Roland HP-603 Digital Piano

Modern Elegance and Concert-Class Sound

Since 1972, Roland has worked to create the ultimate piano experience, and our current HP pianos are among the most exciting yet. The HP piano philosophy is all about bringing the sound and performance of a concert-class piano into your living, teaching, or recital space, with modern connectivity and cabinet color choices to suit your lifestyle. The HP603 is powered by the latest version of our acclaimed SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling technology, along with a unique keyboard that blends wood and molded materials for great feel and durability. With its sophisticated elegance, the classically styled HP603 will definitely make a big impact in your home, studio, or venue, especially with a choice of finishes including contemporary rosewood, contemporary black, and white.

The HP603 features built-in wireless Bluetooth MIDI support for working with apps like Roland’s Piano Partner 2 and Piano Designer on your smartphone or tablet.

SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling for a Rich, Living Piano Sound

Press a key on most digital pianos and you’ll hear a recording of a piano note. But a SuperNATURAL Piano works differently, using the latest modeling technology to recreate, rather than replay, the sound. Our unique modeling process spans the entire sound-creation process of a typical piano, including the combination of notes played, their resonances, and the way in which the piano’s many elements interact with each other. The result is a rich, complex sound — complete with overtones — that actually changes in response to the way you play, something that’s impossible to achieve when a piano uses samples. It’s the difference between just listening back to a recording or actually being there yourself.

Grand Piano Sound Through Your Headphones

One of the great advantages of a digital piano is the ability to play quietly with headphones. However, when used with headphones, some digital pianos simply switch the sound from the speakers to your ears. This is a missed opportunity, as good headphones can provide remarkable clarity and detail when you’re practicing. Roland pianos use Headphones 3D Ambience to optimize the audio so it sounds like it’s coming from within the piano itself, not through your headphones. This provides a very natural and immersive experience, and enables you to practice for extended periods of time without fatigue, any time of the day or night.

The Look and Feel of a Wooden Keyboard, Without the Drawbacks

The wooden piano keyboards often found on acoustic pianos are attractive to look at, and they feel solid and substantial under your fingers. But a completely wooden keyboard is not the best approach for a digital piano, as wooden keys need regular maintenance to keep them in the best condition. The HP603 has a new type of keyboard that blends wood and molded material for the best of both worlds; beautiful wooden sides give each key a familiar, rigid mass that feels just right to play, while the durable inner frame means you can enjoy your Roland piano every day for years to come without worrying about reliability. You can play it every night too, as our piano key construction produces a minimal amount of “thump” noise when played.

Plays Like an Acoustic Grand Piano

It’s not just the feel of the keys — the way they move is also important. Each key on the HP603 has a stabilizing pin to ensure the vertical travel is smooth and precise, avoiding the sideways key movement and noise experienced when playing glissandos on some pianos. Since the HP603 has our latest piano engine onboard, we also retuned the key sensing system to match it, so that the sound and keyboard work in complete harmony for the ultimate piano experience. Finally, the keys share the look and feel of real ebony and ivory, and their moisture-absorbing properties mean your fingers won’t slide off when playing.

Connect Your Smartphone or Tablet via Bluetooth and Use Apps to Make Learning Easy

Today, people often play and learn the piano with the aid of smartphones and tablets. Using Bluetooth technology, the HP603 wirelessly connects to your mobile device, enabling you to take advantage of popular iOS/Android MIDI music apps. Roland’s unique Piano Partner 2 app shows digital notation for the piano’s internal songs, and you can even turn pages with the pedals. It also provides a variety of fun backing rhythms to build your timing, plus lots of useful practice tools and more. And with the Piano Designer app, you can access the piano’s powerful Piano Designer functions from the convenience of your device’s touch display.

Elegant Design, Classic Lines, Timeless Sound

Although it’s packed with advanced technology, the HP603 is reassuringly traditional when it comes to style. Combining classic lines with a space-conscious design, there are three premium finishes available: contemporary rosewood and easy-to-clean contemporary black or white. Once your piano is home, you don’t even need to press the power button to get started — just open the lid and start playing.

