Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Roland D-05 Polyphonic Linear Synthesizer, 16-Voice

29 total ratings, 16 with reviews

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

From the United States

Amazing Re-Creation of the Classic D-50!

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019

Great overall product, good build quality, amazing sound clarity and tonal quality. Perfect re-creation of all the classic Roland D-50 sounds plus a whole slew of new ones as well as all the add-on cards (most impossible to find) that were available to the D-50 in the late 80's early 90's, all inside this beautifully crafted miniature version - plus backwards compatibility with all the original D-50 sounds including any patches made or bought previous to the inception of this powerful Synth. Does come with batteries and they seem to last pretty long. Does not come with a USB cable but they are cheap, instructions for what kind of cable to buy are in the instruction sheet that comes with the unit.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Valdemar

It's like Access Virus

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018

Verified Purchase

This synth is pure magic! It's like Access Virus, but back in the day! It is velocity sensitive unlike other synths in the Boutique collection, and the sounds are just layers of sparkles and deep bass! ... Take this synth to star gazing or night fishing - it WILL blow your mind!

9 people found this helpful

Helpful

pandashake

The best of the Boutiques

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2021

Verified Purchase

If you are a Roland Cloud Subscriber, don’t bother picking this up. If you are not, then this is a great synth to pick up in lieu of a massive D-550 or D-50. The Sequencer is annoying and I hoped that it would be addressed by a global switch, but no such luck as of yet. Sound wise, it’s spot on to the D-50 and includes all the “cards” from the original release.

Helpful

Paul C

Great full set of sounds from the original D50 (all ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2018

Verified Purchase

Great full set of sounds from the original D50 (all the sound banks/cards).. but why o why did they have to replicate the original user interface.. the minimum they could have done is allow browsing sounds by categories/marking favorite sounds.. don't expect to do any serious patch editing on this thing without getting serious RSI.
Roland boutique are great, but also I'm no fan of the pitch bend/mod strips or the 3.5mm audio connectors (vs proper balanced outs).

Update: Nov,2020 - I can't believe this is listed at 899$ now.. I got mine for 415$ and thought that was a bit much for a piece of nostalgia mainly.. for 899 you can get much more versatile and practical to use hardware synths (with a user interface that won't drive you nuts).. or you could get the original synth + something else for much less. If you absolutely need the entire D50 preset catalogue.. then this is still a good option if money is no object. For 800 bucks I'd recommend ASM Hydrasynth (Desktop) or Modal Argon8 or Korg Wavestate.

7 people found this helpful

Helpful

Andrew Southworth

Awesome!

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018

Verified Purchase

Very impressed. It definitely sounds dated for most patches, but isn't that why you'd buy a remake of a vintage synth? I love that I can throw it on my desk and plug it in my keyboard, then pack it into a small drawer when im done. Usually with synths you have to deal with how to store them.

This Boutique model in particular is about as easy to use as the original, because the D-50 was already a pain and this doesn't suffer from the tiny knob problem the others in the series do.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Israel Malachi

Awesome unit!

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2019

Verified Purchase

Well built product, sounds as good as the original.

Helpful

T.S. Idiot

Great fun in a small package

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2018

Verified Purchase

Sounds amazing. Fun to use. Easy to program if you get an editor but not so easy via the interface which was expected knowing what I do about its father, the D-50.

Helpful

Johnny V Music

Very cool product.

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018

Verified Purchase

Great product. Wish it had a power source instead of batteries.

Helpful

Da Ewok

I love it... but changing sound parameters is best left to an external method, not via the on-board joystick and buttons...

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2018

Verified Purchase

This is probably the best out of the boutique series, IMHO. However, to program new sound will require an external method, if you wish to be effective... either through a Roland PG-1000 controller, or an iPG-800 app on the iPad...

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Jared Davis

D-50

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2020

Verified Purchase

If you like the D-50, you'll appreciate this for sure.

Helpful

Questions? Get fast answers from reviewers

Need customer service?

‹ See all details for Roland D-05 Polyphonic Linear Synthesizer, 16-Voice

5 star
4 star
3 star 0% (0%)		0%
2 star 0% (0%)		0%
1 star 0% (0%)		0%

Roland D-05 Polyphonic Linear Synthesizer, 16-Voice

›

Customer reviews

Customer reviews

Roland D-05 Polyphonic Linear Synthesizer, 16-Voice

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

From the United States

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

Questions? Get fast answers from reviewers

Roland D-05 Polyphonic Linear Synthesizer, 16-Voice › Customer reviews

Customer reviews

Roland D-05 Polyphonic Linear Synthesizer, 16-Voice

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

From the United States

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.

Questions? Get fast answers from reviewers

Roland D-05 Polyphonic Linear Synthesizer, 16-Voice

›

Customer reviews