Roland FR-7/FR-5 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Panel descriptions
V-Accordion
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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.
B
UP/DOWN buttons
On the Main page, [UP] and [DOWN] allow you to
select 6 important functions: TRANSPOSE (press [UP]
once), MUSETTE DETUNE (press [UP] twice), SCALE
TUNING (press [UP] three times), ORCHESTRA VOL-
UME (press [DOWN] once), ORCHESTRA BASS VOL-
UME (press [DOWN] twice) and VALVE & BUTTON
NOISE (press [DOWN] three times).
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-7/FR-5). 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. 35).
D
MENU/WRITE button
This button allows you to select the FR-7/FR-5’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 sounds.
H
Treble registers
The Treble section provides the following 14 switches
(“registers”):
The [ORCHESTRA] register allows you to assign the
Treble registers to the 22 on-board Orchestra sounds.
Activate it, then press one of the registers 1~13 to
select the desired sound (“BRASS”, “SAX”, “WIND”,
“HARMONICA”, “VIOLIN”, etc.). Press [CANCEL] to
restore the “accordion functions” of registers 1~14.
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
register twice.
By holding down [ORCHESTRA], while pressing a reg-
ister 9~14, you activate the Link functions (see p. 42)
or select an Orchestra mode (see p. 25).
3. Panel descriptions
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