Opinions on Roland KR370/570 please?
Sally Hickling
Hi
At the moment I own a Yamaha PSR keyboard which I'd like to sell and
replace with a digital piano, mainly because I wish to play piano
music and I need the extra keys that a piano provides. However, I
would like to buy a digital piano that has got all the MIDI features
my Yamaha PSR 4000 has got on it - chiefly an internal disk drive
that reads standard MIDI files, a MIDI file transposition feature and
the ability to create custom styles.
Somebody has mentioned the Roland KR370 or the Roland KR570 - could
someone please give me their opinions on these pianos? What are the
differences between these two models, and would they have the above
features available on them?
Thanks in advance,
Sally Hickling
hage...@us.net
In article <199706302...@zetnet.co.uk>,
Your situation sounds much like mine. I was using a PSR-510 and
ran out of keyboard for piano music. Also, I was tired of playing
Beethoven sonatas on keys that felt like oatmeal.
After doing a lot of shopping around and trying all the major brands
hands-on, my solution was to buy a Roland KR-570. The piano sound is
extremely satisfying and the keyboard is a joy. At first, the piano
sound was a bit boomy, but I reduced the sympathetic resonance setting
and that completely solved the problem.
The KR-570 has all the features you specifically mentioned, including
a 16-track sequencer. The sequencer is no substitute for my computer
sequencer programs, but it will transpose tracks, etc.
I am not sure of all the differences between the KR-570 and the KR-370.
The KR-570 has a bit more power and a better speaker system. Roland
literature suggests that the piano tone of the KR-570 has been
"polished" in ways that don't apply to the other model, but I don't
know if the difference is significant. The 570 has two grand pianos--
one that that is very warm and full, and one with more bite for
music that could use a bit more clarity. I'm hooked on the warm, full
tone for just about everything.
A significant difference is that the 570 has a very good graphic LCD
display that makes its features extremely easy to use. The 370 has
just a three-digit LED. For using the complex features, that could be
a pain.
One thing I especially like about the Rolands is that they look like
pianos. One competing model I considered looked so much like the
bridge of the starship Enterprise that I knew my traditional spirit
could never live with it for long.
Richard Hagenston
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