PugFace wrote:yes spot on, thanks. I saw the RD on the roland site. after i put my comment in. Its a shame that the japs dont do what behringer do and give hints. I quite like the B approach to releases. It works too as i wont rush and buy another synth now until i see what Behringer bring out. I am foaming at the mouth for the D. I was thinking of getting the boutique JX but i am not because of the D release.
Synthtron wrote:Existing D-50's might be pretty shot, with defective displays, broken joysticks and keybed issues. They are after all pretty old. Also a lot of people simply don't have space for another full size keyboard. My personal interest in the Boutique version is TBH pretty lukewarm. I am holding off for the virtual version in the Roland Cloud (not the sampled Anthology version, but the real Legendary emulation).Why buy a D-50 boutique when the real D-50s are going for so cheap and would do more than the boutique would offer?
That really does not make sense.
Something else maybe even a less feature laden like a take on the Jupiter-4 would be more interesting and in line with what they would be doing. No I do not want a Jupiter-4 boutique either, just an example.
iixorb wrote:I think he means the Behringer Model DPugFace wrote:yes spot on, thanks. I saw the RD on the roland site. after i put my comment in. Its a shame that the japs dont do what behringer do and give hints. I quite like the B approach to releases. It works too as i wont rush and buy another synth now until i see what Behringer bring out. I am foaming at the mouth for the D. I was thinking of getting the boutique JX but i am not because of the D release.
By 'D' do you mean D-50? In my opinion, I don't think Roland will release a D-50 Boutique - at least at this stage.
I could be wrong, but I think their philosophy behind the Boutique range is to re-release units that have high desirability but were originally sold in relatively small numbers.
The D-50 sold in droves and are still quite easy to get hold of for a few hundred £€$.
I'm holding out for a TR-08 later this year ( seems like an obvious unit to release at some point). Got my 'readies' ready for that one :-)
mimoid wrote:A discriminating buyer can get one in very good to excellent condition. I got one fairly cheap and they still go for the about the same price of $500. It is very nice with everything is working and the buttons work effortlessly on the first push. THe D-50 is well built and the keys feel nice and have aftertouch Roland's latest synth offerings after the Jupiter-80/50 are built with mainly plastic cases and lack what I would consider a high quality feeling keyboard. I had the D-50 card for my V-Synth but I sold it. My thinking was I would like to have the actual 80's synth. With the boutique range, yes you get a small foot print BUT that is too much of a sacrifice IMHO when they offer way too limited polyphony and a lack of performance controls. I bet IF Roland was to make a boutique D-50 it would lack the polyphony, lack the Joystick lack the number of patches and storage memory, and what of the LCD? Roland will chop that down too. I just do not think the D-50 is something that fits the boutique line. They seem to be focusing on recreating pre-1987 analog synths. We will see what they will have to offer.Synthtron wrote:Existing D-50's might be pretty shot, with defective displays, broken joysticks and keybed issues. They are after all pretty old. Also a lot of people simply don't have space for another full size keyboard. My personal interest in the Boutique version is TBH pretty lukewarm. I am holding off for the virtual version in the Roland Cloud (not the sampled Anthology version, but the real Legendary emulation).Why buy a D-50 boutique when the real D-50s are going for so cheap and would do more than the boutique would offer?
That really does not make sense.
Something else maybe even a less feature laden like a take on the Jupiter-4 would be more interesting and in line with what they would be doing. No I do not want a Jupiter-4 boutique either, just an example.