Roland FR-2b owner manual Saving your settings User Program, Recalling a User Program

FR-2/FR-2b V-Accordion

Editing FUNCTION settings

Note: See p. 21 for the MIDI channels the FR-2/FR-2b’s parts use.

Program Change TX	[D4]/[26]	OK
Off, On	Default setting: Off

This is a MIDI filter, i.e. a parameter that allows you to specify whether or not the given MIDI type should be transmitted. “TX”, as you know, is short for “transmission”. This means two things:

(1)the filter only applies to program changes sent by the FR-2/ FR-2b, and (2) it is only meaningful when the “MIDI Out/In” parameter is set to “Out”.

Program change messages are used to select sounds or memories on the receiving instrument simply by recalling another sound (or memory) on the transmitting instrument. The FR-2/FR-2b trans- mits program changes when you select Sets (on the Basic Chan- nel) and registers (on the MIDI channel assigned to the section for which you are selecting a different register). Select “Off” if you don’t need that.

All of the FR-2/FR-2b’s registers transmit program change/bank select clusters when pressed. And when you set the “MIDI Out/In” parameter to “IN”, the FR-2/FR-2b also receives those messages.

Arranger Control	[E4]/[27]	OK
Off, On	Default setting: Off

This parameter specifies which MIDI note numbers are sent by the Chord row buttons. You may have noticed that the chords gener- ated by the FR-2/FR-2b (and indeed any accordion) are incom- plete, because players are expected to supply the bass notes via the bass rows.

That information is fine if the resulting MIDI events you record with a sequencer are sent back to the FR-2/FR-2b. But if you want to control an arranger keyboard (like Roland’s E-series), the “patchy” chord information may cause the music style patterns to play in the wrong key.

If you experience such problems, switch this parameter on (regis- ter [2]). To record chord information that will be sent back to the FR-2/FR-2b at a later stage (with the bass notes sent on channel 2), however, switch this parameter off (register [1]).

Note: The chord notes are transmitted on MIDI channel 3.

8.Saving your settings (User Program)

Your FR-2/FR-2b contains 8 memories where you can store the FUNCTION settings listed below. Working with those memories has the advantage that you can recall frequently used settings at the press of a button. The User Program settings also include the “address” of the last Set you selected. The following settings are saved to the User Programs:

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Set	Number (1~8)
	Register
Treble section
	Balance (with Bass section)
	Octave setting
Orchestra	Register
section	Octave setting
Bass section	Register
	Balance (with Treble section)
Chord section	Register
	On/Off*
Orchestral Bass
	Register
	Level
Orchestral	On/Off*
	Register
Chord
	Level
Reverb	Type
	Level
Chorus	Type
	Level
	On or off
PAD
	Selected set
	Volume

[*]Mutually exclusive with corresponding accordion (or orches- tral) setting.

(1)Select the Set whose number should be memorized.

(2)Set everything the way you want it to be when you recall the User Program you want to save.

(3)Press and hold the

[USER¥PROG] button until it starts flashing.

The Treble register corre- sponding to the last User

USER

Program you selected	PROG.
flashes red.
(4) Press the Treble register	DEC
([1]~[8] F) of the User Pro-
gram memory where you
want to save your settings.
Both the selected register
and the [USER¥PROG] button light steadily.

(5) Press the [USER¥PROG] button again to leave this mode.

Recalling a User Program

Proceed as follows to recall a User Program you saved earlier:

(1)Press the [USER¥PROG] H button (it lights).

The register of the last User Program you selected flashes yellow.

(2)Press the Treble register ([1]~[8]) that is assigned to the User Program you want to use.

(3)Press the [USER¥PROG] button again to leave this mode.

Saving the current settings

Here is how to save the current settings of the eligible parameters (see above) to the desired User Program memory.

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