when i was a teenager, i broke my back and my parents rented me a D50 while i was recovering in my room... let me tell you the D50 has a special place in my heart... goosebumbs time. Thank's Dr Mix
The D-50 has such a special warm and full sound while being digital, it's very unique. Great synth, I've had one since 1994 and I've bought and sold many synths, but it's the one I've always kept (and always will keep)
Bought this years ago for my daughter, and can't remember about the internal vse the read only card. Seems like I borrowed a book and made a lot of other sounds in the internal. Did the internal have the same programed sounds the read only card had but allowed you to make changes internally? after years of sitting the battery died inside and I lost all internal sounds. How do I get them back?
Most unbelievable intro ever. I don't think you'd turn down a synthesizer even if you were buried in a room full of them lol. I watched the whole, long, video, because it was a joy to watch you jam and react to your own nostalgia.
When I’m feeling low, your channel cheers me up. I loved the opening. Keep your inspirational work up. Few UA-camrs convey the joy of music making with synthesisers like you do.
Claudio, undoubtedly one of your best videos and also shows your deep love for each of the patches that you showed of this fantastic keyboard. Your face of happiness! I understand you perfectly because I had the D-50 many years ago. Now listening to it again, all that magic and melancholy came back for those great sounds designed by Eric Persing. Damn! I should never have sold it. Thanks for sharing.
Staccato heaven sound reminds me of my youth back in Mexico. There is a band by the name of Grupo Samurai and they used this iconic sound for about 70% of their songs. I still listen to them to this day thanks to UA-cam!!!!
@@SimonPiano42 One's too many because of the time you spend on the things, either sound designing, maintaining or repairing them in the case of some vintage synths. And because you only need one to act as the gateway drug for the next 40 (you're at 3, you'll get there!!!!) 🙂
36:11 => A Night in Tunisia. Thank you Doctor Mix for this great video and your viral positive energy !!! I had the chance to play on a D-50 over 30 years ago !
The sound of this synthesizer is highly appreciated in Chile and Latin America because many cumbia bands used it, especially the sound of the minute 9:54 I recommend listening to "mujeres y cerveza" from the band "alegria" there the D50 is used and I think the korgM1 too
When we were young and there weren't so many synthesizers, we could devote all our time and effort to explore a single synth... and the D-50 was one of such synths. If you know your way around this synth, you must be like me 😅
The D-50 is definitely one of the cooler 80s/90s synths, and like you said, it was groundbreaking for its time. A friend of mine worked in a pawn shop and one came in - keyboard player needed money, so he sold his synth. Well my buddy snatched it up for $200. I borrowed it from him for about a month and he offered to sell it to me for like $400. You know I still kick myself for not buying it, right?
My first Sampler was the D-50 as well, bought it in early 1993, bought my 909 in the same year for $350 from someone who worked at Paisley Park, an engineer Chuck Zawicki. good times for ever. I love your vids, so glad you do them. Questo e la mia musica che ho fatto come venti ani fa. I'm not italian, a Minnesotan, I speak a little Italian however, 4 months there in Milano mostly, anyway. Bello ciao.
Wow, a D-50! Used to have one in 1988, one of the best digital synth Roland ever made and also I consider somehow ahead of it's time. Enjoy it Claudio! PS. Make room on Studio B for more stuff, I know more is coming...LOL!
Eric Persing probably had the biggest "meta" impact on music out of anyone... The sounds he designed can be found anywhere from hit music from the 90s to the music of video games of our childhoods and teenage years like Silent Hill, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time etc... Seriously the guy is my hero.
@@zomologorg I share your statement. And what he is doing with Spectrasonics is simply amazing. I use Keyscape and I get the best piano sounds imaginable.
@@JamesBermingham Soundtrack is a monumental achievement as far as I'm concerned. It wouldn't have been easy to create that patch. It sounds incredible. It's one of my favourites.
@ Doctor Mix Fun fact: most Japanese musicians, songwriters and arrangers or musicians still uses some of those D-50 presets until today, along with instruments from Logic Pro X, Cubase, FL Studio, Mixcraft and Ableton Live, with traditional japanese/oriental instruments like the Koto or the Shakuhachi flute and percussions sounds like Taikos and Gongs, with pianos, strings and drums and a lot of synthesizer/bell sounds too!
D-50 wonderful instrument from the 80s, perfect for new age music compositions. Thank you for sharing this passion for instruments. I had a strong emotion when you played with the I24 Combie String OMG sound. L-O-V
Hi, Doctor! I really love your series about synthesizers! Presenting synths in more detailed way is very interesting, that's a great thing!! What about Moog Polymoog? Are you gonna present this instrument some day? It is one of my favourite synths of all time and I'd love to see that! Best greetings from Poland!! Stay safe:)
I had a D-20 so all the sounds are the same and wow, the memories. I had it for near 30 years and many many gigs until it just wouldn't boot up anymore. Great workflow. Now I have a Korg M50 and Arturia Keylab.
