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Using the orchestral sounds
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Using the orchestral sounds
Your FR-3 contains PCM sounds (samples) of various instruments that are not related to accordion sounds. Those sounds
allow you to expand your musical endeavours without using external MIDI devices. Of course, you are free to add exter-
nal MIDI tone generators to your setup and to control them from your FR-3. See page 49 for details. Let us first look at
how to use the on-board orchestral sounds, however.
The FR-3’s Orchestra functionality actually comprises
four sections: one for the Treble keyboard (called
“Orchestra”), another for the Bass buttons (first two
rows, called “ORCH BASS”), a third for the chord but-
tons (remaining rows, called “ORCH CHORD”), and one
for Free Bass mode (“ORCH FREE BS”).
You can specify for each section whether the orchestral
sounds should be used instead of the accordion sounds.
Only the Treble keyboard can play both an accordion
and an orchestral sound (so that each note you play
results in a combination of accordion + instrument
sound).
Orchestral sounds for the Treble section
Note: Only one orchestral sound can be selected at any one time.
(1) Press the [ORCHESTRA] register.
The “Roland” logo now lights in red.
The display shows the number of the last Orchestra
sound you selected. That number (the right-most
digit) is followed by a dot:
(2) Press one of the registers to select the desired
orchestral sound (see the names below the Treble
registers).
The 10 available Orchestra sounds and associated
registers are:
(3) Play a few notes on the Treble keyboard.
Note: By pressing register [9] or [0] again after selecting the
associated organ sound, you switch on the Rotary effect avail-
able for that sound.
■Selecting the Orchestra mode
Depending on the ORCHESTRA MODE setting, the
Orchestra part may sound together with the Treble
accordion section. That’s because there are four ways
in which the Orchestra section can be combined with
the Treble accordion section.
Orchestra mode (which only applies to the Treble sec-
tion) can be set as follows:
(1) While holding down the [ORCHESTRA] register,
press [7], [8], [9] or [0] to select the desired mode.
SOLO [0]: When you switch on the
Orchestra section (see step (2)
above), you only hear the Orchestra
instrument sound. Press
[ORCHESTRA] to return to the Tre-
ble accordion sound.
DUAL [9]: The Orchestra sound is
added to the Treble accordion, so
that each note you play sounds like
an accordion, with the selected
instrument playing in unison.
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ORCHESTRA sounds
1 Trombone 6 Harmonica
2 Trumpet 7 Violin
3T Sax 8 Flute
4A Sax 9 Jazz Org
5Clarinet 0 Blues Org
BASS
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TREBLE
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