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Congratulations!

You are the proud owner of a fine electronic organ, 

Electone EL-37. The Yamaha EL-37 Electone 

combines the most advanced AWM tone generation 

technology with state-of-the-art digital electronics 

and features to give you stunning sound quality 

with maximum musical enjoyment. 

In order to make the most of the Electone and 

extensive performance potential, we urge you to 

read the manual thoroughly while trying out the 

various features described. Keep the manual in a 

safe place for later reference. 

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Summary of Contents for Electone EL-37

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Page 2: ...s warranty and are therefore the owner s responsibility Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting service NAME PLATE LOCATION The graphic below indicates the location of the name plate The model number serial number power requirements etc are located on this plate You should record the model number serial number and the date of purchase in the spaces provided bel...

Page 3: ...n technology with state of the art digital electronics and features to give you stunning sound quality with maximum musical enjoyment In order to make the most of the Electone and extensive performance potential we urge you to read the manual thoroughly while trying out the various features described Keep the manual in a safe place for later reference 1 ...

Page 4: ... various automatic accompaniment functions including Auto Bass Chord Accompaniment and Melody On Chord See pages 36 40 Sophisticated Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm Sequence Programming The Rhythm Pattern Program and Rhythm Sequence Program let you use the realistic Keyboard Percussion sounds along with additional percussion sounds on the upper keyboard to create and record your own rhythm patterns then...

Page 5: ... 30 Fill In Patterns 32 Auto Variation and Percussion Volume 33 Dotted Buttons 33 Rhythm Menus 35 Accompaniment Controls 35 Automatic Accompaniment Auto Bass Chord 36 Keyboard Percussion 39 Melody On Chord 40 5 Registration Memory 42 Storing Registrations 42 Registration Shift 44 Resetting the Registration Memory Buttons Power On Reset 47 6 Music Disk Recorder 48 Precautions 48 Formatting a Disk 5...

Page 6: ...LOW ROCK TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C VOLUME MAX MIN VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME PEDAL VOICE ELEC BASS CONTRA BASS TUBA ORGAN BASS TO LOWER D PEDAL INTRO ENDING START FILL IN DATA CONTROL RHYTHM LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 2 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS MAX...

Page 7: ...ECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT POWER RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO PATTERN SEQUENCE CLEAR CHANGE PRESET USER SET INS DEL CLEAR PAGE DISPLAY SELECT 3 3 DATA CONTROL ACCENT INSTRUMENT QUANTIZE RHYTHM PROGRAM 0 0 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 8: ...instrument with the abbreviation for each voice section beside the voice name Upper Lower Lead and Pedalboard Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made When the Electone is turned on Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected If you have made panel settings you wish to keep save them to Registration Memory see page 42 before turning the Electone off You can however resto...

Page 9: ...e wealth of features available the Electone includes convenient Registrations that let you completely and instantly change the voices and other settings for all of the keyboards even as you play Each registration is pre programmed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination Basic Registrations The Basic Registration section has five factory preset registrations each with a di...

Page 10: ...of music on the Upper Keyboard using the indicated registration Now try out the rest of the Basic Registrations with the following music examples Press the appropriate buttons to select the registrations Each music example has been chosen to best suit its companion registration ...

Page 11: ...t the right side of the Electone Once you ve securely inserted the disk into the slot the LCD Display on the panel will automatically change to show the available Registration Menus 2 From the display that appears first press the Page button to select the various menu pages of registrations available on the disk then select the desired registration from each menu The bottom left Data Control butto...

Page 12: ...ected To turn the pattern off press the START button again You can also adjust the tempo of the rhythm to your liking by turning the TEMPO dial as indicated in the illustration below How to Return to the Registration Menu Display If you unintentionally change the display by pressing a button on the panel you can return to the display of the Registration Menu by pressing the PLAY button in the Musi...

Page 13: ...Swing 1 136 Bossanova 2 160 Dixie 96 16Beat 3 80 Sound Image Page 2 No LCD Display Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Rhythm Tempo 1 LEAD1 2 LEAD2 3 LEAD3 4 LEAD4 5 LEAD5 6 LEAD6 7 LEAD7 8 LEAD8 9 DECAY1 10 DECAY2 11 DECAY3 12 DECAY4 13 DECAY5 14 DECAY6 15 DECAY7 16 DECAY8 Polka 115 8Beat 1 78 Tango 1 120 Bossanova 2 150 Dixie 90 16Beat 3 78 Bossanova 1 140 Samba 1 12...

Page 14: ...3 Trombone Pizzicato Bass 4 Dixie 108 4 Trumpet Tuba 5 Bounce 1 123 2 Guitar Elec Bass 6 Bounce 2 140 2 Clarinet Pizzicato Bass 7 Reggae1 132 4 Marimba Elec Bass 8 Reggae 2 120 4 Cosmic 2 Synth Bass Elec Bass 16 9 Slow Rock 1 80 1 Elec Guitar Elec Bass 16 10 Slow Rock 2 74 1 Trumpet Elec Bass 16 11 Slow Rock 3 92 4 Saxophone Elec Bass 16 12 Tango 1 120 1 Harmonica Harmonica 16 Pizzicato Bass 16 13...

