If listening to the A11 - Warm Pad Fade preset with my eyes closed I could be easily fooled and believe that I'm hearing a big, classy and expensive analog polysynth.
I have a D10 that I keep in shape with which I always play. I have other recent keyboard, but he has something special that reminds me of my 80s. And I'm basically a guitarist. I love it ...
I worked at a music store in the 90s. I thought the D-10 sounded cheap, until the U-20 came out. Then I really appreciated the fat that the D-10 was a real synthesizer and had some decent synth sounds (just no realistic sounds) vs. the coming wave of romplers and anything with "general midi" as a marketing point. At the time, the D-50 was too expensive for most of the non-pro customers. so D-10s used to sell left and right. D-20s as well. I seem to recall these all had decent build quality.
I agree - and that A11 Warm Pad Fade is just a Whole patch made with the internal Saw waveforms slightly detuned, as one would do with any analog synth. The D series synth all have that characteristic "semi-analog" flavor when using the "S" (synthesis) structure instead of the PCM.
Fantasy Bells is so incredibly cheesy, yet so captivating. It might really add a nice touch a song, if you have it set just right. Thanks Synthmania for all these wonderful demos of the cheaper synths as well. They are a great point of reference for those who are looking for an affordable vintage synth!
+Fuzzball Sounds You're very welcome. "Fantasy Bells" (3:57) imitates the classic Roland D-50 patch "Fantasia". The D-10 doesn't have a synth engine as capable as the D-50, so the original Fantasia patch sounds much better, but it's not a bad synth on its own. Many people like burgers, but just as many people like cheeseburgers.
I loved the D-10 (it was my first synth,) and even though it's wasn't as thick as the D-50 it was eight-part multi-timbral and had a drum machine in it! The D-50 wasn't even close there. Armed with a copy of Cakewalk 2.0 I had a working studio. Love this synth. Nice video!
Another great demo Synthmania... Always proving it is not about what a synth can do for one but what one can do with a synth - with creativity, imagination and talent. D-10... I was blown away when I played one first time. My first serious synth was a D-20 - which is a workstation with the same architecture. It offered tremendous value for money at the time. Sure, it was no analog or the bigger "D" brothers but it made sequencing affordable before computers caught up.
I still have a D-10. Used to use it way back in the day with a Roland MC500 sequencer and a Tascam 38 1/2" 8 track coupled with a Tascam 312b board. It was a nice setup for home studio.
Honestly nowadays keyboard is like toys and most of them from China. but these old was so good in quality,most of them was from Japan,Italy etc I miss those good kind of keyboard. Roland D-50 was TOP in 80s with YAMAHA DX-7 !! they looked so good ,most bands had them . btw,thanks for the video !
Thank you for your great demos and contribution to the synth world ! I really like your playing ! I've had a D-110 for 18 years and I still use it (along side my beloved D-50) for its drums and also for lead sounds. the ring mod structures and PCM loops are a very under used feature of the D synths. One can also use patches with detuned timbre to create an "ensemble" effect at the expense of timbre memory and polyphony. Like any synth, with a bit of tweaking and effect it can sound awesome :-)
Yesterday i was searching for a first synth for a friend who wants to learn music. At first i found a Casio CTK-100 for 10 bucks, another CTK for 30, but then i proposed her a D-100 for 120 bucks, with your video as the demo. You guess it, the D-10 is next to me for 2 days so i can learn and then teach her how to use it. She even had it for 90 bucks, as a few buttons are quite unresponsive. So thank you Paolo ; ) I mean i have a D-10 for 2 days in part thanks to you ;p
This keyboard was amazing when it came out I still love the sounds the d50 was amazing when it came out. The D-10 was what I could have forwarded the time to buy a keyboard for. The d20 came out and it had a floppy disk added to its capabilities. I bought an alesis multi-tracking mmt 8 sequencer and tascam 4track and got busy started writing some music. I'm grateful for this keyboard.
I had a D-10 and I loved it and mourned it getting ripped off (my fault for leaving it unattended) and we made some great recordings back 20 years ago. Love hearing these patches again. Always thought it was a very serviceable mid range synth for performing and sequencing. I miss it so much I just bought a D-110 rack for about $25 on ebay. So excited for it to arrive!
Fantastic demo! :-) These sounds remind me a lot of late 1980's early 1990's pop and dance. Thank you very much for sharing. Because of your wonderful demo's i rescued a Roland U-20 and the U-220. I might do the same with a slightly damaged D-10 that's up for sale.
