Roland GO:PIANO

Soy pianista de jazz profesional y utilizo el Roland Go piano para estudiar hacer pequeños bolos y de teclado maestro, todo ello en mi lugar de vacaciones, donde dispongo de poco espacio.

Pros:
Se trata de un piano digital ultraportátil con un kit excelente de sonidos para su gama y precio. Cuenta con Bluetooth audio y midi, lo que lo convierte en un controlador muy interesante.
Contras:
Me dio algunos problemas a los pocos días de tenerlo ya que reproducía varios sonidos apretando una sola tecla. Un problema muy raro que desapareció al rato de cambiar las pilas.
La curva de velocidad no se adapta bien a los sonidos de piano. El sonido es demasiado claro en la opción light touch y no responde demasiado bien en las opciones heavy y medium touch. En el resto de sonidos (órganos, electric pianos,etc.) funciona mucho mejor.
CONCLUSIÓN;
Me decidí por este modelo por el poco espacio del que dispongo en mi lugar de vacaciones. Si tienes más espacio, te recomendaría optar por un Roland FP10 por ejemplo.

Utilización para aprendizaje en domicilio
Fabricación en plástico correcta
Teclado con ancho de medida estandar y buena calidad al tacto (probablemente lo mejor del piano) Nada que ver con la pulsación de sintetizadores.
Sonido de piano 1 demasiado "metálico" por contra sonido de piano 4 excelente. No tengo criterio exacto para valorar otros sonidos
Conectividad buena.

I've had the Go:Piano for nearly two years, and have used it occasionally, mostly for informal rehearsals. I'm primarily an organ-player, but love piano, and adore my trusty CP-300. The playability, the connectivity, the sound! But I don't like the bulk. At 32,5 kg + flight case, it's tough to lug around, and mostly leaves the house for major gigs. For other occasions, I wanted a lighter, more casual keyboard that I can 'toss around'- with a focus on classic, electric pianos, because acoustic pianos are so difficult to emulate (not least on a budget).
I had a lighter 88-key option, a Yamaha P-45, but it wasn't all that easy to toss around (too long), the sounds were lack-lustre and the action was uninspiring.
So I decided to just disregard it all, and get the lightest, cheapest, half-way decent EP with full-sized keys I could find. Enter the Go:Piano.

Pros:
- Weight and portability can hardly be beat.
- 63 keys is a fair compromise (probably not for classical music).
- EP sounds are generally ok, and there's a fair selection for p/ep/clav (never mind the rest). But please read on.
- The texture of the keys is really good, the matte/'ivory'-feel makes you almost nostalgic.
- Operation is straight-forward (if you don't mind menues).
- Internal speakers are pretty good, and the volume will match eg. an acoustic guitar without problems.

Cons:
- My overriding complaint: The keyboard is very hard to control. You can adjust it to light/medium/heavy, but within each setting it's still very difficult to play naturally. There's a point, where a slightly harder attack will return a much harder response. Dynamically, it's just not intuitive.
- Very few options to tweek settings (eg. chorus, wah), voices are pretty much 'as is'.
- Internal reverb is poor, especially with external amplification.
- Acoustic piano decay is too short, very unnatural.
- Connections (mini-jack) are flimsy, headphone and line-out combine.

To conclude: The Go:Piano may be ok for the occational 'campfire' setting, but that's about it. The search for a decent, inexpensive 'to-go'-piano continues.

About the 'Handling' rating: If it refers to weight/portability, it's a solid five stars. But if it refers to operation (including keybed/playability it's barely one. That's my reason for giving it three.