FR-7/FR-5 V-Accordion
About the FBC-7 | Using the FBC-7
5. About the FBC-7
Your FR-7/FR-5 comes with an FBC-7 footswitch unit that doubles as power supply for your V-Accordion and also allows
you to recharge a battery. If you purchased an FR-5, you must connect it to the FBC-7 (or purchase an optional battery).
FR-7 users, on the other hand, can also play their instrument without connecting it to the FBC-7.
Using the FBC-7
function (see p. 42), because that allows you to recon-
figure the Bass/Free Bass and Orchestra sections simply When do you need the FBC-7?
" If you own an FR-5 and did not purchase an optional by selecting another Treble register.
battery, you always need the FBC-7.The SUSTAIN footswitch allows you to hold the notes
" If you want to select registers and Sets using the SET of certain Orchestra sounds (piano, mandolin and gui-
and REGISTER footswitches.tar). It also transmits CC64 messages on the Treble
" If you want to use the SUSTAIN footswitch and possi-Orchestra sections MIDI channel. Its main use is to
bly also an optional expression pedal.generate legato notes for piano and similar sounds like
" If you want to take advantage of the FR-7/FR-5s on an acoustic or digital piano. Notes whose keys are
MIDI functionality. This may include starting and pressed when you press the footswitch will be held
until you release the SUSTAIN footswitch.
stopping an external arranger module, selecting oth-
ers Style divisions, etc.
" If you do not use an optional wireless system and do Connecting an optional expression pedal
not want to use excessively long audio cables that You can also connect an optional EV-5 or EV-8 expres-
sion pedal to the EXPRESSION PEDAL jack. That pedal
run from the FR-7/FR-5 to your amplifier or mixing applies to the Treble Orchestra part only (again for the
console.
" If you need to recharge the (optional) battery.piano, mandolin and guitar sounds; these, by the way,
are the only sounds whose expression cannot be con-
trolled via the bellows). It allows you to create swell
Connecting the FBC-7effects in much the same way as an organ or guitar
See page 15 for how to connect the FR-7/FR-5 to the
FBC-7 and the FBC-7 to a wall outlet that matches its player does.
The reason why the Treble and Bass sections do not
voltage.respond to this pedal is that you can control their vol-
Using the footswitchesume via the strength with which you press and pull the
The FBC-7 has five footswitches that grant you even bellows (like on any accordion).
more flexibility:
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The expression pedal can be used to fade the Orchestra
Use the SET switches ([1] and [2]) to select Sets. The [1] part in and out, which is probably most effective in
switch allows you to select the preceding Set (e.g. Set DUAL mode (see p. 24). When the expression pedal is all
the way up (heel down), the Orchestra part does not
18 if you are currently using Set 19), while the [2]
switch is used to select the next Set (e.g. 20 if you are sound. Press the expression pedal down (toe down) to
currently using Set 19).increase the Orchestra sections volume.
Note: The expression pedal can also transmit CC11 messages via
If you press [2] again after selecting Set 40, the FR-7/MIDI. See page 73.
FR-5 jumps to Set 1. Likewise, if you press [1] after
selecting Set 1, the FR-7/FR-5 jumps to Set 40.
The REGISTER switches ([3] and [4]) allow you to select
Treble registers [1]~[14]. They work the same way 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
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