Roland RD-300SX

Nice sounds. It's quite easy to use, you can find everything on the manual.

128 notes of polyphony.

I don't really like the action, the keys are too soft and the impression i have is completely differnt from a real piano.

Nice effects but little memory and no expansion capabilities.

Some sounds are great, like strings, oprgans and electric pianos. I don't like the grand piano.

I used it for some gigs and it worked well, but sometimes, when the volume of the other instruments was too high, the volume of the piano dampened.

For the price it costs i think there are better alternatives, like yamaha,and casio for the digital piano feature, or like kurzweill for the synth feature. I bought a casio privia px320 and in spite of it costs half the roland it's surely better!

This keyboard is pretty simple to use. To edit something else than the volume on the fly is almost impossible. The presets are decent. Most of them sound just ok. As I mentioned above, the editing is a little tricky. You have to find the right parameter in a menu, without any other visual aid than a 3-digit LCD. It's good to have the manual when you start editing. By now I know most of the functions, so I can edit without manual. You can edit a lot of things in the menu, like temperaments, resonance&cutoff, attack, sustain, release and all the other vital stuff. Some things like key touch, reverb and effect settings can be edited without going through the menu, which is handy in live situations.

The action is ok, but this is a very personal experience. I like it, as it reminds me of the touch of the piano I learned to play on. Steinway-purists may not like it. The effects are in three blocks. First there is a comp/low-/high-/mid-boost, which is a master effect, and remains on or off when patches are changed. Then there's a reverb and then the multi-effect. Multi-effect and recerb settings can be stored. The effects are of decent quality, but have only one editable parameter. For most effects this is enough. Modulation effects are good and so is the Leslie. The overdrives took me a little time to get used to, as the only parameter for them is the output volume. But in combination with the level sliders the amount of distortion can be altered. Zero expansion capabilities. As I'm no midi expert I can't tell much about the midi features. I use midi through usb for playing vst-instruments on my computer. It also has normal midi in and out. No sequencer.

Good pianos, there's even a sound of a old out-of-tune piano, which is nice and makes me smile everytime. EP:s are good too, especially the clavinet sound. Some usable organs. Nice warm pads and dynamic string sounds. Useless synth and brass sounds. The flute sound is nice. Good drum sounds. Works well for my purposes, which is mostly rock band settings.

It's very lightweight, but as I try to handle it with care, I think it's going to last. I gig without any backup, as I don't have any, and even if I had one, I wouldn't bring it as long as I'm supposed to carry my own gear around:)

I don't think I would by it again as there are several newer keyboards with upgraded features for the price today, but I could buy a Roland again, no problem. Been playing piano for about 12 years now. This is my only keyboard. Wish it had better synths (I use vst synths for that now) and wheels instead of the joystick. It's not very inspiring for writing new songs, but as the inspiration comes, it's not in the way either. It's just a keyboard.

Very easy to use - you click the sound button you want and play it. The deepest you can go on this thing is just about playing some preset rhythm sound, eq'in and that's about it.. Everything else is intuitive.

Plays very well. In dual mode sometimes lacks polyphony (128 would've been nice). But won't hurt anything, you just need to play it righ). You won't be using it for effects, variety of sound, nothing.. JUST PIANO playing. Electric Pianos are CRAP.. absolutely useless. Pads are very usable, but not a big variety, thought. But again, very usable, stinks that you can't mess with the filtering to give it cool efx as you would in a real synth. Again, this is not a synth, simply a piano. Buy it for the piano sound, maybe the action (a little stiff, but I like it, I'm very used to it by now and I must say I almost love it).

Piano sounds - I love them! I should say piano sound, I usually just mess around with sound 1. It needs some slight eq adjustment (I usually bring the highs up to about 75%, leave the low's alone. Sounds great in my recordings (pop/rock/sometimes ballads/sometimes heavier stuff). Sound cuts through mix great in my opinion. I haven't made up my mind about it's sound in live settings. I've gigged with it only twice since I owned it, and one time the engineer just sucked, and with a good engineer it actually sounded decent, but the mid/midhighs seem to be too strong between c4 and c6 octaves almost (keyboard doesn't feel that it puts out even sound throughout the octaves).. kinda weird, but those who gigged live with it may understand what I mean. Doesn't mean it's useless though.. it does the job for a cheap keyboard.

