Roland FR-7, FR-5 Reverb Send, 6.5 Chorus Send Delay Send, Orchestra Midi TX, Recognition

FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion

Editing sounds 6. ORCH. EDIT parameters

6.3 Bellows Detune

(Off, Low, Standard, High, Default setting: Standard) This parameter allows you to specify how strongly the orchestral sound’s pitch should be influ-

enced by opening and closing the bellows faster than usual. This may further add to the realism of sounds like 1A~4B, 6A, 6B and 10~12.

If the “Standard” setting seems too mild, try “High”. If it is too strong, use “Low”. If you do not want any detun- ing effect, select “Off”. The most convincing setting usually depends on the selected sound.

6.4Reverb Send, 6.5 Chorus Send,

6.6Delay 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 Orchestra section). The higher the value you set,

the more the Orchestra section will be processed 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).

6.7 Aftertouch Pitch

(Off, 1/4 Down, 1/2 Down, 1/4

	Up, 1/2 Up, Default setting: Off)
	The FR-7/FR-5’s Treble keyboard
	generates 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 Orchestra section’s aftertouch
	recognition.
	The Treble section also contains this parameter. You are
r	thus free to decide whether both the accordion and the
	orchestral sounds should be affected by aftertouch
	messages or only one of them.
	Note: This aftertouch effect applies to all orchestral notes that
	are sounding 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 after-
	touch”.)

Note: For organ sounds (8A PercOrgan, 8B JazzOrgan,

9A RotOrgan and 9B Trem Org), aftertouch allows you to alter- nate between the fast and slow speeds of the Rotary effect. (That effect is automatically assigned to an organ sound when you select it.) The speed switching function cannot be deactivated. You can, however, also add pitch control to this switching func- tion, and so control two functions via the aftertouch.

6.8 Orchestra MIDI TX

This page contains a series of MIDI parameters for the Orches- tra section you need to set one by one. See page 86 for details about the MIDI parameters.

These parameters are saved along with all other Set parameters, which allows you to use different MIDI set- tings for each Set.

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