Roland FR-5, FR-7 owner manual Information, 109

Page 109

V-Accordion r

Information

10. Information

When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized

Roland distributor in your country as shown below.

AFRICA

EGYPT

Al Fanny Trading Office

9, EBN Hagar A1 Askalany

Street,

ARD E1 Golf, Heliopolis,

Cairo 11341, EGYPT

TEL: 20-2-417-1828

REUNION

Maison FO - YAM Marcel

25 Rue Jules Hermann,

Chaudron - BP79 97 491

Ste Clotilde Cedex,

REUNION ISLAND

TEL: (0262) 218-429

SOUTH AFRICA

T.O.M.S. Sound & Music (Pty)Ltd.

11 Melle St., Braamfontein, Johannesbourg,

SOUTH AFRICA

TEL: (011) 403 4105

FAX: (011) 403 1234

Paul Bothner(PTY)Ltd.

Royal Cape Park, Unit 24

Londonderry Road, Ottery 7800

Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

TEL: (021) 799 4900

ASIA

CHINA

Roland Shanghai Electronics Co.,Ltd.

5F. No.1500 Pingliang Road

Shanghai 200090, CHINA

TEL: (021) 5580-0800

Roland Shanghai Electronics

Co.,Ltd.

(BEIJING OFFICE)

10F. No.18 3 Section Anhuaxili

Chaoyang District Beijing

100011 CHINA

TEL: (010) 6426-5050

HONG KONG

Tom Lee Music Co., Ltd. Service Division

22-32 Pun Shan Street, Tsuen

Wan, New Territories,

HONG KONG

TEL: 2415 0911

Parsons Music Ltd.

8th Floor, Railway Plaza, 39 Chatham Road South, T.S.T, Kowloon, HONG KONG TEL: 2333 1863

INDIA

Rivera Digitec (India) Pvt. Ltd.

SINGAPORE

SWEE LEE MUSIC COMPANY PTE. LTD.

150 Sims Drive, SINGAPORE 387381 TEL: 6846-3676

SRI LANKA

Penguin Electronics (Pvt) Ltd.

115, Maya Avenue,

Colombo 06, SRI LANKA

TEL: (11) 2552376

TAIWAN

ROLAND TAIWAN

ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. Room 5, 9fl. No. 112 Chung Shan N.Road Sec.2, Taipei, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

TEL: (02) 2561 3339

THAILAND

Theera Music Co. , Ltd.

330 Soi Verng NakornKasem,

New Road, Sumpantawongse,

Bangkok 10100, THAILAND

TEL: (02) 224-8821

VIETNAM

SAIGON MUSIC

DISTRIBUTOR (TAN DINH MUSIC)

138 Tran Quang Khai Street

Dist. 1, Ho Chi Minh City

VIETNAM

TEL: (08) 848-4068

AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND

AUSTRALIA/

NEW ZEALAND

Roland Corporation Australia Pty.,Ltd.

38 Campbell Avenue

Dee Why West. NSW 2099

AUSTRALIA

For Australia

Tel: (02) 9982 8266

For New Zealand

Tel: (09) 3098 715

CENTRAL/LATIN AMERICA

ARGENTINA

Instrumentos Musicales S.A.

Av.Santa Fe 2055

(1123) Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA

TEL: (011) 4508-2700

COSTA RICA

JUAN Bansbach Instrumentos Musicales

Ave.1. Calle 11, Apartado 10237,

San Jose, COSTA RICA

TEL: 258-0211

CURACAO

Zeelandia Music Center Inc.

Orionweg 30

Curacao, Netherland Antilles TEL:(305)5926866

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Instrumentos Fernando Giraldez

Calle Proyecto Central No.3

Ens.La Esperilla

Santo Domingo,

Dominican Republic

TEL:(809) 683 0305

ECUADOR

Mas Musika

Rumichaca 822 y Zaruma

Guayaquil - Ecuador

TEL:(593-4)2302364

EL SALVADOR

OMNI MUSIC

75 Avenida Norte y Final

Alameda Juan Pablo II,

Edificio No.4010 San Salvador,

EL SALVADOR

TEL: 262-0788

GUATEMALA

Casa Instrumental

Calzada Roosevelt 34-01,zona 11 Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala

TEL:(502) 599-2888

HONDURAS

Almacen Pajaro Azul S.A. de C.V.

