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Average rating:
3.8 out of 5
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bought mine in 89 new bought the soundquest editor worked gr8..used it as controller for years till it broke in 2003..have 2 cards for it RAM256 and ROM plus all the soundbanks ever made for it. have original manuals..in a nutshell I loved it :)
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bought mine in 89 new bought the soundquest editor worked gr8..used it as controller for years till it broke in 2003..have 2 cards for it RAM256 and ROM plus all the soundbanks ever made for it. have original manuals..in a nutshell I loved it :)
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One of those synths which just isn't worth buying. You will have to buy an effects unit to make anything of it. The D50 goes for nothing, has effects and does sooo much more. This is a thin sounding dollar shop synth fron the 1980's. You can buy other, later stuff for peanuts. Its alot like the DX27. When the DX7 can be picked up for a hundred bucks, whats the point. It can do alot of the D range stuff. It is a simple DX10 without the effects. Its reasonably light to carry about and thats its best feature. I would recommend any other digital synth above it. The strings sound good through a decent effects unit. It is not simple to program and has alot of limitations.
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This Synth is suprisingly good for 1989, I've mainly done Darkwave and Sister Machine Gun kind of ndustrial with it, and it works. First, the complaints. The keys on these things seem to break very easily, but if you dont move it alot that shouldnt be a problem, and, the buttons have a tendency to fall in. Granted, this thing is almost 15 years old, so it shouldnt be huge, but its a small thing i dotn like, also, their is no built in sequencer. Now the good parts, this has great bass sounds, and if you hook up a external sequencer and a few effect pedals, this thing is great. Its ok for beginners, but the programming can be time consuming. In short, its old, but still kicks butt. Rock on.
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Against better judgement due to poor reviews online, I bought this synth for a whopping 75.00. I am very glad I bought this board.
I write a whole lot of electronic music, mainly darkwave, trip-hop, and other industrial-styled dance music. For these genres, the D5 is A PERFECT 10/10 synth in terms of playable sounds. Most of the factory horns, leads, and strings have the perfect low-fi, detuned sine/saw noise that you hear in most dark dance music, making the D5 useable for almost any electronic music. It does great drone pads for trip-hop, and a lot of FM-style punch basses for house music. This synth has delay, chord play, and an arpeggiator. PROGRAMMING IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, SO DON'T TRY. You can, however, download roland's FREE patch editor and edit sysex sounds over MIDI. D5 also takes semi-easy-to-find PCMCIA explansion cartriges for tons more sounds.
I have never had a cheap synth contain SO MANY useable sounds right out of the box. In terms of old 80's synths, I have everythign from the DX7 and ESQ1 to the older Polysix and Juno61. I own an alesis QS8 and have owned a Korg Trinity. I believe many of these boards have a sound all their own, something that cannot be duplicated by just recreating the patch on another synth. The D5 has a sound all it's own: low-fi, but very cool and professional sounding. This is no board for the jazz or classical musician, but if you're into crazy dance music, this is a GOOD investment for 150 or less! Trust me!
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