great to see the D-50, a ground breaking instrument STILL getting the love all over youTube 👍.

[@TL-wu4id]

Man,the "sailing" sound is so attractive. Beautiful guitar sound.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

It’s a great patch. Obviously the original is Christopher Cross playing guitar, but this patch captures the spirit! Thanks for watching.

[@SamSilk]

From what I know, the D50 hadn't been publicly released yet while BAD was being recorded. thing is Eric Persing who was among the Roland crew brought the synth with him under the condition he would be the one playing it in the album. Eric Persing is still famous today for being the guy who produced Omnisphere and Keyscape.

[@vaiman7777]

Atmosphere and Distorted Reality really, those became Omnisphere. He was famous before it

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

I bought one of these for $5 at a flea market in the middle of nowhere Colorado back in the 90's. It was gummed up by beer or pop but after cleaning it worked fine and I loved it.

[@Oleg_Nikolaevich]

Что? Вы купили Roland D50 за $5?

[@EIERDIEB79]

I envy you

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

@@Oleg_Nikolaevich Yep! I have no idea what became of it though, it was a long time ago. Around the same time that the AWE32 came out. I mainly bought it because I wanted something with MIDI ports, but ended up figuring out the synth side of it too and loved it. I was about 14 years old so it was pretty complex to me at the time.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

@@EIERDIEB79 I envy my old self too, I wish I still had it.

[@EIERDIEB79]

@@PlasticCogLiquid that is understandable

[@rodterrell304]

66 years old, I had one of these, a Dx7, Matrix 1000, Korg Poly six and a few other boards back in the day. Does bring back memories of this keyboard.

[@MrKersey]

Still have this synth and it still sounds amazing!

[@daddiodave1107]

Listening to you is like stepping into a time machine. You definitely have one of the best channels on KZbin!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thanks!!

[@sharingmatters]

So true! All these games were played during nights with the famous Playstation sound + so many songs with these synthesis sounds.

[@jamesdudley8696]

This brings bask SOOOOOOOOO many great memories. OMG! I bought my D50 in 1990. I still remember how hard it was to lug it home on the bus. 😂😂 It absolutely OWNED the airwaves back then. Everybody had one. And if you had the extension cards from Valhala, you were THE MAN! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@seaningram3285]

3:07 Yes! I remember that one. 5:22 Sailing, by Christopher Cross 8:03 Live to Tell, by Madonna

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Yeah! I know that”sailing” and “live to tell” had nothing to do with the D50, but I was just inspired at the moment :)

[@kennyzee3221]

@@pierrejpiscitelliI wonder what synth was used in ‘Live To Tell’? Enjoyed the video. Maybe find a Yamaha V50. The most underrated synth in my opinion.

[@haukurorsson833]

Never clicked a video faster 🎉

[@rickpinelli1586]

I have a Roland D-50... It became the norm after the Yamaha DX7.🎹🎹🎹🎵🎵🎵 I also have the D-50 Programmer!

[@vitale6633]

WoW !!! You played all my favorite patches. Spent hours just goofing off back in the early '90's. Now I have to pull my D-50 out of the closet this weekend !!!

[@issiewizzie]

This is why sometimes as synth heads we forget that it’s the composition that counts. Back in the day very few people tweak their synths. You focused on your melody and chords/harmony

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Generally I agree. But if you don’t also know your instrument and use it to its best capabilities to amplify your compositional ideas you are leaving emotional depth on the table. Learn your chords, harmony, extended harmony. Have great musical ideas, and exceptional sensitivity and taste. But also choose your tools wisely and know them deeply. Both music theory and sound design are important. Especially if you’re doing any kind of soundtrack or media work.

[@kennyzee3221]

@@sub-jec-tivI programmed a few good sounds on my Yamaha V50 back in the day which was no mean feat. My friend had the D50 and it looked pretty complicated back then. Not sure if he ended up working out how to program it though.

[@pehuendb]

Thanks for all your videos and your clear pronunciation that allows me to understand everything without subtitles.

