Vintage Synth Explorer

Roland • D-10 / D-110

Second generation D-50 style synthesis. The D-10 is a Digital Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer and the D-110 is its upgraded rackmount version. Capable of decent acoustic sounds and great new synth-type sounds the D-10/110 is a great and cheaper alternative to the popular D-50. It has a confusing synthesis / editing method composed of tones, partials and timbres. Basically it all boils down to tricky programming which, if you know what your doing, can have interesting and unique results. On-board drum sounds, reverb effects and internal / external memory storage are also a plus.

The D-110 rackmount version adds 6 individual outputs, and the follow-up D-20 keyboard version adds an 8-track sequencer. Definitely worth a listen for any musician on a budget! It has been used by Suzanne Vega, Future Sound of London, and Information Society.

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themagickreport

Posted 11 days ago

how funny, mine sits between my k1r and tx81z...

lamster

Posted 15 days ago

Mine sits between my k1 rand m1r in my rack full of vintage digi gear. Very usefull bit of kit but not a cut down D50 by a long way. sounds are thin but do cut nicely in the mix. seen them cheap on ebay so useful to get a different sound rather than doing the whole thing on the pc or you super duper work station. a good buy at the right price free is better

Andy Crystal

Posted 38 days ago

Roland D110 is one of the most underrated synths in the late 80s! Many people say they dislike it only by judging the rom demos which can hardly be copared to what you can actually come up with using the advanced paramenters of this module. Yes, you must know your way through complex editing... and that's the fun part of it. I've heard incredible sounds made with this synth and I am a proud owner.

Andy Crystal

Posted 55 days ago

It sounds great! You can program it thru Midiquest XL if you don't have a pg programmer

Johan

Posted 83 days ago

I own a D5 (= D10 minus effects), bought new in 1991. It was my very first synth and a very bad choice if you are a beginner or want to learn about sound synthesis.

The D5/D10/D110/D20 is a very digital sounding synth and very difficult and confusing to program if you don't own the PG-10 programmer unit. Nevertheless it has its own distinctive sound and can produce quite interesting sounds if programmed right.

The PG-10 programmer uses SysEx commands and can apparently be replaced by a MIDI controller like the Behringer BCR2000 to program the D5/D10/D110/D20.

The D5/D10/D110/D20 are known to encounter button trigger problems after a while.

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