Yamaha Electone EL-500 Owner'S Manual Download Page 22

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Quick Introductory Guide

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Selecting voices or setting up the Voice Condition

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Selecting rhythms or setting up the Rhythm
Condition

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Setting the Reverb effect

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Setting the Sustain

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Setting the User Keyboard Percussion

1. To call up the LCD display

1) Pressing Panel Buttons

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Displaying Voice Display (Manual Balance)

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Setting effects

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Setting A.B.C./M.O.C.

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Setting the Left-Footswitch

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Setting Registration Shift (Right-Footswitch)

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Setting the 2nd Expression Pedal (EL-700 only)

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Setting Pitch and Transpose

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Setting MIDI

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Entering Voice Edit

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Entering Rhythm Pattern Program

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Entering Rhythm Sequence Program

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Selecting Flute voices or setting Flute Voices (EL-700 only)

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Selecting and setting Tremolo/Chorus

Using the Data Control buttons to:

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Select voices/rhythms/effects

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Turn on/off the Accompaniment and A.B.C. Memory

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Adjust Touch Tone and Reverb depth

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Edit the rhythm pattern/sequence

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Move the pan position and cursor position

2) Pressing a Display Select button

LCD display

2. To Select Pages

3. To Actually Change the Settings

Selecting the page you want to

use with the Page buttons

The Summary of the LCD Operation

Summary of Contents for Electone EL-500

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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: ...er switch disconnect the electric plug from the outlet and have the instrument inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel Only use the voltage specified as correct for the instrument The required voltage is printed on the name plate of the instrument Before cleaning the instrument always remove the electric plug from the outlet Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands Check the ...

Page 4: ...sound quality with maximum musical enjoyment A large Liquid Crystal Display and sophisticated yet easy to use interface also greatly enhance the operability of this advanced instrument 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 refer...

Page 5: ... Registrations 94 7 Playback About XG Songs 95 8 Other Functions 99 8 Voice Edit 107 1 Editing a Voice 107 2 Saving Your New Voice 112 3 Quitting Voice Edit 114 4 Recalling an Edited Voice 114 5 Selecting Voices from a Voice Disk Optional 115 6 Voice Editing Basics 116 9 Rhythm Pattern Program and Rhythm Sequence Program 122 Outline of the Rhythm Programming Operation 122 1 Rhythm Pattern Program ...

Page 6: ... MIN TEMPO 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 D RHYTHM SEQ 1 SEQ 2 SEQ 3 SEQ 4 BAR BEAT TEMPO BRILLIANCE BRILLIANT MELLOW VOLUME MAX MIN MAX MIN BRILLIANCE BRILLIANT MELLOW VOLUME MAX MIN BRILLIANCE BRILLIANT MELLOW VOLUME MAX MIN CLARI NET ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CL...

Page 7: ...YTHM PROGRAM L FLUTE VOICE TREMOLO FAST U FLUTE VOICE FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT DATA CONTROL CONTRAST PAGE BRILLIANT MELLOW MAX MIN VOLUME BRILLIANT MELLOW MAX MIN BRILLIANCE PEDAL VOICE 2 ELEC BASS CONTRA BASS TUBA ORGAN BASS TO LOWER VOLUME BRILLIANT MELLOW MAX MIN MASTER VOLUME 1 1 1 TEMPO LEAD VOICE page 26 LCD Display page 20 DISPL...

Page 8: ...O 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 D RHYTHM SEQ 1 SEQ 2 SEQ 3 SEQ 4 BAR BEAT TEMPO MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET CHORUS HARMO NICA SAXO PHONE 1 2 LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 2 MAX MIN 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 KEYBOARD PERCUSSION BASIC REGIST page 13 KEYBOARD PERCUSSION page 68 LOWER KE...

Page 9: ...N BASS TO LOWER TO LOWER VOICE EDIT HOLD COARSE PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM TREMOLO FAST FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT ROL CONTRAST PAGE MAX MIN MAX MIN MASTER VOLUME 1 1 PEDAL VOICE 2 MAX MIN 1 TEMPO LEAD VOICE page 26 LCD Display page 20 DISPLAY SELECT page 10 MASTER VOLUME page 13 LED Lamp in use Eject Button D Disable Button page 77 Flo...

Page 10: ...n page 28 EFFECT SET Button page 45 A B C M O C Button page 66 FOOT SW Button page 148 REGIST SHIFT Button page 79 EXP PITCH MIDI Button page 152 VOICE EDIT Button page 107 RHYTHM PATTERN PROGRAM Button page 123 RHYTHM SEQUENCE Button page 141 TREMOLO FAST Button page 55 L FLUTE VOICE Button EL 700 only page 37 U FLUTE VOICE Button EL 700 only page 37 HOLD Button page 23 DATA CONTROL Buttons page ...

Page 11: ...ynamic and Programmable Rhythm Patterns The Rhythm section of the Electone features authentic drum and percussion sounds used by expert rhythm programmers in creating a total of 66 rhythm patterns ranging across all styles of music page 56 Along with the Keyboard Percussion function page 68 which lets you play 120 different percussion sounds from the keyboard the Rhythm Pattern Program and Rhythm ...

Page 12: ... specified as correct for the Electone The required voltage is printed on the name plate of the Electone Yamaha products are manufactured specifically for the supply voltage in the area where they are to be sold If you should move or if any doubt exists about the supply voltage please consult with a qualified technician Whether you are an advanced Electone performer or have never touched an electr...

Page 13: ...ttons to select each Basic Registration The chart below lists the voices that have been set for the Upper Lower keyboards and Pedalboard in each of the five Basic Registrations Upper Keyboard Voice 1 Lower Keyboard Voice 1 Pedal Voice 1 Basic Registration 1 Strings 1 Strings 1 Contra Bass1 Basic Registration 2 Brass 1 Horn1 Tuba Basic Registration 3 Flute 1 Piano 1 Contra Bass 1 Basic Registration...

Page 14: ...be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination To select registrations from the Registration Menu Disk 1 Put the included Registration Menu Disk with the label of the disk facing upward and the sliding shutter facing forward into the Disk slot located just under the Music Disk Recorder at the right side of the Electone Once you ve securely inserted the disk into the slot the LCD Di...

Page 15: ...elections The Data Control buttons are used to select voices rhythms and various functions They are also used to raise or lower volumes and levels as well as move the cursor up and down right and left NOTE Inadvertently pressing another button on the panel may change the content of the LCD during the Registration Menu operation In this case press PLAY button on the Music Disk Recorder section to r...

Page 16: ...ngs Harp Pizz Strings Classical Orchestra Wood Ensemble Flute Harp Brass Ensemble 1 Brass Ensemble 2 Piano Concerto Baroque 1 Baroque 2 String Quartet Orchestra w choir 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sax Full Full Brass Mute Ens SolidTutti Moon Light Trb Ens Quartet Cocktail BeBop Afro Jazz Jazz Vl SwingWaltz Fast Combo Dixie RadioDays Charleston Big Band Orchestra 1 Big Band Orchestra 2 B...

Page 17: ...1 Samba 2 Bossanova 1 Bossanova 2 Mambo 1 Mambo 2 Rhumba Beguine Cha Cha Salsa Tango 1 Tango 2 Mexican 1 Mexican 2 Caribbean 1 Caribbean 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Disco DancePop Euro Beat WorldCup Funk DanceClass R R Twist Bounce BritePiano Sax Synth JazzFusion OceanGtr 16Bt Pf 16Bt Balad 16Bt Latin 70 s Disco 80 s Dance Euro Beat Latin Beat Funk Dance Classic Oldies 1 Oldies 2 16 B...

Page 18: ...r Dry Combi Fat Rich Moody Full Balad LightCombi OrganCla WhiteShade Pale Great MetalCombi Blues Cathedral Chapel Carousel Stadium Flute Combi 1 Flute Combi 2 Flute Combi 3 Flute Combi 4 Jazz Ballad 1 Jazz Ballad 2 Organ Bossa 1 Organ Bossa 2 8 Beat Ballad 1 8 Beat Ballad 2 Rock Organ 1 Rock Organ 2 Cathedral Chapel Carousel Stadium ...

Page 19: ...hm Rhythm Menu Finely adjust the rhythm Rhythm Condition Rhythm Program User Rhythm Rhythm Sequence Select the keyboard to play The Controls and Effects may be applied differently depending on the selected type of Controls and Effects See page 41 for more information Playing back Recording the performance Saving the registration data Loading the registration data Expression Pedal Adjust the total ...

Page 20: ...u want to use For example press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 section UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 BRILLIANCE BRILLIANT MELLOW VOLUME MAX MIN ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET CHORUS HARMO NICA SAXO PHONE 1 2 EL 700 The following display will appear showing all the available voices rhythms in the category Strings Category in this case 2 Press the Data...

Page 21: ...tons are used to control Electone functions Each pair of buttons corresponding to the section of the display directly above it increases decreases 2 the value or chooses 3 a setting function When you are setting the Pan position each of them moves the cursor 4 to the right left Using Page Buttons PAGE 5 These buttons are used to select when available the various pages of the display the names of w...

