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Our four piece classic rock band (drums, bass, guitar, acoustic rhythm) just added a keyboard player. We are a fairly loud band with lots of low end (probably too much)... Our guitar player, who has a backline company has a Roland RD-800 which our new keyboard player uses. We have only used it twice. It is a great keyboard and our new band mate is a good player, however it is her first time in a band... The only setting that we have used is the Grand Piano. The first practice we found that is wasn't cutting through... Next practice, we rolled off a bit of the low end and it was an improvement. My question is, are there some settings/patches/tones that would be better suited for us? Any/all suggestions/tips are welcome. Thank you in advance.

No one? Not a single member has anything to offer?

From my experience you're heading in the right direction, depending on the song. I keep my RD800 fairly bright in rock bands. Percussive and bright, though that would sound horrible in a piano driven ballad. The "Classic Rock" description covers a wide range, so that really doesn't say much for keys. The RD800 is a great stage piano, and a decent overall sound module, but if you need some strong synth or organ parts it tends to be so-so in those departments.

All I can say is that is a lot of piano for band just getting started with keys.

There are some piano sounds that start with "Bright", you could try those.