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Owner’s Guide

How To Use It:

These buttons provide you with many beautiful sounds and effects for the lower keyboard.  Using the 
presets will automatically combine these buttons for a variety of sounds.  Starting from the far left and 
working towards the center...

VOCAL

ENSEMBLE:

Produces a singing sound.  A good choice alone or in combination with other sounds.

STRINGS 8: 

Produces the lush sounds of the strings of an orchestra.  This button can be used alone 
or in combination with other sounds.

LOWER SUSTAIN: 

Adds sustain to the clear 

FLUTE

, yellow 

STRINGS 8

and the brown 

VOCAL ENSEMBLE

buttons.

FLUTES 8, 4: 

The traditional organ sounds that produce the “Sweet Lowrey Sound.”  These buttons offer

Flute (organ) sounds, alone or in combination, with the other sounds.

UPPER BUTTONS

What It Does:

The upper buttons turn sounds on and off for the upper keyboard.

How It Works:

When you turn the Encore on or press the reset button, the 

FLUTE 16 & 4

buttons are on.  Press any of these

buttons to turn them on or off, as desired.  

The volumes for the 

STRINGS 16 & 8

and are controlled in the 

GRAPHIC MIXER 

with the  

UPPER STRINGS

buttons.

How To Use It:

These buttons provide you with many beautiful sounds for the upper keyboard.  

FLUTES 16, 8,

The traditional organ sounds that produce the “Sweet Lowrey Sound.”  These buttons 

4, 2

offer flute (organ) sounds, alone or in combination, with the other sounds.

LOWREY’S RULE

Flute 16 plus one or more additional flutes will always sound good.  Any combination of

OF FLUTES

upper flute buttons with the Flute 16 will give you beautiful organ sounds.

MELLOW ORGAN:

An organ preset sound that is made up of a 16’ flute and a very soft 8’ flute sound.

JAZZ ORGAN:

A great organ preset that can be used to play any upbeat song in a “Jazzy” style.

FLUTE

16

UPPER

FLUTE

8

FLUTE

4

FLUTE

2

MELLOW

ORGAN

PIPE

ORGAN

UPPER

SUSTAIN

16

8

STRINGS

JAZZ

ORGAN

Summary of Contents for Encore A200

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Page 2: ...roduct should be unplugged from the outlet when left unused for a long period of time 10 During an electrical storm turn off the power and unplug the product 11 Care should be taken so that objects do...

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Page 4: ...L FIRST CLASS PERMIT NO 142 LaGrange Park Illinois POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE LOWREY CUSTOMER SERVICE 825 East 26th Street P O Box 1270 LaGrange Park IL 60526 NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN...

Page 5: ...h 576 Rhythm Presets 9 for each rhythm style 18 Category Presets 2 Category Preset groups with 9 presets per category 9 Bank Presets plus Memorize so you can save your own creations 200 Song Setup Pre...

Page 6: ...Encore Headphones Category Name is followed by the page number Table of Contents 11 8 24 6 10 50 4 34 45 12 65 41 61 41 28 39 5 43 3 68 25 2 3 3 44 17 34 44 37 21...

Page 7: ...h Plus 23 Rhythm Preset 24 8 Memory 24 Easy Button 24 5 MCS Music Chord System 25 Major Chord 25 Minor Chord 26 Seventh Chord 26 No Chord N C 27 Table of Contents The Organ Section 28 Button Panel 28...

Page 8: ...ngs Lower Flutes Lower Strings Vocal Bass Tabs Feature Page 3 AOC 55 Auto AOC AOC All Feature Page 4 Edit Genius 56 Orch Octave Orch Sustain Lower Octave Lower Sustain Pedal Octave Pedal Sustain Featu...

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Page 10: ...SOUNDS TO USE FOR A SONG A THE SOUNDS YOU LIKE BEST The Encore is designed to appeal to as many musical tastes and preferences as possible The capabilities of this instrument are many You will have y...

Page 11: ...TTON Press the blue ABC S button The musical alphabet plus the sharp and flat symbols will light up clearly labeling each key Press the button again to turn the lights off RESET ABC S POWER 1 POWER SW...

Page 12: ...CLEANING IMPORTANT NOTICE Do not spray any type of liquid on the Information Center To clean the screen use a soft cloth slightly dampened with water Avoid allowing any liquid to run to the edge of t...

