Roland BK-5 (E ) 61 Keys Backing Keyboard
Elevate your music with the Roland BK-5 (E) Keyboard, offering high-quality sounds, intuitive features, and versatile backing styles. Perfect for solo performers seeking seamless performances and studio or home practice.
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Product Description
The Roland BK-5 (E) 61 Keys Backing Keyboard is a feature-rich instrument designed for solo musicians and performers. Equipped with a powerful Roland sound engine, the BK-5 provides over 1,100 high-quality sounds, including a wide selection of pianos, organs, strings, brass, and ethnic instruments. The keyboard also includes a comprehensive library of onboard rhythms and auto-accompaniment styles from around the world, enabling musicians to create full-band arrangements instantly.
What sets the BK-5 apart is its versatile performance capabilities. The auto-accompaniment system allows for one-touch operation, making it easy to deliver professional-sounding performances across multiple genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, and more. Additionally, the keyboard features USB compatibility, allowing for easy playback of popular audio formats, including MP3, WAV, and MIDI files, perfect for integrating backing tracks or practicing.
With its user-friendly interface, lightweight design, and extensive connectivity options, the BK-5 is a great solution for musicians looking for flexibility and high performance in a portable package. Whether on stage, in the studio, or at home, the Roland BK-5 meets the demands of modern music-making.
- All-in-One Performance: Fully equipped keyboard with an auto-accompaniment engine and built-in sound system, making it perfect for solo performers.
- Extensive Sound & Rhythm Library: Features a wide variety of sounds, Music Assistants, and rhythms from various musical genres, including East-European, Latin-American, and Asian styles.
- User-Friendly Interface: Easy-to-navigate graphical interface designed for smooth operation during performances or practice sessions.
- Onboard Effects: Includes a comprehensive selection of effects such as reverb, chorus, EQ, multi-band compressor, and numerous multi-effects to fine-tune your sound.
- Rhythm Compatibility: Works seamlessly with rhythms from Roland BK-7m, E-series, G-series, and VA-series instruments, allowing for versatile accompaniment.
- USB Playback & Recording: Directly play SMF, MP3, WAV, and rhythm files from USB memory and instantly record your performances onto USB memory.
- Automatic Chord Detection: Automatically detects chords in SMF files, simplifying live performances and playback.
- Video Output for Lyrics: Share SMF/MP3 lyrics with your audience by connecting to an external screen using the video output feature.
Product Specifications
| General | |
| Keyboard type | 61 keys (velocity sensitive) |
| Display type | 160 x 160 dots Graphic LCD (with backlit) |
| SOUND GENERATOR | |
| Max. Polyphony | 128 voices (GM2/GS/XGlite compatible) |
| Sounds | 1,172 tones, 60 Drum Sets |
| Multitimbral parts | 3 real-time parts (UP1, UP2, LWR) + 16 song parts |
| Master Tuning | 415.3 to 466.2 Hz |
| Key Control (Transpose) | –6 to +5 in semitones (for audio/MIDI data) |
| Tempo change | 20 to 250 BPM for SMF and rhythms, 75 to 125 % for mp3 and WAV files |
| Part mute functions | TRACK MUTE (Rhythms, SMF), CENTER CANCEL (mp3, WAV, AUDIO INPUT signals) |
| Effects | |
| Real Time parts (UPP, LWR), Rhythms/SMF section | Reverb and Chorus: 8 types (selectable via Makeup Tools),MFX: 84 types for real-time parts (selectable via Tone Part MFX), MFX: A & B for rhythm and SMF section (selectable via Makeup Tools), Parametric EQ: 6 presets + 1 User memory, Multi-band compressor |
| Rhythm Section | |
| Rhythms | 305 in 6 “Rhythm” families (localized rhythms for specific areas are included in the WORLD 1 and WORLD 2 families) |
| Rhythm Composer | Internal Rhythm Composer, SMF-to-Rhythm Converter provided as PC application (Windows) on the bundled CD-ROM |
| One Touch memories | 4 programmable registrations per rhythm |
| Rhythm Makeup Tools | Instrument-oriented editing |
| Songs | |
| Real-time player | SMF (Format 0/1), KAR, mp3, WAV, mp3+CDG |
| Song chord extractor | Automatic chord detection for SMF files |
| SMF Makeup Tools | Instrument-oriented editing |
| Performance Memories | |
| Performance Lists | Unlimited number (storage on USB memory), Over 500 “Music Assistant” memories (internal memory), 5 “Factory Song” memories (internal memory) |
| Performance memories per List | Max. 999 |
| Search function | Quick location of Rhythms and Songs on the connected USB memory |
| Other | |
| Demo | Yes |
| Panel Controls | Knobs: VOLUME, Rotary encoder: Data dial |
| Connectors | PHONES jack x2: Stereo 1/4" phone type, AUDIO INPUT jack: Stereo miniature phone type, AUDIO OUTPUT jacks (L/Mono, R/Mono): 1/4" phone type, USB COMPUTER connector (Type B, reception and transmission of MIDI data), USB MEMORY (Type A, data storage devices |
| Speakers | 2 x 10 cm |
| Rated power output | 2 x 12 W |
| Power supply | AC adaptor |
| Power consumption | 1100 mA |
| Auto Off function | Off, 10 min, 30 min, 240 min. |
| Accessories | Owner’s Manual, AC adaptor, Power cord (for connecting the AC adaptor), Music rest, CD-ROM (Style Converter 4.0, USB driver) |
| Options (sold separately) | USB Flash Memory |
| Recording | |
| Media | USB Flash memory |
| Song Save Format | Audio files: WAV (44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear) |
| Video | |
| Lyrics | SMF, mp3/WAV, mp3+CDG |
| Slide shows | Picture folder linked to songs (recommended resolution: 512 x 384 or 1024 x, 768 pixels) |
| Size And Weight (Without Music Rest) | |
| Width (W) | 1,044 mm 41-1/8 inches |
| Depth (D) | 317 mm 12-1/2 inches |
| Height (H) | 129 mm 5-1/8 inches |
| Weight | 7.5 kg 16 lbs. 9 oz. |
| Size And Weight (With Music Rest) | |
| Width (W) | 1044 mm 41-1/8 inches |
| Depth (D) | 317 mm 12-1/2 inches |
| Height (H) | 301 mm 11-7/8 inches |
| Weight | 7.5 kg 16 lbs. 9 oz. |
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