(B-Stock) Roland - 'FR-8xb' V-Accordion (Black)

The Ultimate Fusion of Technology & TraditionThe Roland FR-8xb comes with perfected synergy between traditional accordion playability and modern digital enhancements. Designed with input from the world’s best players, the latest flagship V-Accordion is full of features and improvements, such as a completely redesigned button-type keyboard, offering a level of expression and versatility never before achieved and making it available to every accordionist.

Innovative Dynamic Bellows Behavior technology provides the true bellows response of an acoustic accordion, while the expanded sound set, four powerful multi-effects, an onboard looper, and much more offer a new world of tools for dynamic musical exploration. Effortlessly combining top-level technology with familiar acoustic tradition, the FR-8xb V-Accordion comes to life in a new era of creative freedom for all players.

Amazing Features • All-new user interface, featuring a large, easy-to-read color display, intuitive panel layout, and three programmable chin switches
• Newly developed Dynamic Bellows Behavior technology emulates the true bellows response of an acoustic accordion
• Flagship button-type V-Accordion, filled with many enhancements requested by pro accordionists
• 1,400 user program memories allow players to save custom setups for every performing situation
• Onboard looper for creating instant backing accompaniment while performing

Redesigned InterfaceThe FR-8xb comes with a fully redesigned user interface that’s more powerful and easier to use than ever before. A large, recessed color display makes it easy to edit several parameters, while the revamped panel layout gives you fast, intuitive operation by using many dedicated controls.

Three all-new programmable chin switches let you control a range of functions such as changing registers, selecting user programs, and more, all without lifting your hands off the keyboards. Along with this, 1400 user program memories give you plenty of storage for custom settings, with quick fingertip recall in every performing scenario.

The FR-8xb features a completely redesigned button-type keyboard, which has a piston-style mechanism integrated for a playing touch just like an acoustic button-type accordion. Also, the buttons are made with a synthetic pearl material for a professional style and feel.

Zones, Layers & DrumsAlong with a full range of authentic accordion sounds from around the world, the FR-8xb features over 180 orchestra and percussion sounds, giving you the power to expand your music into new territory. Traditional instruments such as strings and brass, plus electric and acoustic guitars, choir, church organ, harp, ethnic sounds, synthesizers are included, and a wide range of drum kits.

With the Virtual Tone Wheel sound engine, you can play incredible organ sounds using Treble (upper), Chord (lower) and Bass (pedal) sections, with harmonic bar controls to personalize your organ sounds for any musical style. Four internal memory areas (8 MB each) are available for loading new sounds from the Roland sound library.

With the FR-8xb, more layering and zone setup options can be achieved in the right-hand keyboard modes than ever before. Whole, Zone, High, and Low modes are provided, so you can play up to four different tones at once. Left-hand keyboard modes now include layering options too. The programmable Drum setting takes accordion performance to a fun new dimension, letting you play percussion sounds manually with the Bass & Chord buttons.

The USB COMPUTER port on the side panel offers a wide range of modern music production to accordionists, giving you the ability to easily connect the FR-8xb to a computer and use it with popular MIDI software as a unique, expressive controller and a powerful sound engine.