🎹Roland FA-08 Music Workstation Review & Demo🎹

#DigitalPiano Hi everyone, and welcome to another digital piano review here at Merriam Pianos. We’ll be dovetailing our Roland FA-08 unboxing video with an in-depth review of the instrument here. The FA-08 is an 88 note workstation/synthesizer. While it’s positioned below Roland’s top of the line Fantom instruments, the FA-08 is still built for professional use. We’re going to do a deep dive here and I’ll pass along all of my impressions. If this is the first time to the Merriam Pianos channel, please subscribe, we’d really appreciate the support. Piano Action: The FA-08 uses Roland’s Ivory Feel G Keyboard, which was originally introduced with Roland’s Fantom G series in the late 2000’s. This action is essentially a precursor to the PHA4 action you’ll find in many current Roland models, though it actually feels quite similar to Roland’s higher end PHA50 action. The Ivory Feel G action features escapement, and it’s medium weighting should be able to accommodate many different types of playing styles. This instrument isn’t really intended for a classical player, but this action would be serviceable for those purposes. There’s a subtle texture on the white keys, and a matte finish on the black keys that actually reminds me of Kawai’s RHIII action featured in their CN series, and the Nord grand that uses the RHIII action. Like the other Roland action, the edge is a little sharper than the more rounded edges you’ll find in a Kawai. Overall, this is a really solid...