Roland owner manual Sending Bulk data back to the FR-7/FR-5

FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion

MIDI functions Archiving your settings via MIDI (Bulk Dump)

The display now responds with:

–OR–

Press [EXIT÷JUMP] if you do not want to transmit your settings after all.

(11)Wait until the following message appears, then stop recording on your sequencer.

(12)Name the “song” (it may only contain data so far) and save it to hard or floppy disk.

See below for how to transmit the settings back to the FR-7/FR-5 at a later stage.

Sending Bulk data (back) to the FR-7/FR-5

The FR-7/FR-5 not only sends SysEx data to external devices (see above), it also receives them. In fact, the FR-7/FR-5 accepts several kinds of Bulk data:

•Entire sets that overwrite the contents of all internal Set memories. If you don’t want to lose the settings that currently reside in the FR-7/FR-5’s internal memories, archive them first using the procedure described on page 89.

•One Set: in this case, you can choose where to save the received Set data.

(1)Connect the FBC-7’s MIDI IN socket to the sequencer’s/computer’s MIDI OUT socket.

See page 79 for a connection diagram. Obviously, you also need to connect the FR-7/FR-5 to the FBC-7.

Note: Your computer needs to be equipped with (or connected to) an appropriate MIDI interface.

(2)If you are working with a computer, launch the sequencer program.

(3)Load the song that contains the data you want to transmit.

(4)On your sequencer, perform all necessary actions to ensure that it transmits SysEx data.

See its manual for details.

Note: If you are about to transmit a group of 40 Sets (“ALL”) to the FR-7/FR-5, ask yourself whether you have archived the Set data that currently reside in the internal memories, or whether it is OK to overwrite them. Be aware that by proceeding with an “ALL DATA” file, you replace all internal settings.

r	(5) Start playback of the data file or song on your
	sequencer, etc.
	The display now responds with:
		–OR–

Note: When transmitting an “ALL DATA” file to the FR-7/FR-5, wait until the “WRITE COMPLETE” message appears before stopping playback on your sequencer. Failure to do so will ren- der your FR-7/FR-5 inoperable. If that happens, you need to initialize it (see “Restoring the factory defaults” on p. 94).

(6)Stop playback of your sequencer.

If you transmitted one Set to the FR-7/FR-5, the dis- play now responds with:

This message means that the corresponding data cur- rently reside in the FR-7/FR-5’s temporary memory but that you need to save them if the FR-7/FR-5 should remember them. A Set received in this way can be used until you select another (internal) Set.

If you think you’ll need the Set at a later stage, be sure to save it. If you only need it temporarily, you can select “NO”. The FR-7/FR-5 will then use the sound (and MIDI) settings received from the com- puter, but they will be “forgotten” when you switch the FR-7/FR-5 off or select another Set.

“YES” is selected by default. If you want to save your changes, proceed as described below. (If you don’t, turn the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “NO”, then press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob.)

To save the Set data:

(7)Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob. The display now responds with:

(8)Rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the target memory for the received Set (1~40).

Be aware that the data in the memory you select here will be overwritten.

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

In some cases, the display may show the following message. It means that the SysEx data were incom- plete or that the checksum was missing or wrong.

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