[@timandmonica]

I was just a teenager and knew hardly anything about synthesizers when this came out. Our church leaders took me to the big music store in the '80s to help them decide on a new synth. I was extremely drawn to the d50, but we ended up buying the Ensoniq EPS. We did one church service with it and that's all it took for them to know they didn't want to. Took too long to load a new sound. We immediately returned it and we went ahead and got the d50. I spent so many nights alone in that church messing around with it, never reading a manual, just pushing buttons and figuring it out. I can't tell you how many hundreds of hours that must have been over a period of a year and a half. It's really interesting to see what you play with each patch! I couldn't play very well then either and didn't have a large sense of how to translate what was in my head to the keyboard. I played some similar things on some of these patches, but you did some things I never would have thought of trying before!

[@JS...]

D50 was my dream synth back when it was released and I was just getting into synths. Couldn't afford it, but I got D10 instead, worked well enough back then. Nowadays I do have the D-05 which is a great nostalgia trip.

[@jscote5749]

Stupidly enough, I never realized how "Pipe solo" (minus the "chiff" attack) sounds like Lyle's lead sound until today. Great job as always, Pierre.

[@milesian1]

I was thinking the same thing. A couple of the patches sounded exactly like something Lyle would have played with the Pat Metheny Group.

[@DXpheus]

Bought a D50 in mint condition for $800 back in 91. Loved the tonewheel organ emulations with the Valhalla Screamin B3 ROM card. The choir loved it too

[@daveowenmusic1749]

Great video! I have had a D-50 for decades and still love it! Thanks for bringing the D=50 back into the light again. And, great playing on your part as well!

[@dukestt5436]

That Basin Strat Blues, was that "Sailing" great sound

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Correct. I'm just demonstrating the sound.

[@RockLobster223]

@@pierrejpiscitelli ....and very well too!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

@@RockLobster223 Thanks!!

[@jh2156]

I’ve had my D-50 since 1989 and have since bought two others for spare parts if ever needed. Of all my synths the D-50’s key-bed is favorite!

[@glenkorner4719]

I’ve got one of these in my storage room that was my dad’s. I remember so many of these sounds now. I think I might have to plug it in. Will be the first time in over 30 years since it was used. Thanks for the memories and indeed the inspiration to go back to it.

[@marcomarrone174]

Wonderful Pierre Thanks for the tour down memory lane with an iconic time machine. Bravo!!

[@barryhetherington9816]

Listen to Rich Mullins song While The Nations Rage released in 1989. The intro and outro…I’m hearing Roland D-50! Appreciate you Pierre and greatly respect your incredible gift in music!

[@jmartin1774]

I thought that too at 4:01

[@davebellamy4867]

5:21 That like many others is an epic gorgeous sound. Someone really knew how to progtmram synths back then! Sounds like Sailing by Christopher Cross though he didn't use a D50 because it wasn't made then! Those harmonies and the unusual bass notes are magical. Plus the sound.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

That’s right! I just thought it fit the patch :) Christopher played that beautiful guitar part in “Sailing” in a weird tuning I believe!

[@jmclen7]

Man! I learned a lot from this video. Great stuff. Thank you!

[@Thea-d4g]

Whatever you played in this video, each melody brings back Steve Porcaro 🙃 I love this guy...

[@markthomas7263]

I think I just time travelled . Thanks for the journey.

[@loudspider316]

I walked into a music store in London to get a pair of drumsticks early summer of 1987...shell-shocked, walked out with a D50. Played it to a friend of mine, he went straight in there and bought one. I still have it, with the M.EX upgrade. I had a Korg M1, and an M3 as well, and whilst they were inexplicably more popular I sold mine early 90s but kept the D50.

[@jeffblack5024]

Same. A band member had a DX7, but I thought it was too plinky-plonky. I went into a music shop and thought this was the future due to sheer lushness and musicality. Though I didn't have the money to buy one.

[@loudspider316]

@@jeffblack5024 Haha, I hear you, it left me broke for months but it was so astonishing that it was like being in a trance. The store I went in had it plugged in to some decent monitors and you could hear it the second you walked in. There was a little crowd, all looking at each other in disbelief. I bet they just unloaded em off the lorry at the back, and wheeled em straight back out the front door. Then every album that dropped for the next bunch of years was just those sounds. Foreigner, George Michael, Enya, Jean-Michel Jarre, Prince, and as you say, that reverb was just sublime, it was the first synth that sounded like a finished recording rather than a sound source. Good times!

[@HJPhilippi]

@@jeffblack5024 And I always loved the plinky-plonky FM vibes. 😊 Yes, perhaps the D50 was the more (out of the box) "musical" synth but the DX7 opened completely new grounds of digital synthesis. It was much more experimental, so to speak.

