Roland FP-10 – Compact 88-Note Digital Piano with SuperNATURAL Piano Tones and Authentic Acoustic Feel Keyboard | Simple to Use | Ideal for Home Use, Students and Learning Correct Techniques

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If you are interested in knowing more, we invite you to see our review of the Roland FP30 Roland FP 10 vs Yamaha P45 having the most realistic acoustic piano like action is super important to you (you want to be able to make the transition from your digital to a real piano as easy as possible)

While none of these three 88-key digital pianos have a ton of onboard sounds – you’ll want to consider something like the Yamaha DGX-670 or Casio CDP-S350 if that’s what you’re after – all of the staples are represented on each piano. As for the Roland, it’s not shiny, but it is pretty sleek and definitely gives off a cool, retro vibe that I kind of like. Just like the Casio, it is very minimalistic in design with only a row of buttons to its left. Unlike the Casio though, the Roland’s function buttons are tactile instead of sensors, made of clear plastic except for the function and record buttons, which are blue and red. There are four buttons on the top of the console which are ON/OFF, Volume up, Volume down and Function. Firstly, while the FP30 would have previously been positioned against the P125 and S1000 from a pricing standpoint, Roland’s recent price increase has made it so that the FP10 is now the closer-priced option.The CDP-S100 and P-45 are pretty basic compared to the PX-160. The piano sound on the CDP-S100 is not as rich and dynamic as on the P-45, at least to me. However, the action on the CDP-S100 feels nicer to my fingers than that of the P-45.

The main reason the YPG-535 is not on this list is that it has semi-weighted action, which doesn’t provide a very realistic feel and isn’t the ideal choice for playing piano. The algorithm is more or less the same as the FP30, but the downgraded processing power is reflected by the fact that the polyphony comes in at 96 notes. In normal playing situations, 96 should still be okay, but if you start layering notes, 96-note polyphony will likely become insufficient. Songs & Digiscore Light: In these sections you can choose from the included song list, and play along with the score – you can choose to mute the right and (or) the left hands if you like.Split Mode– divides the keyboard into two parts, allowing you to play a different instrument sound in each of them. For example, you can play guitar with your left hand and piano with your right hand at the same time. If that does describe you, then I can definitely recommend the Roland FP-10 – it is a piano you will most likely love! It has an amazing action, and some great quality piano sounds, for a VERY inexpensive price. If the action is super important to you, BUT you really want some of those missing features, then you might need to look to the Roland FP-30x. And if you aren’t particular about the action and really want some of those other features, then either the Yamaha P-125 or the Casio PX-S1100 are great options.

All of them come with very basic sustain pedals in the box, so regardless of which one you choose, we would strongly suggest upgrading to their manufacturer’s more robust damper pedal with proper weighting, substance and half-pedaling like a real piano.The important thing to remember is that you don’t always need to have an onboard lesson function to be able to learn songs using a graphical interface. So really, the trade-off here is a complex piano tone with somewhat limited polyphony. The P125 by contrast has robust polyphony with 192 notes, but a less complex overall tone. The advantages of the Roland FP10 are: A Bluetooth system for wireless amplification, sustain pedal. The FP-10 comes with the PHA-4 Standard key action, which is the most affordable hammer key action in Roland’s arsenal.

I owned an FP-30 (the predecessor to the FP-30x) for about a year so I am very familiar with the PHA4 action; I also had a Yamaha P-125 for a year, and I now own a Casio PX-S1100. The Casio, on the other hand, just doesn’t have it. While it can record songs, there just isn’t much space to save them, so you’ll have to use a USB or record directly into a DAW (digital audio workstation) if you want to record. The FP10 is using Roland’s SuperNATURAL Piano engine, which is very surprising to see given how inexpensive the FP10 is, but they have in fact downgraded some of the processing power compared to the version used in the FP30. However, since the FP-10 has less powerful speakers, (6W X 2 rather than 11W x 2), listening through the speakers is a slightly different experience to the FP-30. With Piano Designer, you’re able to edit things like the lid height, damper resonance, string resonance, hammer noise and more.

Now both instruments are the same size and shape and both come with removable music stands, so it will not be difficult to toss your digital keyboard in the trunk of your car (buy it a case, please). But at over 32 pounds, you’re going to build up some serious muscle lugging around that Roland. The FP-10 allows you to adjust the Ambience and Brilliance of the sounds within the 0-10 range, which makes it fairly easy to fine tune the sound to your needs. When it comes to Bluetooth, the P125 doesn’t offer any Bluetooth connectivity, while the S1000 offers Bluetooth Audio, whereas the FP10 offers Bluetooth MIDI, so all 3 are different in this regard.