Page 15: ...to Bass LEAD8 Woodwind Ensemble 2 Clarinet Bassoon Clarinet LEAD9 Solo Clarinet Clarinet Horn Pizzicato Bass LEAD10 Solo Saxophone Saxophone Strings Contrabass Page 3 No LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DECAY1 Piano Piano Piano Piano DECAY2 Harpsichord Harpsichord Strings Contrabass DECAY3 Marimba Marimba Clarinet Pizzica...

Page 16: ... The following display will appear 2 Press either one of the top right Data control buttons as indicated below to select the E Piano voice Data Control Buttons These buttons are used to select or adjust the settings shown on the display Generally each pair of buttons corresponds to the section of the display directly next to it In this example the top right Data Control buttons correspond to the t...

Page 17: ...the volume decreases each time you press the button Try also pressing the right button in this Data Control button pair and notice that the value increases 5 Next we ll use the Page buttons These buttons are used to select when available the various pages of the display the numbers of which appear at the top right of the LCD Press Page to select page 2 shown below FEET PRE EFFECT PRE UPPER 2 Indic...

Page 18: ...ncrease a value or select the next setting or position In some cases the buttons are also used to turn functions on and off Display Select Buttons These buttons access some of the major functions of the Electone and call up their respective LCD displays The LCD display changes when another function has been selected There are two ways to call up LCD displays One is by pressing the panel s voice rh...

Page 19: ...hown on this display These are variations of the basic Piano voice category To Select one of these voice variations 2 Press one of the Data Control buttons that corresponds to the voice you wish to select Harpsi Piano E Piano ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS HARMO NICA VOLUME MAX MIN UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 2 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC...

Page 20: ... of the other voice section to the minimum level LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE OBOE TRUM PET TO LOWER VOLUME MAX MIN 1 VOLUME PEDAL VOICE ELEC BASS CONTRA BASS TUBA ORGAN BASS TO LOWER MAX MIN 1 TOUCH 4 VOL 24 UPPER 1 Pressing this button decreases the value Pressing this button increases the value ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS HARMO NICA VOLUME MA...

Page 21: ...he twenty two Voice Menu pages including User and not be limited to only the twelve buttons equivalent to twelve Voice Menu pages that make up the Upper Voice section Another advantage to this feature is that when the normally monophonic one note Lead and Pedal voices are assigned to the Upper or Lower keyboard voice sections they can be played polyphonically 2 For having three different voices fr...

Page 22: ...R 4 USER 1 USER 2 US Strings 1 PizzStrs PizzStrs Strings 1 20 2 Voice Sections The first character of the selected voice s name flashes to indicate that the voice has been selected As long as you do not select a voice this indication will not appear When you load the registrations created by the other type Electones the voice name may not be seen but a solid box may blink This is because the loade...

Page 23: ...NICA Upper Brass SynBrass 4 BRASS Upper Lower Organ JazzOrgn 15 ORGAN Upper Lower Horn 5 HORN Lower OrgBass 16 ORGAN BASS Pedal Trombone Trumpet 6 TRUMPET Lead Harpsi Piano E Piano 17 PIANO Upper Lower Tuba 7 TUBA Pedal Guitar 18 E Guitar GUITAR Upper Lower Flute 8 Whistle FLUTE Lead Marimba Vibrphon 19 VIBRAPHONE Upper Lower Oboe Bassoon 9 OBOE Lead SynBass E Bass 20 ELACTRIC BASS Pedal Clarinet ...

Page 24: ...e settings Choose a voice on the panel then press that voice s panel button twice Use the Page buttons to change the pages For the Lead Voice example shown below press the VIOLIN button in the Lead Voice section twice To call up the corresponding Upper Voice example press the PIANO button in the Upper Keyboard Voice section twice LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE OBOE TRUM PET TO LOWER VOLUME MAX MIN 1 ORGA...

Page 25: ...d the brighter the timbre will become After Touch Controls volume and timbre according to the pressure you apply to the keys after playing them The harder you press down on the keys the greater the volume and the brighter the timbre will become 2 Volume Fine adjustment of the voice volume Coarse volume settings are made with the front panel VOLUME controls Range 0 24 LEAD 1 TOUCH 4 VOL 16 Decrease...

Page 26: ...e original factory effect while OFF cancels the effect This is essentially an on off switch for the effects Settings PRE OFF TRM Tremolo SYM Symphonic DLY Delay FLG Flanger Though different effects can be applied to different voice sections only one effect can be selected at a time for each voice section In order to actually apply the Tremolo Symphonic Celeste Delay and Flanger effects one more st...

Page 27: ...Lead Voice only On Off switch for the Touch Vibrato function Touch Vibrato lets you apply vibrato to individual notes as you play them While playing a key press down harder on it to give the note vibrato The harder you press the key down the greater the vibrato will be Call up the User Vibrato settings on Voice Condition Page 4 by using the Page buttons LEAD 3 ŒUSER VIB ŒT VIB PAGE 5 1 5 2 Press e...

