Roland Go Keys 3 Faulty Keyboard

Roland Go:Keys 3 Faulty Keyboard, presented by Rev. Michael D. Mowery, Thursday 21 November 2024.
This Roland Go:Keys 3 is the second brand new faulty Roland keyboard I have bought.
I bought the Roland Go:Keys 3 ($350) keyboard because Amazon said it had a mic input.
I bought this junk keyboard because online YouTube reviews said it was great.
I should have downloaded and read the Owner's Manual before I bought it.

Pros:
The Roland Go:Keys 3 is basically a toy keyboard with a bunch of tones that sound pretty good.
You can play music or make noise with the Roland Go:Keys 3.
The LCD screen is easy to read.
The Roland Go:Keys 3 ($350) can connect to a computer and be used with a DAW, which most any $125 toy keyboard can do.
You can compose music with the Roland Go:Keys 3 if it is connected to a DAW.
The Roland Go:Keys 3 can transmit both MIDI and Audio at the same time or separately when connected to a DAW.

Cons:
The Roland Go:Keys 3 does not have a complete user manual, a mic input, an aux-in port, a music rest, or song lessons.
There is only one manual for both the Go:Keys 3 and Go:Keys 5 keyboards.
The owner manual does not give detailed step-by-step instructions.
The Roland Go:Keys 3 is not a beginner keyboard, an arranger keyboard, or a workstation keyboard.
The Roland Go:Keys 3 (128 note polyphony) is not user friendly and not easy to navigate.
The tones are pretty good after a factory Reset and a system program Update.
Even after a factory Reset and a system program Update, the Roland Go:Keys 3 has problems with volume and velocity.
You must set the velocity to Fixed or really bang the keys hard to get a proper sound from the keyboard.
The Roland Go:Keys 3 has big problems with its system program software, such as volume and velocity and USB files.
You cannot save MIDI files made with the Roland Go:Keys 3 to a USB thumb drive.
The Roland Go:Keys 3 will not read any MIDI files from a USB thumb drive.
Sometimes the Roland Go:Keys 3 will play a WAV file or an MP3 file from the USB drive and sometimes it will not.
I also had to buy a $35 music rest for the Roland Go:Keys 3, which was sold separately.
I cannot use the Roland VT-4 Voice Transformer with the Roland Go:Keys 3 keyboard, no aux-in port.

Summary:
I'm not going to keep the Roland Go:Keys 3 keyboard because it's junk.
I might donate it to charity or simply throw it in the trash.
If you are a beginner, I suggest you buy the Casio LK-S450 ($300) or the Yamaha EZ-300 ($300) instead.

In most all the online demos of the Roland Go:Keys 3, the volume slider is pushed to 100% full volume because the keyboard has faulty volume and velocity. Keep an eye out for the volume slider in the following demo videos.

Other Roland Go:Keys 3 Demos are here:

1.    • Roland GO Keys 3 - Playing Only!  

2.    • Roland GO:KEYS 3 Sound Demo (no talking)  

3.    • Roland GO:KEYS 3 Review | Better Music  

4.    • Roland GO:KEYS Creative Keyboards | U...  

5.    • Roland GO:KEYS 3 Overview with Georgy  

6.    • How to Use Roland GO:KEYS 3 & GO:KEYS 5  

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