C O M M E R C I A L S O U N D B A N K S
Classified by producers/distributers (alphabetical order):
Downloadable soundbanks are available in standard Sysex (*.syx - 36'048 bytes) and Midi Quest© (*.bnk) file formats
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR D-50/D-550 INTERNAL MEMORY
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your D-50/D-550
MISSING
Following Roland D-50 soundbanks are still missing to my collection. Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR D-50/D-550 INTERNAL MEMORY
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your D-50/D-550
MISSING
Following Roland D-50 soundbanks are still missing to my collection. Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
| Sound Source Unlimited D505R "Tacet Textures" soundbank (but I'm not sure if it really exists...) |
| Valhala "Ultra Synth" Studio Series soundbank |
| KidNepro "Volume 3" soundbank (no longer available on their website) |
| Maartist "Music Pack" RAM cards: it seems that they produced 2 different volumes. They delivered it with original preloaded patches stored on it |
| Eltekon: it seems that two soundbanks are missing to my collection (I own the "Digital", "Effects" and "Analog" ones) |
| MIDImouse MUSIC "Sonicflight Sounds" soundbank volume 4 |
| Les Knoll "The Classic D-50" ROM card. I got this card, but it's unfortunately defectuous ("Illegal Card" message) |
.... and, of course, any other commercial material that I ignore the
existence!! If you own any requested informations, please e-mail
me!!
MP3 Demos: if
you're interested in having access on this page to MP3 demos gathering
sounds extracted from one or several soundbanks listed here, please
e-mail me and I'll do it (do not forget to mention which soundbanks you're interested in!)
ROLANDThe japanese
company produced and distributed 5 ROM cards (PN-D50-00 to PN-D50-04) for
his own synth.
PN-D50-00 ROM card is in fact the internal factory preload bank.
They also edited a special 64 patches limited ROM card named "Best Choice" (known in Japan as the "Special Selected" Sound Library).
SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
This famous american society developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models (their products are distributed now by Greytsounds™). There were a total of 10 ROM cards for the D-50, most of them programmed by Manny Fernandez. Volume 4 (D504R) "FM Radio" was also distributed by Music Solution - under SSU license - as the "House Band" ROM card. Volume 5 (D505R) "Tacet Textures" seems to be untraceable. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
PA-DECODER
This german company produced D-50 ROM cards with an original and exclusive particularity: their models were reversible dual sided and contained 128 patches (64 on each side).
So, they edited 6 banks for a total of 3 available ROM cards.
BO TOMLYN
Bo Tomlyn is an american studio keyboardist who worked with some of the most famous international artists during the 80's-90's (Prince, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Chicago,...). He also programmed diverse synths models and commercialized his work.
As far as I know, he edited four D-50 soundbanks: "PRO-Series" (volumes I-III) and the most known "Top Forty" ROM card.
LEISTER
Leister is an american company which edited soundbanks for several 80's synths models.They produced a total of 6 Roland D-50 soundbanks.
I ignore if their D-50 soundbanks have specific names other than "Volumes 1-6" as mentioned here. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
MICHAEL HOTOP
Michael Hotop is a german top sounddesigner who programmed and commercialized soundbanks for several synths models.
Most of his sets have been distributed in Japan by diverse companies (ARK, Rittor Music, Digital Music Soft Ware,...). He produced a total of 8 different ROM cards for the D-50.
VALHALA
The well known american sounds producer company which unfortunately went bankrupt on the early 90's.
They edited three different Roland D-50 ROM cards Series: "Studio Series", "International Gold Series" and "ORGANizer Series".
"Studio Series" commonly gathered 7 ROM cards. It seems that there was an eigth volume called "Ultra Synth" which is now untraceable.
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
"International Gold" and "ORGANizer" Series gathered 4 ROM cards each. "International Gold" Series sounds were developed by HIT MUSIC, Inc.
"ORGANizer Series" ROM cards are dedicated to organ sounds only.
Another well-known american company which is developing soundbanks/samples libraries for a lot of synths/samplers models since 1984.
They edited 3 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!
MIG MUSIC
A particularity of this english society which is rather proposing soundbanks for virtual synths: they programmed two Roland D-50 soundbanks and sold it for a short while, downloadable as sysex files.
DIGITAL MUSIC SOFT WARE
I collected three ROM cards from this japanese company, which seems to be the continuation of ARK society.
They essentially distributed in Asia soundbanks from german top sounddesigner Michael Hotop. All are labeled "Source" with a specific logo on it.
The three ones mentioned here are in fact duplicates of SoundSets 4, 6 & 7 from Michael's collection.
Any informations (or sysex versions) about other volumes from this collection are welcome!
