Recent | Online | Vintage | Modern | Win | Mac  OS9 | DOS | Amiga | Atari ST | Graphics | Midi io | Sequencers | Roland "MC" | E-mu | Ensoniq | Akai MPCs | Samplers | Akai "S" | Roland "S"Synths | VST Samplers | VST Synths | Roland "JV" | Modules | Drums | Mixers | Timeline | HackintoshArtists | Graphics

Welcome to Oldschooldaw.com! (Online since 2014) if you are human, Register & Login to gain more access to all boards here; Some guest permissions have been limited to reduce traffic from bots and encourage registration, while other Guest permissions have been added such as guest posting of attachments and guest responses to threads!

Author Topic: Re: Roland D20 (1988) synth + 8 track sequencer  (Read 4528 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline chrisNova777

  • Underground tech support agent
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 9649
  • Gender: Male
  • "Vintage MIDI Sequencing + Audio Production"
    • View Profile
    • www.oldschooldaw.com | vintage audio production software + hardware info
Re: Roland D20 (1988) synth + 8 track sequencer
« on: July 11, 2017, 06:28:29 AM »
http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-production-centre/3969


Quote
In relation to Roland's existing products, the D10 and D20 are direct descendants of the D50 synthesizer, flagship of the LA range.

After the D50 came the rack-mount D550, the multitimbral MT32 and D110 modules, and now these two. The D10 and D20 are identical in all respects except for the inclusion of a sequencer and disk drive on the D20, so parts of this review not dealing with these aspects of the D20 apply to the D10 as well.

Quote
D20 SUMMARY
Synthesizer Section
61-note velocity sensitive keyboard (no aftertouch)
Up to 32-note polyphony
8-part multitimbral operation (Multitimbral mode)
Split or layered keyboard (Performance mode)
Sawtooth and square synthesizer waveforms
256 PCM waveforms
On-board digital reverb (8 presets)

Internal Memory
128 preset Tones
64 programmable Tones
128 Patches
128 Timbres
32 preset Rhythm patterns
32 programmable Rhythm patterns
1 Rhythm track
1 Song
1 Rhythm Setup

Memory Card
128 Patches
128 Timbres
64 Tones
32 Rhythm patterns
1 Rhythm track
1 Rhythm Setup

Rhythm Section
63 PCM drum sounds
Up to 22 Tones used as extra percussion voices
Rhythm track (up to 500 bars long)

Sequencer
8 tracks
16,000 note limit
Real-time record only
Punch In/Out editing

3.5" Disk Drive
35,000 note capacity
All, Song, Sound or Rhythm files may be saved and loaded.



Offline chrisNova777

  • Underground tech support agent
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 9649
  • Gender: Male
  • "Vintage MIDI Sequencing + Audio Production"
    • View Profile
    • www.oldschooldaw.com | vintage audio production software + hardware info
Re: Roland D20 (1988) synth + 8 track sequencer
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2018, 08:05:11 PM »

Offline chrisNova777

  • Underground tech support agent
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 9649
  • Gender: Male
  • "Vintage MIDI Sequencing + Audio Production"
    • View Profile
    • www.oldschooldaw.com | vintage audio production software + hardware info
Re: Roland D20 (1988) synth + 8 track sequencer
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2020, 01:31:26 PM »

Offline chrisNova777

  • Underground tech support agent
  • Administrator
  • Posts: 9649
  • Gender: Male
  • "Vintage MIDI Sequencing + Audio Production"
    • View Profile
    • www.oldschooldaw.com | vintage audio production software + hardware info
d5 vs d10 vs d20 vs d50
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2020, 02:18:08 PM »