Roland FR-4XB BK

Roland FR-4XB BK - Digital accordion with 92 buttons for the right hand and 120 bass buttons, compact and lightweight, offering the same sound module and user interface found in the FR-8Xb. It provides 100 accordion sound sets (including 67 pre-loaded sets), 162 orchestral sounds, 32 organ sounds, and 3 drum sounds.

It features built-in effects such as Chorus, Reverb, and Rotary, quick response, and high sensitivity of the bellows, with a resistance regulator for adjusting the inertia of the bellows. It is equipped with an LCD screen, built-in amplification system with 2 speakers and high tweeter, 4 expansion slots for access to additional tone libraries (Balkan and Dallape packages are already installed). It benefits from a headphone output and line outputs, onboard audio recording, MIDI I/O USB connection, USB memory port for recording/replaying songs. It is powered by an external power supply or 10 AA batteries.

Technical Specifications:

• Right hand: 92 velocity-sensitive buttons
• Left hand: 120 bass buttons with velocity sensitivity
• Treble mode (note layout on the right-hand keyboard): C Griff Europe, C Griff 2, B Griff Bajan, C Griff Fin, D Griff 1, D Griff 2
• Bass and chord mode (keyboard layout for the left hand): 2 rows of bass, 3 rows of A-7th bass, 3 rows of A-5dim bass, 3 rows of B-7th bass, 3 rows of B-5dim bass, 3 rows of Bx-7th bass, 3 rows of Belgium bass
• Free bass mode (note layout on the left-hand keyboard): Minor 3rd, Bajan, Fifth, North Europe, Finnish
• Bellows: with high-resolution pressure sensor, and pressure regulator, with a fine-tuning knob.
• Bellows curve: Fixed Low, Fixed Med, Fixed High, X-Light, Light, Standard, Heavy, X-Heavy, Close, Open, Tango, Traditional, Jazz, Classic, Dynamic1, Dynamic2
• Maximum polyphony: 128 voices
• Accordion tone sets: 100 tone sets
• Each set includes (number of sounds that can be assigned to each keyboard):
• Right hand register: 14 accordion registers, 14 orchestral registers, 14 organ registers
• Left hand register: 7 bass and chord registers, 7 free bass registers, 7 orchestral bass registers, 7 orchestral chord registers, 7 orchestral free bass registers.
• Reed sections: 7 medium, 5 bass, 3 chords, 2 free bass
• Orchestral sounds: 162 (can be used together with orchestral bass, chord, and free bass sounds).
• Organ sounds: 32 high presets, orchestral chord sections and orchestral free bass, 16 orchestral bass section presets.
• Drum sets: 3
• User programs: 98 (7 banks of user programs x 14 registers)

• Noise: reed closing sound, valve closing noise, button noise.
• Individual reed simulation: Hysteresis Threshold, Expression Curve, Pressure-Variant Filter, Pressure-Variant Pitch Deviation
• Reed sound wave: depending on the acceleration produced by the bellows and the note repetition speed.
• Sound change on bellows closing/opening: detected based on the bellows action.
• 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)
• Fine tuning of reed 8- / 8+: -100 to 0 to +100
• Effects:
  • Reverb: 8 types
  • Chorus: 8 types
  • Rotary for organ sound: slow/fast
  • “Cassotto” simulator: yes
  • 4-band EQ for built-in speakers: yes

• Right hand keyboard mode: Layer (Zone), High, Low
• Octave change:
  • -3, 0, +3 for orchestral. Can be saved individually for each set.
  • -1, 0, +1 for high, orchestral, organ (right hand). This setting can be saved individually for each user program.
• Orchestral guitar chord mode: Gtr Table1, Gtr Table2, Gtr Table3
• Sound editing: Yes
• Mute on sections: Accordion, Orchestra, Organ, Bass&Chord, Free Bass, Orch Bass, Orch Chord, Orch Free Bass
• Bass and chords with drum/percussion sounds: yes
• Audio recording and playback: MP3/WAV playback from USB stick, WAV recording directly to USB drive
• Power on/off speakers: yes

• Display: Custom LCD (8 characters + 16 segments x 4)
• Output power: 2 x 11 W
• Speakers: 2 x 10 cm, 1 x Tweeter
• Expansion: 4 INTERNAL ZONES (8 MB each) for loading new sounds. At delivery, sounds are loaded only in 2 zones
• Power supply: AC adapter or 10 AA batteries
• Battery usage time: 5 hours with speakers on, 9 hours with speakers off
• Current consumption: 2000 mA
• Connectors:
  • Output: L/Mono (Treble), R/Mono (Bass), 1/4” jack
  • Headphones: 1/4” stereo jack
  • Input: 1/8” stereo mini jack
  • MIDI (IN or OUT)
  • USB memory port
  • USB COMPUTER port (high-speed USB with MIDI support)
  • DC power connector
• Accessories:
  • AC adapter
  • Power cable
  • User manual
  • Reference caps for bass buttons
  • Reference caps for right-hand buttons
  • Straps
  • Dust protection cover
• Optional accessories:
  • USB Flash Memory
  • Soft case protection and transport bag (BAG-FR-3)
  • MIDI foot controller (FC-300)
  • Dimensions (W x H x D): 470 x 390 x 240 mm
  • Weight 8.6 kg (without straps and batteries)
• Finish: black.