ARK
I suppose that ARK japanese society previously sold Digital Music SoftWare products. Here is another duplicated soundbank from Michael Hotop's collection: "SoundSet 1". Any informations (or sysex verions) about other volumes from this collection are welcome!
RITTOR MUSIC
Rittor Music is a japanese company which distributed ROM cards and also edited interesting books about synthesis. As far as I know, they produced two Roland D-50 ROM cards which are both duplicates: KV-501 is the same as the Michael Hotop's "SoundSet 8" soundbank and KV-502 is the same as the Bo Tomlyn's "Top Forty" soundbank.
MUSIC SOLUTION
This american society distributed - under Sound Source Unlimited license - a ROM card named "House Band" which is in fact the same as the SSU D504R "FM Radio" soundbank. I ignore if they produced other ROM cards for the D-50. Any informations about it are welcome!
PRO-REC
This american society is selling a large collection of soundbanks for several synths. They produced one Roland D-50 ROM card named "Dance".
MEDIACRAFT
Mediacraft is an english society which produced seven D-50 ROM during the early 90's.
GEERDES
Geerdes is a berliner company which is distributing now MIDIFiles songs. They produced three Roland D-50 ROM cards in the late 80's.
VOICE CRYSTAL™
Voice Crystal™ is an american company which is selling all Eye&I Productions products. They are proposing six Roland D-50 ROM cards.
Particularities: volume 3 has Keith Emerson's signature and volume 4 has Jonathan Cain's signature on their respective faces.
EMC
EMC is a german society which distributed an Atari Roland D-50 bankloader/sounds editor program named "Manager". They included with it three original soundbanks (Vol. 1-3).
They also produced a ROM card named "Einsteins Power - Effect Sounds" (originally known as "Crazy Klaus" soundbank).
METRASOUND
This german company produced three D-50 ROM cards: "Standards" (programmed by Hubertus Maas), "Experimentals" (programmed by Simon Stockhausen) and "Up To Date" (programmed by Peter Gorges).
Their products are now delivered by SoundArt (Germany).
PATCH PRO
An american society which produced and distributed four ROM cards for the D-50 as the "RDROM-Series".
Several of the sounds contained on these cards are in fact Roland, Voice Crystal or Leister slighlty modified patches.
SOUNDENGINE
SoundEngine is an american society which is apparently selling now - among others - products developed in the past by Technosis company.
They are proposing two D-50 soundbanks: a bass sounds compilation named "Rippin' Bass" and a synth sounds mixed bag named "Unheard Synths" (certainly programmed by Mike Peake).
K.S.R.E.
K.S.R.E. Music is a german company which produced a very particular "mega" D-50 card: it included a total of 8 banks divided in 4xROM/4XRAM sections (these last ones also contained original preloaded sounds).
Another particularity from this mega card is that there were two specific models: one for the D-50 (labeled D 50 Sound Controller) and one for the D-550 (labeled D550 Sound Controller). They were not compatible (size is different - see images below).
CESIUM SOUND ™
Cesium Sound™ is a californian company which produced an original six D-50 soundbanks set. All have been carefully programmed by Nick Longo.
They are now distributing their soundbanks via the Web as sysex files. The patches organization has been modified comparing to the original ROM cards.
I received from an Internaute - many thanks to him! - an original ROM card labelized "03" and another one named "MKM Productions" wich seems to be a Cesium pre-production. I also found in Germany a ROM card named "D-Data" which is similar to the "03" and the "MKM".
SYNTHWARE
Synthware is an american company which commercialized three D-50 ROM cards in the late 80's as the "Sound Pack" (or "Voice Pack") Series. All have been programmed by Scott Verret.
They have been distributed for a while these last years as sysex files via the Waterfall 440 Studio Music website, but it seems now that they are definitively no longer available.
REC'UP
This swiss website is still developing Roland D-50 products. They are proposing now 6 original soundbanks as the "R" Series.
SOUND SUPPORT
A soundbank developed by Sound Support and distributed by Musicians Tech (Sweden) and Sounds OK (England) as the CSD501 "Classic Synthesizers Vol.1" ROM card.
EAR2EAR
A german society which produced in 1999 a really Techno oriented soundbank named "Virtual Analog" (also distributed by SoundArt).
MIDI MUSIC
MIDI Music is a british society which distributed a ten D-50 soundbanks set on Atari floppy disks.
"Sweden 1&2" soundbanks have been programmed by Niclas Luthman. "Soundtrack 1& 2" soundbanks have been programmed by Simon Bull.
"Japan" bank is the same file as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet 4 "Live 1" & Digital Music Soft Ware "Source - Live Sound Vol.1" soundbanks.
Several sounds from these sets have also been included into the Voice Crystal collection.
CRIM MEDIA PROJEKT
One of the first D-50 commercial soundbank not distributed by Roland.