Page 22: ...edal EL 700 only Setting Pitch and Transpose Setting MIDI Entering Voice Edit Entering Rhythm Pattern Program Entering Rhythm Sequence Program Selecting Flute voices or setting Flute Voices EL 700 only Selecting and setting Tremolo Chorus Using the Data Control buttons to Select voices rhythms effects Turn on off the Accompaniment and A B C Memory Adjust Touch Tone and Reverb depth Edit the rhythm...

Page 23: ...ons are pressed the LCD will switch to those functions To keep this from happening press the Hold button the button s LED will remain lit as long as Hold is in effect Press the button again to cancel Hold HOLD Coarse Button This button allows you to make quick jumps when changing values of the parameters with bar indications While holding the Coarse button down press the Data Control button corres...

Page 24: ...orn Strings 3 Strings 5 Strings 7 Synth Strings 1 Brass 4 Brass 5 Synth Brass 2 Synth Clarinet 2 Sax Ensemble 2 Synth Sax Chorus 3 Theatre Organ 2 Pop Organ 2 Jazz Organ 2 Jazz Organ 3 Jazz Organ 4 Organ 4 Bandoneon Electric Piano 2 Electric Piano 3 Clavi Guitar 3 Electric Guitar 2 Steel Guitar Distorted Guitar Muted Guitar Taisho koto Shamisen Koto Celesta Xylophone Tutti 7 Tutti 5 Tutti 6 String...

Page 25: ...zzicato Violin Cello Kokyu Flute 2 Recorder Whistle Oboe 2 English Horn Bassoon 1 Trumpet 2 Trumpet 3 Muted Trumpet Trombone 1 Violin 3 Shakuhachi Pan Flute Piccolo Bassoon 2 Trumpet 4 Flugelhorn Trumpet 5 Trombone 2 Muted Trombone Contrabass 2 Contrabass 3 Pizzicato Bass Electric Bass 2 Electric Bass 3 Electric Bass 4 Synth Bass 1 Organ Bass 2 Organ Bass 3 Timpani Contrabass 1 Electric Bass 1 Org...

Page 26: ... Menu will appear Notice that several different voice names are shown on this display These are variations of the basic organ voice category UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 VIBRA PHONE HORN LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 2 LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 2 MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN MAX MIN ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI ...

Page 27: ...e are two volume controls Coarse and Fine Coarse Use the VOLUME controls of each voice section on the panel to set the desired level for each voice The controls have seven volume settings from a minimum of 0 or no sound to a maximum of full volume UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 BRILLIANCE BRILLIANT MELLOW VOLUME MAX MIN ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET CHORUS HARMO NICA ...

Page 28: ...e balance with the corresponding Data Control buttons Pressing this pair of Data Control buttons at the same time restores the balance to the center position 5 Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above Also set the volumes of the voices When the TO LOWER button is turned on the Lead voices and Pedal voices cannot be played on the Upper keyboard...

Page 29: ...S CLARI NET CHORUS HARMO NICA SAXO PHONE 1 2 EL 700 The dotted buttons have three basic uses For playing any voice of the Voice Menus from any of the keyboards or Pedalboard You can play on the Upper keyboard for example voices from the 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...

Page 30: ... of the category appears in the dark bar in the middle of the display when the page has been selected PAGE The voice name shown at the top of the LCD is that of the currently assigned voice and is irrelevant to the Voice Menu below 3 Select a voice from the display PIANO 1 for example PIANO 1 will be shown at the top of LCD indicating that it has been selected NOTE You can directly view and select...

Page 31: ... Brass 3 Synth Brass 1 Synth Brass 2 Synth Brass 3 Brass 4 Brass 5 BRASS Upper Lower HORN Horn 1 Horn 2 Horn 3 Horn 4 Muted Horn HORN Lower TRUMPET Trum pet 1 Trum pet 2 Trum pet 3 Trum pet 4 Trum pet 5 Trum pet 6 Muted Trp Eupho nium Trom bone1 Trom bone2 Flugel Horn Muted Trb TRUMPET Lead TUBA Tuba Tim pani Timp Roll TUBA Pedal FLUTE Flute 1 Whis tle Flute 2 Pic colo Recor der Pan Flute Yoko bue...

Page 32: ...nica2 HARMONICA Upper ORGAN Organ 1 Organ 2 Organ 3 Organ 4 Jazz Organ 1 Jazz Organ 2 Jazz Organ 4 Pop Organ 1 Pop Organ 2 Theat Organ 1 Theat Organ 2 Accor dion Bando neon Jazz Organ 3 ORGAN Upper Lower ORGAN BASS Organ Bass 1 Organ Bass 2 Organ Bass 3 Organ Bass 4 ORGAN BASS Pedal PIANO Piano 1 Piano 2 Honky Tonk Harpsi chord Clavi Elec Piano 1 Elec Piano 2 Clavi chord Elec Piano 3 PIANO Upper L...

Page 33: ...osmic 6 Cosmic 7 Cosmic 8 Cosmic 10 Cosmic 11 Cosmic 12 Cosmic 13 Cosmic 14 Cosmic 15 Cosmic 16 Cosmic 9 Synth Bass1 Synth Bass 2 Synth Bass 3 COSMIC Upper Lower USER VOICE USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 USER 9 USER 10 USER 11 USER 12 USER 13 USER 14 USER 15 USER 16 USER VOICE Page 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The details for each voices such as...

Page 34: ...Brass 2 8 For big band with brighter attack Brass 3 8 With strong impact Can be used as orchestra hit Brass 4 U16 L8 Trombone ensemble Brass 5 8 Tight octave brass for contemporary music Synth Brass 1 8 Synth brass with sharp attack Used for Basic Regist 5 Synth Brass 2 8 Analog type Can be used as melody line Synth Brass 3 8 Fat synth brass 5 Lower Horn 1 8 Standard horn for classicals HORN Horn ...

Page 35: ...he register played Tutti 6 8 Wood winds quintet Tutti 7 8 Brass ensemble 13 Upper Lower Chorus 1 8 Female Ah CHORUS Chorus 2 8 Male Wh Chorus 3 8 Mixed chorus Chorus 4 8 Mixed chorus with beautiful resonance Wh Chorus 5 8 Scat type vocal ensemble Vocal 8 Accentuated solo vocal Ah 14 Upper Harmonica 1 8 Standard type with pitch modulated vibrato HARMONICA Harmonica 2 8 Solo harmonica with filter an...

Page 36: ...ne 4 Tone varies depending on the initial touch Chime 4 Chime Synth Chime 8 Cele Starry chime Steel Drum 8 Steel Drum 20 Pedal Elec Bass 1 8 For multi purposes ELECTRIC BASS Elec Bass 2 16 Slap bass Elec Bass 3 16 Plucked bass with hard attack Elec Bass 4 16 Cele Fretless bass also suited for solo playing Synth Bass 1 16 Sustained sounds Synth Bass 2 16 With remarkable attack Synth Bass 3 16 Tone ...

Page 37: ...ings with three additional footage settings for the attack sound You can select various Preset Flute Voices or create your own and save those to User Voices There are five pages Menu Footage Attack Volume Save VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM L FLUTE VOICE TREMOLO FAST U FLUTE VOICE FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT EL 700 NOTE Pressi...

Page 38: ...otal reverb level using the panel Reverb buttons page 49 NOTE If the Volume is set to 0 no sound will be produced VOLUME Page PAGE 2 1 3 5 4 1 Click Determines the volume of the key click sound Click is independent of the Attack sound described above 2 Response Determines the overall response speed of the sound Lower settings make the keyboard response faster higher settings result in a slower res...

Page 39: ...settings in the Footage Attack and Volume pages can be saved to the Save page except for the following Attack Mode Tremolo On Off Reverb and Volume 2 Select the desired user voice number USER 1 through 8 to which the new voice will be saved Pressing the appropriate Data Control button saves your new Flute Voice to that memory space and erases any voice that had been previously saved there When the...

Page 40: ... The User area described in this section has no relation to that of the Voice Menu page NOTE When you use the Upper Lower Flute Voices and or other voices at the same time only one of the voices can be displayed at a time even though all voices may be operative and both of the Upper and Lower Flute Voice LEDs are lit NOTE Remember that the UPPER and LOWER FLUTE VOICE buttons are on off switches In...

Page 41: ...e page 1 Voice Condition page by pressing the panel voice button twice or pressing the Data Control button corresponding to the selected voice 2 Effect Set page by pressing the EFFECT SET button in the DISPLAY SELECT 3 Reverb Sustain or Tremolo page by pressing the corresponding panel button Upper Touch Tone Initial After Lower Lead Pedal Related Pages Feet Upper Keyboard Voice 2 Upper Keyboard Vo...

Page 42: ...fectly reproduce the subtle dynamic and tonal changes of actual instruments For example piano voices sound much brighter when you hit the keys strongly especially in the attack portion of the sound exactly as if you were playing an acoustic piano 1 1 INITIAL Touch Controls volume and timbre according to the velocity at which you strike the keys The harder you strike the keys the greater the volume...