Page 13: ...GENERAL PRESETS CATEGORY PRESETS RHYTHM PRESETS and BANK PRESETS for many many more sounds 6 HEADPHONES OUTPUT You can plug a set of stereo headphones into the headphone OUTPUT jack located to the rig...

Page 14: ...ent sound or registration Different songs call for different registrations How It Works There are eight numbered buttons in the middle of the organ just above the upper keyboard Pressing any one of th...

Page 15: ...discover your favorite presets to go along with your favorite songs PLAYING TIP Anytime you are using a GENERAL PRESET or any preset for that matter you can make any change you wish For example you ma...

Page 16: ...tton off not illuminated TRY THIS Try the following steps to see how the RHYTHM PRESET button works 1 Open your black Lowrey Song Book to page 18 Aloha Oe 2 Press the RESET button Wait for the Power U...

Page 17: ...The list below is an example of how the HAWAIIAN RHYTHM STYLE ALOHA VARIATION has nine support ing RHYTHM PRESETS Each of the 64 RHYTHM STYLES features NINE RHYTHM PRESETS for a total of 576 RHYTHM P...

Page 18: ...presets for each category Each preset provides a complete upper keyboard sound consistent with the category selected Category Presets can be used along with rhythm styles as an alternative to Rhythm...

Page 19: ...omizing A Bank Preset page 13 and Resetting Bank Presets page 16 How To Use It Press a BANK PRESET button A The first preset for the selected bank PRESET 0 will be activated Press the GENERAL PRESET b...

Page 20: ...gh the song list press and hold either SCROLL button When you get near the desired song title release the Scroll button and begin pressing it again repeatedly until the desired song title is displayed...

Page 21: ...utton one time The word NO will change to WITH Pressing the bottom Scroll button again selects NO A natural key white key on the upper keyboard also changes between No and With INFORMATION CENTER Memo...

Page 22: ...ame your customized presets with a familiar or unique title See the following page RENAME BANK PRESETS Another fun tip from Lowrey is to customize five presets 0 4 for one favorite song title and four...

Page 23: ...cursor The cursor represents the location where your typing will occur Begin typing the title you want After each correctly typed letter press the first lower keyboard A key marked on the diagram with...

Page 24: ...egistrations You will find many more examples of when a factory setting can be changed to one that you may like better HERE IS A RECAP OF THE PRESET FEATURES Even if you never press another button sim...

Page 25: ...ying one finger easy play chords or multi fingered tra ditional chords The pedals play automatically MCS is also activated when you press the EASY button A complete listing of MCS chord formations is...

Page 26: ...ASS buttons are off you will need to play the pedals in order to hear a bass sound 2 A DRUMMER A huge variety of drum patterns and sounds play along with each style automatically The drum volume is pr...

Page 27: ...C Basic Soft Easy Sweet Guitar INFORMATION CENTER VARIATIONS Smokey Lounge Guitars INFORMATION CENTER VARIATIONS Smokey Lounge Guitars VARI ATIONS VARI ATIONS Pressing the blue VARIATIONS button cause...

Page 28: ...mpo buttons Notice the words DOWN BEAT to the left of the bottom button How It Works To raise the volume press the top button To lower the volume press the bottom button It may be necessary to press t...

Page 29: ...fessional sounding ending The INFORMATION CENTER will confirm that the ending is playing MINOR CHORD INTRODUCTIONS The introductions on the Encore styles are different when the style is started using...

Page 30: ...SS reads the chords being played by the left hand on the lower keyboard and adds the appropriate bass notes The orange AUTO BASS 1 button is on every time a style is used or when the EASY button is pr...

Page 31: ...PLUS change a style s sound 1 Press the RESET button 2 Press the BIG BAND style button 3 Play a C chord to start the style playing Listen to a few measures You re hearing a walking bass sound a Drum...

Page 32: ...e of music To turn the MEMORY feature off simply press the button causing the button light to turn off How It Works EASY activates MCS which makes one finger lower keyboard chords possible MEMORY whic...

Page 33: ...F etc Any Major chord can be played with the traditional three notes or a single note To play a one finger major chord simply touch the key on the lower keyboard that matches the letter name of the ch...

Page 34: ...you need to play a C note and the E FLAT note to the right of the C note Be sure to press both keys down at the same time SEVENTH CHORD C7 D7 Bb7 etc Any Seventh chord can be played with the traditio...

Page 35: ...eset features that make playing a Lowrey easy and fun have been reviewed If you go no further you will be able to fully utilize the capabilities of the Encore and make an amazingly dynamic variety of...

