harky_123 Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Guys have played a Roland RD-300sx in the shops and it sounded good to me,piano almost perfect.Whats the difference between this and the older RD-700 in terms of piano sounds.Your opinions would be welcomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDragonSoun Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 You'll find a variety of opinions as piano sound is a very personal experience for each person. As an example I found the sound and action on the RD300Sx to be disappointing and liked many other choices over it. Some will agree with me and others will disagree. In the end it all comes down to what you want and what works best for you. You can do a search on both those models for additional information. Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion, unobtrusive - Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harky_123 Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 The 300sx is obviously newer than the RD-700, are the piano samples better and newer,most people rate the rd-700 very highly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobsk8 Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 I have been playing electronic keyboards since the late 50's, of one type or another. The RD300SX is one of the best ones I have played and factoring in the weight, I would rate it 5 stars +. I have a Motif ES Rack with the AP expansion board in it, and I prefer the RD300's piano sound. I love the hammer action on the 300 as well, and I get nothing but compliments on the sound from some pretty good musicians that I work with. Good action, great sounds, good key bass, light, and 88 keys. It doesn't get any better than that as far as I am concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoFi Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I couldn't get on with the action on the 300SX at all - far too light (I'm more of a pianist than a keyboard player, so that's probably a factor), but there was nothing wrong with the sounds. For similar money, I very nearly went for Yam P90 as the action was much better (though the sounds were much more limited), but in the end I stumped up the extra for a 700SX, which I couldn't be happier with (except for the weight, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I liked the RD300SX action and piano in the store and in headphones. I didn't like it on my live jazz gigs. The piano sounded muffled but then too bright when the hard strike was played. I couldn't control it. The action also didn't return as well as my earlier stiffer version action in my FP2 (Roland has since changed all FP2 actions over to the RD-300SX action). I sold the RD-300SX, which I would much rather have than the awfull RD-700, and prefer the siunds in my XV-2020 + SRX-11 + SRX-12 combination. My FP2 action is more responsive than my RD-300SX was. Find 660 of my jazz piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I always thought the RD300SX was a gem in the Roland range. I played it for hours in the shop.. then I played the RD700SX and thought it sounded inferior... thing is I'mnow starting to wonder if it was the 700SX and if I just assumed it was because it was in the shop. It had a colour screen,does that sound like the SX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningbusch Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Originally posted by orangefunk: I always thought the RD300SX was a gem in the Roland range. I played it for hours in the shop.. then I played the RD700SX and thought it sounded inferior... thing is I'mnow starting to wonder if it was the 700SX and if I just assumed it was because it was in the shop. It had a colour screen,does that sound like the SX? The RD700SX has a blue & white mono screen. It sounds like you were playing the Fantom X. I've been using the RD300SX quite a bit. I also have the RD700SX and others. The action is light but it still works for me. I get the control of a weighted action but it's light enough to allow me to do some things I can't do on a heavily weighted action. For example, I use it to control a Yamaha VL1m. The VL1m has wonderful legato if you control it properly. I can get it to sound the way I want with the RD300SX but not the RD700SX. Also, fast synth and B3 lines are possible for me with the RD300SX. So as a compromise action, it works out very well for me. I am primarily using it as a controller. It's not that I can't use the internal sounds, it's that I need to carry a rack and I can fill the rack with the best sounds. As a controller it's fairly limited with only two external zones. Still, you can get to the setups quickly using the buttons. Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Originally posted by burningbusch: Originally posted by orangefunk: I always thought the RD300SX was a gem in the Roland range. I played it for hours in the shop.. then I played the RD700SX and thought it sounded inferior... thing is I'mnow starting to wonder if it was the 700SX and if I just assumed it was because it was in the shop. It had a colour screen,does that sound like the SX? The RD700SX has a blue & white mono screen. It sounds like you were playing the Fantom X. Busch. Ahh.. I think it was the RD700SX then... I just remember the bright blue screen and I assumed it was full colour... but yeah, seems like I wasn't as impressed with the RD700SX.. but it was in a shop and customers do fool around with settings I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningbusch Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 The RD700SX also includes the main piano from the RD300SX. It is the TYPE B setting, which is a little hidden if you're not familiar with the instrument. Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delirium Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 FYI, RD300SX action is not acceptable for piano player. Keyboardist would be fine though.So don't really understand how can you compare these 2, complete different actons. ♫♫♫ motif XS6, RD700GX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I played the RD700SX and RD300SX side to side, and my impression was that while I wasn't crazy about the keyboard on the 700, it was certainly designed for piano players, with the right kind of resistance and response. The keyboard on the 300, on the other hand, felt too light and inconsistent for my hands, really difficult to control dynamics on that in my opinion. The sound wasn't bad, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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