Page 43: ...be obtained even though you raise the level here unless you raise the total reverb level using the panel Reverb buttons page 49 5 VOL VOLUME Fine adjustment of the voice volume See page 27 for more information Voice Condition PAGE 2 Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 2 1 2 PAGE 1 EFFECT Determines the effect type applied to each voice section The settings and adjustments for the effects are als...

Page 44: ...r This control is the same as on the EL 700 s front panel Range 3 3 Voice Condition PAGE 3 Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 4 4 PAGE The Lead Slide and Lead Tune functions are only available with the Lead Voice section 1 VIBRATO 1 1 PRESET USER Selects Preset which calls up the original factory vibrato settings for the voice or User which lets you adjust the vibr...

Page 45: ...amount of time that elapses between the playing of a key and the start of the vibrato effect see diagram Higher settings increase the delay of the vibrato onset 1 3 DEPTH Determines the intensity of the vibrato effect see diagram Higher settings result in a more pronounced vibrato 1 4 SPEED Determines the speed of the vibrato effect see diagram NOTE When you set the DEPTH to 0 the Vibrato function...

Page 46: ...es the effect of a large ensemble while CELESTE creates the effect of a gradually expanding sound Independently applied to each voice section 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 SYMPHONIC Selects the Symphonic effect to the designated voice section 2 2 CELESTE Selects the Celeste effect to the designated voice section 3 DELAY Delay is a pronounced echo effect with distinct delayed repeats of the original sound Independ...

Page 47: ...Delays produces more expanding image or an image sounds move from right to left or left to right Range MONO ST 1 ST 2 ST 3 Characteristics of Each Stereo Type ST 1 produces the most complicated reflections ST 2 repeats the periodical movements in the following order center right left ST 3 adds thickness and brilliance to the mono delay 4 FLANGER Flanger introduces a swirling animated modulation ef...

Page 48: ...ity of the effect Range 37 8 87 8 5 DISTORTION Distortion adds a distorted image to the sounds usually found in electric guitars Independently applied to each voice section Distortion Effect Signal Determines the depth using LEVEL parameter Changes the timbre using HIPASS parameter 5 2 5 1 5 5 1 LEVEL Determines the depth of the distorted sounds Range 0dB 21 8dB 2 2 HI PASS Changes the timbre of t...

Page 49: ...ERB MAX MIN REVERB Page 1 2 1 3 4 PAGE 1 TYPE Determines the type of reverb effect Room Hall or Church Each type simulates a different acoustic environment Room is the smallest and Church the largest 2 LENG Length Determines the acoustic liveliness of the simulated room in the effect Higher settings make the room more reverberant Range 0 6 3 DEPTH Fine adjustment of the depth of reverberation or t...

Page 50: ...ons in the 16 Registration Memories Select Cancel to abort the operation REVERB Page 2 Determines the amount of Reverb effect applied to each voice section Each parameter corresponds to REV REVERB in the Voice Condition page 1 2 1 3 PAGE EL 700 NOTE In the case of EL 500 equipped with 8 Registration Memories page 77 from 1 through 8 executing the operation uniforming Length Depth equally affects t...

Page 51: ...3 Determines the amount of Reverb effect independently applied to Pedal Voice sections Rhythm section and Accompaniment Each parameter corresponds to REV REVERB in the respective Condition pages 3 2 PAGE 1 1 PEDAL 1 2 Sections Determines the amount of reverb applied to the Pedal Voice sections Range 0 24 2 RHYTHM ACC Accompaniment Determines the amount of reverb applied to the Accompaniment mentio...

Page 52: ...OTE Sustain cannot be applied to the Lead voices NOTE If Knee Lever control of the Upper or Lower sustain has been turned on folded down pressing the Upper or Lower buttons here will not add sustain unless the Knee Lever is pushed See page 150 for more information NOTE Remember that the SUSTAIN buttons are on off switches If you use them to simply check the sustain length values you may unintentio...

Page 53: ...ect to suit your playing style The Tremolo effect can be switched in real time as you play with either the front panel button or the Left Footswitch when properly set for Footswitch operation Tremolo Operation 1 Select turn on Tremolo effect in each Voice Condition page 2 1 Turn on Tremolo effect in VOL Volume page of Flute Voices 2 Adjust the Tremolo setting in Tremolo Control or Effect Set page ...

Page 54: ... twice to display one of the Voice Condition pages LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE OBOE TRUM PET TO LOWER BRILLIANCE VOLUME BRILLIANT MELLOW MAX MIN 1 EL 700 2 Then press the Page buttons to select the Voice Condition page 2 PAGE 3 Select TREM to turn on Tremolo for the selected Voice section or the currently assigned voice group For Flute Voices EL 700 only 1 Press the U FLUTE VOICE button and or L FLUTE...

Page 55: ...s been turned on and set you can control the effect in real time from the panel or from the Left Footswitch page 148 Panel Control Simply press the TREMOLO FAST button in the DISPLAY SELECT section to turn the Tremolo effects on and off while you re playing This button functions just like the fast slow switch on an actual rotating speaker cabinet When Tremolo is on the rotation effect is fast when...

Page 56: ...ythms These additional patterns are generally variations on the basic rhythm categories 2 Press the Data Control button corresponding to the rhythm you wish to play as you do with the voices The selected rhythm will be shown at the upper row of LCD 5 Rhythm and Accompaniment The Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play various rhythms Auto...

Page 57: ...on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard To stop the rhythm press this button again 3 INTRO ENDING Pressing this button automatically adds a short introduction of up to eight measures before starting the actual rhythm First press the INTRO ENDING button then the START or SYNCRO START button to actually start the rhythm While the introduction is playing the display shows the countdown to the first measu...

Page 58: ... changes to show the current tempo NOTE USING A FILL IN FOR THE START OF A SONG Fill In patterns can also be used as introductions simply press the FILL IN button before starting the rhythm with the START or SYNCHRO START buttons NOTE PLAYING PARTIAL FILL IN PATTERNS You can also start Fill In patterns within a bar in order to play only the final one or two beats of the Fill In pattern and create ...

Page 59: ...When set to ON Auto Variation automatically substitutes additional pattern variations to make the rhythm more interesting and complex 2 PERCUSSION REV Reverb Determines the amount of reverb applied to the rhythms and percussion sounds used in the rhythms When the panel REVERB control is set to the minimum the setting here will have no effect Range 0 24 See page 51 for the detailed information on t...

Page 60: ... the ELX 1 will set the Pan Reverb and Volume settings to the values set for the ELX 1 and reset the Tune setting to the factory preset value Using registration data created on other Electone models will restore all Instrument Page settings to the factory preset status 1 Instrument Name This shows the name of the currently selected instrument To select a different instrument press the key or pedal...

Page 61: ...ich rhythms can be selected These dotted buttons function as wild card rhythm selectors any of the rhythms available from the panel buttons the Rhythm Menus or User rhythms can be selected from these buttons NOTE As with the Voice sections dotted buttons you can set two or three rhythms from the same page to be selected from different buttons one from the original Rhythm button and the others from...

Page 62: ...igned rhythm and is irrelevant to the Rhythm Menu below 3 Press the Data Control button corresponding to the rhythm you wish to use 2 To call up the User rhythms You can select the User page and rhythm when you wish to play the rhythms you ve created with the Rhythm Pattern Programmer function page 139 1 Press Page buttons to select the USER page 2 Press to select the User rhythm number and its Ty...

Page 63: ... Polka 1 Polka 2 Coun try1 Coun try2 Broad way Baro que MARCH WALTZ Waltz 1 Waltz 2 Waltz 3 Waltz 4 Waltz 5 Jazz Waltz 1 Jazz Waltz 2 Jazz Waltz 3 Bolero WALTZ SWING Swing 1 Swing 4 Swing 2 Swing 3 Swing 5 Swing 6 Jazz Ballad Dixie land1 Dixie land2 SWING BOUNCE Bounce 1 Bounce 2 Bounce 3 Reggae 1 Reggae 2 BOUNCE SLOW ROCK Slow Rock 1 Slow Rock 2 Slow Rock 3 SLOW ROCK TANGO Tango 1 Tango 2 Tango 3...

Page 64: ...1 8 Beat 4 8 Beat 2 8 Beat 3 8 Beat 5 Dance Pop 1 Dance Pop 2 Dance Pop 3 Dance Pop 4 8 BEAT 16 BEAT 16 Beat 1 16 Beat 2 16 Beat 3 16 Beat 4 16 Beat 5 16 Beat Funk 1 16 Beat Funk 2 16 Beat Funk 3 16 BEAT USER RHYTHM USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C B D USER RHYTHM Page 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 ...

Page 65: ...he fastest and easiest means to obtain many different chord bass combinations by simply using one or at most two or three fingers to play the chords 1 3 Fingered Chord Mode The Fingered Chord mode automatically produces bass and chord accompaniment for chords played in the Lower keyboard It allows you to use a wider range of chord types than in the Single Finger mode In the Fingered Chord mode you...

Page 66: ...ingle Finger mode VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM L FLUTE VOICE TREMOLO FAST U FLUTE VOICE FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM TREMOLO FAST FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT EL 700 EL 500 NOTE With Single Finger the chord produced will sound in...