Page 28: ...pronounced vibrato Range 0 7 3 Speed Lead Voice only Determines the speed of the vibrato effect see diagram Range 0 7 The following diagram graphically shows the vibrato effect and is related controls If User Vib has not been turned on the following display appears when Page 3 is selected UPPER VIB 4 PRESET VIBRATO Delay Vibrato Controls Speed Depth Key On LEAD VIB DELAY 0 4 DEPTH 0 SPEED 0 PAGE 2...

Page 29: ...ge 2 2 Turn on Tremolo as you play with the panel Tremolo button When TREMOLO FAST button is turned on while the TRM is selected in each Voice Condition display the rotation effect is fast Tremolo when off it is slow Chorus 2 Symphonic Celeste Symphonic simulates the effect of a large ensemble while Celeste creates the effect of a gradually expanding sound Symphonic Celeste Operation 1 Select SYM ...

Page 30: ...yed repeats of the original sound 1 F B Feedback Determines the number of delayed repeats Range 0 100 2 SPEED Determines the time between delayed repeats Range 0 100 3 BAL Balance Determines the volume of the delay effect relative to the original sound Higher settings produce a louder delay Range 0 100 Flanger Page Effect Page 2 Flanger introduces a swirling animated modulation effect to the sound...

Page 31: ...ress the button again to turn sustain off Sustain Length Page UPPER LOWER PEDAL Determines the length of sustain applied to each voice section The display shows the current sustain length values for each voice section Range 0 12 6 Glide Glide is a footswitch activated effect pressing the footswitch immediately lowers the pitch of the selected voice or voices by a half step Refer to the footswitch ...

Page 32: ...can be selected by using the LCD display To select and play a rhythm pattern 1 Choose a rhythm pattern by pressing one of the Rhythm buttons in the Rhythm section on the panel To select a rhythm pattern from each category in the display press the Data Control button corresponding to the rhythm you wish to play as you do with the voices The first character of the selected rhythm pattern s name flas...

Page 33: ...the VOLUME controls to the right of the Rhythm buttons to set the desired level of the rhythm The controls have seven volume settings from a minimum of 0 or not sound to a maximum of full volume Fine adjustments in the volume of the rhythm pattern can also be made from the Rhythm Condition page See page 33 4 Set the tempo TEMPO Dial For adjusting the speed of the rhythm Turn the dial clockwise to ...

Page 34: ... and play a rhythm pattern 2 As you play the Electone along with the rhythm pattern occasionally press the FILL IN button For best results press the FILL IN button just at the beginning or the first beat of a measure SYNCHRO START INTRO ENDING START FILL IN BAR BEAT TEMPO BAR BEAT Indicator shows the current position in the measures When you turn the TEMPO Dial even while the rhythm is playing the...

Page 35: ...dition Page 2 and 3 are described later in this section See page 36 Dotted Buttons The Rhythm section also has like the voice sections dotted buttons from which rhythm patterns can be selected These dotted buttons function as wild card rhythm pattern selectors any of the rhythm patterns available from the panel buttons the Rhythm Menus or User rhythm can be selected from these buttons RHYTHM 1 ŒAU...

Page 36: ...buttons User Pages Select the User pages when you wish to play rhythm patterns you ve created with the Rhythm Pattern Program function See page 68 Swing1 Swing2 J Ballad Dixie J Ballad Dixie PAGE Swing1 Swing2 MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW ROCK TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C VOLUME D RHYTHM MAX MIN SEQ SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 Whil...

Page 37: ...1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C VOLUME D RHYTHM MAX MIN SEQ SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MARCH LATIN 1 WALTZ LATIN 2 SWING 8 BEAT BOUNCE 16 BEAT SLOW ROCK USER TANGO Country Broadway March Polka 1 Beguine Mambo Cha cha Rhumba 7 J Waltz Bolero Waltz 1 Waltz 2 2 Bossa 1 Bossa 2 Samba 1 Samba 2 8 J Ballad Dixie Swing 1 Swing 2 3 8Beat3 D Pop 8Beat1 8Beat2 9 Reggae 1 Reggae 2 Bounc...

Page 38: ...ively putting a full backing band at your disposal Depending on the feature or mode selected you can play anything from a single note to a full chord on the Lower key board and hear complete rhythmical bass and chord accompaniment To select the A B C function and call up Rhythm Condition Page 3 1 Press any of the RHYTHM buttons twice to call up the Rhythm Condition pages 2 Use the Page buttons to ...

Page 39: ...lows you to determine what bass notes will be played in the accompaniment by playing a note on the Pedalboard along with the chords you play in the Lower keyboard 2 Memory The Memory function allows you to have the bass and chord accompaniment continue even after you release your fingers from the keyboard Independent Memory settings are available for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard making it pos...

