Roland FP-4 Test Drive

Visit my website at www.lot2learn.com for midi files, backing tracks and solo transcriptions.

Here is a short demo of the Roland FP-4. The sound is really very nice but gets lost in the YouTube compressors. If you are interested in this keyboard you really need to demo it yourself. I purchased this not to use as a home unit (there are much better digital pianos for that) but rather to use as a gigging keyboard because of its light weight and weighted action.

First, I play some simple chording. The second piece uses one of the FP-4 built-in backing tracks. It has 2 variations and I switch to the 2nd variation towards the end. The last piece uses a strings/piano pad.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Roland
• FP-4
• Jazz
• Piano
• Improvisation

[markdawsonmusic]

Played one of these today and fell in love with it :) You play so well too! made it sound even btter!

[Lot2learn]

@markdawsonmusic Thank you for your comment.

[2009cesarillo]

oh my God. it is lovely to hear you play on that nice FP4. thank you

[Lot2learn]

@2009cesarillo Thank you César.

[ced44310]

Nice !! How did u record it ? MIDI ? jack ? usb ? softwares ?

[Lot2learn]

@ced44310 Audio out from the FP-4 into an M-Audio 1010LT sound card installed in a PCI slot in the computer.

[LudvigOlin]

Please note that it does not blink as it seems in this video. Only the metronome button is blinking in real life.

Best Regards

Ludvig

[AshBlue1989]

I want one of these so bad but they are soooo expensive.

[Toxicflu]

@LiviuPavel 240p & 360p videos are for cell phones.

[MasterThief1324]

@LiviuPavel Yes but from what I understand, uncompressed audio requires large amount of space and therefore would take a while to stream. I would want high quality audio but not for all videos so they should make it optional, rather than outright 'forbidding' it.

[LiviuPavel]

@MasterThief1324 tip: when you upload a video at 480p or more, it automatically becomes available in all lower quality versions. The problem in your case is the audio, I don't care about the image, but the sound is crucial when presenting an piano don't you think?

[MasterThief1324]

@LiviuPavel No because I don't want to wait 1 hr for a 30 second video to load?

[LiviuPavel]

what's the point if you uploaded it in 240p, it should have been in at least 480p, for god sake, they should forbid 240 and 360p!

[TheAbsurdity101]

Smooth... smooth playing,

I'm in the market for my first real kb/digital piano was considering one of these or something less portable (dont really care if its portable or not) like a yamaha clavinova or arius any suggestions would be great cheers :)

[777mrpiano777]

Thankyou.