Page 67: ...ted from the Rhythm Menu and Rhythm Condition pages To select and set up the Accompaniment controls 1 Press any of the RHYTHM buttons once 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 D RHYTHM SEQ 1 SEQ 2 SEQ 3 SEQ 4 MAX MIN 1 2 2 Volume Determines the volume of the Accompaniment Accompaniment can also be turn...

Page 68: ... and or PEDAL 2 buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section on the left side of the panel LOWER PEDAL KEYBOARD PERCUSSION 1 2 3 Set the volume The volume of the percussion sounds is set together with that of the rhythm volume 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 D RHYTHM SEQ 1 SEQ 2 SEQ 3 SEQ 4 MAX MIN ...

Page 69: ...h a t O p e n H i h a t C l o s e d S n a r e D r u m R i m 1 S n a r e D r u m L i g h t S n a r e D r u m R e v e r b 1 S n a r e D r u m H e a v y S n a r e D r u m H e a v y B a s s D r u m L i g h t B a s s D r u m H e a v y C o n c e r t B a s s D r u m 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 1 S n a r e B r u s h R o l l O r ...

Page 70: ... selected The Menu can be selected from LK Lower Keyboard PRESET and eight Users USER 1 through USER 8 When the PEDAL 2 button is used to call up the Menu display LOWER PEDAL KEYBOARD PERCUSSION 1 2 The Menu can be selected from PK Pedalboard PRESET and eight Users USER 1 through USER 8 2 Press one of the Data Control buttons corresponding to USER 1 to select USER1 The MENU ASSIGN page indication ...

Page 71: ...lected with the appropriate Data Control buttons 3 CLEAR This function is used to erase User assignments for User 1 CLEAR works in two ways either to erase a single instrument or to erase all instruments See step 5 below User Keyboard Percussion Categories 1 CYMBAL Crash Cym 1 Crash Cym 2 Crash CymM Ride Cym 1 Ride Cym 2 Ride CymCup Orch CymM Cym March Cym Br Shot Tam Tam Orch Cym 1 Orch Cym 2 Pag...

Page 72: ...mO Tambo rimM Surdo Open Surdo Mute Surdo Rim Surdo Muff Page 8 9 TIMBALES COWBELL Timba le1 H Timba le1 L Timba le2 H Timba le4 H Timba le4 L Cow bell 1 Timba le2 L Timba le3 H Timba le3 L Cow bell 2 Cow bell 3 Cow bell 4 Page 9 10 PERCUSSION1 Cabasa Mara casL Shaker Mara casH Guiro Short Guiro Long Casta net Vibra slap Wood High Wood Med Wood Low Claves Page 10 11 PERCUSSION2 Agogo High Agogo Lo...

Page 73: ... for Rhythm Pattern Program instrument assignments Upper Keyboard Lower Keyboard Pedalboard or Continue the operation above to build up your own User Keyboard Percussion set 5 To erase an instrument key assignment use the Clear function Clear can be used in two ways to erase one instrument or all instruments To erase one instrument Simultaneously hold down the Data Control button corresponding to ...

Page 74: ... by using the Page buttons PAGE COPY LK PRESET COPY PK PRESET Copies Lower Preset Keyboard Percussion Pedal Preset Keyboard Percussion to one of the eight Users 2 With USER 1 selected as the Menu for this example use User 1 press one of the Data Control buttons below LK PRESET on the COPY window The following display appears prompting confirmation of the operation 3 Press any of the Data Control b...

Page 75: ...l buttons below USER in the COPY window The following display appears prompting confirmation of the operation 3 Select a User as the copy source copied from by pressing the Data Control buttons corresponding to the marks 4 Press any of the Data Control buttons below Copy in the display to copy from the source USER 1 to the destination USER 3 When Copy is selected a Completed message momentarily ap...

Page 76: ...lody 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 A B C M O C page 2 1 4 3 5 MELODY ON CHORD 1 OFF Cancels the Melody On Chord function 2 Mode 1 Produces harmonies of up to two notes in a range close to the melody played 3 Mode 2 Produces harmonies of up to three notes in a range close to the melody ...

Page 77: ...ices EL 700 only Pan Reverb Tune and Volume settings for the instruments Drum and percussion sounds User Keyboard Percussion settings except for User numbers currently assigned to the Lower Pedal buttons Registration Shift settings Pitch Transpose settings Voice Edit settings except for User voice numbers currently assigned to the Dotted buttons Voice Disk voices User rhythms in the Rhythm Pattern...

Page 78: ...fer to the instructions how to format a disk page 86 NOTE See pages 93 and 94 for the details on saving recalling registrations to from the M D R 2 Select a song number on the M D R using the SONG SELECT buttons You can also select a song number shown on the display using the appropriate Data Control button and if necessary using Page buttons to display the appropriate page A song name is displaye...

Page 79: ...ll the settings you make on the panel and LCD without taking your hands from the keyboards By using the Right Footswitch on the Expression Pedal you can jump to a specified registration or step through the panel registrations in sequence either in numeric order or in any order you specify Registration Shift has three modes Shift Jump and User To select the Registration Shift functions Press the RE...

Page 80: ...the order you specify To set the User mode function 1 Press any of the Data Control buttons below USER in the Registration Shift page The page information indicating that the Edit page is available appears at the top right section of the LCD 2 Press any of the Data Control buttons below SHIFT END to determine how to terminate the registration shift function NOTE Although the number of the Registra...

Page 81: ...uccessive presses of the Right Footswitch Move the cursor to the point you wish to edit 1 1 Moves the cursor to the first position 1 2 Moves the cursor one step to the left 1 3 Moves the cursor one step to the right 1 4 Moves the cursor to the last position NOTE The cursor cannot be moved unless registration numbers have been entered NOTE Though about 15 Registration Shift steps are shown in the d...

Page 82: ...gistration number at the current cursor position To delete the unnecessary number move the cursor to a numbered position and press the Data Control button corresponding to DEL 2 4 CLEAR For erasing all current user Registration Shift Settings After selecting CLEAR the following display appears Clear Cancel Select Clear to clear all data The message Completed momentarily appears on the LCD and retu...

Page 83: ...lly 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 in Basic Registration after you turn the Electone back on Then to restore the previous settings h...

Page 84: ...it Moreover the M D R lets you play back commercially available XG song data and allows you to execute song copy operation even between different disks and disk copy operation which makes it possible to create a backup disk To eject a floppy disk Before ejecting the disk be sure to confirm that the M D R is stopped check if the LED above the STOP button in the M D R section is lit Press the eject ...

Page 85: ... the disk You can eject the disk whenever you are not using the M D R and don t want to be bothered with the reading sound Cleaning the Disk Drive Read Write Head Clean the read write head regularly This instrument employs a precision magnetic read write head which after an extended period of use will pick up a layer of magnetic particles from the disks used that will eventually cause read and wri...

Page 86: ...ng number doesn t contain any data 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 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 RE...

Page 87: ... recording operation over the song number press the RECORD button again If you don t want select another song number for recording or press the STOP button to cancel recording 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 RECO...

Page 88: ... DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO Never eject the floppy disk before the STOP lamp lights up NOTE When the available memory reaches 008 or less the numbers begin flashing to warn you If this happens stop recording before the display reaches 000 8 To hear your newly recorded performance press the PLAY button Play back will begin after a couple of seconds For more information on playback a...

Page 89: ...real time These include registration changes the use of the expression pedals footswitches and knee lever Changing the Song Name 1 Press the top right Data Control button in the Song Name display Edit Song Name display appears prompting you to edit the song name 1 2 3 1 Moves the cursor one step to the left 2 Selects the letter number or symbol at the current cursor position 3 Moves the cursor one...

Page 90: ... Press the RECORD button to make the Music Disk Recorder ready to record 2 Select the parts for recording Pressing the RECORD in the procedure 1 4 above turns on the all parts LEDs in the upper left row indicating that each part is ready to record Press the RECORD buttons for each part in the upper left row to turn off the parts you don t want to record For this example press RECORD UPPER The PLAY...

Page 91: ...our performance to stop recording Now that you ve recorded the first parts of your performance 5 Press the RECORD button to set up recording of the next part In this case the song number contains the performance data of the Lower and Pedal in addition to the registration and setup data The small bars appear at the left part of LED display and flash along with the song number warning you that the s...

Page 92: ...rd or play back the parts and data other than the registration data NOTE èdThe length of a subsequently recorded part cannot exceed the length of the previously recorded parts If you want to change the song length first delete the existing song see Song Delete on page 103 and record again Punch in Recording You can retry to change a specific part which you don t want to use To execute the Punch in...

Page 93: ...AL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 1 While holding down the RECORD button 2 To record 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 to make the M D R ready to record 3 Press the PLAY button to record the registrations...

Page 94: ...ce You should also try to record them in the order that you ll use them if possible 2 During the performance after all 16 registrations eight for the EL 500 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 16 registrations eight for the EL 500 in Registration Memory with the new ones from the selected song number 3 By re...

Page 95: ...WER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 03 NOTE When you play back the data which is made by other Electone models such as EL 90 87 and which includes the separately recorded Lead Keyboard Percussion part s Lead part will be off and Keyboard Percussion will be on as the defaults To turn on the Lead part press UPPER PLA...