BO.Paz Barahona

3 Ave.11 Calle S.O

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

TEL: (504) 553-2029

MARTINIQUE

Musique & Son

Z.I.Les Mangle

97232 Le Lamantin

Martinique F.W.I.

TEL: 596 596 426860

Gigamusic SARL

10 Rte De La Folie

97200 Fort De France

Martinique F.W.I.

TEL: 596 596 715222

MEXICO

Casa Veerkamp, s.a. de c.v. Av. Toluca No. 323, Col. Olivar de los Padres 01780 Mexico D.F. MEXICO

TEL: (55) 5668-6699

TRINIDAD

AMR Ltd

Ground Floor

Maritime Plaza

Barataria Trinidad W.I.

TEL: (868) 638 6385

URUGUAY

Todo Musica S.A.

Francisco Acuna de Figueroa 1771

C.P.: 11.800 Montevideo, URUGUAY TEL: (02) 924-2335

VENEZUELA

Instrumentos Musicales Allegro,C.A.

Av.las industrias edf.Guitar import

#7 zona Industrial de Turumo Caracas, Venezuela

TEL: (212) 244-1122

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

Roland Elektronische Musikinstrumente HmbH.

Austrian Office

Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 8,

A-6020 Innsbruck, AUSTRIA

TEL: (0512) 26 44 260

BELGIUM/FRANCE/

HOLLAND/ LUXEMBOURG

Roland Central Europe N.V.

Houtstraat 3, B-2260, Oevel

(Westerlo) BELGIUM

TEL: (014) 575811

CZECH REP.

K-AUDIO

Kardasovska 626.

CZ-198 00 Praha 9,

CZECH REP.

TEL: (2) 666 10529

DENMARK

Roland Scandinavia A/S

Nordhavnsvej 7, Postbox 880,

DK-2100 Copenhagen

DENMARK

TEL: 3916 6200

FINLAND

Roland Scandinavia As, Filial Finland

Elannontie 5

FIN-01510 Vantaa, FINLAND

TEL: (0)9 68 24 020

GERMANY

Roland Elektronische Musikinstrumente HmbH.

NORWAY

Roland Scandinavia Avd.

Kontor Norge

Lilleakerveien 2 Postboks 95

Lilleaker N-0216 Oslo

NORWAY

TEL: 2273 0074

POLAND

MX MUSIC SP.Z.O.O.

UL. Gibraltarska 4.

PL-03664 Warszawa POLAND

TEL: (022) 679 44 19

PORTUGAL

Roland Iberia, S.L.

Portugal Office

Cais das Pedras, 8/9-1 Dto 4050-465, Porto, PORTUGAL TEL: 22 608 00 60

ROMANIA

FBS LINES Piata Libertatii 1, 535500 Gheorgheni,

ROMANIA

TEL: (266) 364 609

RUSSIA

MuTek

Dorozhnaya ul.3,korp.6 117 545 Moscow, RUSSIA TEL: (095) 981-4967

SPAIN

Roland Iberia, S.L.

Paseo García Faria, 33-35

08005 Barcelona SPAIN

TEL: 93 493 91 00

SWEDEN

Roland Scandinavia A/S

SWEDISH SALES OFFICE Danvik Center 28, 2 tr. S-131 30 Nacka SWEDEN TEL: (0)8 702 00 20

SWITZERLAND

Roland (Switzerland) AG

Landstrasse 5, Postfach,

CH-4452 Itingen,

SWITZERLAND

TEL: (061) 927-8383

UKRAINE

TIC-TAC

Mira Str. 19/108

P.O. Box 180

295400 Munkachevo,

UKRAINE

TEL: (03131) 414-40

UNITED KINGDOM

Roland (U.K.) Ltd.

