Bass section, Bass registers – Roland FR-3s User Manual

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Bass section

V-Accordion

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Chorus: This effect creates the impression that sev-
eral instruments of the same type are playing at the
same time (it is similar to detuning several reeds of a
register).

The [CHORUS] and [REVERB] knobs allow you to set
the volume of these effects. Turn them all the way
towards the left (the small dot) if you don’t need the
effect in question. The selected value (0~127) is
briefly shown in the display.

Turn them towards the right (the big dot) to increase
the effect volume.

Note: The settings of these knobs apply to all sections and all
Sets.

Bass section

The Bass section can be played via the “Stradella” but-
tons.

The buttons in this section allow you to play both bass
notes and chords. The chords use the (sound) register
selected for the Bass section – hence the name of this
section. The “real” bass notes are assigned to the two
highlighted rows. The remaining buttons are used to
play chords.

The FR-3 is supplied with several reference caps (con-
cave and with lines) to help you locate the bass and
chord buttons without looking at them. At the factory,
three caps are installed on the black buttons in the fol-
lowing illustration. Feel free to remove them and to
slide them over other buttons if that feels more com-
fortable.

Here is what the caps look like:

The overall sound the Bass section produces is deter-
mined by the register you pressed last. This section can
be used as “accordion”, to play orchestral sounds, or
both.

(1) Connect the FR-3 (if necessary) and switch it on.

See pages 14 and 16.

(2) Grab the FR-3, press a register and start playing on

the Bass (button) keyboard.
Though the FR-3 is an electronic musical instrument,
it only produces sound if you move the bellows.

(3) Press another register to change the sound.

Note: The numbers shown in the illustration above do not
appear on the registers themselves. They have been added for
your reference.

The display briefly confirms your setting and indi-
cates which footage you selected:

When you use only the accordion sounds, the left
(Bass) and middle (Chord) digits are the same,
because the bass and chord buttons use the same
register (they belong to the same accordion section).

(4) If you think the sound is too loud or too soft, you

can change the setting of the [VOL] knob.

(5) If you still don’t hear the bass and chord notes

your are playing, change the [BAL] knob’s setting.
This knob is used to set the balance between the Tre-
ble and Bass registers. When it is turned all the way
to “TREBLE”, you won’t be able to hear the Bass sec-
tion.

(6) Press the [SET] register.

FREE BASS

ORCH BASS

ORCH FREE BS

ORCH CHORD

Ab3

Eb3

Bb3

F3

C3

G3

D3

A3

E3

B3

F#3

C#3

Ab3

Eb3

Bb3

F3

C3

G3

D3

A3

E3

B3

F#3

C#3

Ab3

Eb3

Bb3

F3

C3

G3

D3

A3

E3

B3

F#3

C#3

Ab3

Eb3

Bb3

F3

EM

BM

F#M

C#M

AbM

EbM

BbM

FM

CM

GM

DM

AM

EM

BM

F#M

C#M

AbM

EbM

BbM

FM

Em

Bm

F#m

C#m

Abm

Ebm

Bbm

Fm

Cm

Gm

Dm

Am

Em

Bm

F#m

C#m

Abm

Ebm

Bbm

Fm

E7

B7

F#7

C#7

Ab7

Eb7

Bb7

F7

C7

G7

D7

A7

E7

B7

F#7

C#7

Ab7

Eb7

Bb7

F7

Edim

Bdim

F#dim

C#dim

Abdim

Ebdim

Bbdim

Fdim

Cdim

Gdim

Ddim

Adim

Edim

Bdim

F#dim

C#dim

Abdim

Abdim

Bbdim

Fdim

Bass
buttons

Chord buttons*

(*) This can be changed to 3 bass and 3 chord rows. See “Bass & Chord
Mode” on p. 45.

Slide up to remove

Slide over button

Reference cap

Bass registers

1

2’

5

8’/4’/2’

2

4’

6

16’/8’/8-4’

3

8-4’

7

16’/2’

4

16’/8’/8-4’/4’/2’

FREE BASS

ORC FREE BS

ORCH CHORD

ORCH BASS

[7]

[6]

[5]

[4]

[3]

[2]

[1]

BASS

ORCHESTRA

FREE BS

CHORD/

TREBLE

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