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Roland FP-50BK

Description

A New Level of Piano Performance at Home
The FP-50s authentic piano sound and touch provides top-level performance for playing all musical genres, from classical and jazz to rock and pop. Rolands SuperNATURAL Piano sound engine faithfully replicates the unmatched tone color and expressiveness of the finest acoustic grand pianos, delivering seamless velocity response, natural tone decay, and authentic key-range behavior. Supreme playability comes from the Ivory Feel-G Keyboard with Escapement, which inherits the functions, appearance, and texture of keyboards found in our flagship pianos. At an affordable price, the stylish FP-50 offers sound, touch, and expressiveness rivaling that of high-end instruments.

Versatile Features and Easy Mobility for Live Players
Streamlined and compact, the FP-50 is easy to transport anywhere. In addition to premium acoustic pianos, its filled with a large selection of stage-ready sounds, including SuperNATURAL-based classic EPs, essential organ tones, strings, modern synths, and more. Stereo outputs let you connect to an external amplification system, while the built-in speakers help you monitor your performance while on stage. The intelligent rhythm feature gives you control of an entire onboard backing band for solo performing, with automatic accompaniment that follows whatever you play on the keyboard.

Digital Advantages for Developing Piano Skills
The FP-50s digital technology offers many great benefits that enhance your piano practice sessions. You can turn off the built-in speakers and play privately using headphones, allowing you to practice day or night without disturbing family members or neighbors. Rhythm accompaniments assist you in developing timing and groove, and the wide selection of music styles help expand your versatility. Via optional USB memory, you can play along with WAV audio files using various playback options such as key transposition, tempo adjustment, and Center Cancel, and record your performances as audio data for composing or self-evaluation. SMF songs can be played from USB memory as well.

Fun Air Performer App for iOS Devices
Extend your piano enjoyment with Roland Wireless Connect and the free Air Performer app, which lets you play along with your favorite songs in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch through the FP-50s sound system. Roland Wireless Connect is simple to set up and use, providing convenient, cable-free communication with Apple iOS devices via Rolands optional WNA1100-RL Wireless USB Adapter.

SPECIFICATIONS:

KEYBOARD
Keyboard: 88 keys (Ivory Feel-G Keyboard with Escapement)
Touch Sensitivity: Key Touch: 5 levels, Fixed Touch
Keyboard Modes:
- Whole
- Dual (volume balance adjustable)
- Split (split point, volume balance adjustable)

SOUND GENERATOR
Piano Sound: SuperNATURAL Piano Sound
MIDI Format: Conforms to GM2, GS, XGlite
Max. Polyphony: 128 voices
Tones:
- Grand Piano: 14 tones
- E.Piano: 25 tones
- Strings: 18 tones
- Other: 315 tones (including 8 drum sets, 1 SFX set)
Temperaments: 8 types, selectable temperament key
Stretched Tuning (only for piano tones):
- On
- Off
Master Tuning: 415.3 to 466.2 Hz (adjustable in increments of 0.1 Hz)
Transpose:
- Key Transpose: -6 to +5 (in semitones)
- Playback Transpose: -6 to +5 (in semitones)
Effects:
- Ambience (Off, 1 to 10)
- Equalizer (4-band digital equalizer)

Only for piano tones:
- Soundboard Behavior (Off, 1 to 10)
- Cabinet Resonance (Off, 1 to 10)
- Damper Resonance (Off, 1 to 10)
- String Resonance (Off, 1 to 10)
- Key Off Resonance (Off, 1 to 10)

Only for organ tones:
- Rotary (Slow/Fast)

Only for some tones:
- Modulation Speed (1 to 127)

METRONOME
Tempo: Quarter note = 10 to 500 (When rhythm function turns on: Quarter note = 20 to 250)
Beat: 2/2, 0/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
Volume: 11 levels

SMF RECORDER
Parts: 2 parts (Keyboard, Accompaniment)
Song Save Format: Standard MIDI Files (Format 0)
Songs: 1 song
Note Storage: Approx. 30,000 notes
Controls:
- Song Select
- Play/Stop
- Rec
- Rewinding
- Fast-forwarding
- Beginning of song/Previous song
- Next song
- Tempo
- All songs play
- Count-in
Tempo: Quarter note = 10 to 500 (When rhythm function turns on: Quarter note = 20 to 250)
Resolution: 120 ticks per quarter note

RHYTHM
Rhythms: 90 types x 2 variations
Controls:
- Start/Stop
- Sync Start
- Intro/Ending
- Fill In
- Variation
- C-hord Hold
- Leading Bass
- Rhythm Part

AUDIO
Playable Format: Audio files (WAV format, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear)
Recording (when using sold separately USB Flash Memory):
- Keyboard
- SMF data
- Song
- Rhythm
Recording Format (when using sold separately USB Flash Memory): Audio files (WAV format, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear)
Transpose: Playback Transpose: -6 to +5 (in semitones)
Tempo: Audio Playback Speed: 75 to 125 %
Controls:
- Song Select
- Play/Stop
- Rec
- Rewinding
- Fast-forwarding
- Beginning of song/Previous song
- Next song
- Tempo
- All songs play
- Center Cancel

EXTERNAL MEMORY
External Storage: USB Flash Memory
Playable Song Format:
- Standard MIDI Files (Format 0, 1)
- Roland original format (i-Format)
- Audio files (WAV format, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear)
Save Format:
- Standard MIDI Files (Format 0)
- Audio files (WAV format, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear)
- Registration set files (Roland original format)

OTHER
Internal Songs: 30 songs
Registrations: 20 Registrations (capable of pedal shift)
Rated Power Output: 12 W x 2
Volume Level (SPL): 98 dB
Speakers: (8 cm (3-3/16 inches) x 12 cm (4-3/4 inches)) x 2
Display: Custom LCD
Control: Volume (slider)
Other Functions:
- Panel Lock
- V-LINK
- MIDI Visual Control
- Tone Demo
- Roland Wireless Connect (wireless LAN function *1)
- *1: Wireless USB Adapter sold by Roland is required.
Connectors:
- DC IN jack
- PEDAL (DAMPER/R, SOFT/L *, SOSTENUTO/C *) jacks : 1/4-inch phone type (* assignable)
- INPUT jack: Stereo miniature phone type
- OUTPUT (L/Mono, R) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type
- USB MEMORY port: USB Type A
- MIDI (IN, OUT) connectors
- PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type
Power Supply: AC Adaptor
Power Consumption:
- 9 W (6 to 31 W)
- 9 W: Average power consumption while piano is played with volume at center position
- 6 W: Power consumption immediately after power-up; nothing being played
- 31 W: Rated power consumption
Accessories (included):
- Owner's Manual
- AC Adaptor
- Power Cord
- Music Rest
- Damper Pedal (capable of continuous detection)