Roland FP-E50 Comprehensive Overview / Review (you'll really get to know this piano!).

Comprehensive Overview / Review of Roland’s FP-E50 digital piano. See Clickable Video Index below to use as a reference or jump directly to any portion of interest.

Please use high-quality headphones or high-quality studio monitors to listen to the instrument sounds with (a phone or tablet or inexpensive computer monitors will NOT do justice for the sound).

All instrument audio in this video was recorded directly from the FP-E50’s Left & Right LINE OUT jacks directly into a QSC TouchMix-30 Pro mixer / recorder.

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** CLICKABLE VIDEO INDEX **

00:00 – Start
00:04 – Forgotten (Copyright © 2013, 2023 Charles Gilmore)
00:45 – Opening Dialog
01:19 – Blurring the line between Digital, Portable, Stage & One Man Band
01:48 – Key Action
02:07 – Speakers
02:28 – Two Sound Engines (SuperNatural and Zen-Core)
03:42 – Sound Categories
04:32 – What’s Included
04:38 - DP2 Pedal vs Pedal Options
06:09 – Optional Purchases
07:36 – Bluetooth Audio
07:55 – Roland’s Piano Designer
09:18 - Per Key Adjustments!
10:05 – Back Panel
11:58 – Brief Comparison against Roland’s FP-60X
14:20 – Front Panel
14:48 - Wheel Mode
19:48 - Five Volume Faders
21:48 - One Touch Piano Button
22:09 - Ambience (Reverb) Control
23:14 - Split / Dual (AKA Split / Layer)
24:34 - LCD Display Explained (well worth watching!)
24:47 - Scene Choices
25:48 - Changing Tones & Styles
26:24 - Changing Pianos & Different Pianos
31:30 - Chord Display (really cool!)
32:20 - E. Piano Category
34:46 - Changing Categories / Sounds
35:28 - Sampling Different Random Sounds
52:25 - Front Panel Continued
53:14 - Category Quick Change
53:38 - Scenes
55:42 - Accompaniments
57:44 - Interactive Mode
59:17 - Chord Sequencer
1:01:24 - LCD Screen Review
1:02:00 - Menu Selection
1:02:09 - Bluetooth
1:02:57 - Input Volume
1:03:27 - Piano Designer (see 07:55)
1:03:34 - Scene Editor
1:03:52 - Chord Sequencer
1:03:58 - System Menu
1:04:07 - Changing Key Action
1:05:36 - General Menu
1:07:20 - Sound Menu
1:07:48 - Equalizer
1:08:48 - Metronome
1:09:14 - Song Utility
1:09:23 - Utilities
1:09:33 - Version & Upgrades
1:10:00 - Song Mode
1:10:11 - Recording
1:10:48 - Overdub Recording
1:12:07 - Center Cancel
1:12:37 - Microphone
1:12:43 - Converting from XLR to ¼”
1:13:45 - Mic FX
1:16:50 – Summary / Conclusion
1:18:46 – Purchasing