Page 40: ...thmic accompaniment but it can also be used in the Single Finger mode to add full continuous chords to your performance without the use of the rhythm Simply leave the rhythm off in Single Finger mode and play Single Finger chords from the Lower keyboard Chords Recognized in the Fingered Chord Mode Key of C C Cm C7 Cm7 Cmaj7 Cm maj7 C 5 C7 5 Cdim C7sus4 C 5 Cm7 5 C7 5 C6 Cm6 Cm7 C7 Cm C Minor 7th a...

Page 41: ...H i g h W o o d B l o c k L o w C o w b e l l T r i a n g l e O p e n T r i a n g l e C l o s e d S n a r e D r u m R o l l O r c h e s t r a S n a r e D r u m T o m 1 T o m 2 T o m 3 S n a r e B r u s h S h o t S n a r e B r u s h R o l l S y n t h T o m 1 S y n t h T o m 2 S y n t h T o m 3 C l a v e s S h a k e r C u i c a H i g h C u i c a L o w B o n g o H i g h B o n g o L o w C o n g a H i ...

Page 42: ...es to accompany the melody played The modes are selected from the A B C M O C page To select the M O C function Press the A B C M O C button in the DISPLAY SELECT section VOICE DISPLAY FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT PITCH MIDI EFFECT A B C M O C TREMOLO FAST DISPLAY SELECT S y n t h T o m 1 S y n t h T o m 2 S y n t h T o m 3 T o m 1 T o m 2 T o m 3 S n a r e B r u s h S h o t S n a r e B r u s h R o l l O ...

Page 43: ...MOC Type 3 Produces harmonies of up to four notes in a range relatively distant from the melody played 2 Knee On off switch for knee lever control over Melody On Chord operation When this is on pressing the knee lever to the right activates the Melody On Chord function Refer to Knee Lever Control page 90 MOC 3 OFF ŒKNEE OFF MOC TYPE1 MOC TYPE2 MOC TYPE3 2 1 Even when Melody On Chord is on if the U...

Page 44: ...n Memory can also be saved to floppy disk for future recall To store registrations to the Registration Memory 1 After creating your original registration decide which numbered button you wish to store 2 While holding down the M Memory button in the Registration Memory section press the numbered button to which you wish to store your registration When the registration is stored the numbered button ...

Page 45: ...y This operation saves all 8 registrations in Registration Memory to one song The other 39 available songs on the disk can be used for saving additional batches of 8 registrations PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D 2 press M but...

Page 46: ... mode each press of the right footswitch selects the Registration Memory buttons in their numerical order After the last preset is reached the function wraps around to select the first button again The numbered buttons light up as they are selected 3 USER Selection of the User mode In the User mode each press of the right footswitch selects registrations according to the order you specify There ar...

Page 47: ...r to the first position 2 Moves the cursor to the last position 3 Moves the cursor ten spaces back 4 Moves the cursor ten spaces ahead 5 Moves the cursor one step to the left 6 Moves the cursor one step to the right REGIST SHIFT EDIT T12314545454541 E 1 2 5 6 1 2 5 6 PATTERN SEQUENCE CLEAR CHANGE PRESET USER SET INS DEL CLEAR 3 3 ACCENT INSTRUMENT QUANTIZE RHYTHM PROGRAM 0 0 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 1 2 5 ...

Page 48: ...ursor position and all other numbers to the right of the cursor are moved to accommodate the new number To perform the operation first move the cursor to a numbered position Then press the desired Registration Memory button the selected button will light and press the INS button 3 DEL Delete For deleting a registration number at the current cursor position To delete the unnecessary number move the...

Page 49: ...ll panel settings you have made When the Electone is turned on Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected If you have made panel settings you wish to keep save them to Registration Memory before turning the Electone off You can however restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off In doing this first be careful NOT to press any panel buttons excepting those ...

Page 50: ...nd possibly the disk drive If the eject button is pressed too quickly or if it is not pressed in as far as it will go the disk may not eject properly The eject button may become stuck in a half pressed position with the disk extending from the drive slot by only a few millimeters If this happens do not attempt to pull out the partially ejected disk since using force in this situation can damage th...

Page 51: ...e cases when they are not in use Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight extremely high or low temperatures or excessive humidity dust or liquids Do not open the sliding shutter and touch the exposed surface of the floppy disk inside Do not expose the disk to magnetic fields such as those produced by televisions speakers motors etc since magnetic fields can partially or completely erase data on ...

Page 52: ...is printed in white above each button the second function is printed in green below each button The SHIFT button is used to select the second functions by pressing each function button while holding down the SHIFT PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEM...

Page 53: ...M SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 01 PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO If the selected song number already contains recorded data small bars appear at the left part of LED display and flash along with the song number warning you ...

Page 54: ...ation on playback and other playback related functions see page 58 PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 622 PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM...

Page 55: ...rmance data Upper Lower Pedal and Lead are recorded to independent tracks so that you can change any one of them without affecting the others 3 Control data All changes you make on the Electone during your performance are recorded in real time These include registration changes the use of the expression pedals footswitches and knee lever 2 To record each part separately You can also record the par...

