Yeah I guess you can't get better than Roland's if you want absolute 1:1 accuracy but in a more modern and accessible format. However as an alternative and particularly without having to buy into the whole Roland cloud, Digital-1 is pretty damn good, better by far than any of the sample based attempts at a D50 ish instrument.
best roland D-50 VST alternative
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- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
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- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
Well, Cinebient didn't say it's the best "alternative", he said it's "the best thing". Anyway, something that only runs on iPad can only be an alternative for someone that HAS an iPad.aMUSEd wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:30 pmYeah I guess you can't get better than Roland's if you want absolute 1:1 accuracy but in a more modern and accessible format. However as an alternative and particularly without having to buy into the whole Roland cloud, Digital-1 is pretty damn good, better by far than any of the sample based attempts at a D50 ish instrument.
It's like someone asking which tires are the best for their car, and someone else comes telling they have the best bycicle tires in the world
Fernando (FMR)
- KVRAF
- 3303 posts since 6 Jul, 2012 from Sick-cily
I'm the only one to think the Roland Cloud version sounds crappy and ugly?
- KVRAF
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Not many things that run on every platform, sure an iOS plugin is dependent on someone having an iPad, but the OP doesn't specify platforms so all suggestions are valid (leaving aside nitpicks over wording), this is certainly the closest I've come across other than the thing itself or Roland remake. Up till then I would have said the Pinknoise library but this is on another level.
- KVRAF
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
I've known some people say the same about the original
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- KVRAF
- 10260 posts since 19 Feb, 2004 from Paris
D-50 samples are copyrighted by Roland. Therefore anything that's not Roland can't legally use the D-50 PCM, it's as simple as that. The resonnant LPF is only active on digital oscillators, not on PCMs.
So the whole D50 is a bit like a primitive VA. This, and the 8bit PCM give it it's charm, and it's identity. It's a wonderfull synth, but making 4 'partials' synths can be accomplished by a lot of synths, wich will probably sound very different from the D-50.
So the whole D50 is a bit like a primitive VA. This, and the 8bit PCM give it it's charm, and it's identity. It's a wonderfull synth, but making 4 'partials' synths can be accomplished by a lot of synths, wich will probably sound very different from the D-50.
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- KVRAF
- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
The OP mentioned Roland Cloud, which only runs on macOS and Windows
So, it's pretty safe to assume that he is running either a Mac or a PC, and certainly NOT an iPad. Therefore, mentioning iPad is simply advertising. I am simply counter-advertising
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Fernando (FMR)
- KVRAF
- 11093 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
Yes, I think we can say the Roland Cloud D-50 sounds about as "crappy and ugly" as the original
Fernando (FMR)
- KVRAF
- 40220 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
They have the mini keyboard version now as well. What's it called? The D-26.5 or something.
Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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- KVRAF
- 5179 posts since 16 Nov, 2014
Well, a mac version might come....maybe.
For me they all are just software on computers anyway.
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- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
Wasn't Ana 1 somewhat similar? It also had the separate attack oscillator and normal oscillators...
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- KVRian
- 1021 posts since 3 Oct, 2011 from Christchurch, New Zealand
anyone looking for that distinctive 'LA' sound should have a listen to the two soundpacks Francis Preve has done for Xfer Serum (toolkit 1 and 2 - available off Xfer's site) - he's got quite a few 'LA' patches in there (using the noise/sample osc for the PCM component).
Not slavish recreations of D50 sounds but interesting modern takes on what LA can do
https://www.francispreve.com/blog/2017/ ... -synthesis
Not slavish recreations of D50 sounds but interesting modern takes on what LA can do
https://www.francispreve.com/blog/2017/ ... -synthesis
- KVRAF
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Nonsense. Whatever one may 'assume' when people ask for alternative options it doesn't hurt to consider what is available without being constrained by trying to second guess what the OP has or doesn't has - there's no reason why the thread can't include discussion of all options available.
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- KVRist
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- 402 posts since 8 Jan, 2015