MIDI functions | About MIDI
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FR-7/FR-5 V-Accordion
Roland dealer for details. And finally, you may need to
install applications called “drivers” on your computer to
ensure that it can talk and listen to the MIDI interface.
Final note regarding sequencers
If you use the FR-7/FR-5 as MIDI controller for record-
ing new songs, there is one more thing you need to be
aware of. Always ask yourself which MIDI sound source
should play back the part you are recording.
• If the FR-7/FR-5’s tone generator is not used for the
part you are recording, you need to connect the
external module’s MIDI IN socket to the sequencer’s
MIDI OUT port and activate the sequencer’s “MIDI
Soft Thru” function:
Note that this is only necessary for recording new
material. You do not have to worry about them dur-
ing playback.
The FR-7/FR-5, for its part can only either transmit
MIDI messages or receive them (but not both simul-
taneously). There is thus nothing special you need to
do and that needs to be changed back later. It only
receives messages if the “Ext” function is on (see
page 70).
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
External sequencer
FR-7/FR-5’s tone
generator
(FBC-7)
External module