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Roland's VC-1 (D 50) Card for the V-Synth (question)
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:40 pm
by Jon
Anyone know much about the VC-1 card (D-50) for the V-Synth's?
What I would like to know is do you get the whole D-50 on the card or just selected patches/programs, a kind of "best of".
One interesting thing I have discovered is that you can assign them to the V-Synth's Time Trip Pad and D-Beam control. That should produce something whacky
The GT (I have ordered) does come with the VC-1 and VC-2
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:44 pm
by Nico_Noyau
PC Card turns the V-Synth/VariOS into a complete and accurate reconstruction of Roland's groundbreaking D-50 L/A Synthesizer
Includes all original waveforms plus 28 brand new wave forms.
384 Patches onboard including all original presets from D-50, PN-D50-01/-02/-03/-04 library cards and 64 new Patches
From :
http://www.roland.com/products/en/VC-1/
I guess you have your answer
/edit : you have even more patches than me, I don't own all those cards
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:00 pm
by Jon
Nico, top man, cheers matey.
Damn, I was not expecting to get everything the original D-50 had to offer, plus others.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:06 pm
by Nico_Noyau
You even have additional waveforms, this is überneat !!
But a bit too much for me, you loose the original touch, IMHO...
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:14 pm
by GeeJee
Mind you - this is the best emulation I've ever come across... it's just like you are playing a D50 and nothing else. Really cool.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:29 pm
by Jon
Doing a search, I have just found this
From Gordon Reid of "Sound On Sound" magazine (October 2005)
"To my ears, the two instruments sounded identical, or so close to identical as makes absolutely no difference. I tried all the classic D50 patches — 'Fantasia', 'DigitalNativeDance', 'Soundtrack', 'Glass Voices', 'Nightmare', 'IntruderFX' and so on — sounds that exemplify the original four-partial form of LA Synthesis, and which have never been accurately recreated on any other synth. When tested 'blind', I was unable to tell when a patch was played on the D50, and when on the XT."
Full article can be read here:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct05/a ... ynthxt.htm
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:44 pm
by Nico_Noyau
Owkay, nice to hear
So if I want a V-Synth GT, I can sell my D50
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:21 pm
by radek tymecki
Nico_Noyau wrote:Owkay, nice to hear
So if I want a V-Synth GT, I can sell my D50
and buy card
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:23 pm
by Nico_Noyau
No, the card is INSIDE the GT
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:49 pm
by radek tymecki
Nico_Noyau wrote:No, the card is INSIDE the GT
ah yes
tought ya were talkin bout older ver
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:55 pm
by Jon
Yes, the VC-1 and VC-2 come already pre-installed within the GT
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:24 pm
by Pete
Equinoxe5 wrote:Yes, the VC-1 and VC-2 come already pre-installed within the GT
...and also in the V-Synth XT (the racky version), which I suppose is gonna drop its price due to the arrival of the bigger brother...
P.
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:01 pm
by Nico_Noyau
That's good for us, omagaaaaaaaad
