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Yamaha Corporation
International Marketing Group

P.O.Box1, Hamamatsu, Japan
Phone: 81

(country code)

-53-460-2301

Fax: 81-53-456-8872, 1109

Summary of Contents for Electone EL-57

Page 1: ...Yamaha Corporation International Marketing Group P O Box1 Hamamatsu Japan Phone 81 country code 53 460 2301 Fax 81 53 456 8872 1109 ...

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: ... if any unusual smells or smokeshouldappeartobecausedbyit immediatelyturnoffthepower switch disconnecttheelectricplugfromtheoutlet andhavetheinstrument inspectedbyqualifiedYamahaservicepersonnel Onlyusethevoltagespecifiedascorrectfortheinstrument Therequired voltageisprintedonthenameplateoftheinstrument Beforecleaningtheinstrument alwaysremovetheelectricplugfromthe outlet Neverinsertorremoveanelec...

Page 4: ...L 87 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 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...

Page 5: ...y 74 8 Checking the Remaining Memory 76 9 Voice Disks 76 10 Copy Protect 76 7 Voice Edit 78 1 Editing a Voice 78 2 Saving Your New Voice 83 3 Quitting Voice Edit 84 4 Recalling an Edited Voice 84 5 Selecting Voices from a Voice Disk Optional 85 6 Voice Editing Basics 86 8 Rhythm Program 96 Outline of the Rhythm Programming Operation 96 1 RhythmPatternProgram 97 1 Entering Rhythm Pattern Program 97...

Page 6: ...2 BAR BEAT TEMPO VOLUME MAX MIN ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS HARMO NICA UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 2 HORN LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS 1 2 MAX MIN MAX MIN D M TO DISK 1 2 3 4 Rhythm Section Page 39 BASIC REGIST Page 7 KEYBOARD PERCUSSION Page 49 Registration Memory But...

Page 7: ...VOICE ELEC BASS CONTRA BASS TUBA ORGAN BASS TO LOWER 1 MAX MIN VOICE EDIT HOLD COARSE PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM TREMOLO FAST FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT ATA CONTROL PAGE 5 6 7 8 D LEAD VOICE Page 18 PEDAL VOICE Page 18 MASTER VOLUME Page 7 MUSIC DISK RECORDER Page 58 POWER Page 6 Monitor Speaker LED Lamp in use Eject Button D Disabl...

Page 8: ... Button Page 118 REGIST SHIFT Button Page 54 EXP PITCH MIDI Button page121 VOICE EDIT Button Page 78 RHYTHM PATTERN PROGRAM Button Page 96 RHYTHM SEQUENCE Button page 111 TREMOLO FAST Button Page 38 HOLD Button Page 17 COARSE Button Page 17 MIDI Jacks Page 125 Knee Lever Page 120 Jacks Page 125 Speaker Unit Monitor Speskers Left Footswitch page 118 Right Footswitch Page 54 Expression Pedal Page 12...

Page 9: ...programmers in creating a total of 66 rhythm patterns ranging across all styles of music page 39 Along with the Keyboard Percussion function which lets you play percussion sounds from the keyboard the Rhythm Pattern Programmer and Rhythm Sequence Programmer let you record your own rhythm patterns and connect them to make songs page 96 4 Wide Variety of Effects Electone voices can also be enhanced ...

Page 10: ...ic section It shows you in the simplest possible manner how to start playing your Electone The basic operations and functions that you learn in this section will also be important when you later use the Electone s more advanced features 2 Turn on the Electone by pressing the POWER switch POWER When you turn on the Electone the following displays will appear one after the other in the LCD display T...

Page 11: ...Basic Registration 1 Press the BASIC REGIST buttons 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 Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Basic Registration 1 Strings 1 Strings 1 Contrabass Basic Ragistration 2 Brass Horn1 Tuba Basic Ragistration 3 Flute Piano ...

Page 12: ...o 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 Display on the panel will automatically change to show the available Registration Menus There are dozens of registrations on a disk but up to 16 can only be shown in the LCD Display at a time The page numbers 1 through 5 or 1 through 4 with the D...

