Differences

Hi there.

I own the D-50 from the Roland Cloud and not a D-05 but what I can offer is this:
The Cloud D-50 makes the same 'oscillation' effect that the reviewer of this video noticed when he compared a real D-50 with the D-05

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9dD_3_AeOTY

That said, it's a really tiny difference and the D-50 cloud is really good when compared to a real D-50. The one in this video is actually mine which I loaned to Andertons. The guy didn't realise this.

In terms of comparing other Boutiques with their Roland Cloud equivalents, my findings are this :

TR-08 Boutique = Awesome warm sound vs TR808 cloud = Good but Boutique sounds nicer.

Weirdly though:
TR-09 Boutique = a bit too harsh for my ears (!) vs. TR909 cloud = really great sound which I prefer over the Boutique.

Hi, thanks for the reply

so, can we say that the D-50 Roland Cloud version sounds the same compared to the D-05?
I ask that becuase I'm tempted to buy the D-05 hardware, But I already own D-50 from the Roland Cloud and I would not make a useless purchasing...

iixorb wrote:

That said, it's a really tiny difference and the D-50 cloud is really good when compared to a real D-50....

which is the difference that you are talking about ?

Are the presets of the D-50 Cloud version the same of those found on the D-05?

Hi. Look at the video link from 11:40 onwards - he's taking about a very slight difference he can hear in the decay of the 'Enya' pizzicato sound. He describes it as 'oscillation'.

This same unintentional effect is also present on the D-50 cloud. It is not there on a real Roland D-50...

I do not own a D-05 so I cannot compare. However if I didn't already own two Roland D-50's, I'd definitely have bought a D-05 by now. That said, personally I think Roland missed a trick by not including at least some PG1000 style controls on the D-05. Patch building on a tiny 16x2 character LCD is "soooo 1983 DX7" style !