FP4 Digital Piano

The Roland FP-4 is the perfect digital piano for the gigging player. The Roland FP-4 feels and sounds like the real thing with Roland’s finest digital piano engine and an immaculately engineered, 88-key weighted keyboard, It’s got the tone and playability of a world-class grand piano, but it’s light and compact enough to easily sling under one arm. The piano multi-samples on the FP-4 are taken directly from the legendary Roland RD-700SX, but you get to enjoy them at a fraction of the RD-700SX’s price.

Best of all, it’s far less expensive that it looks and sounds. The digital piano sounds by themselves are impressive enough, but Roland wanted to make the FP-4 more than just a one trick pony. The samples are rich, spacious, and long, with 128 note polyphony ensuring that every note you plays decays naturally whether you’re playing quick arpeggios or somber chordal work. The full dynamic range is represented beautifully, too; a characteristic you’ll appreciate even more when you lay your hands on the responsive PHA alpha II real-feel keys. These keys are not only perfectly weighted–substantial, yet quick and non-fatigue-inducing–but they feature a gently graded weight increase, from treble to bass, just like on an acoustic piano’s keyboard.

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Roland FP4 Delivers 333 different sounds, in addition to the piano sounds, you’ve got classic electric piano tones, pipe organs, blues organs, strings, and percussion. Even better is the Session Partner feature. By providing 80 different accompaniment patterns each with two variations, the FP-4 turns your solo gig into an impressive one-man-band outing. Session partner is also a great way to build up or keep up your improvisational chops. Connect your FP-4 to a computer using the USB (MIDI) connector for enhanced song creation and recording. Playing with great musicians makes you a better player, and the FP-4′s Session Partner feature is like having a seasoned rhythm section at your beck and call, whenever and wherever you need them. Should you choose to provide your own accompaniment, the FP-4 is outfitted with a pair of high-quality 1/4″ inserts. Use them to route a CD, MP3, or sequencer through your FP-4′s speakers. You can even route a second keyboard through your Roland FP-4, making it the center of a multi-instrument rig. A MIDI-over USB jack makes the FP-4 even more versatile, turning it into a dynamic and responsive controller for software synthesizers and virtual instruments.

The built-in recorder lets you record you’re playing for playback, for evaluation, and for sharing with others. Up to 99 Songs can be saved onboard. The Roland FP-4 is one of the most compact and convenient digital pianos in its class. The stylish, slim design allows the FP pianos to be placed impractically any environment, no matter how limited the space may be. Read more »