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The Roland D-50 is a polyphonic 61-key synthesizer produced by Roland, released in 1987. Its features include Linear Arithmetic synthesis, on-board effects, a joystick for data manipulation, and an analog synthesis-styled layout design. The external Roland PG-1000 (1987-1990) Programmer could also be attached to the D-50 for more complex manipulation of sounds. It was also produced in a rack-mount variant design, the D-550 (1987-1990), with almost 450 user-adjustable parameters.
The D-50's capabilities could be modified through the addition of 3rd-party products by Musitronics, most notably the M-EX which made the D-50 multitimbral (the D-50 was bi-timbral), as well as a chip that improved the D-50's response to incoming MIDI commands and a system for burning custom PCM cards with user samples for playback in the D-50.
...oscillators of all time, costs $220 is ridiculous. I think the only two plugins that you can't get elsewhere are the D-50 and the JD-800. That's what I intend to redeen with my Play4Life plan (after which I will cancel my Roland Cloud Premium subscription). Of course the D-50 and JD-800 plugins sound horribly dated even...
This is my setup: Korg PS-3300, Yahama CS-80, Minimoog model D, Access Virus KB, Casio CZ1, Roland SH-3A, Roland SH-2, Roland SH-5, Roland SH-101, Roland TB-303, Roland D50, Roland JP-8080, Roland MKS80, Roland Space Echo RE-201, Korg MS-20, RME Fireface UFX III, Genelec 8331A.
...what you get, buying Lifetime Keys is almost always a better deal over the long term. Besides, other than the D50 and maybe the JD800, what Roland Cloud plugin can't be replaced by something else for less money? And that's just Roland Cloud. Honestly, how many UVI sample-based synthesizer libraries for Falcon do you really...
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