Is there a next generation Roland coming?

[Bobo]

I just realized the FR-1x has been out for almost 5 years (I think).
Does anyone know of any upcoming releases of new V-accordions?

 

[JerryPH]

Sure is. The FR-4x has been recently announced and will be available early 2017 and there have been rumors of a 9x since early last year that will POSSIBLY bear fruit sometime in 2017. So yes, there is motion in the Roland V-accordion line. Is it the direction you want/need? Only Roland knows that, and they are not talking.

Try Google, lots of interesting stuff, and visiting the Roland web site shows everything you need (manuals, drivers, pictures, etc...) about the 4x.

 

[JIM D.]

See Here ---

http://www.falcettimusic.com/f_accordions/accordions.html

And while your on this site check out the service section of the site ----
http://www.falcettimusic.com/f_services/services.html ----

and check out the fine accordion tech they have on staff. :lol:

 

[dunlustin]

I don't know where you are but if in Europe, the 4X was expected this w/end but now seems to be for 1st Jan.
Price seems constant regardless of country in Eurozone @ 4k euro ( £3300).
Incidentally, the guy in the above vdo, Ludovic Beier, has done a lot of work with Roland Europe,as a player but also on new FR8X sounds available in France earlier in the year.

 

[Bobo]

Ok, so the new model is in an upper price level. I just wanted to be sure there wasn't an update of the 1x coming.

Thanks!

PS The other day I was watching every video I could find of Ludovic Beier. Amazing.
I also saw him play an instrument I didn't know existed: a harmonica with accordion buttons.

 

[dunlustin]

' a harmonica with accordion buttons.' = accordina
Currently there are at least 2 makers in France.
I'm always a bit surprised that pro players fall for the accordina (see also Richard Galliano).
I'd like to try one but for me cost is too high = >£1000

 

[Bobo]

Im always a bit surprised that pro players fall for the accordina

Maybe its the added expressiveness of note-bending?

 

[Alan Sharkis]

My accordion teacher, who is a fine player on piano accordion, asked Richard Galliano for advice on learning CBA. Galliano suggested the purchase of a Joseph Carrell accordina, Now all my accordion teacher needs is the time to spend with it ...

 

[dunlustin]

FR4X: I hear the 1st batch is to arrive in France on 10th Dec - already sold out - the next lot due mid January.

 

[debra]

a harmonica with accordion buttons. = accordina
Currently there are at least 2 makers in France.
Im always a bit surprised that pro players fall for the accordina (see also Richard Galliano).
Id like to try one but for me cost is too high = >£1000

I believe there are three makers in France: Marcel Dreux (his instruments sound most like a harmonica), Joseph Carrell (his instruments sound most like the original Borel accordina) and Laurent Jarry (wooden instruments with more mellow tone).
Ludovic Beier has a whole CD in which he only plays the accordina (with a jazz band).
People (like me) play the accordina to get an additional sound variation that cannot be produced by an accordion. Now, with a Roland one could try to program the sound of an accordina, or in fact, 3 sounds for the 3 types of accordina.

 

[JerryPH]

Now, with a Roland one could try to program the sound of an accordina, or in fact, 3 sounds for the 3 types of accordina.

Someone with experience could likely do it quite easily, but I am still way to new to try anything like this. Im still spending hours going through the sounds in the 4 expansion banks to try to get familiar with the sounds available and start the process of trying to organize them in some logical manner that I could more effectively use them in time.

Maybe next year, if I get bored... lol

 

[Bobo]

I had a nice chromatic harmonica long ago. I love the rich sound.

But I left it behind at a gig and never saw it again.

 

[Bobo]

I just found the video announcing and demonstrating the FR-4.
At the very end they say that the V-accordion family now consists of the 1, 3, 4, and 8. So the 8 replaces the 7?

They could really use a comparison chart on their product website.

 

[JerryPH]

So the 8 replaces the 7?

Yes for the last 4 years. It came out in 2013.

The 9x is due out likely sometime in 2017, thats what the rumors seem to point to.

 

[blisterpeanuts]

See Here ---

http://www.falcettimusic.com/f_accordions/accordions.html

And while your on this site check out the service section of the site ----
http://www.falcettimusic.com/f_services/services.html ----

and check out the fine accordion tech they have on staff. :lol:

Sweet. Im going to have to call Sam up and see when this bad boy will be in stock.

Do you know whether they have improved the recharging situation? I am mucho tired of pulling the battery pack out, manually unloading the NiMH cells into a charger, then manually loading them back into the battery pack! Come on, Roland, at least give us a rechargeable battery pack, if not the real thing (internal recharging).

 

[JIM D.]

Most of us use these for a 3 and 3x and will work for the new 4x. You reverse the polarity on the ouput plug and put the battery pack on your belt. -----

https://www.amazon.com/Fashion-Outl...r=8-1-spell&keywords=12+volt+li+on+recargable

4xs will be in stock in before Feb., 2017

 

[pentaprism]

Do you know whether they have improved the recharging situation? I am mucho tired of pulling the battery pack out, manually unloading the NiMH cells into a charger, then manually loading them back into the battery pack! Come on, Roland, at least give us a rechargeable battery pack, if not the real thing (internal recharging).

Are you willing to mutilate your brand new baby?

If so:

Mutilating an FR-1xb

Mutilating an FR-7b