Roland Prelude 61Key Portable Arranger

ROLAND PRELUDE Details ^top

Prelude represents Roland’s next generation of home-entertainment keyboards, featuring high-quality sounds and musical styles, built-in amplification, and an affordable price. Prelude is portable, and packed with an impressive library of contemporary sounds and authentic ethnic styles.

• Hundreds of essential, contemporary sounds inherited from Roland’s top sound modules

• Multi-format song player that allows song data to be played directly from USB Flash memory (MP3, .WAV, AIFF, and SMF format)

• Stylish, lightweight design

• Built-in speakers with impressively powerful sound

Portable, Affordable Home Entertainment

Flagship Sounds
Don’t let Prelude’s affordability mislead you — it sounds like a keyboard costing twice the price. Prelude is equipped with hundreds of top-quality sounds derived from Roland’s famous sound modules. It also features 128 polyphonic voices for smooth performance, even with stacks of sounds playing at the same time.

Play-Along Styles
Prelude is packed with a wide variety of contemporary sounds and intelligent backing styles, plus loadable banks of ethnic sounds and styles from around the world. Style Converter and Playlist Editor software is included so you can customize and arrange your songs via PC.

Fun, Friendly Features
Prelude’s USB Memory Player allows direct playback of MP3, .WAV, AIFF, and SMF files from a USB key. For karaoke fun, the Center Cancel transforms your favorite pre-recorded songs into “minus one” type sing-along tracks. For dazzling performance effects, wave your hand over Prelude’s invisible D Beam to manipulate your sounds in unique and exciting ways.

ROLAND PRELUDE Specs ^top

Keyboard

61 Keys (with velocity)

Sound Generator

Maximum Polyphony

128 voices

Preset Memory

Tones: 896+256 (GM2)+World, Rhythm Sets: 32 + 9 (GM2) + World, Performance: 128

User Memory

Performances: 128

Effects

MFX: 78 types, Reverb: 5 types, Chorus: 3 types

Backing Track

SMF Song

Yes

Audio Files

MP3, WAV, AIFF

Style

4 Intro, 4 Main, 4 Ending, 6 Fill In

USB Memory Player

Yes

Preset Memory

Styles: 130 + World

User Memory

Styles: 100, Songs: 200

Others

Rated Power Output

11W + 11W

Controllers

D BEAM, Pitch Bend/Modulation

Display

240 x 64 dots graphic LCD

Connectors

Output Jacks (L/MONO, R), Ext Input, 2 Headphones, MIDI connectors (IN, OUT), Hold Pedal, Control Pedal, USB Connectors: COMPUTER (supports USB MIDI), USB Memory (supports USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Flash Memory)

Accessories

Owner's Manual, Tone

Size and Weight

Width

1,044 mm

41-1/8 inches

Depth

317 mm

12-1/2 inches

Height

121 mm

4-13/16 inches

Weight

7.8 kg

17 lbs. 4 oz.

ROLAND PRELUDE Brochure ^top

ROLAND PRELUDE Demo ^top