Page 13: ...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 14: ...ss 16 16Beat 3 80 No LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Rhythm Tempo 1 LEAD1 Woodwind Ensemble Oboe Flute Clarinet Bassoon 8 2 LEAD2 Solo Flute Flute Pizzicato Strings Contrabass 3 LEAD3 Solo Oboe Oboe Strings Contrabass 4 LEAD4 Polka Clarinet Harmonica Pizzicato Bass Polka 115 5 LEAD5 Whistle Whistle Elec Piano Elec Bass 8Beat 1 78 6 LEAD6 Har...

Page 15: ...izzicato Bass 4 Dixie 108 4 Trumpet Tuba 5 Bounce 1 123 2 Guitar Elec Bass 6 Bounce 2 140 2 Clarinet Pizzicato Bass 7 Reggae 1 132 4 Marimba Elec Bass 8 Reggae 2 120 4 Cosmic 2 Synth Brass 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 Tango 2 1...

Page 16: ... Strings Contrabass Page 3 No LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice 1 DECAY1 Piano Piano Piano Piano 2 DECAY2 Harpsichord Harpsichord Strings Contrabass 3 DECAY3 Marimba Marimba Clarinet Pizzicato Bass 4 DECAY4 Music Box Vibraphone 4 Vibraphone 4 Vibraphone 4 5 DECAY5 Classical Guitar Guitar Strings Pizzicato Bass 6 ORGAN1 Organ Organ Organ Organ ...

Page 17: ...everb Adjust the total volume Master Volume Voice Edit User Voice Select the rhythm Rhythm Menu Finely adjust the rhythm Rhythm Condition Rhythm Program User Rhythm Rhythm Sequence Playing Electone Select the keyboard to play Music Disk Recorder The Controls and Effects may be applied differently depending on the selected type of Controls and Effects See page 28 for more information Using Registra...

Page 18: ...r example press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice section ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS HARMO NICA UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 2 MAX MIN The following display will appear showing all the available voices rhythms in the category Strings Category in this case 2 Press the Data Control button corresponding to the voice you want to play St...

Page 19: ...ns 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 curosr 4 to the right left Page Buttons PAGE 5 These buttons 5 are used to select when available the various pages of the display the names of which a...

Page 20: ...switch Setting Pitch and Transpose Setting MIDI Setting Voice Edit Setting Rhythm Pattern Program Setting Rhythm Sequence Program 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 pattern sequence Move the Pan position and cursor position 2 Pressing a...

Page 21: ...e current function Normally if the buttons of other functions 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 t...

Page 22: ...edalboard There are four voice sections for the EL 57 Each voice section can of course have its own Voice Condition page s which allow you to finely set up voice and volume settings LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE OBOE TRUM PET TO LOWER 1 MAX MIN PEDAL VOICE ELEC BASS CONTRA BASS TUBA ORGAN BASS TO LOWER 1 MAX MIN ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS HARMO ...

Page 23: ...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 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS HARMO NICA UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 2 VOLUME MAX MIN Fine Pressing the same panel voi...

Page 24: ...ASS CONTRA BASS TUBA ORGAN BASS TO LOWER 1 MAX When the TO LOWER button is turned on the Lead voices and Pedal voices cannot be played on the Upper keyboard and Pedalboard respectively 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 Registrati...

Page 25: ...be selected from these buttons ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA PHONE COSMIC TUTTI STRINGS BRASS CLARI NET SAXO PHONE CHORUS HARMO NICA UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 2 VOLUME MAX MIN 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 ...

Page 26: ...E CHORUS HARMO NICA UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 2 VOLUME MAX MIN 2 Select one of the pages with the Page buttons and choose a Voice Menu PIANO for example Each page represents a general voice category and the title 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 a...

Page 27: ... Upper Lower HORN Horn 1 Horn 2 Page 5 Lower To select User voices Select the USER page when you wish to play voices that you ve created in Voice Edit page 78 or voices from a Voice Disk page 85 PAGE 3 Voice Menus The following chart lists the voices available and their button page assignment The numbers shown in the list correspond to the page numbers shown in the LCD display ...

