V-Accordion r
First steps
First steps
The sections of your FR-3
Before showing you how to use the FR-3, lets briefly look at the
various sections of your instrument, as that will help you
understand how your V-Accordion works.
The FR-3 is a virtual accordion. That term was borrowed from
Bass, Chord,
synthesizers that recreate the sounds of other synthesizers
Free Bass,
using a different technology (hence the term virtual analog Orchestra Bass,
Orchestra Chord,
synthesizer , for example).
Orchestra Free
Bass section
The FR-3 recreates the sounds of various accordion instruments
Treble section
(the virtual part) and can even generate orchestral sounds,
Orchestra section
like trumpet, flute, etc. (the synthesizer part).
Registers of the bass, chord, Free
The sections outlined in the illustration to the right contain sev-Bass and Orchestra Bass/Chord/Free
Bass sections
eral functions you can set. Let us agree to call those functions
parameters .
The parameters allow you to change certain aspects of There are 10 Treble registers, 7 Bass, and 7 Free Bass
the FR-3s sound: you can set the Musette detuning registers. In addition, each section can play an orches-
system, the levels of various sections, add digital tral sound (piano, guitar, etc.): Orchestra (10 sounds),
effects, and more. Your settings can be saved. There is Orchestra Bass (7), Orchestra Chord (7), and Orchestra
thus no need to set the parameters time and again. Free Bass.
Note, however, that they always apply to all Sets.The (accordion) registers behave like on an acoustic
The accordion sections are combined into Sets . accordion, i.e. they allow you to change the footage
Those Sets have been programmed at the factory and combinations. Those registers also double as sound
cannot be changed. The FR-3s internal structure looks selection buttons when one of the sections (Treble,
as follows:Bass, Chord or Free Bass) plays an orchestral sound.
OrchestralOh, and& the Sets can be selected by pressing the [SET]
Set 10GLOBAL1~10register and a numbered register ([1]~[0]).
Metronome
ReverbOrch. BassAs stated above, the Sets have been programmed at the
Chorus
LevelSet 31~7
factory and cannot be changed.
Set 2Touch
::Orch. Chord
Set 1
1~7
Most of these set-
tings can be saved.Orch FB
1~7
TrebleBassFree Bass
1~101~71~7
There are 10 Set memories that contain useful settings
right out of the box. You cannot replace them with
your own settings. They are influenced, however, by
certain GLOBAL settings. The GLOBAL parameters apply
to all Sets and all sections.
Sets are like the trunk of a car that contains several
instruments (bandoneon, musette, etc.). The instru-
ments themselves can be recalled via the registers.
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