Roland FR-5b User Manual
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Setting up | Using the orchestral sounds
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FR-7b/FR-5b V-Accordion
The 22 available orchestral sounds and associated
registers are:
The first nine registers allow you to select two sounds
(“A” and “B”). To select a “B” sound, press the corre-
sponding register again.
If you select a “B” sound (5B “Pizzicato”, for example),
then press another register (12 “AcGuitar”), and again
the previous register (5), the FR-7b/FR-5b automati-
cally recalls the “B” sound (“Pizzicato”). This “configu-
ration” is retained until you switch the FR-7b/FR-5b
off. If you need the 5A “Violin” sound at this stage,
press register [5] once more.
The display briefly confirms your selection and shows
both the name of the sound you selected and the
number of the register you pressed:
(3) Play a few notes using the Treble buttons.
The Treble keyboard is velocity sensitive. The volume
and timbre of the notes played by the Orchestra part
depend on how hard/fast you press the treble keys
(for sounds 11, 12 or 13).
Note: The Treble accordion does not respond to velocity infor-
mation generated by the buttons. You can, however, vary its
volume and timbre by pressing/pulling the bellows harder and
softer (like on a “real” accordion).
You can use the Master bar to simulate an after-
touch effect: play a note, and keep holding the cor-
responding button while you gently press the Master
bar. For some orchestral sounds (guitar, flute, etc.) as
well as for the Treble accordion section, this effect
allows you to bend the pitch down (temporarily
lower the note). If you select an organ sound, the
Master bar can be used to switch between the fast
and slow Rotary effect speeds.
Note: This aftertouch effect applies to all notes that are
sounding simultaneously. All notes are bent by the same
amount. (MIDI buffs call this “channel aftertouch”.)
■About the ‘HighLand’ and ‘Zampogna’ sounds
Your FR-7b/FR-5b contains two bagpipe-instrument
sounds, one called “HighLand”, the other called
“Zampogna”. The instruments on which those sounds
are based use one or several drone notes over which
the melody is played.
To recreate the same sensation on the FR-7b/FR-5b,
the lowest octave on the Treble keyboard is assigned
to the drone notes when you select one of these
sounds:
Note: This example is based on the “C-Griff Europe” setting
(see “10.15 Treble Mode” on p. 74). The “E4” note is always the
highest drone note. Depending on the selected mode, that
note may be assigned to different buttons, however.
Here is how the drone function works:
• If you press a single gray button (see the illustration),
only that note is held. You can release that button
immediately after playing the note – it will be held
indefinitely.
• If you press two (or more) buttons simultaneously,
those notes are held (the drone function is poly-
phonic).
• To switch off the currently sounding drone note(s),
either press another button key in the gray area
(switch to another drone note) or press the button(s)
of the sounding drone notes again to stop the drone.
Note: This drone system is only available for the “HighLand”
and “Zampogna” sounds.
■Selecting the Orchestra mode
Depending on the settings of the Set you selected,
the Orchestra part may sound together with the Tre-
ble accordion section. That’s because there are four
ways in which the Orchestra section can be combined
with the Treble accordion section.
SOLO [14]: When you switch on the Orchestra section
(see step (2) above), you only hear the orchestral
instrument sound. Press [CANCEL] to return to the
Treble accordion sound.
Orchestral Treble sounds
1A
Trombone
7A
HighLand*
[*] See “About the ‘HighLand’ and ‘Zampogna’
sounds” on p. 26.
1B
Trumpet
7B
Zampogna*
2A
Tenor Sax
8A
PercOrgan
2B
Alto Sax
8B
JazzOrgan
3A
Clarinet
9A
RotOrgan
3B
Oboe
9B
TremOrg
4A
Harmonica
10
ScatVoice
4B
Mute Harm
11
Mandolin
5A
Violin
12
AcGuitar
5B
Pizzicato
13
AcPiano
6A
Flute
6B
Pan Flute
If the Orchestra part is off (set to CANCEL), the Mas-
ter bar always recalls the Treble register selected
with “Master Bar Recall” (page 68).
After selecting one of the modes (DUAL, HIGH, LOW,
or SOLO) and switching on the Orchestra part (CAN-
CEL off), the Master bar allows you to switch the
Orchestra part on and off. In SOLO mode, this means
that you alternate between the Treble and Orchestra
parts.
E4
E4
Can be used to play the melody.
Sound the drone notes.