Page 56: ...icated in the illustration at right functions as Keyboard Percussion selectors in the record mode RECORD LEAD Records the performance data of the Lead voice when turned on RECORD K PERC Records the performance data of Keyboard Percussion when turned on Keyboard Percussion can be recorded and played independent of the Rhythm patterns Holding down the SHIFT button in the record condition lets you se...

Page 57: ...the song recording begins immediately While you listen to the parts being played back start playing the melody on the Upper keyboard When the end of the recorded performance is reached playback is automatically stopped and the STOP status is resumed PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL ...

Page 58: ...ord only the registrations and bulk data 1 Set up the registrations and select the song number as you did in steps 1 and 2 above 2 Press the RECORD button 3 Press the PLAY button to record the registrations then press the STOP button as soon as you see the small bars flash across the LED display from left to right The small bars that flash across the display indicate that the M D R is recording th...

Page 59: ...the registrations you need into several song numbers on the M D R before the performance You should also try to record them in the order that you ll use them if possible 2 During the performance after all 8 registrations from a certain song number have been used select the next song number and press the PLAY button on the M D R This replaces all 8 registrations in Registration Memory with the new ...

Page 60: ...for playback by holding down the SHIFT button and simultaneously pressing the appropriate button in the PLAY section as shown in the illustration on the right PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 01 PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PE...

Page 61: ...rmance starts excepting the parts that were turned off in step 2 4 Now perform your new part or parts over the playback parts When the end of the recorded performance is reached playback is automatically stopped and the STOP status is resumed PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG CO...

Page 62: ...and repeat indefinitely To stop playback press the STOP button 60 6 Music Disk Recorder PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 01 PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FOR...

Page 63: ... song time is advanced or reversed accordingly Hold down the button until the desired song time is shown When the button is released playback is paused To resume playback from the point you ve advanced or reversed to press the PLAY button 0000 If you hold down the SHIFT and press CUSTOM PLAY all data except for that of Rhythm Pattern Program and Rhythm Sequence will be loaded and played back NOTE ...

Page 64: ...LAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO When tempo is changed the LED display indicates the change as a percentage of the original recording tempo 100 Values less than 100 indicate a slower tempo values greater than 100 indicate a faster tempo NOTE Tempo changes remain in effect even through changes in song number If you have changed the tempo ...

Page 65: ...mbers that have no data 5 Press the RECORD button to execute the Song Copy function The RECORD lamp stops flashing and remains lit indicating that the Song Copy function is in process The LED display shows the size of the song in numbers and counts down as the data is being copied When the display shows 000 the song has been completely copied 63 6 Music Disk Recorder If the specified song number h...

Page 66: ...nction is completed the STOP status is automatically resumed 7 Checking the Remaining Memory While playback is stopped you can check the amount of memory available for additional recording To do this simultaneously hold down the SHIFT button and the PAUSE button indicated in the illustration at the right as REM MEM Remaining Memory The maximum amount of memory is 620 for 2DD disks and 1240 for 2HD...

Page 67: ...ssed a panel voice button the Voice Disk s voice name will appear on the LCD 3 Select the desired voice by using the left DATA CONTROL buttons Pressing the bottom left buttons steps through the voice numbers pressing the top left buttons jumps ten numbers back or forward The name of each voice appears on the display with the number Refer to the list included with your Voice Disk for voice names an...

Page 68: ...c User number or CANCEL to abort the operation When the voice has been assigned a Completed message appears 10 Copy Protect Some of the Disks available for the Electone are purposely protected from being copied or erased You cannot save the data to another floppy disk If you try to load data from such a copy protected disk to the Electone a Protected Disk Pr message will appear on the LED display ...

Page 69: ... button An error occurred because the disk was removed during recording or playback Press the STOP button and replace the disk then start the operation over again The installed disk cannot be played back on the M D R Press the STOP button then insert a compatible disk Recording cannot be performed because too much data was received at once Press the STOP button The disk is defective and cannot be ...

Page 70: ...8 7 Rhythm Pattern Programming and Rhythm Sequence Programming Rhythm Pattern Program Rhythm Sequence Program Press the PATTERN button to call up the Rhythm Pattern Program and select the Rhythm Program pages Set the Beat and Quantize values Select the Edit page to record percussion sounds and program the pattern Optional Select the Accompaniment page to determine which accompaniment pattern will ...

Page 71: ...of 75 different percussion sounds in creating your own rhythm patterns Up to 16 separate rhythm tracks are provided in a single pattern for each instrument part and up to 40 patterns eight User numbers each with five variations can be memorized programming Rhythm Patterns To call up the Rhythm Pattern Program function and select the Rhythm Program pages 1 Press and hold down the PATTERN button in ...

