Main Features

Refined Design and a Compact, Lightweight Body

The RD-300SX’s black alumite body not only looks great on stage, it’s also compact and lightweight, for an instrument that is easy to carry wherever you are performing.

88-Key Multi-Sampled Piano

Those same piano sounds, created through 88-key sampling, which won wide acclaim when they made their debut in the Fantom-X series of instruments (the ultimate in synthesizers), are provided onboard the RD-300SX. The only difference is that they have been arranged so they more aptly suit their new role as the sounds produced by a dedicated stage piano. This gives you the kind of expressiveness available only with 88-key multisampled sounds, expressive power unequalled by any other synthesizer.

Additionally, you can take the piano wave forms that make your band sound great and store them in the instrument, and use two types of piano sounds to enjoy performances in a variety of genres.

This instrument also features a full line of important stage piano tones including electric piano, organ, strings, synth pad, and more.

A Full 128 Voices

The RD-300SX features 128-voice polyphony, with all sounds available in every performance mode. Enjoy natural performances even when layering multiple sounds.

Compact Hammer Action Keyboard and Half-Pedal Capability

The RD-300SX incorporates a hammer action keyboard using absolutely no springs, which is even capable of reproducing the subtle changes in touch that are normally experienced when you move from the lower to the higher registers. Additionally, a half-pedal capable pedal (DP-8) is also included, enabling authentic pedal performance.

Simple Push-Button Operation

You can access Split and Dual modes and carry out other main operations simply by pressing a single button (p. 20). Furthermore, pressing the ONE TOUCH [PIANO] button lets you immediately switch to the settings most suited for piano performances, regardless of the mode or settings currently in effect (p. 18).

High-Quality Effects

The RD-300SX also includes 78 types of multi-effects, for example sympathetic resonance that simulates the resonance of the piano strings when the pedal is pressed, a rotary speaker effect, distortion, and more. The instrument also provides a wide variety of tone adjustment capabilities including a two-band digital equalizer and a Sound Control function that helps check inconsistencies in the sound.

A Variety of Functions Available Only with a Stage Piano

This instrument features not only the standard controls you would expect on a stage piano, such as the bender/ modulation lever, it also includes a [SETUP] button that allows you to call up a variety of stored settings instantly and a [MIDI TX] button that gives you simplified control of external sound modules.

This stage piano provides rapid, intuitive control of your sounds.

Rhythm Function

You can play rhythm patterns with the touch of a single button. This enables you to back up your performances with realistic drum sounds, improvise with a true jam session feel, and use the metronome to practice grooves you are not yet familiar with.

USB and GM/GM2 Compatible

The RD-300SX comes equipped with a USB port and GM2 sound module that can be utilized when you use the RD- 300SX as an input keyboard in composing songs with a computer or when using the instrument as a sound module.

* Only MIDI messages are handled with the USB function.

Convention Used in This Manual

•Words enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicate panel buttons.

Example: [SPLIT] indicates the SPLIT button.

•(p. **) indicates a reference page.

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•The explanations in this manual include illustrations that depict what should typically be shown by the display. Note, however, that your unit may incorporate a newer, enhanced version of the system (e.g., includes newer sounds), so what you actually see in the display may not always match what appears in the manual.