Page 28: ...ba Tim pani Page 7 Pedal FLUTE Flute Whis tle Page 8 Lead OBOE Oboe Bas soon Page 9 Lead CLARINET Clari net Page 10 Upper Lower SAXOPHONE Saxo phone Page 11 Upper Lower TUTTI Tutti 1 Tutti 2 Page 12 Upper Lower CHORUS Chorus Page 13 Upper Lower HARMONICA Harmo nica Page 14 Upper ...

Page 29: ...itar Harp Guitar 2 Page 18 Upper Lower VIBRAPHONE Vibra phone Gloc ken Marim ba Synth Chime Page 19 Upper Lower ELECTRIC BASS Elec Bass1 Elec Bass 2 Page 20 Pedal COSMIC Cosmic 1 Cosmic 2 Cosmic 3 Cosmic 4 Synth Bass Page 21 Upper Lower USER VOICE USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 Page 22 USER ORGAN Organ Jazz Organ Pop Organ Accor dion Page 15 Upper Lower ...

Page 30: ...ani Flute 8 Standard flute solo Whistle 4 Whistle Oboe 8 Softer oboe Bassoon U16 L8 For legato playing Clarinet 8 Standard clarinet Saxophone U16 L8 Alto sax Tutti 1 8 Strings unison and wood winds ensemble Tutti 2 8 Strings unison and the brasses Chorus 8 Female Ah Harmonica 8 Standard type with pitch modulated vibrato Organ 8 Small pipe organ 8 Jazz Organ 16 Chor For solo playing 16 8 5 1 3 Pop ...

Page 31: ...27 Voice Sections 2 ...

Page 32: ...or the individual voice sections or the entire system Available functions are indicated by circles To change the settings and add the effects display the appropriate 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...

Page 33: ...ices are provided with this expressive function making it possible to perfectly 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 ...

Page 34: ...s setting 3 4 SYMPH SYMPHONIC Selects symphonic celeste See page 32 for the details of the symphonic celeste setting 3 5 DELAY Selects delay See page 33 for the details of the delay setting 3 6 FLANG FLANGER Selects flanger See page 33 for the details of the flanger setting 5VOL VOLUME Fine adjustment of the voice volume See page 19 for more information 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 NOTE The Pan effect ...

Page 35: ...he 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 Upper Lower NOTE The User vibrato may not be effective for some voices such as Synth Chime NOTE The Delay Depth and Speed settings are not displayed and cannot be adjusted unless USER has been selected in this setting Delay Vibrato Cont...

Page 36: ...ct Set page Press the EFFECT SET button in the DISPLAY SELECT section and use the Page buttons to select the various pages TRM SYM Page 2 1 1 1TREM CHOR TREMOLO CHORUS See Tremolo section on page 36 2 2SYMP SYMPHONIC CELESTE Determines the type of the Symphonic effect SYMPHONIC SYMP or CELESTE CELE Symphonic is a subtle echo effect that makes one voice sound like an ensemble For example a solo vio...

Page 37: ...tween delayed repeats Range 0 100 3 2 F B Feedback Determines the number of delayed repeats Range 0 100 3 3 BAL Balance Determines the volume of the delay effect relative to the original sound Higher settings produce a louder delay Range 0 100 4FLANGER Flanger introduces a swirling animated modulation effect to the sound 4 1 SPEED Determines the speed of the modulation Range 0 100 4 2 F B Feedback...

Page 38: ...e REVERB buttons located to the left of the Upper Keyboard Voices section REVERB MAX MIN REVERB Page 2 1 3 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 reverbe...

Page 39: ...R KNEE PEDAL The lamp of the button lights up to indicate that sustain is on Press the button again to turn sustain off SUSTAIN LENGTH Page NOTE Sustain cannot be applied to the Lead voices NOTE If knee lever control of the Upper or Lower sustain has been turned on pressing the Upper or Lower buttons here will not add sustain unless the knee lever is pushed See page 120 for more information NOTE T...

Page 40: ...ter it is switched You can also adjust the maximum speed of the effect 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 Turn on Tremolo effect in each Voice Condition page 1 2 Adjust the Tremolo setting in Tremolo Control or Effect Set page ...

