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Roland V-Combo VR-730 73-key Live Performance Keyboard

73-key Portable Performance Keyboard with Organ, Piano, and Synth Sounds; Plus Effects, D-BEAM Sensor, Hands-on Controls, and Battery-powered Operation
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73 Waterfall Keys, Sweetwater-exclusive Sounds

Roland's V-Combo VR-730 Live Performance Keyboard is a gigging musician's delight. The lightweight VR-730 is basically three instruments in one — all with instantaneous, real-time hands-on control. Roland's acclaimed Virtual Tone Wheel Organ engine, complete with nine physical drawbars, nails the sound-generation process of vintage tonewheel organs in every way, while the instrument's 73 waterfall-style keys deliver authentic playing feel. Piano is a core sound, and the VR-730 serves up a piano potpourri that covers every musical style. Included are classic EPs, along with essential vintage effects such as tremolo, phaser, wah, and tape delays. The epic acoustic grand features Roland's stereo multi-sampling for piano sounds that rival the company's dedicated stage pianos. The VR-730's SuperNATURAL synth engine is loaded with tons of ready-to-play synths, from vintage to modern. Best of all, we've included a Sweetwater Exclusive sound library expansion created by Daniel Fisher, so you get twice as many sounds to start with compared to a stock V-Combo VR-730!

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Three top-level sound engines cover all the bases

Combining Roland's acclaimed Virtual Tone Wheel organ engine with SuperNATURAL-powered instruments and classic synths, the V-Combo VR-730 will never leave you wanting for sounds. Whether you need a classic whirling organ (complete with leakage and click noise), a glossy EP, or an old-school SH-2 analog synth, you've got it all — and right at your fingertips. What's more, there's a whole host of cool effects onboard the VR-730 to flesh out your tones, including compression, overdrive, amp emulators, phasers, and rotary cabinet emulators, including a cool Twin-Rotary effect.

Packed with the performance options you need

Whether you're rocking one of the V-Combo VR-730's classic synths or putting its Virtual Tone Wheel organ through its paces, you'll be delighted by the sheer usefulness of its front panel controls. A set of nine harmonic tone bars gives you all of the organ control you could ask for, and there are dedicated control sections for the VR-09's piano, synth, effects, and other sections, all bolstered by a large LCD screen. Then there's the D-BEAM optical controller and a 73-note keybed that's fast and responsive enough for any serious organ player.

Gig anywhere with this ultra-portable keyboard

How much would you expect a feature-packed keyboard like the Roland V-Combo VR-730 to weigh? Thirty pounds? Forty pounds? Not even close! Despite its extensive feature set, Roland managed to get the VR-730 down to a trim 21 lbs. 14 oz. But that's not all — the VR-09 can also run entirely on batteries for the ultimate portable playing experience. And Roland's free VR-09 iPad editor app gives you powerful, intuitive control of the VR-730's organ and synth sound engines right from your tablet's touchscreen. Gigging keyboardists here at Sweetwater love the Roland VR-730. We're confident you will, too!

Roland V-Combo VR-730 Live Performance Keyboard Features:

  • Portable performance keyboard with pro sounds for all music styles
  • 73-note waterfall keybed with semi-weighted action for legit organ and EP playing feel
  • Dedicated panel sections give you immediate access to organ, piano, and synth sounds
  • Sweetwater Exclusive sound library expansion created by Daniel Fisher
  • Roland's Virtual Tone Wheel Organ delivers authentic vintage organ sounds
  • 9 drawbars make dialing in the perfect organ sound easy
  • 3 onboard rotary effects, including an aggressive rock rotary type
  • Vintage electric pianos and rich acoustic grand pianos
  • Broad selection of SuperNATURAL synth sounds, from vintage classics to modern must-haves
  • Onboard sound library expandable with free downloads from Roland's Axial website
  • Free downloadable iPad editor app for customizing organ and synth sounds
  • 7 simultaneous effects with dedicated real-time controls
  • D-BEAM optical controller for advanced performance options
  • Enhance your performances and practice sessions with rhythm patterns, metronome, USB audio recording/playback, and more
  • Gig-ready, 21.82-pound vintage-styled chassis with contoured wooden end cheeks
  • Runs on AC or battery power

