Using Sets - Roland V-Accordion FR-18 diatonic Owner's Manual

V-Accordion FR-18 diatonic

Using Sets

7. Using Sets
The FR-18 diatonic is a "virtual" accordion. It recreates the sounds of various accordion instruments and can even gener-
ate orchestral sounds (like trumpet, flute, etc.), organ and drum sounds.
Recalling a Set is similar to switching to a different
accordion.
The FR-18 diatonic contains 12 Sets divided over 4 fam-
ilies. 3 Set families have been programmed at the fac-
tory ("FOLK", "ETHNIC", "WORLD"—see the legends below
the treble registers) and cannot be changed. One family
("USER") can be used to load User Sets from an optional
USB memory.
Each Set family may comprise several Sets (see below).
Recalling a Set immediately changes the settings of the
sections presented on p. 25 and configures the treble
and bass registers.
Family
1 FOLK 1-1 Folk
1-2 Classic
1-3 Tradition
2 ETHNIC 2-1 Organetto
2-2 Diatonic Folk (green)
2-3 SP Folk
3 WORLD 3-1 Alpine
3-2 Cajun
3-3 Tex Mex
4 USER 4-1 User Set
4-2 User Set
4-3 User Set
[*] These Sets are supplied from the factory, but they can be re-
placed by the user.
1.
Press the [SET] register. It lights blue.
NOTE
If you do not press a treble register after having pressed
[SET] once, Set selection is cancelled after a while.
24
Accordion Sets
(red)
(green)
(yellow)
(red)
(yellow)
(red)
(green)
(yellow)
(red) [Bandoneon]
*
(green) [D-Folk]*
(yellow) [Concertina]*
2.
Press one of the treble registers [1]~[4] to
select the Set family.
Set selection is handled in the following way:
• If the Set family you select is the same as the one
you have been using so far, the FR-18 diatonic
selects the next Set within that family.
Example: To go from Set "1-1" to Set "1-3", you
therefore need to press register [1] twice after press-
ing [SET].
Each Set inside a family (1, 2, 3) has a dedicated
color:
1= red, 2= green, 3= yellow
• If you select a different Set family, the FR-18
diatonic switches to the newly selected Set family
and recalls the last memory you selected within
that family.
NOTE
If you hold down [SET] for more than 2 seconds without
pressing another register, the FR-18 diatonic switches to
Function mode. In that case, press [SET] again to leave that
mode, then repeat step (1).