Roland FR-5b, FR-7b Preventing sections from sending MIDI data (12.2 Ext. Seq. Playback)

Preventing sections from sending MIDI data

V-Accordion

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

display looks as follows:

(2) Press register [12] to specify the function group.

The MIDI channels can be set via a parameter of the

“MIDI” group, which is why you need to select that

group.

(3) Press register [1] to select the following page:

(4) Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “PART” (left

entry), then turn it to select the part whose MIDI

channel you want to set.

The entries you can select are: “Treble”, “Bass/Free”,

“Chord”, “OrcBass”, “Orchestra”, “Orc Chord”, “Orc

FreeBs”, “Basic Ch”, and “Control Ch”.

The “Basic Ch” (default setting “13”) can be used for

selecting Sets from an external MIDI device (using

program change numbers 1~40). If your external

source sends Bank Select messages along with the

program change number, CC00 and CC32 must both

be set to “0”.

The “Control Ch” (default setting “13”) can only be

used for sending program change messages (see

below).

(5) Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to select “CHANNEL”

(right entry), then turn it to select a MIDI channel.

The options are: “Off” and 1~16. Select “Off” if the

part in question should neither receive nor transmit

MIDI data.

Though it is perfectly possible to assign the same

MIDI channel to several sections, the result is usually

disappointing and may lead to a lot of confusion.

(6) If necessary, repeat steps (4) and (5) to assign dif-

ferent MIDI channels to the remaining parts.

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

(8) To save your changes, proceed as follows:

• Press and hold the [MENU÷WRITE] button until the

following page appears:

• Rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob (or use the [UP]/

[DOWN] buttons) to select “Global”.

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

tion.

Note: The GLOBAL page shows all parameters that are saved to

the Global memory (there is only one such memory).

• 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.

Preventing sections from sending MIDI data(12.2 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 (this is what MIDI

buffs call “Local Off”). The section now receives MIDI

data from a sequencer or other instrument you connect

to the FBC-7’s MIDI IN port. (It also transmits MIDI mes-

sages to the FBC-7’s MIDI OUT port.)

Saving your changes