Miscellaneous functions | Troubleshooting
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FR-7/FR-5 V-Accordion
changes are erased. Similarly, do not switch off the
FR-7/FR-5 or select another Set before saving set-
tings you want to keep: save them first.
■Did you establish a “Link”?
If you change the Bass, Free Bass, and/or Orchestra
settings without saving them, and then select
another Treble register while the Link function is on,
the FR-7/FR-5 selects different settings for the linked
sections. Your changes are therefore lost.
■Did you save the “SET COMMON” parameters?
Doing so only saves the general Set parameters, not
the settings of the various registers.
■Did a “Noise” setting change?
Whenever you select “ALL” for “2.1 Reed Type”, and
set a different reed type, the “2.5 Valve Noise” setting
is automatically adapted to that reed type. You may
have to change it afterwards if you wish to use a dif-
ferent noise type.
Whenever you select “ALL” for “3.1 Reed Type” and
set a different reed type, the “3.5 Reed Growl” setting
is automatically adapted to that reed type. It would
therefore be a good idea to first select the reed type
and only then change the growl type. The same
applies to “4.4 Button Noise” and “4.1 Reed Type”.
■Did the effects parameters change unexpectedly?
Each effects processor (Reverb, Chorus, Delay) has a
“Macro” parameter (pages 56 and 58) that not only
recalls a different effect type, but also appropriate
settings for that type. If you select another Macro,
the settings for the previous effect type are lost.
MIDI-related issues
■I selected the “Ext. Seq. Playback” mode, yet the
section in question does not respond to MIDI
messages.
Does the section’s MIDI channel correspond to the
transmit channel of the external device (page 69)? Do
not select “Off” for a section that should receive MIDI
messages.
■What MIDI channels does the FR-7/FR-5 use by
default?
See the table on page 67.
■The MIDI channel setting is correct, yet the sec-
tion in question does not transmit notes.
You probably set its “Note” parameter to “Off”
(page 72).
■The FR-7/FR-5 does not change sounds when my
sequencer transmits program change numbers,
even though I used the FR-7/FR-5 to send those
numbers to the sequencer.
You can send program change numbers to an exter-
nal instrument that lie outside the range of the FR-7/
FR-5’s registers (1~14 for Treble, 1~7 for Bass/Free
Bass/Orch. Bass, 1~22 for Orchestra). Such “excess”
program numbers are ignored by the FR-7/FR-5
when you transmit them back (from a sequencer, for
example).
■I cannot find the MIDI sockets on my FR-7/FR-5.
The FR-7/FR-5 does not have MIDI sockets. You need
to connect it to the FBC-7 using the supplied 19-pin
cable (page 66).
■The FR-7/FR-5 does not receive the MIDI mes-
sages I recorded for it.
That’s because the “Ext. Seq. Playback” parameter of
the sections in question is set to “Off”. You need to
activate it if you wish to use the FR-7/FR-5 as MIDI
tone generator (page 70).
■All the FR-7/FR-5’s settings have changed.
You probably transmitted a “Bulk” file containing 40
Sets (“ALL”) to the FR-7/FR-5. The settings of that file
have replaced your own settings. We regret that your
settings cannot be restored. Be sure to archive the
internal settings before transmitting bulk data to the
FR-7/FR-5 (page 75).
■The external sequencer keeps displaying a “MIDI
buffer overflow” message
The bellows sends too many data at once (its data are
transmitted on five channels simultaneously). Select
a different setting (“Medium” or “Low”). This leads to
a coarser resolution, and maybe to audible steps, but
at least, your sequencer will be able to record the
data. See “Solving MIDI buffer problems” on p. 71.
While saving data, the FR-7/FR-5 displays the following message
It means that the data could not be saved in the
FR-7/FR-5’s internal memory. Press [EXIT÷JUMP] to
leave this page. WARNING: this will take you to the
Main page. Do not select other registers or Sets. First
try to save your settings using the WRITE function
(page 77). If the above message appears again, con-
tact your Roland dealer to have your FR-7/FR-5’s
memory checked.
At power-on, the FR-7/FR-5 displays the follow-ing message
The FR-7/FR-5 was switched off while it was saving
data (possibly because the battery was depleted, or
because of a power failure). When you switch it on
again, it attemps to recover everything it can. It may,
however, also load the data of the corresponding
factory set. In any case, you will have to program
some or all settings again.