Roland Go:Keys beat components and bass elements
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2024
- Yet another keyboard that reached for the stars but fell heartbreakingly short - the Roland Go:Keys.
In this video I've pulled apart all the best elements of its sophisticated but very limited beats and accompaniments. The video begins with a few short remixes I made myself. They are not great :)
Luv It it put's me in mind of some Retro Tunes you had for the PS1 Games...🤩
Exactly! Good comparison
I own this one and The Juno DS... Juno has more sounds and features, but basically they do sound the same 😮😊 Thank You for Sharing Bro!
Both fun in their own ways :)
@@gearfacts I am thinking about selling my Juno and get something else... Maybe Korg or Yamaha... We shall see. 😁
Nice sounds, but I stay clear of stuff with phone/device connectivity. I'm and old school hardware synth gal.
Me too. Except for the gal part.
A great review again! Sounds interesting. The only other interesting things in the last decade from Roland is JD-XI.
Yep, they haven’t provided much inspiration lately. Meanwhile Korg sprints ahead and Yamaha keeps building heavily on what it’s already got. Come on, Roland!!
I have jad one of these, too, but plan to get the new Go:Keys 5 soon.
Yeah I wanna review that one :)
Please do this subject with the GoKeys 3!!!
Gotta get me one of those
Are you going to review the Go:Keys 3 or 5?
Sent mine back , really struggled with it , got a Casio CTX5000 instead, still working on it
Struggled in which way may I ask?
I'm loosely interested in this model.
@@dwsel its very basic when it comes to doing much with the sounds and the rhythms.
Basis recording function, more an into to synths than something practical, my thoughts of course, others may disagree..
@@dwsel loving my CTX 5000. Very in depth item
@@rikmodeler6723 How about the keyboard springs resistance? How it compares with Casio? I've heard a stories about people returning Roland GOs only due to the perceived heavyness of the keys. I'm personally not into the heavy keyboards so I'm interested in more opinions
BTW. I'm more into the sounds rather than arranger features. So that's not a problem for me what you have pointed out.
@@dwsel keys are fine on the Roland
I had one when I decided to get into keyboards again. Bought a TB3 after and discovered it wouldn’t integrate with other gear. So off it went!
I hear you. It’s got great sounds and a whole swag of frustrating limitations.
Has anyone tried replacing the preset loops with their own sequences using a DAW?
You could perform an entire set with this keyboard alone.
You could indeed. It can play back any music sent to it via USB or bluetooth.
This board has mojo like the JD-Xi, except this one is easier to use.
Yep I think that’s an insightful comment. Cheers Freddie 👍
I have several keyboards, including the Go:Keys. First of all: It's not an arranger keyboard.
It has really good sounds and is fun to play on. But this keyboard also has deficits, for example you cannot mix the loops with each other, by which I mean, mix the bass from one loop category with the drums from another category. That does not work. The loop function is very limited and quickly becomes boring.
Additionally, this keyboard doesn't have a split function, which is a real shame.
If you just want to play a little and are looking for a keyboard for on the go that also sounds good, this might be a good choice.
But if you want more, for example creating songs, this keyboard is less suitable for that.
Agree 100%. All those concerns about its limitations and other issues are covered in my other go:keys videos. It could have been a masterpiece if not for a few critical flaws:(
Is this a plugin ?
No, it’s 100% hardware
@@gearfacts ok thx
Strange that a big company like Roland can't keep up in the homekeyboard market. For their first attempt (the E-20) they had to rely on the Italian Siel factory. After they left the homekeyboard market they started to sell rebranded Medeli keyboards. I would have expected Casio to disappear first, but they survived with much success. The Go:Keys is a half baked homekeyboard. It hasn't enough features to be a real arranger and the sound quality is to poor to be a synth.
Actually the Roland gokeys have excellent sounds
The preset drum patterns on all that good but I usually slow them down and add the bass
This thing sounds premium if you connected to a decent studio monitor I got a KRK monitor
As I stated before the drum patterns on all that great but the preset drums under the drum category are dope
The e pianos are excellent studio quality.
I know its all subjective but I love it
It's not ideal if you like that kind of guy who like to tweak and turn knobs every
You have to hear it live to really appreciate
But I must admit when I first got it I didn't really care for it too much but that's just because I couldn't play as I now
😊 I have Korg Trinity's core tridents and coric wave stations and I find myself going to the road and go keys more for straight bread and butter
I think you both have good points. I found the go:keys sounds to be superb, and it’s playing action was great too - but beyond that it seemed to be messily engineered and frustrating. That’s why I made this video, it’s just a grab-bag of all the best phrases :)
So uninspiring...how far the mighty Roland have fallen to release something like this. You did your best, but it's just a phone app with a pointless keyboard attached.
Worse review I've seen, he didn't show half the things the keyboard can do.
Gearfacts is all about how the instrument inspires and makes you smile and want to use it, not usually a straight "this is it's complete set of functions". The other half would probably be as lacklustre as what he did show. Even older Roland home keyoards are better - I have a E-15, still sounds pretty good. This just sounds like a bunch of cliche samples from a library. What else can it do? @@andyfin990
Hey dude I don’t disagree at all. I’d even add that it’s flawed in lots of other ways too. Its own limitations make it a live-play only keyboard imho.