Roland FR-7x User Manual

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Table of contents

Document Outline

1. Important notes
Contents
2. Features
3. Panel descriptions
- Treble control panel
- Bass control panel
- Display and master bar
- Battery compartment and USB port
- Connection panel
- Connection panel of the FBC7
4. Before you start using the FR7x
- Installing the battery pack
- Connecting the FR7x to the supplied FBC7
  - Connecting the FBC7 to a wall outlet
- Other connections
  - Connecting the FR7x to an amplification system
  - Connecting the FR7x to the supplied FBC7 and an amplification system
- Switching the power on and off
- Listening through headphones
5. Listening to the demo songs
6. Basic operation of the FR7x
- The sections of your FR7x
- Practical information
  - Bellows resistance regulator
  - Bass strap
- About the main page
7. Using Sets
- Direct Set selection
8. Touring the FR7x’s accordion sections
- Treble section (right hand)
  - Using the Sordina
- Bass and chord section (left hand)
- Using the FR7x’s digital effects
- Playing in Free Bass mode
  - Reference caps
- Playing the bass part with your right hand (Bass-to-Treble)
9. Playing the FR7x’s orchestral sounds
- Orchestral sounds for the treble section
- Orchestral sounds for the bass section
  - Setting the volume of the ORCH BASS sound
- Orchestral sounds for the Chord section
  - Setting the volume of the ORCH CHORD sound
- Orchestral sounds for the Free Bass section
  - Setting the volume of the ORCH FREE BS sound
10. Other practical functions
- General remark
- Transpose
- Musette Detune
- Scale (Tuning)
- Noise Edit (Valve & Button)
11. Using the audio player
- Connecting an optional USB memory
- Playing back audio files
  - Playing back audio files
  - Changing the playback volume
- Playlist function
  - Programming your playlists
- Saving your playlist
- Using playlists
- Editing playlists
- Managing playlists
12. Recording your performance as audio data
- Recording
- Saving your recording
  - In case you decide not to save the audio file…
13. Managing audio files on a USB memory
- Deleting a song file
- Renaming a song file
14. Assigning orchestral to the registers
- Assigning orchestral sounds
  - Choosing the section for which you want to prepare different sounds
  - Procedure for assigning sounds
- Saving your settings
- About organ sounds
- Editing the selected organ sound
15. About the FBC7
- Using the FBC7
  - Using the footswitches
  - Connecting an optional expression pedal
- Charging the battery pack
- If the battery pack fails to last 8 hours (or slightly less)
16. Editing sounds (Advanced section)
- Selecting parameters
  - Selecting parameters using the Jump function
  - Selecting parameters via the menu
- Setting parameter values
  - Available parameters
- Important remark about saving your settings
- 1.Tuning parameters
- 2.Treble Edit parameters
- 3.Bass Edit parameters
- 4.Free Bass Edit parameters
- 5.Orch.Bass Edit parameters
- 6.Orchestra Edit parameters
- 7.Orch. Chord Edit parameters
- 8.Orch.FBass Edit parameters
- 9.Set Common parameters
- 10.System parameters
- 11.Utility parameters
17. Saving settings using the WRITE function
- Saving your changes (automatic approach)
- Saving your changes (manual approach)
- Ignoring certain settings for the WRITE operation
  - Ignoring settings of the ‘AllParam’ group
  - Ignoring settings of the ‘Set’ group
- Saving all Sets or just a single Set
- Saving all registers or just a single register
- Saving just a specific parameter group
18. MIDI functions
- About MIDI
  - Working with a sequencer and other tone generators
  - Final note regarding sequencers
- Global MIDI parameters
- MIDI parameters for the various sections/parts
19. Troubleshooting
- The screen is difficult or impossible to read
20. Specifications
21. Appendix
- Parameter list
- Factory Sets
- Demo Songs
- Orchestral sounds and bellows/velocity control
- Drum & percussion sounds
22. MIDI implementation
- MIDI Implementation Chart
23. Information
24. Index