Roland FR-7 Bellows Detune, Reverb Send, 2.9 Chorus Send Delay Send, Aftertouch Pitch, Bass Link

FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion

Editing sounds 2. TREBLE EDIT parameters

2.7 Bellows Detune

(Off, Low, Standard, High, Default setting: Standard) This parameter further adds to the realism of the sounds emulated by your FR-7/FR-5. Here, you

can specify how strongly the pitch of the simulated Treble reed(s) changes when you open or close the bel- lows faster than usual.

If the “Standard” setting seems too mild, try “High”. If it is too strong, use “Low”. If you don’t want any detuning effect, select “Off”. The most convincing setting usually depends on the selected instrument(s) (see “2.1 Reed Type”).

2.8Reverb Send, 2.9 Chorus Send,

2.10Delay Send

(0~127 for all three) Use these parameters to set the Reverb, Chorus or Delay send level (how much effect should be applied to the Treble sec- tion). The higher the value you set, the more the Treble section is pro- cessed by the effect in question.

It works much the same way as a cathedral: the louder you sing, the more reverb (chorus or delay) you

hear. In the case of the cathedral, singing louder means that you increase the effect send level, i.e. the level of the signal (your voice) that will be processed by the acoustic environment.

The other sections (Bass, Free Bass, etc.) have the same parameters, so that you can create a sound image with various “levels” (foreground, background).

The effects themselves can be edited on separate pages (see p. 64).

2.11 Aftertouch Pitch

(Off, 1/4 Down, 1/2 Down, 1/4 Up, 1/2 Up, Default setting: Off) As stated earlier, the FR-7/ FR-5’s Treble keyboard also gen- erates aftertouch messages.

“Aftertouch” refers to the fact that you press a key even further down after playing a note. This effect allows you to bend the pitch down (temporarily lower the note) by a quarter (“1/4 Down”) or a semi-tone (“1/2 Down”). Select “1/4 Up” or “1/2 Up” to bend the notes up a quarter or a semi-tone. Select “Off” to switch off the Treble section’s aftertouch recognition.

r	Note: This aftertouch effect applies to all notes that are sound-
	ing simultaneously. If you play a chord and then only press down
	one key of the chord’s constituent notes, all notes are bent by the
	same amount. (MIDI buffs call this “channel aftertouch”.)

2.12 Bass Link

Here are two parameters that allow you specify which Bass and/or Orchestra Bass register/ sound are selected whenever you press the Treble register you

are currently editing. That way, you only need to press one register instead of at least two (one Treble, one Bass). There are other parameters that allow you to associate a Treble Orchestra and/or Chord/Free Bass Orchestra sounds with the currently selected accordion register (see below).

The options for the parameters on this page are:

•BASS: No Link, Bass 1~7, Free 1~7 (This selection also influences the options for the “2.14 Orchestra Chord Link” parameter.)

•ORC.BASS: No Link, Acoustic, Bowed, Fingered, Fret- less, Picked, Tuba, Tuba Mix

If you define a “Free” register, the Bass section auto- matically switches to Free Bass mode when you press the Treble register while the Bass Link function is active. (If you define a “Bass” register, the Bass sec- tion switches from Free Bass to Bass mode at that time, if necessary.)

If you also define an ORC.BASS sound (other than “No Link”), the Bass section automatically activates the Orchestra Bass part when you press the Treble register while the Bass Link function is active.

Select “No Link” if there should be no connection between the currently selected Treble register and the Bass or Orchestra Bass section.

Note that this automatic link is not activated when you define it on this page – it is merely enabled and “pre-set”. To activate the Bass Link function, press and hold down the [ORCHESTRA] register and press

[9]:

Note: Simply activating the link does nothing at all (i.e. the Bass/Free Bass/Orchestra Bass/Orchestra Chord/Orchestra Free Bass register does not change right away). You need to select another Treble register whose Bass Link function is on for the link to work.

Repeat this procedure to defeat the Bass Link func- tion if you no longer need it.

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