3:57 Fantasy Bell has SUCH a beautiful sound. When I first seen this unit on local ads I dismissed it thinking it was just another low quality digital synth but it really does have some beautiful and useful sounds. You can really appreciate them listing to you play, well done!
I am still loving my D-10. I own it since it was realised, it was my first synth. Then I bought it’s PG-10 programmer due to the lack of commands on the front panel. 4 years ago I bought a D-50 and it’s PG-1000’s and I can say these 2 synths are complementary, not made for the same goal. For D-10 owners please try WarmPadFade patch through an EHX Smallstone and a Digitech Polara ! JMJ fans will appreciate. Thx Paolo 👍
Thanks for posting. You've inspired me to revisit my D10. It has been a long while since I have played it with the internal sounds. Hearing this again really brings me back.
I learned how to compose/arrange by ear with the D-10 (hooked up to a Roland PR-100 2-track sequencer). My entire formative years (early 90's to late 90's) in music was spent using it, so it has a special place in my heart. From there, I graduated to using DAW on the computer and upgraded to as Korg Triton LE.
My first synth in L.A. was the Roland D-20. Then I bought the bigger brother, the famous D-50. Then, when came out the SY-77 Yamaha, sold the D-50. Later, despite the fact of the extreme flexibility of the synthesis AFM-AWM, I decided to keep my set-up, a synth in L.A. Synthesis, and so I bought the D110, as well as having the same sound of the keyboard to her little brother, had also eight separate outputs ...
I've never really noticed a difference in sound between the D-50 and it's cheaper variants, dunno what people are on about. Just got myself a D-5 for $150 and I'm not disappointed at all! Between it and my Kawai K1 II I'm in digital synth heaven.
I just got one thats quite broken. My school janitor gave it to me for free since one of the teachers told him to get rid of it. Hoping to get all the presets and keys to work.
I used to play the d10 in secondary school and I always remember a sound called One Note Jam.I remember that sounding absolutely awesome I'd love to hear that again.
I've just completely refurbished and repaired a D-10, must admit this is a real nice synth, which well exceeded my opinion of it initially. Fantastic build quality (like the other Ds) and a set of fat sounds which were never seen for a couple of decades after that. Yes, the D-50 is out there, but the D-10/D-20 has its rightful place too bringing better multi-timbral and sampled drums too.
Love the patchnames, and some of the patches sounds really nice!. I had a Roland D110 a few years ago, but I cant remember these sounds at all. Mostly used the drums on it actually
My grandma just gave the Roland D-10 to me alone with the Roland mc-50 recorder. She also gave me the Tascam Porta Monitor S-1010M's. I shall have this hooked up into my mixer along with my Yamaha Keyboard and Electric Drums.
I'm fortunate enough to have a CM-32L which is basically a stripped down version of the MT-32 with no display or controls other than a power button, 2 LEDs and a rotary volume control but I wouldn't mind owning the module version of the D-10 which is a D-110. Another interesting thing about the D-10/D-110 and D-20 is that they also have a mix of PCM and LA Synthesis drums so in a sense comparing the D-10/D-110 to a D-50/D-550 is like comparing apples and oranges. Even in the mid 90s some producers were using keyboards and modules like the D-10. I don't have any plans to buy a D-110 but even 10 years from now it would never be "too late" to buy one, it's never too late. I quite like the bell sounds on the D-10 like A41 Joyful Times but it might not be worth buying just for the odd couple of sounds.
from over 3 years i gigged with this very keyboard in a band, no bassist so i had to do the obvious split keyboard etc, just used the factory sounds mostly. ah, memories..
It's just that I've heard so much D-50 and DX7. I spent a lot of years listening to NIN and Enya. And I can't get excited about FM. But the D-10 sounds all make me really happy without sounding like super-primitive video game music. But I really like a lot of the JV-1080 sounds, and I guess that and the Proteus would be 3rd-wave video game music, right? All those Shifted Glass-type pads sound amazing to me, but there's probably a lot of people who think that's a bigger cliche than an 808 cowbell. Which I also love. I don't know ... I have way too many digital rack synths but I think I need a D-110 and a TX81Z still. I just wish they weren't 11" deep. I don't have anything bigger than an E-mu! I can't start hoarding pizza-box sized modules. I've got two M-DC1s FFS. But those have great drum samples. I wish Roland would just make a D-50 / D-110 boutique that had the whole SysEx implementation and all the programmer sliders LOL.
