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POWER AND PORTABILITY: THE V-ACCORDION REVOLUTION CONTINUES
There’s plenty to love about the traditional accordion, from its expression to its portability. But if you’ve ever wondered where Roland’s acclaimed range of digital V-Accordions could take your performance, the new Roland FR-4xb is your chance to find out. With its light and compact design, responsive pressure-sensing bellows, and full-range onboard speakers, this latest model feels as familiar as your favorite acoustic accordion. But with the same powerful sound engine as Roland’s flagship FR-8xb, this digital accordion goes even further. Choose from a wide selection of accordion sounds from around the world, and play in silence using headphones or connect to a PA for live performance. Control other electronic musical instruments via the MIDI connector, or record your playing to a connected USB stick and share your music with the world. While its sounds and playing feel are reassuringly traditional, the Roland FR-4xb is an accordion for the modern age.
FR-4xb
92 right-hand and 120 left-hand buttons
Compact and lightweight
Sound module and user interface from the flagship FR-8xb
100 accordion sound sets (including 67 pre-loaded sets), 162 orchestral sounds, 32 organ sounds, 3 drum sounds
Built-in chorus, reverb, and rotary effects
Fast response and high sensitivity from bellows pressure-sensing circuitry
Bellows Resistance Regulator to adjust bellows’ inertia
Character-type LCD screen
Four expansion slots for access to additional tone libraries (Balkan and Dallapè expansions are pre-installed)
Powerful onboard amplification system (two speakers + one tweeter)
Headphones and line outputs
Onboard audio recorder
USB connection and MIDI I/O
USB memory port for song playback and recording
Powered by AC adaptor or 10 AA-size batteries
Dedicated FR-4x Editor software
Available in black or red; made in Italy
KEYBOARD, BASS & BELLOWS
Right hand
92 buttons (with velocity sensitivity)
Left hand
120 bass buttons (with velocity sensitivity)
Bass & Chord Mode (Left-Hand Keyboard Note Layout)
2 Bass Rows, 3 Bass Rows A-7th, 3 Bass Rows A-5dim, 3 Bass Rows B-7th, 3 Bass Rows B-5dim, 3 Bass Rows Bx-7th, 3 Bass Rows Belgium
Free Bass Mode (Left-Hand Keyboard Note Layout)
Minor 3rd, Bajan, Fifth, North Europe, Finnish
Bellows
High-resolution pressure sensor for the detection of bellows pressure
Bellows resistance regulator: wheel with fine adjustment
Bellows curve
Fixed Low, Fixed Med, Fixed High, X-Light, Light, Standard, Heavy, X-Heavy, Close, Open, Tango, Traditional, Jazz, Classic, Dynamic1, Dynamic2
SOUND SOURCE
Max polyphony
128 voices
Tones (Accordion Set)
100 Accordion Sets
Each Accordion Set includes (number of sounds that can be assigned to the register buttons):
Right Hand Registers: 14 Accordion registers, 14 Orchestra registers, 14 Organ registers
Left Hand Registers: 7 Bass & Chord registers, 7 Free Bass registers,
7 Orchestra Bass registers, 7 Orchestra Chord registers, 7 Orchestra Free Bass registers
Orchestral sounds
162
* Orchestral sounds can also be used with orchestral bass sounds, orchestral chord sounds, and orchestral free bass sounds.
Organ sounds (Virtual Tone Wheel)
32 presets for Treble, Orchestra Chord and Orchestra Free Bass sections,
16 presets for Orchestra Bass section
Drum Sets
3
User Programs
98: 7 User Program Bank x 14 registers
PBM (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
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
8 types
* Includes delay type.
Chorus
8 types
* Includes delay type.
Rotary for Organ sound
Slow/Fast
“Cassotto” simulation
Yes
4 Band EQ for Internal Speakers
Yes
PANEL CONTROLS
Knob controls & Registers
Volume, Balance, Reverb, Chorus,
Right hand register buttons 7 x 2
* Use the A/B button to switch between sounds assigned to the register buttons.
Left hand register buttons 7
Navigation switches
Menu/Write, Exit/No, Enter/Yes, Cursor , Value -/+ (Set Down/Up)
Other switches
Right Hand Parts switches (Accordion, Orchestra, Organ)
Left Hand Parts switches (Drums, Orch Bass, Orch Chrd/F.Bass, F.Bass, Bass&Chrd)
User Program, Song List, Play/Pause, Rec, Power
Additional switches
6 user assignable function switches on last row of bass buttons
OPERATION MODE
Right Hand Keyboard Mode
Layer (Zone), High, Low
Octave Shift
-3, 0, +3 for Orchestra
This setting can be saved individually for each set.
-1, 0, +1 for Treble, Orchestra, Organ (Right hand)
This setting can be saved individually for each user program.
Orchestra Chord Guitar Mode
Gtr Table1, Gtr Table2, Gtr Table3
Sound Edit
Yes
* The dedicated editor allows full editing.
Bass to Treble
Yes
Part Mute
Accordion, Orchestra, 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 rows, Chord/Orchestra Chord rows
Audio Player and Audio REC
MP3/WAV file playback from a USB flash drive, WAV file recording to a USB flash drive
Speakers On/Off
Yes
Left-hand Button Keyboard Layer
Yes
OTHER
Display
Custom LCD (8 characters + 16 segments x 4)
Rated Power Output
2 x 11 W
Speakers
2 x 10 cm
1 x Tweeter
Wave Expansion
4 internal areas (8 MB each) to load new sounds
* When shipped from the factory, sounds are pre-installed in two areas.
Power supply
AC adaptor
Batteries (AA-type rechargeable Ni-MH x 10)
* Expected battery life under continuous use: 5 hours speaker ON mode, 9 hours speaker OFF mode
Current Draw
2,000 mA
Onboard connectors
OUTPUT jacks L/Mono (Treble), R/Mono (Bass): 1/4” phone type
PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4” phone type
INPUT jack: Stereo miniature phone type
MIDI (IN or OUT) connectors
USB MEMORY port
USB COMPUTER port (USB Hi-Speed MIDI support)
(Use a USB cable and a USB port on your computer that supports Hi-Speed USB.)
DC IN jack
Accessories
AC Adaptor
Power cord (for connecting the AC adaptor)
Owner’s Manual
Reference caps for right-hand button keyboard
Reference caps for the bass buttons
Straps
Accordion cover
Attachment strip
Option (sold separately)
USB Flash memory
Soft case for accordion (BAG-FR-3)
Headphones
MIDI foot controller (FC-300)
SIZE AND WEIGHT
Width
470 mm
18-9/16 inches
Depth
240 mm
9-1/2 inches
Height
390 mm
15-3/8 inches
Weight
8.6 kg
19 lbs.
(Without straps and batteries)
