Roland FR-7, FR-5 owner manual Features

FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion

Features Features

1. Features

Stand-alone electronic instrument

Though the FR-7/FR-5 is a fully electronic instru- ment, you do not need to connect the FR-7 to an amplifier in order to produce sounds. Its onboard amplification system is powerful enough for small venues, restaurants, etc. (The FR-5 has no internal amplification.)

Furthermore, the FR-7 comes with a rechargeable battery (Ni-Mh) so that you do not need to connect it to a wall outlet. The battery should last ±8 hours. (The battery is available as an optional item for the FR-5.)

Sophisticated MIDI control

The FR-7/FR-5 is the most versatile and “musical” MIDI controller to date, going far beyond the control possibilities of a MIDI keyboard with optional perfor- mance functions or of MIDIfied wind instruments. The piano-style Treble keyboard even transmits after- touch messages.

PBM (Physical Behavior Modeling)

The FR-7/FR-5 V-Accordion is based on Roland’s lat- est sound generation technology called “PBM” (Phys- ical Behavior Modeling) whose sonic result is very close to the sound of traditional accordions.

Super realistic accordion simulations

The FR-7/FR-5 provides 40 memories called “Sets”, with 14 treble registers, 7 bass & chord registers and 7 free bass registers each. All sounds it produces were obtained by sampling the most popular traditional acoustic accordions. Different tuning systems are also available.

This V-Accordion allows you to switch from an Italian jazz accordion to German folk, French musette or a historic bandoneon sound – without changing your technique.

Orchestral sounds

	22 orchestral sounds can be used in combination
	with traditional accordion sounds – complete with
	full bellows articulation and unique keyboard modes
	(Solo, Dual, High and Low as well as “M” variants of
	these modes).
	In addition, the FR-7/FR-5 provides 7 orchestral bass
r	sounds for the Bass section, 7 orchestral sounds for
	the chord buttons, and 7 orchestral sounds for the
	Free Bass section that can be added to the Bass
	accordion sound.

The digital advantage

The V-Accordion includes all functions and sounds of a traditional accordion, thus conveying a really natu- ral feel and sound. Yet it also provides the advan- tages only an electronic musical instrument can give you:

•reduced overall weight;

•possibility to choose among a wide variety of sounds;

•you can create and customize the accordion timbres (program your own sounds);

•you can choose among various bass button operation modes (Minor 3rd Free Bass, 5th, Bayan, North Europe, Finnish);

•tuning stability over time and wear resistance of all mechanical parts;

•you can sound in a different key than the one you are playing in (transpose function);

•you can play with headphones, i.e. without disturbing your neighbors or family.

Superb performance flexibility

The V-Accordion allows you to control external MIDI- compatible instruments. The Treble keyboard and chord/bass buttons are velocity-sensitive, while the bellows controller provides more articulation possi- bilities than any other MIDI keyboard, MIDI wind instrument, etc., you may know.

In High or Low mode (see p. 26), you can control up to 4 parts simultaneously (two sounds in the right hand/two sounds in the left).

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