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Stage Keyboard
  • Sound Engine: Virtual Tone Wheel Organ, SuperNatural Synth, PCM Synth
  • Analog/Digital: Digital
  • Number of Keys: 73
  • Type of Keys: Waterfall, Semi-weighted
  • Velocity Sensitive: Yes
  • Other Controllers: Pitchbend/Modulation lever, D-Beam controller
  • Drawbars: 9 x Assignable (upper, lower)
  • Polyphony: 128 Notes
  • Number of Presets: 268 sounds
  • Effects: Delay, Reverb, Overdrive, Chorus, Vibrato, Rotary,
  • Audio Recording: WAV files, 16-bit/44.1kHz
  • Audio Playback: WAV, AIFF, MP3
  • Storage: USB flash drive
  • Audio Inputs: 1 x 1/8" (aux in)
  • Audio Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (main out)
  • Headphones: 1 x 1/4"
  • USB: 1 x Type A, 1 x Type B
  • MIDI I/O: In/Out/USB
  • Pedal Inputs: 2 x 1/4" (damper, expression), 1 x 8-pin DIN (PK-9 pedalboard)
  • Software: iPad editor app
  • Power Source: AC adapter power supply (included) / 8 x AA batteries (Ni-MH)
  • Height: 4.87"
  • Width: 47.87"
  • Depth: 14.43"
  • Weight: 21 lbs. 14 oz.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: VR-730

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I remember buying my first Hammond B3 in 1979. After playing my Grandma's A-100 since the age of 4, having one was a dream, except hauling around 2 pieces of furniture (the organ and Leslie) that combined weighed in at over 400 pounds. Oh well, no pain no gain. Fast forward to new millennium and I was at my buddy, Skunk's house and he had the new VR-760 sitting in his living room. I could not believe my eyes (and hands). Waterfall keyboard-check, drawbars - check, Leslie simulator - check - under 30 pounds - yahoo!!! My B3 never came out of its case after that. I wore that one out and then the new one came out a couple of years ago. Ticked every box plus the ability to get under the hood with an iPad. Out of the box it is pretty good. Take the time to tweak the settings and it is great. I read someone called its organ sound 'muddy'. Not my experience but I've gone in and altered everything from tonewheel leakage to key click to Leslie speed (the stock implementation speeds up and slows down like a newer Leslie, not like an old 122 or 147). The other sounds are great too. I mainly use it for my Clav (hard to play a Clav part of my Arturia MkII 88), String and synth sounds the the organ is the main tool here. Dial up the distortion and Lordy...Bottom line is that I get lots of compliments but that is because I'm an organ player at heart and the things you can do with a waterfall keyboard would require surgery is you did it on a conventional keyboard like on the VR-9. The only complaint I have is that the Midi implementation is poor. You cannot select Presets via Midi, only the sounds and GR voices. Cannot figure that one out. They could fix that with a firmware update. It would be great to have Mainstage set my voices up on every song but for now, I gotta go old school and hit a button or tweak a drawbar or two.
by Dave from Huntington Beach CA on
Music background: Professional Keyboard Player

Roland VR 730

I played my first gig 54 years ago, and played pro on and off throughout my life. I've principally been a piano and Hammond player, but I play pedal steel, dobro, lap steel, mandolin, banjo and guitar as well, so it's hard to find a gig where they don't want to exploit that fact.

I haven't gigged since the last band broke up at the onset of whatever-this-is, and I got a call to work with an artist I've always liked a lot to come play Steel and dobro, and I thought, yeah, that's easy enough and would be fun. Of course, next thing you know I'm bringing all my toys out again. The pedal steel is 90 pounds by itself, my Yamaha CP 300 it probably close to that, and I'd have to carry at least two amps, so, I'm thinking, it's time to trim the herd. So I got split cases for my steel, a 5 lb Quilter head for my steel rig, and I started looking for a jack-of-all trade keyboard.

I bought a Nord and just didn't connect with it at all and sent it back. When I play piano I want good piano action. I hadn't considered a Roland because I had tried an RD 2000 at one point and didn't care for the samples on it. But I'm thinking, well I'm not playing a lot of keyboard, and a lot of the time I need to reach over for the keyboard for a verse or so, and I'm playing with my fingerpicks on those songs, so maybe I could adjust to a light action even though I had hated the Nord.

So I called by friend Ben Porter at Sweetwater, and he shipped me a Roland VR 730 to try. I have to say that this thing is a veritable swiss army knife! I have a Motion Sound stereo keyboard amp that I play it through, and it was made for the amp or the other way around. There just isn't much to not like about this board. The Hammond section is the best I've had, and I've had VK7 and 8's, CX3 Korg, and of course the Nord, and this organ is a monster. It is just about as much fun as the A 100 and Leslie that it sits next to in my studio. Drawbars are very responsive, the percussion sounds great as does the vibrato, and the Leslie simulator is next best thing to being there. Even better yet, the Leslie is keyed to the D Beam controller and all you have to do is flick you hand in that direction for a spit second and it switches speeds. Beautiful!!

