Roland's New Release: RD-88 Stage Piano

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While I am overall a big fan of Roland, and use many Roland products in the studio which I am pleased with, like keyboard amplifiers and digital organs, I have found Roland's digital pianos to be rather mediocre to me. They don't inspire or amaze me with realistic, authentic sounds, and the user interface of the RD line in particular is convoluted and difficult to master, in my opinion. While I do not hate Roland's digital pianos, I also do not love them, and so the RD-88 falls into a neutral territory for me.

One truly negative thing I do have to say about the RD-88 is that it has the least consistent volumes of any digital piano I have tried, and recording with it is a nightmare. The piano sounds are whisper quiet, but the EP sounds are considerably louder. It's so extreme that one patch can be recorded just fine, but the very next sound, in the same bank, causes my audio interface to peak like crazy! It gives me very little confidence while recording with the RD-88, and while it might be OK for a live situation, if you plan on doing any recording at all, I'd suggest avoiding the RD-88. It's too difficult to work with.