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Roland FP2 Digital Piano with Built-In Speakers

Answers the need for a lightweight and compact digital piano for gigging while keeping the feel of a fine concert grand and the look of a console ?home piano?.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           9 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           9 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           9 out of 10
Support:
           8 out of 10
 
 

"Great instrument!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          7 out of 10
Submitted: 3/11/2007
Style of Music: Blues, Rock, Folk, Jazz
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Philly, PA

 

 
Feature:
Great set of features - 64 note polyphony (which is essential for piano playing in my opinion - I don't understand the huge number of "digital Pianos" with only 32-note polyphony)! The Casio (I hate to keep picking on it, but it's true) advertises 32 note polyphony, but for the stereo piano sample, the actual polyphony is only 16!! WAY too low for any serious player! This one won't cut out on you. You can set the pedals for something like 10 different functions, such as volume, effect on/off, sostenuto, soft, damper, program select, etc. Very useful to have the expression pedal to control volume with the organ (you could even rig up another pedal to control the leslie effect on/off). The controls are simple, and easy to get used to. The GM sounds are a nice addition, and in the end you get something like 300 different sounds from this thing - great for a digital piano! And they're not bad sounds, either!

Quality:
Never had a Roland go bad on me - I swear by their gear. Solidly built, well-designed, and always very reasonbly priced! A lot of people like Yamaha for digital pianos, but I've always preferred the tones, features and lay-out of Roland's instruments!

Value:
Best digital piano in its price-range, no question!

Sound:
Piano sound is great! Bright enough to cut through a band mix, but mellow enough to still sound warm and full! And the EQ allows you to really adjust the sound to your liking - it's a long, complicated process to tweak it, but you can really get the sounds right where you want them with a little patience! The Fender sound, to my ear, is also wonderful! And the organ, while not superb, is better than any sample on any comparably priced keyboard. I tried the Casio PX310 - worst organ sample I've ever heard - sounded like a toy. This organ allows volume control with a foot pedal, has a leslie effect, and a good basic tone!

Ease of Use:
Very easy to use!

Support:
Never had to use support, so I have no idea. The general consensus seems to be that they haven't got much in the way of support. But hey, I'll take quality and no support over cheap with good support any day!

Overall:
Has everything I need for home, gigs, and recording. Will be with me for at least the next ten years.

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Roland FP-2 Piano Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
Submitted: 11/1/2004
Style of Music: jazz, funk etcv
Location: York, England

 

 
Feature:
Personally I was pleasantly suprised as the session facility - which allows you to play along with about 70 pre-recorded backing tracks in a variety of styles. These include chord progressions, the display of the piano telling you when it changes - a nice feature. It also has a two track recorder thingy and a metronome. You couldn't expect anything more given the product and it's price.

Quality:
Will find out when we've gigged it for a bit. Although it's lightweight (which makes it very attractive for protability) it seems sturdy enough. Roland gives it a three year warrenty , so they must be confident ...

Value:
Considering the sounds and the features I think it's great for the money - I've previously owned a yamaha p80 and consider this to be better VFM. UK users should head to pianosale.co.uk where the FP2 can be picked up currently for
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"A great piano with a great price."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Submitted: 5/12/2004
Style of Music: Rock, Alternative, blues, film stuff
Location: Portugal

 

 
Feature:
Has all what i need, the USB driver is very good for me to connect with computer software and midi. It has a great key action. I will use it has my master keyboard.

Quality:
It`s roland, so i don`t need to say more. I have the keyboard only for 1 month but it looks very solid.

Value:
The best buy for what it is, a great piano with some more features. It costs me Euros 1.180. I compare with yamaha P-90 and that has the same price, but has just a good sound, the piano and no usb.

Desirability:
I think the piano is quite good, the silver with black its much prettier than the gold of FP-5.

Sound:
Great piano, and this is the important thing on this product. Also the GM2, very good drum kits.

Support:
Don`t need it yet so i can`t say anything. This is my first roland gear.

Overall:
I`m very well with this one, i don`t think i`ll change it for a couple of years. If was stollen i would buy it again.

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"FP2, Good home use Piano."

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          7 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 9/3/2004
Style of Music: Classical
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Cambridge, UK

 

 
Feature:
It has all the features I need and many I don't. There are hunderds of different sounds if thats what you looking for. It has a USB output which works well with my laptop computer (I have a tutorial program I sometimes use).

Quality:
Quality seems good I have had no problems with it and it is fairly sturdy. I would be a bit concerned about the end cheeks which are plastic if I was planning to move it allot.

Value:
I consider it good value. I looked at alot of other pianos and this one had a feel I found easy to use and a look that was much better than most. I would probably but the same piano again if it was stolen.

Desirability:
I really like the look of this product and it feels well made when you use it. As it is a home use product for me the apperance was important.

Sound:
The sounds seem good however I only really use the default piano sound most of the time. The internal speakers are OK for practice but not great, no supprise really given the size / weight of the piano. It sounds much better via headphones so would probably sound better via a PA, although I have not tried.

Support:
Not great I tryed to phone them but could not get through. I found this information I was looking for on the web in the end. (I wanted to know the correct type of stand to go with it, FPS11A)

Overall:
I expect to keep this piano for a long time, as I can't think of any other features I want. I would have to be a much better pianist to need anything more.

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