The Perfect Studio Accordion? | Roland FR-1XB

Join Jose and special guest J.J. Olivares as they dive into the world of V-Accordions, exploring the impressive Roland FR-1XB. This compact, lightweight accordion offers advanced features like USB functionality, enhanced bellows sensitivity, and new-generation speakers, making it a top choice for studio recording.
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[@peterreece6547]

I like 5 row accordions, mine is a Fantini 96 bass, I would love a Roland electronic device.

[@j.e.wgreve1535]

The diatonic version of Roland seems like it was geared towards Latin music, but it is no longer available. I would love to see someone tweak this one for preferred sounds by genre: merengue, tejano, and vallenato for starters.

[@wlexxx]

why can;t an accordion with 5 rows of buttons, emulate ALL button accordions, concertina, and piano accordion [including stradella bass or free bass]? WHY!???????????????

[@wlexxx]

AND a bunch of reed tunings and octave switches and settings
wet, dry, tejano, cajun, zydeco, musette,.. WHY?>>>>>>>>>>>>>??????????????????
annoying!

[@j.e.wgreve1535]

One of the things that people talk about is the real need to adjust the bellows action using both the physical knob and the digital parameters for sensitivity. Out of the box you are not going to get the bellows action you want.

[@wlexxx]

something that expensive should emulate : chromatic B, chromatic C, diatonic 1, 2 and 3 row, AND piano accordion
but as far as i know they do not do that. i think you can barely switch between chromatic B and C

[@j.e.wgreve1535]

Let's be clear. With the 1xb, you can definitely switch between a chromatic B and C system in the right hand as well as stradella and free bass in the left. [For a PA or concertina, you would need a completely different keyboard, hence the 1x). On both the 1x and 1xb, you can also program any number of reed tunings and octaves. The issues are that 1) you have no access to the bellows direction, so you can't play the 1xb as a diatonic, and that should be a hard thing to program and 2) the presets seem to geared to European and US aesthetics, so it's not obvious where to find the settings for Latin American genres. There are probably some presets that work great, and plenty of programmers have come up with custom sets - just not obvious for those who haven't had a lot of time to play around on the instrument and play Latin American genres like merengue, vallenato, and norteño/tejano.

[@wlexxx]

@@j.e.wgreve1535 piano - just set one row as white keys and the next as black ones[2 of those would be silent]
concertina - there are about 10 different layouts, some would be compatible
bellows direction -- WHY NOT!:??? it would take a simple pressure sensor, there has to be one already for dynamics

[@wlexxx]

@@j.e.wgreve1535 point is, it could be really UNIVERSAL with about .04% more forethought, yet the thing has been out, what, 15 years? and no one seems to care

[@j.e.wgreve1535]

@@wlexxx Whoops! Sorry, meant to say that it SHOULDN"T be hard thing to program. In fact, they already did it with the FR-18, so I'm not sure why they took it away with the 1xb. I see what you are saying with the keyboards - not sure it's practical, but certain should be possible to program the 5-row button anyway you like. They have a program for the FR-18 that lets you change the layout.