The (1992) is often misunderstood. Unlike the popular D-50 (Linear Arithmetic synthesis), the D-70 uses a hybrid sample + subtractive synthesis engine (often called Roland’s “Super LA” ). It does not read standard MIDI SoundFonts (.sf2) natively.

Several community-driven projects offer high-quality rips of the D-70’s internal tones for free.

: A manually "ripped" collection by user E3Kay. This library includes accurately sampled tones and waveforms from the original hardware, with fixes for noisy waveforms and proper looping for seamless playback. Roland Factory Patches : Official MIDI SysEx files from Roland Support