This synth, the Yamaha DX7 and the KORG M1 are the grandfathers of modern music and synths.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

True !🎹

@reggieblessedhandz1293

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@petercarrington948

4 ай бұрын

The digital version of the Jupiter 8. ( in stature). All over JMJ Revolutions album. Beautiful synth. I think people will rediscover the sounds and abilities of this synth. Everything comes back around!

@Jocke173

4 ай бұрын

Glad to have them all... serviced and in mint condition... love them still ❤

@arupsircar6620

4 ай бұрын

Hey ! what about the Yamaha SY 77...Korg Trinity.. Its better 2 b ur personal choice n not public..

For me, this was an instant purchase. 3 minutes of playing in the store and we all said “I HAVE to have that”. My favorite keyboard on all time. Thanks!❤️❤️❤️

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Totally agree!🎹

@videditorEB1

4 ай бұрын

@@John_Michael2000 The D50 came out about 86 or so. A total game changer. Nothing had onboard stereo effects at the time. That alone made it a must have, but those sounds, coupled with those effects, heard in headphones at the store for the first time? Sheesh. Basically mind blowing. Edit: a quick Siri check 1987 was the year of release. 🙂 Edit 2: Any Roland module going all the way back to the JV 1010 will make you really happy. 🙂

@John_Michael2000

4 ай бұрын

@@videditorEB1 Thanks for the reply. Actually I just deleted my comment because I just found out this was a late 80's creation. So my JV is actually newer. I'm going to look into adding a module. Thanks again

The DX7, D-50, Jupiter 8, and MemoryMoog sounds defined my childhood! Whenever I listen to this stuff I start to get goosebumps and sometimes even tear up. I miss that era so much sometimes! If you grew up in a good home it was like heaven for a kid.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

What a great era

A tear for me when you started the intro of "Man in the mirror" from MJ. Excellent video, thank you!

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 🙏🎹

@gastonator415

2 ай бұрын

Did MJ touch you just like he touched others....

As a kid in the 80s...I wanted the D-50 & the DX7 so bad...those two along with the Roland JD 800 were my dream keyboards back then....They all still sounds awesome.

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

Great synths 🎹

@MrsGraphiteGal

2 ай бұрын

I had a Jd800 when it first released, expensive then. Can pick them up pretty cheap now. Also had the rack version JD990 and a morpheus.

@makipri

Ай бұрын

Roland D-5 was my first real synth. A budget version of D-50 with some of the familiar sounds but a terrible user interface. I also drooled for the JD-800 for a long time until finally buying it and D-550.

Incredible is that the biggest producers come from Japan: Yamaha, Roland, Korg. All these Japanese companies created and create the most iconic sounds for the whole world. Big respect

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

True 🎹

@musicman8942

4 ай бұрын

Be careful as not all the companies mentioned actually have their product made in Japan. Yamaha has some of their stuff made in China. Korg is the only one that actually has a sticker on their equipment that says 'made in Japan'. Kurzweil is owned by a Chinese company (Young Chang I believe) and that's where their synth are made.

@jeffkwells2003

4 ай бұрын

Does it matter where it's made? The important thing is where it's designed. I have a Hammond SK2 designed in Japan, put together in China. So what?

@yanekes

4 ай бұрын

@@jeffkwells2003 true 👍

@musicman8942

4 ай бұрын

If you have a social conscience it matters a LOT! Perhaps you don't care that the Chinese use Uyghur slave labor or that the CCP has it's fingers into everything? Nobody does business in China without the CCP being in on it.

The 80’s and 90’s Legend! I’m so grateful to was gifted one.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Gifted one? So lucky :)

Since 87 I dreamt to have one, couldn't afford it on that time. Now the dream come back! 😊 I have to have it! Thank you for making me dream again and revive old memories....

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@AmanoShiyaku

4 ай бұрын

Same, I bought a D5 at that time, my first synth

@petercarrington948

4 ай бұрын

Thank goodness for the Roland boutique range, now we all have a chance at hearing and owning this glorious synth !

@petercarrington948

4 ай бұрын

@@AmanoShiyaku I always wanted a Korg DW8000 but could only afford the DW6000, but it was still a great synth.

@Acrimonious_Snake

4 ай бұрын

@petercarrington948 Good luck with buying a new D-05, the Boutiques were a limited serie.

"Soundtrack" - loved that on the MT-32 playing King's Quest, Space Quest, etc....awesome!

