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Average rating:
4.4 out of 5
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black and fat, just the way I likes 'em! the "soundtrack" patch is used on "end of the innocense" by don henley and "I don't want to live without you" by foreigner. just so you'll know. I disagree that you should look to sample playback boards for realistic sounds. if you compare most sample keyboards to the real thing in anything they try to imitate, they're so far off, it's not even funny. whether you're talking about a piano, electric grand, wurly, rhodes, clav, hammond pipe organ or whatever. on the other hand, the DX7, D50 and other non sample boards are realistic in that they sound like a DX7, D50 or whatever. romplers will never become their own instrument the way older boards have. they'll just keep on getting staler and staler as the years pass by. and REAL instruments will appreciate in value. the DX7 beats the D50 in the bell/EP department. while the D50 is great for strings, brass, analog and spacey pads. both are good for bass sounds, although probably not dance music bass. the minimooog is good for that as everyone knows. I like the key action, editing is a bitch without the manual, even though I have the PG1000. I think the filter sounds good. all in all a thumping good axe. I highly recommend picking one up if you have the means. a must have for any child of the 80s.
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Analog-sounding digital pads and atmospheric sweeps. A ragin' B3 organ sound. Deep basses. Wacky fx sounds. That's what you get from a D-50.
Don't expect anything realistic out of this unit. Leave that for the sample playback machines.
A staple in the 80's sound.
The MIDI sometimes conks out on me, so I isolated mine on its own MIDI out channel.
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I have to admit that I really love the factory sounds on this board. In fact, I like them so much that I purchased the Factory ROM card from another internet user.
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The ultimate digital synthesizer. A digital so powerful that I, as an analog purist, would be proud to own. (In fact, it is on my hit list.) The following review is based on my many hours of playing with a D50/PG1000 at a local music store.
The D50 requires no introduction, as it stands among the most popular of all synthesizers ever along with the Yamaha DX7 and Korg Wavestation.
Soundwise, the D50's presets have been used to death and sound cliche' nowadays (as does the Wavestation's). Although the DX7 sounds more visceral and alive than the D50, the D50 has one attribute that blows away the Yamaha--the PG1000 programmer.
With the PG1000 programmer, synthesists are given the opportunity to quickly and painlessly edit (with practice) sounds on the D50--creating complex digital patches of innumerable variety. This ability to edit with the PG1000 makes the D50 the most powerful of all digital synthesizers.
Compared to the D50, the Korg Wavestation and its many clones sound muddy and wheezing. Personally, the D50 kills the Triton regarding sound quality (I compared them side-to-side out of the same speaker set, with no effects). The digital harshness and roughness of the D50, compared to a modern digital synth, actually makes the D50 sound more lifelike and vital than anything contemporary.
However, I still think the Yamaha DX7 sounds better than the D50--but, without an equivalent programming unit, the D50 is a better purchase. (However, there was a European made DX7 programmer made by Jellinghaus--I would kill for one of these! In absence of availability, the D50 wins by default.)
The bottom line is that, for my purposes of creating music, the D50 crushes anything modern with a combination of guts and easy programmability. A classic, that keeps getting better (once you delete all the presets and make your own). A must have for my collection.
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I've just got one (traded one for a Emax), and what can I say?. Its great!. I just love old digital-synthesizers!. They make such a cool sound, that it creeps all over my body. I've never been an Analog-sound fan, but this synth does those sounds to!, and very impressive. I cant see why some people thinks that its the big brother of D110.. the D110 is lightyears away from the D50 in sounds!. (ive got a D110 too), but the D110 is a great synth to.)
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