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We use the model 660 mainly for it's piano sounds. When EQ'd correctly, these are still some of the best. Even better than some of these "stereo-sampled" patches put out today.
The drum sounds are very flat and unresponsive. Even with the "Rock Drums" card installed, nothing very impressive here. Well, the "Gong" is pretty good.
I am very disappointed the Roland (Rhodes) never bothered to put the Vintage Rhodes sounds in this keyboard that bears it's name. The EPs are crap and the organs leave an organist wanting quite a lot more. There is a Pipe Organ card available, but the only things they add is a somewhat decent Church Organ.
A couple of the Roland Sound Cards are essential to make this synth operate and give you the color you need for performance. First and foremost is the Electric Guitar card (#9). The jazz guitars are superior. Some of the distorted are fairly good. If you compare them to sounds from say Roland's XP-10 (1995), the Rhodes wins!!!
Second, the Super Acoustic Guitar (#14) adds the acoustic guitars you WANT to hear. Not that preset crap that's in the "A GUITAR" bank.
Two other cards, Sax & Trombone (#12) and super strings are very good. The saxes sound great. Yes, I said that. The saxes from this keyboard (with the sax card) sound great!!!
Cards you may or may not want:
Ethnic (unless you want those Sicas and Santurs)
Electric Grand (utter garbage)
Synthesizer (included in ROM)
Guitars & Keyboards (included in ROM)
Sound Effects (not to many, but a great Waterphone)
Rock Drums (crap)
A good source for these cards and their sound charts is jim.collins@ncmc.com. I got my guitar card from him, and it looked brand new!!! Plus he faxed me sound charts for free.
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