Roland FR-5, FR-7 owner manual ORC Bass Edit parameters, Lowest Note, Without saving them

Important note

The selection of Orchestra Bass sounds can be auto- mated on the “2.12 Bass Link” page (page 46) – for each Treble register.

Saving your changes

Any changes you make can be saved using the WRITE function. Though there is no need to save your changes right after performing them, please bear in mind that they will be lost in the following cases:

• When you select another Set

• When you switch off the FR-7/FR-5

Changes you want the FR-7/FR-5 to remember must be saved as soon as possible. Here is how:

(1) Press and hold the [MENU÷WRITE] button until the following page appears:

(2) Rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob (or use the [UP]/ [DOWN] buttons) to select “Orch. Bass”.

(3) Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to confirm your selection.

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5. ORC BASS EDIT parameters

5. ORC BASS EDIT parameters

The parameters of the ORC.BASS EDIT group allow you to edit the Orchestra Bass section. See page 28 for details about the Orchestra Bass section. See pages 38 and 40 for how to select and adjust the parameters.

Press [UP] and [DOWN] simultaneously to select the value that is indicated as “Default setting”.

Depending on what you chose in step (3) above, the display now looks as follows:

(4)Use the [DATA÷ENTER] knob or the [UP]/[DOWN] buttons to specify what you want to save: Current: The register you are currently editing.

Currnt + The register you are currently editing as

SCom:	well as the Set Common settings
	(page 63).
ALL	All registers. This is probably the safest
	bet, because it ensures that no Orchestra
	Bass register will be forgotten. (It is per-
	fectly possible to edit several registers
	without saving them.)

(5)Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to confirm your selection.

If you selected “Current” or	If you selected “ALL”
“Curnt+SCom”

(You cannot select a different register, or change the name of the current one.)

(6)Use the [DATA÷ENTER] knob or the [UP]/[DOWN] buttons to select the Set that should contain your changed version(s).

Change this setting only if you do not want to save your settings to the current Set.

(7)Press the [MENU÷WRITE] button to save your changes. The display briefly shows a confirmation:

(8)Press the [EXIT÷JUMP] button to return to the Main

page.

Note: See pages 38 and 40 for how to select and adjust the parameters below.

5.1 Lowest Note

This parameter allows you to specify the lowest note the selected sound can play. If you have ever worked with a Roland arranger module, you may be

familiar with the term “Wrap”. That is precisely what this parameter does.

The Orchestra Bass sounds (like the orchestral sounds of the Treble section) are PCM waveforms (samples) of acoustic instruments. Each acoustic instrument has a set range: it cannot sound notes below or above that range. A normally tuned 4-string bass guitar allows you to play a low E, but not the D below it, for instance:

Samples (PCM waveforms), on the other hand, can lower the pitch of a recorded sound almost indefinitely. But that doesn’t sound very natural. The “Lowest Note” parameter allows you to specify the lowest pitch the sample can use. If you nevertheless play a lower note

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