They are dry and harsh sounding. Think early samplers. I didn't demo it before, I bought it in excitement that it finally came out (I know, I know...).

Anyway, the sounds sound stuffy and flat. I've had the KN7000, VEGA, PSR-3000, and the flagship Yamaha CVP-309 (piano-like Tyros). They ALL (!) have better, sweeter and more usable sounds for playing live. I am VERY disappointed with the cheap samples and sound library. I might end up eBaying the thing, unless I can get into the brain of the thing and spend time to set it up to get it to be moderatly good.

Shame on Roland! This could have been a DIAMOND! Maybe they can still fix it with a future OS? The sounds SUCK bigtime!