Orchestral sounds for the Chord section
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■Setting the volume of the ORCH CHORD sound
There may be times when the orchestral chord sound
is too loud or too soft with respect to the other avail-
able sections. In that case, you can change its vol-
ume:
(1) Press and hold the [SET] register until the display
shows a parameter name, then release it.
(2) Use register [3÷√] or [4÷®] to select the following
parameter:
By doing so, you enter a mode called “PARAM LIST”
where you can set the available parameters (see also
p. 39). “OCL” is short for “Orchestra Chord Level”, i.e.
the volume setting of the orchestral chord section.
(3) Use register [1÷–] or [2÷+] to set the desired value.
This is actually a balance parameter with a setting
range of –40~“Std”~+40. “Std” means that the
orchestral chord section uses its “normal” volume.
Negative values (–) make the ORCH CHORD section
softer, while positive values (+) make it louder.
Note: Press registers [1] and [2] simultaneously to return to the
factory setting of the currently selected parameter.
(4) See “Saving your changes” on p. 27 if you want to
keep your changes.
To use them only temporarily, press the [SET] register
to leave “PARAM LIST” mode.
■Switching off the ORCH CHORD part
(5) Press the three ORCH CHORD registers again to
return to the normal Chord mode.
■Using two different orchestral sounds for the
Bass button keyboard
The FR-3 also allows you to use assign one orchestral
sound to the bass rows of the button keyboard, and
another to the chord rows. In that case, the display
looks as follows (notice the two dots):
→ The following only applies while you are not in
Free Bass mode, i.e. while the digit (not the dot) in
the middle does not flash.
When both the ORCH BASS and the ORCH CHORD
sections are active, one of the two dots flashes to
indicate that the Bass registers allow you to assign a
different sound to that orchestral section: “ORCH
BASS” if the left dot is flashing, “ORCH CHORD” if the
dot in the middle is flashing.
(1) Simultaneously press the three registers labeled
“ORCH BASS”.
This activates the Orchestra Bass section (a dot
appears next to the leftmost digit).
(2) Simultaneously press the three registers labeled
“ORCH CHORD”.
This activates the Orchestra Chord section (another
dot appears next to the middle digit).
To assign a different orchestral sound to the section
whose dot is not flashing…
(1) Simultaneously press its three registers (ORCH
BASS or ORCH CHORD).
This does not change the status of the section in
question (the corresponding ORCH section is not
switched off).
The dot that has been flashing up to now lights
steadily, while the “other” dot starts flashing.
(2) Use the 7 Bass registers to select a different
orchestral sound for the ORCH BASS or ORCH
CHORD section.
Note: To leave either ORCH BASS or ORCH CHORD mode in
this state, you need to press the associated 3 registers twice.
BASS
ORCHESTRA
FREE BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
OCl
BASS
ORCHESTRA
FREE BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
10
BASS
ORCHESTRA
FREE BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
143..
The flashing dot refers
to the orchestral sec-
tion you can assign
another sound to.
One of the two dots
flashes.