Roland V-Stage: The Ultimate Stage Keyboard for Gigging Musicians?
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The new Roland V-Stage about to be unveiled at NAMM 2025 sounds like a live performer’s dream: With four independent sections based on Roland’s latest and greatest piano, organ, and synth engines, could the V-Stage 76 and V-Stage 88 be the manufacturer’s most powerful keyboards for gigging performers ever?
Roland V-Stage: I’ll Have One of Everything, Please
Roland helped pioneer the modern stage keyboard with the V-Combo VR series, a range of gig-friendly keyboards built around the Virtual Tone Wheel organ emulation. However, the last V-Combo VR model came out in 2017 if I’m not mistaken, so it was high time for something new. At NAMM 2025, Roland unveils the all-new V-Stage, a top-of-the-line stage keyboard available with 76 or 88 keys.
Featuring a hammer-action keybed with aftertouch, the V-Stage 88 is perfect for players who play mainly piano and electric piano. The smaller V-Stage 76 offers semi-weighted waterfall keys (also with aftertouch), making this keyboard the right choice if your main focus is on organ and synth sounds. Apart from the keyboard size and action, the two V-Stage models are identical.
The V-Stage offers four independent sections for organ, acoustic pianos, electric pianos, and synths. Each section has its own dedicated set of hands-on controls and can be assigned to the left and/or right keyboard zones at the push of a button, a concept that may have been ever so slightly inspired by a certain Swedish manufacturer.
For the sounds, it seems like the designers picked all the latest and greatest engines from Roland’s extensive catalog. The organ section has three parts (Upper, Lower, Pedal) and four organ models (Virtual Tone Wheel, 2 transistor organs, pipe organ) controlled by a physical drawbar set with LEDs. Needless to say, it also includes chorus/vibrato, overdrive, percussion, and a rotary speaker simulation.
While the acoustic pianos are V-Piano-based, the electric pianos come from the SuperNATURAL engine. The electric piano section offers a choice of four models (Tine, Reed, Digital Piano, Clavinet) with dedicated effects such as chorus, phaser, wah, tremolo, and an amp simulation.
In addition to this, the Roland V-Stage offers a dual-layer synth based on the ZEN Core engine. Out of the box, it comes with more than 400 sounds, but you can easily expand it using SDZ sound packs and Roland Model Expansions. This means that the V-Stage can also emulate classics such as the Jupiter-8, Juno-106, SH-101, JX-8P, and JD-800.
Finally, the Roland V-Stage has a global multi-effects processor (overdrive, filter, modulation effects, etc.), delay, and reverb. There’s also a master compressor and an EQ, all accessible directly from the front panel.
In terms of connectivity, the Roland V-Stage is equipped for pretty much any performance situation on stage. In addition to a stereo main output (XLR and 1/4”), there are two sub outputs. You can connect up to four pedals or foot switches. There’s also MIDI In/Out/Thru (the Thru port can be used as a second output if you wish), an XLR microphone input, and two line inputs. Moreover, the V-Stage has three USB-A ports for external devices and storage media, as well as a USB-C port for a computer.
Price and Availability
The Roland V-Stage 76 and V-Stage 88 are now ready to order from Thomann* for $2999 / £2999 / €3499 and $3444 / £3399 / €3999, respectively.
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One response to “Roland V-Stage: The Ultimate Stage Keyboard for Gigging Musicians?”
The Andertons demo was giving me GAS. it sounds as good as it looks