MarioD responded, but perhaps not with what you wanted. I have owned almost every Roland hardware MIDI synth except the SD-50, but I know where it fell in Roland's development. I would have to think from reading the specs that it was comparable to the sounds of the Roland Fantom line, which I thought were very fine. Comparing that to a software synth, though, is going to require a subjective judgement. What do you think of the sounds?

By the way, you mentioned in the other thread you had difficulty setting up the SD-50. Could that have something to do with this topic? Need help?


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