Roland XP-30 user reviews ( 8/10) - 7 user reviews

• 10/31/08

  FP User Reviews's review

  Characteristics

  Like most Roland products, the menus are very detailed and suffisticated. You have to get used to them. Might take you a couple of hurs to figure out how to create your own patch from scratch. But it's a good thing if you are willing to sit and screw with it for a while. Gives you a lot of flexibility. You can program about anything on that thing.
  
  
  
  $400

  Utilization

  Again, it is not so easy to use if you did not spend a weekend figuring it out, but in the long run, you benefit from it. I personally am a control freak, so I love it about this keyboard.
  
  
  
  Yes. It IS well-built. I've seen 3 of these keyboard in my life. They were all about 6-8 years old. They all looked and felt like they were bought yesterday. You should get a case for it anyway

  Sounds

  Great. It is one of the best collections of sounds I've ever seen, except for my E-MU, which is packed woth about 400GB of samples on a hard drive Anyway, I play both live and sequenced music and this seems to sound like both a great studia synthesizer and a good keyboard for live performances. You could write albums with only that thing. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the orchestral expansion!

  Overall Opinion

  Yes. This is an absolutely lovable piece of equipment. If I ever want to come up to a keyboard and play a little I play this one. The patch collection is amazing.
  
  
  
  Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
  
  Posted by: kolbaska ( 3-, 2006)
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• 10/31/08

  FP User Reviews's review

  Characteristics

  Pretty good features--BUT they only hold 2 expansion cards! That's a negative!
  
  
  
  Price paid
  
  
  
  $900.00

  Utilization

  Pretty easy to use but can be complicated for a beginner-def. not a newbie synth.
  
  
  
  Built ford tough! Never had any problems.

  Sounds

  Nice sounds! No complaints!

  Overall Opinion

  Had mine for 7 years---it did the job until I got the JV 2080 rack for only $400.00 on ebay--it holds 9 expansion cards
  
  
  
  Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
  
  Posted by: bhardman ( 6-, 2005)
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• 10/31/08

  FP User Reviews's review

  Characteristics

  Im very satisfied
  
  
  
  Price paid
  
  
  
  $800

  Utilization

  It can be either really hard or really easy...if you dont have the software librarian Sound Diver 2.0 which should come with your keyboard, then interface can be very confusing. but if you have it then its very easy.
  
  
  
  high quality, i love it...ive had no problems yet and it seems very durable.

  Sounds

  The sounds on this board are good in my opinion...but the bonus is that you have so many of them... everything is covered here, acoustic sounds, symphonic sounds, techno sounds... the quality of the sounds are usually very good and i find some particularly usefull such as sub bass.

  Overall Opinion

  My first keyboard adn i love it to death...
  
  
  
  Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
  
  Posted by: Unknown ( 5-, 2002)
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• 09/08/07

  keti's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

  Touch without good quality, the pitch is not gnial. Trs sounds complete (JV2080 plus 3 cards SRJV original) Polyphony 64 notes well enough (it is not a worstation) 61 Notes
  
  
  
  incredibly light weight

  Utilization

  Edition of simplicity, clear manual

  Sounds

  Sounds great especially acoustic, drum kits a little cheap, the XP30 is a version of JV 2080 Keyboard with 3 cards SRJV original and two additional card slots, and the piano sounds are trs good session, and the ground and many more

  Overall Opinion

  Weight ratio quality price (trs trslger) excellent
  
  versatility of the sounds if we add the 70's 60 SRJV Keyboards
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• 08/16/06

  equinoxestudio's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

  61-key keyboard very good, especially compared to what exists in this price range ...
  
  
  
  Featuring original extensions Sessions, techno and orchestral, so large amount of sounds available on. Variable quality depending on the bank but for the price should not be dreaming!

  Utilization

  Intuitive and easy, especially on stage, especially with software like soundiver (included) makes it easy to create their lists of patches from a PC, edit, store and especially to safeguard its banks. The search function by type of sound saves time to select a sound among the various banks and cards.

  Sounds

  For the price, it's pretty convincing, do not expect to sound perfect, but given the range offered is fair, the instrument has a purpose 'and can in practice to speak all styles, I've added a card's 60-70 for more electric piano and Hammond sounds.

  Overall Opinion

  I use it for 5 years in second keyboard at the time the value was good, it's a keyboard that is compact and lightweight, rugged, and designed with quality materials (keyboard, knobs, screen , Hull ...). Even if today some keyboards offer a much higher sound quality I do not regret that choice and definitely plans to keep this keyboard, I repeat, reliable and versatile, perfect as a supplement for keyboard easy to carry, no system load at startup, no bugs ... what a digital drawbacks ...
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• 12/29/05

  vetjc's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

  Synth numrique classic ...
  
  61 touch sensitive keys and lAftertouch / 64 voice polyphony
  
  Four sliders to control and edit the sound in real time
  
  classical connection / repeating sounds lintgralit sounds of clbres JV-1080/2080 sound modules, and any expansion cards Patches Session, Orchestral and Techno Collection / Two slots allow for install two expansion cards of the 17 proposed by Roland (SRJV not only compatibility with the SRX)
  
  Arpgiateur regained XP-60/80 / Rverbration, and chorus effects EFX includes 40 effects algorithms DIFFERENT

  Utilization

  Gnrale simple config / editing sounds same, especially through a version of soundiver Allgemeine comes with ... / Manual is clear ... classic Roland. A Note on Split *** paramtrer chi ...

  Sounds

  The sounds are good. They are ralistes for acoustic. A little Suck for percussion kit. The effects are effective, but I confess that I do not use that little rev ...
  
  I like all the sounds, there are few who are trs gadget and therefore unusable. I add cards Orchestral and Vocal II that are really good ... trs
  
  
  
  Previous compared the opinion, I do not agree on the lack of pep sound. True, he lacks the dynamics of a JV, but even when it is not so critical. (Aileurs is to streamline a little note "sound" that I put that opinion today)

  Overall Opinion

  - I've since its release, ie 4.5 years. I really like the palette of sounds ... This is a good keyboard for beginners numrique end.
  
  - I compare a Triton Le (the XP 30 is less dynamic, has no possibility to sample and has no squenceur but the sounds are less expandable and gadgets imaginable with cards ). I also compared the keyboards of the range RS ...
  
  - The ratio quality price is right or good trs. In OCCAZ 'I think that's worth. The sounds are not dpasss and the machine seems solid.
  
  - With the exprience: yes I redo this choice from the original budget prvu ...
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• 12/14/04

  Anonymous 's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

  It's officially a 5O xp with two cards in it, whose techno if I say no bullshit.
  
  
  
  on paper is great value quality / price ...

  Utilization

  Yeah ...

  Sounds

  L is the muddle ...
  
  
  
  are all sounds of the 1080 jv more sounds, but some cards ... has not sound like a jv 1080!
  
  
  
  Economics is a hand made qq ... So it's flat, thin, small and without dynamic sound.
  
  the sound is an "imitation"!
  
  
  
  I made the JV to sell my shit to buy a 1080!
  
  I cried ...

  Overall Opinion

  Report quality / price ... not so good as you think ...
  
  
  
  not a good ide to make that choice.
  
  prferer a jv 1080, a 50 XP, 60 or 8O ... the first preferences (they sound better!).
  
  
  
  Here ...
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