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General
Info Polynomial
- Roland D50: Lot's of technical
info, pictures, manuals, links, etc. Great
resource to discover the internals of your
D50/550!BobbyBlues
- Roland D50: One of the best.
Includes a complete list of all the
commercial sound banks (complete with
patch lists!) + demos, sysex files and
more.Roland
D50 Users Group on FacebookRoland
D50 M.EX Expansion Board (by
Musitronics): Makes your D50
multitimbral, speeds up the whole system,
triples up the internal memory space and
more.Roland
D50 - How it works?: Great
explanation by Bobbyblues.Recommended Commercial Banks NEW! CL-Projects
"Linear
Galaxy":
is the follow
up of Linear
Universe (see
below). Linear
Galaxy is a
sound bank for
the Roland
D-50 &
D-550
containing 64
new and
original
patches (8
banks of 8
patches).
Linear Galaxy
focuses mainly
on atmospheric
and ambient
pad sounds
demonstrating
the full
potential of
the Roland
D-50. The
sounds are
very well
suited to be
used in
ambient and
new age music.
. Mark
Rushbury
"Sountracks"
patch bank:
This is a
special
collection of
64 sounds for
the Roland
D-50/D-550,
particularly
suited for
soundtracks
and ambient
music, but can
be used in
many genres.
Each sound
here is an
individual
patch with no
external
effects or
processing.
Pads,
atmospheres,
analogue
synths, ethnic
sounds, keys,
guitars and
otherworldy
textures - all
64 sounds are
demoed!
Available as a
sysex midi
file to load
into your
Roland
D-50/D-550.
Price is
£13.99 CL-Projects
"Linear
Universe":
Focuses mainly
on atmospheric
and ambient
pad sounds
demonstrating
the full
potential of
the Roland
D-50. These
sounds are
very well
suited to be
used in
ambient and
new age music
but nothing
can stop you
from using
these sounds
in other types
of music.
Every musician
who owns a
D-50
synthesizer
and plays or
loves ambient,
new age music,
should have
this sound
bank. You
won't regret
it.Apps Roland
D50 Editor for CTRL (Mac / PC)D50Librarian
(sysex librarian / editor for Windows,
very good!)Roland
D50 Editor for iPad (MidiDesigner
Panel)Related Articles SOS
Magazine (Jul '97) - Roland D50 "LA
Synthesizer (retro"Roland
D50 Linear Synthesizer
by Jim AtwoodWikipedia entry with
historical information
and technical specsRecreate
the LA synthesis of the
classic Roland D50Roland D50
at Khoral café 80Musicians / Producers / Music Projects That use a Roland D50 in their music, today! Frank
Dierickx (CL-Projects) (soundcloud)The
Kyoto Connection (web)Billboard
& Wilfredo F. - Cruisin' (soundcloud)Richard Byers (Ethereal Music) (web)Rik
Vanhoenacker (soundcloud)Klaus
Himmelstein (soundcloud)John
Millar (audio)Naanomalia
(youtube)Juno
Gang (youtube)Samuel
Williamson (video)Synthisfactory
Music (soundcloud)CascarinoLombardi
Music (soundcloud)Too Rock (soundcloud) |
