Roland FR-5, FR-7 owner manual Set the module’s Midi receive channel often called RX to

(1)Press and hold the [EXIT÷JUMP] button until the display looks as follows:

(2)Press register [12] to specify the function group. The “Ext. Seq. Playback” parameters can be set via a parameter of the “MIDI” group, which is why you need to select that group.

(3)Press register [2] to select the following page:

(4)Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “PART” (left entry), then turn it to select the part whose setting you want to change.

The parts you can select here are: “Treble”, “Bass&Chord”, “Orchestra”, and ALL”. Select “ALL” to change the status (also called “Local” in the MIDI world) of all available sections.

Note: “ALL” can also be selected from the Main page by simul- taneously pressing the [ORCHESTRA÷MODE] + [1] registers. Note: The “Bass&Chord” entry also includes the Orchestra Chord and Orchestra Free Bass sections.

(5)Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “VALUE” (right entry), then turn it to select “On” (disconnect the part from the internal tone generator) or “Off” (normal operation).

A part you disconnect from its keyboard is flagged as “EXT. MIDI” on the Main page:

(In this example, all sections are disconnected from the FR-7/FR-5’s tone generator, which is probably a highly unlikely configuration.)

Note: When you select “On”, the FR-7/FR-5’s registers no longer transmit the sound selection clusters you may have programmed using “CC00, CC32, PC” on p. 87. Instead, they transmit their “Std” values.

(6)Press [EXIT÷JUMP] to return to the Main page.

(7)See “Saving your changes” on p. 82 if you want to save these settings.

If you don’t save them, they are reset when you switch off the FR-7/FR-5.

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Sending program change messages when necessary

Sending program change messages when necessary

(12.4 Bank for ‘Send PC’)

Though each register can transmit a program change/ bank select cluster when pressed (see “CC00, CC32, PC” on p. 87), you can also transmit sound select messages on the fly – without changing registers on the FR-7/ FR-5. These are MIDI messages that cause an external instrument or device to select a different memory (i.e. another sound or effect).

This functionality is mainly intended for selecting set- ting groups of various sounds on external instruments. Such setting groups may be called “Performances” or “Multis”, which you may want to select while playing, because working with “finished” Performances, etc., does away with the need to program sound select addresses for the FR-7/FR-5’s registers (see “CC00, CC32, PC” on page 87). Using those multitimbral mem- ories has the advantage that all sound addresses and MIDI channels are configured “automatically” simply by sending the correct “PC” address from the FR-7/FR-5.

As the first half of the name (“Send PC”) suggests, this function only transmits messages to an external device whose MIDI IN port is connected to the FBC-7’s MIDI OUT socket.

Here is how to take advantage of that function:

(1)Connect the FR-7/FR-5 to the FBC-7, and the FBC-7’s MIDI OUT socket to the MIDI IN port of the module, synthesizer, etc., you wish to control.

(2)Set the module’s MIDI receive channel (often called “RX”) to “13”.

See its manual for details. If you are unable to change the receiver’s MIDI channel, set the FR-7/ FR-5’s “Control Ch” to match the external instru- ment’s “RX” channel. (See “MIDI channel numbers” on p. 81 for how to set the “Control Ch” parameter.)

(3)Hold down the [ORCHESTRA÷MODE] register while pressing register [8].

(4)Use Treble registers [1]~[10] to enter the sound number.

You may have to look in the owner’s manual of the module or synthesizer you are controlling to find out which number you need to transmit for the sound (or memory) you want to select. You can enter any number from “1” to “512”.

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