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FR-3s/FR-3/FR-3sb/FR-3b V-Accordion
How to read the display
With the exception of the display and the additional buttons and knobs, the FR-3 looks like a conventional accordion.
The display contains important clues about the settings that are currently in effect.
What’s shown in the display depends on how you are
using your FR-3 and what your are doing.
■Sets
After pressing the [SET] register, the display looks
more or less as follows:
“St” flashes to signal that you need to press a register
([1]~[0]) to select a Set memory. “0” (TEX MEX), by the
way, refers to Set number “10”.
Each Set represents one accordion type whose sound
can be modified by switching the desired registers on
and off. This is identical to the behavior of an acous-
tic accordion. Unlike an acoustic accordion, however,
your FR-3 can simulate different instrument types.
Note: If you don’t select a Set, the “St” message stops flashing.
If you then press a Treble register, only the sound of the right
hand (Treble) changes.
■Accordion sections
Once you have selected a Set, the display indication
changes to something like this (after a few seconds):
Carefully look at what is printed above the display:
The above applies to situations where no orchestral
sound is used.
■Orchestral sections
If you do select an orchestral sound, the display looks
as follows:
As printed below the display (D), a dot to the right
of a figure means that the section in question (BASS
in the example above) does not play an accordion but
an orchestral sound.
Our example therefore means:
• You have assigned orchestral sound “2” (“Bowed”) to
the Bass section.
•The chord buttons are assigned to accordion register
“4”.
•The Treble section plays register “10” (which is called
“0”).
Both the chord buttons and the Treble keyboard play
accordion sounds, while the 2 bass rows of the but-
ton keyboard play an orchestral sound.
If the middle digit flashes and is followed by a dot,
the bass buttons play an orchestral sound that is
assigned to the Free Bass section.
See also “Using two different orchestral sounds for
the Bass button keyboard” on p. 29 for details about
the left and middle dots.
BASS
(A)
The digit in this column refers to the Bass reg-
ister you selected last. (It is also displayed in
Free Bass mode to remind you of the Bass reg-
ister you will return to when you leave Free
Bass mode.)
CHORD
FREE BS
(B)
The digit in this column refers to:
• The selected chord register (when Free Bass
mode is off) –OR–
• The selected Free Bass register (the middle
digit flashes to signal that you are in Free
Bass mode)
The chord register is always identical to the
bass register. The first two digits are therefore
usually the same. When Free Bass mode is
active, however, the digit in the middle may
differ from the left one (and it flashes).
TREBLE
(C)
The digit in this column refers to the selected
Treble register.
BASS
ORCHESTRA
FREE
BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
St1
BASS
O
RCH
ESTRA
FREE
BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
ABC
440
BASS
O
RC
HES
TRA
FREE
BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
D
240.
A dot (see “2.”) means
that the section in
question plays an
orchestral sound.
BASS
ORCHESTRA
FREE
BS
CHORD/
TREBLE
430 .
The middle digit flashes
when the ORCH FREE BS
section is active.