Setting up
■Using the FR-2/FR-2b’s digital effects
While playing on the Treble keyboard, you may have noticed that the accordion sounds are enhanced by effects (probably reverb). The
Reverb: This effect creates the impression that you are playing in a concert hall, a church or a room. It adds “depth” to the sound.
Chorus: This effect creates the impression that several instruments of the same type are playing at the same time. You can change the type and the level settings of these two effects (see p. 19). Those settings apply to all sections and all Sets.
Bass section
The buttons in this section allow you to play both bass notes and chords. The chords use the (sound) register selected for the Bass section – hence the name of this section. The “real” bass notes are assigned to the two highlighted rows. The remaining buttons are used to play chords.
At the factory, three caps are installed on the black buttons in the following illustration. Feel free to remove them and to slide them over other buttons if that feels more comfortable.
Bb3 | F3 | C3 | G3 | D3 | A3 | E3 |
| B3 | F#3 |
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| Ab3 |
| Eb3 | Bb3 | F3 | C3 | G3 |
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F#3 | C#3 | Ab3 | Eb3 | Bb3 | F3 |
| C3 | G3 | D3 | A3 | E3 | B3 F#3 | C#3 | Ab3 | Eb3 |
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F#M | C#M |
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| EbM | BbM | FM | CM GM | DM | AM |
| EM | BM | F#M |
| C#M |
| AbM | EbM |
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| F#m | C#m | Abm | Ebm | Bbm | Fm | Cm | Gm |
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| Am |
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| F#7 | C#7 | Ab7 | Eb7 | Bb7 | F7 | C7 |
| G7 | D7 | A7 | E7 | B7 | F#7 | C#7 | Ab7 | Eb7 | |||||||||
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| F#dim |
| C#dim |
| Abdim | Ebdim | Bbdim |
| Fdim | Cdim |
| Gdim |
| Ddim |
| Adim | Edim | Bdim |
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(*) This can be changed to 3 bass and 3 chord rows. See “Bass & Chord Mode” on p. 23.
Here is what the caps look like:
Slide up to remove
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(1) Connect the
(2) Grab the
When you only use the accordion sounds (i.e. while the [ORCH¥BASS] B and [ORCH¥CHORD] C buttons are dark), the bass and chord buttons use the same register, because they belong to the same accordion section.
(3)If you think the sound is too loud or too soft, you can change the setting of the [VOLUME] knob A.
Using the orchestral sounds
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You can specify for each section whether or not the orches- tral sounds should be used instead of the accordion sounds.
Orchestral sounds for the Treble section
Note: Only one orchestral sound can be selected at any one time.
(1)Press one of the registers [6]~[8] once or twice (it lights red).
The “b” sounds can be selected by pressing the corresponding register twice. See page 7 (or the front panel) for the available sounds.
(2)Play a few notes on the Treble key-
board.
■Switching off the Orchestra part
To return to a state where only the Treble accordion sec- tion sounds:
(3)Press one of the registers [1]~[5] F once or twice (it lights green).
Orchestral sounds for the Bass section
The orchestral bass part can be used instead of the Bass sec- tion (thus replacing the accordion sound assigned to the bass rows). It only applies to the bass rows (the ones closest to the bellows) and has no effect on the chord buttons.
(1)Press the [ORCH¥BASS] B button (it must light).
(2)Check whether the [LEFT¥REGISTER] D button is dark. If it is not, press it.
(3)Use the Bass registers to select the desired sound (the register you press lights green).
ORCH BASS sounds
1 | Acoustic | 4 | Fretless |
2 | Bowed* | 5 | Tuba Mix |
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