Atlantic Close, Swansea

Enterprise Park, SWANSEA

SA7 9FJ,

UNITED KINGDOM

TEL: (01792) 702701

JORDAN

MUSIC HOUSE CO. LTD.

FREDDY FOR MUSIC

P. O. Box 922846

Amman 11192 JORDAN

TEL: (06) 5692696

KUWAIT

EASA HUSAIN AL-YOUSIFI

&SONS CO. Abdullah Salem Street, Safat, KUWAIT

TEL: 243-6399

LEBANON

Chahine S.A.L.

Gerge Zeidan St., Chahine Bldg., Achrafieh, P.O.Box: 16- 5857

Beirut, LEBANON

TEL: (01) 20-1441

OMAN

TALENTZ CENTRE L.L.C.

Malatan House No.1

Al Noor Street, Ruwi

SULTANATE OF OMAN TEL: 2478 3443

QATAR

Al Emadi Co. (Badie Studio & Stores)

P.O. Box 62, Doha, QATAR TEL: 4423-554

SAUDI ARABIA

aDawliah Universal

Electronics APL Corniche Road, Aldossary Bldg., 1st Floor, Alkhobar,

SAUDI ARABIA

P.O.Box 2154, Alkhobar 31952

SAUDI ARABIA

TEL: (03) 898 2081

SYRIA

Technical Light & Sound Center

Rawda, Abdul Qader Jazairi St.

Bldg. No. 21, P.O.BOX 13520,

Damascus, SYRIA

TEL: (011) 223-5384

TURKEY

ZUHAL DIS TICARET A.S.

Galip Dede Cad. No.37

Beyoglu - Istanbul / TURKEY

TEL: (0212) 249 85 10

U.A.E.

Zak Electronics & Musical Instruments Co. L.L.C.

Zabeel Road, Al Sherooq Bldg.,

No. 14, Grand Floor, Dubai,

U.A.E.

TEL: (04) 3360715

409, Nirman Kendra

Mahalaxmi Flats Compound

Off. Dr. Edwin Moses Road,

Mumbai-400011, INDIA

TEL: (022) 2493 9051

INDONESIA

PT Citra IntiRama

J1. Cideng Timur No. 15J-150

Jakarta Pusat

INDONESIA

TEL: (021) 6324170

KOREA

Cosmos Corporation

1461-9, Seocho-Dong,

Seocho Ku, Seoul, KOREA

TEL: (02) 3486-8855

MALAYSIA

Roland Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.

45-1, Block C2, Jalan PJU 1/39,

Dataran Prima, 47301 Petaling

Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA

TEL: (03) 7805-3263

PHILIPPINES

G.A. Yupangco & Co. Inc.

339 Gil J. Puyat Avenue

Makati, Metro Manila 1200,

PHILIPPINES

TEL: (02) 899 9801

BARBADOS

A&B Music Supplies LTD

12 Webster Industrial Park

Wildey, St.Michael, Barbados

TEL: (246)430-1100

BRAZIL

Roland Brasil Ltda.

Rua San Jose, 780 Sala B

Parque Industrial San Jose

Cotia - Sao Paulo - SP, BRAZIL

TEL: (011) 4615 5666

CHILE

Comercial Fancy II S.A. Rut.: 96.919.420-1 Nataniel Cox #739, 4th Floor Santiago - Centro, CHILE TEL: (02) 688-9540

COLOMBIA

Centro Musical Ltda.

Cra 43 B No 25 A 41 Bododega 9

Medellin, Colombia

TEL: (574)3812529

NICARAGUA

Bansbach Instrumentos Musicales Nicaragua

Altamira D'Este Calle Principal de la Farmacia 5ta.Avenida

1 Cuadra al Lago.#503 Managua, Nicaragua TEL: (505)277-2557

PANAMA

SUPRO MUNDIAL, S.A.

