Zuki, yes I still have mine and play it almost daily. I keep it in my office to save myself from having to go down to my basement studio every time I just want to play for 10 minutes. That's actually why I bought it.

Rather than trying to tell you what you should and shouldn't buy, I'll just share some observations from my PERSONAL experience with this board.

1. If you're looking for a capable ARRANGER, look elsewhere.

2. Because of the weight and the controls layout, I would probably not 'gig' with this instrument.

3. Most musicians and reviewers consider it a better choice/bargain than the FP60X but not as good as the FP90/FP90X. I have not done a personal side-by-side comparison.

4. Keybed is not as responsive as I'd like and a little bit stiff, but after several years of playing the Crumar SEVEN and it's Rhodes-like keybed, I can live with it. Being primarily an organ player, I tend to prefer the lighter (semi-weighted) keybeds. Pianist will probably have no problem with this.

5. Of the sound palette, there are only four that I use consistently; Piano, Electric piano (does not sound like Rhodes), Jazz Organ (just one of the registrations), and drums (very limited editing - the drum samples themselves sound pretty good - as do most Roland drums).

6. The latest update now supports the Roland Piano App which is supposed to be excellent for teaching, training, study, and practice. I don't have any personal experience with it since I'm too old to learn ANYTHING new.

7. Connectivity is excellent. Very versatile and compatible with most modern formats (and physical connectors).

8. Three updates so far, which has added the piano app and implemented all known bug fixes.

9. It will accept most Roland Cloud content (Sound packs and Style packs) but will not play SMF's or standard Roland style files. Many sounds but no Standard Midi sound bank (deal breaker for some).

10. Only two drum patterns per style and they can't be manually controlled (they change (Var 1 - var 2) according to the way you play???? Actually, changes just seem random to me?

11. Chord Sequencer. Reviews say it's pretty good. I don't use it so I can't really say.

12. Record function. Pretty standard. I don't use it as I have it plugged into a Tascam DP32-SD (standalone recorder) AND a audio device/computer loaded with REAPER - "Belt and Suspenders".

WOULD I BUY IT AGAIN? Probably, because it's the highest quality/cheapest priced instrument that meets my specific needs. I won't exclude it because it doesn't have some feature that I'll never use anyway. But that's just me. Hope this helps.

chas



Edited by cgiles (03/03/24 08:12 AM)
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