Accordion
Roland FR-8xb
Price: 4.500 EUR – 4.500 EUR
Availability: 0/10 (Very rare)
Roland's flagship digital V-Accordion in button-type form: 120 velocity-sensitive bass keys and full chromatic button layout, with Dynamic Bellows Behavior modeling and over 180 orchestral and percussion sounds.
About the Roland FR-8xb
The FR-8xb sits at the top of Roland's V-Accordion range, replacing physical reeds entirely with sensor-driven digital modeling while replicating an acoustic accordion's actual bellows response through Roland's Dynamic Bellows Behavior technology - the harder or softer a player pushes the bellows, the modeled reed response changes accordingly, aiming to feel like a physical instrument rather than a synthesizer with a bellows-shaped controller.
With 120 velocity-sensitive bass keys and full 128-voice polyphony, it handles complex bass/chord patterns without dropped notes even at fast tempos. Beyond authentic accordion voicings from multiple world traditions, it includes over 180 orchestral and percussion sounds, 4 dedicated multi-effects engines (one each for accordion, two orchestra sections, and orchestra chords), an onboard looper and recorder, and over 1,400 user memory slots. A rechargeable battery pack provides up to 11 hours of use with the internal speaker off.
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Sound character of the Roland FR-8xb
As Roland's flagship digital button V-Accordion, its Dynamic Bellows Behavior modeling reacts to bellows pressure and speed far more finely than entry V-Accordions, and 128-voice polyphony plus 180+ orchestral/percussion sounds let it layer multiple modeled instruments (strings, organ, percussion) at once well beyond what a single reed set could ever produce.
Technical data for the Roland FR-8xb
| Type | Digital chromatic button V-Accordion |
|---|---|
| Bass keys | 120, velocity-sensitive |
| Polyphony | 128 voices |
| Sounds | 180+ orchestral/percussion |
| Battery | Up to 11h (speaker off) |
The history of the Roland FR-8xb
The FR-8x/FR-8xb represents Roland's most ambitious attempt to give digital accordion players a fully professional-grade instrument, aimed at touring and studio accordionists who need the tonal range of an orchestra alongside a genuine acoustic-accordion playing feel.
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