@Torben Of course there are sounds that the D-10/20/110 can make that the D-50 can't. For example, a sound that uses any of the PCMs that are in the D-10/20/110 but not in the D-50. More importantly, in performance mode the D-10/20/110 can layer two tones each composed of up to 4 oscillators (partials): 8 in total. The D-50 can only layer up to 4. Roland may have done this on the D-10/20/110 to make up for the lack of any kind of chorus to fatten up the sound.
description: "Captain Obvious variety - anyone who knows the least bit about synths knows that yes, the D-50 sounds better than its smaller cousins." Well, I'm not sure it's that simple. Each of the 2 engines has its own strengths and weaknesses, like portamento, multiple LFOs and PWM in the D-50 - but vs. 8x or 4x the multitimbrality and the added 6 invididual outputs in the D-110 (although not the keyboard equivalents). And indeed, many of the features are shared, meaning it's often quite possible to transfer patches between the 2 types with a little bit of work. So it's not all about sound, but also more practical features, and for many sounds, the D-10 family is just as capable :-)
Had one about 1990. My programming skills were non existent, so I had to make do with the presets. I had recently been using an Alpha Juno (which was stolen) and I was expecting warm, analog sounds. I was disappointed, to say the least. Now that I know a little more, I may revisit this synth. Even though I have a D-550, I would like to program a D-10 and see if I can vindicate myself and the synth.
he tocado este teclado hace muchos años y no he encontrado ningún otro aparato que tenga un sonido tan calido y largo como el Warm Pad Fade.Lo que me gusta mucho del D-10 es que suena muy bien en todas las octavas con buenos graves y sin chirriar en las altas.Yo tengo Korg N5 que es muy bueno pero para otro tipo de sonidos.
A11 warm strings, my favorite of the lot. I have used it countless times on my D20. Run it through the Digitech RP350 Phasers and such to get the 80's sounds.
All these examples come from a stock D-10 and its onboard effects - no external processing added. The D-10 has eight effect types: 2 rooms, 2 halls, 1 plate, and 3 delays.
Personally, I’d prefer something with sounds that are beautiful, but which would both provide the room for experimentation later, and force that sort of “compose now, design sounds later” mindset. I’m also looking for a midi controller for Synclavier Go! and Korg iM1. I think I may buy one of these to fill that role and bring something new to the table.
I still like it, like I did when it was new. Maybe people get disappointed by the presets, but there are loads of brilliant synth sounds available in the internet. One of my favourite pop bands Bonanza Banzai (early 1990s, from Hungary) mainly used D-10 and D-20 to produce synth pop.
The D-50 has the full "LA" synth engine, but the D-5,10,20 are capable of layering more "partials" at once in a patch. Of course this comes at a cost of less polyphony but nothing can beat a 32 partial lead patch.
The D5 was my first D series synth, what I love the most is having to actually dig deep into it to get a great sound. Unlike todays "100,000 sounds built in" synths.
For an 80's rompler based synth, this actually sounds shockingly good. I came here to listen because I saw one of these for sale online, and since it's based on the LA algorithm, like the MT-32, I figured it might be a nice alternative. And then I find this. It sounds much better than the MT-32 (not surprising, as this was aimed at more professional users), but unfortunately, after looking at lots of spec sheets online, I find that it doesn't have those 64 programmable voices that the MT-32 has, so I can't really defend buying it for that purpose then.
Sound very familiar. Have one since 87. Sometimes I pick it and remember how usefull it is. This synth only has Reverb and needs external Chorus.Greeting. PR.
I have both the D10 and the D110 rack mount. I think the rackmount was a little conservative in the patches. The D10 has by far the best patches. I also find some of the "S" synthesis sharper and more brilliant than my SY77, JV2080 or Korg Poly 61. I keep them for that reason. Oh and the drums are really good, especially the kick drums. I wire it up on midi Chanel 10 to the electronic drum kit and its very much the 82-90 sound of pop and electronic music.
t is true that the d 10 really has its own sounds, I had a D 10 and then a D 50, and well I went back to the D 10 and I am not disappointed. The D 50 can have huge sounds but with the D 10 we come out of great sounds that the D 50 can not do.
The D-50 & Juno 60 are my 2 favorite synths but, I am a sucker for any LA synth. I actually like the lo-fi quality of the D-10. Reminds me a but of a MT-32. It can be just the right sound in the proper context.
