Roland RD700GX1 Piano Expansion Board
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Choose from 17 new SuperNATURAL pianos for the most authentic ivory sounds in the studio or on the stage.
Overview
Just when you thought the best couldn't get better, the top-selling RD-700GX gets a SuperNATURAL Piano upgrade. Derived from Roland's award-winning V-Piano modeling technology and 88-key stereo multisampling piano technology, the RD-700GX SuperNATURAL Piano Kit adds three dimensions of seamless piano perfection to the RD-700GX. Comprising a dedicated expansion board (SuperNATURAL Piano sound engine) and a USB memory key (OS update), the kit is a dream for live performers who want the utmost in authentic playability, and for studio musicians who desire the highest-quality piano sounds.
Features
- 17 new SuperNATURAL Pianos customized for the RD-700GX
- Seamless response from note to note across the keyboard
- Seamless tonal transition from low-to-high velocity
- Seamless note decay
- User-installable upgrade via expansion board and USB memory key
Features
- 17 new SuperNATURAL Pianos customized for the RD-700GX
- Seamless response from note to note across the keyboard
- Seamless tonal transition from low-to-high velocity
- Seamless note decay
- User-installable upgrade via expansion board and USB memory key
Reviews
Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars.
(2 ratings)
Submitted August 2, 2011 by a customer from hawktek.com
"This add-on board makes RD-700GX stage piano actually sound like a piano -- finally. But it doesn't improve all the other poor s"
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Already searching for the next keyboard, undoubtedly will be a Casio once they evolve a couple of generations past current PK-3. If they can hold the price line and do just a tiny bit more tweaking, Roland will be a has-been brand.
My opinion based on owning several keyboard brands and models.
Sound
Finally, good sound from my expensive RD-700GX. Roland should have GIVEN it to customers, because the keyboard, without the pinao sounds on this card, is a joke -- my $100 Casio sounds better.
Features
This product adds good new piano sounds that, in practice, totally replace the horrible original sounds (though the old sounds can be used, perhaps to play really bad songs). Trouble is, the rest of the keyboard is not improved, so the organ sounds still are poor, horns sound unrealistic, built-in rhythms are bizarrely bad, etc. Really, every other keyboard I own, all much cheaper, sound better. Really. An Alessis 88.2 keyboard action isn't as good, but the sounds are great. A couple of Casio PK models are 90% as good as Roland at 25% of the price.
Ease of Use
Easy to install, easy to use -- just dial in the sound like any other sound in the keyboard.
Quality
Seems fine, but time will tell how it holds up on the road. The keyboard has held-up so-so -- knobs lose their shiny little caps (every one I've seen in a store is missing them, as is mine)… read more so not much reason to be optimistic.
Value
Roland is NOT recommended. I bought the sound card on sale so a decent value for the improvement it provided, BUT it is correcting such a horrible original sound that it should be FREE. At least my RD-700GX is now reasonably useable, though I'll be buying something else, probably Casio, from now on -- there's no longer any justification for Roland's high prices.
Manufacturer Support
I've called Roland US many times, and never reach anyone who seems to know anything. Certainly they can't answer questions or even discuss the product reasonably. I get a lot of "I guess" and "maybe" and other answers that could also have come from my dog. Roland might be the most over-rated company I've encountered.
The Wow Factor
It's an internal card so this question is not applicable
Musical Background:
active musician
Musical Style:
pop, rock, country, standards, jazz read less
Sound
Finally, good sound from my expensive RD-700GX. Roland should have GIVEN it to customers, because the keyboard, without the pinao sounds on this card, is a joke -- my $100 Casio sounds better.
Features
This product adds good new piano sounds that, in practice, totally replace the horrible original sounds (though the old sounds can be used, perhaps to play really bad songs). Trouble is, the rest of the keyboard is not improved, so the organ sounds still are poor, horns sound unrealistic, built-in rhythms are bizarrely bad, etc. Really, every other keyboard I own, all much cheaper, sound better. Really. An Alessis 88.2 keyboard action isn't as good, but the sounds are great. A couple of Casio PK models are 90% as good as Roland at 25% of the price.
Ease of Use
Easy to install, easy to use -- just dial in the sound like any other sound in the keyboard.
Quality
Seems fine, but time will tell how it holds up on the road. The keyboard has held-up so-so -- knobs lose their shiny little caps (every one I've seen in a store is missing them, as is mine)… read more so not much reason to be optimistic.
Value
Roland is NOT recommended. I bought the sound card on sale so a decent value for the improvement it provided, BUT it is correcting such a horrible original sound that it should be FREE. At least my RD-700GX is now reasonably useable, though I'll be buying something else, probably Casio, from now on -- there's no longer any justification for Roland's high prices.
Manufacturer Support
I've called Roland US many times, and never reach anyone who seems to know anything. Certainly they can't answer questions or even discuss the product reasonably. I get a lot of "I guess" and "maybe" and other answers that could also have come from my dog. Roland might be the most over-rated company I've encountered.
The Wow Factor
It's an internal card so this question is not applicable
Musical Background:
active musician
Musical Style:
pop, rock, country, standards, jazz read less
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