Roland GO:KEYS 5 61-Key Touch-Sensitive Portable Keyboard (Graphite)

the packaging was good, the product was delivered before the delivery date. the features of roland go keys 5 are great focusing mainly on live performances. has lots of ports only thig, I dislike is the speaker sound quality. it isn't good as my old ctx 9000 in.

Loving this so far after 2 weeks with it. I started teaching myself piano/keys as a bass/guitar player/songwriter, and was kind of disappointed with a 49 key MIDI keyboard. Having to rely on plugins and a DAW to be able to learn the instrument was not a great experience for me. Also wanted something portable to take to jam sessions with friends. Realizing I wanted something with speakers/sounds built in, and weighted/semi weighted keys lead me to this. The huge tone library was a big draw for me and the extra sequencing is something I've enjoyed jamming with that I could never easily do before. The speakers are a mixed bag, but mainly positive, and I really like having dedicated line outputs separate from the headphone jack, which is what made me pick the Go Keys 5 instead of 3. I love the quantity AND quality of tones included and theres just enough control over each one that I'm never unable to easily find a sound I like quickly. You can have 5 tones easily accessible as preset buttons and each "scene" has 2 tones so theres a couple ways to get to saved sounds quickly. Each scene is kind of like a song/project, where it saves your 2 tones, chord sequence and backing track style. There are over a thousand individual tones but you can scroll through them super easily by either reading the names and listening or just spin the scroll wheel quickly and audition the sounds by pressing a key repeatedly; loading new tones is instant. I really love the arranging/recording features included but there are some small things I wish were included. The chord sequencer is great and you can program entire songs or structures to jam with, with rising/lowering dynamics after a certain repeat etc. In my first week Ive programmed some of the chord progressions of songs I like/am learning and being able to experiment is super fun and a great way for me to practice improvising on this unfamiliar instrument. The built in backing tracks (named styles) are very hit or miss but you can download more and they have a lot of different musical genres already included so lots of choices. They are just drum/bass/chord tone patterns though, and there are times where I wish I could take the drums from this style, bass from this one, and accompaniment from this one but oh well. The song recording works, but sometimes when I rename the song it changes the length of the song to 2 bars or something which basically ruins that recording. I've stopped renaming songs as a workaround which is annoying but I dont record much internally anyway. I thought this keyboard could record your playing and loop it but not really. It starts recording automatically and it would be great to play a specific bassline/chord progression with one hand and hit stop with the other hand to perfectly time the ending to loop. If you try that there is a second or so gap before the song repeats which is too bad. You could use a dedicated looper pedal with the line outputs, but its too bad you cant do it inside the device. The keys feel great in general but the pressure it takes when pressing part of the same key farther away from you is all over the place, which makes does not make for consistent playing. Its almost a deal breaker for me, but otherwise I like how the keys feel and the weighting of them (but I have nothing to compare it with as my previous keyboard was not weighted at all). The speakers are good, can go quite loud, but as I read in some reviews they do have a slight buzz or rattle when using certain tones - specifically the default piano sounds but it does seem to be a tone specific problem. Not really much of an issue to me most of the time though. I dont think there are many other options in this price range for the tone and arranging capabilities in a portable keyboard so I will be sticking with this for the foreseeable future but this is really great for someone wanting a portable synth/digital keyboard that does it all. I love it as someone learning play simple songs and improvise on keys!

Soy músico profesional dueño de muchos otros teclados de alta gama y colección, pero quería algo con sonidos buenos, ligero y portátil y definitivamente fue una excelente opción a un increíble precio. Suena increíble y sus teclas son suficientemente decentes para llevártelo a tocar a un bar los fines de semana y dejar tus teclados caros en casa.

Research it heavily and it will be evident that it's a five star product. I missed the intro discount through dithering though it was clear from the outset this was a mandatory purchase for one-button-and-go sonic universe. Some of the samples go back to 1989 ("Telephone" from the D-10); there's a historical, museum aspect to this legacy library. But loads of fresh new ideas and approaches here. It does feel like the entire Roland content development team needs to be fired and rehired with fresh blood. Also lots of tired old "this again" rehash. You are not buying this keyboard to learn on, this is a convenience keyboard. If this is your only controller you'll be less excited about music. The pitch bend is a sad afterthought peanut. 🔥 DESK:KEYS 5 ... a module version of GO:KEYS 5 that sits on your desktop! featuring balanced XLR outputs! No, it doesn't exist yet, but I bet it's coming. Many of us already have half a dozen plastic controllers and are just looking for fast access to good sounds without turning on a computer. I tend to want to 4-stars due to lots of sounds being crusty old JV carryalongs. possibly 1/3 of the stated sounds are oily "w" variants - wideners/chorus/verb type width which impress in the showroom but for recording, choose the dry ones. Some of the "comp" drums variations have impressively beefed up kicks and snares. (The drums are rarely discussed in reviews and you've got all you's ever need here.) Having access to the sweet cornball guitars from the PMA-5 warms my heart. The price leverage from GK3 to 5 is embarrassing - such great cost for 1/4" outputs - Neutrik XLR or 4 pairs of 1/4" perhaps. Most won't want the mic/processing aspects, The colours split marketing also seems a sales contrivance only AI could dream up. What if I want GK3 in white? or GK5 in dark red (would have made it an instant buy for me). Why is near-black an upscale option? This seems more like encouraging sales engagement than sensible consumer options. The weight will be astounding to anyone who's ever lifted a keyboard. It pushes air; it's made of air. Can't wait to dial in overdubs even if I'm using an external controller keyboard to do it. Nice to have an everything box which brings joy when the studio mains are unplugged. A murky 5-stars but 5-stars for sure. The extra cost of the GK5 is probably something you want. Unless graphite or white makes you ill. 🔥 A final tip for Roland: at over 1000 patches to scroll through, a simple Favourites/Rating system stored to flash becomes vital. Check in with any VI synth released in the last 20 years. The keyboard should remember Favourites and patch select state at power down. Help a brother out.

I purchased this for my grandchildren, 5 and 3, hoping they will play with it, begin to learn some music, and enjoy active learning. Myself, I’m a pianist/keyboard guy who loves to play his Steinway piano. I write music on that and on my Kong Kronos. My old Roland RD-600 still has beautiful sound and its weighted touch still feels great after 20 years. So I know what works for experienced adults and I wanted something fun and interesting for the kids. The big pluses are the sounds are great, the touch is good, it has its own speakers but not so loud as to drive parents nuts, and it only weighs 11 pounds, so my daughter can easily handle it. For simplicity, you just press the on button and the grand piano sound comes up. Volume is adjusted with a slider. Right then you have a 61-key instrument for the youngsters. I also purchased a keyboard stand and a seat, and the stand on its lowest makes a small appearance even with the keyboard on it. Very nice, and important because my daughter is a minimalist and wouldn’t like a big keyboard requiring powered speakers etc. The “music reading stand” I didn’t buy yet. Other reviewers commented that it’s a piece of plastic for $35 and it looked flimsy to me. I happened to have at home an extra, double-wide professional metal music stand which is perfect for the wide spiral-bound kids’ beginners books I bought for them. You can record and play back music that you play, in MIDI format, which just plays the instrument sounds back, or in audio format, which you use if the kids want to record their own singing along with the music. My grandkids really like to sing, and I’m hoping this recording feature will help them fall in love with enjoying music. Overall, I think this is a good choice for the price. Good sounds, good company, and not too complicated.