I will not comment on any other sound, because I feel they are useless.. honestly.. you can Kinda try to play around with them, but they suck.. In exception to the pads. Pads are ok, I repeat. Evenryting else is gargage.. Just bein honest. I play with motifs, fantoms, extremes, just won't waste my time with these cheesy wanna be sounds..

So my rating applies to piano sounds only. a solid 9!

Horrible! My f2 key broke after 2 weeks of playing, I need to drop it off at an authorized roland dealer, for 3 WEEKS!! bad bad roland

3 weeks to fix the keyboard.. bad!!

Not helpful at all, basically worthless

I'd give it a 7. I'd buy it again for the $700 I got it for. wouldn't pay a dime more for it again. But I would buy it again for 700, I do like the thing, I must admit. The piano feel is so weird that it works.. interesting, you need to play around with it to find out. Feels NOTHING like a piano, but the action just matches the sound. pretty cool.. piano sound that is, remember!! if you need an all around synth, look elsewhere

I'm not sure
The presets are ok but difficult to get to quickly, especially the drum presets.
The manual is user friendly.

The keyboard action is excellent.
The built in effects are good, but annoyingly both the reverb and multi effects buttons come on every time you turn it on.
Yes
I haven't checked it out yet, but yeah there are midi capabilities.
Not sure.

Sounds are easy to use.
Jazz.
O.k.
It is a very nice keyboard.
No comment.

I started having problems with it when I first bought it 2 years ago. The volume would drastically decrease with no warning. It seemed to be related to the zone level sliders, but when I took it into the shop it didn't do it, and altho' the shop had it for a few days, amazingly it didn't do it. So they didn't want to get it looked at. I have not been worried, because I hadn't been gigging . But just today, the keys have started sustaining, when I'm not pedaling, which is really annoying and I'm beginning to think I bought a lemon, as there is nothing but positive comments for this keyboard. I start gigging again soon, so I'd be interested to see if anyone else has had this problem.

This is brilliantly simple to use. I found it very easy and quick to set up my patches on this keyboard straight out of the box.

As it is primarily a stage piano, a lot of effort has clearly gone into the sound quality and feel of the instrument, which, I might add, are exceptional. However, for those of us out there who need just a bit more functionality and editing capability without the bells and whistles of a keyboard/synth, this just about ticks the boxes.
The presets sound great on the whole and are very easy to work with. I'm not a fan of the pads/brass/synth patches, but it's nice that they're there and you can edit them to your tastes anyway. If you really need decent synth sounds etc, it's my view that you should go for a second keyboard such as a Nord anway. It really is pointless trying to get one board that does everything, trust me. If you can afford it, versatility in your rig is a better option by far.
I'm more of a piano/rhodes/wirly/organ/strings kinda player, plus the odd bit of effects and sounds if I need, and this is perfect for that. I needed to be able to assign a lot of splits, and be able to change registers on either side of the split; assign the effects and the damper pedal to either side also, and move swiftly through user presets on the fly. You can do all this and more, with ease.

I really love this keyboard - I was getting dispondent with the market as I could only find either a stage piano that was too simple/had poor quality sounds (Korg) or not enough functionality, or an absolute monster that was heavy, had far too many bells and whistles and quite often seemed to sacrifice sensible functionality, and sound quality, often being far too expensive to boot. For example, Yamaha fitted this latter description to a 'T'. I'm often bemused by the rave reviews of the Yamaha piano sounds - to me they sound truly awful!

Anyway, well done roland for providing a professional standard instrument that does everything we need and nothing (well, almost nothing!) we don't!

The reason I chopped a mark off is simply because there isn't a bigger screen for editing - you have to decipher dot matrix abbreviations and numbers (but this shouldn't be a problem unless you're a bit lazy!) Also, dial knobs would sometimes be helpful to scroll through values more quickly.

Polyphony is 128, which I found to be ample, and a nice feature at the retail price. The keyboard action was the best I could find in the price range - I have to say that the higher priced Rolands had slightly nicer action but not hugely. Besides, when I'm playing a sweaty pub gig I really don't care whether it feels like a Steinway or a Bosendorfer. A long as it has that nice meaty weighted feel, without feeling too 'plasticy' (I found the Nord stage had that feel to it, similarly the m-audio line).