SARDONIC SOUNDS
Sardonic Sounds is one of the earliest synth sounds developer company created in the mid-1980's by Gregory Simpson. They produced a single unique soundbank for the Roland D-50.
ELTEKON
Eltekon is a japanese society which produced several D-50 ROM cards as the "Soundblocks" series. "Analog", "Digital", "Effects" are some of them.
Fourth volume here has no name and essentially contains compilation patches from three other cards. I may think that it exists at least two other volumes, one of them certainly called "Orchestral" (or something like that).
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
PATCH/WORKS
PATCH/WORKS Music Software is an american society which produced two D-50 ROM cards programmed by Jed Weaver as the "D-SPECTRUM" Series.
BEACHTOWN SOUNDS
An obscur origin ROM card (certainly California) simply named "Beachtown Sounds", with no other indications on it.
STEPHANE PIGEON
Stéphane Pigeon is a belgian keyboardist who worked for Roland in the past. He commercialized five ROM cards distributed by Roland Benelux and gathering his own programmations.
Some of his sounds have also been included into the V-Synth preload soundbank.
SOUNDSATIONS!
SoundSations! is an american company which is proposing a ten banks set on floppy disk. The best way to obtain it, is to keep an eye from time to time on eBay US auctions. They also include in their set many Roland, Voice Crystal,... slightly modified sounds.
MAARTIST
Maartist is an american society which distributed RAM cards as the Music Pack Series with original preloaded sounds on it.
I refound this file in my collection, sent a few years ago by a friend of mine. After some researches, I'm nearly sure that it is in fact the "Volume 2" from the Maartist cards (please, correct me if I'm wrong!). Any information or confirmation about it would be much appreciated!
SVEN GODIJN
Sven is a swedish keyboardist who participated to the D-50 Virtual Editor program development. He also produced two soundbanks that he is selling now.
ULTREEN MIDI LABS
Ultreen is an american website which developed a D-50 soundbank ("Atmospheres Vol.1") distributed via the Net a few years ago. Now, it seems that they abandoned to sell it.
KÄNG-KONG
Käng-Kong is a german company which produced ROM cards for several synth models during the early 90's. They distributed four original preloaded RAM cards labeled "Entertainment" as the KK-Pro Series. They charged it with reorganized Leister soundbanks.
NEW MAN STUDIOS
An american violet ROM card produced by New Man Studios.
VERTIGO
I ignore all about this set: just that it is named Vertigo and that it includes four volumes. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
MIDIMOUSE MUSIC
Three american ROM cards produced by MIDImouse Music as the Sonicflight Sounds Series. Here are volumes 1-3, but it seems that they produced a total of 4 volumes. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
SURPRISE
I ignore all about this set: just that it is named Surprise and that it includes three volumes. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
CINASCOPE
I have no serious informations about it, but it seems that this soundbank have been commercialized in the USA as the Cinascope Studio soundbank (programmed by Paul Naton). It was certainly a MIDImouse Music pre-production soundbank. Please, correct me if I'm wrong!!
DR. T's
Dr. T's produced a D-50 soundbank (certainly delivered with an Atari editor or program) named "Caged Artist" and programmed by Bob Melvin.
MARC JOERGENSON
This is certainly one of the first soundbank published for the D-50 (August 1987 - D-50 was one month old). It seems to be in fact a pre-production soundbank as it's incomplete (48 patches) and several of the sounds are availabe in the Roland PN-D50 ROM cards.
UNKNOWN
Here are five unknown origin commercial soundbanks. Any informations about it (producer or distributer names) are welcome!
MUSITRONICS
Musitronics is a german society which developed two different expansion board cards for the D-50:
DAN WALKER
Dan Walker published two Roland D-50 books: the first one about programmation basis and tips and the second one with 64 original patches to program.
This soundbank is extracted from this last one named "64 Patches For D-50/Vol.1" (Ed. Alexander Publishing).
DIEGO NAVARRO
Diego is a french keyboardist who published a 128 original D-50 patches book named "128 Sons Originaux pour D-50" (Ed. Oscar Musique - 1988).
MANYMIDI
PN-D50-00 ROM card is in fact the internal factory preload bank.