Page 36: ...ds by using the numerous presets on the Encore GENERAL PRESETS CATEGORY AND BANK PRESETS RHYTHM PRESETS BASS buttons are orange and are on the far left side of the control panel LOWER and UPPER keyboa...

Page 37: ...lay the pedals for you LOWER BUTTONS LOWER VOCAL ENSEMBLE STRINGS 8 LOWER SUSTAIN FLUTE 8 FLUTE 4 What It Does These buttons turn sounds and effects on and off for the lower keyboard How It Works When...

Page 38: ...d off for the upper keyboard How It Works When you turn the Encore on or press the reset button the FLUTE 16 4 buttons are on Press any of these buttons to turn them on or off as desired The volumes f...

Page 39: ...combinations of the buttons for great sounds SUSTAIN What It Does Sustain causes a sound to slowly fade away after the keys are released Without sustain the sound of the key stops immediately upon rel...

Page 40: ...the GENIUS feature holds is to start with one of the many GENERAL CATEGORY or BANK PRESET sounds and then make genius voice changes If you find one you really like save it in a BANK PRESET INFORMATIO...

Page 41: ...o you can get the benefit of great sounds and features by pressing just one or two buttons INFORMATION CENTER LOWREY ENCORE ORCH GENIUS French Horn TRY THIS Try the following example to see how to cha...

Page 42: ...her with any orchestral and solo sounds To hear orches tral and solo sounds alone press off any upper flutes or strings buttons that may be on AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORCHESTRAL SOLO SECTION 1 There are 19...

Page 43: ...t the hundreds of Genius voices that can be used in this section TRY THIS Try the following example to sample the wide variety of orchestral and solo sounds 1 Press the RESET button 2 Press the Upper...

Page 44: ...e down pressing the button labeled with the Flat symbol to C Transpose changes can now be saved to a BANK PRESET See CUSTOMIZING A BANK PRESET on page 13 C TRANSPOSE C C TRANSPOSE C TRANSPOSE C TRANSP...

Page 45: ...n lighted from among the three pictured above only one orches tral or one solo sound may be selected Any sound selected even a solo sound may be played as a polyphonic sound UPPER ON UPPER ON LOWER ON...

Page 46: ...ds Use them to set the desired volume levels NOTE When the blue Solo UPPER ON button is off the ORCH VOLUME controls the volume level of any blue Solo sounds that may be on RECAP OF THIS SECTION There...

Page 47: ...your right foot on the VOLUME PEDAL Master Volume level remains at your setting even if the power is turned off or the RESET button is pressed REVERB Reverberation adds authenticity and resonance to t...

Page 48: ...on can be individually locked 1 Set the BASS ORCH PLUS or LOWER volume to the desired level 2 Press both volume buttons of the section you wish to lock at the same time The volume indicator lights wil...

Page 49: ...keyboard sounds selected Harmony uses whatever sounds that are selected to create the additional harmony notes AOC AOC is a Lowrey all time favorite AOC takes all the left hand notes you are playing o...

Page 50: ...on and play more of the song Listen to the difference 6 Keep playing the song and press the DUET AOC buttons at the same time to select 3 PART 7 When you are finished playing press the EASY button tur...

Page 51: ...he GRAPHIC MIXER to adjust the maximum volume to your liking Because you obtain the optimum balance of sounds when the VOLUME PEDAL is used at a higher level beyond half of maximum it is important to...

Page 52: ...How It Works The PEDALS are preset from the factory to provide the deep Bass sounds for those wishing to play their own pedals How To Use It You can use the Pedals to play the low bass sounds As you p...

Page 53: ...d in the INFORMATION CENTER you are ready to record your song Now it s as easy as 1 2 3 to record a song Follow the steps again to record another song Be sure to use the and buttons to select an EMPTY...

Page 54: ...ressing the button one time will move forward one spot in the song list to display 2 MARIANNE which is the second title in the Lowrey Songbook and the second pre recorded song in the Encore 4 Press th...

Page 55: ...ss either SCROLL button to display the other CHAIN SONG choices LOWREY SONGS YOUR SONGS or ALL SONGS 5 Press the FEATURE CLEAR button when the choice want is displayed on the screen Follow the Playbac...

Page 56: ...unction the Music Recorder is performing PLAY PAUSE PLAY PAUSE The STOP button ends the recording process or turns off a playback When you press the Stop button to end the recording session the Music...

