Roland RD300SX 88-Key Digital Piano

88-key Progressive Hammer-Action keyboard. Lightweight and portable. 128-voice polyphony.

Overall User Ratings (based on 65 ratings)
  • Overall:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Ease of Use:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    4 out of 5 stars
Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Submitted November 15, 2005 by a customer from yahoo.com

Roland RD-300SX Customer Review

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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nothing better out there I can think of.
Sound
Excellent, easy to carry to a gig, great general sounds for most gigging needs: (strings, brass, synths, pads, epno, organ, ac gtr, bass). Can split, layer and affect volume and rotary live. Three drawbacks: 1> I can't find a slim case for it 2> you can't put your drink on the top 3> numeric LED display only.
Features
Comes with big sustain pedal, CD, manual. USB and MIDI ports are in rear. Nice onboard drum loops you can jam with for inspiration.
Quality
Well made.
Value
Can't beat the value. Weighted keys for under 1300 and only 35 lbs.
Manufacturer Support
I give them credit for providing online manual. Well written.
The Wow Factor
black is black.

Musical Background:

Active Musician

Musical Style:

Adult Contemporary - Christian
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Submitted February 28, 2005 by a customer from netscape.net

"With a lower price could sweep the performance market."

Overall: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Sound
Piano sound is about as good as it gets (bravo) although supplementary sounds are varied. If you have little or no need for bass sounds, these will certainly suffice and they are much better than previous Roland boards (XV88, JV series etc.). Organs and orchestral are fine overall. With memory chips at such low prices I am still shocked that manufacturers are not tossing in significantly higher memory capacities. Roland touts a gigabyte expandability. This is great! I'd think more in terms of onboard memory would be offered in the base unit.
Features
I am not aware of what is packaged with the unit although an expansion sound card of your choice would be a great incentive.
Quality
Seems well made although only played it extensively in the store. Roland boards are typically well made.
Value
The price for this item is more in line with the competition but in typical Roland fashion, still a bit high. They could really clean up were they to lower the price by $2-300 or offer some sort of expansion sound board in the package.
The Wow Factor
The weight of the actual unit and the feel of the keyboard are very attractive, particularly for the gigging musician who prefers a weighted board. Price is a bit high considering the relatively limited voice selection. The quality of the sounds in general has improved but there is still a somewhat limiting feeling when punching up some sounds. Electric basses have gotten better but still could use some help. Overall a nice board that could be a really hot deal at a lower price point (in more direct competition with the Yamaha SO8 for example). Granted the quality of some samples is superior to the SO8 but the SO8 still gives a great bang for the buck in terms of well rounded variety of staple sounds. The S90 qualitatively is more suited to compete sonically but at only a couple hundred dollars more, offers a huge amount of high quality sounds and performance-oriented inspiration. Roland deserves credit for its effort to pull their line back into the fray but still needs to consider a better pricing strategy and/or more extensive sound set to set the standard.

Musical Background:

Active musician, educator

Musical Style:

Full range (classical, jazz, rock, alternative, occasional pop and country)
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Submitted December 17, 2006 by a customer from msn.com

"Best digital piano I every played"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it
Sound
It sounded very real and close to an acoustic piano. The voices are amazing on this thing. I played the Hallelujah chorus with strings, and it spunded amazing
Features
I liked the selection of voices. 128
Ease of Use
Very easy to use. Not a million buttons
Quality
Very professional. Black and stunning
Value
Well Priced
Manufacturer Support
I don't know
The Wow Factor
I wnat it desperately

Musical Background:

I play guitar in a little band. I've been playing piano since I was 5

Musical Style:

Rock, Alternative, and I guess a little Metal
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Submitted May 7, 2006 by a customer from mindspring.com

"If you take a keyboard with you to a gig, this is the best thing you can get."

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I am going to use this for a long time. This is the best and lightest keyboard I have seen to date.
Sound
Great Piano and Rhodes sounds and Bass for Key Bass split keyboard function. 128 Note Polyphony eliminates note dropouts when using sustain pedal. I use my RD300SX with a Yamaha Motif ES Rack and have an unlimited number of sounds with a great keyboard action.
Features
Sustain Pedal is included and owners manual is very well written. I would have liked a built in power supply , but I purchased a spare for around $50, in case I forget to bring mine to a gig.
Quality
Roland stuff is bullet proof, I dont expect any problems.
Value
This keyboard is a bargain for what it does and especially for what it weighs. I would buy it again without hesitation.
Manufacturer Support
I have used Roland support before and they are alwayws very good.
The Wow Factor
Looks great

Musical Background:

working musician for 50 years

Musical Style:

Jazz, Pop, Latin; Variety
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