[@1683clifton]

Man you are seriously killing it! I loved every bit of that.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Thanks!!

[@Bashanvibe]

You definitely brought back memories with this board in the Gospel world the Brass patches was heavily used in some old school recordings that have become the staple for Gospel music!!!

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

This video brought back precious, musical memories ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AspenTruth]

It cannot be overstated how much of a quantum leap this axe was at the time. In the studio, we were arriving at these complex sounds through stacking various synths and FX, but now this was available in one package - ready for the road. It was like the world, previously available to Fairlight users exclusively, had just opened up for a relatively small price. Changed my touring arsenal exponentially…

[@milesian1]

"Living Calliope" reminds me of Lyle Mays's sound with the Pat Metheny Group. Still sounds great after all these years.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Yes, you can get Lyle's sound out of the D50 with some tweaking. I've done it while trying to follow the exact steps that he gave me, and it's really close!! :)

[@cascossi809]

Thank you for that lesson! I was not conscious of the importance of that keyboard. Those different sound brought me back to my childness.

[@mysterio1972]

Great demo! This D 50 is simply timeless and amazing!!

[@Alex-bc7qi]

"OK Chorale" and "Glass Voices". Two more iconic patches.

[@TridentCapital]

Always one of my favorite synths. Wonderful sound and gorgeous looks.

[@samborn7120]

I’ve owned three D-50 keyboards and I am keeping number #3 for life! Got a D-550 as a nice layering pair. ❤️

[@mateobrynn5792]

I love the D-50! It was my first keyboard. Mom bought it when I was 13 back in 88. I used it to play aux keys with our choir. I still have it although I let our youth group borrow it and it was damaged. I was told it probably wouldn’t be worth getting it repaired but I miss playing it. Thanks for a great trip down memory lane. Subscribed!

[@jaydy71]

I still have my old D5, a low-cost version of the D50. It has the same synth engine but it's multitimbral and includes a drum kit. So that actually sounds like an upgrade (and in some ways it is), but IIRC the D50 had a better keyboard, more controls to program it and a bigger display. I programmed the hell out of my D5 and it's a really unique synth that married 'analogue' (between quotes because it's obviously all digital) and PCM in interesting ways. I loved the different options of how to combine up to 4 voices into a single sound: Making something wide in stereo by putting different voices left and right, using ring-modulation between different voices, etc. You can really get creative with it as it's all quite deep. The limitations of the synth engine I found was that the filters can sound really bad when pushing up resonance (it can distort in worst imaginable way) and I wish the filters could also be applied to the PCM parts of a patch. But still, I have really fond memories of the whole D-series Roland synths (D5/10/20/50, although the D70 less so). The D50 is the classic, but D5/10/20 models can be found really cheaply. I recently bought a mint D10 for 50 bucks including a flight-case. The D20 is just a D10 with a (now pretty much useless) sequencer and floppy drive built in. The D5 is basically a D10 without reverb effects. But essentially the D50, D5, D10 and D20 all sound the same and can be programmed in the same way.

[@Jhihmoac]

This, and the Yamaha DX7, _WERE_ the "go to's" for performance synths all through the 80s and well into the 90s!

[@DVanchesteing]

Fantastic demonstration of a monumental machine ! And those chords/voicings are so sweet. Thanks !

[@jsullivan2112]

Geddy Lee used these sounds all over Hold Your Fire, only he had the D-550 rack. Most notably that shakuhachi for Tai Shan. I never put that together until now. Neat video!

[@soulextracter]

As a 90s kid, this is so nostalgic to me. I'm pretty sure this was also used in basically every early 90s TV drama, as scene transition music. =P

[@taemurz]

Still absolutely amazing even with today's instruments ❤❤❤

[@deanmoore7239]

I see someone lauding a D-50, I subscribe...lol. Awesome video, took me back to those iconic sounds. To be honest, we got so used to those same sounds being used on so many songs because it was real pain to program. It took me a loooong time to get deep into it to really create my own sounds, but the scope of what is possible once you get under the hood is amazing. Same experience with the Korg Wavestation I also used to have. Fortunately they had awesome factory sounds so they were very usable sounds straight out of the box.

