Roland FR-5 Manuale Utente

 1. TUNING parameters

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The parameters of the TUNING group apply to the entire FR-7/FR-5 and are not saved to a Set. You can 
save most of them to the FR-7/FR-5’s Global memory, however. See pages 38 and 40 for how to select 
and adjust the parameters.
Press [UP] and [DOWN] simultaneously to select the value that is indicated as “Default setting”.

Any changes you make can be saved using the WRITE 
function. Though there is no need to save your changes 
right after performing them, please bear in mind that 
they will be lost when you switch off the FR-7/FR-5.

Changes you want the FR-7/FR-5 to remember must be 
saved as soon as possible. Here is how:

(1) Press and hold the [MENU÷WRITE] button until the 

following page appears:

(2) Rotate the [DATA÷ENTER] knob (or use the [UP]/

[DOWN] buttons) to select “Global”.

(3) Press the [DATA÷ENTER] knob to confirm your 

selection.

Note: The GLOBAL page shows all parameters that are saved to 
the Global memory (there is only one such memory).

(4) Press the [MENU÷WRITE] button to save your 

changes. The display briefly shows a confirmation:

Note: If you don’t save the edited Global settings, they will be 
used until you switch off the FR-7/FR-5 (or change the settings 
again).

(415.3~466.2, Default setting: 
440.0) This parameter allows 
you to change the FR-7/FR-5’s 
overall tuning, which may be 
necessary when you play with 
acoustic instruments that cannot be tuned easily or if 
you use a CD or cassette tape as accompaniment. The 
factory default, “440.0Hz”, represents the reference 
pitch used by all electronic musical instruments. 

(F# –6, G –5, Ab –4, A –3, Bb –2, 
B –1, C 0, C# 1, D2, Eb 3, E 4, 
F 5) This parameter allows you 
to transpose all sections of the 
FR-7/FR-5. See page 31 for 
details. 

This page contains two parame-
ters. The first one allows you to 
select the tuning system and the 
second one to specify the funda-
mental/root of the key you want 
to play in. This was already discussed on page 32.

Type: Equal (Off), User 1, User 2, User 3, Arabic1, 
Arabic2, Just Major, Just Minor, Pythagorean, Mean-
Tone, Werckmeister, Kirnberger
Key: C, C

#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B

Here comes a display page with 
three selectable and adjustable 
parameters. You may have 
noticed that there are three 
“User” scales. They refer to tun-
ing systems you can program yourself. Obviously, you 
only need to do this if none of the factory scales corre-
sponds to the system you would like to use (a gamelan 
tuning, for example). 

As this is a rather complex matter, the procedure for 
programming your tuning is a little different from the 
adjustment of other parameters:

• After selecting this page, pressing [DATA÷ENTER] will 

do nothing.

• Instead, you need to press the [MENU÷WRITE] button 

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