Boulevard Andrews, Albrook,

Panama City, REP. DE

PANAMA

TEL: 315-0101

PARAGUAY

Distribuidora De Instrumentos Musicales

J.E. Olear y ESQ. Manduvira

Asuncion PARAGUAY

TEL: (595) 21 492147

PERU

Audionet

Distribuciones Musicales SAC

Juan Fanning 530

Miraflores

Lima - Peru

TEL: (511) 4461388

Oststrasse 96, 22844

Norderstedt, GERMANY

TEL: (040) 52 60090

GREECE/CYPRUS

STOLLAS S.A.

Music Sound Light

155, New National Road

Patras 26442, GREECE

TEL: 2610 435400

HUNGARY

Roland East Europe Ltd.

Warehouse Area ‘DEPO’ Pf.83

H-2046 Torokbalint,

HUNGARY

TEL: (23) 511011

IRELAND

Roland Ireland

G2 Calmount Park, Calmount

Avenue, Dublin 12

Republic of IRELAND

TEL: (01) 4294444

ITALY

Roland Italy S. p. A. Viale delle Industrie 8, 20020 Arese, Milano, ITALY TEL: (02) 937-78300

MIDDLE EAST

BAHRAIN

Moon Stores

No.16, Bab Al Bahrain Avenue,

P.O.Box 247, Manama 304,

State of BAHRAIN

TEL: 17 211 005

IRAN

MOCO INC.

No.41 Nike St., Dr.Shariyati Ave.,

Roberoye Cerahe Mirdamad

Tehran, IRAN

TEL: (021) 285-4169

ISRAEL

Halilit P. Greenspoon & Sons Ltd.

8 Retzif Ha'aliya Hashnya St.

Tel-Aviv-Yafo ISRAEL

TEL: (03) 6823666

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

Roland Canada Ltd. (Head Office)

5480 Parkwood Way

Richmond B. C., V6V 2M4

CANADA

TEL: (604) 270 6626

Roland Canada Ltd. (Toronto Office)

170 Admiral Boulevard

Mississauga On L5T 2N6

CANADA

TEL: (905) 362 9707

U. S. A.

Roland Corporation U.S.

5100 S. Eastern Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938,

U. S. A.

TEL: (323) 890 3700

As of April 1, 2006 (ROLAND)