Page 72: ...tons BEFORE calling up the Rhythm Pattern Program and performing steps 1 and 2 above The specified rhythm will be copied once you execute steps 1 and 2 Copying the Fill Ins and Endings The similar procedure can be used with the FILL IN and INTRO ENDING buttons for copying Fill In and Ending patterns Select the rhythm to which the desired Fill In or Ending belongs beforehand Then press the FILL IN ...

Page 73: ... S n a r e B r u s h S h o t 1 S n a r e B r u s h R o l l S y n t h T o m 1 S y n t h T o m 2 S y n t h T o m 3 C l a v e s S h a k e r C u i c a H i g h C u i c a L o w B o n g o H i g h B o n g o L o w C o n g a H i g h C o n g a L o w T i m b a l e 1 H i g h T i m b a l e 1 L o w C a s t a n e t T a m b o u r i n e O r c h e s t r a C y m b a l 2 O r c h e s t r a C y m b a l 1 C r a s h C y m...

Page 74: ... Time Write Operation Step Write and Real Time Write can be selected from the Edit page Which mode of operation is selected depends on the play status of the rhythm pattern If the rhythm is stopped Step Write is automatically selected If the rhythm is playing Real Time Write is selected Simply press the START button in the Rhythm section on the panel to start or stop the rhythm pattern and switch ...

Page 75: ...Write operation in that it determines the resolution of the pattern Used with Real Time Write however it allows you to automatically correct the timing of the notes as you play them according to the specified Quantize resolution Use the QUANTIZE buttons on the panel shown below to set the Quantize value Quantize values are shown above the buttons as note values and represent fractions of a measure...

Page 76: ...ng of the rhythm 1 1 1 4 Track Displays the number of the rhythm track and the instrument recorded to it Use the bottom right Data Control buttons to step through the tracks See step 2 below also see Change function page 76 PATTERN SEQUENCE CLEAR CHANGE PRESET USER SET INS DEL CLEAR 3 3 ACCENT INSTRUMENT QUANTIZE RHYTHM PROGRAM 0 0 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Step Reverse Step Forward 1 PATTERN 100 BEAT 1 1 1...

Page 77: ... to the selected point These buttons are used to actually enter or record the instrument and determine its volume or Accent level Press the button that corresponds to the Accent level you wish to set the instrument is then automatically inserted at that Accent level to the selected position in the pattern shown in the rhythm clock An Accent value of 0 is the minimum or a rest and 8 is the maximum ...

Page 78: ...he Lower keyboard Be careful not to do this inadvertently since all sounds will be instantly and permanently erased or The other way is to press then release the CLEAR button on the panel in Step Write operation only The following display appears prompting confirmation of the operation Change The Change function allows you to reassign the instrument of a selected track To change an instrument assi...

Page 79: ... a single sound are assigned to the same track for example if you alternately play a hi hat sound with a snare drum all notes of the hi hat will be recorded to one track and all notes of the snare drum to another track 3 When you ve finished entering instruments to the pattern stop it by pressing the START button again or by selecting the ACC Accompaniment or SAVE pages USING THE CLEAR FUNCTION IN...

Page 80: ...paniment type You can also audition the Accompaniment type and set its volume from the Rhythm Condition page Call up this display by pressing the corresponding rhythm button once again PATTERN ACC TYPE 1 VOL 0 Decreases the volume Selects the Accompaniment type Increases the volume Sets volume to minimum value Sets volume to maximum value PATTERN ACC March Selects rhythm pattern right buttons sele...

Page 81: ...ill In patterns up to 40 different rhythm patterns 8 User numbers x 5 variations can be saved 3 Use any of the Data Control buttons to the right of the LCD corresponding to SAVE to actually execute the save operation When the pattern has been saved the following display appears momentarily When the pattern cannot be saved because of lack of available memory space the following display appears PATT...

Page 82: ...he operation 2 Select OK to leave the Rhythm Pattern Program or Cancel to abort the operation and return to the previous display Playing User Rhythm Patterns The User rhythm patterns you have created in the Rhythm Pattern Program can be selected and played from the panel Rhythm controls To play User rhythm patterns 1 Press one of the dotted buttons in the Rhythm section 2 Select the USER page with...

Page 83: ...s of the numbered Sequence buttons in the Rhythm section on the panel will flash and the following display will prompt you to select a sequence number SEQ Select a Sequence MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW ROCK TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C VOLUME D RHYTHM MAX MIN SEQ SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM The LED o...

Page 84: ...U8F The preset patterns also may have a letter suffix I indicates Intro F indicates Fill In and E indicates Ending i e 01I 20F and 15E To program a rhythm sequence 1 Select the type of rhythm pattern you wish to enter Preset or User from the corresponding buttons on the panel PATTERN SEQUENCE CLEAR CHANGE PRESET USER SET INS DEL CLEAR 3 3 ACCENT INSTRUMENT QUANTIZE RHYTHM PROGRAM 0 0 5 6 7 8 1 2 3...

Page 85: ...ns on the panel function according to the indications printed below each button in green NOTE You can program the rhythm sequence a measure at a time Every user rhythm consists of two measures If you want to program two measure User rhythms you are required to enter it twice for the first measure and the second measure When entered the first measure is displayed normally and the second measure is ...