Page 96: ...ly To stop playback press the STOP button 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 FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUS...

Page 97: ...tatus The solo playback part is indicated by a square All other parts will be muted automatically 4 MUTE Brings the part at the current cursor position to muted status The muted parts are indicated by a hyphen 5 VOL VOLUME Adjusts the volume of each part within the range 0 24 If you have selected ALL you can adjust overall volume XG page will be added to the upper right side of the display The XG ...

Page 98: ...responding to Confirm The M D R starts playback of the selected song for you to decide whether you convert it to the XG data or not After finishing playback the following message appears 5 Press the Data Control buttons corresponding to Convert After the process of the conversion the LCD returns to the original display When the XG song data is newly created in the disk XG page will be added to the...

Page 99: ...a and selects the next song number 8 Other Functions 1 Custom Play If you want to play back the song without resetting the registrations and other data press the CUSTOM PLAY button This displays the song time and starts playback immediately 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...

Page 100: ...LECT 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 NOTE When tempo is changed the LED display indicates the change as a percentage of the original recorded tempo 100 Values less than 100 indicate a slower tempo values greater than 100 indicate a faster tempo PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELEC...

Page 101: ...RD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 0102 NOTE The message FULL may appear when the available memory is short NOTE If you want to abort the operation press STOP button 4 Use the SONG SELECT buttons to select a destination song number for copying Follow this step if you wish to select a different destination song number than the one displayed The M D R wil...

Page 102: ...g number to be copied source with the SONG SELECT buttons NOTE You can also use the Data Control buttons to select the song number 4 Press the RECORD button The RECORD lamp lights up and the LED continues to indicate 00 as shown at the right 5 Press the Eject button to take out the source disk NOTE Although ejecting the disk while the RECORD lamp is lit is prohibited you are allowed to eject the d...

Page 103: ...n press STOP button NOTE XG song data cannot be deleted 3 Press the RECORD button to execute the Song Delete function The RECORD lamp stops flashing and remains lit indicating that the Song Delete function has begun When the Song Delete function is completed the STOP status is automatically resumed 8 Disk Copy 1You can duplicate a floppy disk by copying the contents Yamaha recommends that you keep...

Page 104: ...SHIFT RECORD PLAY FORMAT SONG REPEAT FROM SONG DEL SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO End 3 Insert the source disk into the disk slot The M D R starts reading the data in the source disk out 1 appears on the LED display 4 Press the eject button to take out the source disk In 2 appears on the LED display to urge you to insert the destination disk 5 Insert the destination disk The number 160 app...

Page 105: ...ry is ca 700 for 2DD disks and ca 1400 for 2HD disks 10 Voice Disks and Pattern Disks The M D R also allows you to select voices and rhythms from disks For more information about Voice Disks see page 118 for more on Pattern Disks see page 143 11 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 d...

Page 106: ... 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 formatted Press the STOP button then insert another disk An error occurred...

Page 107: ...pecific editing example As you follow the steps you may find many of the terms and parameter names to be unfamiliar Once you go through the editing steps however we suggest that you read through the Voice Editing Basics section page 116 to get a firmer understanding of the principles behind voice editing NOTE Only the AWM Voice Menu voices can be edited with the Voice Edit controls The Flute voice...

Page 108: ...the box 1 the second from the left to select an Operator The currently selected Operator number is surrounded by the Brackets Pressing the A button move the Brackets counter clockwise and pressing the B button move the Brackets clockwise Move the Brackets to the Operator 2 2 Then press one of the far left pair of Data Control buttons to turn the selected Operator off Reverse display dark box indic...

Page 109: ... the volume of the selected Operator Raise the OL parameter from 0 to 110 by using the pair of Data Control buttons just below the OL Pressing the A button raises the level and pressing the B button lowers the level NOTE The parameter value can be changed quickly when you press the Data Control button with the COARSE button held Adjust the AR Attack Rate parameter Play the voice and notice how the...

Page 110: ...r settings 2 Keeping Operator 1 on select and turn on Operator 2 then adjust the Operator level Adjust the OL Output Level parameter Use the Data Control buttons below OL Output Level to change the level of Operator 2 Notice that the volume of the sound doesn t change but the tone does Increasing the level of one of the top row Operators generally makes the tone of the Operator below it brighter o...

Page 111: ...page with a different group of settings The AWM Operator display appears as soon as the AWM Operator has been selected 2 Adjust the LOW setting and listen to how they affect the sound Changing this parameter affects the lower range of the keyboard Raising this parameter boosts the output of the lower range 3 Adjust the HIGH setting and listen to how they affect the sound The higher setting results...

Page 112: ...SAVE page The following display appears NOTE The Operator on off settings you made here are temporary Even though you turn off an Operator when editing a voice the on off status of the Operators will forcibly be changed and saved as on in a User voice If you want an Operator muted set the OL parameter of the selected Operator to the minimum NOTE After making changes in the voice you can restore th...

Page 113: ...ata Control buttons below Save to save the voice or press any of the buttons below Cancel to abort the operation When the voice has been saved the message Completed temporarily appears This Save page shows the same voices as the last page USER of the dotted buttons Voice Menu This operation automatically erases any voice that had been previously saved to the selected User voice number You should c...

Page 114: ...ast page USER of the dotted buttons Voice Menu page 30 To recall a User voice 1 Press one of the dotted buttons in the voice section you want to use 2 Use Page buttons to select the USER page PAGE 3 Press the Data Control button corresponding to the saved voice VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM L FLUTE VOICE TREMOLO FAST U FLUTE VOICE FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFE...

Page 115: ...current voice to a User Voice space select the previous page SAVE with the Page buttons PAGE 7 Press the Data Control button that corresponds to the User Voice number you wish to save to Press one of the four Data Control buttons below Save in the display to save the voice or one of the four buttons below Cancel to abort the operation and return to the previous display When the voice has been save...

Page 116: ...very interesting to listen to however when one sine wave is used to modulate a second sine wave together they result in a new complex waveform AWM FM Operators 1 4 FM Operators 5 8 Structure of the Operators Modulator Carrier FM Operator Sampling AWM Operators 2 Modulators Carriers and Algorithms The top Operator which sends the modulation signal is not surprisingly called the modulator The bottom...

Page 117: ...ate Determines how quickly the Operator will reach its maximum level after the key is played Lower values produce a slower attack Range 64 63 3 DR Decay Rate Determines how much time it takes for the Operator to reach its second level Range 64 63 4 RR Release Rate Determines how much time it takes for the level to reach 0 after the key is released Range 64 63 5 LOW Determines to boost or decrease ...

Page 118: ...w much time it takes for the Operator to reach its second level set in the Decay 1 Level parameter Range 0 31 4 D1L Decay 1 Level Determines the second level setting of the Operator Range 0 63 5 D2R Decay 2 Rate Determines how much time it takes for the Operator to reach its third level or the minimum level before the key is released Range 0 31 6 RR Release Rate Determines how much time it takes f...

Page 119: ...ne will change If the output level of the carrier changes the volume will change Keyon Keyoff AR D1R D1L D2R RR OUTPUT LEVEL 2 3 4 1 5 6 Feedback The output of a modulator can also be circled back to its input allowing it to modulate itself as well as the Operator below it This is called feedback and it adds harmonic complexity to the tone Operators using feedback are indicated by a line that enci...

Page 120: ...Lower 8 of the AWM 11 To reduce the sound rapidly Raise 3 and 5 of the carrier and modulator Raise 9 of the AWM 12 To reduce the sound slowly Lower 3 and 5 of the carrier and modulator Lower 9 of the AWM 13 To get no or shorter sustain Raise 6 of the carrier and modulator Raise of the AWM 14 To get longer sustain Lower 6 of the carrier and modulator Lower of the AWM 15 To change the timbre rapidly...

Page 121: ...3 the 5 1 3 You can make the sound warmer by decreasing the Output Level of Operator 2 Increasing the Output Level of Operator 3 makes for a rougher edge or more bite in the organ sound Ex 3 Adding the 5th pitch to the Synth Lead 5 to create suspended 4th Operator 1 is set with the 4th pitch while Operator 5 with the 5th pitch and currently muted Set the Output Level of Operator 5 from 0 to 90 Ex ...

Page 122: ...above steps to disk Press the PATTERN button to call up the Rhythm Pattern Program and select the BEAT QUANTIZE page Make Beat Quantize and Metronome settings Select the EDIT page to record percussion sounds and program the pattern Up to 16 tracks can be used to enter each percussion instrument sound Optional Select the Accompaniment page to determine which accompaniment pattern will be used with ...

Page 123: ...n TheLEDofthebuttonlightsandthedisplaypromptsyou toselectarhythm VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM L FLUTE VOICE TREMOLO FAST U FLUTE VOICE FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM TREMOLO FAST FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT EL 700 EL 500 NOTE Pres...

Page 124: ...existingpresetpattern Twomeasuresoftheselected rhythmwillbecopiedtotheRhythmPatternProgram Inthiscase youneedtoselectaspecificrhythmfromtheRhythm Menubeforehand NOTE The User rhythm you have created can also be copied to the Rhythm Pattern Program You can edit it again and improve it NOTE When preset rhythms are copied to the Rhythm Pattern Program the copied patterns may differ in volume from the...

