Roland D-50 sounds reset | load patches via sysex tutorial 

one millions thanks. Works so fine. Now i am einjoying my D50 after 35 years 🙂

Thanks man it worked. My d50 was dead . Have it for almost 22 years and didn't use it longer than a decade. Needed to replace the battery. After that still no sound out of the internal memory. Did a search on the internet where i read that i had to reload the sounds through sysex. Did a search and landed on your youtube channel. Thanks to your video the d50 is back again. No midi error. Had to shut it down twice though.

THANK YOU WOODY! You just saved me potentially hundreds of dollars to get my D-50 repaired by a tech, now I can jam out in peace!

If you are getting MIDI COMMUNICATION ERROR what you need to do is hold DATA TRANSFER press B.Load(while still holding "data transfer") press Enter(while still holding "data transfer") click SEND(F4) in Bome SendSX. Keep holding both buttons until it will say "completed". Kiss your fingers for doing a hard job holding 2 buttons. :) Restart your D50. DONE!! I went through 2 midi interfaces without any luck until I've read on a forum about this trick.

Thank you so much. I lost my presets when I switched out the battery. I'm glad there was a 2023 fix to a 1987 problem!

Thank you so much. I had repaired a friends D50. The battery was at 0.7 volts, so I replaced it only to find all the patches were gone. YIKES!!. I did have problems with a Midisport usb to Midi interface. Turns out when I first connected this it must have installed a default windows driver for it which gave me a "Midi Communication Error" when I tried to send to D50. I got the box for it out and there was a driver install disk which I did and viola! no communication error, patches are downloaded, friend is happy and off to a gig. I appreciate you taking the time to make and post this, it was a life saver.

hey I am legally blind could you please do a talking version of this and the yamaha dx7 factory reload videos. Wish these were as accessible as the dexed revue video. I just fixed a dx7 I had modded with a batery holder thanks to your videos and I plan on hopefully getting ahold of a roland d50 soon too to fix and I can't find any good talking repair videos regarding the batery and the reset.

Entire internal soundbank all loaded successfully! Thanks Woody! :)

This is awesome! Thank you so much for uploading those soundbanks. Good stuff!

1:50 helped me load the spunds back from the memory card ❤ YAY!

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THANK YOU!! so much. This would have so difficult without your gracious help :)

Once you hold down red DATA TRANSFER key, don't release it again until the end of these steps; not until "Complete" shows. When using the shown MIDI cable setup, that is required... otherwise you get an MIDI Error message on the keyboard.

Yay ! It worked without any error ! Thanks Woody !

Great great great !!! Thanks a lot, you're the best !

Thank you! Very much! You really helped me to get it. Clearly, lucidly and to the point!

Hi there! What kind of USB to MIDI interface do I need? I'm a totaly beginner im this and I have the same problem as many others😅

When I click on SEND[F4], my D-50 is still waiting. What am I doing wrong.....? I am using cheap MIDI-USB cable, is that a problem...?

I am facing "Data Transfer Error" with my Roland D50 when i try to load patches from computer by a midi cable. It is maybe version 2 Roland D50. So what can I do?Anybody help me.

Excellent video! Thanks for the upload. I appreciate it. Take care, Sam.

Thank you for help! Do u know where I can find other presets like Valhalla?

Hi Woody, really sorry to say that I have failed. Pls help me. After connect the d50 with Bome sendsx it is showing that my d50 is not connected with that software.....pls help me how to connect it. I have connected the the midi cable at OUT from d50 and IN, in my sound card

Went through the steps on a Mac to Roland, and sysex says it is loading but Roland just says waiting. I have tested the MIDI connection and it is working. Computer can see the D50. But also can't download the files either.

Hey Woody! Nice tutorial! It totally worked! I wonder however: My d50 is a lot louder in the mid octaves. The two highest and the lowest are way more silent. Is there a way to fix this??

Hi woody no luck getting the original sounds back after battery change, do i need to alter the speed settings on SENDSX ?

First, thanks for this nice video. I just got a D50, now I'm trying to install the sounds. But finally I couldn't really get the sounds onto my D50. I followed the instructions but D50 wasn't "Loading..."the sounds, as shown in the video. Can someone help me out? (Im working on a Mac with Crossover)

Can I send my patches from my D-50 Hardware synth to Roland's D-50 VST version with this method?

I definitely have all of this set up correctly, but the synth still says "Waiting" when I start the transfer. Any ideas?

SoundBank Except 00, everything else is invalid and cannot be downloaded.😢

i went to music go round one time the first week i went, I saw a Roland D50. the 2nd week, they added a Yamaha DX7-II next to it. the 3rd week, They Were Both Gone Oh Jesus

hi my d-50 does not transfer any data it dose not show me [bulk load.0] it shows me [bulk load0] please help me

Abelton doesn't pick up the roland d50 midi. Will it pick it up if i use this?

hey woody! for some reason when i hook it up my computer, it goes fine, but when i hit “data transfer” nothing happens... could it be a bad battery, or connection issue? also would you recommend going into the midi in and out on my audio interface??

Hi Woody! What is that cool soundtrack under your video??

