Roland FR-5, FR-7 owner manual Again play a few notes and listen to the result

LOW [11]: This is the opposite of HIGH and can be used in situations where the melody (or counter-mel- ody) lies above the notes you wish to hold.

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Played by the Orchestra sound

(4)While holding down the [ORCHESTRA] register, press [11], [12], [13] or [14] to select the desired mode.

The display briefly confirms your selection (only one of the following messages is actually displayed):

(5) Again play a few notes and listen to the result.

Note: The Orchestra mode setting can be saved to a Set (see p. 47). The saved mode is recalled when you activate the Orchestra part.

■Quickly adding and muting the orchestral sound After activating the Orchestra section and selecting a mode, you can play certain phrases using the accor- dion sound and then add the selected orchestral sound to it when you repeat such a phrase.

The following switches the Orchestra part on and off in DUAL, HIGH or LOW mode. The Treble accordion part goes on sounding, however.

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Orchestral sounds for the Treble section

(6)Press the Master bar that protrudes from under- neath the Treble keyboard to switch the Orchestra part on or off.

The display now looks as follows (same system for the HIGH and LOW modes):

Note which field contains a keyboard icon, then press the Master bar again and look at the display. Play a few notes to understand what happens.

■Setting the volume of the (Treble) orchestral sound

There may be times (in DUAL, HIGH or LOW mode) when the ORCHESTRA sound is too loud or too soft with respect to the Treble accordion sound. In that case, you can change its volume:

(7)Press the [DOWN] button once.

(8)Use the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to set the desired value.

This is actually a balance parameter with a setting range of “Off”, –40~“Std”~+40. “Std” means that the Orchestra part uses its “normal” volume. Negative values (–) make the Orchestra part softer, while posi- tive values (+) make it louder.

You can save the new value (and the remaining changes you make). See page 92.

(9)Return to the Main page by pressing [EXIT÷JUMP].

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