M I S S I N G S O U N D B A N K S
I'm still searching for the discontinued commercial D-50 soundbanks listed above. As you will see, there are several uncertainties about this material.
Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
By the way, if you own material or hold informations about products that are not mentioned here (or on my commercial soundbanks webpage), you can e-mail it to me.
Companies/distributers/sounddesigners/programmers (alphabetical order):
KID NEPRO PRODUCTIONS
Kid Nepro Productions is an american company (Brooklyn, New York - owner: Steve Proto) which is developing products since 1984.
As mentioned on my commercial page, they edited three D-50 ROM cards in the past, but only volumes 1 & 2 are still available.
Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of this mysterious sold out Volume 3 would be much appreciated!
| Volume 3 |
ELTEKON
Eltekon Productions is an american society (Garden City, Michigan) which edited five D-50 ROM cards as the "Soundblocks" Series (programmed by Rich Rozmarniewicz). As mentioned on my commercial page, I collected five volumes of it through the years (many thanks to Glyn Spaulding for his contribution): "Analog", "Digital", "Effects" are three of them (I'm not sure of the title about the soundbank that I named "Pop/Rock" but, please, correct me if I'm wrong!).
Fifth volume has no name and seems to be a compilation which contains patches from four other cards. I may think that it exists one other volume which is missing to my collection.
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| One more soundbank (unknown title, perhaps "Orchestral") |
MAARTISTS
Maartists is an american society (Duluth, Georgia) which distributed D-50 RAM cards as the VolumePack Series with original preloaded sounds on it.
As mentioned on my commercial page, I refound a file in my collection, sent a few years ago by a friend of mine. Now, I'm sure that there was at least another volume named VolumePack "D Card" (many thanks to the internaute who kindly mentioned it to me). Any further informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| VolumePack "D Card" | Patchlist | Image |
LES KNOLL
Les Knoll is an american musician (Carol Stream, Illinois) who programmed and sold a D-50 ROM card named "The Classic D-50". I got this card but I can't read it ("Illegal Card" message). Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "The Classic D-50" | Image |
KÄNG-KONG PRODUCTIONS
Käng-Kong Productions is a german company (Gielsdorf, owner: Thomas Klimisch) which distributed several D-50 products:
- 64 patches preloaded RAM cards
- diverse big sets available on 3.5" floppy disks compatible with all supports of this time (Atari ST, Commodore, Amiga and PC).
Their sets include compilation soundbanks extracted from their 12'000 patches big library and programmed by several sounddesigners such as Dave Aitkin (USA), John Smies (Netherlands) or Stéphane Bonvallet (France).
All are listed above. A sysex version of it would be much appreciated.
(Many thanks to Pete South and Peter T. for their contributions).
| "Entertainment" RAM card (64 patches - Top 40, Pop/Dance,....) | Image |
| "Synthetic" RAM card (64 patches - Analog & Digital Synths, Synbass, Synleads,....) | |
| "Soundtracks" RAM card (64 patches - Soundtracks, Atmospheres, Wavetables, FXs,....) | |
| "Entertainment" Collection on a 3.5" floppy disk (10 soundbanks set - Pianos, organs, strings, brass, choirs, guitars, basses, accordeons, flutes,... for Pop/Rock, Jazz, Top40 or Dance) | |
| "Synthetic" Collection on a 3.5" floppy disk (10 soundbanks set - Analog and digital synths, synbass, cosmic, soundtracks, FXs,... for Rock/Pop, Techno, New Age or Electro) | |
| "Best of LA" Collection on a 3.5" floppy disk (16 soundbanks set - Selection of the best D-50 sounds including "Entertainment" and "Synthetic" collections) | Patchlist |
| "World Sound" Collection - also named "D-50 Complete Edition" - on a 3.5" floppy disk (40 soundbanks set - Choice of D-50 sounds from USA, UK, Japan, Germany, Netherlands,...) |
SOFT SOUND
Soft Sound is a german company (Berlin, owner: Manfred Regenberg) which became LETHOS-Production (Berlin, owner: Mirko Lüthge) during the 90's.
It seems that they produced a D-50 soundbank. Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
(Many thanks to Pete South for his contribution).
| Certainly one D-50 soundbank ("Vol.1"..?) |
DAY STAR ENTERPR.
Day Star Enterprises is an american society (Amarillo, Texas) which produced three D-50 soundbanks as the "Alternative Soundscapes" Series Vol. I-III (programmed by Rick Buck - available on RAM cards, 3.5" floppy disks or data sheets).
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Alternative Soundscapes" Vol. I |
| "Alternative Soundscapes" Vol. II |
| "Alternative Soundscapes" Vol. III |
NEW MAN STUDIOS
New Man Studios is an american company (Dallas, Oregon - owner: James Newman) which produced four D-50 ROM cards.
As mentioned on my commercial page, I get three of them and I'm still searching for the last one.
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| ROM card ... |
COMM SCI CORP.
Comm Sci Corp. is an american society (Calabasas, California) which produced two D-50 ROM cards (I ignore their exact names).
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Volume 1?" |
| "Volume 2?" |
LIVEWIRE AUDIO
Livewire Audio is an american society (Oceanport, New Jersey) which produced a half D-50 soundbank (32 patches) distributed in the past on a 3.5" floppy disk available for all supports of this time (Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128 and PC) or on data sheets and a complete (64 patches) soundbank available on all the mentioned supports but also on a RAM card.
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Half bank" (32 patches) |
| "Complete bank" (64 patches) |
MUSIC DESIGN
Music Design is an american society (Crystal, Minnesota) which produced a 128 D-50 patches set distributed in the past on a 3.5" floppy disk available for all supports of this time (Mac, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128 and PC).
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "128 patches data disk" |
SOLID SOUNDS
Solid Sounds is an american society (Chevy Chase, Maryland) which produced a D-50 soundbank available on a MC-500 3.5" floppy disk, data sheets and RAM card.
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Solid Sounds soundbank" |
STILL VOICE AUDIO
Still Voice Audio is an american society (St Louis Park, Minnesota) which produced a D-50 soundbank available on a RAM card that you had to send to them and they filled it with their sounds.
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Still Voice soundbank" |
WALT WHITNEY
Walt Whitney is an american musician (Overland, Missouri) who programmed and sold several soundbanks for diverse synths. He distributed a D-50 soundbank available on an Atari 3.5" floppy disk. Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Walt Whitney soundbank" |
DIVERSE
Here are two D-50 soundbanks titles. I don't know which company or sounddesigner produced it.
Any additional informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| SuperSonic |
| G/D-50/D-550 "X" soundbank |
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