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First steps
The sections of your FR-3
Before showing you how to use the FR-3, let’s briefly look at the
various “sections” of your instrument, as that will help you
understand how your V-Accordion works.
The FR-3 is a “virtual” accordion. That term was borrowed from
synthesizers that recreate the sounds of other synthesizers
using a different technology (hence the term “virtual analog
synthesizer”, for example).
The FR-3 recreates the sounds of various accordion instruments
(the “virtual” part) and can even generate orchestral sounds,
like trumpet, flute, etc. (the synthesizer part).
The sections outlined in the illustration to the right contain sev-
eral functions you can set. Let us agree to call those functions
“parameters”.
The parameters allow you to change certain aspects of
the FR-3’s sound: you can set the Musette detuning
system, the levels of various sections, add digital
effects, and more. Your settings can be saved. There is
thus no need to set the parameters time and again.
Note, however, that they always apply to all Sets.
The accordion sections are combined into “Sets”.
Those Sets have been programmed at the factory and
cannot be changed. The FR-3’s internal structure looks
as follows:
There are 10 Set memories that contain useful settings
right out of the box. You cannot replace them with
your own settings. They are influenced, however, by
certain GLOBAL settings. The GLOBAL parameters apply
to all Sets and all sections.
Sets are like the trunk of a car that contains several
instruments (bandoneon, musette, etc.). The instru-
ments themselves can be recalled via the registers.
There are 10 Treble registers, 7 Bass, and 7 Free Bass
registers. In addition, each section can play an orches-
tral sound (piano, guitar, etc.): Orchestra (10 sounds),
Orchestra Bass (7), Orchestra Chord (7), and Orchestra
Free Bass.
The (accordion) registers behave like on an acoustic
accordion, i.e. they allow you to change the footage
combinations. Those registers also double as sound
selection buttons when one of the sections (Treble,
Bass, Chord or Free Bass) plays an orchestral sound.
Oh, and… the Sets can be selected by pressing the [SET]
register and a numbered register ([1]~[0]).
As stated above, the Sets have been programmed at the
factory and cannot be changed.
Bass, Chord,
Free Bass,
Orchestra Bass,
Orchestra Chord,
Orchestra Free
Bass section
Registers of the bass, chord, Free
Bass and Orchestra Bass/Chord/Free
Bass sections
Treble section
Orchestra section
Treble
1~10
Bass
1~7
Free Bass
1~7
Orchestral
1~10
Orch. Bass
1~7
Orch. Chord
1~7
Orch FB
1~7
Set 10
Set 3
Set 2
Set 1
GLOBAL
Metronome
Reverb
Chorus
Level
Touch
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Most of these set-
tings can be saved.