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I've owned/played alot of stage pianos in my career, and I must say that the RD-2000 is the best stage piano out right now.The RD series just keeps getting better. The V-Piano engine has a great sound...very warm and responsive. The Rhodes patches are well made. A fellow musician pulled me to the side just to tell me how much it sounded like a genuine Rhodes in the house. My only gripe so far is with the "Other" sounds. I wish I had more control over the lead and synth patches like I do in a Fantom or JV series product, but it's a stage piano so I make it work. The selling point for me is the DAW integration. I've used it with Ableton Live, and it syncs up very well; and the Sub-outs are very handy when using this board with Ableton or Mainstage. I couple the RD with my XV-5080, so being able to use MIDI and USB gives me so many sound options just in case the RD doesn't have a sound I want right away. This is probably the most versatile board (musically and technologically) I've ever owned, and it's built like a tank, so I know I'll be using this for years to come...unless Roland comes out with something even better!!!!!

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Beautiful sounds and exceptional touch. Also, very easy to use. Only caution is with the great hammer action and very solid build, this is a heavy keyboard.

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I have a history of using Yamaha stage pianos, and still love them, but the Roland RD2000 is amazing. The new frame and weighted key action is nothing short of awesome. I do find it a bit lacking in the ep library but the piano samples are the reason I purchased. I have had this keyboard for right at a year now and have enjoyed every time I have used it. I would highly recommend this product.

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I've been playing pianos/organs professionally for over 40 yrs. I sold my Yamaha digital piano and Korg Extreme 88 in hopes of finding something much better. After buying the RD-2000, I do believe I've truly found a most exceptional stage keyboard!

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I have had several Roland keyboards over the years. Roland XV-88, Roland XP-80, etc. Overall I like the sounds and most features of the the keyboard. However, I am highly disappointed with the function and placement of the Transpose button. After playing the XV-88 for years, which had the best Transpose button / function, the Transpose button on the RD2000 is almost useless. I would request that the Transpose button and function be changed back to compare with that of the XV-88. Since I use the Transpose button to modulate during the song, the placement is very awkward and you are forced to take your right hand off of the keyboard to transpose. Also, if you press the button and bump a note at the same time, you have no idea what key you will get. Again, with the XV or XP that was never an issue. The Transpose setting is cleared when the unit is powered off. It must be reset every time the keyboard is powered on. The setting can not be saved with the set ups. IF you forget and start playing, you have a problem. I called customer support to request a software change to give me the option to save the setting in the set up and for touching the note to not set the transpose value, but was told that would not happen. He said most people save the set up with key shifted in the set up. That means instead of using Transpose, you change to a different set. That does not work well when modulating during a song. Roland, PLEASE change the Transpose to function like the XV-88... Or at least give me a parameter to turn off "setting by touching the note" and be able to save the setting.

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I, havd this RD2000 digital piano.. At first, I thought it was the best pianos I ever had.. After, I listened to the different instrumen sounds.. I wasn't all that impressed at all. all, the instrument sounds sounded fake to me. I, ended up purchasing a Kurzweil PC4 keybaord.. Personally, I like this keyboard even better than the RD2000.