They also edited a special 64 patches limited ROM card named "Best Choice" (known in Japan as the "Special Selected" Sound Library).
| PN-D50-00 (Internal factory preload soundbank) | Patchlist | Image | |
| PN-D50-01 "Sustain Group" - includes 16 new reverbs (17-32) | Patchlist | Image | |
| PN-D50-02 "Decay Group" - includes 16 new reverbs (17-32) | Patchlist | Image | |
| PN-D50-03 "Sustain Group II" - includes 16 new reverbs (17-32) | Patchlist | Image | |
| PN-D50-04 "Decay & S.E. Group II" - includes 16 new reverbs (17-32) | Patchlist | Image | |
| "Best Choice" Sound Library (also known in Japan as the "Special Selected" Sound Library) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
This famous american society developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models (their products are distributed now by Greytsounds™). There were a total of 10 ROM cards for the D-50, most of them programmed by Manny Fernandez. Volume 4 (D504R) "FM Radio" was also distributed by Music Solution - under SSU license - as the "House Band" ROM card. Volume 5 (D505R) "Tacet Textures" seems to be untraceable. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| D501R "TV/Film" | Patchlist | Image | |
| D502R "Power Synths" | Patchlist | Image | |
| D503R "Dance Mix" | Patchlist | Image | |
| D504R "FM Radio" (also known as the Music Solution D505R "House Band" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image | |
| D506R "Producer Series" | Patchlist | Image | |
| D507R "Artist Series" | Patchlist | Image | |
| D508R "Super R&B" | Patchlist | Image | |
| D509R "Atmospheric Textures & FX" | Patchlist | Image | |
| D510R "Country/Acoustic Folk" | Patchlist |
PA-DECODER
This german company produced D-50 ROM cards with an original and exclusive particularity: their models were reversible dual sided and contained 128 patches (64 on each side).
So, they edited 6 banks for a total of 3 available ROM cards.
| Volume I (sides 1&2) | Patchlist | Patchlist | |
| Volume II (sides 1&2) | Patchlist | Patchlist | |
| Volume III (sides 1&2) | Patchlist | Patchlist |
BO TOMLYN
Bo Tomlyn is an american studio keyboardist who worked with some of the most famous international artists during the 80's-90's (Prince, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Chicago,...). He also programmed diverse synths models and commercialized his work.
As far as I know, he edited four D-50 soundbanks: "PRO-Series" (volumes I-III) and the most known "Top Forty" ROM card.
| PRO-I | Patchlist | |
| PRO-II | Patchlist | |
| PRO-III | Patchlist | |
| Top Forty (known in Japan as the KV-502 "Top 40" soundbank distributed by Rittor Music) | Patchlist |
LEISTER
Leister is an american company which edited soundbanks for several 80's synths models.They produced a total of 6 Roland D-50 soundbanks.
I ignore if their D-50 soundbanks have specific names other than "Volumes 1-6" as mentioned here. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
| Volume 1 | Patchlist |
| Volume 2 | Patchlist |
| Volume 3 | Patchlist |
| Volume 4 | Patchlist |
| Volume 5 | Patchlist |
| Volume 6 | Patchlist |
MICHAEL HOTOP
Michael Hotop is a german top sounddesigner who programmed and commercialized soundbanks for several synths models.
Most of his sets have been distributed in Japan by diverse companies (ARK, Rittor Music, Digital Music Soft Ware,...). He produced a total of 8 different ROM cards for the D-50.
| SoundSet 1 "First Time" (known in Japan as the ARK/Source "HotopSounds Vol.7" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
| SoundSet 2 "Pop Edition" | Patchlist | Image |
| SoundSet 3 "Power Set" | Patchlist | Image |
| SoundSet 4 "Live 1" (known as the Digital Music Soft Ware "Live Sound Vol.1" - known as the MIDIMusic "Japan") | Patchlist | |
| SoundSet 5 "Studio 1" | Patchlist | |
| SoundSet 6 "Live 2" (known in Japan as the Digital Music Soft Ware/Source "Studio Sound Vol.2" soundbank) | Patchlist | |
| SoundSet 7 "Studio 2" (known in Japan as the Digital Music Soft Ware/Source "Live Sound Vol.3" soundbank) | Patchlist | |
| SoundSet 8 "Special Collection" (known as the KV-501 "D-50 Special Collection Vol.1" by Rittor Music) | Patchlist |
VALHALA
The well known american sounds producer company which unfortunately went bankrupt on the early 90's.
They edited three different Roland D-50 ROM cards Series: "Studio Series", "International Gold Series" and "ORGANizer Series".
"Studio Series" commonly gathered 7 ROM cards. It seems that there was an eigth volume called "Ultra Synth" which is now untraceable.
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
"International Gold" and "ORGANizer" Series gathered 4 ROM cards each. "International Gold" Series sounds were developed by HIT MUSIC, Inc.