109

Page 108 Page 110
Image 109
Page 108 Page 110
Contents OS Version FR-7/FR-5Important Safety Instructions FR-7/FR-5 FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion Contents Features Using the unit safely FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion Features Using the unit safely Important notes FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion Important notes Important notes Strap holder precautionTreble control panel Panel descriptionsBass control panel Connection panel Display and master barConnection panel of the FBC-7 Connecting the FR-7/FR-5 to the supplied FBC-7 Setting upUsing the Output sockets ConnectionsIf you are using the FBC-7 Switching the power on and offSwitch it on Switch on the receiving audio deviceListening to the demo songs Switch on the FR-7/FR-5First steps FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion Setting up First stepsSections of your FR-7/FR-5 Press the EXIT÷JUMP button to return to the Main Selecting Easy or Full modeTypical Main page display looks like this About the MainTreble section Touring the FR-7/FR-5’s sectionsBassoon Master Bandon Accord Oboe ViolinInstrument Using the FR-7/FR-5’s digital effectsBass section can be played via the Stradella but- tons Bass sectionHere is what the caps look like Press another register to change the soundSimultaneously press the three registers labeled Free Bass Playing in Free Bass modeDisplay now briefly responds with Orchestral sounds for the Treble section Using the orchestral soundsFR-7/FR-5’s Orchestra functionality actually com Orchestra and three for the Bass buttons called RegistersHere is how the drone function works Selecting the Orchestra modeNitely If you press a single gray key see the illustrationAgain play a few notes and listen to the result Setting the volume of the Treble orchestral soundReturn to the Main page by pressing EXIT÷JUMP Switching off the Orchestra Bass part Switching off the Orchestra partFR-7/FR-5V-Accordion Setting up Using the orchestral sounds Orchestral sounds for the Bass sectionThis is not necessary if you are already in Free Bass mode Switching off the Orch Chord partOrchestral sounds for the Chord section Orchestral sounds for the Free Bass sectionSimultaneously press the three registers in the moddle Switching off the Orch Free BS partPress the Down button four times Display now responds with ValueGeneral remark Other practical functionsPitch-related functions TransposeNoise Edit Valve & Button Scale TuningVolume-related functions Connecting the FBC-7 Using the FBC-7Using the footswitches Connecting an optional expression pedalGeneral remarks about the battery Charging the batteryUse BP-24-45 batteries, part no. K2568101 FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion About the FBC-7 Charging the battery Recharging the battery on the FBC-7Using the recharged battery If the battery fails to last 8 hours or slightly lessEditing sounds Selecting parameters using the Jump functionSelecting parameters Easy and Full modesSelecting parameters via the menu Proceed with Setting parameter valuesParameter for editing Setting parameter valuesButtons to change the value Function groupMaster Tune Tuning parametersTranspose ScaleScale Assign FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion Editing sounds 1. Tuning parametersPress MENU÷WRITE again to jump to the following Introduction Treble Edit parametersIng them Hold down UP for a while Reed TypeRegister plays Register into a different instruRegister Reed VolumeTreble Octave Valve NoiseBellows Detune Reverb Send, 2.9 Chorus Send Delay SendAftertouch Pitch Bass LinkOrchestra Chord Link Orchestra LinkOn the Main page, links are indicated as follows CHD-AcGuitar, CHD-AcPiano Treble Midi TXFBS-Flute, FBS-PercOrgan FBS-AcGuitar, FBS-AcPianoThem Bass Edit parametersKnob to select the desired reed Button NoiseOptions are 16’, 8’, 8’-4’, 4’, 2’ Ume balance for the active reeds see the RegisterReed Growl Reverb Send, 3.8 Chorus Send Delay SendBass Midi TX, 3.11 Chord Midi TX Std~40Important notes Free Bass Edit parametersSaving them Options are ALL both reeds simultaneously, 16’, 8’ Free Bass Midi TX Reverb Send, 4.8 Chorus Send Delay SendLowest Note ORC Bass Edit parametersWithout saving them Reverb Send, 5.5 Chorus Send Delay Send Orc Bass VolumeOrc Bass Midi TX ORCH. Edit parameters Orchestra VolumeOrchestra Octave Orchestra Midi TX Reverb Send, 6.5 Chorus Send Delay SendRecognition Messages or only one of themORC CHD Edit parameters Orc Chord VolumeOrc Chord Midi TX Reverb Send, 7.3 Chorus Send Delay SendReverb Send, 8.3 Chorus Send Delay Send Orc FreeBs VolumeORC FBS Edit parameters Orc FreeBs Midi TX Reverb Macro Type SET Common parametersAbout the effects parameters If necessary, select another Set by turningChorus Macro Type Reverb ParametersAvailable options are Chorus knob Chorus ParametersDelay Parameters Delay Macro TypeName System parametersMaster Bar Recall IconPedal Controller LCD ContrastFR-7/FR-5V-Accordion Editing sounds 10. System parameters Less strength the X stands for extra. StandardBass & Chord Mode Bass & Chord ModeStereo Width Free Bass ModeFree Bass Mode Auto Power OFFStartup Name StartupOrchestra Touch Orch. Bs&Ch TouchUtility parameters Battery StatusTreble Release T Copy ALL EffectsEffects settings, these three parame Copy Reverb, 11.4 Copy Chorus Copy DelayCopy SET Bulk Dump ALL, 11.8 Bulk Dump SETTreble Reg. on current Set Restore SETSelect this parameter 11.11 Bass Reg. on Edit simultaneouslyCurrent Set Ter to be edited for all Bass registersFreeBass Reg. on current Set Press the EXIT÷JUMP button to return to the Main About Midi Midi functionsFR-7/FR-5’s sections use the following Midi chan- nels Working with a sequencer and other tone generatorsMidi data always go from OUT to Sending program changesFinal note regarding sequencers Global Midi parametersChannel you want to set Press register 1 to select the followingFreeBs, Basic Ch, and Control Ch Be set toSet the module’s Midi receive channel often called RX to Defining the ‘PC’ format Solving Midi buffer problems 12.3 Bellows TX Resolution Midi parameters for the various sections/parts Procedure for setting these parametersImportant remarks SectionsCC00, CC32, PC OctavePanpot VolumeReverb ChorusArchiving your settings with a sequencer Archiving your settings via Midi Bulk DumpSwitch off the sequencer’s Midi Echo or Soft Thru function AfterT only for the Treble and Orchestra sectionsSending Bulk data back to the FR-7/FR-5 Sending Bulk data back to the FR-7/FR-5 Miscellaneous functions Saving settings using the Write functionPress the DATA÷ENTER knob to jump to Selected function Using WriteSwitch on the FR-7/FR-5 while holding down Restoring the factory defaultsTroubleshooting MIDI-related issues My settings have changedAt power-on, the FR-7/FR-5 displays the follow- ing message Supplied accessories SpecificationsBattery for FR-5, spare part for FR-7 Pedal Board Soft Bag Parameter list Miscellaneous functions Parameter list 100Orchestra Edit 101Utility 102Factory Sets 103Demo Songs Rêve d’amour by L. Bruti Luigi Bruti 104105 Midi implementationMidi implementation Bulk Dump 106107 108 Midi Implementation Chart109 Information110 IndexNumerics Bulk111 User 1~3 112Avis 602.00.0152

