About The Fbc-7; Using The Fbc-7 - Roland V-Accordion FR-7X Owner's Manual

FR-7x V-Accordion
® About the FBC-7

15. About the FBC-7

Your FR-7x comes with an FBC-7 footswitch unit that doubles as power supply for your V-Accordion and also allows you
to recharge a battery pack.

Using the FBC-7

When do you need the FBC-7?
• If you want to select registers and Sets using the SET
and REGISTER footswitches.
• If you want to use the SUSTAIN footswitch and possi-
bly also an optional expression pedal.
• If you want to take advantage of the FR-7x's MIDI
functionality. This may include starting and stopping
an external arranger module, selecting other Style
divisions, etc.
• If you do not own a commercially available wireless
system and do not want to use excessively long audio
cables that run from the FR-7x to your amplifier or
mixing console.
• If you need to recharge the battery pack.
Note: See page 18 for how to connect the FR-7x to the
FBC-7, and the FBC-7 to a wall outlet.
Using the footswitches
The FBC-7 has five footswitches that grant you even
more flexibility:
Footswitches Explanation
These switches ([1] and [2]) are used to
SET
select Sets. The [1] switch allows you to
select the preceding Set (e.g. Set 18 if you
are currently using Set 19), while the [2]
switch is used to select the next Set. If you
press [2] again after selecting Set 80, the
FR-7x jumps to Set 1. Likewise, if you press
[1] after selecting Set 1, the FR-7x jumps
to Set 80.
The REGISTER switches ([3] and [4]) allow
REGISTER
you to select Treble registers [1]~[14]. They
work the same as the SET footswitches: [3]
selects the preceding register, while [4]
selects the next one. These footswitches
are most effective when you combine
them with the Link function (see p. 68).
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Footswitches Explanation
SUSTAIN The SUSTAIN footswitch allows you to
hold the notes of orchestral sounds if that
section is on. It also transmits CC64 mes-
sages via MIDI. If you assign it to another
section (page 87), it only transmits MIDI
messages on the channel of the selected
section (Treble, Bass, Orchestra Bass,
Chord, Orchestra Chord, and/or Orchestra
Free Bass). Its main use is to generate
legato notes for piano and similar sounds
like on an acoustic or digital piano. Notes
whose keys are pressed when you press
the footswitch will be held until you
release the SUSTAIN footswitch.
Connecting an optional expression pedal
You can connect an optional EV-series expression pedal
to the EXPRESSION PEDAL jack. That pedal applies to the
Treble Orchestra part only. It allows you to create swell
effects in much the same way as an organ or guitar
player does.
Note: Use only the specified expression pedal (EV-series; sold
separately). By connecting any other expression pedals, you
risk causing malfunction and/or damage to the unit.
The reason why the Treble and Bass sections do not
respond to this pedal is that you can control their vol-
ume via the strength with which you press and pull the
bellows (like on any accordion).
The expression pedal can be used to fade the Orchestra
part in and out, which is probably most effective in
DUAL mode (see p. 30). When the expression pedal is all
the way up (heel down), the ORCHESTRA part does not
sound. Press the expression pedal down (toe down) to
increase the ORCHESTRA section's volume.
Note: The expression pedal can also transmit CC11 messages
via MIDI. See page 115.