Switching Off Sections You Don't Need (Mute Function); Playing Drum/Percussion Sounds; Selecting A Drum Set - Roland V-Accordion FR-18 diatonic Owner's Manual

V-Accordion FR-18 diatonic
Selecting and playing sounds
Switching off sections you don't
need (Mute function)
If, for some reason, you do not want one of the cur-
rently active parts to respond to your playing, you can
switch it off.
To do it press and hold a single register for a while, as
follows:
1.
Press and hold a register in the Treble sec-
tion ([1]~[4]) to mute the treble or Orches-
tra part.
2.
Press and hold a Bass register (1~3) to mute
the Bass&Chord, Orchestra Bass, or Orches-
tra Chord part.
This depends on the part that is currently assigned to
the bass registers.
3.
A next selection of any register in the Treble
or Bass section will switch that part on
again.

Playing drum/percussion sounds

Your FR-18 diatonic contains a drum part that can be
played in real time in addition to the bass&chord part.
There are 4 sets of one or more drum and/or percussion
sounds each. Those sounds can be played in real-time
using the bass and chord buttons.
1.
Press the [DRUMS] button to enter DRUM
mode.
The percussion sounds are now added to the bass and
chord parts.
2.
Press the [DRUMS] button again to exit
DRUM mode.
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Selecting a Drum Set

Here is how to add drum/percussion sounds to each bass
note and chord you play with your left hand.
NOTE
The chosen Drum Set will remain until you change Drum Sets
again.
1.
Press the [DRUMS] button to enter DRUM
mode.
The percussion sounds are now added to the bass and
chord parts.
2.
Press and hold the [DRUMS] button to enter
DRUM Edit mode.
The [DRUMS] button flashes.
The lit treble register shows the currently selected
Drum Set.
3.
Use treble registers [1]~[4] to select
another Drum Set.
Drum Set [1] (Folk)
1 Bass Drum + HiHat
2 Snare + Tambourine
Drum Set [2] (Jazz)
1 Ride Cymbal
2 Jazz Snare +
Pedal HiHat
The bass buttons will play the first sound of the Drum
Set, while the buttons used to play chords trigger the
second sound of the Drum Set.
4.
Press the [DRUMS] button again to leave
DRUM Edit mode (the button lights
steadily).
5.
Press the [DRUMS] button again to leave
DRUM mode, when you no longer want to
use the drum sounds (the button goes dark).
NOTE
See "Drum Sound Level" on p. 44 for how to set the volume
of the drum/percussion sounds.
Drum Set [3] (Tarantel)
1 Tamorra 2
2 Tamorra 1
Drum Set [4] (Latin)
1 Pandeiro 3 +
Bass Drum
2 Pandeiro 5