Without a doubt, the best showcase of D50 patches on KZread.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Appreciated 🙏🎹

I was a teenager in the 80’s and was in a rock band. It amazed me that there were so many hits that were all just synths and drum machines. The only real thing was vocals. Now even vocals are synthesized.

The Roland was my young dream. It's so amazing sounds right now. But i hadn't the money in 90th in Ukraine. I'm pretty old now and have no reason to buy it, but lot of people are doing the foolish acts in my age😂

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

I feel you 😄🎹

@UA-xu1zk

3 ай бұрын

Я один з тих хто такі глупості робить🤣

@StudioMargalima

2 ай бұрын

Well, buy it. And enjoy.

@Tubeinnit

2 ай бұрын

💙💛🌻🇬🇧🎶

@loconnol473

2 ай бұрын

Life’s too short for regrets, treat yourself my friend

A wonderful sound machine. So many famous tunes created with it. Only wish I had one. 😀

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Great synth 🎹

I really miss my D-50! I had one in the 1990s and used it extensively on lots of recordings. It finally died in the mid 2000s as it wouldn't save presets anymore for some reason, and was not worth repairing. Mine was modified with an MEX expansion board that made it 8-part multi timbral and tripled the internal memory.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Wow ! Never played one with that expansion

"4:54" The intro to Freedom aka Faith still gives me goosebumps. Thank you. Beautiful.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!! Thanks 🙏🎹

@bronxcartel6193

4 ай бұрын

Yes! And beautifully played too 🙏

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

@@bronxcartel6193 thank you!!

It is very warm sounding the Roland D50 ❤❤❤

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

great synth 🎹

@poldidak

4 ай бұрын

I’m thinking Eric Persing among others had a hand in programming these warm, evolving patches.

Crikey I miss my D50 sold it years ago along with my DX9. Held on to an XV88 which I love for the retro sounds...

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Great synths 🎹

@poldidak

4 ай бұрын

I kept my XV3080 module for that reason, along with a lightweight portable XP30

Still a unique, powerful synth, the timeless D-50

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

True 🎹

My all-time favorite synth. I've owned 3 and currently still use 2 of them. Great video!❤

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

Iconic sounds!! Amazing playing! 👏👏

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Fantastic sounds and playing. 😀😀

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! Thank you 🙏

Great sounds & memories…thanks! I used to have a D-550 back in the day but ended up replacing it with a V-Synth XT that has the D50 card in it. Also have a Yamaha Motif Rack ES with the PLG150-DX card, Emu Proteus 2000 with B3 card, M1R-EX, Moog Slim Phatty, Roland Integra-7 and Akai S5000 sampler so am lucky enough to have access to nearly all those classic sounds at my fingertips. Really should learn to play…

@NicolasMelis

15 сағат бұрын

I did also the change with a vsynth and the d50 card , i have also an old video comparing both but i did get back my original d50 at the end and sold the vsynth :)

I bought a D50 off a friend. Best $600 I ever spent. Such an amazing machine.

@arupsircar6620

2 ай бұрын

I couldn’t afford.. instead got hold of a D 5 the very first on the digital lineup.. practically tones r like D 10..only without reverb.. Later I heard my frndz D 50..n the sounds were awesome..

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

Great synth 🎹

Awesome dude! Got a D-50 a few months ago and this is the best repository of D-50 presents in pop ! Thanks dude! Well done very fun to watch

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 🙌🎹

😮‍💨 Making me want a D-50 again. One of the first synths I ever owned.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Great synth 🎹

@diujay

4 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelis do you have roland XP 30 old keyboard ?

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

@@diujay no i don’t why?

@diujay

4 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelis xp 30 also good synth

@poldidak

4 ай бұрын

I love my XP30! I started out with a Roland JX3P, but soon became a DX7 fan. I added a Korg DW8000 along the way. But once sampled ROM synths hit the market I went hardcore Roland again: U110, U220, JV90, XP80. Then the Motif came out, moving me back to Yamaha, where I currently reside, a Montage 6 being my most current synth. Oddly enough, I never picked up a D50 along the way.

Quel plaisir d'entendre ces sons j'adore ❤️

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it 🙏🎹

Thank you for including Vanishing Point! A rare, but brilliant track.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!🎹🎹

What an awesome synth this is still

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Great synth 🎹

Love that Freedom intro straight into Star Trek

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it :)

@ledlogic2

2 ай бұрын

Faith

Amazing really - many of the sounds strange all that; it's the composition that makes transforms them, like a kind of magic. Nice job. 👍

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

True!! Many thanks 🙏🎹

great demo, thanks! time to fire up my D-50 and have some fun - also thanks for including the names of patches

@NicolasMelis

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Have fun 😊🎹

Sold mine mint example back in 2017, missed it, didn’t have the space for another so bought a D05 and love it! Such a great sounding synth

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

It is yes! Does the d05 sound the same?

