Classic Gear: Kawai K1 – The budget D-50 that was surprisingly popular
15 Mar in Synths
In the late-‘80s, D-50-style sample synthesis was too expensive for most. Enter the Kawai K1. Is this 8-bit oddity still relevant today?
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Japanese Giants: The History of Roland Synthesizers
23 Apr 2023 in Synths
Monosynths to Modulars, Junos to Jupiters; The History of Roland Synthesisers takes in some of the most famous synth & drum sounds of all time...
Roland Cloud models the iconic JD-800 cyber-synth, free trial during March
03 Mar 2021 in Synths
Roland releases the JD-800 Model Expansion for Zenology and Jupiter-X/Xm. You can try it out until the end of the month absolutely free.
Deal: Get UVI Digital Synsations for free for a limited time!
UVI is giving away its Digital Synsations bundle for free until the end of September. Names like Korg M1, Ensoniq VFX, Yamaha SY77 and Roland D-50 make your mouth water? Then don’t miss this deal!
Hypersynth release Hcard memory cartridges for DX7 and D-50 synthesizers
09 Jan 2019 in Synths
Store up to 6400 patches in 100 banks on these new Hcard memory cartridges for the Yamaha DX7, DX7-II and Roland D-50. They come complete with the factory library and many more sounds.
Dtronics DT-01: hardware programmer for the Roland D-05, D-50 and D-550
10 Dec 2018 in Synths
Dtronics map the guts out of Roland Linear Arithmetic synthesizers and route them to 56 knobs of programming bliss on the DT-01 programmer.
Shootout: Roland D-05 vs D50
12 Sep 2017 in Synths
Can you tell the difference between the classic presets of the original D-50 and the same sounds on the new Roland Boutique D-05? No, we couldn't either - but give it a go!
Roland Boutique D-05: a reimagined D-50 Linear Synthesizer
09 Sep 2017 in Synths
Roland take us back to the era of menu diving, painful programming and the pop music of the late 1980's with the Roland Boutique D-05 Linear Synthesizer.
Roland redefines the future with a D-50 Linear synthesizer experience
06 Sep 2017 in Synths
Roland hint at something to do with a D-50 Linear Synthesizer for 909 day this year. But they've already released the VSTi plugin version so why all the mystery?
Roland brings back the D-50 Linear Synthesizer as a plug-in
22 Jun 2017 in Synths
With all the excitement of the SE-02 we missed the sneaky release of a vintage digital classic - the Roland D-50 Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer recreated as a plug-in.