A Roland digital piano with a Rhodes badge, built on the RD-series SA engine after Roland bought the name. A decent weighted 88 of its day, but Harold Rhodes said its sound made him sick, and next to a real tine piano it is thin.
Specifications
General
Manufacturer
Rhodes
Status
Discontinued
Released
1989
Keyboard
Keys
88
Key action
Hammer-action
Keybed
88-note weighted piano action
Sounds
Sections
Electric piano, Piano
Drawbars
None
Sound engine
Roland SA (Structured Adaptive) synthesis: 8 tones with 8 variations each, electric pianos plus acoustic piano, vibraphone and clavi
Organ models
None
Polyphony
16 notes (10 for the Contemporary and Clavi tones)
Connections
Outputs
Stereo outputs, Headphones
MIDI ports
DIN in, DIN out, DIN thru
Pedal inputs
Sustain, Control pedal
Features
Features
Chorus, tremolo and phaser, Three-band EQ, 56 user memories