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.

Angelo

January 22, 2011 @ 12:13 am

Angel to access the "i" tones do the following:
In Performance mode, press "Edit", and select "Patch". Then press the display button until the "upper" or "lower" is displayed. The first character of the patch will be flashing "a", "b", or "i" depending on the patch. Use the "Value" buttons to change between "a", "b","r", or "i". After selecting "i", use the cursor button to move to the number (which should be flashing) and use the "value" buttons to select the internal tones. For Multi-Timbre do the same but select "Timbre" instead of patch. Hope that helps

nitro

January 2, 2011 @ 1:08 am

I bought 2 of these plus the programmer. I never use them. the programmer doesn't have a backlite. I saw a video of a guy who was using two of them as a GM module. If you get a line mixer you can get an effects loop going with them as well. I'm going to try that sometime.

Parl

December 29, 2010 @ 9:14 am

Angel, you have to push the "INT/CARD" button to access "I" sounds.

Andy Crystal

December 1, 2010 @ 5:57 am

@Silanda. The problem w/ d110's polyphony is that if you don't choose which PCM partials to use accordingly to the sound you want it takes only 4 keys pressed to run out of voices. D550 is bitimbral THAT's why it preserves the polyphony. It only has two layer: a PCM short sound and a sustained sound mostly. D110 has 215 kb internal memory for PCMs against 128kb in the d550. Roland thought that making the d110 could be a step forward in LA synthesis BUT the difficulty in programming it make people turn away from it. Which is great! Cuz it costs less than a d550 and I get the same sounds out of it (oh yeah programming it is very tedious BTW)

Angel

November 20, 2010 @ 6:08 am

Can someone send me or tell me where to find the internal tunes of Roland D10. I mean those starting with "i". I find "a" and "b" banks but not "i", and in performance mode, some patches are built using the internal ones
Thanks

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