Product: Roland DR-100
Price Paid: 9000 (danish kr.)
Submitted
03/12/2001
at
02:46pm
by
Anonymous
Ease of Use
:
4
This is a very stripped-down digital piano, so how hard can it get to use it? Still, they managed to make a userinterface for the not-so-often-used features that is totally unusable without a manual - no text on the buttons!
Features
:
3
A really downside thing to this instrument is the keyboard action. It's very soft, allthough not as soft as EP-family. I knew it was'nt optimal when i bought it, but it just grows more and more annoying - there's no 'workaround'. The response is very unrealistic in that small changes in your attack may provoce very large changes in amplification and tone, but only in some loudness registers. I think the problem is a combination of keyboard mechanics and response algorithms.
MIDI: i often miss a MIDI through.
Sequencing: strangely enough it is not possible keep the metronome running when recording. Why?
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
6
It has one very good piano sound that (at least beginning of 2000) was unrivalled even in many of the expensive digital pianos. The rest of the sounds are *extremely crappy*, except perhaps for the vibraphone. I can't imagine why they put the second piano in it. It is almost impossible to distinguish between octaves in the pipe organ.
Reliability
:
10
Yes, it is reliable. It has a very nice size, too: slim and long!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
5
Looking back i would defenitely have chosen an instrument with better response.
