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Lowrey 

Virtual Orchestra

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The product should be moved/handled/lifted 

 

by no fewer than two (2) people.

 

Utilize the four lift points: two inset handles on 

 

the back panel and the underside of the keyboard

 

shelf as it meets each cabinet side panel.

 

• Bend at the knees to lift the product - do not stoop.

 

• Keep your back straight by tucking in your chin.

 

• Lift with the strong leg muscles, not the weaker back muscles.

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Summary of Contents for EY 300 Fanfare

Page 1: ...Owner s Guide ...

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Page 3: ... MCS 11 Chord Memory 11 Auto Bass 11 Pedal Magic 12 Keyboard Touch 13 Play 13 Listen 14 Headphones 14 Setups 15 Style Setup 15 Song Setup 15 Category Setups 16 Bank A Setups 16 Customizing Bank Setups 17 Renaming Custom Setups 18 Saving Setups in Bank Storage 19 Loading Setups to Bank A 20 Rename a Setup Group 20 Delete a Setup Group 21 Resetting Bank Setups 21 Music Styles 22 Selecting A Style 22...

Page 4: ... 52 Music Style List 53 MCS Chord Chart 54 Songs List 55 Song Setup List 56 Warranty 58 Sounds 29 Upper Keyboard Sounds 29 Organ Sounds Upper Flutes 29 Vibra Trem 30 Ensemble Sounds 30 Orchestral Sounds 30 Dual Sounds 31 Orch Effect 32 Solo Sounds 32 Solo Slide 32 Orchestral On Off 33 Solo 33 To Lower Right 33 Orchestral Organs Solo 33 Combining Sounds 34 Octave Down 35 Harmony 35 AOC 35 Duet 35 O...

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Page 6: ...Lowrey Virtual Orchestra 4 ...

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Page 8: ...ts two inset handles on the back panel and the underside of the keyboard shelf as it meets each cabinet side panel Bend at the knees to lift the product do not stoop Keep your back straight by tucking in your chin Lift with the strong leg muscles not the weaker back muscles Front View Front View Back View Front View Back View ...

Page 9: ...EY300 Fanfare 7 ...

Page 10: ...ull Band Pianist Guitarist Group 2 Page 22 6 Style Controls Page 23 EASY MCS Memory Intro Ending Start Stop Fill 7 Drum Volume Page 24 8 Tempo Page 24 9 Tap Tempo Page 24 10 Style Setup Page 15 11 Lock Accomp Page 24 12 Bass Pedals Pages 11 12 Pedal Magic Auto Bass Page 39 Organ More Sounds 13 Lower Left Page 37 Flutes Ensemble More 14 Transpose Page 36 15 Setups Page 15 16 Bank Setup Page 16 17 C...

Page 11: ...ipulate many features 23 Sounds Page 29 Pianos Guitars Strings Wood Winds Brass Mallets Vocals More Orchestral On Off Orch Effect 24 Organs Page 29 Vibra Trem Flutes Sustain Ensemble Sustain 25 Harmony Lock Page 35 26 Solo Slide Page 32 27 Lower Right Page 33 To Lower Right Orchestral Organs Solo Octave Down 28 Keyboard Touch Page 13 29 Fake It Page 36 30 Music Recorder Page 40 Record Stop Erase P...

Page 12: ... press and release the Power button to turn the Fanfare On Release C when the Display shows Auto Power Inactivated Auto Power is activated by pressing Home or at every Power Up Display Turn the Contrast dial located just to the right of the Display to adjust the display to a setting that is best for you to see Volume Pedal Place your right foot on the Volume Pedal while playing Moving this pedal c...

Page 13: ...S you can play major chords with just one finger and obtain a full sounding musically correct chord MCS also becomes active when you press EASY or select a Music Style The Red Blue and Green Chord Lights above the left lower keyboard are illuminated These lights match the color coded bars printed in the music of your Lowrey Song book and in Lowrey Magic class books Red is for C blue is for F and g...