[@sharingmatters]

Thank you, Pierre, for introducing this great piece of technology to us. It is so nostalgic to listen to these sounds bringing back memories from the end of the last century. And the PS sound is stunning!

[@progwaver]

Yes definitivly my synth highlight in the 80s, I have a Roland D 05 cause the old ones are hard to find in good condition.. As the budget came out then, I grab it. Cause I missed my D 50 I once sold.. The D 05 has the benefit to have all sounds from all rare Original Roland cards inside plus an additional new Bank only made for the D 05.. The good thing is also that these Sounds all are preset in ROM, you never loose them cause you overwrite change them.. The D 05 has a seperate RAM area to save your own patches.. wich is quite cool. Also I have from DTronics the new just came out DT 1000 in original PG 1000 size with also faders now.. Very comfortable duo. I love it.

[@patsonmusic]

I have both my original D-50 and a D-05. It is really great to use the D-05 as a sound bank for the D-50, works like a charm! I have them chained with the PG-1000 so it is easy to adjust sounds too on both synths.

[@progwaver]

@@patsonmusic cool that sounds great.... Yeah unfortunately I dont have my D 50s more .. I had 3 of them over almost 10 years.. 2 once at the same time in the 90s.. But one of these I sold my brother in change for a Minimoog .. The other then I sold to a good friend of mine somewhen, needed money for buy another synth.. I think it was the Alesis Andromeda then.I wanted so much.. Later then after many years I found a third D 50, I bought, but that was with some 3rd party extension I dont know more exactly what that was... 🤔 But this was a crazy unit I think about that.. I had only problems so I sold it again only few months later ... Then came the D 05.. I am really happy Roland created this Budget.. maybe the best Budget they did.. For the D50 that formfactor works quite well..

[@patsonmusic]

@@progwaver Yes, I also had 2 D-50s at one point, but kept my original in the end. And D-05 is really nice, works great and is very portable, easy to bring along :-)

[@samson7842]

This brings back memories. A buddy had this and I ended up getting the D-70 a few years later.

[@kennethmorton4484]

Great Video. I have never owned the D50, but back in the eighties I owned a Juno 106, which I played with a Band, performing at many Pubs and Clubs in Fife Scotland. I used the presets plus my own creations, it was especially good for Dire Straits songs. Great memories.

[@kennyzee3221]

In 1989 I bought the Yamaha V50 whilst my friend got the Roland D50. I loved the Roland except it was not multitimbral so you really could only play one instrument at a time though you could split up the keyboard and maybe have 2. My Yamaha had an 8 track sequencer and was 16 note multitimbral, but yeah I was pretty envious of its sounds. It did inspire me to program some new sounds on the V50 which went as close as it could to the D50. Ahh those were the days.

[@Cadmeus]

I love Eric Persing's work, he's a legend. I'm a bit too young for a D-50 but I had a JV-1080 when I was studying music at school, amazing sounds for the limited memory they had. It was so exciting when Eric managed to get some D-50 patches into Omnisphere, still sounds great! The Playstation sound blew my mind btw, I had no idea it was a default patch.

[@plotevil5884]

Had one when I was 17. Paid $1500 with the four cards at Sam Ash. For over a year to get it. I remember DLR's Skyscraper album and screaming, "That's a D50!" Man I loved that board.

[@bigmaxy07]

Iconic synth man. Sounds stunning!

[@Zwopper]

Bought it on release. Love it! ❤❤❤ It's really easy to program and due to all the little stretchy, randomizing, lot's of LFOs it's really easy to make it sound analogue.

[@fannuz]

5:47 beautiful progression

[@z.c8108]

Sailing by Christopher cross one of the best songs oat

[@tiomkinnyborg2289]

Never got my hands on the D-50. I did get and still own the D-110 on which I spent hours playing with LA synthesis. Those sounds were way advanced. The concept was so simple. A complicated initial sample followed by a simpler sound. The best feature was it remembering which patch you last used automatically on power on.

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Right!

[@Fenderfan1975]

Great video! DX7 e D-50 are my favorite synth. I love the 80's sound's and these synth express at their best the wonderful sounds that could be heard in the songs of the time and for example ( staccato heaven ) of the D-50 is a beautiful sound.

[@CampingWithSticks]

Glad i came across your channel. Your videis been fun to watch. That last sound gave off a madonna live to tell vibe.

