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Average rating:
3.8 out of 5
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I've left a review on this synth before, way back once i'd just bought it. I paid �70 and than sold it the month after for �65!
I thought it was my lack of experience that made it difficult to prgram, but..nooooo.. it is truly awkward to use!! The keys pop out if you get to enfusiastic and some of the presets where a joke!!
I've since bought a D550 (i didn't put me of the D series all togther luckily) and i adore my D550, its so lushes and rich and thick in comparisson. I know theres a whole 2 synths between them (D10, D20) but i never could have expected the differnce between the two considering its the same form of synthisis!
Don'y buy one unless to litterlry PLAY with. if you considering it then spend the litle extra on a D10.. you'll thank me, trust me.
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D5 is amazingly complex machine. I didn't have manual too, but I managed to get PG-10 programmer which is must since there is no any data slider out there. So try to find one, they are relative cheap (mine cost about $50 but that was over 7 years ago). It can make great synth sounds, sweeps, basses, pads etc and some organs/ep's too but not acoustic sounds. Sadly interface is really crap (every synth had back to the late 80's) and the machine is so complex(LA) so many don't even bother to edit it nowadays.
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This was my first synth, new, back in 89. You can get some great sounds out of it if you put the effort in, but it's not well suited for 'real' instruments. But for analogue style squeaks and blips and pads and drums it's an absolute wonder - great for Erasure-y multi-layered synth tracks. For a couple of years I knocked out tracks using *only* the D5 with 7 channels plus drums, and it was just incredible what I achieved with it when I had to make it stretch. I tell ya' I was far more productive using my little D5 than I am now with my rack of fancy-pants synths and all-singing software.
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Got mine brand new in 88? paid around $800 for it at the time I could only afford a D5 or K1.D5 was very underated the k1 was very very popular.took it home with a brandd new MMT8. Never regret a moment with it. this synth has the worse preset but with a little time and some help from external fx this synth definetely has cheracter. synth pads, nothing like others try to program it on your own and yyou'll fall in love with it just like me. the easiest keys to understand as always with every Roland products. thank you for the fine memory
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When the D5 came out it was a good board.The only problem is it was out about the same time Roland was putting out keyboards like cars on a assembly line. The JV-1000 was out then and nothing i mean nothing could shake a stick at it except for maybe a synclavier. The Jv was more in the digital domain then so all of the d series sucked exept maby the d-50 which is still a good board today. I enjoyed my D5 while it lasted.it really wasnt built that good though the sounds were okay running through signal proccesing.
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