Great demo, and ..I agree with the comments on your descritption... People don´t need to make such futile comments...but there are always many of those...And of course, I bet they´re not precisely enjoying the music...=) I love Roland, my bro used to have the D-20..and it was my first and unique contact with synths-in order to play them-But how much I did enjoy that! I remember I tried to play the Aria to the chord of G by bach...oh! I thought that was Heaven!
I seems the D-50 and the D-20/ D10, is not the same engine exactly. Both are the linear arithmetic synthezis engine, but the D 20 is the second generation
Just picked one up for $100 (a semi fixer-upper). The real joke here is on the Jupiter 80 though, because this ''cheap'' D-10 (still $1400,- upon release in 1987 which was small fortune those days), sounds more pleasent, wide and open in a mix than the JP-80. This is for most of the time and it depends on the sounds a bit. Long story short, this is a pretty good synth, especially considering for what they're going for these days.
Can u please do a tutorial video or show the notes to some of your they are so cool and how much does a d10 cost it seems to have every sound I like and a lot more
The interesting question about D-50 and D-10/20 - I'm sorry for putting this up, but since you wrote so much why you don't want to read about it that it's too provocating :-) - is are there sounds which can't be reproduced on the D-50. And listening through your video, some sounds I could do with the D-50 indeed. But some others and be it at least for some different - minor? - character not... And then the D-10 still makes sense. What do the others think about that?
There's one on Ebay right now for $99.95 "Buy It Now", & currently the auction is only at $19.95. Throw a bid down. I bet you have a decent chance of picking it up for $50 or less. It's cool little keyboard. I had one back in the late 80's. It was my first "ROMpler". It's very limited by today's standards & many of it's sounds are dated, but it's got some usable sounds. I had a lot of fun with my D-10 back in the day.
If listening to the A11 - Warm Pad Fade preset with my eyes closed I could be easily fooled and believe that I'm hearing a big, classy and expensive analog polysynth.
This synth has great sounds and it doesn't matter if it is better or worst than other synths, it is awesome as a synth.
It evolutionized my sound overnight. LA Synthesis is beautiful, solid and lush.
I remember learning that I could sequence this keyboard using my Amiga computer. It blew my 16 year old mind...
same here. i had an Amiga 500 and used to sequence D-10 and SuperJX, as long as a Yamaha TX-16W and Korg M3-R. it was cutting edge at that time.
I have a D10 that I keep in shape with which I always play. I have other recent keyboard, but he has something special that reminds me of my 80s. And I'm basically a guitarist. I love it ...
I worked at a music store in the 90s. I thought the D-10 sounded cheap, until the U-20 came out. Then I really appreciated the fat that the D-10 was a real synthesizer and had some decent synth sounds (just no realistic sounds) vs. the coming wave of romplers and anything with "general midi" as a marketing point.
At the time, the D-50 was too expensive for most of the non-pro customers. so D-10s used to sell left and right. D-20s as well. I seem to recall these all had decent build quality.
I agree - and that A11 Warm Pad Fade is just a Whole patch made with the internal Saw waveforms slightly detuned, as one would do with any analog synth. The D series synth all have that characteristic "semi-analog" flavor when using the "S" (synthesis) structure instead of the PCM.
I've owned both the D10 and D50. I have to say they're both great vintage synths with their own strengths. Would buy both again!
The Roland D-5 was one of my first "proper" synths. A41Warm Str Fade was one of my favourite patches. And the D-10 version sounds even better.
Fantasy Bells is so incredibly cheesy, yet so captivating. It might really add a nice touch a song, if you have it set just right.
Thanks Synthmania for all these wonderful demos of the cheaper synths as well. They are a great point of reference for those who are looking for an affordable vintage synth!
+Fuzzball Sounds You're very welcome. "Fantasy Bells" (3:57) imitates the classic Roland D-50 patch "Fantasia". The D-10 doesn't have a synth engine as capable as the D-50, so the original Fantasia patch sounds much better, but it's not a bad synth on its own. Many people like burgers, but just as many people like cheeseburgers.
I loved the D-10 (it was my first synth,) and even though it's wasn't as thick as the D-50 it was eight-part multi-timbral and had a drum machine in it! The D-50 wasn't even close there. Armed with a copy of Cakewalk 2.0 I had a working studio. Love this synth. Nice video!
Very cool - that is literally how I started my rig. (D10 with Cakewalk 2.0 for DOS).
I still use the D10 to this day as a controller.
Another great demo Synthmania... Always proving it is not about what a synth can do for one but what one can do with a synth - with creativity, imagination and talent. D-10... I was blown away when I played one first time. My first serious synth was a D-20 - which is a workstation with the same architecture. It offered tremendous value for money at the time. Sure, it was no analog or the bigger "D" brothers but it made sequencing affordable before computers caught up.