[@GP-2000]

Well, that was an emotional journey. Thank you. ❤️🤘

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Thanks for being here!

[@SleepyCat-qq2er]

The nostalgia is off the charts. Great playing on a legend of a synth. Which song is played with the Stereo Polysynth patch here? Thanks for making excellent content.

[@stevefranklin5714]

Second synth I ever owned Great video, thank you Soundtrack was one of my favourite sounds

[@DarkSideofSynth]

I remember seeing and trying this in a music shop back in the day, blown away. Back when new synth patches had character, and you could still be in awe. Luckily, I can recreate many of those sounds on my dear Juno-Di, which still uses a sort of that 4-partial system.

[@wolfunplugged]

thanks for this time travel! at the beginning of the 90's a fellow student of mine had a D50 and we spent many hours sitting in front of it, exploring and improvising, over several glasses of ouzo😅. I personally had a Yamaha SY-22...somehow a similar technical league, but not so popular. I loved mine, but sure sold it somewhen...

[@djcoolcliff]

Had the D-10 and I love that D50 sound!!! Need one of those now!!!!!!

[@AutisticYui]

Such a favorite of mine, excited to hear this more on your channel!!!

[@samsly8464]

That was fantastic!!!

[@TayWoode]

I’ve got a Roland FA06 and it’s got all the D50 presets you played as well as Juno, jupiter all the TR drums. Loved all the old 80s tunes you were playing, I’ve had to subscribe 👍🏾

[@ornleifs]

Bought one when it came out and remember hearing the sounds from it all over the place. I specially loved the inbuilt effects like reverb which was not common at the time.

[@taketrumpdown24]

Absolutely fantastic to watch if you’re smoking weed. Super fun! I like this dude. Subscribed.

[@MarkLloydMusic]

This is such a great video! Very enjoyable, thank you!

[@calebwigglesworth2740]

Awesome Synth i remember from bk in the late 80s used on many songs and albums, Eg Jean Michel Jarres Revolutions. I love the Digital Native Dance and Soundtrack Patches and Intruder FX. Tangerine Dream used it on Canyon Dreams and several albums from 1987 to 1990. I got one in 2011 and sold it the nxt year, so regret it and gonna get one bk and all the sounds and PG 1000. Legendary Vintage Iconic Synthesizer that is among the best still 😊

[@hawk194]

All your videos are engaging and informative. It was nice to see the D50 revisited here.

[@SteoFluff]

Ooofff. Actually loved this ❤

[@bomleny]

first used one back in 88 at Berklee in Film Scoring labs - such an amazing synth - thanks for making this video!

[@wesboundmusic]

Man, you're having me sentimental here: I had just landed a job with a year round working professional cover band because I had aspired to becoming a full time working musician throughout my High School Years. They made good money and extended advances on the money I was going to make by letting me buy everything in terms of gear my heart desired. I had snuck into the local retail music store whenever there was an opportunity to check out the keyboards they had in their show booths. (and in spite of being a guitarist first). When the D-50 landed, my mind was blown! I could've spent days going through all the preprogrammed patches while playing what songs I knew and was able to play. I remember the real keyboardist in the band - I was just helping to fill in some chords or bridges - marvel at that thing, although he had quite the "gear zoo" himself: A Fender Rhodes, a Yamaha CP-70 baby grand, a DX-7, an Oberheim Matrix-12, an Emu-II. But he'd always be in awe over the sounds whenever I switched it on and inserted the expansion memory card, which effectively doubled not only the number of memory banks, but number of sound generating voices as well. I can still remember some of the patch names I liked best, e.g. "Staccato Heaven", "Arco Strings" and the soundscape patches which were sensitive to that small joystick for wavetable modulation. And you demo a few more here that were iconic and sounded so incredible! What a time, I do miss those days like crazy! Thanks for bringing all those iconic instruments to our attention, love your videos and talent, awesome job!

[@_mickmccarthy]

Was super tempted to pick up the little D-05 a while back, such an iconic sound

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Do it!!

[@29brendus]

I own a D70, which was made as a step up from the D50 with having almost 7 octaves. It also has great sounds, but when the bass is split, it's quite difficult to programme. The internal power supply gave up a few years back, so now I use a Jupiter 50, which is excellent and less than half the weight.

