Roland LX-10 Digital Piano

Description of the Roland LX-10 Digital Piano

Beautiful. Elegant. Innovative.... These are just some of the words used to describe the new LX-10 Digital Upright Grand Piano. Roland's master engineers have refined their vision of the upright piano, and created a bold new instrument that combines pure piano performance with modern style and convenience. The Roland LX 10 - a new-generation piano with the soul of a classic.

Stunning, Streamlined Cabinet

The LX10’s polished ebony and satin-black hybrid finish beautifully complement each other. The look is strong and bold, yet the depth of the piano is just 45.3cm. The fallboard’s interior has a mirror finish that reflects the keyboard and moving fingers in the style of a grand piano, bringing a sense of visual enjoyment to your playing. The fallboard can be used as a music rest when opened. It closes slowly and gently, combining safety and aesthetic grace. In addition to its beautiful appearance, the lid also shapes the piano’s overall tonal character. It can be closed and opened, which allows the lid to vary the tone from mellow to bright. Cables can be neatly hidden in the rear of the piano, allowing the LX-10 digital piano to be easily placed against a wall. It can even be set up in the center of a room since the rear of the piano has an attractive appearance.

Full Concert-Grand Piano Sounds

From powerful lows to brilliant highs, the sounds of the LX-10 digital grand were created by painstakingly sampling world-class grand pianos, key by key, resulting in a stunning 88-key stereo multi-sampled piano engine. Roland’s engineers meticulously captured the myriad sounds and resonances of each instrument, including the duplex scale resonances that emphasise string behaviour and the brilliance of the mid and high range. The end result is stunning, but that’s only the beginning. Various types of resonances, hammer noise, and other detailed features can be individually adjusted as desired with the Piano Designer feature. With its 128 polyphonic voices, the Roland LX-10 ensures perfect performance, even during heavy damper pedal usage or during fast passages.

Natural, Rich Sound with Built-In Speakers

The LX 10 is equipped with a specially designed, high-quality speaker system. By taking advantage of the piano’s vertical cabinet chamber, and installing six speakers in optimal positions, the LX-10 is able to produce sounds that emanate from the entire instrument, filling the room with rich, resonant sound.

Pedals that Respond to Technique and Emotion

The Roland LX10’s damper and soft pedals react to the slightest push. The pedals respond naturally and authentically according to every nuance. You can subtly alter the sound, for example, at the moment when the “dampers” make contact with the “strings,” which occurs in acoustic grand pianos. Briefly releasing the pedal then depressing it again allows the strings to keep vibrating, and lets the dampers maintain the resonance.v

The Touch of a High-Quality Grand Piano

The LX-10 boasts Roland’s acclaimed PHA II (Progressive Hammer Action II) "Ivory Feel” keyboard, which reproduces the authentic feel of ivory for the natural keys and ebony for the sharps. Moisture-absorbent materials have been used to recreate the natural properties and feel of ivory and ebony, providing just the right comfort while playing. The white keys recreate the two-piece key construction of grand-piano keys (base material and surface material): the result is not only beautiful, but one that meets high-level performance demands. The natural touch, produced merely by the weight of the hammers against the keys with no springs, faithfully recreates a smooth, “sinking” feeling during soft playing and a strong response during loud playing. The Roland LX 10 also features an escapement mechanism for each key, which recreates the “click feel” characteristic of grand-piano keys.

Useful Lesson Functions

The LX-10 digital grand piano is equipped with a variety of friendly lesson functions, such as an internal metronome for developing steady time, and a three-track recorder for listening back to performances and checking them objectively. In addition, the Twin Piano function splits the keyboard into two identical zones, letting two people sit side by side and play in the same range. Expand your repertoire by using these skill-building tools.

Learn and Play Your Favourite Songs

A library of famous classical and jazz pieces is built into the Roland LX-10. In addition, the LX-10 can play back a variety of songs (*1) stored on media (*2) such as audio CDs (*3), music data and audio data on USB memory sticks. When playing the installed songs or music data, the LX-10 allows the key signature and tempo to be changed, and the left and right hand parts to be soloed or muted separately. As a result, you can practice with one hand while listening to the other hand’s part. Since the keys and tempos of music from audio CDs and WAV files can be changed independently, you can enjoy learning and playing along with your favourite songs. Add as many new songs as you wish from audio CDs and/or music data.

*1 Compatible Formats: Standard MIDI Files and WAV files
*2 USB memory, CD-ROM, and floppy disk; optional USB CD drive (CD-01A) required for CD-ROM playback; optional USB floppy disk drive (FD-01A) required for floppy disk use.
*3 Optional USB CD drive (CD-01A) required for playback.

No Tuning Required! One of the Many Merits of the All-Digital LX-10

Since the LX-10 piano is a digital instrument with no strings inside, tuning is unnecessary. Day or night and in any climate, you can enjoy playing with consistent, perfect sound. And you can play without disturbing others, since the LX10 provides volume control and headphone output. Compared to an acoustic piano, the LX-10 digital grand is lightweight and compact, making it easy to change the position of the piano whenever you want to. These are just some of the features that make Roland digital pianos a joy to play, maintain, and transport.