Page 57: ...on Replay will continue at the point in the recording when either or buttons were released 2 The and buttons are also used to locate and select a particular song from among those stored in the organ P...

Page 58: ...ATION CENTER the DISPLAY CONTRAST dial controls the brightness darkness of the screen SCREEN CARE AND CLEANING IMPORTANT NOTICE Do not spray any type of liquid on the Information Center To clean the s...

Page 59: ...he features and controls accessible from the Information Center NAVIGATION The FEATURE CLEAR SCROLL and SELECT buttons allow you to move through change and implement the numerous features found in the...

Page 60: ...eases a number or moves down through a list of choices How To Use It Use the SCROLL buttons to view options and make changes to features displayed on the INFORMATION CENTER SELECT BUTTON What It Does...

Page 61: ...0 off to 100 maximum volume 4 When the desired choice is displayed press the SELECT button to highlight the level control which will be indicated by the up down pointing triangles on the screen In add...

Page 62: ...the lower flutes d LOWER STRINGS VOCAL Adjust the amount of sustain on the lower strings e BASS TABS Adjust the amount of sustain on the bass sounds Sustain causes a sound to slowly fade away after t...

Page 63: ...armony to any of the upper flutes or strings sounds that are selected when no orchestral sounds are selected AOC adds harmony to any of the orchestral sounds that are selected when no upper flutes or...

Page 64: ...2 SUSTAIN How long the sound will linger after the key is released Value range 0 100 To retain any changes made using EDIT GENIUS be sure to save your settings to a BANK PRESET Press the lighted FEATU...

Page 65: ...er keyboard key with the orchestral Marimba or Banjo sound selected to hear the repeat effect while adjusting the speed Press the lighted FEATURE CLEAR button to implement the selections settings made...

Page 66: ...ed buttons that may be on turning them off Assign a new name to your presets using the lower keyboard keys which will now access letters numbers and symbols like those of a typewriter INFORMATION CENT...

Page 67: ...SONGS lets you set the Encore to playback all the songs in order beginning with the song of your choice You can choose to playback just the LOWREY SONGS the 25 pre recorded songs just YOUR SONGS the 1...

Page 68: ...Press either SCROLL button to display the settings GM MODE OFF or ON Press the lighted FEATURE CLEAR button to implement the selections made and return to the POWER UP screen MIDI Use SCROLL SELECT GM...

Page 69: ...on This setting allows the volume pedal on the Encore to control the volume level of the external MIDI device AUX OUT RIGHT LEFT These two 1 4 jacks are stereo line level outputs They are there so you...

Page 70: ...ba Beguine Country Waltz Honky Tonk VARIATIONS Button Name 0 1 2 Basic Big Band Fox Trot Country Gospel Swing Rhythm Blues Broadway Hawaiian March Polka Soft Easy Ballad Rock N Roll Latin Waltz Ragtim...

Page 71: ...cipal Organ Pump Organ Reed Pipes Organ Stopped Organ Tibia Soft Organ Combo B Organ Combo 60 s Organ Jazz Mellow Organ Jazz Nice Organ Perc 2 2 3 Organ Perc 4 Pan Flute Piano 9ft Grand Piano Honky To...

Page 72: ...D F Db D F C Eb Gb D E G Eb F Ab E F A F G Bb Gb Ab B G A C G Bb Db A B D A b5 3 notes C E Gb Db F G D F Ab Eb G A E G Bb F A B F A C G B Db Ab C D A C Eb Bb D E B D F 6th 4 notes C E G A Db F Ab Bb...

Page 73: ...ssons The Army Canadian Sunset Charleston Chattanooga Choo Choo Cherokee Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Christmas Song Chestnuts Roasting Climb Ev ry Mountain Cold Cold Heart Crazy Days Of Wine A...

Page 74: ...d Day Oh Lonesome Me Oklahoma On The Sunny Side Of The Street Once In A While Only You Orange Blossom Special Peg O My Heart Play A Simple Melody Pomp And Circumstance Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The...

Page 75: ...What Kind Of Fool Am I When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again When The Saints Go Marching In When You re Smiling Whistle While You Work White Christmas Who s Sorry Now Wild Blue Yonder Off We Go Into...

Page 76: ...ections any instrument which the serial identification numbers have been altered removed or tampered with damage caused by abuse neglect or improper operation repair expenses required due to unauthori...

Page 77: ...ing plug The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet that is properly installed and grounded earthed in accordance with all local codes and ordinance DANGER Improper connection of the equipmen...

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