 

Features:

•    Uses the latest SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling technology instead of conventional sampling for a far richer, more expressive piano sound
•    Headphones 3D Ambience technology for natural, realistic sound when practicing with headphones
•    Authentic grand piano touch from the new PHA-50 Progressive Hammer Action with Escapement keyboard, which combines the appearance and feel of wood with the durability of modern materials
•    Connect your smartphone or tablet via built-in Bluetooth technology to enhance your piano experience with Piano Partner 2, Piano Designer, and other music apps
•    Also includes a large, versatile selection of non-piano sounds such as strings, brass, organ, and many others
•    25 registrations for storing favorite sound setups, including layers and splits; registration groups can be backed up to a USB memory stick
•    Classically styled cabinet with impressive sound system and elegant design to suit a variety of locations
•    Available in three premium finishes: contemporary rosewood and white

Specifications:

SOUND GENERATOR

•    Piano Sound: SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling
•    Max. Polyphony: Piano: Limitless (solo playing using ‘Piano’ category tones), Other: 384
•    Tones: Total 319 Tones

 

KEYBOARD

Keyboard: PHA-50 Keyboard: Wood and Plastic Hybrid Structure, with Escapement and Ebony/Ivory Feel (88 keys)

PEDALS

•    Pedals: Progressive Damper Action Pedal (Damper pedal: capable of continuous detection, Soft pedal: capable of continuous detection/function assignable, Sostenuto pedal: function assignable)

SPEAKER SYSTEM

•    Speakers: 12 cm (4-3/4 inches) x 2
•    Rated Power Output: 30 W x 2
•    Volume Level (SPL): 106 dB (This value was measured according to the method that is based on Roland’s technical standard.)

HEADPHONES

•    Headphones: Effect: Headphones 3D Ambience

TUNING, VOICING

• Touch Sensitivity: Key Touch: 100 types, fixed touch
• Master Tuning: 415.3 to 466.2 Hz (adjustable in increments of 0.1 Hz)
• Temperament: 10 types (Equal, Just Major, Just Minor, Pythagorean, Kirnberger I, Kirnberger II, Kirnberger III, Meantone, Werckmeister, Arabic), selectable temperament key
• Effects: Ambience, Brilliance
• Piano Designer:
• Lid
• Key Off Noise
• Hammer Noise
• Duplex Scale
• Full Scale String Resonance
• Damper Resonance
• Key Off Resonance
• Cabinet Resonance
• Soundboard Type
• Damper Noise
• Single Note Tuning
• Single Note Volume
• Single Note Character

INTERNAL SONGS

Internal Songs: US: Total 363 songs, Other: Total 353 songs

DATA PLAYBACK

Playable Software: Standard MIDI Files (Format 0, 1), Audio File (WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear format, require USB Flash Memory)

RECORDER

Recordable Software: Standard MIDI Files (Format 0, 3 parts, Approx. 70,000 notes memory), Audio File (WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit linear format, require USB Flash Memory)

BLUETOOTH

•    Bluetooth: Audio: Bluetooth Ver 3.0 (Supports SCMS-T content protection)
•    MIDI, digital sheet music turning: Bluetooth Ver 4.0 (Bluetooth LE)
•    *HP603 supports Bluetooth MIDI and digital sheet music turning only

COMPATIBLE ANDROID / IOS APPS (ROLAND)

CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS

• Convenient Functions:
• Tilt Adjustable Music Rest (3 levels)
• Classic Position
• Metronome (adjustable Tempo/Beat/Down beat/Pattern/Volume/Tone)
• Registration
• TwinPiano (with Individual Mode)
• Transpose (in semitones)
• Speaker volume and Headphones volume automatically select function
• Volume limit function
• Panel Lock
• Auto Off

OTHER

• Display: Graphic LCD 132 x 32 dots
• Connector:
• DC In jack
• Input jacks: Stereo miniature phone type
• Output (L/Mono, R) jacks: 1/4-inch phone type
• USB Computer port: USB B type
• USB Memory port: USB A type
• Phones jack x 2: Stereo miniature phone type, Stereo 1/4-inch phone type
• Power Supply: AC Adaptor
• Power Consumption: 9 W
• Accessories:
• Owner’s Manual
• Roland Classical Piano Masterpieces
• Roland Piano Arrange Collections “Let’s Enjoy Piano”
• AC Adaptor
• Power Cord
• Headphone Hook

 

SIZE AND WEIGHT (INCLUDING PIANO STAND, WITH MUSIC REST)

•    Width: 1379 mm (54-5/16 inches)
•    Depth: 430 mm (16-15/16 inches)
•    Height: 1064 mm (41-15/16 inches)
•    Weight: 50.7 kg (110 lbs 1 oz)

SIZE AND WEIGHT (INCLUDING PIANO STAND, WHEN FOLDING DOWN THE MUSIC REST)

•    Width: 1379 mm (54-5/16 inches)
•    Depth: 456 mm (18 inches)
•    Height: 902 mm (35-9/16 inches)
•    Weight: 50.7 kg (110 lbs 1 oz)