PN-D50-02
sound expansion card
The second of the four official Roland cards that were produced at the time the D-50 and D-550 were released. Contains great piano, keyboard, bass, guitar, percussion, synth, and special FX. These days, you can find all four of these cards in the public domain on the Internet, as sysex data.
Stream:
Stream all the .mp3 examples below as an .m3u playlist
Individual listening:
| Preset name with audio demo | My comments |
| 11 Synthetic Piano 1 | Honest reproduction of a grand piano. |
| 12 Upright Pianer | This is similar but maybe a bit better than the the "Piano-Fifty" patch. |
| 13 Loud Piano | Solid analog piano, for rock 'n' roll. |
| 14 Tack Piano | Excellent cabaret piano patch. |
| 15 Synthetic Piano 2 | Another classic electronic piano. |
| 16 High Piano | High Octaves. |
| 17 Two Part Invention | Standard classical harpsichord. |
| 18 HarpsichordCoupler | Variation of the above. |
| 21 Electric Piano | Classic FM Rhodes. |
| 22 Xmod Attack EPiano | Beautiful, glassy FM Rhodes. In 1987, when the D-50 was produced, the influence of the Yamaha DX7 was still strong. This is a homage to the famous DX7 electric piano patch. |
| 23 Harmonic E-Piano | Another variant. |
| 24 Reluctant E-Piano | Again, a beautiful FM electric. |
| 25 Tines | Lotsa tines! |
| 26 Old Clav | Classic, biting Hohner Clavinet. |
| 27 Painful Clav | Digital Clavinet. |
| 28 Flanging Clav | With flanging effect. |
| 31 Guitar Frets | Spacious acoustic guitar sound. |
| 32 Jazz Guitar | Realistic, full-bodied hollow body guitar. |
| 33 Spanishart | Flamenco guitar. |
| 34 Acoustic Guitr Box | Nice acoustic |
| 35 Harp | Realistic, pretty |
| 36 Koto | Great Koto patch!!! |
| 37 Sitar | Nice ambience |
| 38 Hawaiian Palms | Ukulele on the left, Pedal Steel on the right |
| 41 Marimba | Uncanny marimba patch! |
| 42 Xylophone | Nice xylophone |
| 43 Glockenspiel | Realistic. |
| 44 Jamaican Steel | Awesomely detuned! |
| 45 Perc AAAH | Cool synthoid. |
| 46 Tremolo BrassBells | Fluid, gluey analog combi. |
| 47 I S I S | B E A U T Y !!! The pinnacle of L.A. synthesis. |
| 48 Xylo Gate | Gated reverb was heavily used during the '80s. |
| 51 SambaDrum n Agogo | Realistic, great setup! |
| 52 Drums Set 1 | Good approximation of drums. The D-50 didn't have sampled drum waveforms in its ROM. For that, you had to wait til the D-20 and D-10/110 came out. |
| 53 Drums Set 2 | Variation on the above. |
| 54 Percussion Set 1 | Very useful amalgam of percussive sounds. |
| 55 Gron Percussion | Strange percussion. |
| 56 Bell Tree | Very realistic and enchanting. |
| 57 Serrengetti | Excellent ethnic setup, like you would find on the Serengeti. |
| 58 Bellocell | Strange but nice. |
| 61 Fingered Bass | Meaty bass sound. |
| 62 Slap Bass 1 | A bit digital. |
| 63 Slap It | Nice, chorused, and funky! |
| 64 Picked Bass | Useful. |
| 65 Fretless Bass | Great for fusion. |
| 66 Acoustic Bass | Realistic and groundbreaking at the time. |
| 67 Synth Bass 2 | Classic powerful, digital-meets-analog Roland synth bass. Reminds me of certain sounds found on Roland's own JD-800/990. |
| 68 SlapBass-SynBrass | Classic split. |
| 71 Stringz n Bellz | Outstanding patch that reminds me of a similar patch on a Yamaha SY/TG55 card set. |
| 72 Bright Wave | 1980s! |
| 73 Gotham Chords | More 1980s |
| 74 Wonderwave | Classy digital |
| 75 Gamelan Bells 2 | Gorgeous bell ensemble!!! |
| 76 Ethnic Fifths | Unusual and refined |
| 77 Japanese Duo 1 | Classic Japanese string and wind instruments |
| 77 Japanese Duo 2 | Classic Japanese percussion and wind instruments. |
| 81 AQUA | A masterpiece of synthesizer programming! I've always loved this water patch. |
| 82 Jet Wars | Very good. |
| 83 Orchestra Hit | Powerful orchestra setup. |
| 84 Clock Factory | Classic D-50 ROM loops |
| 85 Gunfire - Ricochet | Nice |
| 86 Fast Forward | Cool |
| 87 Air Raid Siren | Another outstanding programming job!!!! Very, very good! |
| 88 Sweep Loop on C | Sweet electronica patch. |