Effects wise it's a bit touch and go, but on the whole I was pleasantly surprised. Again, at this price range I'd never expect the effects to be outstanding - I like the fact that the effort has clearly gone into the functionality of the board and the sound quality of the samples - but still there were some pleasant surprises in the effects bank.
Firstly, the damper resonance effect is gorgeous, and just what I was looking for. You get a lovely authentic recreation of the sound of the piano strings resonating when the dampers are off, as you do with a real piano.
I was also able to get an excellent recreation of the modulation effect on the Rhodes sound on the beginning of 'Canned Heat' by Jamiroquai.
Other effects which sound lovely are the tremolo and panning, and there are some more far out sounds like phasers, flangers, ring modulation and things like that. The auto-wah was a bit of a let down - you can only alter which frequencies the filter passes through, not the rate.

I haven't really explored any of the other features such as MIDi but I will add to this review as and when I do come across these (I've only had the keyboard a week!)

I give it an 8 as I'm assuming that anyone buying this knows that what they are getting is not the full features of a synth. Basically, the features it does offer are great considering the quality of the samples, and the price. I knocked off a couple of points for the fact that you can't always edit all the parameters of the effects.

I love the pianos - just fantastic. Splitting hairs, a touch more piano-like clarity in the lower mid register would've been great, but this is easily compensated by adjusting the touch to light, or giving a bit more high frequency to the eq. And that really is splitting hairs.

The Rhodes is awesome and you can get that great squelch when you dig in. I also like the other electric pianos - they have far more depth than any others I've heard.

Great too are the organs and mallets, and I like the way they've set up the rotary effects on the former.

The strings are pretty good, and do more than an ample job of covering the bases I need them for.

I have no need for the other sounds, and haven't really any opinions to give but have messed around with them. The Brass and drums are good, but will always sound like they've been played from a keyboard!

Brand new so barely any opportunity for problems, but I've owned a lot of gear and I can tell she's solid as a rock.

Never had to deal with them.

If lost/stolen, I would definitely buy it again. It's superb.

I've been playing for 14 years, and used to own a Korg SP200 which I grew sick of, given that its sounds were just dreadful really. This is just the right step up for me, and I will gig it and record with it with confidence.

I love how it bridges the awkward gap between simple stage piano and pro master keyboard. I really do love how it just ticked all of my personal boxes. Obviously everyone's different and need different sounds and functions. But this just puts a smile on my face.

I wish it had slightly more control over the effects. Other than that, I couldn't wish for anything more. If I did, I'd be realistic and save up another grand on top and get something much more expensive, but I really don't see the point.

It helps me make music. I get to write tunes on it and get the inspiration from a realistic piano sound and feel. I get to set up programs and patches to my liking for function band sets. It is incredibly light and portable - taking it to gigs will be a breeze. It draws me to play it and I can't imagine what it was like before I owned it. I believe I've said enough.

Here we go,
I've had the Roland RD 300SX for almost a year now and I must say it's great to use in live performances and even in recordings ! (I'm currently recording a Progressive Rock album with it).
I'm a classical pianist and I wanted something simple and easy to get around with...

The presets aren't that good, you better come up with your own ideas of sounds, which is a bit of a let down because it's not live up to the expectations as a synthesizer. (I have the Moog LP for that).

The 3 digit LED screen gets annoying after...hmm...2 minutes and it's hard focusing when your head is filled with shortcuts (was it S.54 or S.32?)

I got used to it, but the purpose of this keyboard is to give simplicity to the user and it does NOT do the job.

The manual is quite good but I wouldn't relay on it in a life-threatening condition.

128 polyphony is quite great if you're looking for a great stage piano.

The piano sounds are truly marvelous and you can play almost every style of music with them....I recommend putting Piano 1 and Piano 2 in duel mode...that's how you can get a great (and even a bit original) piano sound out of this keyboard.

The built-in effects are quite disappointing...there's phasers, flangers, compressors, distortions and even an old-radio style effect..but still, you can edit them to much and you must stick with the factory settings (except minor settings that can be changed - and should have been changed using a dial and not a button...which is very, very, very disappointing.

The REVERB and DELAY effects on the keyboard are good but also lack the option of tweaking them...
Again, I must say that this keyboard is for PIANO players mostly.

It can act as a controller and I even recommend it after using it with my MOOG LP.

Also, as a member of a PROG-ROCK band, I must say that the bend on this keyboard is quite surprising but it's hard to edit it on real-time so if you want to take it up a notch and play synth-solo on this keyboard (which I don't recommend), you'll have to patch at least 4 setups for different bends (which will also kill the sound as you switch between them).

As I've stated, the PIANO sounds are truly remarkable, the PRESETS piano are quite good and you don't need to start tweaking and changing settings to achieve a normal piano.

