I'm looking for a D70 librarian.
Furthermore I've got some problems. When I use the D70 with a sequencer, I've got to use the panic-button at least 10 times per minute. Notes keep on hangin'.
Also I don't seem to manage to play back the sequences over the D70. I can only get one track out of it. The manual is very vague to me about multimode. And still I'd like to use my own created souns in my midi-sequences, so please help me!!!!

Thanx

Vera

Hi, greatings from Brazil

I had a D70 in 1993, and it has some limitations.
It has only 6 multitimbral parts, 5 for patches and 1 for drum kit.

About the panic button, try to check your midi connection, if the cable or the midi in conector in the keybord are damaged, when you move the devices the notes will not be stop.

Good luck

Sorry to bum you out, but I'd dump the D-70
if I were you.

Sounds like your midi problems are caused by a simple midi loop (is your midi thru set to thru or out?), but I can tell you from personal experience that the D-70 was THE most bug laden piece of crap I ever owned.

I used Midi-Quest as a librarian and could never edit patches (the D-70 would lock up), only performances. I thought maybe it was the software, but after talking to them AND to Roland, it became clear that the D-70 is pretty screwed up midi-wise.

You can read the entire gory story in my review at Harmony Central (I can't recall the link, but look at the synth database, under Roland, then under D-70).

Even the techs at Roland admitted that the D-70 had some pretty severe problems.

I even had an OS ROM replaced and that didn't help at all.

If you really want to continue this unnecessary self abuse, I would suggest reviewing the channel assignments in the performance your'e trying to play back.

Chances are it has a bunch of programs all set to channel one, if you go in and change those to other channels maybe you'll hear the other parts.

Another thing to keep in mind:

Like most older (pre 1996 or so) Roland gear, you only have 28 voice polyphony, and most Roland patches use 3 or 4 oscillators.

A three oscillator patch is only going to give you 9 notes total, so if you are trying to play back a performance and you've got more than say 10 notes or so going at once, you're going to get voice stealing.

The D-70 processor has a hard time dealing with this in Performance mode anyway (even if you aren't maxing out the polyphony), notes will tend to stagger and play late, so I wouldn't depend on the D-70 for more than one or two parts at once.

I sold mine back in 1995 (after buying it new for $1250 in 1993) for $800 and I've never regreted it...

Jay Storey