I still have a D-10. Used to use it way back in the day with a Roland MC500 sequencer and a Tascam 38 1/2" 8 track coupled with a Tascam 312b board. It was a nice setup for home studio.
Honestly nowadays keyboard is like toys and most of them from China. but these old was so good in quality,most of them was from Japan,Italy etc
I miss those good kind of keyboard. Roland D-50 was TOP in 80s with YAMAHA DX-7 !! they looked so good ,most bands had them .
btw,thanks for the video !
Thank you for your great demos and contribution to the synth world ! I really like your playing ! I've had a D-110 for 18 years and I still use it (along side my beloved D-50) for its drums and also for lead sounds. the ring mod structures and PCM loops are a very under used feature of the D synths. One can also use patches with detuned timbre to create an "ensemble" effect at the expense of timbre memory and polyphony. Like any synth, with a bit of tweaking and effect it can sound awesome :-)
Yesterday i was searching for a first synth for a friend who wants to learn music. At first i found a Casio CTK-100 for 10 bucks, another CTK for 30, but then i proposed her a D-100 for 120 bucks, with your video as the demo. You guess it, the D-10 is next to me for 2 days so i can learn and then teach her how to use it. She even had it for 90 bucks, as a few buttons are quite unresponsive. So thank you Paolo ; ) I mean i have a D-10 for 2 days in part thanks to you ;p
This keyboard was amazing when it came out I still love the sounds the d50 was amazing when it came out. The D-10 was what I could have forwarded the time to buy a keyboard for. The d20 came out and it had a floppy disk added to its capabilities. I bought an alesis multi-tracking mmt 8 sequencer and tascam 4track and got busy started writing some music. I'm grateful for this keyboard.
I had a D-10 and I loved it and mourned it getting ripped off (my fault for leaving it unattended) and we made some great recordings back 20 years ago. Love hearing these patches again. Always thought it was a very serviceable mid range synth for performing and sequencing. I miss it so much I just bought a D-110 rack for about $25 on ebay. So excited for it to arrive!
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Fantastic demo! :-) These sounds remind me a lot of late 1980's early 1990's pop and dance. Thank you very much for sharing.
Because of your wonderful demo's i rescued a Roland U-20 and the U-220.
I might do the same with a slightly damaged D-10 that's up for sale.
3:57 Fantasy Bell has SUCH a beautiful sound. When I first seen this unit on local ads I dismissed it thinking it was just another low quality digital synth but it really does have some beautiful and useful sounds. You can really appreciate them listing to you play, well done!
I am still loving my D-10. I own it since it was realised, it was my first synth. Then I bought it’s PG-10 programmer due to the lack of commands on the front panel. 4 years ago I bought a D-50 and it’s PG-1000’s and I can say these 2 synths are complementary, not made for the same goal. For D-10 owners please try WarmPadFade patch through an EHX Smallstone and a Digitech Polara ! JMJ fans will appreciate.
Thx Paolo 👍
Thanks for posting. You've inspired me to revisit my D10. It has been a long while since I have played it with the internal sounds. Hearing this again really brings me back.
Thank you for watching!
I learned how to compose/arrange by ear with the D-10 (hooked up to a Roland PR-100 2-track sequencer). My entire formative years (early 90's to late 90's) in music was spent using it, so it has a special place in my heart. From there, I graduated to using DAW on the computer and upgraded to as Korg Triton LE.
I love that instrument! It has one of the best Warm Pads, Tuba and Acoustic Bass i heard.
Quadrophonia - "Cozmic Jam" is filled with resampled D20 sounds. The synth, along with Akai S950 gave unique lo-fi flavor onto that Hip-House album.
My first synth in L.A. was the Roland D-20. Then I bought the bigger brother, the famous D-50. Then, when came out the SY-77 Yamaha, sold the D-50. Later, despite the fact of the extreme flexibility of the synthesis AFM-AWM, I decided to keep my set-up, a synth in L.A. Synthesis, and so I bought the D110, as well as having the same sound of the keyboard to her little brother, had also eight separate outputs ...
I've never really noticed a difference in sound between the D-50 and it's cheaper variants, dunno what people are on about. Just got myself a D-5 for $150 and I'm not disappointed at all! Between it and my Kawai K1 II I'm in digital synth heaven.
This keyboard sounds much better than Roland's modern synths.
