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Roland RD700 88-Key Expandable Keyboard

64MB internal wave memory. Large graphic LCD.

Overall User Ratings

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

"Outstanding!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
User: a customer from sympatico.ca
Submitted: 7/15/2003
Style of Music: Jazz
Location: Montreal

 

 
Feature:
This is a stage piano and part-time synth. No more, no less. The rhythm kits are nice, but some other Roland and Yamaha keyboards have better accompaniment features for those that like to jam along with their keyboard. No sequencer ... didn't want one. No sampler ... didn't want one. Extra independent outputs would be a great addition.

Quality:
Good. My power cord seems to fit a bit loosely, but it's never fallen out. That said, my keyboard never moves ... The bottom of the keyboard is particle board. Not a problem for me, but it's pretty heavy and I would expect it to be a bit more sensitive to humidity changes.

Value:
I bought mine about a year ago. I haven't seen much volatility in the price. (Actually, it's gone up by a few dollars). This is still a great value for the money.

Desirability:
One of the more gorgeous keyboards out there, IMO.

Sound:
Excellent bread-and-butter sounds. Even better with the SRX expansion boards, but they're a bit too pricey. Certainly not the best sounds on the market; but, for my money, the best balance of sounds and action I could find. I prefer the Roland piano sounds to those of Yamaha and Korg. Kurzweil has some fantastic piano sounds ... but also has some incredible horror stories aobut support. GEM is also really nice. Yamaha's Motif has some nice articulations on some of their sound set that the Roland is sadly lacking (double-tonguing flutes, slaps and slides on acoustic bass, etc).

Support:
Not the best ... not the worst. Your mileage may vary.

Overall:
The best bang for the buck out there if you don't need a sampler or sequencer.

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Roland RD700 Piano Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          7 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 3/17/2004
Style of Music: anything
Location: Tempe, AZ

 

 
Feature:
tonewheel organ simulator is great. use sliders as drawbars. level sliders, assignable knobs, EQ knobs, control of effects right where you need it. best weighted kybd action ever - balanced like a real piano. it needs: a data entry wheel, slider or knob for live parameter changes instead of using increment buttons - ability to edit & store single sounds instead of just multisound setups - another set of assignable stereo outputs - more than 1 effect besides chorus & reverb (the effects are awesome) per setup - more SRX expansion, like 4 or 6 instead of 2. all of this would make it perfect.

Quality:
i've dropped mine several times - it's solid as a rock.

Value:
totally professional sound out of just 1 keyboard. decent control features.

Desirability:
i've convinced a few of my friends to get them already... it's nice looking.

Sound:
high quality sounds. best meat & potatoes unit for gigging keyboardist ever made. it covers needed sounds & lots of styles w/ very low cheese factor. i've used it live, on recording sessions & for multitibral MIDI stuff w/ no problems. it does what you need it to do. tweaking factory patches yields the best results. i sometimes wish Roland would concentrate more on quality than quantity....

Support:
the roland guys on the phone are nice, but they usually can't help me because i knnow more about their stuff than they do.

Overall:
i hope Roland makes an RD-800 w/ the features described above. i would definitely buy that. i already have another one of these in my closet new in the box just in case...

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"Most piano like of all electronic pianos"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from ameritech.net
Submitted: 7/22/2002
Style of Music: Big band and rock band. Classical...
Location: Ohio

 

 
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So far, of all the keyboards I've owned, the
RD-700 is the very first one you can treat very
much like a piano. You can actually go ahead
and practice art music on it, and when transfering
to a real piano, your efforts will have carried
forward. It also has the best action and piano
sounds thus far in electric piano history as
far as I can tell. I would play or have no
other digital piano right now.
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"I love it, it a giggin' machine!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from cryolife.com
Submitted: 1/1/2004
Style of Music: Rock, blues, jazz, funk
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA

 

 
Sound:
I mostly use it for its piano/rhodes/wurly/clav sounds. The action is great, exellent response, quality sounds, and a wah sounds awesome with it. The keyboard is user friendly, though I dislike the configuration of a couple function I never use anyway. I've been gigging with it for a year and a half and couldn't be happier. Now the only thing Roland has to do is make it weigh about 5 pounds.

