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V-Accordion
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■Note
(On, Off, Default setting: On) The MIDI standard
translates almost all actions performed on a musical
instrument into commands that can be sent to
another instrument. The result of such a transmission
is that your actions are either recorded by a
sequencer or faithfully replicated by the receiving
instrument.
The most fundamental information that travels
across a MIDI cable is related to the notes you are
playing. That information is conveyed using so-called
Note-on messages. (Each note has a unique MIDI
number.)
Set this parameter to “Off” if the external instrument
should not double the notes you are playing on the
Treble or Bass keyboard.
■Octave
(–3~0~3) This parameter allows you to transpose the
Note-on messages transmitted by the section in
question (if “Note” is set to “On”) up to three octaves
up or down.
This can be used for songs where an accordion regis-
ter of the Treble section (for example) should be dou-
bled by a piccolo flute played by an external module
whose notes would be far too low if they were used
as is. As stated above, each MIDI note has a unique
number. This parameter allows you to add (or sub-
tract) 12 (“1” octave), 24 (“2” octaves) or 36 (“3”
octaves) to (from) the note numbers generated by
your playing.
Another application for this parameter could be to
use the bass notes you play on the FR-7/FR-5 both as
(accordion) bass and counter-melody played by a
digital piano, for example. In that case, you probably
need to transpose the Bass register 3 octaves up.
■CC00, CC32, PC
(Std, Off, 0~127 for CC00 & CC32; Std, Off, 1~128 for
PC) These three messages belong together. The “old-
est” message is called “program change” or “PC” for
short. It has been around since the inception of the
MIDI standard. It is used to select sounds or memo-
ries on the receiving instrument simply by recalling
another sound (or memory) on the transmitting
instrument.
What you set here is transmitted to the FBC-7’s MIDI
OUT port whenever you select the register you are
currently editing. (You can set separate addresses for
each register.) This allows you to cause an external
module to select the sounds that match the accor-
dion, etc., sounds you defined.
Select “Off” if a register should not send CC00, CC32
and/or PC messages. Select “Std” to transmit the MIDI
address of the register you assign this setting to (reg-
ister [12], for example, which would then send PC
“12” for CC00= 00/CC32= 00). When you select “Std”
for one of the three parameters (CC00, CC32, or PC),
the other two parameters also adopt the “Std” set-
ting. See the following table:
Why are there three messages? When the MIDI stan-
dard was developed, some 20 years ago, 128 memo-
ries seemed a lot, which is why it was decided to use
a dedicated message type (program change) for
selecting memories on an external device.
The entire MIDI standard evolves around the magic
number “128”. Given that there is no way of expand-
ing that number, so-called Bank Select messages
were later added to accommodate the growing num-
ber of memories (modules with more than 2,000
sounds are quite common these days).
At the time, neither CC00, nor CC32 had dedicated
functions, and so these two control change messages
were picked for bank selection.
Two bank addresses (“MSB” and “LSB”), with 128 pos-
sibilities each, plus 128 Program Change numbers
provide 128 x 128 x 128 values= 2,097,152 possible
memories.
Transmitting only Bank Select messages does nothing
at all, while working only with program change mes-
sages means that you are limited to the 128 memo-
ries of the currently active memory bank.
To switch banks and select a memory on the external
module you need to transmit:
• A value for control change CC00 (MSB)
• A value for control number CC32 (LSB)
• A program change number
See the manual of the receiving MIDI instrument for
the MSB and LSB values it supports.
Be aware that this system allows you to send pro-
gram change numbers to an external instrument that
lie outside the range of the FR-7/FR-5’s registers (see
the table above). Such “excess” program numbers are
ignored by the FR-7/FR-5 when you transmit them
back (from a sequencer, for example). Example: if you
select PC= 49 and transmit that value to a sequencer
(to select a strings sound on an external module, for
instance), the external module behaves as you expect
when the sequencer track transmits that value. If you
then decide to use the FR-7/FR-5’s ORCHESTRA sec-
tion for your string part, that section will not switch
sounds (because it only recognizes program numbers
1~22).
Note: If PC is set to “Off”, the CC00 and CC32 values are not
transmitted (CC00/CC32 must always be followed by a pro-
gram change number).
Note: If one of these parameters is set to “Std”, the register in
question sends its own MIDI address.
Bank Select & Program Change TX “Std”
BANK SELECT PROGRAM
CHANGE Section
MSB CC00 LSB CC32
0 0 1~14 Treble Registers
0 0 1~7 Bass Registers
0 1 1~7 Free Bass Registers
0 0 1~7 Orch Bass Registers
0 0 1~7 Orch Chord Registers
0 0 1~7 Orch FreeBs Registers
0 0 1~22 Orchestra Registers
0 0 1~40 Sets