Page 14: ... pedals and Auto Bass plays 2 Press the Auto Bass button to turn off the indicator lights and then play the pedals Selecting a Bass Pedal Sound Each Music Style has a preset bass sound for Auto Bass To change the Bass Pedal sound Press Organ or More and then Scroll Sound names are shown in the Display and will be heard Combine Organ with a sound from More Pedal Magic Pedal Magic enables you to pla...

Page 15: ... using Pedal Magic and Auto Bass is active You can stop playing the pedals at any time and Auto Bass will begin to play for you again on the down beat of the measure See page 24 Down Beat Indicator Begin playing the pedals again and Pedal Magic takes over and Auto Bass becomes idle When using Pedal Magic without a Music Style turn off EASY to silence the Auto Bass Keyboard Touch Keyboard Touch ena...

Page 16: ... to Pause Press the button again to resume play Press Stop in the Music Recorder section to end play Press Play Pause OK to start the song again at the beginning See the Songs List on page 56 See Features Chain Songs on page 51 for additional playback options There are also 20 additional spots for songs you record on the Fanfare Your Songs Headphones You can plug in a set of stereo headphones USE ...

Page 17: ...ected Music Style is already active Press any one of the numbered Setups buttons for a different sound setup To select your own sound setup for a selected Music Style press the Style Setup button off Song Setup Song Setup takes the guesswork out of selecting Styles and Sounds for many songs Song Setup gives you 206 great sounding setups that are inspired by certain song titles See the Song Setup L...

Page 18: ...ello U Jazz Guitar L Jazz Organ U Country Guitar L Tremolo Guitar U Acoustic Blues Gtr L Breathy Sax 3 U Chamber Orchestra L Flute U Clarinet L Flugel Horn U Chet s Guitar L Muted Guitar U Electric Blues Gtr L Amp d Harmonica 4 U Strings L Woodwinds U Trombone L Muted Trumpet U Electric Country Gtr L Harmonica U 50 s Guitar L 60 s Organ 5 U Pizzicato L Strings U Vibes L Jazz Flute U Pedal Steel Gu...

Page 19: ... release A Decide where you want to save your Setup 0 8 Memorizing to 4 Press a numbered Setup 1 8 For example pressing Setup 1 shows Setup 1 in the display Pressing no numbered Setup button saves your setup into Bank A 0 Memorizing to Setup 1 Style Transpose q No q p No p When using a Music Style and or the Transpose feature as part of your setup you must choose to include them or not in your sav...

Page 20: ...ps in the Fanfare s Bank Storage so you will always have them Reset the Bank A Setups to original or create more Custom Setups Renaming Bank Setups Give your Setups your own descriptive Name up to 16 characters long including spaces 1 Press Feature Clear 2 Scroll to Rename Bank Setups Press Select 3 Press either Scroll button to display the Setup 0 8 you wish to rename The illustration to the righ...

Page 21: ... a Setup Group in Setup Group 1 press the top Scroll button to display a blank group A Setup Group named Blank is empty and can accept Setups Bank Storage Save Select A File 1 Setup Group 1 To overwrite and replace the previously saved Setup Group 1 proceed to step 5 while Setup Group 1 is shown in the display Confirm the Overwrite message shown on the display 5 Press Select to save using the defa...

Page 22: ... used 3 Press either Scroll button to display other Groups Bank Storage Load Select A File 1 N Young Songs 4 Press Select load the Setup Group shown in the display Press Feature Clear to exit Bank Storage when the Loaded message appears Setups are loaded into Bank A 0 8 Bank Storage Load Loaded 1 N Young Songs Rename a Setup Group Change the name of a Setup Group previously saved 1 Press Bank Stor...

Page 23: ... 3 Press Select The first saved Setup Group name is displayed 4 Press either Scroll button to display other Groups In this example the 3 Dave s Favs is used Bank Storage Delete Select A File 3 Dave s Favs 3 Press Select The Setup Group is deleted The name changes to Blank Press Feature Clear to exit Bank Storage when the Deleted message appears Bank Storage Delete Deleted 3 Blank Resetting Bank Se...

