Anyone here with Roland RS-9 experience?

I owned one some years ago and really liked the sounds, especially the pianos. If you are looking for a semi-weighted keyboard with great sounds out of the box, this will deliver. Bear in mind, there is no sequencer.

Beware of the 4 knobs though. They send controls haywire if damaged. The behaviour is erratic and doesn't always show up straight away. You need to test it for at least 10mins to make sure knobs are ok. This is the one weakness I found. The knobs are easily damaged. If using for gigs you need a hard case that doesn't touch the knobs.

Hope this helps.+

lot of reviews said the pianos are sub-standard. perhaps they were just snobs? i find an awful lot of that on user reviews.

All sounds are taste some needs rock piano,some others jazs or classical piano. and i mean some can like piano sound becouse suits needs but not suits all users needs music styles have different requiments for piano for example wide dynamic/timbral range ut in rock smoother side is not so important i think etc. Even rare times i found people what like Korgs piano sounds very rare but possible.

I own a Roland RS-9 & absolutely love it. I live in Asia now. It's back in the US.
Over here, I'm using an RS-50 as a MIDI controller.

But there is NOTHING on the market right now like the RS-9.
It was 88 keys & under 24 pounds. If the Roland Juno series had
an 88 key synth like the RS-9, I'd buy it.

But every other 88 key synth on the market is a lot heavier.

I personally like the RS piano patch a lot. I like the organs.
I think the RS-series is under-rated. I'd buy an RS-9 in a heartbeat if I could find one.

Other synths I own are a Korg M3m, Triton Le, Roland RS50, Yamaha MU100 & MU90R.
Where I live now, I control my Yamaha modules & K1r with an M-Audio Axiom 61. It has
keys similar to the RS-9. But I don't like it. For one thing, it's just a MIDI controller - no sounds.
For another thing, the knobs aren't pre-assigned. You have to do it all yourself with software.

I control the Korg M3m with the Roland RS50 because of the knobs. The RS Series synths are
great MIDI controllers.

Out of all of them, I wish I could control the Korg with the RS-9. I just love how that keyboard feels & looks. I especially like the pre-assigned knobs.