Page 125: ... e d a l 1 H i h a t C l o s e d P e d a l 2 S n a r e D r u m A c c e n t 1 S n a r e D r u m A c c e n t 2 S n a r e D r u m R i m 2 S n a r e D r u m R e v e r b 2 S y n t h S n a r e D r u m B a s s D r u m f o r M a r c h B a s s D r u m A t t a c k S y n t h B a s s D r u m H a n d C l a p A g o g o H i g h A g o g o L o w W o o d B l o c k H i g h W o o d B l o c k L o w C o w b e l l 1 T r...

Page 126: ...e l l C u i c a M e d i u m T o m 1 T o m 2 T o m 3 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 S h a k e r T a m b o r i m O p e n T a m b o r i m M u t e S u r d o O p e n S u r d o R i m S u r d o M u f f l e d S u r d o M u t e T a m b o u r i n e C r a s h C y m b a l 1 A n a l o g H i h a t O p e n A n a l o g H i h a t C l o s e d S n a r e D r u m L i g h t A n a l o g S n a r e ...

Page 127: ...utoactuallyplaythepatternasyouarecreating it Which method you use depends partly on the type of rhythm you intend tocreateandpartlyonyourownpersonalpreference Youcanevenswitch betweenthetwomethodsineditingtocreateasinglerhythmbytheuseof bothmethods Thiswouldcomeinhandy forexample inprogrammingthe basicbeatsofarhythmwithStepWrite thenusingRealTimeWritetoadd percussionaccentsandembellishments 4 Sele...

Page 128: ...ion UsedwithRealTimeWrite however itallowsyou toautomatically correct thetimingofthenotesyouenter accordingtothespecifiedQuantizeresolution 3 ASSIGN NORMAL EXTEND Selectstheinstrumentsetyouwanttouse Twotypesareavailable NORMAL 91differentinstrumentsareassignedtotheUpperand Lowerkeyboards EXTEND 29differentinstrumentsareassignedtotheUpperand Lowerkeyboards NOTE Refer to page 125 for the instrument ...

Page 129: ...he selectedinstrumentisautomaticallyassignedtoanavailable emptyrhythmtrack 2 UsetheleftmostDataControlbuttonsundertherhythm tracknumbertostepthroughtheavailablesixteenrhythm tracks Thenameoftheinstrumentcurrentlyassignedtothe selectedtrackisdisplayedatthetoprightoftheLCD Sincethis methodallowsyoutoselectonlyfromamongtheassigned instruments usetheChangefunctiondescribedwiththeLCD belowtochangeinstr...

Page 130: ...correspondingtothe instrumentyouwishtoerase Ashort beep soundindicates thattheinstrumenthasbeenerased Youcaneraseallofthesoundsonallrecordedtracksofthe patternbyholdingdowntheDataControlbuttoncorresponding toCLEARandsimultaneouslypressingthelowestkey C1 on theLowerkeyboard Becarefulnottodothisinadvertentlysinceallsoundswillbe instantlyandpermanentlyerased 2 Press thenreleasetheDataControlbuttoncor...

Page 131: ...othecurrentQuantizeresolutionvalue NOTE You can record up to sixteen different instrument sounds in a single rhythm with each instrument occupying one of the sixteen available tracks Instruments can only be entered if there are empty tracks remaining If all sixteen tracks have been used no subsequently selected instruments can be recorded The Rhythm Pattern Program has polyphonic capacity for play...

Page 132: ...selectOFF With Step Write Itallowsyoutoautomaticallycorrectthelength duration andtimingof eachnoteyouenter 3 3 3 Quarter note 1 beat 16th note 1 4 beat Quarter note triplet 2 3 beat 16th note triplet 1 6 beat Eighth note 1 2 beat 32nd note 1 8 note Eighth note triplet 1 3 beat OFF 1 24 beat OFF 3 OFF Quantize Values 3 3 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7 1 1 1 1 1 1...

Page 133: ...ern Youcaneraseallofthesoundsonallrecordedtracksofthe patternbyholdingCLEARandpressingthelowestkey C1 on theLowerkeyboard Becarefulnottodothisinadvertentlysince allsoundswillbeinstantlyandpermanentlyerased 3 Whiletherhythmisrunning playthepercussionsoundsfromthe Upperand orLowerkeyboards Eachinstrumentsoundisrecordedandautomaticallyassignedtoa separatetrackasyouplayit Alleventsofasinglesoundareass...

Page 134: ...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 D RHYTHM SEQ 1 SEQ 2 SEQ 3 SEQ 4 MAX MIN 1 2 3 SelectthedesiredrhythmfromthemenuwiththeDataControl buttons The accompaniment type selected here can be saved with the user rhythm However you cannot save the selection of the Accompaniment TYPE and the changes in the R...

Page 135: ...elect the bass pattern or the Accompaniment type which contains the bass pattern you want to use 3 PresstheDataControlbuttonscorrespondingtoLOWER RHYTHMIC Thefollowingdisplayappears LOWER RHYTHMIC Page 5 3 2 1 4 1 LOWER RHYTHMIC IndicatesthattheLowerRhythmicfunctionisengaged Pressingthe correspondingDataControlbuttonsreturnsyoutotheprevious display 2 CLEAR Erasestherhythmicpatternyouentered 3 CHAN...

Page 136: ...The size of a single step is determinedbytheQuantizevalue setintheBeat Quantizepage 5 ACCENT RecordstheselectedvoiceanddeterminesitsvolumeorAccentlevel 4 Selectavoiceusedfortherhythmicpattern 5 Ifnecessary ChoosetheBEAT QUANTIZEpageandselectthe desiredquantizevalue 6 ReturnstotheLowerRhythmic ACC pageandpressthe appropriateAccentbuttontoactuallyenterthenotes 7 Repeat the above 5 and 6 steps to com...

Page 137: ...eepinmindthatyoucannotsavearhythmbyselectingonlyaUser number youmustalsoselectavariationtype A B C D orFILL Fill In IncludingtheFillInpatterns upto40differentrhythms 8 Usernumbersx5variations canbesaved SAVE Page 1 2 3 4 1 USER1 8 USERNumbers 2 A D Variations 3 FILL FillIn 4 Remaining Memory Indicatestheamountofmemoryavailableforstoringrhythms Thisisexpressedasapercentage 100 indicatesthemaximum a...

Page 138: ...makingitand checktheamountofremainingmemory Iftherhythmcurrently beingeditedcannotbesavedbecauseofalackofmemoryspace erasesomeofthelessnecessarypercussionsoundswiththeClear function andtrysavingthepatternagain 11 Quitting the Rhythm Pattern Program YoucanquittheRhythmPatternProgramfromanyofitsdisplaypages To do this 1 PressthePATTERNbuttonintheDISPLAYSELECTsectiononce again Ifarhythmisplaying itwi...

Page 139: ...RpagewiththePagebuttons PAGE 3 Select the desired User rhythm from the LCD display by using the Data Control buttons Be sure to select both a User number and a variation type A B C or D Playing User Fill In Patterns YoucanplayUserFillInpatternsbyselectingthedesiredUser numberandpressingtheFILLINbuttonintheRhythmsection onthepanel NOTE When you select the user rhythm with the Lower Rhythmic functio...

Page 140: ...e name of each pattern appears on the display as well Refer to the list included with your Pattern Disk for pattern numbers and names 4 UsinganyoftheDataControlbuttonpairs selectthepatternyouwishto load 5 Starttherhythmtocheckthepatterntobecalledup Selectother patterns asyoudidinstep 4above andcheckthosepatterns as well 6 IfyouwanttosavethecurrentpatterntoaUserRhythmspace select thepreviouspage SA...

Page 141: ...currently playing will automatically be stopped when you call up the Rhythm Sequence Program function Also use of the Music Disk Recorder function automatically cancels Rhythm Sequence operations NOTE When you select one of the sequences in this step any editing done to that sequence is instantly and automatically saved This means that if you select a sequence that is already programmed any editin...

Page 142: ...urrently selected pattern or the pattern at the current cursor position 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 as positive box and the second measure is displayed as ne...

Page 143: ...ro 19 Swing 1 20 Swing 2 21 Swing 3 22 Swing 4 23 Swing 5 24 Swing 6 25 Jazz Ballad 26 Dixieland 1 27 Dixieland 2 28 Bounce 1 29 Bounce 2 30 Bounce 3 31 Reggae 1 32 Reggae 2 33 Slow Rock 1 34 Slow Rock 2 Examples of User U1A User 1 A U1B User 1 B U1C User 1 C U1D User 1 D U1F User 1 Fill In U1I User 1 Intro U1E User 1 Ending Examples of Fill In Intro Ending 01F March 1 Fill In 01I March 1 Intro 01...

Page 144: ...ered to the first position is not registered as a measure and the current measure display shows Bar even though a pattern has been entered NOTE The Coarse button can also be used with the cursor controls to move the cursor several steps at a time NOTE To create your own rhythm sequence you need to assign the rhythms you use to the rhythm buttons and dotted buttons on the panel beforehand 2 Data Co...