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"ITS THE BEST STAGE PIANO THERE IS."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from AOL.COM
Submitted: 7/12/2002
Style of Music: EVERYTHING.
Location: cambridge ,U.K.

 

 
Im a gigging keyboard player,i've used them all.I only ever use one board,so it needs to be very functional.I've been using a korg Triton which is cool,but i'ts piano sound is not too good in a live enviroment.I also play better with real piano feel,I tried the 700 and fell for it within a minute,its sound is beautiful,and has user banks unlike most.
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"EXTREMELY REAL Sounds!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 12/20/2001
Style of Music: church, production
Location: Avoca, PA

 

 
I think you'll enjoy the solo steel guitar sound...it actually includes fret sounds as you play. There's a wide array of pianos and organs and excellent sax's and strings (film strings are amazing). Regular trumpet could be better - muted is great. Actual breath sounds with the flute. Better weighted action than that of the Yamaha S-80, with more sounds and onboard reverb, chorus, and, multieffects knobs. Take the time to try this one out.
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"The sound on this puppy will blow you away!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from tbc.school.nz
Submitted: 9/30/2003
Style of Music: Rock, Jazz, Classical etc.
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand

 

 
Feature:
Each individual instrument sound was very realistic. Swapping from one voice to another proved no hassles, and it was very easy to get a good balance between 2 voices at the same time.

Quality:
The finish product is of a very high quality. I am unable to comment on how reliable it is because I have not used it myself for a long period of time, but I'm sure that like the other RD series it will prove to be very reliable, for a very long time.

Value:
To even find a keyboard with the same amount of features for the same price would be almost impossible. The RD700's price beats all other brands of keyboards and electric pianos and is priced at a reasonably good price for what it is.

Desirability:
This is an electric piano that since I've seen it have been looking to get for myself. I don't have an eletric piano at the moment (but have had some in the past) and this is one that I simply want! The ability to be able to pack it up and take it elsewhere is a feature that I've been looking for.

Sound:
For an electric piano, this is one of the best sounding instruments I've heard. I've had a lot of experience with other brands of Elctric Pianos and the RD700 just blew me away with the sound it could produce. I look forward to seeing where Roland go after this!

Support:
Roland were very helpful when I needed my RD600 keyboard looked at. They were able to come out within a couple of days, and they also explained to me what the problem was, and how it was caused and what to do to stop it from happening in the future.

Overall:
I've supported Roland in the past and I will continue to support Roland in the future with brands like the RD700 coming out.

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Roland RD700 Piano Customer Review

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from aol.com
Submitted: 1/2/2002
Style of Music: Blues and R&R
Location: Fleetwood,Pa

 

 
Keyboard action is excellent.Very smooth!Board Layout is great. Easy to find different sounds. Headphone jack keeps peace with others in the house.
Organ sounds are realistic.I'am playing keyboards for 30 years. This is a true joy to play.
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"A very playable feel."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          6 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from pacbell.net
Submitted: 8/2/2001
Style of Music: All kinds. (Piano player for hire)
Location: Vallejo CA

 

 
I own this board along with a triton rack. They work
together very well. The midi controller functions are
very good. The stock piano sounds stomp all over the triton.
I am very impressed with the hard feel. The session
drummer has patterns played by humans. Its lots of fun
to play with. (Try the "Free Jazz" pattern) All and all
this is one of the best meat and potatoes boards you can
get.
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"Amazed with the RD 700 keyboard"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from swbell.net
Submitted: 3/4/2003
Style of Music: Rag Time, Country, Jazz, Blues and Polkas
Location: Cleburne Texas

 

 
It takes a very special keyboard to handle the abuse and beating that is induced when playing Jo Ann Castle Style "Rinky Tink Rag Time Piano". The touch and quickness of the key "must" be present at all times. After visiting the Guitar Center in Arlington Tx. and playing several floor models, I kept going back to the RD700. This keyboard has it all and in my opinion out performed every model on the floor. Yes, I will pick mine up this weekend because I can't live without it.
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