Digital Piano
88 keys
feel 'heavy'
dedicated keyboard piano, some strings sounds, EPiano, mallet, ...
connectivity standard for this type of material: midi in thru-out, audio out St, audio in St, two foot switches
for those who like the current keyboard Roland (126 sound banks, but piano sounds disgusting ...), go your way, sounds there is not much.

UTILIZATION

Touch is a little plastic (piano legacy digital), nothing to do with touching wood and hammers Kawai currently integrated in, for example.
however, no problem, it holds up, it's nice. A bit loud noise of the keys in the studio, but somehow it does not record the microphone at the same time (better not )))
general configuration extremely simple, it is not an instrument called "configure", it is to play piano, period. MIDI is perfectly clear, and everything else too. No fuss, it's pro.
Manuel?? never read, never needed.

SOUNDS

The FP8 is definitely one of the best, if not the best of his generation digital piano. (It still has several years of bottle, mine has over 13 years).
The piano is light, round and pleasant, without seeing the keyboard, it's hard to believe that it is a digital piano, at least in Live. Obviously listening headphones, it becomes easier.
I am a classical pianist, among others, and I bought this keyboard to get as close as possible to a wooden piano. At the time, I have tried them all, not PHOTO! It was the only to offer piano sounds so real ...
It's true that at the time, it still costs a few euros in 2500, but it was worth it.
I use it only for the piano and it's perfect. I have since discovered the Kurzweil Micro set in, I recommend the passage for its highly realistic pianos ... and I pilot noon.
The only fault we could find on this keyboard is the noise of the sample (a small pchht remaining milliseconds after playing the note). But we're not talking art keyboard!
For me and a bunch of pianists, it's still a great value, a must, a standard. There are few on the market, and if you find one in good condition, considering the side argus, DARK !!!!!!!
Quite simply, when you play live with this stuff, there is always a good keyboard player who comes to you saying "the piano sound is good, what is it??"
For a keyboard of this generation: 15/10

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for more than 13 years, I still love his sound classical crystal, even with the breath and little noise. To live, it's really a pleasure.
Nothing else to say, I do not understand simply that there are no reviews for this bike which made the war, and has never been equaled since, at least in Roland. FP9 far too artificial and synthetic, and too expensive. The RD series is really crappy in terms of the piano. Yamaha sounds and slamming reclaquent without any subtlety. Long live the FP8 and little noise )))
Again, given his advanced age, I can only put him 100/100
Tribute a great warrior has never replaced.