[@heliopadula2825]

"OK Chorale" was the patch used in the intro of "Bad Love" by Eric Clapton...... I still have my D-50 (bought in 1989) and use it on Police and Clapton cover gigs. Amazing sounds !

[@Todd63790]

Good on ya mate great synth one of the best ever !!!

[@Eighty8Music]

Hey, very nice nailing the tunes authentically and accurately in so many different genres too

[@brianglock3099]

Still a great synth, have a few 3rd party cards. Bought mine around 1989, still have it. Had to replace the internal battery, not too difficult. Had several custom patches in internal memory. Backed up but haven’t had time to reload. Thanks for the post

[@williampaganucci1084]

I know nothing about keyboards. I'm just a self taught piano player since 2020. But since this is a Roland video, I have several videos playing the Roland Piano at Costco and I might buy it when it goes on sale tomorrow? My cheap keyboard has only 5 sounds but the synth sounded good when I played Jump. Wish I could play like you Pierre. 🎹 👍

[@iliatilev]

All of the sounds are very dreamy and ethereal. David Foster probably used every preset in that keyboard 😁

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Definitely.

[@RebornAudio]

Man. You are the gift that keeps on giving! That calliope patch is also in Man in the Mirror after the end of the first chorus (as I’m sure you’re already aware!)

[@JosephAkins]

I had the choice between and a DX7II and a D-50 when they were new. It was a tough decision but J chose he DX7II.

[@Fimpiekijke]

Nice 🎉 and It still continues in the Roland Aira compact series today.

[@RetroGamingMusicCom]

Wow love this video ❤ I want to hear more stuff from this one!!! I still have the Roland E-20 that i got new in 89 and many of these sounds was brought over from the D-50 that was released just one year before the E-20. I should do a video about the Roland E-20 Arranger. Speeking of arranger, next week i will get mu Genos 2 deliverd 😮!

[@csilt]

Really nice playing and warm inviting looking practice room or home studio. This does make me a little sad that I sold mine. The other thing that I really like about the D-50 besides the sounds is the keyboard. To me it has some of the best feeling synth action keys I've ever played on.

[@kram21]

Great Demo- those were the sounds of the 80’s- Gr8 demos , especially Sailing in think i can get most of those songs on my Ensoniq KS32 with midi with Korg Micropiano module

[@allsurf]

Love videos on equipment. Never had a Roland but did own a Korg M-1 until a few years ago. 🤙🏻

[@lastxp]

Sounds like these are timeless, but people still complain and say the sounds are just recycled on newer keyboards. It's very hard to improve on perfection.

[@tfletcher650]

Was waiting for the Afterthought and pizza gogo patches and you didn't disappoint!!! Congrats on the purchase! I have the Roland FP90 and the XP30! The XP30 has a many of these but is tough to configure for live performance without midi and a laptop so I just use it for horns, bass and occasional LA piano!

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

The future pad sounds great, but Live to Tell came out in Spring of 1986. Great video 🌟

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

I know. Just noodling on that patch.

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

@@pierrejpiscitelli 😂 You should do a second video w more song demos. That was pretty cool!!

[@pierrejpiscitelli]

Maybe I will!

[@matthewgaines10]

The D-50 was brilliant. A D-05 gets you close enough and you get all the Roland patches.

[@groovedealerfeaturing-ashl6476]

Yeah i have one and it's great, doesn't really get 'Digital Native Dance' right annoyingly though...

[@DNGMaestro]

Close enough? It sounds exactly the same. There’s also the Roland D-50 plugin.

[@juicythedj750]

Still very happy I went with the boutique version. My only gripe is the low output volume as with all Boutiques

[@80Jay71]

I had my D-10 overhauled so now it works perfectly. It still sound like a backwater musician playing for drunk people in their middle age though...

[@RandomUser25122]

I’ve still got myD20, most of the same patches plus a built in sequencer (which was important at the time, pre-digital recording)

[@TheSoulrockstar]

Prince used the "Soundtrack" patch in the intro of his song, "Eye Know" from the album "Lovesexy" released in 1988.

[@csikora5150]

Love the songs you played to demo each patch. My Korg X5 has many of the same sounds. I'm fascinated how each manufacturer handles general midi sound quality.

[@cyn4285]

Wow! You need to do a tutorial on how to play sailing. After hearing you play it here!❤