"ORGANizer Series" ROM cards are dedicated to organ sounds only.
| Studio Series "PCM" | Patchlist | Image |
| Studio Series "Top 40" | Patchlist | Image |
| Studio Series "Digital" | Patchlist | Image |
| Studio Series "New Age" | Patchlist | Image |
| Studio Series "Analog" | Patchlist | Image |
| Studio Series "Effects" | Patchlist | Image |
| Studio Series "Orchestral" | Patchlist | Image |
| International Gold Series "D-501" (Mix#1: Wide-ranging Techno-Pop/House) | Patchlist | Image |
| International Gold Series "D-502" (Mix#2: Sustain, Pads, Spectrum sounds) | Patchlist | Image |
| International Gold Series "D-503" (Mix#3: British Influenced, Tech-Pop) | Patchlist | Image |
| International Gold Series "D-504" (Mix#4: Keys, Pads & Analogs) | Patchlist | Image |
| ORGANizer Series "Classic I" | Patchlist | Image |
| ORGANizer Series "Classic II" | Patchlist | Image |
| ORGANizer Series "Theater" | Patchlist | Image |
| ORGANizer Series "Screamin' B3" | Patchlist | Image |
KID NEPRO
Another well-known american company which is developing soundbanks/samples libraries for a lot of synths/samplers models since 1984.
They edited 3 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!
| Patch King Mix Vol.1 "Organs/Brass/Basses/Synths" | Patchlist | |
| Patch King Mix Vol.2 "Pianos/Synths/Effects" | Patchlist |
MIG MUSIC
A particularity of this english society which is rather proposing soundbanks for virtual synths: they programmed two Roland D-50 soundbanks and sold it for a short while, downloadable as sysex files.
| Volume 1 | Patchlist |
| Volume 2 | Patchlist |
DIGITAL MUSIC SOFT WARE
I collected three ROM cards from this japanese company, which seems to be the continuation of ARK society.
They essentially distributed in Asia soundbanks from german top sounddesigner Michael Hotop. All are labeled "Source" with a specific logo on it.
The three ones mentioned here are in fact duplicates of SoundSets 4, 6 & 7 from Michael's collection.
Any informations (or sysex versions) about other volumes from this collection are welcome!
| Source "Live Sound Vol.1" (known as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet 4 "Live 1" - known as the MIDIMusic "Japan") | Patchlist | Image |
| Source "Live Sound Vol.3" (known in Europe as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet 7 "Studio 2" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
| Source "Studio Sound Vol.2" (known in Europe as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet 6 "Live 2" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
ARK
I suppose that ARK japanese society previously sold Digital Music SoftWare products. Here is another duplicated soundbank from Michael Hotop's collection: "SoundSet 1". Any informations (or sysex verions) about other volumes from this collection are welcome!
| Source "HotopSounds Vol.7" (known in Europe as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet 1 "First Time" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
RITTOR MUSIC
Rittor Music is a japanese company which distributed ROM cards and also edited interesting books about synthesis. As far as I know, they produced two Roland D-50 ROM cards which are both duplicates: KV-501 is the same as the Michael Hotop's "SoundSet 8" soundbank and KV-502 is the same as the Bo Tomlyn's "Top Forty" soundbank.
| KV-501"D-50 Special Collection Vol.1" (known in Europe as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet 8 "Special Collection" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
| KV-502 "Bo Tomlyn Top 40" (known in the USA as the Bo Tomlyn's "Top Forty" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
MUSIC SOLUTION
This american society distributed - under Sound Source Unlimited license - a ROM card named "House Band" which is in fact the same as the SSU D504R "FM Radio" soundbank. I ignore if they produced other ROM cards for the D-50. Any informations about it are welcome!
| D505R "House Band" (also known as the Sound Source Unlimited D504R "FM Radio" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
PRO-REC
This american society is selling a large collection of soundbanks for several synths. They produced one Roland D-50 ROM card named "Dance".
| "Dance" | Patchlist |
MEDIACRAFT
Mediacraft is an english society which produced seven D-50 ROM during the early 90's.
| Volume 1 "Golden Memories" | Patchlist |
| Volume 2 "Moods & Textures" | Patchlist |
| Volume 3 "Ethnic Set" | Patchlist |
| Volume 4 "Movie Set" | Patchlist |
| Volume 5 "Producer" | Patchlist |
| Volume 6 "ProgRock" | Patchlist |
| Volume 7 "Timewarp" | Patchlist |
GEERDES
Geerdes is a berliner company which is distributing now MIDIFiles songs. They produced three Roland D-50 ROM cards in the late 80's.
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist |
| "Volume 3" | Patchlist |
VOICE CRYSTAL™
Voice Crystal™ is an american company which is selling all Eye&I Productions products. They are proposing six Roland D-50 ROM cards.
Particularities: volume 3 has Keith Emerson's signature and volume 4 has Jonathan Cain's signature on their respective faces.
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| "Volume 3" (Keith Emerson signature card) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| "Volume 4" (Jonathan Cain signature card) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| "Volume 5" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| "Volume 6" | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
EMC
EMC is a german society which distributed an Atari Roland D-50 bankloader/sounds editor program named "Manager". They included with it three original soundbanks (Vol. 1-3).
They also produced a ROM card named "Einsteins Power - Effect Sounds" (originally known as "Crazy Klaus" soundbank).
