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Average rating:
4.4 out of 5
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Quote: "The M1 sunk [the D50] without trace in the late 80s, then the JD sunk the M1."
The first part of this is true, the second part not at all. The JD-800 was not a big seller (in fact Roland admitted "a flop" at the time of its release in 1991) and was a pretty misunderstood synth upon its release. The M1 which was already out for 3 years went on to stay #1 and sell 250,000 copies right up until the last production run in 1994, eclipsing everything in its path including Korg's newer workstations. The second part of the quote is what today's knobbage crowd has opined about the value of synths and the JD800 in particular, and thus raised the value of what was in fact a brilliant synth orignally misunderstood. But you cannot rewrite history.
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I knew about d-50 but i wouldn't buy it if wouldn't listen it from one of the best musicians here in Greece NIKOS APOTAS.The sounds that he did make in this synth is fantastic.D-50 has marvelous pads,nice big strings and special greek violin and sazzi.I have one piece and i don't sell it for any price.It is very good synth and i am lucky to have it thank's to Nick.
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An interesting notion. The JD800 is a nice but out of date synth, whilst the D50 is 80s cutting edge. Hmmm... The JD offers a unique interface for a synth of its type, and quality sounds which are the stable offering on very recent Rolands. The D50 is extremely dated in its sounds, is noisey, has limited polyphony, is difficult to program and has an interesting sample clipping effect. The M1 sunk it without trace in the late 80s, then the JD sunk the M1. It's called evolution. The D50 is the worst of all digital synths, as it should be. I can't think of another synth which is more dated in its sounds and which is least likely to come back into fashion.
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Just wanted to give my comment. I have owned both D-50 and JD-800 and now have JD-990. I have also own JV-2080 and have owned newer XV-series. The newer synths they make, far they go as soundwise compared to JD. XV sounds great but I still went back to JV and kept the JD. JD sounds so great and different than new synths that I'm not going to get rid of it. D-50 still sounds good for new age etc, just better to use outboard effects...
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I totally disagree that the D50 is a bad version of the JD800. I own both of them. Absolutely nothing in common.
While the JD800, a nice synth anyway, is a bit out of date and can be replaced by a lot of synths, the D50 offers a unique warm 80ies sound.
Also there is no ring modulator in the JD800.
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