The Roland D-50 is a synthesizer produced by Roland and released in April of 1987. Its features include digital sample-based subtractive synthesis, on-board effects, a joystick for data manipulation, and an analog synthesis-styled layout design.

The D-50 was Roland’s first fully digital synthesizer, and its unique sound combined subtractive synthesis with harmonically complex sampled waveforms and digital effects.

The sonic characteristics of this wonderful-sounding synthesizer are very particular: digital, with short loops that remind of early samplers, and analog-warm at the same time. A marriage made in synth-heaven.

2023年8月16日 · Released in 1987, the Roland D-50 is a digital synth that uses linear arithmetic synthesis. It combines short sampled PCM attack transients & loops + subtractive synthesis to generate sounds. It was truly ahead of its time and IMO still relevant today, even 36 years later.

The Roland D-50 was an extremely popular polyphonic digital synthesizer from Roland produced from 1987-1990. The D-50 competed directly against the immensely popular Yamaha DX-7 but its architecture was completely different. Using Roland's patented 'LAS' or Linear Arithmetic Synthesis which incor...

The D-50 is an all-time favorite digital synth that's still just as popular today as when it first came out in '87. Once Roland's hottest digital synth, it competed against the Yamaha DX7, and was much easier to use. By joining 8-bit PCM samples with "LAS" synth-generated sounds, the D-50 is capable of unique and complex sounds.

DSynkant is a virtual synthesizer that emulates the Roland D-50/D-550. It's rather barebone right now. There is no GUI, no presets, and no sound! It only compiles on Linux but the code should easily be portable to other platforms. It supports DSSI and VST. cmake .. should work.

The Roland D-50 is a classic 1980's synthesizer that competed with the Yamaha DX7 and Korg M1, using LA synthesis. The D-50 sounds very good but has a poor UI.

Released in 1987, the D-50 was Roland’s first all-digital performance keyboard synthesizer. It combined sampled attack transients and synthesized waveforms for a groundbreaking new technique that shaped digital synth design.

The D-50 was Roland’s first fully digital synthesizer, and its unique sound combined subtractive synthesis with harmonically complex sampled waveforms and digital effects. This innovative marriage of samples and synthesis allowed for warm and dynamic analog tonality with the realism and flexibility of digital technology, opening up an ...