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist | Image |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist | Image |
| "Volume 3" | Patchlist | Image |
| Einsteins Power "Effect Sounds" (originally known as "Crazy Klaus" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image |
METRASOUND
This german company produced three D-50 ROM cards: "Standards" (programmed by Hubertus Maas), "Experimentals" (programmed by Simon Stockhausen) and "Up To Date" (programmed by Peter Gorges).
Their products are now delivered by SoundArt (Germany).
| SC-01 "Standards" (programmed by Hubertus Maass) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| SC-02 "Experimentals" (programmed by Simon Stockhausen) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| SC-03 "Up To Date" (programmed by Peter Gorges) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
PATCH PRO
An american society which produced and distributed four ROM cards for the D-50 as the "RDROM-Series".
Several of the sounds contained on these cards are in fact Roland, Voice Crystal or Leister slighlty modified patches.
| RDROM1 "Acoustic Synth Assortment" | Patchlist | Image |
| RDROM2 "Pop & Jazz" | Patchlist | Image |
| RDROM3 "Ethereal/Atmospheres" | Patchlist | Image |
| RDROM4 "Textures/Keys/Synths" | Patchlist |
SOUNDENGINE
SoundEngine is an american society which is apparently selling now - among others - products developed in the past by Technosis company.
They are proposing two D-50 soundbanks: a bass sounds compilation named "Rippin' Bass" and a synth sounds mixed bag named "Unheard Synths" (certainly programmed by Mike Peake).
| "Rippin' Bass" | Patchlist | Order it |
| "Unheard Synths" | Patchlist | Order it |
K.S.R.E.
K.S.R.E. Music is a german company which produced a very particular "mega" D-50 card: it included a total of 8 banks divided in 4xROM/4XRAM sections (these last ones also contained original preloaded sounds).
Another particularity from this mega card is that there were two specific models: one for the D-50 (labeled D 50 Sound Controller) and one for the D-550 (labeled D550 Sound Controller). They were not compatible (size is different - see images below).
| D 50 ROM1 | Patchlist | Image |
| D 50 ROM2 | Patchlist | Image |
| D 50 ROM3 | Patchlist | Image |
| D 50 ROM4 | Patchlist | Image |
| D 50 RAM1 | Patchlist | Image |
| D 50 RAM2 | Patchlist | Image |
| D 50 RAM3 | Patchlist | Image |
| D 50 RAM4 | Patchlist | Image |
CESIUM SOUND ™
Cesium Sound™ is a californian company which produced an original six D-50 soundbanks set. All have been carefully programmed by Nick Longo.
They are now distributing their soundbanks via the Web as sysex files. The patches organization has been modified comparing to the original ROM cards.
I received from an Internaute - many thanks to him! - an original ROM card labelized "03" and another one named "MKM Productions" wich seems to be a Cesium pre-production. I also found in Germany a ROM card named "D-Data" which is similar to the "03" and the "MKM".
| Volume 1 "Top 40" (programmed by Nick Longo) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Volume 2 "Analog Leads, Sweeps & Pads" (programmed by Nick Longo) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Volume 3 "Natural & Synth Percussion" (programmed by Nick Longo) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Volume 4 "New Age" (programmed by Nick Longo) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Volume 5 "Space & Atmospheric" (programmed by Nick Longo) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Volume 6 "Orchestral" (programmed by Nick Longo) | Patchlist | Image | Order it |
| Original ROM cards | Patchlist | Image |
SYNTHWARE
Synthware is an american company which commercialized three D-50 ROM cards in the late 80's as the "Sound Pack" (or "Voice Pack") Series. All have been programmed by Scott Verret.
They have been distributed for a while these last years as sysex files via the Waterfall 440 Studio Music website, but it seems now that they are definitively no longer available.
| Sound Pack 1 "Unique Hybrids & PCM Digitals" (programmed by Scott Verret) | Patchlist | Image |
| Sound Pack 2 "Analog Synths, Strings & Basses" (programmed by Scott Verret) | Patchlist | Image |
| Sound Pack 3 "Pianos, Organs, Guitars & Saxes" (programmed by Scott Verret) | Patchlist | Image |
REC'UP
This swiss website is still developing Roland D-50 products. They are proposing now 6 original soundbanks as the "R" Series.
| Rd50_01 "Pop/Rock Studio Session" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order it |
| Rd50_02 "Dance/Techno Studio Programmation" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order it |
| Rd50_03 "New Age/Filmsongs Studio Creation" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order it |
| Rd50_04 "Symphonic/Jazz Orchestra Studio Emulations" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order it |
| Rd50_05 "Folk/Ethnic Worldwide Studio Production" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order it |
| Rd50_06 "Funk/R&B Groovy Studio Selection" (programmed by Karm) | Patchlist | Order it |
SOUND SUPPORT
A soundbank developed by Sound Support and distributed by Musicians Tech (Sweden) and Sounds OK (England) as the CSD501 "Classic Synthesizers Vol.1" ROM card.
