All user reviews of 4/5 for the Roland XP-30

I bought this keyboard at a music store in Colorado a year ago. At the time, I didn't know much about keyboards and wanted one that wasn't too expensive and was fairly easy to use, but was also good enough to perform with eventually. I paid about $1000 for it.

What I like most about it is the speed with which I can use it. The layout of patches is very intuitive, and I can very quickly get to the one I need. Also, most of the preset patches on it are very good, and with the two expansion cards that mine came with installed, it has over 1400 patches.

I find it very difficult to program a good lead sound on it- the classical patches are much better than the synth ones on it. Getting used to the system of editing them is a little tricky, but not too hard. However, I do wish it had more flexibility with regards to editing sounds. The 61 non-weighted keys are a bit annoying for someone like me who is more used to a piano, but are fine for most keyboard parts.

It is very solid and I have not had any physical problems with it so far. The interface is fairly simple to use, and it is very lightweight.

This is one of the best possible keyboards for a begginner to use. It gives you enough flexibility and power that you can experiment with it quite a bit, and perform with it if you want to, but it is also simple enough that you can learn how to use it very quickly. I would not recommend it for someone who wants a top of the line keyboard, but it would be fine for a beginner.

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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 ...