The D-50 is a wonderful synthesizer! Yesterday I picked one up for only 80 €, I even got a suitcase with it. A cable was loose and the battery was dead so it didn't work. Now I have to buy a better midi interface that transmits SysEx so that I can load the factory patches onto the D-50.
I finally bought a D-50 last night. I hope it's in reasonably good condition. I have a D-70 I got YEARS ago, hoping it was at least similar to the D-50, but it's not. Not even CLOSE! Thank you for going through the sounds.
Love it Dr Mix, I still own my D50 and love it to bits. Way beyond the factory presets I have a library of over 14000 patches and some of them are superb. Great deconstruction of the synth.
Sintetizador ícone de um tempo de ótimas músicas. Tive um módulo Roland D110 que tinha todos esses timbres. Aqui no Brasil, foi muito usado na MPB e PopRock. Obrigado Doutor Mix por mostrar essa máquina maravilhosa !!
yeah, cumbersome but still fun. it's incredible how much potential this synth still has. Some patches may sound dated but i've heard some custom presets by other people and my god, no other synth sounds like that out of the box.
The ONLY real downside of that synthesis was the attack sample didn't go through the filter. Only the synth waveforms did. But i wonder how many times people even noticed that little limitation.
There is actually one more, but that's the final one. What am I talking about? Roland's decision to NOT let the joystick send out MIDI !!! What were they thinking? The rest is pure joy! :D
@@curiouscatlabincgetsworrie7755 lol go easy on them. They probably wanted to but had to somehow not delay the release of this thing even more ;) I don't think the Vectorstick of the Yamaha SY22 sent out the movements via MIDI either. But i could be wrong.
The Greatest Keyboard/Synthesizer of all-time hands down! I definitely remember hearing a lot of these legendary sounds in a lot of different songs growing up. My favorite D-50 Patches/Presets are: Soundtrack, Nylon Atmosphere, OK Chorale, Fantasia, Digital Native Dance, Slow Rotor, Piano-Fifty, Spacious Sweep, Bass Marimba, Vibraphone, D-50 Voices, JX Horns-Strings, Horn Section, Pizzagogo, Glass Voices, Living Calliope, Future Pad, Jazz Guitar-Duo, Pipe Solo, Stereo Polysynth, Staccato Heaven, Nightmare, Afterthought, PressureMe Strings, Synthetic Electric, Combie Strings, Arco Strings, Jete Strings, Syn-Harmonium, and last but not least Intruder FX. The whole entire Synthesizer is incredible even over 30 years later…thank you so much to the Roland Corporation for designing, developing and manufacturing this timeless masterpiece of a Synthesizer.🙏💯😎🎶
@@mk-6033 Че, у них такой был ? Судя по звуку и сэмплированию наверное Casio какой нить медийный был. В любом случае в начале своей карьеры Roland или Korg они позволить купить себе не могли.
@@ВиталийВоробей-й1п Самые хиты (белые розы и т. п. записывали на студии) используя драм-машинку Yamaha RX-5, синты Yamaha DX-7 (вроде ещё какой-то ямаховский фм-синтезатор), Roland D-50(хотя может и D-20), возможно ещё какие-то синты. Я сам раньше думал, что на "самоиграйках" каких-то делали
@@mk-6033 Нет, Кузнецов сам говорил, что музыку вначале делал на простеньком дешевом синтезаторе. Аппаратуру для ансамбля детского дома, где жил Шатунов, покупала директор этого заведения а денег для японского синтезатора, это в то время около 10 тыс. советских руб., никто не дал бы, да и небыло таких синтезаторов в магазинах, только под заказ у барыг. Потом, когда раскрутились, могли уже позволить себе аппаратуру получше.
@@ВиталийВоробей-й1п Так вот именно, что в начале делал, которое никто не слышал тогда (сейчас можно найти первоначальные варианты). А всем известное уже записано в студии
I have the D-05 and it's a great addition, but I don't think the vintage D-50 will appreciate much because the Roland Cloud, System 8, and Zen Core hardware can all replicate the sound exactly, it was digital to begin with.
I recorded some of my earliest stuff on a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder using a borrowed Roland d-50 and my Akai ax60 . My ax60 handled some of the base and lead stuff but d-50 had such a lush sound that it filled all the middle. my favorite presets were spacious sweep and the glass voices. I thought about getting a used one but I was very happy to get the boutique version instead.