Page 145: ...o quit the Rhythm Sequence Program PresstheSEQUENCEbuttonintheDISPLAYSELECTsectiononceagain The LED of the button will turn off 4 Playing Rhythm Sequences To play any of the rhythm sequences you have created 1 PresstheappropriateSequencebuttononthepanel 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 D RHYTHM SEQ...

Page 146: ...SYNCHRO START INTRO ENDING START FILL IN Therhythmsequencesstartfromthelowestnumberandplayin orderautomaticallytothehighestnumber Forexample ifyou pressSequencebuttons4 2and1inthatorder thesequenceswillbe playedbackintheirnumericorder 1 2 then4 Thisfunction effectivelyallowsyoutomakealongrhythmsequencethatexceeds the120 patternmemorylimitofasinglesequence Sequence 1 Sequence 2 Sequence 3 Sequence ...

Page 147: ...youhavecreatedyourownrhythmsandrhythmsequences you ll wanttosavethemtodisk Doingsoallowsyoutofreeupmemoryinthe Electoneforcreatingadditionalrhythmsandsequences Also theUser rhythmsandsequencesyou vesavedtodiskcanbeloadedbacktothe Electoneanytime RhythmPatternandRhythmSequencedataareincludedinthebulkdata thatissavedwhenyourecordregistrationstodisk Refertothesection RecordingRegistrations page93 for...

Page 148: ... expression pedal that can be used to control various functions The Right Footswitch is used for the Registration Shift functions page 79 The Left Footswitch can be set to control one of the following functions Glide Tremolo rhythm controls Assignments of the functions are made in the FOOTSWITCH pages To select the Footswitch pages Press the FOOT SW button in the DISPLAY SELECT section FOOTSWITCH ...

Page 149: ...2 Glide Control Selection of Footswitch control over Glide Pressing the Footswitch immediately lowers the pitch of the selected voice or voices by a halfstep and releasing it slowly returns the pitch to the original When the Glide setting is chosen the following display appears FOOT SWITCH LEFT Page Glide 2 1 1 Voice Sections GLIDE CONTROL The Glide function can be applied to any or all of the voi...

Page 150: ...n and off the Sustain effect Melody On Chord function and Lead Slide effect 1 Sustain To select Knee Lever control over Sustain 1 Make sure that the Upper and or Lower Sustain effect panel controls have been turned on otherwise the Knee Lever will have no effect SUSTAIN UPPER KNEE LOWER KNEE PEDAL 2 Fold the Knee Lever down 3 Press the Knee Lever to the right with your knee when you want to have s...

Page 151: ...GIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM TREMOLO FAST FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT EL 700 EL 500 NOTE If the KNEE is set to ON the Melody On Chord cannot be applied without using the Knee Lever NOTE If the KNEE is set to ON the Lead Slide cannot be applied without ...

Page 152: ... 12 The setting 2 NARROW results in a small amount of pitch variation within two semitones the setting 12 WIDE results in a large amount of pitch variation within one octave This control is the same as for Tempo below the two cannot be used independently 2 Voice Sections PITCH BEND Selects the voice sections to which the Pitch Bend function will be applied Pitch Bend can be selected independently ...

Page 153: ...50 200 This control is the same as for Pitch Bend above the two cannot be used independently 3 TEMPO On off switch for control over the rhythm tempo When on pressing the pedal with your toe speeds up the tempo pressing it with your heel slows it down Releasing the pedal from either position causes it to return to center restoring the original tempo NOTE Don t use the Pitch Bend and Tempo at the sa...

Page 154: ...NOTE The default Pitch is 440 0Hz A3 NOTE The pitch changes cannot be recorded to the Music Disk Recorder About the Pitch Each voice is tuned with the temperament 3 6 1 2 0 Standard 440Hz 1 2 2 4 PK voice1 2 PK1 2 LK voice 2 LK2 UK voice 2 UK2 LK voice 1 L FLUTE EL 700 only LK1 L FLUTE EL 700 only U FLUTE EL 700 only UK voice 1 3 5 U FLUTE EL 700 only UK1 LEAD 6 0 LEAD voice Cent NOTE When matchin...

Page 155: ...age 1 PAGE 1 Output Transmit Channels For setting the channels over which MIDI information will be transmitted Any channel from 1 through 16 can be assigned to each keyboard the Upper keyboard the Lower keyboard and the Pedalboard UPPER 1 16 LOWER 1 16 PEDAL 1 16 The MIDI receive channel of each connected MIDI device should match the numbers set here Receive Channels When using another MIDI device...

Page 156: ...thms 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 Determines the control of the expression pedal functions Ordinarily this control is set to Auto However when it is set to INT you can manually control the expression pedal functions during M D R playback When set to EXT another external Electon...

Page 157: ...ected 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 2 Output Jacks 2 1 AUX OUT Phone L R EL 700 only 2 2 AUX OUT RCA L R These two separate sets of stereo outputs are for connection to external amplification speaker systems 3 HEADPHONES Phone For connection of a stereo headphone set Wh...

Page 158: ...ice such as sequencer by a personal computer with a sequencing software installed To connect your Electone with an external MIDI device you need to prepare a pair of MIDI cables or a serial cable when you connect the Electone with a personal computer via the TO HOST terminal Also to exchange the data between your Electone and connected MIDI device you have to match the MIDI transmit receive channe...

Page 159: ...DI keyboard must match the receive channel of your Electone The channels 1 2 and 3 for the Upper Lower and pedal voices respectively EL 700 500 can be played as a rhythm machine by playing the external MIDI device The MIDI transmit channel of the MIDI keyboard should be 15 in this case EL 700 500 will work as an XG tone generator and play back the MIDI data transmitted from the personal computer a...

Page 160: ... are played with the note numbers 0 through 127 The reception note range is C 2 0 G8 127 C3 60 Velocity Indicates how hard the key is held The range is 1 127 Note Off Generated when a key is released Program Change The Program Change messages allow you to change voices in the middle of a song With these messages you can change the registrations of the EL 700 500 NOTE For more detailed information ...

Page 161: ...ware which has been properly installed in the personal computer and which can send and receive system exclusive messages Send the Registration Data from the EL 700 500 to the Personal Computer PC Preparation 1 Set the Strings voice on the Upper Keyboard of the EL 700 500 Press STRINGS button for the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 section and select String 1 from the Strings Menu 2 Store the registration t...

Page 162: ...ange messages from the PC to your EL 700 500 makes it possible to change the registration on the EL 700 500 2 Send the Program Change message CF 00 Hexadecimal to the EL 700 500 Once the Program Change message is received the EL 700 500 automatically turns the Registration Memory button 1 on Sending the Note On Messages 3 Send the Note On message 90 30 7F Hexadecimal to the EL 700 500 The EL 700 5...

Page 163: ... 43 1N 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7 Hexadecimal from the sequencing software PC to the EL 700 500 N Device Number 0 for the EL 700 500 Once the XG System On message is received the internal tone generator will be in the XG Mode allowing the EL 700 500 to all the MIDI messages defined by the XG format such as NRPN and Bank Select NOTE The M D R section of the EL 700 500 allows you to play back the commerciall...

Page 164: ...00 7F Pan 5 14ch XG Bn 0B 00 7F Expression 16ch 16ch Control 5 14ch XG Bn 40 00 7F Hold 5 14ch XG Bn 41 00 7F Portamento 5 14ch XG Bn 42 00 7F Sostenuto 5 14ch XG Bn 43 00 7F Soft Pedal 5 14ch XG Bn 47 00 7F Resonance 5 14ch XG Bn 48 00 7F Release Time 5 14ch XG Bn 49 00 7F Attack Time 5 14ch XG Bn 4A 00 7F Brightness 5 14ch XG Bn 54 00 7F Portamento Control 5 14ch XG Bn 5B 00 7F Reverb Send Level...

Page 165: ...ulation 1 16ch Bn 04 00 7F 2nd Expression 16ch Control EL 700 only 4ch LEAD EL 700 only Bn 05 00 7F Portamento Time 1 16ch Bn 06 00 7F Data Entry 1 16ch Bn 26 00 7F Bn 07 00 7F Volume 1 16ch Bn 0A 00 7F Pan 1 16ch Bn 0B 00 7F Expression 16ch 1 16ch Control Bn 40 00 7F Hold 1 16ch Bn 41 00 7F Portamento 1 16ch Bn 42 00 7F Sostenuto 1 16ch Bn 43 00 7F Soft Pedal 1 16ch Bn 47 00 7F Resonance 1 16ch B...

Page 166: ... Ø FE Active Sensing Ø Ø FF Reset Received only when in the Ext mode 3 System Exclusive Messages 3 1 Format Universal Realtime Messages Code Hexadecimal Message Transmit Receive F0 7F 7F 04 01 SS TT F7 XG Master Volume Ø XN Universal Non Realtime Messages Code Hexadecimal Message Transmit Receive F0 7E 7F 09 01 F7 GM ON Ø XN XG Native Code Hexadecimal Message Transmit Receive F0 43 1N 4C AH AM AL ...

