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

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.

I've been using the D10 since the 80's, and still am. I love this machine, because it has some unique sounds. The standard sounds are quite right, but when tweaking is done you can get very interesting sounds. E-mail me if you want to xchange some. Another interesting thing is that, when you use a midi-editor, you can program an extra Level and Time in the Envelop, so 5 points instead of the 4 points mentioned in the manuals. I found this out when downloading the standard sounds into the editor. The use an extra point in the Envelop. This is because the D10/D20/D110 uses the same soundchip as the old MT32. Check the manual at the pages with the midi implementation, in the Partial Parameter table it says somewhere "dummy (for MT32)". It's no dummy, it can be used! But only via midi, not via the front panel. Have fun!

i bought this synth for 75 euro's, i love it. it is eazy to control and the sound is great.

I bought this wondering what a 'Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer' was, and after 20 minutes thought, 'oh.' It's basically a very primitive and thin virtual analog - but quite warm and 80's sounding, which I like. And you can get much more interesting sounds by doing something stupid like ringmod + banjo...

I came to love it. My only complaint is that patching is a pain, but then I discovered the PG-10 programmer on eBay. This site doesn't mention that it exists.