19:50 Bass sound of "Danger Zone" from the Top Gun soundtrack 22:10 JMJ "Souvenir of China" strings 34:08 Organ sound from "Faith" intro by George Michael 38:20 "Sail Away" by Enya 39:55 "Slave to the Rhythm" pad (Grace Jones) 54:31 "Watermelon Man" Herbie Hancock intro flute sound (Probably not the real sound, because Herbie Hancock used the CMI a lot)
Excellent video Claudio, this is like I have the D50 myself. So if one day someone asks me: "did you ever play a D50?" I would be able to lie and say "yes"! Moreover, a lot of the sounds are in my MC707 :)
Just checking this vid as I've recently added a Roland D-110 to my Acid House live rig, absolutely loving it, had a track prepped and got it sitting in a treat almost straight away. Always been a fan of the DX synths, had the 100 for years and now own the 21 but I'm really kicking myself for having ignored the rack mount Roland LA synths for so long. Love your channel btw, always great content!
Just scored one of these today! Found both your videos on the D50 so great and inspiring me to play it. I’m a guitar player but these are such great sounds from my late teens.
"Shout" was actually first released as a single on November 23rd, 1984 and was then released as the opening track to Tears for Fears multi-platinum album _Songs from the Big Chair_ on February 25th, 1985. So it's originally from 1984, but didn't become well known until 1985.
@@JoeLinux2000 Yep! 2U rackmount equivalent, all the same factory presets too. Built like a tank. Sadly rarer to come by these days than the keyboard equivalent.
Everybody needs a D-50 ins a pedestal. Those synths will help you in every production, they are so fat and with so much taste. I have several synths and I always end up with the D-50 when jamming and for inspiration. It is not a pretentious synth, it just does its job really well.
I started to play the Juno 60 in 1986. I was seeing my future in there. Now I can barely play a few chords. But in return now I’m flying the Airbus 380. Life is strange sometimes Still wonder what was better ...
Going to look at a used good condition Roland D-50 for under $200! I always wanted one. I remember it as part of Nick Rhodes 87 touring gear. Thnx for posting this. Love the channel🇺🇸
Yep, Mix of factory presets, Roland's own ROM card presets, and some early 3rd party ROM card presets too... The VC-1 "card" of my V-Synth XT and my D-05 Boutique both have a suitable bank of nostalgic sounds... ;) When Claudio was going through the samples I wondered if he'd reach the "Loop" samples... Think it's either "Loop10" or "Loop11" that's really famous on that album...
Years ago, my bargain hunting uncle was at a goodwill and saw them unload a keyboard and asked how much he could buy it for, they said 20 US dollars. He gets home, I see it and to my surprise I see he had brought home a Roland D-50 with no power cord. I could not believe my eyes, I always had wanted a synth. We quickly adapted a plug and turned it on, and it was blank, no sounds, no presets. By this time, I was savvy enough to know about MIDI and with quick research found out that I could load sounds via SysEx. We still have it to this day.
This Synth is one of the holy grails, if you sell that, you maybe never become a D-50 back or you must pay a lot of money to get it back. Maybe not that expensive like a very rare Jupiter-80, but a D-50 has also a bit of a price. And why should you sell it?! The D-50 is still a great device nowadays, with great sounds to produce or make live music or just to have fun.
IMHO, every psychiatrist in the world should prescribe this video to treat depression, and only prescribe antidepressant medication in those rare cases when the patient is not cheered up by Doctor Mix's abundant talent, infectious humour & inspiring enthusiasm! 👍👍 p.s. Dr. Mix. You are not alone. I have always heard music in my head too, and - believe it or not, it consists of full arrangements! Sadly, I never developed your impressive ability to translate what you 'hear' to what you play on a musical instrument.
Had one of these since it came out in 1987.....if I'm being critical yes it's a little noisy and DSP effects have come a long way but at the end of the day wow can it sound good. It also helps to have someone go through all these sounds who can play! Still some of the best organ sounds out there and if you learn to program it from scratch it's still hugely capable and rewarding.
Have had mine since late1988, still a very useable synth. Backup battery just died and it dumped internal memory with several collected and custom patches. It’s backed up in three places....now where are those three places 😂
In the place where I live this synth was broadly used by local bands in the 90´s and early 00´s and came to set a sort of standard. Nowdays many people seek to replicate that sounds and the price of the D50 in the local market is sky-high, like 800 - 900 USD
when i was a teenager, i broke my back and my parents rented me a D50 while i was recovering in my room... let me tell you the D50 has a special place in my heart... goosebumbs time. Thank's Dr Mix
@@alienzardsketter.9076 I hope you both are now ok ( You and Johannaud)
Music is amazing!
@@KuvDabGib You're right! Music is at least amazing!! It is a wonderful gift for us!!