Page 167: ... Switch On Ø Ø 00 Switch Off Ø Ø F0 43 70 70 40 50 TL TH F7 Tempo Ø Ø F0 43 70 78 41 cd dd F7 4 Panel Switch Events Ø Ø F0 43 70 78 42 Data F7 Current Registration Data Ø Ø F0 43 70 78 44 Data 5 F7 EL MIDI Parameters Ø Ø F0 43 70 70 70 nn 6 F7 External MDR Ø F0 43 70 70 73 F7 EL ON Ø F0 43 70 70 78 SC NC F7 Bar Signal X don t care N Device Number 0 on EL 700 500 ID 47 on EL 700 48 on EL 500 1 Data...

Page 168: ... 00 7F Ø 00 7F Volume Data 00 MAX 7F MIN 17 Pedal Voice 1 Ø 00 7F Ø 00 7F Volume Data 00 MAX 7F MIN 18 Pedal Voice 2 Ø 00 7F Ø 00 7F Volume Data 00 MAX 7F MIN 1A Rhythm Ø 00 7F Ø 00 7F Volume Data 00 MAX 7F MIN 1B Reverb Ø 00 7F Ø 00 7F Depth Data 00 MAX 7F MIN Flute Voice EL 700 only Code Switch Transmit Tx Range Receive Rx Range Remarks 30 Upper Flute Voice Ø 00 01 Ø 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON 31 Lower ...

Page 169: ... Ø 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON 5C Pedal Board Ø 00 01 Ø 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON Disable Code Switch Transmit Tx Range Receive Rx Range Remarks 5F Disable Ø 00 01 Ø 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON Tremolo Code Switch Transmit Tx Range Receive Rx Range Remarks 60 Tremolo Ø 00 01 Ø 00 01 00 SLOW 01 FAST Rhythm Sequence Code Switch Transmit Tx Range Receive Rx Range Remarks 61 Sequence 1 Ø 00 01 Ø 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON 62 Sequence...

Page 170: ...wer Slide Slide Speed Detune 2nd Expression Pedal Glide 00 MIN 7F MAX 00 MIN 7F MAX 00 Brilliant 40 Center 7F Mellow 00 Preset 01 16Feet 02 8Fee 03 4Feet 04 2Feet 00 Right 40 Center 7F Left 00 MIN 7F MAX 00 MIN 7F MAX 00 PRESET 01 USER 00 Short 7F Long 00 MIN 7F MAX 00 Slow 7F Fast 00 OFF 01 ON 00 OFF 01 ON 00 OFF 01 ON 02 KneeControl 02 Slow 7F Fast 00 Normal 24 TuneUP 00 OFF 01 ON 00 OFF 01 ON 0...

Page 171: ...FF 01 ON 00 MIN 7F MAX 00 MIN 7F MAX 00 07 PresetParameter 40 47 UserParameter 40 47 UserParameter 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 43 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 30 48 00 7F 00 01 00 7F 00 7F 00 07 40 47 40 47 Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 01 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 07 40 47 40 47 Address Size Data Pa...

Page 172: ...s Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø 00 02 00 02 01 02 01 02 00 02 00 02 00 02 00 02 00 02 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 10 11 40 42 48 4A 50 58 5B 60 62 68 69 00 0B 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 00 03 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 00 01 00 0C 00 01 00 08 00 65 67 98 00 0B 00 7F 00 7F 00 01 00 7F 00 01 00 03 00 01 00 01 15 3D 00 01 00 01 08 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 62 00 0B 00 7F 00 7F 00 01 ...

Page 173: ...1 1 00 03 00 01 00 7F 00 7F 00 03 00 01 00 01 00 03 00 01 Pattern Selector Number Volume Mute Volume Reverb Send Level A B C Mode Lower Memory Pedal Memory M O C Mode M O C Knee Cntrol 00 01 02 03 00 01 00 7F 00 7F 00 01 02 03 00 01 00 01 00 01 02 03 00 01 Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø 00 01 02 03 00 01 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 04 7F 01 02 03 00 01 7F 00 01 7F 00 04 7F 01 02 03 00 01 7F Parameter Content Transmit Tx...

Page 174: ...ewKey 3A KeyDown 40 Normal 46 KeyUp 01 100 0C 1200 00 OFF 01 Rhythm 02 Glide 03 Tremolo 3C PitchDown 40 Normal 4F PitchUp 01 Slow 05 Fast 34 Upper 40 Center 4C Lower 00 Mode1 01 Mode2 00 Internal 01 External 00 01 00 01 3A 40 46 01 0C 00 01 02 03 3C 4F 04 1C 34 4C 00 01 00 01 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F 00 7F Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø 00 01 7F 00 01 7F 3A 40 46 01 0C 00 04 7F 01 02 03 3C 4...

Page 175: ...Chs 5 14 XG Ch 15 Keyboard UK 48 96 LK 36 84 PK 36 55 UK LK PK LEAD 1 36 96 XG 0 127 Keyboard Percussion 3 127 UK UK Horizontal Touch LK LK Horizontal Touch XG only Control only External Mode only Control 0 15 112 116 UK LK PK Control 0 15 112 116 XG 0 127 Mode 3 36 96 3 Ø 1 3 5 16 2 4 Ø 9nH v 1 127 Ø 9nH v 0 8nH Transmit with EL 500 fixed to 80 PK after touch with EL 500 not transmit Ø Ø 6 Ø 6 Ø ...

Page 176: ...W Sound Controller NRPN RPN Date 14 Jan 1999 Version 1 00 YAMAHA Electone XG mode Model EL 700 500 Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY Ø YES NO Mode 2 OMNI ON MONO Mode 4 OMNI OFF MONO Transmit with EL 500 fixed to 80 Transmit 12 Function Receive Remarks Basic Channel Note Number Velocity After Touch Pitch Bend Control Change Program Change System Exclusive System Common System Real Time Aux ...

Page 177: ... and Lower Attack sound EL 700 s Flute Voice Even though the Pedal voice is being played from the Lower keyboard it is still a Pedal voice turn the Sustain on with the Pedal Sustain button Check all of the volume controls making sure that they are set to suitable levels the panel Volume controls for each voice section the Master Volume dial and the Expression Pedal Also check the Upper Lower Balan...

Page 178: ...de of Auto Bass Chord is on Turn off the mode in the display page 65 TO LOWER buttons in the Pedal voice sections are turned on Turn the function off This may occur when you compare the Electone s sounds with the one of pianos Because of the difference of the harmonics structure the tuning system of the Electone is different from the piano s in the higher and lower ranges You may find these mainly...

Page 179: ...rrier how the volume changes over time do the similar change in the Envelope Generator of the Modulator how the timbre changes over time If percussion sounds have been recorded to all 16 rhythm tracks no subsequently selected instruments can be heard or recorded If necessary erase one of the tracks and play the sound Problems in recording or playback may be caused by improper operation of the M D ...

Page 180: ...Voices 16 8 51 3 4 22 3 2 13 5 1 Attack 4 22 3 2 Length Mode Each First Click Response Tremolo On Off Reverb Volume 8 Presets 8 User Voices On Off Control Upper Lower On Off Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Output Level Attack Rate Decay 1 Rate Decay 1 Level Decay 2 Rate Release Rate AWM Output Level Attack Rate Decay Rate Release Rate Low High Operator Selectors Operator On Off Buttons Save User 1 16 Fro...

Page 181: ...g Delete Song Copy From To Disk Copy Punch in Recording XG Song Playback XG Easy Converter Song Name Voice Disk Pattern Disk Remaining Memory LED Display Eject Mode Off Rhythm Stop Ending Fill In Glide Upper Lower Lead Time Tremolo On Off Regist Shift Mode Off Shift Jump User On Off Sustain Upper Lower M O C Lead Slide Solo Upper Mode Pitch Bend On Off Upper LeadPedal 1 2 Range 1 12 Tempo Range 1 ...

Page 182: ... D1L FM 118 D1R FM 118 D2R FM 118 E EACH FLUTE VOICE 38 EDIT REGIST SHIFT 81 EDIT RHYTHM PROGRAM 129 133 EDIT VOICE EDIT 107 EFFECT 43 EFFECT SET 45 ENDING 57 Envelope Parameter VOICE EDIT 119 EXP EXPRESSION 13 152 EXP PITCH MIDI 152 155 156 EXTEND ED Set 60 126 128 F Fast Forward Reverse 99 FB DELAY 47 FB FLANGER 48 Feed Back VOICE EDIT 119 FEET 43 FILL IN 58 Fingered Chord 65 FIRST FLUTE VOICE 3...

Page 183: ... SEQUENCE 141 SET REGIST SHIFT 81 SET REVERB 49 SET SEQUENCE 144 SHIFT END 80 SHIFT MDR 86 SHIFT REGIST SHIFT 79 Single Finger 65 SLIDE 45 SLOW CHORUS 55 SONG COPY 101 SONG DELETE 103 SONG NAME 89 SONG REPEAT 96 SONG SELECT 87 SPEED FLANGER 48 SPEED TREMOLO 55 SPEED VIBRATO 45 START 57 STEP WRITE 127 129 STOP CHORUS 55 STOP MDR 88 95 STOP SHIFT END 81 SUSTAIN 52 SYMP SYMPHONIC 44 46 SYNCHRO START ...

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