Roland FR-8X - Bass&Chord BASS Link 1; Bass&Chord BASS Link 2; Bass&Chord BASS Link 3; Bass&Chord CHORD Link 1

Selecting Parameters
95
Parameter Value Explanation
SHIFT -36~0~36
These parameters allow you
to transpose the drum note
(instruments) in the Right
Hand keyboard.
This can be useful to t your
desired instruments in the
FR-8x keyboard portion.
See “12. Right Hand Mode
parameters” (p. 96).
MODE Solo, Layer
• “Solo”: The notes you play
with your right hand sound the
Drum section only.
• “Layer”: The notes you play
with your right hand sound the
Drum section and the other
active sections.
11.3 Bass&Chord BASS Link 1
11.4 Bass&Chord BASS Link 2
11.5 Bass&Chord BASS Link 3
These parameters allow you to assign up to three
drum sounds to the Left Hand bass buttons and to
set their levels..
If you assign three sounds, all three will be played
simultaneously whenever you press a bass button.
Note that you can assign dierent sounds to the chord buttons (see
below), so maybe try to make “complementary” selections, like selecting a
bass drum for the bass buttons, the snare drum for the chord buttons, etc.
Parameter Value Explanation
NOTE ON
O, 1: (instrument
name)~128:
(instrument
name)
Select the drum instrument you want to
trigger when you press a bass button.
You can play a few notes to audition the
sound.
Choose “O” if the selected “LINK”
memory should not trigger any drum
percussion sound.
For details regarding the single instru-
ment of each Drum Set refer to the“Tone
& Drum Kit List “ supplementary manual.
Download it from the Web:
http:/ www.roland.com/manuals
VOLUME –100~Std~100
It allows you to create the desired
volume balance for the drum instrument
selected.
This is a relative parameter: its value
is added to or subtracted from the
standard value (“Std”).
Parameter Value Explanation
NOTE OFF
O, 1: (instrument
name)~128:
(instrument name)
Select the drum instrument you want
to trigger when you release a bass
button.
You can play a few notes to audition
the sound.
Choose “O” if the selected “LINK”
memory should not trigger any drum
percussion sound.
For details regarding the single
instrument of each Drum Set refer to
the“Tone & Drum Kit List “ supplemen-
tary manual.
Download it from the Web:
http:/ www.roland.com/manuals
Parameter Value Explanation
VOLUME –100~Std~100
It allows you to create the desired
volume balance for the drum instru-
ment selected.
This is a relative parameter: its value
is added to or subtracted from the
standard value (“Std”).
11.6 Bass&Chord CHORD Link 1
11.7 Bass&Chord CHORD Link 2
11.8 Bass&Chord CHORD Link 3
These parameters allow you to assign up to three
drum sounds to the Left Hand chord buttons and
to set their levels.
If you assign three sounds, all three will be played
simultaneously whenever you press a chord
button.
Note that you can assign dierent sounds to the bass buttons (see above),
so maybe try to make “complementary” selections, like selecting a bass
drum for the bass buttons, the snare drum for the chord buttons, etc.
Parameter Value Explanation
NOTE ON
O, 1: (instrument
name)~128:
(instrument
name)
Select the drum instrument you want to trigger
when you press a chord button.
You can play a few notes to audition the sound.
Choose “O” if the selected “LINK” memory
should not trigger any drum percussion sound.
For details regarding the single instrument of
each Drum Set refer to the“Tone & Drum Kit List “
supplementary manual.
Download it from the Web:
http:/ www.roland.com/manuals
VOLUME –100~Std~100
It allows you to create the desired volume
balance for the drum instrument selected.
This is a relative parameter: its value is added to
or subtracted from the standard value (“Std”).
Parameter Value Explanation
NOTE OFF
O, 1: (instrument
name)~128:
(instrument name)
Select the drum instrument you want to
trigger when you release a chord button.
You can play a few notes to audition the
sound.
Choose “O” if the selected “LINK” memory
should not trigger any drum percussion sound.
For details regarding the single instrument of
each Drum Set refer to the“Tone & Drum Kit
List “ supplementary manual.
Download it from the Web:
http:/ www.roland.com/manuals
VOLUME –100~Std~100
It allows you to create the desired volume
balance for the drum instrument selected.
This is a relative parameter: its value is added
to or subtracted from the standard value
(“Std”).
11.9 Eects Send
On this page, you can adjust the Reverb, Chorus
and Delay eect for the Drum section.