D-50, M1 and DX7
The holy trinity of synthesizers
My 80s trio was DX7, prophet 600, and ensoniq 16 plus...great times...
the trinity on macbook-))
I loved the DX7 back in the day.
The 80s
YES the 3 best
Fantasia 2:32
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1. Metal Harp 3:55
2. Jazz Guitar Duo 4:45
3. Arco Strings 6:01
4. Horn Section 8:17
5. Living Calliope 9:53
6. D-50 Voices 10:23
7. Slow Rotor 11:51
8. DigitalNativeDance 14:26
9. Bass Marimba 16:23
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Testing just the samples: 17:52 - 21:07
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10. Flute-Piano Duo 21:08
11. Combie Strings 21:50
12. Harpsichord Stabs 23:35
13. Guiiittarr 23:50
14. Nylon Atmosphere 24:56
15. Synthetic Electric 25:52
16. Breathy Chiffer 26:48
17. Gamelan Bell 28:31
18. Slap Brass 29:19
19. PressureMe Strings 30:33
20. Rich Brass 30:58
21. Pipe Solo 31:10
22. Soundtrack 31:26
23. Cathedral Organ 33:56
24. Shamus Theme 35:56
25. Vibraphone 36:06
26. Basin Strat Blues 37:25
27. Pizzagogo 38:11
28. Flutish Brass 38:51
29. Pressure Me Lead 38:58
30. Spacious Sweep 39:50
31. Piano-Fifty 41:50
32. Glass Voices 42:05
33. Hollowed Harp 42:21
34. Ethnic Session 42:47
35. Jete Strings 43:26
36. Stereo Polysynth 43:33
37. Tine Wave 43:56
38. Syn-Harmonium 44:08
39. Rock Organ 44:25
40. Staccato Heaven 44:39
41. Oriental Bells 45:04
42. E-Bass and E-Piano 45:24
43. Legato Strings 45:48
44. JX Horns-Strings 47:20
45. Shakuhachi 47:43
46. Choir 48:35
47. Picked Guitar Duo 48:44
48. Nightmare 49:02
49. Syn Marimba 49:13
50. Slap Bass n Brass 49:19
51. String Ensemble 49:32
52. Velo-Brass 49:43
53. Digital Cello 50:33
54. O K Chorale 50:56
55. Pianissimo 51:12
56. Intruder FX 51:30
57. Steel Pick 51:54
58. Synth Bass 52:11
59. Afterthought 53:19
60. Bones 53:38
61. Bottle Blower 54:18
62. Future Pad 54:41
63. PCM E-Piano 54:59
Thank you!
Wow thank you! This puppy is going in the description!!!
thanks
54:21 --- Deep Forest - Sweet Lullabye
U the real MVP.
The D-50 has such a special warm and full sound while being digital, it's very unique. Great synth, I've had one since 1994 and I've bought and sold many synths, but it's the one I've always kept (and always will keep)
Bought this years ago for my daughter, and can't remember about the internal vse the read only card. Seems like I borrowed a book and made a lot of other sounds in the internal. Did the internal have the same programed sounds the read only card had but allowed you to make changes internally? after years of sitting the battery died inside and I lost all internal sounds. How do I get them back?
Most unbelievable intro ever. I don't think you'd turn down a synthesizer even if you were buried in a room full of them lol.
I watched the whole, long, video, because it was a joy to watch you jam and react to your own nostalgia.
Mine is waiting onthe shelf at the moment. soon he will get of. ;-)
When I’m feeling low, your channel cheers me up. I loved the opening. Keep your inspirational work up. Few UA-camrs convey the joy of music making with synthesisers like you do.
Claudio, undoubtedly one of your best videos and also shows your deep love for each of the patches that you showed of this fantastic keyboard. Your face of happiness! I understand you perfectly because I had the D-50 many years ago. Now listening to it again, all that magic and melancholy came back for those great sounds designed by Eric Persing. Damn! I should never have sold it. Thanks for sharing.
Staccato heaven sound reminds me of my youth back in Mexico. There is a band by the name of Grupo Samurai and they used this iconic sound for about 70% of their songs. I still listen to them to this day thanks to UA-cam!!!!
"One synthesiser is too many.
A thousand are not enough."
Geddy Lee, RUSH.
Wait did geddy actually said that
wait, why is one too many? i'm dumb, could anyone explain like i'm 5? I can see the other part.
(btw synths own
@@SimonPiano42 One's too many because of the time you spend on the things, either sound designing, maintaining or repairing them in the case of some vintage synths. And because you only need one to act as the gateway drug for the next 40 (you're at 3, you'll get there!!!!) 🙂
36:11 => A Night in Tunisia.