Hi there ! I’m in the bad situation .. my d50 stay in waiting mod and nothing happens.. can you help me please ? I’m on sysex librarian with usb midi m audio cable . Thank you very much !

I owe you a beer. Great clear video thanks mate.

Thanks a ton! this helped me finally get it working

what brand of midi cable you used?

Will need to try this on my d550. I just got that and I still have my card with he fantasia sound but the internal memory is the same sound set as my card. A bit disappointed I can't just reset it to factory get the internal. Although I wonder if the d550 came with this card as the Internal memory. I hope this works as I had my USB to midi din for a number of years, last time I tried to dump sounds it did t recognize my instrument. I suspect maybe my USB to midi din I can't get the drivers for anymore and probably need to buy a new cable. Suppose I just need to try it out and I will know haha. But thanks for the tuturial. I will try it out later on. Only other thing is the d550 rack don't know how to drop an octave on this thing.

Awesome. Thank you!

Thank you! That's what I need! I'm a noob with my D50 x)

I see you put a midi cable in the back, but how does it connect to the computer? Is it a midi to usb cable?

I got one today. The thing is under the dust. Yours is really clean. Q: How do you clean your synths?

Good day! I We have a trouble - we cant to load factory sounds on our roland d-50. We used MIDI OX and BOME SENDSX, but without results. We have windows 7, or maybe it works with windows xp? Please, helps us.

How would you have done this back in 87?

When I do this mine is just staying on waiting... My midi cable light flashes when I hit send in SendSX but nothing ever actually goes to the D50.. Any ideas why?

I have a roland d50 no sound just static what could it bE

I use Win10 and tried both "D50 LIbirarian" and "Bome SendSX". Unfortunately I have a very strange problem with the data/MIDI transfer on my D-50... I try to search anything about it and found a Facebook post from 2016 with the exactly the same issue (except I use a D-50, not D550): "Guys, having insane problems with sending and loading bulk dumps. This is for my D550, not the D50. I'm using the D50 Librarian, and have also tried using MidiOx and MidiQuest, all to no avail. I am using a brand new midi to USB interface that's working great and was bought for this exact thing because I thought the problem was routing it through a patchbay, but apparently, it's not the problem. I have the factory patches in both the memory and the memory card. I'm trying to send a different bank into the main memory. I'm also trying to save the factory sounds via bulk dump. This is what happens: I have write protect disabled. Midi channel 1, 2nd channel 2, Sysex on. I am selecting data transfer. While holding that button down, I am selecting bulk dump, and enter. The librarian is ready and waiting, and begins collecting the data. About 9/10ths through I get a message "invalid sysex data" from the librarian, and the d550 says complete. And loading to the 550 has been just as bad. I repeat basically the same steps, except choose "bulk load", and i select a .syx bank in the librarian. It begins to send, but the 550 instantly reports "midi communication error". I've shortened and lengthened the buffer delay times, still no progress. Can anyone help me out here? This is getting really frustrating. I really hate using the factory sounds and cryptic editor on the 550. I'm sure you're all aware of how much more useful the d50s are with librarian and editor software." Can anyone help of might have an idea about this^? Thank you very much

it worked! :) yay

Is it possible to extract these soundbanks to a floppy disk? So I can sample it in a Roland S-50 I'm saving up for. ? :)

You can use the online patch librarian Laser Mammoth on f0f7.net. It works in the Chrome browser and supports D-50. You also don't have to do the DATA Transfer Button Hold trick" with LaserMammoth when you connect the D-50 with two MIDI cables.

Does this also work for the D5 ?

Thank you so much! You saved my life!

Its causing my BomeSendSX to not respond for me.

Top Man! Thank you so much!

Thank you!

I cant get bulk load 0 to appear

Ive sorted out my BomeSendSX but still getting midi communication error on my D-50 so i give up and i will let someone else do it.

thank you very much :-)

Hello is there any program to use on macbook? thanks

Muchas gracias! LIKE! Saludos y Bendiciones!

надо сделать!!!

DOES NOT WORK FOR WINDOWS 10 USERS unfortunately.

WHAT DID YOU USE TO PLUG THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIDI

"D50 librarian" es mucho mas facil para transferir archivos sysex creo yo.

The D50 Librarian software is an absolute must for any D50 owner. The library feature is great, no loading files or trawling through folders to find a patch. Just put all the patches you can find on the web into a folder then tell the library to scan that folder and it will skip patches that have duplicate names and can skip those with duplicate patch vales too. Once the library is built you can search for patches by name and quickly send to the D50 on the fly. Add comments and ratings against them too to find favorites later on. www.d50librarian.co.uk/#/library/4543473940

Get an MIDI Communication error

Thank you so much. I had repaired a friends D50. The battery was at 0.7 volts, so I replaced it only to find all the patches were gone. YIKES!!. I did have problems with a Midisport usb to Midi interface. Turns out when I first connected this it must have installed a default windows driver for it which gave me a "Midi Communication Error" when I tried to send to D50. I got the box for it out and there was a driver install disk which I did and viola! no communication error, patches are downloaded, friend is happy and off to a gig. I appreciate you taking the time to make and post this, it was a life saver.

I see you put a midi cable in the back, but how does it connect to the computer? Is it a midi to usb cable?