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Roland RD-88 Stage Piano

5 / 5
Roland RD-88 Stage Piano

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Specifications

Product features

Number of keys
88
Sustainable product
Not specified
Weight
10 - 14.9 kg
Housing colour
Black
Polyphony (max)
Not specified
Keyboard type
Hammer action

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight
18,1 kg
Dimensions
138,5 x 40,5 x 30,0 cm

Product specifications

  • Roland RD-88 stage piano
  • keyboard: PHA-4 with Escapement and Ivory Feel
  • sound engine:
    • ZEN-Core
    • SuperNATURAL Piano
    • SuperNATURAL E.Piano
  • parts: 3
  • sounds:
    • scene: 400
    • tone: 3000+
  • effects:
    • Zone Multi-effects
    • Zone EQ
    • Zone Tone Color
    • Scene Multi-effects
    • Sympathetic Resonance
    • chorus + delay
    • reverb
    • master compressor
    • master EQ
    • Input Reverb
    • Input EQ
  • song player
  • DAW Control
  • integration with Apple Mainstage
  • speakers: 2x 12 cm (full range) + 2x 2 cm (tweeter)
  • external storage via USB-stick
  • includes:
    • user manual
    • safety manual
    • power supply
    • power cable
    • pedal
  • dimensions: 1284 x 258 x 159 mm
  • weight: 13.5 kg

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Specifications

Product features

Number of keys
88
Sustainable product
Not specified
Weight
10 - 14.9 kg
Housing colour
Black
Polyphony (max)
Not specified
Keyboard type
Hammer action

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight
18,1 kg
Dimensions
138,5 x 40,5 x 30,0 cm

Product specifications

  • Roland RD-88 stage piano
  • keyboard: PHA-4 with Escapement and Ivory Feel
  • sound engine:
    • ZEN-Core
    • SuperNATURAL Piano
    • SuperNATURAL E.Piano
  • parts: 3
  • sounds:
    • scene: 400
    • tone: 3000+
  • effects:
    • Zone Multi-effects
    • Zone EQ
    • Zone Tone Color
    • Scene Multi-effects
    • Sympathetic Resonance
    • chorus + delay
    • reverb
    • master compressor
    • master EQ
    • Input Reverb
    • Input EQ
  • song player
  • DAW Control
  • integration with Apple Mainstage
  • speakers: 2x 12 cm (full range) + 2x 2 cm (tweeter)
  • external storage via USB-stick
  • includes:
    • user manual
    • safety manual
    • power supply
    • power cable
    • pedal
  • dimensions: 1284 x 258 x 159 mm
  • weight: 13.5 kg
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Product information

Product no: 9000-0059-7751

General

The Roland RD-88 not only proves that 88-key pianos can be lightweight but that more complex sound engines can come with easy controls. This digital stage piano offers pure playing pleasure that won't break your back on the way to gigs and rehearsals. It also comes crammed with typical Roland sound-quality: flexible, expressive and completely customisable. This sound is essentially shaped by the SuperNATURAL engine that takes care of both the pianos and electric pianos while the ZEN-Core engine (the same as that used in Roland's uber-fresh Fantom synths) generates all other sounds.

The Features of the Roland RD-88

Developed for the sole purpose, the SuperNATURAL engine is maybe unsurpassed when it comes to emulating piano sound. This engine doesn't work using samples, instead, it writes formulas in a kind of real-time modelling process. This means that there are no keygroups (or limitations) and no velocity zones (with as many limitations). Instead, this engine responds to your playing in such a way that it directly dictates the sound you get; just like a real piano. However complex it sounds, as a pianist, it doesn't really matter since this complex machine is so easy to control. Encoders are included for fast and discreet tweaks while playing while a clear display offers access to further parameters which, most of the time, you won't even need to look at.

Virtual Instrument Integration

The RD-88 naturally includes three zones to which internal sounds can be assigned. But things get really interesting when you start integrating soft synths and controls from Apple MainStage (another detail this piano has in common with the new Fantom Series synths). By using MainStage, your laptop can function as a kind of plug-in for the RD-88 so that, even though the standard sounds that come with it are probably more than enough, they can always be updated with the freshest and best of the moment. It's also worth mentioning that this piano comes with built-in speakers; an ever-useful detail that finishes a slim and smart machine that definitively proves that more complex sound engines can come with easy controls.

Bax Music Warranty This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

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5 / 5

Roland RD-88 Stage Piano

Na lang wikken en wegen heb ik de knoop doorgehakt en de keuze gemaakt voor deze stage piano van Roland. Nu twee weken in mijn bezit en ik ben er erg tevreden over. De klanken zijn geweldig, de toetsen voelen aan als die van een echte piano. Voor een naar verhouding redelijk bedrag heb je met de Roland RD88 een allround stage piano die door haar lage gewicht ook nog eens eenvoudig mee te nemen is.
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5 / 5

Roland RD-88 Stage Piano

Al een weekje de trotse eigenaar van de RD88. Top keyboard, alles wat ik wenste zit er in. Ik heb deze gekocht ter vervanging van mijn Yamaha P 125. Topservice van Bax al moet ik wel opmerken dat een wachttijd van 40 minuten voordat mijn toestel uit het magazijn kwam ( het was ook niet super druk) wel wat lang was.
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5 / 5

Roland RD-88 Stage Piano

Mooie stage piano blij hiermee, snelle levering, mooi geluid en echt piano toets gevoel.
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5 / 5

Roland RD-88 Stage Piano

Ik ben ontzettend blij met m’n RD88. Had eerder een workstation met veel meer mogelijkheden die ik toch niet gebruikte. De RD88 is lekker compact en licht, speelt als een zonnetje, is heerlijk rechttoe rechtaan qua bediening. Lekker hands-on, gewoon aanzetten en spelen.
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5 / 5

Roland RD-88 Stage Piano

Deze piano is (met nog wat instelwerk) een schot in de roos. Is denk ik qua prijs kwaliteitsverhouding de beste piano voor het geld die ik kon hebben! Ik gebruik hem voor optredens van de band in een middelgrote kerk en om thuis te oefenen. Een handzaam formaat en gewicht, maar prestaties van een volwaardige stage piano.
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This review was automatically translated from Dutch.

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