Roland FR-8xB BK

Roland FR-8XB BK - Digital accordion with 92 buttons for the right hand and 120 bass buttons, compact and lightweight. It offers 100 accordion sound sets, 180 orchestral sounds, 32 organ sounds, and 18 drum sets. It features built-in effects including Chorus, Reverb, and Rotary, with quick response and high sensitivity of the bellows. It is equipped with an LCD screen, built-in amplification system with 2 speakers and high tweeters, and 4 expansion slots for access to additional tone libraries. It benefits from a headphone output and line outputs, onboard audio recording, MIDI I/O USB connection, and a USB memory port for song recording/playback. It can be powered by an external power supply or via a battery pack.

Technical specifications:

• Right hand: 92 velocity-sensitive buttons
• Left hand: 120 velocity-sensitive bass buttons (Standard, Free Bass mode, Orch. Bass, Orch. Chord, Orch. Free Bass)
• 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 advanced technology “Dynamic Bellows Behavior” for managing bellows operation
• Bellows resistance: On, Off, -63 to 0 to +64
• Bellows curve: Fixed Low, Fixed Med, Fixed High, X-Light, Light, Standard, Heavy, X-Heavy
• Maximum polyphony: 128 voices
• Accordion tone sets: 100 tone sets
  • Each set includes 14 high registers, 14 bass/chord registers, 7 free bass registers, 7 orchestral free bass registers, 7 orchestral bass registers, 7 orchestral chord registers, 180 orchestral sounds (28 in real-time + others selectable from the menu), 18 drum sets
  • Reed tones: 7 high, 5 bass, 3 chords, 2 free bass
  • Additional sounds: loadable from USB memory with storage in internal memory
  • Orchestral sounds: 180 orchestral sounds (28 in real-time + others selectable from the menu)
  • Organ sounds (Virtual Tone Wheel): 32 presets for highs, chord sections, and free bass, 16 presets for bass sections with up to 28 combined and customisable harmonic measures, can be controlled and formed from the bellows
  • Orchestral bass sounds: 180 sounds (7 in real-time + others selectable from the menu)
  • Orchestral chord sounds: 180 sounds (7 in real-time + others selectable from the menu)
  • Orchestral bass chord sounds: 180 sounds (7 in real-time + others selectable from the menu)
  • Drum sets: 18
• User programs: 1,400 (100 user program banks x 14 registers)
• APBM (ADVANCED PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR MODELING)
• Noises: sound of end-of-blow reed, valve closure noises, button noises.
• 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 bellows action.
• Bellows behaviour: Dynamic Bellows Behavior technology simulates and controls bellows behaviour, providing one identical to that of classic accordions

• 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 reed tuning 8- / 8+: -100 to 0 to +100
• Effects:
  • Reverb: 8 types
  • Chorus: 8 types
  • Delay: 10 types
  • Multi-effects MFX: 84 types for Accordion, Orchestra 1, Orchestra 2, Orch Chord/Orch Free Bass
  • Rotary for organ sound: low/Fast with Vibrato, Chorus, Overdrive, and VK-Rotary
  • “Cassotto” simulator: yes

• Registers and control buttons: Volume, Balance, Reverb Chorus, Delay, Effect (assignable button), 14 x Accordion/Orchestra1/Orchestra2/Organ
• Encoder: Data Edit with Enter
• Navigation selectors: Up, Down, Menu/Write, Exit/Jump
• Other selectors: Set Up, Set Down, Orch 1 On/Off, Orch 2 On/Off, Organ On/Off, Accordion On/Off, Orch Bass On/Off, Orch Chord/Free Bass On/Off, Free Bass On/Off, Bass&Chord On/Off, Drums On/Off, Bass to Treble On/Off, User Program On/Off, Song List On/Off, Power On/Off, Charge On/Off, Loop/Wave/MP3 player: Loop, Reset/Stop, Play/Pause, Audio Rec
• Chin selectors: 3 programmable selectors
• Additional selectors: 6 assignable buttons located on the last row of buttons on the bass keyboard

• Operating mode:
  • Accordion, Orchest1/Organ, Orchest2, Drum: Zone, High, Low
  • Octave: -1, 0, +1 for highs, -3, 0, +3 for Orchest1, Orchest2
  • Change drum sets: -36 to 0 to +36
  • Orchestral and guitar chord mode: Gtr Table1, Gtr Table2, Gtr Table3
  • Sound editing: Orchest1, Orchest2, Orch Bass, Orch Chord, Orch Free Bass
  • Bass to highs: On/Off
  • Part Mute: Accordion, Orchest 1, Orchest 2, Organ, Bass&Chord, Free Bass, Orch Bass, Orch Chord, Orch Free Bass
  • Bass and chords with drum and percussion sounds:
    • programmable drum and percussion sounds for bass and orchestral bass on 2 rows
    • orchestral chords and chords on 4 rows
  • Audio player and audio recording: MP3/Wav from external USB memory, and REC to USB
  • Audio loop: recording (with overdub function) and playback
  • Speaker mute: On/Off and adjustable via menu parameters
  • Editing and writing: for parameters in each section - new graphical user interface

• MIDI functions:
  • Ext. Seq. Playback (MIDI IN) or USB Computer: Accordion, Bass&Chord, Orchest1, Orchest2, Organ, Orch Bass, Orch Chord, Orch Free Bass, ALL (Local Off function)
  • Start/Stop MIDI TX: Send Start/Stop by pressing the Alpha key

• Others:
  • Display: Color LCD 2.4”, 320 x 240 dots
  • Output power: 2 x 25 W
  • Speakers: 2 x 9 cm neodymium speakers, 2 x tweeter
  • Expansion: 4 internal zones (8 MB each) for loading new sounds
  • Power supply: AC adapter or Ni-MH battery pack 24V-4500 mA
  • Battery usage time: 8 hours with speakers on, 11 hours with speakers off

• 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 type A
  • USB COMPUTER port (high-speed USB with MIDI support) type B
  • DC power connector

• Accessories:
  • AC adapter
  • Power cable
  • Ni-MH battery pack 24V-4500 mA - rechargeable
  • User manual
  • Reference caps for bass buttons
  • Reference caps for right-hand buttons
  • Straps
  • Dust protection cover
  • Cloth

• Optional accessories:
  • Wireless USB adapter (WNA1100-RL)
  • USB Flash Memory (M-UF2G)
  • Headphones: RH-200, RH-300
  • Ni-MH battery pack 24V-4500 mA - rechargeable

• Dimensions (W x H x D): 510 x 410 x 260 mm
• Weight: 11.9 kg
• Finish: black.