@marcnelson8986

4 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelisabsolutely

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

@@marcnelson8986 good to know! Thanks

In the song "Vanishing Point", the Roland MT-32 patch "Fantasy" was heard.

@johanneschristopherstahle3395

4 ай бұрын

D50 is the origin of the Fantasy patch AFAIK. But Roland did include it in a lot of their sample based synths since then plus it was copied by other companies as well.

omg - this soooo brilliant - thanks for taking us to 80's

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🎹

superb playing, bringing back memories of quality gear and music.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you🙏🎹

Definitely some of the more iconic synth sounds from my favorite songs from the 80s and 90; s. I heard Shakespear's Sister Hello Hello intro there. Impressive. What a workhorse. The DX7 on steroids!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Legendary synth 🎹

I use to love that board!

Magical sounds, great playing as always! Gotta check my Wavestation today.

@NicolasMelis

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! 🎹

Absolutely lovely.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it ! Thank you 🙏🎹

Magical sounds!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

Eric Persing had a lot to do with the design of this synth. I remember reading about when he introduced it at NAMM. He pressed a key on the unit with the Digital Native Dancer patch loaded and everyone’s jaw dropped.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

It was very revolutionary back then

I had the Roland W-30 workstation and Roland U-220. Amazing sounds. We also used the D-50 at live events.

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

Great synths 🎹

Fantastic!

@NicolasMelis

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Great memories from an even greater keyboard. Thanks for posting and sharing 👏👏👏👏

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🎹

Coisa linda demais, som maravilhoso.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

glad you like it 🙏🎹

One of my fav synths!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

Orinoco Flow, by Enya, a great song.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

I didn't even know that so many familiar sounds came from the D-50. good keyboard player :)

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Yes!! And there are so many more but i couldn’t find the presets, they are not available online anymore i think

We used this heavily on KIDS Incorporated as well as the Yamaha DX-7.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Great synths 🎹

Πολύ όμορφο ευχαριστούμε πολύ! Πολύ γλυκές αναμνήσεις!

@NicolasMelis

21 күн бұрын

Εγώ ευχαριστώ! Χαίρομαι που σας άρεσε! 🎹

Mostly 88-90 tunes. Great memories. Nice demo. 1:26 Eric Clapton is one of my fav intros ever (even had the "Journeyman" CD). I have the D-10, it sounds thinner (not bad either).

@NicolasMelis

5 ай бұрын

Mine too! thanks 🙏🎹

Wow, fire!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

Love this

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Well Played my man Well played!!❤🙏🏽

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

🙏🎹

Nice work Nicolas👌🎹

@NicolasMelis

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Martin 🙏🎹

amazing!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🎹

Great work man🎉❤

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🎹

Digital Native Dance was used on the start of the song "Mel da Sua Boca" from the brazilian band "Copacabana Beat" at 90's

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Will check that one out!! Thank you 🙏

@entropybentwhistle

4 ай бұрын

That patch is used unaltered in the beginning of David Lee Roth’s “Skyscraper” song, from the album of the same name.

A good keyboard I had this .portamento and chase are so good

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Yes 🎹

Замечательно Красиво 👍🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

I have two of these and a DX7, J8…I couldn’t let em go. Sometimes I take em outta the boxes and play em!

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

Great synths 🎹

Great playing, man 😃👏 Love the bright and airy top end on the D50 ❤

@NicolasMelis

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it Benjamin 🙏🎹

The Foto of the GOAT on the desk…Great

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

😁 love him 🎹

muy muy bueno, escuchar eso fue un espectaculo de verdad gracias

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

Cuckoo, I really appreciated your sharing.. A pleasant performance.. Bravo.. See you soon.. 1 like and my subscription.. Good evening Danielle

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks!!🙏

Sehr schöne Musik muss ich sagen :) Mehr davon!!!!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it ! Thanks 🙏🎹

I used to work with a Korg M1 and Roland U20 on the 90’s , we were able to play all kind of songs, I miss to have both of them, Noe I have two Roland’s .

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

They are all great 🎹🎹🎵

Fantasic! I have one in the basement and underrated it.

@NicolasMelis

Ай бұрын

Its a great synth 🎹

Well played

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

Great ❤😮classic synth

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Yes 🎹

Dope bro!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening 🙏🎹

Sehr gut! Danke schön!

