Playing Drum/Percussion Sounds - Roland FR-3x Owner's Manual

• To select an orchestral sound for the chord rows,
simultaneously press the three bass registers la beled
"ORCH CHORD".
The last so und you selec ted for the section in qu es-
ti on is recalled and its number is displayed in the
"BASS" (I eft) or "CHORD/FREE BS" (midd le) col um n of
the display.
If yo u selec t an orchestral so und, the dig it in ques-
ti on is displayed with a dat to its right:
CHORO/
BASS fREE
as
TREBLE
I
UL':']
l_~~
f
,1!U1i""/H7'1SQ
The bass and chord buttons use an The bass buttons use an accordion
accordion sound (no dots). sound (no dot). The chord buttons
use an orchestral sound (dot).
[NOTE]
If you prefeI' to assign an accorelion sound to the chord
rows (chorel sectionl at this stage, again silllultaneousl y
press th e three bass registers labeleel "ORCH CHORD".
3.
Press one of the 7 bass registers
(1 ~ 7)
to
select the desirecl souncl.
The display shows the nUlllber of the selec ted orches-
tral sound in th e "BASS" or "CHORD/FREE BS" columl1
(see the examples above).
The following sounds can be selected for the bass or
chord bu ttons:
ORCH BASS
sounds
Acoustic 5
Picked
2* Boweel 6' Tuba
3
Fingereel
7
Tuba Mix
4
Fretl ess
ORCH CHORD sounds
l ' TrOlllbone 5'
Jazz
0 005
2' Alto Sax 6 Ac. Guitar
3' Clarinet
7 Ac. Piano
4* Ja zz Organ
[NOTE]
The elynaillics of sounels marked wi th an asterisk ('l can
on ly be controlleel by bellows Ill oveillents. Those sounds are
no t veloci ty sensitive. For the oth er sounels. see also
"Orchestra Bass/Cllorei Touch"
0 11
p. 48.
[NOTE]
V-Accordioll
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Switching off the Bass and/or (hard section
You can change th e volullle levet 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 Chorel Level, Orchestra Free Bass Level" on p.
46.
Switching off the Bass and/or Chord section
1.
To switch off a left-hand section
YOLI
do not
want to hear, press and hold any of the
seven 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]
E ven if you swi tch off the Bass or Chord sec tion, it still
transmi ts MIDllllessages.
2.
To switch a Illuted section back on, briefly
press any of the associated registers.
Playing drumjpercussion sounds
The FR-3x allows you to p/oy drtlm and percussion
sounds with bass and chord buttans and to trigger the
bass and chore! sections simu/taneous/y.
[NOTE]
Th is func tion is not ava ilable in Free Ba ss
or
Orchestra Free
Bass Illode.
1.
To add clrulll/perc ussion sounds to the bass
and chord section
(or
to rel110ve them
aga in), hold down the [ORGAN/ORCHESTRA]
register and press treble register [6]
(DRUMS).
The display shows the number of the last Drul1l Set
you selected ("d-x", where "x" represents a number)
or "doF" if you switched off the drum/percussion
function.