| CSD501 "Classic Synthesizers Vol.1" (distributed by Musicians Tech and Sounds OK) | Patchlist | Image |
EAR2EAR
A german society which produced in 1999 a really Techno oriented soundbank named "Virtual Analog" (also distributed by SoundArt).
| "Virtual Analog" | Patchlist | Image | Order it | Order it |
MIDI MUSIC
MIDI Music is a british society which distributed a ten D-50 soundbanks set on Atari floppy disks.
"Sweden 1&2" soundbanks have been programmed by Niclas Luthman. "Soundtrack 1& 2" soundbanks have been programmed by Simon Bull.
"Japan" bank is the same file as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet 4 "Live 1" & Digital Music Soft Ware "Source - Live Sound Vol.1" soundbanks.
Several sounds from these sets have also been included into the Voice Crystal collection.
| Disk#1 "British 1" | Patchlist |
| Disk#1 "British 2" | Patchlist |
| Disk#1 "Japan" (known as the Digital Music Soft Ware "Live Sound Vol.1" - also known as the Michael Hotop's SoundSet4 "Live 1") | Patchlist |
| Disk#1 "Sweden 1" (programmed by Niclas Luthman) | Patchlist |
| Disk#1 "Sweden 2" (programmed by Niclas Luthman) | Patchlist |
| Disk#1 "USA" | Patchlist |
| Disk#2 "Soundtrack 1" (programmed by Simon Bull) | Patchlist |
| Disk#2 "Soundtrack 2" (programmed by Simon Bull) | Patchlist |
| Disk#2 "Soundtrack 3" | Patchlist |
| Disk#2 "Soundtrack 4" | Patchlist |
CRIM MEDIA PROJEKT
One of the first D-50 commercial soundbank not distributed by Roland.
| Crim Media Projekt (programmed by Roald Christensen) | Patchlist |
SARDONIC SOUNDS
Sardonic Sounds is one of the earliest synth sounds developer company created in the mid-1980's by Gregory Simpson. They produced a single unique soundbank for the Roland D-50.
| Sardonic (programmed by Gregory Simpson) | Patchlist | Image |
ELTEKON
Eltekon is a japanese society which produced several D-50 ROM cards as the "Soundblocks" series. "Analog", "Digital", "Effects" are some of them.
Fourth volume here has no name and essentially contains compilation patches from three other cards. I may think that it exists at least two other volumes, one of them certainly called "Orchestral" (or something like that).
Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Analog" | Patchlist | Image |
| "Digital" | Patchlist | Image |
| "Effects" | Patchlist | Image |
| "Mix - Best Of" | Patchlist | Image |
PATCH/WORKS
PATCH/WORKS Music Software is an american society which produced two D-50 ROM cards programmed by Jed Weaver as the "D-SPECTRUM" Series.
| D-Spectrum "Volume 1" (programmed by Jed Weaver) | Patchlist | Image |
| D-Spectrum "Volume 2" (programmed by Jed Weaver) | Patchlist | Image |
BEACHTOWN SOUNDS
An obscur origin ROM card (certainly California) simply named "Beachtown Sounds", with no other indications on it.
| Beachtown Sounds | Patchlist | Image |
STEPHANE PIGEON
Stéphane Pigeon is a belgian keyboardist who worked for Roland in the past. He commercialized five ROM cards distributed by Roland Benelux and gathering his own programmations.
Some of his sounds have also been included into the V-Synth preload soundbank.
| ROM Volume 1 | Patchlist |
| ROM Volume 2 | Patchlist |
| ROM Volume 3 | Patchlist |
| ROM Volume 4 | Patchlist |
| ROM Volume 5 | Patchlist |
SOUNDSATIONS!
SoundSations! is an american company which is proposing a ten banks set on floppy disk. The best way to obtain it, is to keep an eye from time to time on eBay US auctions. They also include in their set many Roland, Voice Crystal,... slightly modified sounds.
| "Big Band" | Patchlist |
| "FX" | Patchlist |
| "New Age 1" | Patchlist |
| "New Age 2" | Patchlist |
| "New Age 3" | Patchlist |
| "Orchestral 1" | Patchlist |
| "Orchestral 2" | Patchlist |
| "Rock 1" | Patchlist |
| "Rock 2" | Patchlist |
| "Top 40" | Patchlist |
MAARTIST
Maartist is an american society which distributed RAM cards as the Music Pack Series with original preloaded sounds on it.