Page 86: ...DEL CLEAR ACCENT 0 0 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 1 While holding down INTRO ENDING or FILL IN 2 press SET 01 04 06 08 10 11 15 18 19 20 March 1 Polka Country Broadway Waltz 1 Waltz 2 Jazz Waltz Bolero Swing 1 Swing 2 Jazz Ballad Dixieland Bounce 1 Bounce 2 Reggae 1 Reggae 2 Slow Rock 1 Slow Rock 2 Slow Rock 3 Tango 1 Tango 2 Tango 3 Cha cha Rhumba Beguine Mambo Samba 1 Samba 2 Bossanova 1 Bossanova 2 8 Beat 1...

Page 87: ... ACCENT INSTRUMENT QUANTIZE RHYTHM PROGRAM 0 0 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 PATTERN ACC TYPE 1 VOL 0 1 1 Sift the cursor to the beginning of the sequence 2 Sift the cursor to the end of the sequence 3 Sift the cursor one step back 4 Sift the cursor one step forward 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 PATTERN SEQUENCE CLEAR CHANGE PRESET USER SET INS DEL CLEAR 3 3 ACCENT INSTRUMENT QUANTIZE RHYTHM PROGRAM 0 0 5 6 7 8 1 2 3...

Page 88: ...se the Clear button to erase all patterns in the sequence AUDITION You can play the rhythm sequence at any time while you are editing or programming it by moving the cursor to the point at which you wish to begin playback and pressing the Rhythm START button ABOUT USING REGISTRATIONS WITH THE RHYTHM SEQUENCE PROGRAM The rhythm patterns Rhythm Menu assigned to the sequence can be changed during edi...

Page 89: ...and type are lit MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW ROCK TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C VOLUME D RHYTHM MAX MIN SEQ SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW ROCK TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C VOLUME D RHYTHM MAX MIN SEQ SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 SYNCHRO STA...

Page 90: ...terns and sequences Also the User rhythm patterns and sequences you ve saved to disk can be loaded back to the Electone any time Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm Sequence data is included in the bulk data that is saved when you record registrations to disk Refer to the section Recording Registrations page 56 for instructions Recalling Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm Sequence Data from Disk The Rhythm Pattern a...

Page 91: ... Press the FOOT SW button in the DISPLAY SELECT section Three modes are available OFF RHYTHM and GLIDE Select the desired mode with the top right or top left Data Control buttons OFF Cancels left footswitch control RHYTHM Selection of left footswitch control over rhythm functions When this is chosen the following display appears Select one of the three Rhythm Control functions from this display Pr...

Page 92: ...ord and the Sustain effect Sustain To select knee lever control over Sustain Make sure that the Upper and or Lower Sustain effect panel controls have been turned on otherwise the knee lever will have no effect To use the knee lever Fold the knee lever down and press it to the right with your knee when you want to have sustain When the knee lever is vertical The sustain effect is cancelled When the...

Page 93: ...in the DISPLAY SELECT section and use the Page buttons to select the M O C page Page 2 Then set the KNEE control to ON and select one of the modes MOC 2 MOC TYPE1 ŒKNEE 91 8 Footswitches and Knee Lever If the KNEE is set to ON the Melody On Chord cannot be applied without using the knee lever NOTE ...

Page 94: ... MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section TRNS Transpose Determines the coarse pitch setting of all the voices and is adjustable in half steps semitones Range 6 6 one octave PITCH Determines the fine pitch setting of all the voices Range 438 8Hz 444 5Hz Ca a quarter semitone TRANS PITCH 1 0 A 440 0Hz Increases the Transpose value Decreases the Transpose value Increases the Pitch value Decreases t...

Page 95: ...functions are controlled from Page 2 and Page 3 of the PITCH MIDI pages To select the MIDI pages Press the PITCH MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section and select Page 2 and Page 3 with the Page buttons Page 2 Output Channels This determines the channels over which MIDI information will be transmitted The Upper keyboard can be set to send over channels 1 or 4 while the Lower keyboard can send o...

Page 96: ...chine This also allows you to start and stop the rhythm patterns of the connected rhythm machine from the Electone s panel controls Setting this to External gives timing control to the connected rhythm machine 3 EXP Expression Determines the control of the expression functions Ordinarily this control is set to AUTO However when it is set to INT you can manually control the expression pedal during ...

Page 97: ...n external stereo sound source such as a cassette deck or home audio system The sound of the connected device is mixed with the sound of the Electone and played through the Electone s speaker system Adjust the level by using the control s on the connected device 3 AUX OUT RCA L R This set of stereo outputs RCA pin jacks is for connection to external amplification speaker systems Typically they are...

Page 98: ...c power tool such as drill is used in the proximity of the Electone If this occurs plug the Electone into an electrical outlet located as far as possible from the device that seems to be the source of the problem This is caused by the proximity of a high power broadcasting station or amateur ham radio setup Because the Electone is capable of producing powerful bass sounds resonance may be caused i...