Specifications of the Roland LX-10 Digital Piano

Keyboard

• Keyboard: 88 keys (PHA II Ivory Feel Keyboard with Escapement)
• Touch Sensitivity: Touch: 100 levels / Fixed Touch (level adjustable), Hammer Response: 10 levels
• Keyboard Mode: Whole, Dual (volume balance adjustable), Split (split point adjustable), Twin Piano

Sound Generator (Conforms to GM2 / GS / XG Lite)

• Piano Sound: 88-key Stereo Multi-sampled Piano Sound
• Max. Polyphony: 128 voices
• Tones: 337 tones (including 8 drum sets, 1 SFX set)
• Temperament: 8 types [Equal, Just (Major), Just (Minor), Arabic, Kirnberger, Meantone, Pythagorean, Werkmeister], selectable tonic
• Stretched Tuning: Off / Preset / User tuning (adjustable in individual notes: -50.0 to +50.0 cent)
• Master Tuning: 415.3 to 466.2 Hz (adjustable in increments of 0.1 Hz)
• Transpose: Key Transpose: -6 to +5 (in semitones)
  Playback Transpose (with Audio CD / Audio File): -6 to +5 (in semitones)
• Effects: 3D (4 levels), Dynamics (3 types), Reverb (10 levels)
  [Only for Piano Tones]
  Key Off Resonance (10 levels), String Resonance (10 levels), Damper Resonance (10 levels), Open / close lid (7 levels), Hammer Noise (5 levels), Damper Noise (10 levels), Duplex Scale (10 levels)
  [Only for Organ Tones]
  Rotary Speaker Effect (Slow/Fast), Tone effects (only adjust values)
• Equalizer: 4-band Digital Equalizer

Other Functions

• Panel Lock, V-LINK, Piano Designer

Metronome

• Tempo: Quarter note = 10 to 500, Beat: 2/2, 0/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8, Volume: 11 levels, Sound: 8 types, Pattern: 11 patterns

Recorder

• Tracks: 3 tracks
• Song: 1 song
• Note Storage: Approx. 30,000 notes
• Control: Song Select, Play/Stop, Rec, Reset, Previous/Rewinding, Next/Fast-forwarding, Track Mute, Mute Level, Tempo, Tempo Mute, All Song Play, Count-in, Count-down, Song Volume, Center Cancel (only for audio playback), 16 Part Mute
• Tempo: Quarter note = 10 to 500
• Resolution: 120 ticks per quarter note

Internal Memory

• Songs: Max. 99 songs
• Save Song: Standard MIDI Files (Format 0)

External Memory

• External Storage: USB Memory (Optional), Floppy Disk (when using an optional floppy disk drive)
• Playable Software: Standard MIDI Files (Format 0/1), Roland Original Format (i-Format),
  Audio File (WAV 44.1 kHz / 16-bit Linear Format),
  Audio CDs (CD-DA) (when using an optional CD drive)

Internal Songs

• 74 songs + 7 Tone Demo Songs

Connectors

• USB: Ext Memory port, USB (MIDI) connector
• Others: Output jacks (L/Mono, R): 1/4 inch phone type,
  Input jacks (Front=L/Mono, R: RCA phono type, Rear=L/Mono, R: 1/4 inch phone type),
  Phones jack (Stereo) x 2, MIDI connectors (In, Out), AC inlet

Others

• Rated Power Output: 60 W x 2
• Speakers: 16 cm x 2 (with Speaker box), 10 cm x 2, 5 cm x 2
• Display: 128 x 64 dots Graphic monochrome LCD (with backlit), Beat LED
• Language: English, Japanese
• Lyrics: Yes (Built-in Display)
• Control: Volume, Brilliance, Display Contrast
• Pedal: Damper (half-pedal recognition), Soft (half-pedal recognition, function assignable), Sostenuto (function assignable)
• Power Supply: AC 115 V, AC 117 V, AC 220 V, AC 230 V, AC 240 V (50/60 Hz)
• Power Consumption: 150 W
• Cabinet: Polished / Satin Black
• Accessories: Owner's Manual, Power Cord, Roland 60 Classical Piano Masterpieces, Headphone Hook, Cord Clamps, Stabilizer

Size and Weight ( with top lid open )

• Width: 1.410 mm (55-9/16 inches)
• Depth: 453 mm (17-7/8 inches)
• Height: 1.124 mm (44-1/4 inches)
• Weight: 95.0 kg (209 lbs. 7 oz.)

Size and Weight ( with top lid closed )

• Width: 1.410 mm (55-9/16 inches)
• Depth: 446 mm (17-9/16 inches)
• Height: 1.070 mm (42-1/8 inches)
• Weight: 95.0 kg (209 lbs. 7 oz.)