Page 41: ...esn t actually start the effect but merely puts Tremolo in a standby condition 1 Press the desired voice button on the panel twice then select Tremolo LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE OBOE TRUM PET TO LOWER 1 MAX MIN The selected Voice Condition page will be displayed 2 Select the Voice Condition page 1 by pressing the Page button PAGE 3 Selecting TREM in the EFCT turns on Tremolo for the selected voice se...

Page 42: ...selected you can obtain the effect that the rotating speaker is stopped 3 Realtime control of Tremolo effect Once the Tremolo effect has been turned on and set you can control the effect in real time from the panel or from the left footswitch 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 func...

Page 43: ...s can be instantly selected from the front panel The Electone has many more hidden rhythms however A total of 66 rhythms are available and can be selected by using the display 1 To select and play a rhythm 1 Choose a rhythm by pressing one of the Rhythm buttons in the Rhythm section on the panel 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...

Page 44: ...g phrase before stopping the rhythm NOTE The left footswitch can also be used to turn the rhythm off and on in the middle of song To assign the footswitch for rhythm control see page 118 NOTE ABOUTSYNCHROSTART Synchro Start functions quite defferently when the Auto Bass Chord feature is turned on and the Accompaniment Memory is turned off The rhythm starts when a key on the Lower keyboard is playe...

Page 45: ...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 additional rhythmic interest Since the Fill In f...

Page 46: ...on twice Rhythm Condition Page 1 2 3 1 AUTO VARI Auto Variation The Auto Variation function lets you set pattern variations to be played automatically When set to ON Auto Variation automatically substitutes additional pattern variations to make the rhythm more interesting and complex 2 PERC VOL Percussion Volume Fine adjustment of the overall volume of the rhythms page 40 and Keyboard Percussion p...

Page 47: ...lect a rhythm from a dotted button 1 Press one of the dotted buttons on the right side of the Rhythm section 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 SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MAX MIN The Rhythm Menu page appears 2 Select one of the pages with the Page buttons PAGE Each page represents the same ...

Page 48: ...A D PAGE 4 Rhythm Menus This chart lists all 66 of the rhythms available on the Electone The numbers in the chart correspond to the page numbers shown in the display MARCH March 1 March 2 March 3 Polka 1 Polka 2 Coun try1 Coun try2 Broad way Baro que Page 1 WALTZ Waltz 1 Waltz 2 Waltz 3 Waltz 4 Waltz 5 Jazz Waltz 1 Jazz Waltz 2 Jazz Waltz 3 Bolero Page 2 SWING Swing 1 Swing 4 Swing 2 Swing 3 Swing...

Page 49: ... nova3 Page 8 8 BEAT 8 Beat 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 Page 9 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 Page 10 USER RHYTHM USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C B D Page 11 NOTE The Baroque on the March page is configured with accompaniment only it does not...

Page 50: ...mbinations 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 play all the notes of the chord while the Auto Bass Chord function...

Page 51: ...nerally used with rhythms to create full rhythmic 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 NOTE Minor 7th and minor 7th chords with black key roots such as Bb or Gb are played in the same way a...

Page 52: ...ER 7 USER 8 C D RHYTHM SEQ SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MAX MIN Rhythm Menu Page 1 ACCOMPANI Accompaniment 1 Type 1 Type 4 These settings provide various types of rhythmic and melodic accompaniment and generally become more complex according to the type number 2 Press the same rhythm button again to display the Rhythm Condition page Rhythm Condition Page 2 2 Volume Determines the volume of the Accompan...

Page 53: ...of the percussion sounds is set together with that of the rhythm by using the VOLUME controls in the Rhythm section Set the volume to the desired level 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 SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MAX MIN 4 Play some notes on the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard The various pe...

Page 54: ... c h e s t r a C y m b a l 1 C r a s h C y m b a l 1 R i d e C y m b a l 1 H i 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...

Page 55: ...ancels 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 played 4 MODE 3 Produces harmonies of up to four notes in a range relatively distant from the melody played 5 KNEE On off switch for knee lever control over Melody On Chord operation To use the Melod...