Thank you Doctor Mix for this great video and your viral positive energy !!!
I had the chance to play on a D-50 over 30 years ago !
It's always fun to see a musician having fun and reliving past good times.
The sound of this synthesizer is highly appreciated in Chile and Latin America because many cumbia bands used it, especially the sound of the minute 9:54 I recommend listening to "mujeres y cerveza" from the band "alegria" there the D50 is used and I think the korgM1 too
Thanks Doctor! Sometimes listening to patches just heal the soul! At 31:38 I almost cried listening to that patch. Great vid!
I could play with this for hours, days, weeks. Fantastic!
When we were young and there weren't so many synthesizers, we could devote all our time and effort to explore a single synth... and the D-50 was one of such synths. If you know your way around this synth, you must be like me 😅
I still love the D 50, more than 30 years later, especially with its programmer PG 1000. But what I also like is your good mood!
Have this synth for 34 years now. Still use and love it!
The D-50 is definitely one of the cooler 80s/90s synths, and like you said, it was groundbreaking for its time. A friend of mine worked in a pawn shop and one came in - keyboard player needed money, so he sold his synth. Well my buddy snatched it up for $200. I borrowed it from him for about a month and he offered to sell it to me for like $400. You know I still kick myself for not buying it, right?
Vintage synths still sound awesome, they will always sound awesome!
My first Sampler was the D-50 as well, bought it in early 1993, bought my 909 in the same year for $350 from someone who worked at Paisley Park, an engineer Chuck Zawicki. good times for ever. I love your vids, so glad you do them. Questo e la mia musica che ho fatto come venti ani fa. I'm not italian, a Minnesotan, I speak a little Italian however, 4 months there in Milano mostly, anyway. Bello ciao.
Soundtrack. The best pad of all time!
Jaw droppingly beautiful. I get tears in the eyes when I play it on my D50.
Wow, a D-50!
Used to have one in 1988, one of the best digital synth Roland ever made and also I consider somehow ahead of it's time.
Enjoy it Claudio!
PS. Make room on Studio B for more stuff, I know more is coming...LOL!
Hands down one of the most precious synths on the planet.
i really love the way you play that thing. i can feel your joy in the sounds flowing from your heart, through your fingers and out of the speakers.
Had a D50 for a few weeks in the 80’s while my D10 was repaired. Wonderful sounds!
Yes, let's hear those awesome Eric Persing patches!
Eric Persing probably had the biggest "meta" impact on music out of anyone... The sounds he designed can be found anywhere from hit music from the 90s to the music of video games of our childhoods and teenage years like Silent Hill, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time etc... Seriously the guy is my hero.
@@zomologorg I share your statement. And what he is doing with Spectrasonics is simply amazing. I use Keyscape and I get the best piano sounds imaginable.
Soundtrack
@@zomologorg Eric is my hero, too. His patches continue to inspire generations of musicians and music lovers.
@@JamesBermingham Soundtrack is a monumental achievement as far as I'm concerned. It wouldn't have been easy to create that patch. It sounds incredible. It's one of my favourites.
ahhhh, 55 minutes of bliss, always love your jams and solo's
Yup. My most loved synth. I will never get rid of my D-50 and PG-1000 combo. Cool to see this vid! Well done and thank you very much Mr!
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Doctor Mix Fun fact: most Japanese musicians, songwriters and arrangers or musicians still uses some of those D-50 presets until today, along with instruments from Logic Pro X, Cubase, FL Studio, Mixcraft and Ableton Live, with traditional japanese/oriental instruments like the Koto or the Shakuhachi flute and percussions sounds like Taikos and Gongs, with pianos, strings and drums and a lot of synthesizer/bell sounds too!
dude, you are so smart that you collect synthesizers (you can’t turn your tongue to say old ones) there are no old synthesizers, I just adore you!
D-50 wonderful instrument from the 80s, perfect for new age music compositions. Thank you for sharing this passion for instruments. I had a strong emotion when you played with the I24 Combie String OMG sound. L-O-V
DOC, your presentations and enthusiasm are amazing and so unique, ‘one and only’.....nobody can do the same way as you do. Sei inimitabileeeee! 👏🏻👏🏻
Along with the other amazing songs mentioned here, the D50 was also used for the intro and soundtrack for Star Trek The Next Generation!
4:45 lovely mate. And it's nice to hear your vocals come in as well on this one
Serious, I bought one just 2 weeks ago. What an awesome synth, great sounds.
It's nice to see how much joy you exude while performing extensively on the D-50
Hi, Doctor! I really love your series about synthesizers! Presenting synths in more detailed way is very interesting, that's a great thing!! What about Moog Polymoog? Are you gonna present this instrument some day? It is one of my favourite synths of all time and I'd love to see that! Best greetings from Poland!! Stay safe:)
Yes, do Polymoog.
