Playing Drum/Percussion Sounds - Roland V-Accordion FR-1x Owner's Manual

FR-1x V-Accordion
Selecting and playing sounds
Note that registers "1" and "2" allow you to select
two sounds, while register "3" provides access to
three sounds. You may therefore have to press the
register in question repeatedly.
NOTE
The dynamics of sounds marked with an asterisk (*) can
only be controlled by bellows movements. Those sounds are
not velocity sensitive. For the other sounds, see also
"Orchestra Bass/Chord Touch" on p. 48.
NOTE
You can change the volume level of the orchestral bass or
chord sound if it is too loud or too soft with respect to the
other available sections. See "Orchestra Bass Level, Orches-
tra Chord Level, Orchestra Free Bass Level" on p. 46.
Switching off the bass and/or chord section
1.
To switch off a left-hand section you do not
want to hear, press and hold any of the
three bass registers for a while.
The section in question must be assigned to the asso-
ciated registers. See the previous pages for how to
decide which section can be muted.
NOTE
Even if you switch off the bass or chord section, it still
transmits MIDI messages.
2.
To switch a muted section back on, briefly
press any of the associated registers.

Playing drum/percussion sounds

The FR-1x allows you to play drum and percussion
sounds with bass and chord buttons and to trigger the
bass and chord sections simultaneously.
NOTE
This function is not available in Free Bass or Orchestra Free
Bass mode.
1.
To add drum/percussion sounds to the bass
and chord section (or to remove them
again), press the [DRUMS] button.
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The display shows the number of the last Drum Set
you selected ("d-x", where "x" represents a number)
or "doF" if you switched off the drum/percussion
function.
2.
Start playing in the left-hand section to
hear the drum and percussion sounds.
Those sounds are added to the accordion or orches-
tral notes you play.
See page 46 for how to select another Drum Set.
The drum/percussion sounds also remain active while an
orchestral sound is selected in Bass-to-Treble mode.
d-1
dof
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