Yes, both the rd2000 and the fp90 have the same keybed... and pretty much the same sound engine... however there are more sounds on the rd2000, with more eddit options and more dsp and offcourse more live controlls...

The fp90 has the build in speaker tough, quite wonderfull sound comming from them..

Thanks Bachus that's good news having the same action and sound engine.

Many years ago, when I was playing rhythm guitar and singing with a 5-piece country band, there came a time when the drummer became seriously ill. He had a major heart attack and went into congestive heart failure. It ended his drum playing career and a few years later, it took his life. He was a great drummer, his timing was pretty strict and regimented, but not as strict as a drum machine or any other electronic device. The big thing he could do was adjust to subtle changes in tempo, especially when our lead guitar player began sliding out into left field. Our lead guitar player was all over the place when it came to tempo, mainly, I believe, because he rarely played in the band, just sat at home and picked out songs and sang, so tempo was never a critical thing to him. When we lost the drummer, and wasn't able to find another for the following week's jobs, I went to the local music store and purchased a Roland programmable drum machine. Back then, it was considered the best available, and it really sounded fantastic.

Well, the only person that seemed to be able to keep time with the machine was me. The lead guitar player never really paid any attention to the drum machine, or our drummer when he was there. The drummer would always adjust to suit the guitar player's tempo changes, but the drum machine didn't, thus causing a problem. I later noticed our fiddle player and the mandolin player, had the same problem. Since then, I've noticed that I wasn't the only person that encountered this. There are a lot of great players out there that cant keep time if you gave them a metronome - it's amazing.

All but the guitar player and myself have long since passed away, and last year I had to retire. The guitar player performs that NH circuit, playing and singing as a solo entertainer, performing only Marty Robbins songs. He does about 2 jobs a week most of the time. He still cannot keep time with the keyboard, and turned down my offer when I offered to give him the old drum machine. Said he just couldn't get the hang of using it.

All the best,

Gary

The 2000 is defiantly one of the top weighted keyboards for the preforming pro. Lots of editing, sounds,etc. Much more than I need or want . Keybed and Piano sounds are the same except the 2000 adds,the V Piano in the arsenal. More for a,band player who needs,to cover piano and synth parts.
For basic home use or giggling as a Pianist the FP90 is fantastic. Being able to use a mic with effects thru it and save as part do a registration are great.
Very happy and impressed with my purchase. Enough features and great sounds to cover the needs of a Piano Preforming Pro.

Actually the fp90 also has the v-piano engine.... its just marketed under a different name, fully modeled super natural... its the same thing... just less choices and less adit options... its marketing slang..

Just came across this review for the FP90. Very informative.

http://www.pianobuyer.com/current-issue/17-review-roland.html

I do piano and guitar only all the time, but it's a pre-meeting dinner, a picnic at a horse farm, a dinner before an annual meeting or a quite dining room.


Ya gotta choose the right place to work, and develop your regulars into people who will support what you do.


R.

I agree, you have to be in the right situation.
By coincidence I watched the "Fabulous Baker Boys" movie last night. I enjoy it but when the scene of NYE comes on and its just a piano and vocalist doing ballads I have to laugh. Never in the real world would that work.

Bill, Nice find, I see too that he has an 8 part series of You Tube videos that reviews the FP90

Bill, Thanks for your recommendation on the FP90, I purchased one from SZ member Frankieve at Audioworks. This is a very fine digital piano.

You mentioned the Piano Designer feature that's built in, it's a great feature. It's worth telling SZ about the FP90's built in program called "Piano Designer". It allows you to make subtle changes to the piano even moving the tuning from A=440 to A=442 and many other increments above and below A=440. It's a bit of a pain to make the changes at the piano, but I discovered there is a dedicated Roland app for the iPad/iPhone called "Piano Designer." I downloaded it then thru Bluetooth I got it synched with the FP90. Pretty amazing there are 30 presets and once you get the iPad and the piano talking to each other you simply tap on the preset and it loads it. There are even a couple of presets set up by famous piano technicians. The presets blew me away they really change the character and sound of the piano it's almost like you're in a piano showroom with a few different pianos to test drive.