New Roland FP90 uses top of the range action PHA50 with wood (insert) white keys.
The price of this keyboard is very competitive at £1,500.
I shall be keeping an eye on this board's reviews!
Kindest Regards,
Chris
I'd be surprised if it could compete with Kawai MP11 or, as a controller, with the VPC1.
I'd be surprised if it could compete with Kawai MP11 or, as a controller, with the VPC1.
This piques my curiosity -- why not?
Myself, I have a Roland RD800, and have played Kawai keyboards including the MP11 and CN35, am a huge fan of Kawai instruments, but with regard to action and piano sound, (IMHO) the Roland holds its own. Now I've not played or seen the FP90 yet, but on looking at the FP90 specs, there's a lot to like, and the user interface looks simple and easy to use.
Bottom line though -- the decision of which is the best keyboard for any one individual is a highly subjective one, but again, I can see Roland holding its own.
I never ever liked Roland's piano sounds.
SteveLy wrote:I'd be surprised if it could compete with Kawai MP11 or, as a controller, with the VPC1.
This piques my curiosity -- why not?
Myself, I have a Roland RD800, and have played Kawai keyboards including the MP11 and CN35 ...
I guess it comes down to my own biases. The RD800 is nice but overpriced and I still prefer the Kawai actions. The price tag of the FP-90 alone is a major turn off. At that price point I'd much prefer/recommend a decent used upright. My perspective is narrow however: primarily thinking of classical piano student grades 1-6.
I never ever liked Roland's piano sounds.
I do enjoy it, but I get tired of any sound if I play it too long -- so thank god for Pianoteq!
A bare controller with Rolands top of the line action would be my first choice. Still waiting... They probably want us to pay for their very good but not unique "Super Natural" sound design.
The Roland FP-90 has 85 sounds plus several hundred GM sounds, built-in four speaker sound system at 60 Watts and many more features at a price that is lower than the Kawai VPC1 which is a keyboard only. The VPC1 is a very nice action but...
As to the MP11 it costs $1,000.00 more.
Apples to apples please.
FP-90 Tone List
Piano
1 Concert Piano
2 Ballad Piano
3 Mellow Piano
4 Bright Piano
5 Upright Piano
6 Mellow Upright
7 Bright Upright
8 Rock Piano
9 Ragtime Piano
10 Bright Forte
11 SA Piano 3
12 70’s E.Grand
13 Magical Piano
14 Harpsichord
15 Harpsi 8’+4’
E. Piano
1 1976SuitCase
2 Tine EP Lite
3 ModifiedDyno
4 VR EP 1
5 Wurly 200
6 Pure Wurly
7 Phase EP Mix
8 80’s FM EP
9 MetalicEP Ex
10 SA E.Piano 1
11 SA EP1 Stack
12 SA E.Piano 2
13 Tremolo EP
14 EP Belle
15 BrillClav DB
16 BrillClavWah
Strings
1 Chamber Str
2 String Exp
3 Full Strings
4 Strings forI
5 Epic Strings
6 Rich Strings
7 Orchestra
8 Harpiness
9 OrchestraBrs
10 SymphonicStr1
11 SymphonicStr2
Organ
1 B.Organ Slow
2 Pipe Organ
3 Nason flt 8’
4 Combo Jz.Org
5 Ballad Organ
6 ChurchOrgan1
7 ChurchOrgan2
8 Gospel Spin
9 Full Stops
11 Mellow Bars
12 Lower Organ
13 Light Organ
14 Animal Mod
15 Surf Monkeys
16 Rising Sun
Pad
1 Super SynPad
2 Choir Aahs 1
3 Choir Aahs 2
4 D50 StackPad
5 Legend Pad
6 Voice of Hvn
7 New Jupiter
8 ChordofCnada
9 JP8 Strings
10 Air Pad
11 Boreal Pad
12 JP8 Hollow
13 Soft Pad
14 Solina
15 Tron Strings
Other
1 Super Saw
2 Trancy Synth
3 Flip Pad
4 D50 Fantasia
5 D50 Stac Hvn
6 D50 FuturePd
7 D50 DigiNDnc
8 EQ Lead
9 DelyResoSaws
10 StrawberyFlt
11 Jazz Scat
12 Ac.Bass wRel
13 Comp’d JBass
14-22 (8-drum sets and 1 SFX set)
23-278 (GM2 Tones
fubarable wrote:SteveLy wrote:I'd be surprised if it could compete with Kawai MP11 or, as a controller, with the VPC1.
This piques my curiosity -- why not?
Myself, I have a Roland RD800, and have played Kawai keyboards including the MP11 and CN35 ...I guess it comes down to my own biases. The RD800 is nice but overpriced and I still prefer the Kawai actions. The price tag of the FP-90 alone is a major turn off. At that price point I'd much prefer/recommend a decent used upright. My perspective is narrow however: primarily thinking of classical piano student grades 1-6.
Reckon pretty much any digital piano would handle that .