I recommend putting Piano 1 and Piano 2 in DUEL mode so that you'd be able to change the keyboard to a very versatile (not sound wise).

A lot of the instruments are quite realistic, almost every one of the strings is great for everything...POP, ROCK, SOUND TRACKS...even METAL!

The E.Piano is great but I've heard better.

The organs lack a bit but there's 2 that are really, really great (to my taste, 4 & 7).

Guitar sounds are lame, the bass are better, the monophonic synth-bass (12) is really, really unexpected surprise (but in a very good way!)

The brass/winds section isn't perfect but it has its diamonds, the flute for example, is a great tool for solos (I recommend a little tweaking in order to achieve an original groovy lead sound out of the flute).

The voice/synth section is the lamest except for the sawtooth that is pretty cool for backing guitars.

Last, we have the GM section which has over 200 hundred sounds (and not all of them will be new to your ears after playing this keyboard), it's a drag to start scrolling around the numbers with a button, but you'll manage to get some great sounds and patch them in as setups (after you'll find the final sound), for example, the 115-harp.

It's rock solid! my road crew dropped it twice and I forgave them because the tool was in great shape! (don't try to drop it on purpose!)

Never dealt with the Roland customer support...

If it were lost or stolen, I would have bought it after getting a good polyphonic synthesizer, but that just me and I'm a classical pianist :).

I've been playing for 13 years on acoustic pianos and I own a Moog Little Phatty. Combined with the RD 300SX, it is a great combination for gigging and recording.

What I love about it, The piano sounds, the piano feel...this tool is great for mostly piano players.

What I hate about it, the low storage of setups (only 32) and the lack of tweaking the sound.

I compared it with the RD 700SX and the 700SX seemed more "robotic" and synthesized (In its piano sounds) to my taste so I chose this one.

Anything I wish it had? well...one knob, just one!!! to scroll around...just one knob! is that too much to ask for???

It helps making music but you really need to get to know it first.

Anything else I'd like to share? yep...my music but the album will be out only in six months from now :(

Has few buttons which makes it simple to use, but sometimes this simplicity is annoying. eg Why do we have to manually tap through the 256 patch GM bank? A scroll wheel would be much more handy.
Manual is pretty comprehensive - most functionality can be discovered without referring to manual.
You're pretty limited in your editing, not really that much you can tweak. You can save setups of 1 or 2 layered/split patches, and you get 32 of these setup spaces. Serves my needs fine.

Great piano to play - lighter touch than the 700sx, its big brother, but then you get a much lighter keyboard which makes it easy to lug to gigs.
Only has a 2 digit LCD screen - this is a real letdown. How hard would it have been to have included a basic LCD that at least told us the name of the selected patch? Would only cost Roland a few extra bucks and should have been included given the cost of this keyboard.
I use this as a midi controller for basic home recording, and looking at using it with a laptop for gigging etc. Handles midi stuff fine.

Absolutely beautiful piano sounds, best I've heard. EP's aren't bad - nothing amazing. Same with organs. Only one or two decent pads. Most other instruments are pretty average. I bought this primarily for it's piano sound so I'm more than happy.
Responds well to changes in velocity, you can be very expressive.
You're limited to one effect at a time - not a huge deal, but don't expect to be able to tweak much of the included sounds.

Never had any problems. Very sturdy construction.

Quite pricey, but I've gotten more than its worth out of it. I've been playing piano since I was five, so I was on the lookout for a stage piano rather than a synth, but something that still let me dabble in organs, EPs, strings etc. Really a pleasure to play, and cannot stress enough how gorgeous the piano patches are.

This lightweight-scaled down board is a swiss-army knife of sorts for live playing, but, most of the tricks I use to get around the apparent limitations are hard to find. This board is simple to use right out of the box for the basics which is why I give it a somewhat high score. But, there are many available tricks that make it a good utility but they are not found in the documentation. I'll share some of these tricks later in the Feature section below. For the lack of documentation (or incorrect documentation) I only give this board an 8 for what is an otherwise easy interface. BTW, I use this board as my single instrument in a gigging dance band.