I had a D-20 so all the sounds are the same and wow, the memories. I had it for near 30 years and many many gigs until it just wouldn't boot up anymore. Great workflow. Now I have a Korg M50 and Arturia Keylab.
The D-50 is a wonderful synthesizer! Yesterday I picked one up for only 80 €, I even got a suitcase with it. A cable was loose and the battery was dead so it didn't work. Now I have to buy a better midi interface that transmits SysEx so that I can load the factory patches onto the D-50.
Going to keep coming back to this video just to hear this man play beautiful music like it’s nothing
21:09
The beginning sounds like Shin Chan's Family theme :')
madre mia GRGE que haces aqui compañero
bro you're everywhere
Ya es me es muy comun encontrarte en comentarios xd
😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤🤤
That's the most obscure reference I ever seen but you're dang right.
That’s in fabulous condition! I recall the build quality of Roland stuff of that era was always good...Well done 👍
It‘s not the D-50 alone which makes this video sound great. It‘s also the player. :)
I finally bought a D-50 last night. I hope it's in reasonably good condition. I have a D-70 I got YEARS ago, hoping it was at least similar to the D-50, but it's not. Not even CLOSE! Thank you for going through the sounds.
Best synthesizer 10/10
Love it Dr Mix, I still own my D50 and love it to bits. Way beyond the factory presets I have a library of over 14000 patches and some of them are superb. Great deconstruction of the synth.
Sintetizador ícone de um tempo de ótimas músicas. Tive um módulo Roland D110 que tinha todos esses timbres. Aqui no Brasil, foi muito usado na MPB e PopRock. Obrigado Doutor Mix por mostrar essa máquina maravilhosa !!
Combie Strings still demonstrates the power of the LA-Synthesis. Absolutely stunning. Could still. Go as an orchestral soundtrack
I came for “Orinoco Flow”...was not disappointed.
I was just about to comment the same thing hahaha
It's so amazing how you find the appropriate tunes for different patches. 5 thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍
Such a gem. I'll cherish mine forever. Playing daily. Also quite cool to make your own patches
yeah, cumbersome but still fun. it's incredible how much potential this synth still has. Some patches may sound dated but i've heard some custom presets by other people and my god, no other synth sounds like that out of the box.
That Fantasia patch is soooo nice. Love your enthusiasm dr. Mix.
The ONLY real downside of that synthesis was the attack sample didn't go through the filter. Only the synth waveforms did. But i wonder how many times people even noticed that little limitation.
You could always run it through an external filter.
There is actually one more, but that's the final one. What am I talking about? Roland's decision to NOT let the joystick send out MIDI !!! What were they thinking? The rest is pure joy! :D
@@curiouscatlabincgetsworrie7755 lol go easy on them. They probably wanted to but had to somehow not delay the release of this thing even more ;) I don't think the Vectorstick of the Yamaha SY22 sent out the movements via MIDI either. But i could be wrong.
The Greatest Keyboard/Synthesizer of all-time hands down! I definitely remember hearing a lot of these legendary sounds in a lot of different songs growing up. My favorite D-50 Patches/Presets are: Soundtrack, Nylon Atmosphere, OK Chorale, Fantasia, Digital Native Dance, Slow Rotor, Piano-Fifty, Spacious Sweep, Bass Marimba, Vibraphone, D-50 Voices, JX Horns-Strings, Horn Section, Pizzagogo, Glass Voices, Living Calliope, Future Pad, Jazz Guitar-Duo, Pipe Solo, Stereo Polysynth, Staccato Heaven, Nightmare, Afterthought, PressureMe Strings, Synthetic Electric, Combie Strings, Arco Strings, Jete Strings, Syn-Harmonium, and last but not least Intruder FX. The whole entire Synthesizer is incredible even over 30 years later…thank you so much to the Roland Corporation for designing, developing and manufacturing this timeless masterpiece of a Synthesizer.🙏💯😎🎶
31:10 is from the breakdown in Shout by Tears for Fears. We got you 80's fam!
I have two D-50 and one D-550, I love this machine, an iconic sound 😉👍🏼
7:55 Madonna from '80-s
52:12 Bee Jees - How Deep Is Your Love
а ласковый май то как любил этот синт юзать
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Че, у них такой был ? Судя по звуку и сэмплированию наверное Casio какой нить медийный был. В любом случае в начале своей карьеры Roland или Korg они позволить купить себе не могли.
