Roland FR-5, FR-7 owner manual Register, Reed Volume, Treble Octave, Valve Noise, Musette Detune

2.2 Register

The parameters on this page are used in combination with the settings above. Here, you decide which feet should be audible and how they should be played.

It is therefore on this page that you specify whether the sounds you selected above will indeed be used.

Here comes another illustration:

Bandoneon Classic Cajun F-Folk Steierische TexMex Triktixa

<16> <8> <8–> <8+> <4> <5-1/3> <2-2/3>

On Off Off	On-	Off On	Off
	Cassotto

In our example, only 16’, 8’+ and 5-1/3’ are used. 8’+ is slightly softer than then other two reeds, because the Cassotto function is on. “Cassotto” is similar to the “Sordina” function discussed on page 22, but it only muffles the reed/footage in question (making the sound darker). The SORDINA switch, on the other hand, applies to all accordion sounds of the Treble section.

•If necessary, press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the “FOOT” parameter, then rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the reed you wish to assign another sound to.

The options are: 16, 8, 8–, 8+, 4, 5-1/3, 2-2/3

•Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the “STATUS” parameter, then rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to specify whether the selected reed should sound and whether it should be muffled.

The STATUS options are: Off (no sound), On (sounds), On-Cassotto (muffled sound).

2.3 Reed Volume

(Off, –40~“Std”~40, Default set- ting: Std) Here comes the last parameter that can be set for each reed/footage individually. It allows you to create the

desired “mix” (volume balance) for the active reeds (see the “2.2 Register” page).

This is a relative parameter, which means that its value is added to or subtracted from the standard value (“Std”). As a rule, it would be wise to decide which reed is most important and set its Volume parameter to “Std”. Then reduce or increase the volume of the “ancil- lary” reeds to create the desired balance.

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2.2 Register

•Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the “FOOT” parameter, then rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the reed whose volume you want to set.

The options are: ALL (all reeds simultaneously), 16’, 8’, 8’–, 8’+, 4’, 5-1/3’, 2-2/3’

•Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the “LEVEL” parameter, then rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to set

the volume.

Note: The overall volume of the Treble section (all registers) can be changed using the [BALANCE] knob.

2.4 Treble Octave

(–1, 0, 1, Default setting: 0) This parameter allows you to trans- pose the selected register one octave up (“1”) or down (“–1”). This can be used for two pur-

poses: to quickly correct the pitch that results from the active reeds (see above) or to avoid overlaps of the selected register when using a Treble Orchestra sound. (The Orchestra section also provides an Octave parame- ter.)

2.5 Valve Noise

Here comes a more elaborate version of the Noise parameter discussed on page 32, because it allows you not only to set the level of the “typical” valve

noises, but also to specify what kind of instrument should generate the noise. Though you are free to experiment with any noise type you like, using the noise related to the selected instrument (see “Reed Type”) is usually more realistic.

There is only one TYPE for the entire register (i.e. all 7 reeds). The options are: Bandoneon, I-Folk, I-Folk2, Clas- sic, Cajun, Jazz, F-Folk, D-Folk, Organetto, F-Folk2, Classic2, Studio, Tradition, Steierische, OldItaly, TexMex, Trikitixa.

Use the LEVEL parameter to specify how prominent the noise should be (Off, –40~“Std”~40, Default setting: Std).

Note: Whenever you select “ALL” for “2.1 Reed Type” and set a different reed type, this noise setting is automatically adapted to the reed type. It would therefore be a good idea to first select the reed type and only then change the noise type.

2.6 Musette Detune

This parameter allows you to choose the system used for detuning the 8’ reeds. See page 31 for details. The options are: Off, Dry, Classic, F-Folk,

American_L, American_H, North_Eur, German_L, D-Folk_L, Italian_L, German_H, Alpine, Italian_H, D-Folk_H, French, Scottish.

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