Orchestra Level; Organ Level; Treble Valve Noise; Bass Button Noise - Roland FR-3x Owner's Manual

FR- 3x V- Accordion
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Orchestra Level
This parameter allows you to set the •
level of the orehestrai so unds. It can be
useful to create the desired "mix" (vo l-
urne balance) with the treble accordion sounds.
Default setting: Std
This is a relative parameter, wh ich means that its value
is added to, or subtracted from , the standard val ue
("Std").
Organ Level
This parameter allows vou to set the •
level of the organ sounds. It can be use-
fu l to create the desired "mix" (volurne
balance) with the treble accordion sounds.
Va lue
Default setting: Std
This is a relative parameter, which means that its value
is added to, or subtracted from, the standard value
("Std") .
Orchestra Bass Level, Orchestra Chord Level,
Orchestra Free Bass Leve l
These parameters allow vo u to set th e •
audio level of the Orchestra Bass,
Orchestra Chord and Orchestra Free Bass
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Default se tting : Std
Trebl e Valve Noise
You will probablv agree that electronic
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sounds must not only reproduce the
basic timbre of an existing sound, but
also the original instrument's behavior and tvpical
"noises" in order to be perceived as authentic. In the
case of a guitar that woul d be the sliding noise of the
fingers. An accordion, on the other hand, produces
mechanical valve noises that cannot be suppressed on
an acoustic instrument.
Use this parameter to specify how prominent the noise
produced bV the simulated Treble valves should be.
Value Off, -40 ~ Std ~+4 0
Default setting: Std
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Bass Button Noise
The bass section of almost all accordion
instruments can be played via buttons.
Such buttons produce a typical noise
when pressed.
Use this parameter to specifV how prominen t th at but-
ton noise should be.
Value
Defau lt setting: Std
Bass Reed Growl
This parameter allows v
ou
to silllula te
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the tvpical noise a bass reedmakes just
before it stops vibrati ng altogether (a
kind of "musical flatulence" if vo u will). Each instru-
ment of the accordion familv produ ces its own tvpical
growl.
Use this parameter to specifV how prominent that
growl should be.
Va lue
Default se tting: Std
Free Bass Button Noise
The bass section of almost all accord ion
instruments can be plaved via buttons.
Such buttons produce a tvpical noise
when pressed.
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Use this parameter to specifV how prominent that but-
ton noise should be in Free Bass mode.
Value Off, -40~S td ~+40
Default se ttin g: Std
Free Bass Reed Growl
This parameter allows
v ou
to sim ulate
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the tvpical noise a bass reed makes just
before it stops vibrating altogether (a
kind of "musical flatulence" if vou will). Each instru-
ment of the accordion familv produces its own tvpical
gro wl.
Use this parameter to specify how prominent that
growl should be in Free Bass mode.
Value Off, -40~S td ~+40
Default setting: Std
Metronome Tempo
Th is parameter allows vou to set the •
metronome tempo. See page 37 for how
to activate the metronome.
Value 20 ~2 50
Defaul t setting: 120