![]() When you only have a simple on-off switch sustain pedal then you cannot reproduce what an actual acoustic piano sustain pedal can do. The FP-30X is capable of continuous detection variable pedal sustain which can be important to the music you are playing, especially as you become a bit more advanced in your playing skills. As those inexpensive small plastic pedals go, it's better than most. The FP-30X comes with one square lightweight plastic pedal called the DP2 that is a basic on-off switch. The sustain/damper pedal is actually very important when playing piano and is definitely one of the fundamental things that needs to work well and work correctly so that your piano music sounds good. When it comes to the 3 pedals on a piano and specifically the sustain pedal, that can be an overlooked item especially when you have never or seldom played piano before. In fact, Roland specifically addresses this situation in their owners manual by saying that a person might "perceive the pitch as being incorrect," but that is the way a real piano is tuned, so it's normal and Roland says that's the way a real piano should sound. But in many digital pianos you cannot change it or shut it off if they have used a stretch tuning method for the general piano tuning of that model. When I play certain notes together on the FP-30X, especially when one or more of those notes are in the lower octaves combined with playing one or more notes in higher octaves, it sounds like the piano is out of tune or too "sharp" when those notes are played together. In a real piano if you don't like the stretch tuning your piano tuner did in the piano, you can have it redone or changed, or just hire another tuner to do it differently so it sounds better to you. In the Roland FP-30X as it was in the former FP-30, the stretch tuning mode is permanent and cannot be shut off.and that's not a good thing in my opinion. Unfortunately there are a few items that did not get changed that I was hoping to see, so I am disappointed in that way. So at first I was impressed and it even seemed to be more expressive with a greater range of dynamics and musical colors than the previous FP-30 model. I definitely had high expectations for this new piano because the previous one had been about 6 years so I was looking to see if Roland had upgraded and corrected certain things from that model on this new FP-30X. It had a responsive key action, big, full piano sound coming out of its powerful internal speaker system, a wide and expressive dynamic piano tonal range from mellow to bright depending on how hard you strike the keys, and had long, lush sustain and decay time when using the sustain pedal or holding down a key. ![]() At first I thought I liked this piano overall and for its $799 price it was definitely competitive in this price range. ![]() After playing this new model for many hours (yes, I have actually played it unlike most other reviewers out there who rarely ever play what they talk about because they just make stuff up) I came away from it with a few immediate impressions as compared to the previous model FP-30 (no X).
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