Roland FP-5 compact piano with tone wheel sounds

At winter NAMM 2003 Roland announced the FP-5 digital piano, a stylish instrument with stereo-sampled piano sounds, an 88-note progressive hammer-action keyboard, "Virtual ToneWheel" organ sounds and a built-in speaker system. The FP-5 also boasts an enhanced Session Partner that makes practice fun and a USB port for direct connection to a PC. The FP-5 starts with Roland's stereo-sampled piano sounds, which are complemented by the expressive 88-note hammer-action. This keyboard mechanism produces a lighter touch in the upper range and a heavier touch in the lower range. And with 64-voice polyphony and new half-pedal recognition, the FP-5 comes closer to the feel of an acoustic piano. Aside from piano sounds, the FP-5 also includes an assortment of instrument tones including new organ sounds using Roland's Virtual ToneWheel technology. The level of each footage can be changed to create different organ sounds. A more intuitive version of Roland's Session Partner gives players many new auto-accompaniment styles and rhythm patterns to play along with. Players can define their own chord progressions. It is even possible to use the FP-5 as a GM2-compliant sound source; just connect a USB cable from the FP-5 to the computer and start sequencing. Connections to the FP-5 include a stereo line output, stereo line input, two stereo headphone jacks, MIDI In and Out, a USB-MIDI port plus three pedal jacks (damper, sostenuto, soft).