Page 56: ...ted between the Upper and Lower keyboards for easy access while playing M TO DISK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D Reverb type Registration Shift settings Pitch Transpose settings Voice Edit settings except for User voices currently assigned to the Dotted buttons Voice Disk voices User rhythms in the Rhythm Pattern Program except for User rhythms currently assigned to the Dotted buttons Rhythm Sequences MIDI set...

Page 57: ...D 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 There are 40 songs or memory locations available on a single disk 3 While holding down the RECORD button on the M D R press the M Memory button in Registration Memory PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER P...

Page 58: ...de In the Shift mode each press of the right footswitch selects the Registration Memory presets in their numerical order After the last preset is reached the function wraps around to select the first preset again The numbered buttons light up as they are selected To set the Shift mode function Simply press the Data Control button corresponding to the SHIFT 3 JUMP Selects the Jump mode In the Jump ...

Page 59: ...2 4 PAGE 1 POSITION Cursor Controls The cursor controls are used to move the cursor the arrow in the display along the registration row in the display Entered registration numbers are shown in boxes while the numbers in the row above indicate the number of successive 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 t...

Page 60: ... cursor position The new registration number is inserted at the cursor position and all other numbers to the right of the cursor are moved to accommodate the new numbers 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 Data Control button corresponding to INS 2 3 DEL Delete For delet...

Page 61: ... 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 hold down the M Memory button ...

Page 62: ...erformance building up a song part by part 1 Precautions Be sure to handle floppy disks and treat the disk drive with care Follow the important precautions below 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 button slowly as far as it will go the disk will automatically...

Page 63: ... errors To maintain the disk drive in optimum working order Yamaha recommends that you use a commercially available dry type head cleaning disk to clean the head about once a month Ask your Yamaha dealer about the availability of proper head cleaning disks Never insert anything but floppy disks into the disk drive Other objects may cause damage to the disk drive or floppy disks About the Floppy Di...

Page 64: ...ve insertion slot Fort will appear on the LED display indicating that the inserted disk requires to be formatted 2 While holding down the SHIFT button press the FORMAT button This step puts the format operation on stand by indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the flashing LED above the FORMAT button PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CU...

Page 65: ...kes to set up for recording is recorded as well causing a short pause before playback of the song NOTE 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 that the selected song number already contains recorded data If you want to execute recording operation over the song number press the RECO...

Page 66: ...AL 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 RECORDER TEMPO Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive after the STOP lam...

Page 67: ...ong before the actual recording of your performance Bulk data is also saved to the song with the Registration data Bulk data includes Registration Shift settings Rhythm Pattern User rhythms and Rhythm Sequence data and User voices 2 Performance data The M D R records your performance on the keyboards and pedalboard of the Electone exactly as you play it even recording the strength at which you pla...

Page 68: ...ECORD 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 UPPER lamp ...

Page 69: ...performance to stop recording Now that you ve recorded the first parts of your performance 5 Press RECORD 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 selected song nu...

Page 70: ...ts 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 SONG COPY TO MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO 610 NOTE The CUSTOM PLAY b...

Page 71: ...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 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 3 Press the PLAY button to record the registrations then pr...

Page 72: ...o do this 1 First record 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 Registra...

Page 73: ...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 MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL CUSTOM PLAY SHIFT RECORD PLAY F...

Page 74: ...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 MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO ALL 3 To repeatedly playback only the selected song 1 Again hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press the SONG REPEAT button SinG appears ...

Page 75: ... song was paused press the PAUSE button again 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 110 3 Fast Forward and Fast Reverse During playback these buttons function as fast forward and fast reverse buttons much like those of a tape recorder Press H to adv...

Page 76: ... 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 recording tempo 100 Values less than 100 indicate a slower tempo values greater than 100 indicate a faster tempo PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT R...

Page 77: ...n recorded data FULL appears on the LED display In this case you should erase one of the songs on the disk by using the Song Delete function see below 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 0102 NOTE The message FULL may appear when the available mem...

