Roland FR-7/FR-5 Preventing sections from sending MIDI data (10.2 Ext. Seq. Playback)

MIDI functions | Global MIDI parameters

FR-7/FR-5 V-Accordion

The FR-7/FR-5 now asks you whether you want to

save your changes:

“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.)

Note: By performing the following steps, you also save other

settings you may have changed without saving them. This

MIDI parameter indeed belongs to the “Global” group.

(8) Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob. The display now

responds with:

(9) Press the [WRITE] button to save your changes. The

display briefly shows a confirmation:

Note: If you selected “NO”, the edited Global settings will be

used until you switch off the FR-7/FR-5 (or change them

again).

Preventing sections from sending MIDI data(10.2 Ext. Seq. Playback)

There may be situations where you use a MIDI sequence

as accompaniment for your accordion solo. If such a

sequence already contains the bass part (for example),

you may not want to play it again, yet not doing any-

thing with your left hand may feel a little strange. By

selecting “On” for a section, you switch off its connec-

tion with the internal tone generator and to the

FBC-7’s MIDI OUT port. The section therefore no longer

transmits data (which would allow you to pretend you

are playing while you’re not). But it now receives MIDI

data from a sequencer or other instrument you connect

to the FBC-7’s MIDI IN port.

(1) Press and hold the [EXIT÷JUMP] button until the

display looks as follows:

(2) Press register [10] to specify the function group.

The “Ext. Seq. Playback” parameters can be set via a

parameter of the “10. 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”, “Orches-

tra” (Treble keyboard) and “Bass-Chord”.

(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 and MIDI

OUT socket) or “Off” (normal operation).

A part you disconnect from its keyboard and the MIDI

OUT socket 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.)

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