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Roland Fantom-X8 88-Key Sampling Workstation

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 9.6 out of 10
Quality:: 9.4 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 9.5 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 9.5 out of 10

Features:: 9.5 out of 10
Value:: 8.4 out of 10
Sound:: 8.8 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 9.8 out of 10

User Reviews for Roland Fantom-X8 88-Key Sampling Workstation

Overall:: 8 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 7 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 8 out of 10
Sound:: 7 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 10 out of 10

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By a customer from msn.com

Submitted: 6/30/2005

Style of Music: All except heavy metal.

Experience: 12 year musician, 3 year studio engineer

"Brainstorm before you buy."

This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.

Sound:

BEST GUITAR SIMLUTED SOUNDS!!! The synth sounds are controverial because the sound is sooooo crisp that it doen't blend well in multitrack sessions in a studio. BUT for live performances, it rocks the show.

Feature:

This board has the best interface over the Triton and Motif. Well organized and responsive. The drum-pad feature is the original idea of the MV8000. So basically if you get this, you have the Mv8000 without the 80gigs of storage and cdROM drive. Oh yeah, and thats what roland was missing with this...the CD drive. But alteast it imports and exports wav files via USB.

Quality:

I own the 88key and I'm very skeptical about the buttom of the board which sees to be some kind of compressed wood. There may be metal under, but i shouldn't really have to question something like that.

Manufacturer Support:

Never had to wait more than 5 minutes.

Value:

I must say the price is fair compared to the Triton Studio. I paid less than current listings because Roland wanted to see how much the public would atually like it.

The Wow Factor:

Very sexy, not as much as the Neko64, but for is weight division, its among the top 3.

Overall:

Eventually i purchased the Motif ES8 because, in contrast with the Fantom, they both fill in each other's gaps. I would recommend you buy both, or get the Motif Rack. The Fantom's graphic interface will be the most pleasant you come across other than the V-Synth.

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10

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By a customer from sbcglobal.net (you can display it-would love to talk to other owners)

Submitted: 7/5/2005

Style of Music: Gospel, light R & B and Jazz

Experience: Active Musician

"This is the best keyboard for the money. The recording part of it offers more and is awesome!"

Sound:

The sounds are AWESOME! I love this 88 key keyboard! It has the best grand piano sound I have ever heard in any keyboard out there.

Feature:

The keyboard is hard to get around in but once you use it often everything comes in place soon.

Quality:

The board is built very well. I play hard sometimes and it really feels strong. It is a heavy board to carry but it weights less then my old Roland A-90 88.

Manufacturer Support:

No repaires so far. Its perfect!

Value:

Well worth it.

The Wow Factor:

The board looks good too!

Overall:

This the best board that I ever played. The motif would be my second smaller board.

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 7 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 9 out of 10

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By a customer from rogers.com

Submitted: 4/19/2004

Style of Music: Rock/Classical. (I know they don't really mix...)

"Good stuff."

Sound:

Very versatile and easy to use.

Feature:

Its ability to slice sounds. Also, the numerous patches the keyboard can perform from piano to guitar sounds.

Quality:

It looks nice and sounds good.

Value:

A little expensive.