Jarsve
I am going to re-record an album where D-50 was used, and buying a sample pack seems more affordable than buying the keyboard. Budget is tight for this people. The sound need to be as good as the original. I don’t yet know of the patches used, must it is one or more of the strings, and pads. One sound might be a soft warm lead sound.
Seems there is a soft-synth, but it seems you need some hardware or at least expensive subscription. I hope for something like Kontakt samples or Komplete synth.
Here is the Roland one:
https://www.rolandcloud.com/catalog/legendary/d-50
Here is an interesting discussion about D-50 emulations.
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=420219&hilit=D50 Some seem to blame Roland for keeping a tight grip on the samples used.
The D-50 soft-synth emulation now offered by the Roland Cloud appears to be the real deal, with all the original presets.
I must say first that I am not a fan of subscription plans.
But since I have a hardware Roland JV-1080 rack, I would love to get my hands on a soft-synth version. So I looked into the Roland Cloud subscription thing, and that may be a way to go depending on a few things...
1. Free 30 day trial, no obligation. Full access to every instrument in the collection.
2. $19.95USD per month to subscribe.
3. You do not have to subscribe for consecutive months. Can be stopped and re-started.
4. After 12 months accumulated subscription time, you will be given a free perpetual license to one instrument that you select from the collection.
https://www.rolandcloud.com/yours-loyalty-program So for your project, you could do the first month free, and if you still needed more time with the D-50 sounds for your tracks, you could rent for additional months, ala carte, as/when needed.