Love the d-series, the d-series synths are my favourite synths of all time, love them so much, I recently bought a d-110 sound module and I love it 8D
Thanks for playing one of my favorite Enya songs!
I just got one thats quite broken. My school janitor gave it to me for free since one of the teachers told him to get rid of it. Hoping to get all the presets and keys to work.
Good luck!
The D-10 is my first pro board. A forever favorite. My foundation synth.
I used to play the d10 in secondary school and I always remember a sound called One Note Jam.I remember that sounding absolutely awesome I'd love to hear that again.
+stephen bradley You can hear the "One Note Jam" patch here at my HTML website: www.synthmania.com/D-10.htm
You'll be disappointed. :), but it was good for its day.
I've just completely refurbished and repaired a D-10, must admit this is a real nice synth, which well exceeded my opinion of it initially. Fantastic build quality (like the other Ds) and a set of fat sounds which were never seen for a couple of decades after that. Yes, the D-50 is out there, but the D-10/D-20 has its rightful place too bringing better multi-timbral and sampled drums too.
Thanks for the link to the one note jam patch.Sounded just as I remembered.Bought back memories . cheers
Love the patchnames, and some of the patches sounds really nice!. I had a Roland D110 a few years ago, but I cant remember these sounds at all. Mostly used the drums on it actually
Very warm sound. Thinking about getting one to add to my collection.
I was thinking the same thing, I found one super cheap on CL and pick it up tomorrow. :)
Very nice demo. My first serious machine, back in 87. Still have it. Regards.
My grandma just gave the Roland D-10 to me alone with the Roland mc-50 recorder. She also gave me the Tascam Porta Monitor S-1010M's. I shall have this hooked up into my mixer along with my Yamaha Keyboard and Electric Drums.
your grandma is the man
I'm fortunate enough to have a CM-32L which is basically a stripped down version of the MT-32 with no display or controls
other than a power button, 2 LEDs and a rotary volume control but I wouldn't mind owning the module version of the D-10
which is a D-110. Another interesting thing about the D-10/D-110 and D-20 is that they also have a mix of PCM and LA
Synthesis drums so in a sense comparing the D-10/D-110 to a D-50/D-550 is like comparing apples and oranges. Even
in the mid 90s some producers were using keyboards and modules like the D-10. I don't have any plans to buy a D-110
but even 10 years from now it would never be "too late" to buy one, it's never too late. I quite like the bell sounds on the
D-10 like A41 Joyful Times but it might not be worth buying just for the odd couple of sounds.
from over 3 years i gigged with this very keyboard in a band, no bassist so i had to do the obvious split keyboard etc, just used the factory sounds mostly. ah, memories..
Same here
It's just that I've heard so much D-50 and DX7. I spent a lot of years listening to NIN and Enya. And I can't get excited about FM. But the D-10 sounds all make me really happy without sounding like super-primitive video game music. But I really like a lot of the JV-1080 sounds, and I guess that and the Proteus would be 3rd-wave video game music, right? All those Shifted Glass-type pads sound amazing to me, but there's probably a lot of people who think that's a bigger cliche than an 808 cowbell. Which I also love. I don't know ... I have way too many digital rack synths but I think I need a D-110 and a TX81Z still. I just wish they weren't 11" deep. I don't have anything bigger than an E-mu! I can't start hoarding pizza-box sized modules. I've got two M-DC1s FFS. But those have great drum samples. I wish Roland would just make a D-50 / D-110 boutique that had the whole SysEx implementation and all the programmer sliders LOL.
@Torben Of course there are sounds that the D-10/20/110 can make that the D-50 can't. For example, a sound that uses any of the PCMs that are in the D-10/20/110 but not in the D-50. More importantly, in performance mode the D-10/20/110 can layer two tones each composed of up to 4 oscillators (partials): 8 in total. The D-50 can only layer up to 4. Roland may have done this on the D-10/20/110 to make up for the lack of any kind of chorus to fatten up the sound.
description: "Captain Obvious variety - anyone who knows the least bit about synths knows that yes, the D-50 sounds better than its smaller cousins."
Well, I'm not sure it's that simple. Each of the 2 engines has its own strengths and weaknesses, like portamento, multiple LFOs and PWM in the D-50 - but vs. 8x or 4x the multitimbrality and the added 6 invididual outputs in the D-110 (although not the keyboard equivalents). And indeed, many of the features are shared, meaning it's often quite possible to transfer patches between the 2 types with a little bit of work. So it's not all about sound, but also more practical features, and for many sounds, the D-10 family is just as capable :-)
Had one about 1990. My programming skills were non existent, so I had to make do with the presets. I had recently been using an Alpha Juno (which was stolen) and I was expecting warm, analog sounds. I was disappointed, to say the least. Now that I know a little more, I may revisit this synth. Even though I have a D-550, I would like to program a D-10 and see if I can vindicate myself and the synth.
