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Multi-timbrel synth module/drum machine. It has a "Sample and Synthesis" sound source that Roland calls Linear Arithmetic synthesis for reasons that appear to be more to do with market differentiation than any technical qualities. It has a single built-in effects unit that is capable of many different reverb and echo effects. Despite that some of its features are not so professional. In spite of its limitations, it was drum machine and a major source of my synth sounds for a long time. Some of its limitations can be overcome The volatile patches (disappearing when you cut the power) can be fixed with a 3rd party or DIY battery backup retrofit. Another solution is to keep it attached to the editor librarian on the computer and load the patches before you start to work with it. The retrofit that I chose comes with an OS upgrade with more effects algorithms. It can only be edited with a computer and some software. I had an editor that was dedicated to the mt-32 that worked with my sequencing package Dr T's KCS. There are also IBM PC editors available. The drum sound are pretty thin. You can create your own drum sounds and add them to the kit. If you layer the sound and use more partials than the factory sounds they begin to sound better, I used a short reverb to fatten it out more and put it through its own dedicated stereo Graphic. Raise the snares and lower the kick drums and add an analog component this gives a more modern edge to these dusty samples. Even though I have many more professional units since this one I felt it necessary to get a D-110 so that I could retain some of the work I have done on the MT-32. I am in the process of converting some of my sounds over to D-110 format. The D-110 and the mt-32 have some samples in common but they are all in different memory locations. Sounds Same as D-110, except it has less kick and snare samples and the drum samples are thinner. The MT-32 has an orchestral hit and the D-110 doesn't, this can be modified with the pitch envelope and augmented with brass to create all manner of more modern variations and sounds catastrophic when you play it real low. You can improve the drum sounds with editing. Use more partials and layer the existing sounds. Can be made to do some great res bleeps and buzzes if you know how to program it and use velocity to create the real time res effects. Relations It can be considered to be a desktop version of the D-110 with volatile memory Cut down multi-timbrel version of a D-50.
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