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I've had a D-110 for a couple of years, but barely used it, because I ended up so frustrated every time I tried to do anything with it. The Operating system is a pure bitch. However, as part of my resolution to use what I have, and stop lusting after more gear, I recently spent most of my spare time for a couple of days really hacking at it, with some success. Here are some observations:
Unlike my first multi-timbral synth (TX81Z - a paragon of clarity by comparison), there is no single-sound mode on the D-110. To do this, you need to go into PART EDIT, and set the MIDI Channel of parts 2-R to OFF, and/or reduce their PARTIAL RESERVE to 0. Make the PARTIAL RESERVE of Part 1=4. Now, you've got one voice to play with, polyphony of 8. When editing your one voice, use PARTIAL MUTE to isolate components of the sound.
The biggest confusion about the D-110 may be the layers of a sound/multi-setup. The lowest is a TONE = the single voice described above. Next is TIMBRE, then PART, then PATCH. The trouble is there are only buttons for 3 of the 4 - to get to TONE EDIT, go TIMBRE-EDIT-EDIT. Also, you can only directly save 3 of the 4 - PART EDITs seem to be saved as part of PATCH save. Only TONEs and PATCHes seem to have names, too.
So, maybe there's a more efficient way of doing it, but what works for me: 1) - Set up the single-voice PART as above, edit the TONE and save it, with name. 2) - Edit TIMBRE and save it. 3) - Edit PATCH name and save it. If you want a multi-timbral PATCH, repeat the above for each different voice.
Despite the hassles, I'm really starting to appreciate this box (I need to tackle the Rhythm setups next). As others have observed, the samples are not great, it's a bit noisy, and it's obtuse. But you can get great noises out of it, with patience. I'd be happy to trade notes with others.....
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