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Panel descriptions
V-Accordion
r
11
Treble control panel
A
DATA/ENTER knob
This knob allows you to enter values and to select
menu entries or shortcuts by turning it. You can also
press it (ENTER) to confirm a setting or to jump to
another parameter in the display.
It also allows you to start/stop an external MIDI
device (see p. 74).
B
UP/DOWN buttons
On the Main page, [UP] and [DOWN] allow you to
select 8 important functions: TRANSPOSE (press [UP]
once), MUSETTE DETUNE (press [UP] 2x), SCALE TUN-
ING (press [UP] 3x), VALVE/BUTTON NOISE (press [UP]
4x); ORCHESTRA VOLUME (press [DOWN] once),
ORCHESTRA BASS VOLUME (press [DOWN] 2x), ORCH
CHORD VOLUME (press [DOWN] 3x), and ORCH
FREEBS VOLUME (press [DOWN] 4x).
After selecting the MENU, [UP] and [DOWN] are used
to enter values (same function as the [DATA÷ENTER]
knob).
C
EXIT/JUMP button
The [EXIT÷JUMP] button allows you to return to the
Main page (the display page that is shown while you
are playing the FR-7b/FR-5b). After selecting a Menu
function, briefly pressing [EXIT÷JUMP] takes you back
to a higher level. Press it again to return to the Main
page.
By holding down [EXIT÷JUMP] while the Main page is
displayed, you activate the JUMP function (see p. 39).
D
MENU/WRITE button
This button allows you to select the FR-7b/FR-5b’s
MENU environment where you can set and view the
available functions. By holding down [MENU÷WRITE],
you activate the WRITE function, which allows you to
save your settings.
E
VOLUME knob
This knob allows you to set the V-Accordion’s overall
volume.
F
BALANCE knob
This knob allows you to set the balance between the
Bass and the Treble sections. Turn it towards “BASS”
to decrease the Treble section’s volume. Turn it
towards “TREBLE” to decrease the Bass section’s vol-
ume.
G
SET buttons
These two buttons allow you to choose among 40
accordion Sets. Each Set contains suitable settings
for the 14 Treble, 7 Bass, 7 Free Bass registers, 22
orchestral sounds and 7 orchestral bass/7 orchestral
Free Bass/7 orchestral chord sounds.
H
Treble registers
The Treble section provides the following 14 switches
(“registers”):
Note: By pressing and holding any register, you can switch off
the Treble section. Press another register to switch it back on.
Note: In Orchestra mode the first 9 registers provide access to
two sounds (A/B) of the family whose name is printed below
the register. To select a “B” sound, press the corresponding reg-
ister twice.
By holding down [ORCHESTRA], while pressing a reg-
ister 9~14, you activate the Link functions (see p. 47)
or select an Orchestra mode (see p. 26). By holding
down [ORCHESTRA] while pressing register [8], you
select the “Send PC” function (page 86).
3. Panel descriptions
DATA /
ENTER
1
BRASS
SAX
WIND
HARMON
VIOLIN
FLUTE
BAG PIPE
JAZZ ORG
BLUES ORG
SCAT VOICE
ORCHESTRA
MANDOLIN
AC GUITAR
AC PIANO
CANCEL
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13
14
UP
TREBLE
BASS
SET
REVERB
BALANCE
CHORUS
DELAY
POWER
SORDINA
VOLUME
ON
OFF
HIGH
MODE
SOLO
DUAL
LOW
ORCH LINK
BASS LINK
SEND PC
EXT.SEQUENCER
DOWN
MENU
EXIT
WRITE
DEMO
JUMP
A
C
E
K
L
M
F
G
H
B
J
I
B
D
1 Bassoon 8 Master
2 Bandon 9 Musette
3 Cello 10 Celeste
4 Harmon 11 Tremolo
5 Organ 12 Clarinet
6 Accord 13 Oboe
7 Violin 14 Piccolo