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Portable, Affordable Home Entertainment

Prelude represents Roland’s next generation of
home-entertainment keyboards, featuring highquality
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

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.

• Keyboard 61 Keys (with velocity)
• Sound Generator Maximum Polyphony: 128 voices, Parts: 16 parts + 3 Keyboard part, Wave Memory: 256MB (16-bit linear equivalent)
• Preset Memory Tones: 896 + 256 (GM2)+ World, Rhythm Sets: 32 + 9 (GM2) + World, Performances: 128
• User Memory Performances: 128, Effects: MFX 78 types, Chorus 3 types, Reverb 5 types
• Backing Track SMF Song, Audio files: mp3, wav, aiff, Tempo (MIDI): 20 to 250, Style Variations: 4 Intro, 4 Main, 4 Ending, 4 Fill In, Sync Start / Stop, One Touch Setting
• Song (16-track Recorder) 16-track, Rec mode: (Mix, Replace), Count in, Punch In-Out, Input Quantize
• USB Memory Player SMF: format-0/1, Audio File: WAV/AIFF/MP3
• Preset Memory Styles: 130 + World
• User Memory Styles: 100, Songs: 200
• Rated Power Output 11w+11w
• Speaker Dimension 2x10cm
• Controllers D BEAM, Pitch Bend/Modulation
• Display 240 x 64 dots white 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)
• Power Supply AC Adaptor (PSB-7U)
• Current Draw 1,000mA
• Accessories Owner’s Manual, CD-ROM(Style Converter 3.0, Playlist Editor) Music Player Pad, USB Memory Protector
• Operating System (USB / MIDI) Windows: XP Home SP2 or later/Windows XP Professional SP2 or later/ Windows Vista* This does not work with the
  64-bit Edition of Windows Vista.
• Dimensions 1044(W) x 317(D) x 121(H) mm / 41-1/8 (W) x 12-1/2 (D) x 4-13/16 (H) inches
• Weight 7.8 Kg / 17 lbs. 4 oz.
  * The specifications are subject to change without notice.