I refound this file in my collection, sent a few years ago by a friend of mine. After some researches, I'm nearly sure that it is in fact the "Volume 2" from the Maartist cards (please, correct me if I'm wrong!). Any information or confirmation about it would be much appreciated!
| Music Pack "Volume 2" | Patchlist | Image |
SVEN GODIJN
Sven is a swedish keyboardist who participated to the D-50 Virtual Editor program development. He also produced two soundbanks that he is selling now.
| "Analog Power" | Patchlist | Order it |
| "Power Synth" | Patchlist | Order it |
ULTREEN MIDI LABS
Ultreen is an american website which developed a D-50 soundbank ("Atmospheres Vol.1") distributed via the Net a few years ago. Now, it seems that they abandoned to sell it.
| "Atmospheres Vol.1" | Patchlist |
KÄNG-KONG
Käng-Kong is a german company which produced ROM cards for several synth models during the early 90's. They distributed four original preloaded RAM cards labeled "Entertainment" as the KK-Pro Series. They charged it with reorganized Leister soundbanks.
| KK-Pro Volume 1 | Patchlist | Image |
| KK-Pro Volume 2 | Patchlist | Image |
| KK-Pro Volume 3 | Patchlist | Image |
| KK-Pro Volume 4 | Patchlist | Image |
NEW MAN STUDIOS
An american violet ROM card produced by New Man Studios.
| Violet ROM card | Patchlist | Image |
VERTIGO
I ignore all about this set: just that it is named Vertigo and that it includes four volumes. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
| Volume 1 | Patchlist |
| Volume 2 | Patchlist |
| Volume 3 | Patchlist |
| Volume 4 | Patchlist |
MIDIMOUSE MUSIC
Three american ROM cards produced by MIDImouse Music as the Sonicflight Sounds Series. Here are volumes 1-3, but it seems that they produced a total of 4 volumes. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| Sonicflight Sounds Vol.1 | Patchlist | Image |
| Sonicflight Sounds Vol.2 | Patchlist | Image |
| Sonicflight Sounds Vol.3 | Patchlist |
SURPRISE
I ignore all about this set: just that it is named Surprise and that it includes three volumes. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
| Volume 1 | Patchlist |
| Volume 2 | Patchlist |
| Volume 3 | Patchlist |
CINASCOPE
I have no serious informations about it, but it seems that this soundbank have been commercialized in the USA as the Cinascope Studio soundbank (programmed by Paul Naton). It was certainly a MIDImouse Music pre-production soundbank. Please, correct me if I'm wrong!!
| Cinascope Studio | Patchlist |
DR. T's
Dr. T's produced a D-50 soundbank (certainly delivered with an Atari editor or program) named "Caged Artist" and programmed by Bob Melvin.
| Caged Artist | Patchlist |
MARC JOERGENSON
This is certainly one of the first soundbank published for the D-50 (August 1987 - D-50 was one month old). It seems to be in fact a pre-production soundbank as it's incomplete (48 patches) and several of the sounds are availabe in the Roland PN-D50 ROM cards.
| Marc Joergenson's Soundbank | Patchlist | Image |
UNKNOWN
Here are five unknown origin commercial soundbanks. Any informations about it (producer or distributer names) are welcome!
| Unknown 1 | Patchlist |
| Unknown 2 | Patchlist |
| Unknown 3 | Patchlist |
| Unknown 4 | Patchlist |
| Unknown 5 | Patchlist |
MUSITRONICS
Musitronics is a german society which developed two different expansion board cards for the D-50:
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The M.EX which extended the D-50 as a multitimbral synth and added two
internal soundbanks (total of 3x64 internal patches=192). They
delivered it with two preloaded soundbanks (see below) programmed by
Oliver Schwarz placed into "Internal X" and "Internal Y"
additional soundbanks (the common internal memory contained in fact the
Roland PN-D50-00 internal factory soundbank).
- The PCM.EX which added 50 new PCM waveforms and permitted to build drum kits
Both expansion board cards can be used together
- The PCM.EX which added 50 new PCM waveforms and permitted to build drum kits
Both expansion board cards can be used together
| Soundbank 1 | Patchlist | Download |
| Soundbank 2 | Patchlist | Download |
DAN WALKER
Dan Walker published two Roland D-50 books: the first one about programmation basis and tips and the second one with 64 original patches to program.
This soundbank is extracted from this last one named "64 Patches For D-50/Vol.1" (Ed. Alexander Publishing).
| Volume 1 | Patchlist |
DIEGO NAVARRO
Diego is a french keyboardist who published a 128 original D-50 patches book named "128 Sons Originaux pour D-50" (Ed. Oscar Musique - 1988).
| Volume 1 | Patchlist |
| Volume 2 | Patchlist |
MANYMIDI
ManyMIDI is a californian
society which developed huge sound libraries for several synth models. | Order it |
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