Customer ratings for Roland GO:KEYS

Great sounds, great look, nice touch of keys. Pleasure to play.
There are not that many samples in the loopmix mode. Especially for drums and bass, as they are mostly needed.
It is hard to record several instruments on top of each other, as settings are not that user-friendly.

Good sounding sounds and MIDI step sequencer for composing music:
for the price a very good, compact keyboard with various functions for beginners and advanced users.

I own a Yamaha GENOS keyboard, and was looking for a lightweight, compact device, which can easily be taken along on vacation (holiday apartment). The focus should be the piano music making. (Without automatic accompaniment)
The device is really very compact and light. The keyboard has a slightly rough surface and is very tightly sprung compared to Yamaha keyboards. The sound of the speakers is quite ok for such a small device.
The accompaniment rhythms are mostly modern dance styles and do not suit my taste in music. Unfortunately, all rhythms are 4/4 time. In addition, some rhythms, if you use the automatic accompaniment, only minor chords are played, even if a DUR chord is played with the left hand. For me, the accompaniment rhythms are therefore unusable. The strongly advertised LoopMix function is for me just a nice gimmick that makes beginners believe they have enormous musical abilities. For me, this has nothing to do with making music.

All in all, however, I am satisfied with the device, because it fully meets my criteria mentioned at the beginning. Probably the Roland GO Piano would have been the better choice. I had probably expected too much from the automatic accompaniment.

I was looking for a handy keyboard to practice ideas from tutorials and am totally thrilled because it all goes through one device.
PC to it and headphones on and off you go.
And if you want to let your soul dangle, just start the loop machine... really great.

That the built-in speakers are rather delicate, results by itself ... the low weight and the optional battery operation did not go otherwise.

I would not call it a beginner keyboard. It is too special for that. The sounds serve with some exceptions the rock / pop area, in the areas of A-pianos, electric pianos, organ sounds very assertive and characteristic. The adjustment possibilities are minimal. Either the sounds hit what you want, or you're out of luck. There are no options to maneuver except to screw with the reverb. Classical sounds are not his thing, except for the A piano.
Positively I would like to emphasize
- low weight
- stability
- slip resistance
- decent display
- very good keyboard
- some complex programmed, sophisticated sounds, which are otherwise not available in this price range.
- modulation/pitch buttons
The price is reasonable. More would be too much, less too little.
I would call it a supplementary keyboard, excellent for the part-time keyboardist who otherwise operates another instrument.