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! Thank you 🙏🎹

Bought one of these for $5 at a flea market in the early 90's. I loved it so much

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

$5!? Wow

@PlasticCogLiquid

4 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelisThe guy didn't know if it worked or not, and it had pop or something in some of the buttons. It worked, and I got it cleaned.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

@@PlasticCogLiquid amazing deal!

@PlasticCogLiquid

4 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelisIt eventually got lost in a "shipping mistake" :D I'm still sad and that was 25 years ago

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Bummer!!

Eu tive um desse nos anos 90!🙌🎹👏

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

🙌🙌🎹

The one icon that has always eluded me!!!! Ive had the M1 and DX7. Loved both but never been able to get this one. Oh well, maybe one day.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

You can still find the d50 relative in normal prices

@mvv1408

4 ай бұрын

Try Rob Papen's Blue III VST synth. It comes pretty close and can do a lot more.

@angelomezzetti8591

4 ай бұрын

E perché no , Roland Cloud D50 vst plugin , come avere il synth reale .

Super Bravo! ;-)

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🎹

That trumpet sound sounds like a perfect match for “Touch and Go” by ELP

In the Sabrina song "Boys Boys Boys" (1987), the Oberheim Matrix-12 patch "Stab Brass" was heard.

grazie per questo prezioso demo 🎛DdM

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it !!

AWESOME Dude. 😃👍.

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

Very, very nice. Regards from Poland.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it! Thank you 🙏🎹 regards from Cyprus 🇨🇾

What an amazing machine

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Yes 🙌🎹

Even on KZread this sounds so much better than any plugin VST I've heard

@NicolasMelis

Ай бұрын

true :)

In 1992 I produced an entire album on the D50

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Legendary synth 🎹

Very well done. I always thought that „Man in the Mirror“ also used the Fantasia Preset

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

From what i ve read online it was the Afterthought preset :)

@deantiquisetnovis

4 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelis knowing Michael Jackson‘s team always used layers and layers of synths it might well be that they used both. Anthony Marinelli might now the details

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

@@deantiquisetnovis true!!:)

Sweet

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

I have the D-550 (and a PG-1000) that I no longer use, but can't bear to let them go.

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

Why don’t you use them?

Magnificent

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Glad to see Vanishing Point by New Order make the list. It's easily one of their best songs.

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

I found it when i was researching about the d50 songs :)

@asjones41

4 ай бұрын

What an absolute beast of a tune, incredible stuff

This is totally my childhood.

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

je l'ai eu entre les pattes ce synthé, je l'ai revendu... une vraie tuerie ce synthé ! 15000 francs à l'époque ou il était vendu (80/90)

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

How much in Euro?

@lazarus8750

2 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelis +/-2300 euros

@NicolasMelis

2 ай бұрын

@@lazarus8750 oh wow!

I almost never warmed to the D50😊, 1 used to play as a buddingsession keyboardist with a few bands at a leading hotel in Africa, mid-late 90's, who had the D50: it felt to me rather "detached/spiritless" compared to the DX7. However suprisingly the rest of the band/audience seemed to like it (or my playing ;)😘) as it seemed we were doing a good thing together as the band, I remember someone made a demo while we were freestyle jammimg live before starting the night show , only then did I hear firstly how it did sound good, but also how actually good (as a band) we were playing. Great respect for these pioneering instruments

@NicolasMelis

3 ай бұрын

Great synth!! 🎹

you really have a nice groove in your fingers

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

🙏🎹

I ❤ ALL... Sounds of nostalgy...

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

true 🎹

What are you going on for Digital native dance being used for waiting for a star to fall? I can't find any info on that.

Roland OUT-DID Themselves with this gem

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

🎹❤️

Fantastycznie kolego 👍🎹👍🎹👍 SUPER 👍🎹👍🎹👍 Pozdrawiam i życzę miłego, spokojnego weekendu 😏😆😊😆😏Do zobaczenia wkrótce 😊😊😊LIKE+1😊😊😊

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!! Thank you 🙏

Absolute legend of a synth. Nothing ages me more than seeing a synth that was groundbreaking when I was a teenager being referred to as retro. Lovely playing, too. 👍🏻

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Yes!! Thank you 🙏

I'd lilke to see the famous sonds from Roland JV 1000.Somebody has any link to it?

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Which songs have been made with the JV?

One of the best keybrd in the past decades..👍

@NicolasMelis

4 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!🎹