Page 99: ...or recorded If necessary erase one of the tracks and play the sound Tremolo must be selected first in the Voice Condition display See page 27 The rhythm has not been started Be sure to use Accompaniment together with the rhythm Single Finger mode will only produce notes when played within a fixed octave interval on the Lower keyboard If notes with the same letter name are pressed outside of that r...

Page 100: ... Depth Speed Touch Vibrato Upper Lead Lower Delay Speed Feedback Balance Flanger Speed Feedback Depth Upper Lead Lower Pedal Preset 4 8 16 Upper Lower Lead March Polka Country Broadway Waltz 1 2 Jazz Waltz Bolero Swing 1 2 Jazz Ballad Dixie Bounce 1 2 Reggae 1 2 Slow Rock 1 2 3 8 Beat 1 2 3 Dance Pop Tango 1 2 3 Mambo Cha cha Rhumba Beguine Samba 1 2 Bossanova 1 2 16 Beat 1 2 3 Funk User 1 8 A D V...

Page 101: ...7F Expression Pedal CH 16 CH 16 CONTROL Bn 40 00 SustainOFF 7F ON UK LK PK Bn 7B 00 All Notes OFF UK LK PK LEAD CONTROL Cn nn Regist No Program Change CH 1 UK CH 2 LK CH 3 PK CH 16 CH 16 CONTROL Dn 00 07 After Touch CH 1 CH 1 UK CH 2 CH 2 LK PK CH 4 LEAD Received only when in the Ext mode Can be changed to CH4 Can be changed to CH5 The velocity is fixed to 40H in the Note ON mode System Realtime M...

Page 102: ...ve R S P data Ø 24 Request to Receive User pattern data Ø 25 Request to Receive User pattern data Ø 26 Request to Receive User Voice data Ø F0 43 70 70 30 F7 Request to Send Model ID data Ø F0 43 70 70 38 7F F7 Bulk Dump Acknowledge Ø 00 Bulk Dump Unacknowledge Ø Data Exclusive data Control Change Code Messages Transmit Receive F0 43 70 70 40 45 7F F7 LEFT FOOTSWITCH ON Ø Ø 00 OFF Ø Ø 47 7F F7 KNE...

Page 103: ...egistration data Ø Ø Data Exclusive data Refer to the Panel Operation Messages Model Specific Messages Code Messages Transmit Receive F0 43 70 3D 00 Data F7 Bulk Dump data Ø 00 F7 Mpdel ID data Ø 01 Request to Send Voice parameter data Ø 02 Request to Receive Voice parameter data Ø F0 43 70 3D 10 F7 Request to Send all RAM data Ø 11 Request to Send all Registration Memory data Ø 12 Request to Send...

Page 104: ...a Reverb 1B 00 7F Depth data To Lower Lead 36 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON PK Voice 37 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON Sustain UK 50 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON LK 51 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON PK 52 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON Keybord Percussion LK 5B 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON PK 5C 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON Disable Disable 5F 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON Tremolo Fast Tremolo 60 00 01 00 Chorus 01 Tremolo Rhythm Sequence Program 1 61 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON 2 62 00 01 00 O...

Page 105: ... 0 127 Ø Ø Ø 0 7 112 116 Ø Ø Ø CH 1 48 96 CH2 36 84 CH3 36 55 CH15 36 127 Others 36 96 CH1 UK CH2 LK CH3 PK CH4 LEAD CH15 Keyboard Percussion CH16 CONTROL The Note ON velocity is fixed to 40H in the PK s transmit mode Mode 3 36 96 Ø Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY 1 2 3 15 16 4 Ø 9nH v 0 127 Ø 8nH Ø Ø Received only in External mode Ø 0 7 112 116 0 7 112 116 Ø Ø Ø Mode 3 36 96 Ø Modulation...

Page 106: ...der 48 M O C Melody On Chord 40 Master Volume 7 Memory Lower Pedal 37 Memory M Button Registration Memory 42 Metronome 77 MIDI 93 Music Disk Recorder 48 O Output Channel MIDI 93 P Page Buttons 9 15 Pause M D R 61 Pedal Voices 17 Percussion 39 40 Percussion Volume 39 Pitch 92 Play M D R 58 60 Power On Reset 47 Power Switch 6 Q Quantize 72 R Real Time Write Rhythm Pattern 72 Record M D R 51 55 Regis...

Page 107: ...hould be installed in locations that do not significantly contribute to their operating temperature Placement of this product close to heat sources such as radiators heat registers and other devices that produce heat should be avoided 8 This product was NOT designed for use in wet damp locations and should not be used near water or exposed to rain Examples of wet damp locations are near a swimming...

Page 108: ...Corporation International Marketing Group P O Box1 Hamamatsu Japan Phone 81 country code 53 460 2317 Fax 81 53 456 8872 1109 M D G EMI Division Yamaha Corporation 1996 VV03690 607MWCP5 2 01A0 Printed in Japan ...

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