Product Overview
Roland's FR-1x series is compact and lightweight, offering the same flexibility and portability as their FR-1 predecessors, but with significant added features, including USB functionality and advanced bellows-pressure circuitry for enhanced sensitivity and precision.
Roland FR1XB-BK Includes:
- 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
Roland FR1XB-BK Features:
- Full-range, high-quality speakers on board in bass reflex box: 7W x 2
- USB memory port for Wave/MP3 player, new-sounds upload, data loading/saving, User Program data storage
- Professional look with friendly user interface and 7-segment/3-character LED display
- Standard and Free Bass modes
- 16 Accordion Sets, 16 Orchestral sounds, 4 Virtual Tone Wheel presets, 8 User Programs
- Ideal for young players, music studios, schools, professional accordionists and live performers.
- Play privately with ear buds or headphones (sold separately)
- Fits in the overhead storage compartment on most commercial airplanes
- Includes onboard manual drum/percussion sounds that can be played with the bass and chord buttons
- The USB computer port is dedicated to MIDI computer applications, such as sequencer software programs.
- A dedicated software program allows you to create a dedicated User Set for the FR-1xb with access to all Orchestra, Orchestra Bass and Orchestra Chord sounds. It will be available on the Roland Web site as a free download. Thanks to the USB port, it will be easy to load user sets into the FR-1xb.
Roland FR1XB-BK Specifications:
- 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, DGriff 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
- 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
- Orchestral sounds: Strings, JazzScat1, Jazz Doos, Str&Choir, TwinTrump, Trombone, French Horn, Brass, Flute1, Tenor Sax2, Clarinet, Oboe, AcPiano, Ac Guitar, Mandolin, HarpsStr
- Organ sounds: Jazz Slow/Fast, Latin Slow/Fast, HousPerc Slow/Fast, TheatreSlow/Fast
- Orchestral Bass sounds: Acoustic, Fingered, Bowed, Jazz Pedal VTW, TubaMix, Tuba, Fretless
- Orchestral Chord sounds: Strings, JazzDoos, Jazz VTW, R&B VTW, SteelGtr, Ac Guitar, Ac Piano
- Orchestral Free Bass sounds: Strings, JazzDoos, Jazz VTW, Clarinet, AcGuitar, Ac Piano, Oboe
- 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 Wave: By bellows acceleration, by note repetition speed
- Bellows opening/closing sound change: bellows opening/closing detection
- 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
- Reverb/Chorus: 8 types, 8 types
- Rotary for Organ sound: Slow/Fast
- Knob controls & Registers: Volume, 4 x Treble/Orchestra/Organ + Set
- Other switches: Drum On/Off, Orchestra On/Off, Organ On/Off, Free BassOn/Off, Orchestra Bass On/Off, Orchestra Chord/Free Bass On/Off, User ProgramsOn/Off, Wave/MP3 player: Reset/Stop, Play/Pause, Power
- 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 2rows, Chord/Orchestra Chord 4 rows
- Audio Player: mp3/Wave player from USB memory
- Bass to Treble mode: On/Off
- Display: 7 segments, 3 characters (LED)
- Rated Power Output: 7W x 2
- Speakers: 9 cm x 2
- Wave Expansion: 2 internal areas (8 MB each) to load new sounds
- Power supply: AC adaptor or AA-type rechargeable Ni-MH batteries (not included) 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 connecto
- USB MEMORYconnector type A
- USB COMPUTER connector type B
- DC IN connector
- 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)
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 15" x 14-3/8" x 7-11/16" (380 x 365 x 195 mm)
- Weight**: 14 lbs. 2 oz. (6.4 kg)
- *Weight measurement excludes straps and battery