Page 24: ... and Style Setup buttons To select a different Performer for the chosen Style simply press Pianist or Guitarist Press Group 2 to choose from among those Music Styles See the Music Style List on page 54 When a Music Style is active the lower keyboard splits as shown below See Features Set Split on page 46 to adjust the Split location Play your melody notes on the upper keyboard and on the lower key...

Page 25: ...on increases the volume level The bottom button decreases the volume level You may need to press either button several times to reach the desired level The volume level is illustrated by six Green Red LEDs All six lighted red indicates maximum volume To Lock Style volume at a desired level Set the Style volume Press both Style volume buttons at the same time The Style volume LEDs become amber in c...

Page 26: ...or down buttons Press either button repeatedly to achieve the desired Tempo Press and hold either button to accelerate the change in value The value of the Tempo can be seen in the Display along with Chord lower keyboard chord bass pedal being played Key the key at which the Fanfare is set Tap Tempo Another way to set the Tempo is to actually Tap the desired tempo with your finger on the Tap Tempo...

Page 27: ...multi fingered chords or single fingered chords Major Chord Any major chord can be played with the conventional three notes or a single note For example to play a C Major chord with one finger play the second C key in the left hand lower keyboard section of the keyboard Minor Chord Any minor chord can be played with the conventional three notes or with two notes The two note Minor Chord formula fo...

Page 28: ... needed to form a variety of chords using MCS in addition to the examples given Intro Ending adds introductions and endings to your songs There are unique introductions and endings for each Music Style Press the Style button for your song Use Full Band or select one of the other Performer options Press the Intro Ending button Play the first lower keyboard chord of your song conventional or MCS You...

Page 29: ...ional or MCS will start a selected Style playing without pressing the Start Stop button Fill adds a rhythmic break to a Style when the style is playing Fill is a fun feature to use whenever you wish Press the Fill button while a Style is playing There are no set rules for using the Fill feature Try using Fill between sections of a song Verse to Chorus or whenever you feel like adding a break Press...

Page 30: ...so Press Feature Clear Golden Harp Scroll to select Up Down Play a Lower Keyboard chord MCS or conventional to activate Golden Harp Golden Harp reads the chord being played and adds the appropriate arpeggios Adjust the speed of the Golden Harp using the Tempo buttons When you are playing your own pedals and conventional chords Golden Harp will only be heard while chords are being played on the Low...

Page 31: ...d Orchestral sounds are polyphonic meaning two or more notes will sound when played Solo sounds are monophonic meaning one note at a time sounds when played The highest note played will sound when multiple notes are played Organ Sounds Press the Flutes button in the Organs section Press either Scroll button to select different organ sounds Choices are shown in the Display Press Sustain to add the ...

Page 32: ... Choices are shown in the Display Play the Upper Keyboard to hear the sound Upper Orchestral Pianos Guitars Strings Wood Winds Brass 1 Piano 9ft Grand Guitar Acoustic Strings Ensemble 1 Sax Tenor Breathy Trumpet Lead 2 Piano Concert Gr Guitar Country Strings Ensemble 2 Clarinet Trumpet Louis 3 Piano LX Guitar Dobro Strings Ensemble 3 Flute Jazz Trumpet Shake 4 Piano HonkyTonk Guitar Jazz 1 Strings...

Page 33: ... Organ Perc 2 2 3 42 Organ Stg Celeste 55 Strings Chamber 30 Organ Perc 4 43 Organ Stopped 56 Test Sound 31 Organ 8 Celeste 44 Organ Theatre Vox 57 Theremin 32 Organ Airy Pipes 45 Organ Tibia Soft 58 Violin Gypsy 33 Organ Baroque 46 Organ Combo 60 s 59 Whistle 34 Organ Church Det 47 Organ Combo B 60 Xtra Atmosphere 35 Organ Church Oct 48 Pan Flute 61 Xtra Soft New Age 36 Organ Kinura 49 Piano El C...