The Piano was underwhelming at first, but after sitting down and allowing myself to adapt to the lighter action, I fell in love with it. The samples are supposed to be from the RD 2000 but my RD never sounded as good as this does, and the samples work exceptionally well in a live mix, which is usually not a Roland forte.

Everything is laid out in such a practical manner. Although only 73 keys, the octave switch is front dead center above the key bed, and easy to hit on the run if you know you need to stretch the keys out to the left or right. Transpose is right there next to it, which is great because the artist plays almost everything down a half step, but not quite, so transposing fast is a must, something that was remiss on the Nord.

It is so easy to switch between all the sounds, which I do often in the same song, and there is a spot where you can program you favorite go-to patches as well. There is a effects bank that has a lot of great features on it as well, and all super intuitive. The Rhodes and Wurly sections are mostly very inspiring and authentic and warm. I don't know if the action contributes to it or what, but the Clavinet is the closest thing to my old Hohner D6 that I have played since my D6 bit the dust 43 years ago.

It has a recordable drum section as well, but I haven't had need to delve into that yet.

What's even more amazing is it only weighs like 21 pounds! So as much stuff as I have to cart around, my back is happy, and I've really trimmed a lot of fat off my rig, and the VR730 takes the credit for the lion's share of it.

If I was going to go do, say a jazz organ or piano gig, I could get by with this board, but I would take my CP 300 for piano and use the VR for the organ. But I have to say that I can't tell you the last time I bought a keyboard that accomplishes its mission as well as this one does. If I was still down in Nashville and barhopping from one gig to another the way I did years ago, this would be my ax. It's a gigging musicians dream. If you're used to piano action it will take some adjusting, but just approach it for what it is, and stop fighting it and you'll be best friends in no time. As for the organ action, it's not far from my A100. It's a blast.

Like advertised, its a live performance keyboard, and unless you're knocking out Chopin or Oscar Peterson it will make a great live performance keyboard for 99% of the gigs that are out there, and it's light as a feather.
by Webb Kline from Orangeville, PA on
Music background: 54 years pro or semi-pro on player. Jazz, Blues, Country, Western Swing, Classic and Progressive Rock., Contemporary Worship

Roland VR 730

Held off on purchasing until a demo was available. When I did I was well pleased and probably should have pulled the trigger sooner. Unit is very intuitive and requires minimal study time of manual to start mixing sounds and creating loops. Excellent organ and electric piano sounds. Plenty to choose from plus multiple effects to enhance and create your own favorite storage sound. Piano sounds are ok, but will not be my go to board for those type of sounds (I really guess it depends on what you are using it for and how much a purist you are. They will get you through a gig but as I said...not my first choice.

Power cord could be a bit more robust, but that is a small criticism. Waterfall keyboard is smooth. If you are looking for a heavy weighted piano style keyboard this is not for you. The rhythm section helps with improv and gets the mind to flowing...along with the Looper effect so you can create your own if what is found in the Roland is not to your liking.

Sweetwater threw in a free tone bank thumb drive with additional sounds and a free bag. Easiest company I have dealt with and Matthew L. was amazing. Helped me through the process and followed up with both emails and a call to ensure I was informed with the process and updated with current status of delivery.
by Will Conley from Texas on

Amazing Organ Keyboard Sounds

I recently started playing on a classic rock band and what I needed the most is an organ sound and a piano.The organ sounds are amazing. They feel real. The guys in the band noticed the change immediately. The keys have an awesome feel too. If that is not enough, the keyboard is not heavy, therefore not a burden to carry. Best buy I've done in the last 5 years.
by Rey Sanchez on
Music background: Keyboard and guitar player

Simply put, modern electronic music wouldn't exist without Roland. Many of the electronic musicians here at Sweetwater cut our teeth on TR Rhythm machines and fondly remember programming our first TB-303s. We owe a good part of our careers to this amazing and innovative company. It's been fun to watch and grow right alongside Roland, as they've introduced wave after wave of revolutionary keyboards, digital pianos, and more. For example, Roland's V-Drum Kits continuously redefine the possibilities of electronic drums, beginning with SuperNATURAL technology to the latest Prismatic Sound Modeling. We're huge fans, and we'd love to tell you all about them. Whether you want a pocket-sized synth or a cutting-edge video mixer, if Roland makes it, then Sweetwater is 100% behind it.

See also: Organs, Roland, Roland Synthesizers, Roland Electric Organs
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