{"id":199,"date":"2016-11-19T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/syner-g.no-ip.biz\/mymusic\/?p=199"},"modified":"2025-10-05T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:07:05","slug":"fr-8x-tech-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/syner-g.no-ip.biz\/mymusic\/fr-8x-tech-info\/","title":{"rendered":"FR-8x Tech Info"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

November 19, 2016<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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This is a “Place holder” for all the technical stuff concerning my Roland V-accordion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Holy crap, I have to admit, this accordion is complex as heck!\u00a0 I am already quite computer savvy, a true techno geek and familiar with the basics of MIDI, and I was banging my head against the wall there for a moment.\u00a0 Thanks to Greg V. and others from the Yahoo Roland group and many hours of reading, studying and playing on my end, and I have figured out the first three obstacles to playing my accordion, but there seems to be like a million more newbie questions that I yet have to get answered.\u00a0 I can’t see how the average person would be able to get anything more other than the most basic of concepts of this instrument.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anyways, Onward and Upward!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Challenge:\u00a0 To have the 8X start up with a custom start-up name come up in the screen
Solution:\u00a0In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 14.10<\/strong>\u00a0– Enter the name\/words\/whatever you want right there.\u00a0 Don’t forget to save it!\u00a0\u00a0 You can see the before and after results in the two videos above.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Challenge:\u00a0 To NOT have the 8X screw around with any of the volume settings\u00a0on the Ketron X4, just accept the chord changes and nothing else.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Solution:\u00a0In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 16.4<\/strong>\u00a0– set “Accordion” to OFF<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Solution 2: I have set ALL PARTS to OFF to prevent other sections of the V-accordion from sending volume information to the BK-7m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Challenge:\u00a0 To get the bellows to give adequate volume without me needing to pull like a fool, and also give me the right level of preferred resistance<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Solution:\u00a0 In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 14.1 <\/strong>set:
– Status: ON
– Resistance: +20
– Min Bel: 0 (zero)
– Bellows Curve: X-LIGHT<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

These might change later, but for now this is what I chose as initially being the most comfortable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Challenge:\u00a0 To eliminate the artificial valve and button noises that the 8X does by default<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Solution:
In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 2.2<\/strong>
– set both “LEVEL” to “OFF”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 3.3<\/strong>
– set both”LEVEL” to “OFF”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

n the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 4.1<\/strong>
– set both “LEVEL” to “OFF”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 4.2<\/strong>
– set Free Bass\u00a0 “LEVEL” to “OFF”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 14.9<\/strong>
– set\u00a0 “KBDBTN NOISE” to “OFF”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Challenge: Set a nice quality of reverb<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Solution:\u00a0 In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 13.1<\/strong>
– set\u00a0“MACRO” to “HALL 1”\u00a0 (Hall Number ONE)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Challenge:\u00a0 How to turn off the FR-8x’s speakers when externally amplified<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Solution:\u00a0 In the FR-8X\u00a0MENU 14.3<\/strong> – set\u00a0“SPEAKERS” to “OFF”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Challenge:\u00a0 How to properly backup and restore the UPG and Sets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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