Page 34: ...Tremolo 41 Sax Baritone 57 Viola 9 Bells Crystal 26 Harmonica Amp d 42 Sax Tenor 50 s 58 Violin Smooth 10 Blown Bottle Jug 27 Harmonica Pocket 43 Sax Tenor Breathy 59 Vocal Bah 11 Cello 28 Kazoo 44 Sax Tenor Growl 60 Vocal Doo 12 Clarinet 29 Mandolin 45 Scat 61 Whistle 13 Fiddle 30 Oboe 46 Scat DooBah Dao 62 Xylophone 14 Fiddle Slide 31 Ocarina 47 Strings Octave 63 Xtra Solo Best 1 15 Flugel Horn ...

Page 35: ...on the Upper Keyboard Orchestral Solo Additionally selecting an Organ sound combines orchestral solo and organ sounds on the upper keyboard Using the Setups quickly illustrates how these combinations create rich musical sounds To Lower Right Assign upper sounds from Orchestral Organs and Solo down to the lower keyboard To Lower Right To Lower Right activates the Lower Keyboard Split and is like ad...

Page 36: ...d Many Setups create a wide variety of these combinations Orchestral sounds playable on the Upper and Lower Right keyboards Organs sounds playable on the Upper or Lower Right keyboard Solo sounds playable on the Upper or Lower Right keyboard Following are some examples of how Orchestral On Off and To Lower Right create a variety of sound combinations and different keyboard assignments Orchestral E...

Page 37: ...e a harmony type The Display shows the active harmony type The Harmony feature functions when You play single notes on the Upper Keyboard While you play a chord MCS or Conventional on the Lower Keyboard to the left of split AOC takes all of your lower keyboard notes and adds them below the upper keyboard note being played Any notes within a whole step of the upper keyboard note being played may be...

Page 38: ...e that may be in a setup to become deactivated Transpose Transpose easily change the pitch or key of the music you are playing up or down The Fanfare can be transposed over the whole 12 key range The Display shows the current key setting under the heading Key Return Press the b button to move the pitch Down one half step each time it is pressed Press the button to move the pitch Up one half step e...

Page 39: ...Drums 11 Choir Ooh 33 Organ Principal 54 Strings Ensemble 1 12 Ens Big Band 34 Organ Stopped 55 Strings Ensemble 2 13 Flugel Horn 35 Organ Tibia Soft 56 Strings Finale 14 Guitar Acoustic 36 Organ Combo 60 s 57 Strings Octave 15 Guitar Elec Blues 37 Organ Combo B 2 58 Vibes 16 Guitar Elec Brite 38 Organ 8 Celeste 59 Vocal Doo 17 Guitar Elec Detune 39 Piano 9ft Grand 60 Vocal Ooo Wah 18 Guitar Elec ...

Page 40: ...To unlock press either Lower button Sustain and Glide Sustain is the effect of a sound gracefully fading away after the key s are released Glide is the effect of a note smoothly blending to another note The amount of Sustain is different for various sounds and is preset on the Fanfare for maximum sound authenticity Certain acoustic instrument sounds have the ability to Glide or Sustain The left Fo...

Page 41: ...s Pedals More assigns sounds for the pedals from the Lower More list on page 37 Three levels of play are available for the bass pedals Conventional You play the pedals to hear bass sounds Pedal Magic You play the pedals and the Fanfare assists you See Pedal Magic on page 12 Auto Bass The Fanfare plays bass for you See Auto Bass on page 11 Control volume with the Bass buttons in the Graphic Mixer T...

Page 42: ...ong becomes Your Song in the display For example titles of songs recorded will appear as 1 Your Song 1 2 Your Song 2 Allow a few seconds to pass after pressing Stop before turning the Power off to allow the Recorder time to Finalize the song storage process Playback a Song To Playback the song you just recorded With Your Song still showing in the display press Play Pause Press Play Pause your song...

Page 43: ...ress Feature Clear 2 Scroll to Chain Songs 3 Press Select Features Chain Songs 4 Scroll to select one of the three playback options All Songs Your Songs Lowrey Songs Your Songs Lowrey Songs Off Chain Songs Scroll to Select All Songs 5 Press Feature Clear when the desired choice is displayed 6 Press Songs 7 Press Scroll to select the song title that will be first in the Chain 8 Press Play Pause or ...

