@@VultureCulture Ok, I can confirm. All patches are very well programmed. I really appreciate the work because the D-50 and DX-7 are very complicated to program. Have you used the PG-1000? Regarding the quality of the D.50: Jarre created "Revolution" using almost exclusively the D50/D-550. What else:)
@m4xgh thank you 🙏 and yes, I used the pg-1000. I have a full 3-hour tutorial on how to program the D-50 because you're right, it is complicated, but not as bad as a DX7. And the last patch is a tribute to Jarre's Revolution 🔧
@@VultureCulture Whatever moves you, man. If you're interested in the gear, your video will be interesting. I am more into modern gear than the vintage stuff, but I like the vintage sound. Playing with a hydrasynth explorer right now.
Long live to Jean-Michel Jarre! That is the Artist that turned me into synthesizers. D-50 remains to be unique sounding synthesizer. Limitations in technology at that time and creative way Roland chose to “overcome” them - that is what made it unique. Thank you for great sounds & programming, Vulture Culture!
Beautiful use of "Falling" from Twin Peaks while demonstrating Patch 75: Population 51,201 around the 6 minute mark! Wonderful patches! I've loved this instrument since the first time I played it in a local shop in the '80s. My band got 2 D-550s back then. After I splintered off, I finally got my own D-50 in the '90s, but then sold it about 15 years later. I realized that nothing could replace it for me. So I picked up another D-550 only two years later and I treasure it to this day.
I'm sure you got this, but for anyone who didn't population 51,201 is written underneath the words "Twin Peaks" on the famous sign from the intro. I'm so glad you liked the patches! And I'm glad you've got a D-550. Any major differences with the rack version?
@@VultureCulture Indeed! No major differences in the sound. Two big things in the interface: 1) There's no joystick on the rack mount. 2) The LCD on the D-550 is Inverted. It has a pale blue background with dark text, whereas the D-50 has a dark background with glowing green text. I prefer the D-50 screen. However, I appreciate the smaller footprint. Yet, if you've never seen a D-550, they are DEEP! It's about the same depth as my old S900 (just a shade over 16")!
Forgot about the Cloud versions of Roland, good, will pick up your patch bank when I do. Just got the Korg Collection a few weeks ago. Thanks, have a great New Year bro!
@@Acrimonious_Snake Looks like I will have to get the Roland collection next, and then maybe I can use the D-50 patches. Crap, hope I live long enough to enjoy them. Not a lot of time left. Thanks
@@spacemanonearth Wow, the JV-1080/XP-50 has wonderfull sound engine. The D-50 was artificial and sharp as blade, the JV-1080 is very natural, soft and smooth. This synth has army of fans, maybe even bigger than D-50. A good half of 90s pop, ambient, house and endless hours of computer game music for Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn were written with JV-1080. Every studio had at least one JV-1080/2080. Still a classic synth.
I did my best to recreate it! Technically it's not the same, I would have need three partials to pull that off and I wanted to do a split. But I wanted to do a cool little tribute to that sound.
Everything at its apointed time. These synths were capable of producing sounds beyond their time. Folks just weren't ready for them. I still use them all now as VSTi versions and the extra patches/presets are amazing, and easier to program than the phisical instrument. And with a little bit of knowledge on the programming side, you can get close to whatever sound you want. Basically same architecture as all those new software synths you've been messing with. Whether it’s subtractive, additive, wavetable or FM synthesis and so on and so forth, you can achieve many, many new presets that have been waiting to be discovered. Awesome synth. Enjoy.
Awesome new patches! Some are sounding like having a bit of DX-7 in them. Don't forget you can also play D-50 patches on a V-Synth XT. I have one in addition to two D-50 and the D-05.
I don't know why, but the D50 was always a more than the sun of it's parts type of synth. It had no right to sound so good! You patches are really awesome too. They bring the old beast to life!
Machinestorm Robot? You can actually watch me make that patch from scratch here: ru-vid.comTpzASiNpBqw?si=m0E3zDSBXvMkq-wk I've never seen The 'Burbs but it's cool that that sound is so close
Bought em, loaded them into a vintage D-50. The patches sound amazing, and the "comments" bring me joy. The whole package is inspiring. Goddamn mermaids.
are these wav files? i want to use them for my ensoniq eps 16 plus, loving the sounds, loving your channel, loved the episode you did with the jd 800, definitely my fav 90s synth that roland did
They're not unfortunately - they're patches that can be loaded into all versions of the Roland D-50 (hardware + software). At some point I might sample them if the desire is there.
@@VultureCulture It’s $20/mth. You get access to everything with that. I pay $10/mth but I forgot I get access to 2 legendary instruments at any given time. So I should be able to try the D50. There was a deal not that long ago where you pay for a year of ultimate up front and get to permanently keep any 1 of the legendary instruments.
I wish Roland released a new version of Boutique D-05 with the interface and design of PG-1000... That would be great. And other Boutiques with more polyphony and the interfaces of corresponding programmer modules.
Comparing it against my Boss RV-2 I think the D50 has a different reverb chip - I like the reverbs from the pedal better. I had a viewer claim the RV-2 chip was used in the later D-70. I can't confirm that though.
$700-800 seems like a fair offer. For $900ish there's one for sale on Reverb right now that is pro serviced with a warranty. Also Guitar Center has one for $800 right now and if anything's wrong with it you can return it in the three day window
@@VultureCultureEvery used synth I've bought from Guitar Center has had the worst packing job I've ever seen. I always call the store and get them to refund me partial refunds for every single one. Talk about anxiety every single time!
@@VultureCulture Shipped to my house. I've had so many broken keys. Broken parts rattling inside the synths. Missing power cables. Wide open boxes sitting on the front porch.
This part, just to be specific. Industrial Revolution: Overture (Revolution Industrielle: Ouverture if you happen to have a European copy) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R0km82n3q_8.html
