Talk:Roland D-50

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"upper and a lower part, both fully featured, which gave the synth a very rich and versatile sound."

It would probably be more accurate to say that the effects section is responsible for any "lush" sound. And the included number of attack partials gave the versatility. Even though the architecture is complex for what is essentially early S+S, the resultant voices were quite digitally sparse (IMO) before they went through that effects section. Contrast this with a beefy digital waveform synth like the contemporary DW8000 (which was also rudimentary S+S). Does anyone really think that the upper/lower architecture was what gave LA synthesis its "rich and versatile sound"? 158.147.105.117 (talk) 21:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC)Max