[sdiy] So called "LA SYNTHESIS" : Was: LA Synth Nuts...

[jhaible]

> Still that said, the D50 was a remarkable instrument at the time. And on
> board effects, albeit rather terrible, were an amazing addition for the
> gigging musician. For a long time it was the only keyboard I ever used.

Same here. My mother still has it, and plays it, and it still has all my
desperate attempts to creat something really analogue-like stored
in its patches. (;->)

IMO the D-50 was much better than the "real" ROMplers that followed.
It even had PWM - four Layers of PWM which could be modulated
from different controllers! AFAIK this was dropped by Roland in
the D-70, and only re-introduced much later.

The first VA synth in mass production.

JH.