Page 44: ... for the connection Microphone Input You can plug a microphone into the Microphone Input jack and use the Fanfare speaker system to amplify your voice For best results use a Hi Impedance Microphone with a standard mono 1 4 phone plug Headphones Plug in a set of Stereo Headphones and the Fanfare speaker system is muted Play your music in private play while others are watching television or reading ...

Page 45: ...ave 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 Set Split Third F Key F 3 Change location of Lower Keyboard Split Split locates to F 3 after pressing the Home button or turning the Power off 5 AOC Auto AOC Auto AOC AOC All 6 Edit Sounds Preset Variable Orch 1 Octave Sustain Orch 2 Octave Sustain Solo Octave Sustain Lower More Octave Sustain Pedal More Octave Sustain 7 Orch Effects Preset Variable Chorus Echo Tremulant Auto Pan...

Page 46: ...ecrease the volume Press Feature Clear to set Levels Balance Use SCROLL SELECT t Orch 1 t IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 100 2 Sustain Lengths Individually adjust the Sustain Length for these items Upper Flutes Upper Ensemble Lower Flutes Lower Ensemble Bass Pedal Organs Each Setup and individual sound sustain length is preset and need not be adjusted Press Feature Clear Scroll to Susta...

Page 47: ...Feature Clear Scroll to Orch Solo Octave FEATURE Orch Solo Octave Press Select Scroll to change Octave setting Press Feature Clear to set Orch Solo Octave Scroll to select 0 4 Set Split Changes the location of the Lower Keyboard Split Press Feature Clear Scroll to Set Split Press Select Key name of split location is shown FEATURE Set Split To change the Lower Keyboard Split location a Scroll to se...

Page 48: ...AOCt AOC All 6 Edit Sounds Edit Sounds control Octave and Sustain characteristics for these items Orch 1 Octave Sustain Orch 2 Octave Sustain Solo Octave Sustain Lower More Octave Sustain Pedal More Octave Sustain Select from five Octave settings 2 Raises the pitch of a sound by two octaves 1 Raises the pitch of a sound by one octave 0 Normal pitch Default setting 1 Lowers the pitch of a sound by ...

Page 49: ...o effect applied to sounds Auto Pan Adjust the Amount Rate and Depth of the sound automatically switching from side to side Pan EQ Pan adjusts the Position of the distribution of sounds side to side EQ adjusts treble and bass After completing desired adjustments press the Orch Effect to activate the Effects for Orchestral sounds Press Feature Clear Scroll to Orch Effects Press Select Scroll to sel...

Page 50: ...ts Solo Effects controls the same five characteristics shown in Orch Effect for Solo sounds Adjustments made to Solo Effects are immediately applied to the active solo sound Each Setup and individual sound character is preset and need not be adjusted Press Feature Clear Scroll to Solo Effect Press Select Scroll to select an effect type Pan EQ Chorus Echo Tremulant or Auto Pan Press Select Orchestr...

Page 51: ...liding effect from one note to another for example a trombone sliding note to note Press Feature Clear Scroll to Repeat Slide Press Select FEATURE Repeat Slide Scroll to select Orch 1 Repeat Orch 2 Repeat or Solo Slide Speed Press Select Repeat Slide tOrch 1 Repeatt Off IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 55 Scroll to select between On and Off Press Select Repeat Slide Orch 1 Repeat tOnt IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 55 ...

Page 52: ...Select Drums Keyed Bass Use SCROLL SELECT tDrums Only Offt Keyed Bass Off Scroll to select Keyed Bass Off or On Press Select Press Feature Clear to set Drums Keyed Bass Use SCROLL SELECT Drums Only Off tKeyed Bass Offt 11 Right Foot Switch Right Foot Switch selects among four control functions that may be activated with the right foot switch conveniently freeing your hands from pressing buttons wh...