With my band my approach is not to drive myself crazy looking for the exact sound for each song. I like to use the basics so this board is more than adequate in those departments for gigging. I also need a board that allows me to dial in my sounds fast and allows for splits, transposing, and presets so that I can get away with just 1 board. I can do this with this board without much issue. Since other reviewers cover the basic features, I'll point out some not-so-obvious features that are not documented:

Dual (layered) Sounds- you can eat up a lot of presets with your basic dual sounds such as piano-strings, piano-voice, bass/piano, etc. However, understanding how this keyboard deals with duals/splits can save you a lot of unnecessary presets. For example, the default dual sound is strings. So, there is not much need to setup a Sound+string preset. Just choose your primary sound and hit Dual and you have layered strings. Since the layer select (Lower) on this keyboard is highligted, you can quickly choose a voice or other layer without requiring a preset. Using this method, you should be able to cover many of your basic sound combinations without presets. Plus, this approach has the advantage of not requiring you to memorize dozens of presets.

Splits: you can setup a split preset of bass and piano. Next, after selecting this preset during a performance, you can de-select Setup and the preset patch is there for you to easily modify. So, you can choose the bass/piano split setup, deselect Setup, and quickly choose a different bass or lead sound. This can save you dozens of setups.

I generally save my presets for split board setups that involve a transposed keyset for either the upper or lower half.

Transpose - While the documentation says Transpose cannot be saved with a Setup, it actually can if you do the transposing in the Edit->U/L part of the patch.

Piano6 is Piano+Strings so you can to a split with bass on the bottom and piano+strings(piano6) on top even though this is a 2 engine board.

There are more good tricks and I am opening a website www.rd300sx.com where I will post them in a few weeks.

For live dance band gig playing, I find the sounds to be very high quality. While some are more useful than others, I have found many useful pianos, epianos, organs, 1 synth, 2 basses, 2 voices, and a handful of other good sounds. More than enough for gigging. The build in effects are not the greatest but more than adequate for my needs. The build in rhythm tracks are great for practicing. They are implemented a little clugy but adequate for practicing. I wouldn't use them during a show because they are not setup for accessting easily. But, you can store them with presets so you can easily recall a sound+rhythm for practicing you more difficult pieces.

Keyboard feel: This is not an imitation piano like the rd700sx. It's a stage piano designed to accomidate piano and sampler/synth playing. I think it does a great job at having an all-in-one keyboard. I hated the keyboard short action at first. After gigging with this board and playing a variety of styles I really like the keyboard feel.

Like most Roland gear it's proved to be gig reliable. I don't carry a backup.

I have had little interaction with them but on the few times I have things have worked out well.

For a jack-of-all-trades keyboard in a light-weight package there is nothing else in it's class. This is not a workstation or preset/midi gigging machine. This is a working man's board that covers all the primary sounds, is light weight, and is very versitile without requiring much presetting to get rolling. This is not a tweakers board, it's a gigging board. If lose, I would by it again because the light weight is essential for gigging. Also, the ability to preset splits or 'templates' allows it to be very versitile.

If you had a piano gig to do and needed something to play at the last minute, you could take this Roland right out of the box and start playing, if you had no other choice. Any half-seasoned player will already be familiar with Roland's approach with its basic sounds. Each of these basic sounds also includes preset layers and splits. Many of them are usable just as they are.

Once you've heard all the basic presets, then you have the option of exploring another area of combination sounds they call a "Setup" where you can store splits, layers, patches, levels and effects. Very cool, except there are only 32 of these user setups, and I must agree with a previous reviewer, 32 setups is terribly inadequate for any pro musician. With all the possibilities this instrument provides, you will quickly run out of storage in no time. 32 setups is just a tease. From what I understand, the RD 700sx provides way more storage. I resent Roland for thinking more storage space would provide enough incentive to go for their more expensive model. My reason for buying the RD 300sx had little to do with finances. The RD 700sx is just a plain heavy beast. Because I chose to go for the lighter weight board, Roland assumes I must be a lightweight player with not as much need for patch storage. Later for that...

As for setting up these "Setups", well, the manual spells it out pretty well. Even without the manual you'd eventually figure it out.

I rate this at a 7 due to the lack of sufficient patch storage. This instrument offers so much potential that will go unused because you will be forced to be happy with only 32 user variations!

128 note polyphony is pure polyphonic luxury when you're playing solo. This board was designed for those players who would use this board not only for live performance, but also as a playback device for external sequencers. Supposing you have an 8 track midi file eating up notes, then all of a sudden 128 notes go away quickly.

There are no expansion boards available, but since the emphasis is on piano sounds, there should be little need to expand.

The USB interface is cool for computer use in terms of sequencing. One cable does it all. I can't help but think how slick it would be to show up with a laptop and just this board, although that is not a reality in my present setup, but you could do it if you had to.

As for being a good controller board, I'm thinking there are better choices. There's no aftertouch.