@@ВиталийВоробей-й1п Самые хиты (белые розы и т. п. записывали на студии) используя драм-машинку Yamaha RX-5, синты Yamaha DX-7 (вроде ещё какой-то ямаховский фм-синтезатор), Roland D-50(хотя может и D-20), возможно ещё какие-то синты. Я сам раньше думал, что на "самоиграйках" каких-то делали
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Нет, Кузнецов сам говорил, что музыку вначале делал на простеньком дешевом синтезаторе. Аппаратуру для ансамбля детского дома, где жил Шатунов, покупала директор этого заведения а денег для японского синтезатора, это в то время около 10 тыс. советских руб., никто не дал бы, да и небыло таких синтезаторов в магазинах, только под заказ у барыг. Потом, когда раскрутились, могли уже позволить себе аппаратуру получше.
@@ВиталийВоробей-й1п Так вот именно, что в начале делал, которое никто не слышал тогда (сейчас можно найти первоначальные варианты). А всем известное уже записано в студии
Excellent synth demo! love when you play something to show the presets, that way i hear much more of the sound palette.
I have the D-05 and it's a great addition, but I don't think the vintage D-50 will appreciate much because the Roland Cloud, System 8, and Zen Core hardware can all replicate the sound exactly, it was digital to begin with.
I recorded some of my earliest stuff on a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder using a borrowed Roland d-50 and my Akai ax60 . My ax60 handled some of the base and lead stuff but d-50 had such a lush sound that it filled all the middle. my favorite presets were spacious sweep and the glass voices. I thought about getting a used one but I was very happy to get the boutique version instead.
19:50 Bass sound of "Danger Zone" from the Top Gun soundtrack
22:10 JMJ "Souvenir of China" strings
34:08 Organ sound from "Faith" intro by George Michael
38:20 "Sail Away" by Enya
39:55 "Slave to the Rhythm" pad (Grace Jones)
54:31 "Watermelon Man" Herbie Hancock intro flute sound (Probably not the real sound, because Herbie Hancock used the CMI a lot)
The Bass sound of Danger Zone came from a Yamaha DX-7.
Souvenir of China was recorded in 1981. The D50 sold from the year ‘87 to ‘89. Impossible that Jarre used the D50 for that track.
Some of the greatest synthesizers out there Roland Korg you name it they're insane
YAMAHA DX7 : Every presets! Next!
Dx27 would be cool too. It has presets none of the other DXs had.
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But nothing that couldn't be programmed into the other DXs.
dx7 is impossible because all presets can be programable an create everything
I've always been a Korg guy but the Roland D50 has probably the most remarkable and memorable sound backs ever !
Happy Mondays `Rave on` - played by Paul Davis on his D50. (Shakuhachi)
Excellent video Claudio, this is like I have the D50 myself. So if one day someone asks me: "did you ever play a D50?" I would be able to lie and say "yes"! Moreover, a lot of the sounds are in my MC707 :)
44:54 Intro of You Move Me by Rick Astley! The same song also uses preset 55 Stereo Polysynth
Just checking this vid as I've recently added a Roland D-110 to my Acid House live rig, absolutely loving it, had a track prepped and got it sitting in a treat almost straight away. Always been a fan of the DX synths, had the 100 for years and now own the 21 but I'm really kicking myself for having ignored the rack mount Roland LA synths for so long. Love your channel btw, always great content!
13:31
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Just scored one of these today! Found both your videos on the D50 so great and inspiring me to play it. I’m a guitar player but these are such great sounds from my late teens.
Many sounds were used by Jean Michel Jarre.
Rendez Vous and Revolutions for example.
Name at least one patch used in these two songs?
Also on 1990 Waiting for Cousteau
Love your jam and your music feelings, love the D-50's sounds, the longuest video but one of the best ! Need that synth !
31:13 - "Shout" by Tears For Fears (1985)
🔥💥
On this roland D-50 can fly to Mars and back ))
Right but, as you say, "Shout" it's from '85. The D-50 was commercialized in 1987. Unless i'm mistaken, the flute sound it's from a Fairlight.
@@TheRenormalization It was an Emulator.
"Shout" was actually first released as a single on November 23rd, 1984 and was then released as the opening track to Tears for Fears multi-platinum album _Songs from the Big Chair_ on February 25th, 1985. So it's originally from 1984, but didn't become well known until 1985.
Yeah~ I love my D-50 too. So your video always has value to watch. Thank you very much indeed 😆
Will never part with my D-550, gorgeous machine that still holds its own today!
Is the D-550 the rack mount module ?
@@JoeLinux2000 Yep! 2U rackmount equivalent, all the same factory presets too. Built like a tank. Sadly rarer to come by these days than the keyboard equivalent.
Best subscribe plea I've ever heard!
Easy Doctor Mix!
We already love you!
Centre Java Indonesia Watching🇮🇩
Great synth! Soundtrack is such a great and classic sound.