Page 53: ...Songs Your Songs plays back the songs you recorded in order one time through Lowrey Songs plays back the 60 songs recorded by Lowrey in order one time through Off allows you to play back individual songs of your choice using the Songs button See Listen on page 14 Press Feature Clear Scroll to Chain Songs Press Select FEATURE Chain Songs Scroll to display the desired play back option All Songs Your...

Page 54: ...d when using Dual Sounds Orch 2 Level screen Solo Solo Level screen Upper Ensemble Upper Ensemble Level screen Lower Ensemble Lower Ensemble Level screen Lower More Lower More Level screen Bass More Bass More Level screen Golden Harp Golden Harp Level screen Drum Volume Drum Balance Upper Flute Sustain Upper Flute Sustain Length Upper Ensemble Sustain Upper Ensemble Sustain Length Any OFF Orch but...

Page 55: ... G2 New York Swing Soliloquy E Coast Swing Jive Latin Ballroom Latin Piano Bossa Latin Guitar G2 Bossa Nova Tango Trios Romanticos Smooth EZ 4 4 Heart Songs Guitar 4 4 G2 Jazzee Piano Offering Soft Country Ballad Wonder Full World 50 s Love Ballad 6 8 Guitar G2 Spots of Ink Piano Colour 6 8 Denver Pickin Rock 8 Beat Rock Memphis Piano 50 s Guitar Rock G2 Fab 4 Rock Roll Piano Ringo s Sub Folk Swin...

Page 56: ...Db Bb Ab Bb E Bb D F Bb Db Ab Bb A Bb Eb F Bb Db E Ab B B B D B A B F B D G B D A B A B E F B D F A CHORD b 5 3 notes MIN w MAJ 7 3 notes 6th 4 notes MIN 6th 4 notes DIM 7th 4 notes 9th 3 notes 13th 3 notes C C E Gb C Eb B C E G A C Eb G A C Eb Gb A E Bb D Bb E A Db Db F G Db E C Db F Ab Bb Db E Ab Bb Db E G Bb F B Eb B F Bb D D F Ab D F C D F A B D F A B D F Ab B F C E C F B Eb Eb G A Eb Gb D Eb ...

Page 57: ...ou 13 This Land Is Your Land 43 A Time For Us Love Theme 14 Beer Barrel Polka 44 Besame Mucho 15 Oh What a Beautiful Morning 45 Happy Trails 16 Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ra 46 Volare 17 Just a Closer Walk With Thee 47 I ll Fly Away 18 Aloha Oe 48 Somewhere Out There 19 Rocky Top 49 California Girls 20 Paper Roses 50 Daydream Believer 21 Spanish Eyes 51 El Paso 22 Release Me 52 Memories Are Made Of This 23...

Page 58: ...weiss Five Foot Two Folsom Prison Blues Frosty the Snowman Ghostriders In the Sky Girl From Ipanema The Golden Earings Grandfather s Clock Green Eyes Green Green Grass of Home Hang On Sloopy Happy Together Harper Valley PTA Hava Nagila Hawaiian War Chant Hawaiian Wedding Song The Heat Wave Hello Dolly Hernando s Hideaway He s Got the Whole World In His Hnd Hey Jude Hey Good Lookin Hey Mr Banjo Hol...

Page 59: ...odle Yesterday You Are My Sunshine You are the Sunshine of My Life Your Cheatin Heart Zippa De Doo Dah Let It Be Me Louie Louie Love Letters In the Sand Love Me Tender Aura Lee Lullaby of Birdland Mack the Knife Make the World Go Away Margeritaville Marianne Marines Hymn Melody of Love Memory from Cats Michael Row the Boat Ashore Misty Mood Indigo Moonlight Serenade Mr Bojangles Mr Lucky Mr Sandma...

Page 60: ...ted to call a Lowrey dealer for service and provide accurate details of faults EXCLUSIONS This warranty does not extend to accessories connected to or damages resulting from such connections 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 unauthorized alterations m...

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Page 62: ...EY300 Fanfare Owner s Guide Lowrey 847 North Church Court Elmhurst Illinois USA 60126 1036 www lowrey com 993 048802 000 Copyright 2012 Lowrey Organ Company All Rights Reserved 953350 R100 ...

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