Roland D-70
Synthesiser General Information

The Roland D70 is a very under rated keyboard and to be honest could have been so much better. There are a number of reasons why you might want to check the firmware on the D-70. Least of which is to upgrade to the latest firmware Roland released before the synth was discontinued.

 

This is how you do it.

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Click anywhere on the image or title to see the work undertaken on this synthesiser.

The D-70 was the last of the D-series, although really it is not a D series synth and the circuitry inside suggests this started life as the U-50, a romper of the D-50

 

At some point you are likely going to reload the factory presets. Possibly after changing the battery. This is how I restored the factory presets from a factory card.

 

Please note this is video deals with reloading from the factory card. However these are becoming very scarce.

 

For reloading via SYSEX please refer to another video released in early 2021 link in the D-70 SYSEX section of this website.

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The Roland D-70 was a powerful synth from the early 90's. This was the demo song that shipped with the synth from the factory.

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 Click anywhere on the image or title to see the work undertaken on this synthesiser.