Roland V-PIANO

The V-Piano soars above the limitations of past technologies with its revolutionary "living" piano core, allowing every note to respond and evolve naturally, seamlessly, and perfectly without requiring samples. With the V-Piano, there is no velocity switching, and it provides a smooth, natural decay that must be heard to be believed.

Create Your Dream Collection
With the V-Piano you can choose from beautifully crafted vintage grand-piano presets or you can create your own custom dream collection. Vary the hardness of the virtual hammer felts. Experiment with exotic string configurations and tunings. Put a world-famous grand under your fingertips or play a futuristic piano that has never been heard before.

New PHA-III Ivory Feel keyboard
Even the most demanding pianist will appreciate the V-Piano’s new PHA-III Ivory Feel keyboard with Escapement This advanced keyboard technology reproduces the real feel of ivory for the natural keys and ebony for the sharps, and provides a true grand-piano touch and response. Even the subtle click feel when the “hammer” is released from the key (escapement) is reproduced.

Features:

• Revolutionary “living” piano core that breaks thedigital-sampling barrier in a stand-alone instrument
• Stunning pianos onboard, from grand-piano classics tonever-before-heard futuristic hybrids
• Newly developed 88-note PHA-III Ivory Feel keyboardwith Escapement
• Analog (XLR and 1/4”) outputs, digital output(coaxial), USB Memory port and MIDI I/O
• All pianos are customizable

Demo Videos: (QuickTime)

• Part 1: Concept
• Part 2: Main Feature
• Part 3: Vintage and Vanguard
• Part 4: Performance

Specifications:

Keyboard:
88 keys PHA III (Progressive Hammer Action III) Ivory feel Keyboard with Escapement

Sound Generator Section (V-Piano)

• Maximum number of tone-producing virtual strings:
  264-string (varies according to the sound generator load)
• Tones:
  Preset: 24 Tones, User:100 Tones
• Setups:
  100
• V-Piano editing parameters:
  Unison Tune, Hammer Hardness, Cross Resonance, Tone Color,String Resonance, Damper Resonance, Soundboard Resonance, Key off resonance,Damping Time, Damping Noise Level, and more
• Effects:
  Ambiance: 12 types, 4-band Digital Equalizer

Sound Generator Section (GM2: playable via SMF and MIDI)

• Parts:
  16 Parts
• Maximum Polyphony:
  128 voices
• Tones:
  256 Tones

Sequencer Section

• Playable File Format:
  StandardMIDI File: format-0/1, Audio File: WAV, MP3
• Recording Format:
  Standard MIDIFile: format-0
• Number of Recording Tracks:
  1track (realtime recording)
• Note Capacity:
  approx. 30,000notes
• Control:
  Play/Stop, Backward,Forward, Tempo Change, Transpose, Center Cancel (only for audio playback)
• Tempo:
  Quarter note = 10 to500, Audio Playback Speed: 75 to 125%
• Resolution:
  120 ticks perquarter note
• Metronome:
  Beat: 2/2, 0/4, 2/4,3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, Volume: 11 levels
• Song Length:
  Max 998 measures

Others

• Display:
  240 x 64 dots graphicLCD (with backlit)
• Controllers:
  Volume knob,Ambience knob
• Pedal:
  Damper (half-pedalrecognition), Soft (half-pedal recognition, function assignable), Sostenuto(function assignable)
• Internal Memory:
  4M bytes
• Other Functions:
  Panel Lock,V-Link
• Connectors:
  Output A (L/MONO, Rstandard), Output A (L, R XLR), Output B (L/MONO, R standard), Output B (L, RXLR), Input(L/MONO, R standard), Piano Pedal, Damper Pedal, Control Pedal(FC1, FC2), MIDI (IN, OUT, THRU), USB (MIDI, Memory, For Update), DigitalAudio Out (Coaxial), Headphones, AC Inlet
• Power Supply:
  AC 100V, AC 117V,AC 230V or AC 240V(50/60Hz), AC 220V (60Hz)
• Power Consumption:
  27W
• Accessories:
  Owner's manual,CD-ROM (Editor), Piano Pedal, USB Cable, Power Cord
• Options:
  Keyboard Stand: KS-V8, Stereo Keyboard Amplifier: KC-880,Stereo Headphones: RH-300, Monitor Headphones: RH-A30, Damper Pedal: DP-10,Expression Pedal: EV-5, EV-7, Footswitch: BOSS FS-5U, Dual Footswitch: BOSSFS-6

Size and Weight

• Width: 1,411 mm (55-9/16 inches)
• Depth: 530 mm (20-7/8 inches)
• Height: 166 mm (6-9/16 inches)
• Weight: 38.2 kg (84 lbs. 4 oz.)

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