Seemingly standard general midi sounds with some added synthesis...
Made so much better with the rhythm of Paulo! Great playing
Repairing a D-10 at the moment, it does sound really great with its 'fat' sounds and even puts my modern synths (sounds) a run for their money.
@The Lord Carefully, but always start by downloading the service manual - can be found at www.manualslib.com/
The melody with the sound "Sigh in a Big City" sounds like the intro for a kids TV show, I like that sound.
What about joyful times tho?
Como cambiar tono en el Roland d10? Alguien me puede aiudar? Gracias
he tocado este teclado hace muchos años y no he encontrado ningún otro aparato que tenga un sonido tan calido y largo como el Warm Pad Fade.Lo que me gusta mucho del D-10 es que suena muy bien en todas las octavas con buenos graves y sin chirriar en las altas.Yo tengo Korg N5 que es muy bueno pero para otro tipo de sonidos.
The Bee Gee pic at the end is funny. For those who don't watch the full 10min, won't know what I am talking about. The Enya patch is a classic.
A11 warm strings, my favorite of the lot. I have used it countless times on my D20. Run it through the Digitech RP350 Phasers and such to get the 80's sounds.
Back in the 90s I used the D10 and Ensoniq Mirage together as my main setup.
All these examples come from a stock D-10 and its onboard effects - no external processing added. The D-10 has eight effect types: 2 rooms, 2 halls, 1 plate, and 3 delays.
Personally, I’d prefer something with sounds that are beautiful, but which would both provide the room for experimentation later, and force that sort of “compose now, design sounds later” mindset.
I’m also looking for a midi controller for Synclavier Go! and Korg iM1. I think I may buy one of these to fill that role and bring something new to the table.
I still like it, like I did when it was new. Maybe people get disappointed by the presets, but there are loads of brilliant synth sounds available in the internet.
One of my favourite pop bands Bonanza Banzai (early 1990s, from Hungary) mainly used D-10 and D-20 to produce synth pop.
sounds ont he internet ? maybe you should by now know how to program it :D
Amazing sounds. Great Job man
Thanks for listening
I couln't afford a D50, so I took a D110, that added a nice sound palette to my arsenal...
Search for The Sound Foundation - Quiet Child (1992), the bass line is from a Roland D110. Great song, great bassline.
I have the D50 also and tbh theres not that much difference in the sound-the D10 has the same lovely crystalline sound.
The D-50 has the full "LA" synth engine, but the D-5,10,20 are capable of layering more "partials" at once in a patch. Of course this comes at a cost of less polyphony but nothing can beat a 32 partial lead patch.
looneyburgmusic I`ve played a d5,d10 and d20 and they are great synths!
The D5 was my first D series synth, what I love the most is having to actually dig deep into it to get a great sound. Unlike todays "100,000 sounds built in" synths.
mackenzie77777 how do you compare it with contemporary boards like par e 453
I have a D50 and... well I'd like to have it's little brother! Rack or keyboard! There's a softness I don't really find in the D50 :)
I can hear the ancestry of the JV1080 in this synth
For an 80's rompler based synth, this actually sounds shockingly good. I came here to listen because I saw one of these for sale online, and since it's based on the LA algorithm, like the MT-32, I figured it might be a nice alternative. And then I find this. It sounds much better than the MT-32 (not surprising, as this was aimed at more professional users), but unfortunately, after looking at lots of spec sheets online, I find that it doesn't have those 64 programmable voices that the MT-32 has, so I can't really defend buying it for that purpose then.
I just bought one of these for $150. I'll have it next week. I think I got a great deal. Hopefully, I find an editor that works well.
ROLAND SHOULD PUT THESE D SERIES BACK TO THE STREETS
And then they did :-) (sorta -- D-05 module)
Sound very familiar. Have one since 87. Sometimes I pick it and remember how usefull it is. This synth only has Reverb and needs external Chorus.Greeting. PR.
Nice work buddy. It is a nice piece of equipment. I do own the D20 for for synth for my Studio .
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day.