Thank you for another great vid!
12:02 The Final Countdown 😎
Everybody needs a D-50 ins a pedestal. Those synths will help you in every production, they are so fat and with so much taste. I have several synths and I always end up with the D-50 when jamming and for inspiration. It is not a pretentious synth, it just does its job really well.
I started to play the Juno 60 in 1986. I was seeing my future in there. Now I can barely play a few chords.
But in return now I’m flying the Airbus 380.
Life is strange sometimes
Still wonder what was better ...
380
16:23 Pat Metheny Group - Minuano (6/8) Recognized it right away and got to see it live in '95.
Very good ! Only the songs by J.M.Jarre from the album Revolution were missing
and Enya :(
@@F-Andre He played a bit of Orinoco Flow when demonstrating the Pizzagogo patch (albeit in a lower octave), which is what Enya used on that track.
Going to look at a used good condition Roland D-50 for under $200! I always wanted one. I remember it as part of Nick Rhodes 87 touring gear. Thnx for posting this. Love the channel🇺🇸
Love my D50
Bringing back the old days mate. Made so much music with these sounds...
Probably 90% of Jean Michel Jarres Album Revolutions is build with presets from this gear. :)
Yep, Mix of factory presets, Roland's own ROM card presets, and some early 3rd party ROM card presets too... The VC-1 "card" of my V-Synth XT and my D-05 Boutique both have a suitable bank of nostalgic sounds... ;) When Claudio was going through the samples I wondered if he'd reach the "Loop" samples... Think it's either "Loop10" or "Loop11" that's really famous on that album...
Not wrong !!!
yes and its intresting to know who made the presets
Roland D-50, Korg DSS-1, Korg DSM-1, Fairlight CMI, Synthex, EMS Synthi AKS, OSC OSCar, EMS Vocoder, Dynacord Add-one, Cristal Baschet, Akai MPC60, drum programming, percussions, Vocoder on "Revolutions"
Years ago, my bargain hunting uncle was at a goodwill and saw them unload a keyboard and asked how much he could buy it for, they said 20 US dollars. He gets home, I see it and to my surprise I see he had brought home a Roland D-50 with no power cord. I could not believe my eyes, I always had wanted a synth. We quickly adapted a plug and turned it on, and it was blank, no sounds, no presets. By this time, I was savvy enough to know about MIDI and with quick research found out that I could load sounds via SysEx. We still have it to this day.
The one keyboard I have I'd never sell.
Don't sell it
That synth is hella precious so don't sell it.
This Synth is one of the holy grails, if you sell that, you maybe never become a D-50 back or you must pay a lot of money to get it back. Maybe not that expensive like a very rare Jupiter-80, but a D-50 has also a bit of a price. And why should you sell it?! The D-50 is still a great device nowadays, with great sounds to produce or make live music or just to have fun.
IMHO, every psychiatrist in the world should prescribe this video to treat depression, and only prescribe antidepressant medication in those rare cases when the patient is not cheered up by Doctor Mix's abundant talent, infectious humour & inspiring enthusiasm! 👍👍
p.s. Dr. Mix. You are not alone. I have always heard music in my head too, and - believe it or not, it consists of full arrangements! Sadly, I never developed your impressive ability to translate what you 'hear' to what you play on a musical instrument.
Man, Selena Quintanilla used that synth on almost every song she had
Had one of these since it came out in 1987.....if I'm being critical yes it's a little noisy and DSP effects have come a long way but at the end of the day wow can it sound good. It also helps to have someone go through all these sounds who can play! Still some of the best organ sounds out there and if you learn to program it from scratch it's still hugely capable and rewarding.
Still love and use my D50
Have had mine since late1988, still a very useable synth. Backup battery just died and it dumped internal memory with several collected and custom patches. It’s backed up in three places....now where are those three places 😂
This is how love for synths looks like ❤️ I like it 😎
There is no such thing as too many synthesizers.
True! =D
Indeed. It's not a matter of too many synthesisers, but rather one of too small a house/studio. Let's get our priorities right.
I have too many and not enough.
In the place where I live this synth was broadly used by local bands in the 90´s and early 00´s and came to set a sort of standard. Nowdays many people seek to replicate that sounds and the price of the D50 in the local market is sky-high, like 800 - 900 USD
Do a similiar thing with the Korg M1
i agree!
01W/fd
Yes! Family member got this and has no clue on how to use/programme it 👍
Yes, but they have their own soundscape.
Your rendition of Amazing Grace was epic. lets call it AMAZING SPACE
19:51 did anyone else think Seinfeld?
Well congratulations Dr mix you just broke the record and I'm so proud of you because you have one of my dream synthesizers