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8. Playing the FR-8x
Selecting Tones and Playing with the
Right Hand
The right hand section can be played using the 41-key keyboard
(piano-type model) or 92 buttons (button-type model) on the right-
hand side.
With the right hand you can play accordion, orchestral and organ
sounds.
You can play drum sounds too. See “Playing Drum sounds” (p. 37).
Piano-type Button-type
1. Press a RIGHT HAND [ORCH 1], [ORCH 2], [ORGAN],
[ACCORDION] button to select the section that you want
to play.
The pressed button lights. The button of the previously selected
section turns o. In this standard operation you can select one
section at a time only.
2. Play the keyboard.
You’ll hear a sound in relation to the section you selected earlier.
MEMO
The FR-8x only produces sound if you move the bellows.
When you don’t move the bellows, you hear nothing at all (as on
an acoustic accordion).
When the FR-8x is controlled via MIDI, or when the parameter
“BELLOWS CURVE TYPE” (p. 100) uses a “Fixed” setting, or when
a Piano, E. Piano or Guitar is selected, there is no need to move
the bellows.
3. Use the right registers [1]~[14] to select other sounds of
the selected section.
On the main page, the selected sound appears in the right hand
tones eld. See “Main Screen Page” (p. 30).
You can select more than 14 sound even though there are only 14
right registers.
The FR-8x allows you to select among 28 organ and 28 orchestral
sounds (even though there are only 14 right registers).
Pressing a register [1] or [2] repeatedly selects one of the two
available sounds (a or b).
NOTE
The sounds recalled by right registers [1]~[14] depend on which
Set is currently selected. See “10. Using Sets” (p. 42)
NOTE
By pressing and holding any right register, you can switch o
the right section. (Even in that case, the right section continues
to send MIDI commands.).
Press the same or another register to switch it back on.
4. If you think the sound is too loud or too soft, change the
setting of the [VOLUME] knob.
5. If you still can’t hear the notes, set the [BALANCE] knob to
the center position.
About Organ Sounds (VTW)
The FR-8x contains a virtual organ that is based on Roland’s Virtual
ToneWheel technology.
You can play organ sounds like an organ player by using the Right
Hand (TW Upper), Left Hand chord and Bass sections(TW Lower, TW
Pedal).
You are free to assign an organ sound and a number of typical
organ eects and noises to just one section, to two, or to all three of
them. For more details see “7. Organ Edit parameters (Righ Hand)”
(p. 82), “8. Orch Bass Edit parameters” (p. 84) and “9. Orch
Chord Edit parameters” (p. 87).
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