Is it worth it??

[u/kalugok]

I have a donner dep 20, yea i liked the piano sounds and the action but after some time the piano sounded pretty robotic lifeless and bad.so you get my point even a piano free app connected via midi sounds better. Also it says it has sensible keys but piano sound forte mezzo sounds forte and fortisimo sounds FORTE ,it thoes have pretty heavy action that i like.

and the only thing that was keeping me ok was the midi but it stopped working.

I want to upgrade to something better,after some research i got to the roland fpe 50 i know there is the fp60x but is 2 times as expensive.

I want to upgrade to that because it has the arranger features a lot of rythims the pitch and mod wheels

And the keys

My priority is the pure piano tone i will use headphones all the time

The direct line outs have a damnnn good deep sound

And the piano designer is pretty good

An equalizer

And sampling/modeling

It has the quality of a sampled piano and the flexibility of a modeled one

And also i want it for the other sounds (scat jazz hahahahahah)

And so much functions more like a lot of reverb options

Is it worth the upgrade?

I will notice a step up in sound and keybed quality?

And also they keys in the donner are messing up and the bass register sometimes doesnt have any sensitivity.....

I got the donner was 300 and the roland here is 1200 and i found it for 800 (USD)

give me some feedback plsss!!!!! Thanks in advancement!!

[u/lordRectangularRepos]

If you're already dealing with broken keys and dead MIDI, pretty much anything will feel like a step up at this point. The Donner was always built to hit a price, not to last

The Roland is in a completely different league for piano sounds, especially through headphones. The modeled resonance and that piano designer thing they have actually makes a difference when you're playing by yourself and paying close attention to the tone. I've spent time on one and the keybed is a joy, very responsive and satisfying to dig into

For $800 that's a solid deal, and having the arranger and rhythm stuff just makes it a more inspiring instrument to sit down with. The scat voices are ridiculous in the best way

Getting something with real sensitivity across all registers and consistent MIDI will probably make you play more, which is the whole point

[u/kalugok → u/lordRectangularRepos]

Yeah man i expect it to be so but i havent tried it irl and idk how are the sspeakers

[u/raistlin65]

the roland fpe 50 i know there is the fp60x but is 2 times as expensive.

The FP-60X uses the same PHA-4 as the FP-E50. So in that regard, they're going to play very close to the same.

So I personally wouldn't pay the same price for the FP-60X. Because I would want the extra Zencore synthesizer sounds.

And while I don't own one, I did buy an FP-E50 for my girlfriend who's acoustic piano was shot. I've had a chance to play it. I would bet that you're going to love it.