The Roland FR-1XB offers a professional look and feel for players of all styles and levels. This compact and lightweight accordion is perfect for students and pros alike and is perfect for street performing small venues and restaurants. The V-Accordion is great for many different playing styles including folk rock roots-rock blues zydeco and more. Enjoy instant high-quality sound from the on-board speakers or privately through your headphones.
Small But Powerful V-Accordion
Roland have dedicated themselves to the ongoing development of this revolutionary instrument the V-Accordion. The FR-1XB Compact Button Type Accordion is small and lightweight perfect for beginners and younger players. Also ideal for the professional accordionist and live performer Roland havent compromised on sound quality with new-generation speakers on board and an expanded 7-segment/3-character display the FR-1x sets a powerful standard for a small lightweight accordion.
Access Dozens of Different Sounds
The FR-1XB allows you to access over a dozen different accordion sounds instantly. You can also create your own unique timbres and sounds with access to on-board orchestral instruments as well as virtual tone wheel organs with realistic rotary effects. Also included are manual drum/percussion sounds that can be played with the bass and chord buttons! USB For Data Store & Upload
The compact accordion features a handy USB port which using the USB Flash Memory allows you to easily store data such as User Program and to upload new sounds. The USB Flash Memory is also great for playback and recording enhancing your performance. The fast response and higher sensitivity featured on the FR-1x will satisfy even the most demanding accordion player.
Features
Full range high quality speakers on board in bass reflex box: 7 W x 2 USB memory port for Wave/MP3 player new-sounds upload data loading/saving Professional look with friendly user interface and 7-segment LED Standard and Free Bass modes 16 Accordion Sets 16 Orchestral sounds four Virtual Tone wheel presets eight User Programs
Specifications
Keyboard Bass & Bellows Right hand: 62 buttons velocity sensitive Left hand: 72 bass buttons velocity sensitive Treble modes: C Griff Europe C Griff 2 B Griff Bajan B Griff Fin D Griff 1 D Griff 2 Bass & Chord modes: 2 Bs Rows 3 Bs Rows A-7th 3 Bs Rows A-5dim 3 Bs Rows B-7th 3 Bs Rows B-5dim 3 Bs Rows Bx-7th 3 Bs Rows Belgium Free
Bass modes: Minor 3rd (37 notes Eb-Eb) Bajan (37 notes D-D) Fifth (36 notes C-C) North Europe (37 notes D-C#) Finnish (37 notes D-D) Bellows: New pressure sensor for better sensitivity and Advanced Physical Behaviour Modelling such as detection of bellows opening/closing Bellows Resistant Regulator wheel with fine adjustment Bellows curve: Fixed Low Fixed Med Fixed High X-Light Light Standard Heavy X-Heavy Sound Generator Max. Polyphony: 128 voices Tones (Accordion Set): 16 Accordion Sets (including 4 User Sets) each one including: 14 Treble registers 7 Bass/Chord registers 7 Free Bass registers 7 Orchestra Free Bass registers 7 Orchestra Bass registers 7 Orchestra Chord registers Reed Footages: 7 Treble 5 Bass 3 Chord 2 Free Bass Additional sounds: Uploadable from USB memory and saved on 4 User sets Sounds Orchestral sounds: Strings JazzScat1 JazzDoos Str&Choir Twin Trump Trombone FrenchHorn Brass Flute1 Tenor Sax2 Clarinet Oboe Ac Piano Ac Guitar Mandolin HarpsStr Organ sounds: Jazz Slow/Fast Latin Slow/Fast HousPerc Slow/Fast Theatre Slow/Fast Orchestral Bass sounds: Acoustic Fingered Bowed Jazz Pedal VTW Tuba Mix Tuba Fretless Orchestral Chord sounds: Strings JazzDoos Jazz VTW R&B VTW Steel Gtr Ac Guitar Ac Piano Orchestral Free Bass sounds: Strings JazzDoos Jazz VTW Clarinet Ac Guitar Ac Piano Oboe PBM (Physical Behaviour Modelling) Noises: Stopping-reed growl Closing valve noise Left button noise Individual Reed Simulation: Hysteresis threshold Expression curve Pressure variant filter Pressure variant pitch deviation Switching Reed Sound Wav: By bellows acceleration by note repetition speed Bellows opening/closing sound change: bellows opening/closing detection Musette Tuning Micro-Tuning
Presets: 16 Types: Off Dry Classic F-Folk American L/H North Europe German L/H D-Folk L/H Alpine Italian L/H French Scottish Effects Reverb/Chorus: 8 types 8 types Rotary for Organ sound: Slow/Fast Panel Controls Knob controls & Registers: Volume 4 x Treble/Orchestra/Organ + Set Other switches: Drum On/Off Orchestra On/Off Organ On/Off Free Bass On/Off Orchestra Bass On/Off Orchestra Chord/Free Bass On/Off User Programs On/Off Wave/MP3 player: Reset/Stop Play/Pause Power Operation Mode User Programs: 8 memories Orchestra/Organ mode: Solo Dual Octave: Down 0 Up for Treble Orchestra/Organ Metronome: On/Off Bass&Chord with
drum/percussion sounds: On/Off for Bass/Orch Bass 2 rows Chord/Orchestra Chord 4 rows Audio Player: mp3/Wave player from USB memory Bass to Treble mode: On/Off Other Display: 7 segments 3 characters (LED) Rated Power Output: 7 W x 2
Speakers: 9 cm x 2 Wave Expansion: 2 internal areas (8 MB each) to load new sounds Power supply: AC adaptor Batteries (not included) AA-type rechargeable Ni-MH x 8
Expected battery life under continuous use: 5-hours (speaker ON mode) 8-hours (speaker OFF mode) *With using Ni-MH 2000mAh batteries Onboard Connectors: OUTPUT jacks L/Mono (Treble) R/Mono (Bass): 1/4″ phone type PHONES jack: 1/4″ phone type MIDI OUT connector USB MEMORY connector type A USB COMPUTER connector type B
DC IN connector Accessories: AC Adaptor Power cord (for connecting the AC adaptor) Owner?s Manual Reference caps for the bass buttons Reference caps for the treble buttons Straps Strip for securing the adapter MIDI and/or audio cables
Options (sold separately): Accordion soft bag USB Flash memory (M-UF-series) Audio-Midi cable (AMC-3) Music Rest and Throne (AAP-1) Headphones (RH-200 RH-300)
Size and Weight Width (W): 380 mm (15 inches) Depth (D): 365 mm (14-3/8 inches) Height (H): 195 mm (7-11/16 inches) Weight: 6.4 kg (14 lbs. 2 oz.)
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