OK, soundwise this instrument is excellent in the piano department. The EP's are good and the organs work OK. Let's face it. Any synth can provide a good organ waveform. It's the Leslie effect and distortion that makes the difference, and this is where the RD 300sx falls short. But I'm not worried about that too much because I bought this mainly as a piano.

I've been using a KORG PA1x the past couple of years. It has some of the BEST sounds I have ever used in my 30+ year playing career. But the KORG is heavy and its stock piano sounds are questionable. Even the 61 key version I have weighs near 70 pounds in the case. This is just heavy enough to kill my spirit for lugging the thing around. And so I longed for a lightweight board with piano action plus a large selection of stock sounds (sax, guitar, organs, etc), plus GM support, hence my purchase of the RD 300sx.

Let me tell you, the non-piano sounds in the RD300sx are NO match for an instrument such as the Korg PA1x. When I go to do a sax solo on the Roland, I am absolutely embarrassed by the sound. Whereas I couldn't WAIT to blow out a sax or guitar solo on the Korg, the Roland is so disappointing I can't believe it. The only time I am satisfied playing the Roland is during piano specific songs, however, in my line of playing party music, no one is much concerned how beautiful the piano sounds. I need energy, not beauty. I'm afraid I've created a larger job for myself. Now I have gorgeous piano sounds I can't do without in addition to an immense palette of synth sounds and rhythm tracks on the Korg. Now I need to lug 2 keyboards!

Here's the deal. If Roland offered more than 32 setups I'd be willing to take the time to tweak out some good performance patches outside the piano realm, but it doesn't seem worth the time. Why not just use another instrument designed for expressiveness? If there was one BLARING weakness in the Roland's programmability, it would be for the fact that you cannot adjust the modulation settings. It seems they have this one drunken sounding LFO setting for many of the synth patches. I prefer to get some extra wobble in there, some attitude. Sorry, but slow LFO is all you get when you push the mod lever forward.

But again, I must stress, this is one of the best pianos you're gonna find. Just don't think it will replace your arranger workstation.

Rock solid. Hate the wart power supply.

I'd hate to think of having to deal with such a large company. I've had Roland stuff for many years and only once needed to order parts. When it was time for repairs I usually learned to do it myself unless it required actual circuit repairs. Roland keyboards are prone to dirty contacts. Don't worry, you can do it!

If I lost this board tomorrow I'd rethink buying it again. Roland stuff is overpriced, but they do offer a good product if you can just get past the fact that you have to buy a dozen bells and whistles you don't need to get what you really want. Roland is not alone in this approach.

I hate the 32 setup limit. I hate the guitar sounds. There are a large number of excellent effects that can take a mediocre sound and make it livable, but it requires a LOT of tweaking. The tiny LED display is so damned cryptic. For the price you pay you have to wonder what was Roland thinking? I feel like there is huge incredible potential inside this board, but Roland designed all these absurd choking bottlenecks that prevent the user from accessing all that potential. The bottlenecks lower the instrument almost to an amateur level. I'm almost thinking I should have gone for one of those Casio Privias. At least then if I feel like I got ripped off I'd know I didn't pay as much for that lousy feeling.

Choosing your sound is made really simple in RD-300sx. Just a few clicks will work on the stage too. However, when dealing with the rhythm patterns or the GM2 sounds, one would really need a dial, because it might be slow/frustrating to keep pressing the DEC/INC -buttons, so i'll give it an eight. Editing your patches is made simple, but you have to refer to the manual from time to time.

One of the things i bought this keyboard for was the USB connection. It's really handy. Also in my opinion there are more features than in your regular 88-keys piano, incl. changing speed leslie simulator and some good soundin rhytms for that extra inspiration.

Here's the best part of this keyboard. The Piano sound is superb! I searched through a lot of mid/low priced keyboards and this was out of it's league. The EP's are also great. The other sounds except for few of the basses are pretty standard and wouldn't be bragging on about them. Anyway it's nice to have them onboard too.

Here's the second best part of this keyboard. The Touch is superb! Again, this was out of it's league even compared to it's big brother the RD-700SX.

No problems until now. I've had different Roland synths for 10 years and there's no complaint.

Haven't dealt with them.

This is absolutely the best thing you can find at the moment in sub 1500 euro category. In my opinion it even beat's the RD-700SX in many ways.

If you need a good sounding piano with great touch and some other stuff (USB, rhythms, other sounds etc.) too, this is your board.