I have both the D10 and the D110 rack mount. I think the rackmount was a little conservative in the patches. The D10 has by far the best patches. I also find some of the "S" synthesis sharper and more brilliant than my SY77, JV2080 or Korg Poly 61. I keep them for that reason. Oh and the drums are really good, especially the kick drums. I wire it up on midi Chanel 10 to the electronic drum kit and its very much the 82-90 sound of pop and electronic music.
Sounds beautiful, love it.
Is there a setting called "future pad"?
If so could you play that?
"Future Pad" is on the D-50. Patch #87: www.synthmania.com/d-50.htm
t is true that the d 10 really has its own sounds, I had a D 10 and then a D 50, and well I went back to the D 10 and I am not disappointed. The D 50 can have huge sounds but with the D 10
we come out of great sounds that the D 50 can not do.
The D-50 & Juno 60 are my 2 favorite synths but, I am a sucker for any LA synth. I actually like the lo-fi quality of the D-10. Reminds me a but of a MT-32. It can be just the right sound in the proper context.
So many great sounds!
are there no pianos or epianos in the d5 ?
Here you go: www.synthmania.com/D-10.htm
@@SynthManiaDotCom thank you verry much sir.
sounds great! can i get these patches into my d-110? if so, would it sound the same?
Great demo, and ..I agree with the comments on your descritption...
People don´t need to make such futile comments...but there are always many of those...And of course, I bet they´re not precisely enjoying the music...=)
I love Roland, my bro used to have the D-20..and it was my first and unique contact with synths-in order to play them-But how much I did enjoy that!
I remember I tried to play the Aria to the chord of G by bach...oh! I thought that was Heaven!
I seems the D-50 and the D-20/ D10, is not the same engine exactly. Both are the linear arithmetic synthezis engine, but the D 20 is the second generation
Dive into the synth engine rather than the presets and you'll be surprised how powerful this machine is, even to today's standards.
still refuse to sell mine.....bought it in 1991 [my first synth]
1:12 My dog is pretty interested in this one.
are these internal fx or are you adding a touch of external processing? Nice demo and sounds.
Só ele tem esse sound,,,!! 😁
Som de cristal
Very useful and capable synth , i used to own one but never used it or sampled it enough. Great video , is there anymore parts to this series ?
Explicaciones , cómo van los sonidos del Roland D 10 , pero en español
where can i get this D10 again.... :(
the ethnic sound of "KOTO HOLLOW" sort of Japanese music instrument is the best in this D10!
What song did he play at 8:46
Improv
I like this sounds! I love my D10!!
Wonderful sounds!
Just picked one up for $100 (a semi fixer-upper). The real joke here is on the Jupiter 80 though, because this ''cheap'' D-10 (still $1400,- upon release in 1987 which was small fortune those days), sounds more pleasent, wide and open in a mix than the JP-80. This is for most of the time and it depends on the sounds a bit. Long story short, this is a pretty good synth, especially considering for what they're going for these days.
haha how deep are your ana-strings? - great demo too
is the Roland D-110 the rack mount version of the D-10?
Yup 👍
Can u please do a tutorial video or show the notes to some of your they are so cool and how much does a d10 cost it seems to have every sound I like and a lot more
The interesting question about D-50 and D-10/20 - I'm sorry for putting this up, but since you wrote so much why you don't want to read about it that it's too provocating :-) - is are there sounds which can't be reproduced on the D-50. And listening through your video, some sounds I could do with the D-50 indeed. But some others and be it at least for some different - minor? - character not... And then the D-10 still makes sense. What do the others think about that?
So glad i listened to this. There one for sale at guitar center for 130. And now i know that is terribly over priced
2:25 @SynthMania Can you please send me these brass samples? I think I might be onto something.
excelente video saludos desde tijuana
is roland d10 has a arp like any other synth keyboard
This machine is one of rave classics. I always wanted to have some shit from D series.
There's one on Ebay right now for $99.95 "Buy It Now", & currently the auction is only at $19.95. Throw a bid down. I bet you have a decent chance of picking it up for $50 or less. It's cool little keyboard. I had one back in the late 80's. It was my first "ROMpler". It's very limited by today's standards & many of it's sounds are dated, but it's got some usable sounds. I had a lot of fun with my D-10 back in the day.
0:18 sounds like the beginning of the january 2014 eshop music on the 3d.
Love the D10 sounds! My favourites from this video are Fat Synth Bass and the Enya like Pizzicato! :)
I just got my Roland d10 from a friend. Does it have just the original grand piano sound?
Sounds like if it might have been initialized, in that case you'll need to load the factory, or third-party, or your custom patches on it