Roland FR-3x Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 26)

Selecting and playing sounds

FR-3x V-Accordion

8. Selecting and playing sounds

Treble section

The Treble section can be played

using the 37-key “piano” keyboard

or the 92 treble buttons.

The sound it produces is deter-

mined by the register [1]~[0] you

pressed last. This section can be

used to play accordion, orchestral

and organ sounds.

Selecting sounds for the right hand

This section explains how to select accordion, orchestral

and organ sounds for the treble section (right hand). On

p. 27, you will learn how to combine accordion notes

with an orchestral or organ sound.

Sounds are selected using treble registers [1]~[0]. To

select an orchestral or organ sound, you first need to

press [ORGAN/ORCHESTRA], and then a treble register.

Switch on the FR-3x.

See “Switching the power on and off” on p. 21.

If you wish to select a treble accordion reg-

ister, skip to step 5.

NOTE

After switching on the FR-3x, the treble registers select

accordion sounds.

Press the [ORGAN/ORCHESTRA] register

once if you wish to select an orchestral

sound, or twice to select an organ sound.

(If you press [ORGAN/ORCHESTRA] a third time, the

treble registers once again allow you to select accor-

dion sounds.)

The number of the last sound you selected for that

group (orchestra or organ) is indicated by the right-

most digit in the display.

In some cases, the display shows a dot to the right of

the treble register number. Here is what that means:

Play a few notes to check whether you have

selected the correct sound family (accor-

dion, orchestral or organ).

Do not forget to move the bellows in order to hear

the notes you are playing.

If you did not select the correct sound family, return

to step 3.

Press one of the 10 treble registers ([1]~[0])

to select the desired sound.

The rightmost digit in the display changes and indi-

cates the number of the sound you have just

selected.

NOTE

See “Adjusting the volume and balance” on p. 22 if you

need to change the volume or balance setting, and “Adjust-

ing the chorus and reverb effects” on p. 22 for the effects

settings.

Additional information about the accordion

section

The FR-3x allows you to select among 14 accordion

sounds (even though there are only 10 treble registers).

Four treble registers are assigned to two different

sounds. These are shown in black in the illustration

below. The little square in the reed configuration also

alerts you to the fact that the registers in question (2, 5,

6 and 9) allow you to select two sounds:

Pressing register [2], [5], [6] or [9] once selects the “A”

sound. Pressing it again selects the “b” sound. For these

registers, the display briefly shows both the register

number and an “A” or a “b”.

443

Dot status Explanation

Dark You are using an accordion sound.

Lit You are using an orchestral sound.

Flashes You are using an organ sound.

Registers [2], [5], [6] and [9] allow you to select two different accor-

dion sounds.

FR-3x GB.book Page 26 Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:54 AM

1 2 ... 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ... 79 80

Comments to this Manuals

No comments

Roland FR-3x Owner's Manual Page 26

Comments to this Manuals

Related products and manuals for Musical Instruments Roland FR-3x