FR-7, FR-5 specifications

The Roland FR-5 and FR-7 are part of Roland's acclaimed line of digital accordions, known for their innovative technologies and exceptional sound quality. These instruments have been designed to provide musicians with a versatile and rich playing experience, fusing traditional accordion elements with modern digital functionality.

One of the most significant features of both the FR-5 and FR-7 is their advanced digital sound engine. This technology offers a wide array of sounds, including a variety of accordion types, reeds, and orchestral instruments. The sound quality is remarkable, with a high level of fidelity that captures the essence of authentic acoustic instruments. Musicians can easily switch between different instrument sounds, making these accordions perfect for various musical styles and genres.

Both models feature a lightweight and ergonomic design, making them comfortable to play for extended periods. The FR-5 and FR-7 have built-in speakers that provide excellent sound projection, allowing performers to play without the need for external amplification. Furthermore, the onboard effects, such as reverb and chorus, enhance the musical experience, enabling players to add depth and character to their performances.

The user interface on both models is intuitive, with easily accessible controls that allow for quick adjustments while performing. The FR-7 takes it a notch higher with its extensive customizable settings and user memory options, which can store a variety of configurations and preferences for different playing situations.

A standout feature of the FR-7 is its capability for MIDI connectivity, enabling musicians to connect to computers and other digital devices. This opens up a world of possibilities for recording and live performance setups, allowing users to integrate their accordion with software instruments and digital audio workstations.

In terms of playability, the FR-5 and FR-7 offer responsive keyboard action and a range of registers that mimic the sound of traditional accordions. The bellows response is finely tuned, ensuring that players can achieve dynamic expression through their playing style.

Overall, the Roland FR-5 and FR-7 digital accordions represent a perfect blend of traditional craftsmanship and modern technology, catering to both hobbyists and professional musicians. With their exceptional sound, lightweight design, and cutting-edge features, these instruments are redefining the possibilities of accordion music in contemporary settings. Whether one is performing on stage or practicing at home, the FR-5 and FR-7 deliver an unparalleled playing experience that inspires creativity and passion for music.
Top Page Image Contents