FR-7/FR-5V-Accordion

Editing sounds 11. UTILITY parameters

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

Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to confirm your selec- tion.

Use the [DATA÷ENTER] knob or the [UP]/[DOWN] but- tons to select “ALL”.

Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to confirm your selec- tion.

The display now looks as follows:

Use the [DATA÷ENTER] knob or the [UP]/[DOWN] but- tons 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.

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

Press the [EXIT÷JUMP] button to return to the Main page.

11.11 Bass Reg. on current Set This is an environment in its

own right rather than a param- eter. It allows you to set six parameters for all Bass registers of the currently selected Set

simultaneously. This may help you save a lot of time, especially for increasing or decreasing the volume of some or all reeds, or for selecting a different noise type. But be careful not to overuse this functionality.

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Here’s how to take advantage of this environment:

 

 

(1)

Select the Set whose Bass registers you want to

 

 

edit simultaneously.

 

(2)

Select this parameter (“11.11 Bass Reg. on

 

 

current Set”).

 

 

See p. 38 for the two possible approaches (one via

 

 

the JUMP menu, the other using the registers).

 

(3)

Turn the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the parame-

 

 

ter to be edited for all Bass registers.

The possibilities are:

Reed: Reed ALL, Reed 16’, Reed 8’, Reed 8’-4’, Reed 4', Reed 2’

Volume: Vol ALL, Vol 16’, Vol 8’, Vol 8'-4’, Vol 4’, Vol 2’

Others: Noise, Noise Vol, Reed Growl, Growl Vol As you see, this step may involve two actions:

(a)You first need to decide which parameter type you want to edit (“Reed”, “Vol”, “Noise”, “Noise Vol”, “Reed Growl”, or “Growl Vol”);

(b)Select the reeds your change should apply to (only for “Reed” and “Vol”).

Here’s an example: to set the reed type of all 16’ reeds (one per register) of the current Set to “Organetto”, turn the [DATA÷ENTER] knob until “Reed 16’” is displayed, then proceed with the next step. See also “Meaning of the warning that may appear” on p. 75.

(4)Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “VALUE”, then rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select the desired setting.

The possibilities depend on the choice you made in step (3) above.

Parameter

Setting range

Reed

Bandoneon, I-Folk, I-Folk2, Classic, Cajun,

 

Jazz, F-Folk, D-Folk, Organetto, F-Folk2,

 

Classic2, Studio, Tradition, Steierische,

 

Trikitixa

 

 

Vol

Off, –40~Std~40

 

 

 

Bandoneon, I-Folk, I-Folk2, Classic, Cajun,

Noise

Jazz, F-Folk, D-Folk, Organetto, F-Folk2,

Classic2, Studio, Tradition, Steierische,

 

 

Trikitixa

 

 

Noise Vol

Off, –40~Std~40

 

 

 

Bandoneon, I-Folk, I-Folk2, Classic, Cajun,

Reed Growl

Jazz, F-Folk, D-Folk, Organetto, F-Folk2,

Classic2, Studio, Tradition, Steierische,

 

 

Trikitixa

 

 

Growl Vol

Off, –40~Std~40

 

 

Note: Reeds that are currently off (see “3.2 Register” on p. 50) adopt the new setting but are not switched on by this opera- tion.

(5) Press [EXIT÷JUMP] to return to the Main page and try out all 7 Bass registers.

Note: Do not change Sets at this stage, because that would erase the changes you have just made.

(6)If you like your new settings, save them:

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

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Roland FR-7, FR-5 owner manual Edit simultaneously, Select this parameter 11.11 Bass Reg. on, Current Set

FR-7, FR-5 specifications

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