Roland FR-4X - How to Play Different Accordion and Orchestral Sounds Together (Layer)

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Performing
2. Press the LEFT HAND [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS] button
to select an orchestral sound in the Chord section.
The [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS] button indicator lights to indicate that
the Chord section plays Orchestral Sounds.
The [F.BASS] button indicator flashes to indicate that the Chord
section doesn’t play Accordion Sounds.
In the screen, you can see that the orchestral free bass part is on.
3. Play the bass button board.
You’ll hear an Orchestra sound when you press a chord button in
the button board and an Accordion sound when you play bass
buttons.
4. Use the left registers to select other Orchestral
sounds.
This choice is applied to Chord Section.
5. Press the LEFT HAND [ORCH BASS] button to select
an orchestral sound in the Bass section.
The [ORCH BASS] button indicator lights to indicate that the Bass
section plays Orchestral Sounds.
The [BASS & CHRD] button indicator flashes to indicate that the
Chord and Bass section doesn’t play Accordion Sounds.
In the screen, you can see that the orchestral bass part is on.
6. Use the left registers to select other Orchestral
sounds.
This choice is applied to Bass Section.
How to Play Different Accordion and Orchestral Sounds
Together (Layer)
The FR-4x allows you to play different sounds in the left hand, both
of which play whenever you press a key.
If you wish to play more than one sound in layer press the desired
LEFT HAND buttons at the same time.
The following combinations are possible:
What you want to play in Press simultaneously
Bass rows:
Accordion + Orchestra
Chord rows:
Accordion
[BASS & CHRD] and [ORCH BASS] button
During Free Bass mode
[F.BASS] and [ORCH BASS] button
Bass rows:
Accordion
Chord rows:
Accordion + Orchestral
[BASS & CHRD] and [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS]
button
During Free Bass mode
[F.BASS] and [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS] button
Bass rows:
Accordion + Orchestral
Chord rows:
Accordion + Orchestral
[BASS & CHRD] and [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS] and
[ORCH BASS] button
During Free Bass mode
[F.BASS] and [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS] and [ORCH
BASS] button
1. Press simultaneously two or three LEFT HAND
buttons to select the sound combination that you
want to play.
The combination of the LEFT HAND sections are shown in the table
just above.
The buttons of the selected sections light steady.
NOTE
When you select a combination of sections, the last LEFT
HAND button pressed is active for changing tone.
2. Play the bass button board.
You’ll hear a sound in relation to the sections you selected earlier.
Reselecting the part and switching the sound
You can have more than one active section but only one of them is
active for changing the tone.
If you want to switch to a sound that’s different from the selected
part, reselect the part and then switch the sound.