Roland FR-8x Sort tangentharmonika

Keyboard, Bass & Bellows

• Right hand: 41 keys: piano type with velocity sensitive and aftertouch
• Left hand: Piano type/Button type 120 bass buttons velocity sensitive. Standard, Free Bass mode, Orch. Bass, Orch. Chord, Orch. Free Bass
• Bass & Chord Mode.: 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 Mode.:Minor 3rd, Bajan, Fifth, North Europe, Finnish
• Bellows: Advanced “Dynamic Bellows Behavior” technology to manage the behavior of bellows
• Bellows Resistance.:  On, Off, -63 to 0 to +64
• Bellows curve.: Fixed Low, Fixed Med, Fixed High, X-Light, Light, Standard, Heavy, X-Heavy

Sound source

• Max polyphony
• 128 voices
• Tones (Accordion Set)
• 100 Accordion 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, 180 Orchestral sounds (28 real time + others selectable by MENU), 18 Drum Sets
• Reed Footages: 7 Treble, 5 Bass, 3 Chord, 2 Free Bass

Additional sounds:

• Upload from USB memory and saved on internal memory
• Orchestral sounds: 180: 28 real time (14x2) the others selectable by MENU
• Organ sounds (Virtual Tone Wheel)
• 32 presets for Treble, Chord and Free Bass sections, 16 presets x Bass section
• Up to 28 Harmonic Bar combinations customizable, can be controlled and shaped by bellows.
• Orchestral Bass sounds:  180: 7 real time, the others selectable by MENU
• Orchestral Chord sounds:  180: 7 real time, the others selectable by MENU
• Orchestral Free Bass sounds:  180: 7 real time, the others selectable by MENU
• Drum Sets:18
• User Programs: 1,400: 100 User Program Bank x 14 registers
• APBM (Advanced Physical Behavior Modeling)
• 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
• By bellows opening/closing detection
• Bellows Behavior
• Dynamic Bellows Behavior technology for a perfect simulation of the bellows behavior in an acoustic accordion

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
• Fine Tuning reed footages 8- / 8+
• -100 to 0 to +100

Effects

• Reverb/Chorus/Delay: 8 types, 8 types, 10 types
• MFX multi effects: MFX x 4 (84 types) for: Accordion, Orchestra 1, Orchestra 2, Orch Chord/Orch Free Bass
• Rotary for Organ sound: Slow/Fast with Vibrato, Chorus, Overdrive and VK-Rotary
• “Cassotto” simulation: Yes

Panel Controls

• Knob controls & Registers: Volume, Balance, Reverb Chorus, Delay, Effect (assignable knob), 14 x Accordion/Orchestra1/Orchestra2/Organ
• Encoder: Data Edit with Enter
• Navigation switches: Up, Down, Menu/Write, Exit/Jump
• Other switches: 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 switches: 3 programmable chin switches
• Additional switches: 6 user assignable function switches on last row of bass buttons

Operation mode

• Accordion, Orchest1/Organ, Orchest2, Drum
• Zone, High, Low
• Octave
• -1, 0, +1 for Treble, -3, 0, +3 for Orchest1, Orchest2
• Drum Shift
• -36 to 0 to +36
• Orchestra Chord Guitar Mode
• Gtr Table1, Gtr Table2, Gtr Table3
• Sound Edit
• Orchest1, Orchest2, Orch Bass, Orch Chord, Orch Free Bass
• Bass to Treble
• On/Off
• Part Mute
• Accordion, Orchest 1, Orchest 2, Organ, Bass&Chord, Free Bass, Orch Bass, Orch Chord, Orch Free Bass
• Bass & Chord with drum/percussion sounds
• Programmable drum/percussion sounds for Bass/Orch Bass 2 rows, Chord/Orchestra Chord 4 rows.
• Audio Player and Audio REC
• MP3/Wave player from USB memory and REC on USB
• Audio Loop
• REC (with Overdub function) and Play
• Speakers Off
• On/Off adjustable via Menu parameter
• Editing and Write
• Full parameters for each section – New Graphic 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 pushing Alpha dial

Other

• Display: Color LCD 2.4”, 320 x 240 dots
• Rated Power Output: 2 x 25 W
• Speakers: 2 x 9 cm neodymium speakers, 2 x Tweeters
• Wave Expansion: 4 internal areas (8 MB each) to load new sounds
• Power supply: AC adaptor
• Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack 24 V – 4500 mA

* Expected battery life under continuous use: 8 hours speaker ON mode, 11 hours speaker OFF mode
Onboard Connectors

• OUTPUT jacks L/Mono (Treble), R/Mono (Bass): 1/4” phone type
• PHONES jack: 1/4” phone type
• MIDI (IN, OUT) connectors
• USB MEMORY port: type A
• USB COMPUTER port: type B
• DC IN connector

Accessories

• AC Adaptor
• Power cord (for connecting the AC adaptor)
• Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack 24 V – 4500 mA
• Owner’s Manual
• Reference caps for the bass buttons
• Straps
• Accordion cloth
• Accordion soft bag
• Option (sold separately)
• Wireless USB Adaptor (WNA1100-RL)
• USB flash memory (M-UF2G)
• Headphones: RH-200, RH-300
• Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack 24 V – 4500 mA
• Footswitch

Size and Weight (weight: without straps)

• Width: 543 mm/ 21-7/16 inches
• Depth: 280 mm/11-1/16 inches
• Height:  415 mm/16-6/16 inches
• Weight: 12.1 kg/26 lbs. 11 oz.