Hiya All,
It's payback time.
I have been enjoying this forum since I discovered it about a year ago, and I have gained a great deal of practical knowledge from all the active members. Thanks to all for that.
Jerry (P?) mentioned that his contribution to this community is a payback for all he has gained, so I thought that I should do the same.
The first thing a FR-7x owner should do is realize that the Accordion out of the box can sound very anemic. This is a common complaint, and is true even for the newer FR-4 and FR-8 models. There a few simple solutions to this problem. The first "Fix" is to change the Bellows Sensitivity, change the volume settings and change the air-flow control. On some models (not on the FR-7x) there is a general parameter that can be adjusted to get more volume out of the instrument.
If you do not want to spend any additional money, you can skip the next paragraph.
If you did not buy your accordion yet, you should consider buying it through Dale Mathis and get his sounds and programming. This is especially true if you are over 60 and "love" the Cordovox sound. If you bought your accordion already, you should consider investing another 150-175 U.S. dollars and buy a set of Sets from Richard Noel (for the FR-1x, FR3x and FR8 they are called User Programs). Considering that you probably paid between 1500- 5000 Dollars, the additional 150-175 is probably well spent. I did not buy his set yet, but have no doubt that eventually I will.
The first thing that you can do to hear the various posibilites of this instrument is to go through the various sets that are installed on your instrument and reading their names on the panel / screen. You should find one that is called Examples. If you do not find one with that name, you may want to consider doing a Factory reset. You will lose all programming that is currently in your accordion, so you should probably make yourself a backup before you do this. After choosing the Examples set, push the various registers and play some song to hear the many posibilties that this instrument has to offer. You will get a quick undertanding that a single press of a button can change many sounds and settings, including the bass and chord setting of the left side.
Richard Noel has given his consent for me to share his Xmas 55 set that he shared with the V-Accordion Yahoo group. I found it on the groups.io site and I thank Jerry P. for directing me there. This set was put together with the idea that each song has its own mood and therefore its own combination of treble, bass, chord and sometimes drum settings. Using this set you will notice that some sounds have a pretty constant level, and at the same time increasing the bellows pressure you get an additional sound. This is what layering is all about.
Another easy way to hear various possibilities is to choose the Musette set. i suggest that you play a song using only your right hand and listen to hear if there is any one register that you love. If you do, you should check the name and try that set. You should be aware by now, that you can mix and change the left and right side.
The next step should probalby be check which Expansion sets are installed, and download the various sets that Roland has for the Various sets.
Sincerely,
Simon
P.S. The attached file is not a zipped file. You should remove the .zip extension and use the .set file.
It's payback time.
I have been enjoying this forum since I discovered it about a year ago, and I have gained a great deal of practical knowledge from all the active members. Thanks to all for that.
Jerry (P?) mentioned that his contribution to this community is a payback for all he has gained, so I thought that I should do the same.
The first thing a FR-7x owner should do is realize that the Accordion out of the box can sound very anemic. This is a common complaint, and is true even for the newer FR-4 and FR-8 models. There a few simple solutions to this problem. The first "Fix" is to change the Bellows Sensitivity, change the volume settings and change the air-flow control. On some models (not on the FR-7x) there is a general parameter that can be adjusted to get more volume out of the instrument.
If you do not want to spend any additional money, you can skip the next paragraph.
If you did not buy your accordion yet, you should consider buying it through Dale Mathis and get his sounds and programming. This is especially true if you are over 60 and "love" the Cordovox sound. If you bought your accordion already, you should consider investing another 150-175 U.S. dollars and buy a set of Sets from Richard Noel (for the FR-1x, FR3x and FR8 they are called User Programs). Considering that you probably paid between 1500- 5000 Dollars, the additional 150-175 is probably well spent. I did not buy his set yet, but have no doubt that eventually I will.
The first thing that you can do to hear the various posibilites of this instrument is to go through the various sets that are installed on your instrument and reading their names on the panel / screen. You should find one that is called Examples. If you do not find one with that name, you may want to consider doing a Factory reset. You will lose all programming that is currently in your accordion, so you should probably make yourself a backup before you do this. After choosing the Examples set, push the various registers and play some song to hear the many posibilties that this instrument has to offer. You will get a quick undertanding that a single press of a button can change many sounds and settings, including the bass and chord setting of the left side.
Richard Noel has given his consent for me to share his Xmas 55 set that he shared with the V-Accordion Yahoo group. I found it on the groups.io site and I thank Jerry P. for directing me there. This set was put together with the idea that each song has its own mood and therefore its own combination of treble, bass, chord and sometimes drum settings. Using this set you will notice that some sounds have a pretty constant level, and at the same time increasing the bellows pressure you get an additional sound. This is what layering is all about.
Another easy way to hear various possibilities is to choose the Musette set. i suggest that you play a song using only your right hand and listen to hear if there is any one register that you love. If you do, you should check the name and try that set. You should be aware by now, that you can mix and change the left and right side.
The next step should probalby be check which Expansion sets are installed, and download the various sets that Roland has for the Various sets.
Sincerely,
Simon
P.S. The attached file is not a zipped file. You should remove the .zip extension and use the .set file.
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