Page 78: ...gun When the Song Delete function is completed the STOP status is automatically resumed 7 Disk Copy You can duplicate a floppy disk by copying the contents Yamaha recommends that you keep two copies of important data on separate floppy disks by using this function 1 Prepare the source disk and the formatted blank disk to be copied The disk type of both source disk and destination disk must be the ...

Page 79: ...Y 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 RECORDER TEMPO In 2 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 R...

Page 80: ...s and 1240 for 2HD disks 9 Voice Disks The M D R also allows you to select additional voices from disks For more information about Voice Disks see page 85 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 ...

Page 81: ...contain recorded data so the Song Copy operation cannot be performed Press the STOP 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 d...

Page 82: ...ting a Voice 1 To select a voice and its Operator 1 First select the voice you want to edit from the Voice Menu Each volume on the other voice sections should be set to MIN 2 While holding down the VOICE EDIT button in the DISPLAY SELECT section press the Voice button corresponding to the voice you wish to edit For this example select Piano from the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE section 1 While holding dow...

Page 83: ...unded 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 indicates that the Operator is on normal display indicates the Operator is off The Brackets indicate the curr...

Page 84: ...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 q button raises the level and pressing the u 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 85: ... produced nor will adjusting the top row Operators have any effect if all of the bottom row Operators have been turned off or set to their minimum level Be sure to turn on the bottom row of Operators and set them to a suitable level before changing the parameters of the top row Operators NOTE Raising the OL of the Operator 2 to 113 127 to make the sound brighter and lowering the AR of the Operator...

Page 86: ...h Operator s level You have got the full bodied ringing electronic piano sounds configured with the realistic AWM acoustic piano and FM brighter piano 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...

Page 87: ...ser voices page 23 before saving a voice to make sure that you will not be erasing any important voices NOTE The on off status cannot be saved If you want an Operator muted set the OL parameter of the selected Operator to the minimum The following display appears prompting confirmation of the operation Saving a new voice automatically erases the voice previously stored to the selected User number ...

Page 88: ...ited Voice Once the voice has been saved it can be selected from the last page USER of the dotted buttons Voice Menu page 23 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 The four USER voices of the Save page in the Voice Edit are the same...

Page 89: ...oice number you wish to save to Press one of the four Data Control buttons below OK 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 saved a completed message appears 2 Select the VOICE DISK page with the Page buttons The message Insert Voice Disk appears and prompts you the operation PAGE 3 I...

Page 90: ... sine wave by itself is not 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 Modulator Carrier Operators FM Operator 2 Modulators Carriers and Algorithms The top Operator which sends the modulation signal is not surprisingly called the modulator The bottom Operator which receives or c...

Page 91: ... not sine waves like the other Operators but are digital recordings of actual instrument sounds such as piano violin guitar and so on The AWM Operator s sound is mixed with the sounds of the other Operators in the algorithm to create realistic voices You can adjust its output level within the range 0 127 AWM Operator ...

Page 92: ... 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 fo...

Page 93: ... will change If the output level of the carrier changes the volume will change Key on Key off 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 94: ... change how the tone varies over time Change 2 3 or 5 of the modulator 5 To raise the volume Raise 1 of the carrier Raise 7 of the AWM 6 To lower the volume Lower 1 of the carrier Lower 7 of the AWM 7 To make the sound brighter Raise 1 of the modulator 8 To make the sound softer Lower 1 of the modulator 9 To get faster attack Raise 2 of the carrier and modulator 10 To get slower attack Lower 2 of ...

Page 95: ...ing a Harp sound to the Glocken voice This example shows how the AWM Operator can be used to add another instrument sound to an existing voice The glockenspiel sound is provided by the FM Operators In this case a harp sound has been specially programmed with the AWM Operator but cannot be heard since the output has been set to 0 By increasing the Output Level of the AWM Operator the harp sound is ...

Page 96: ...ge 9 Lead Oboe Ø Ø Oboe 1 121 Oboe Bassoon Ø Bassoon 1 122 Page 10 Upper Lower Clarinet Ø Clarinet 1 120 CLARINET Page 11 Upper Lower Saxophone Ø Saxophone 1 127 SAXOPHONE Page 12 Upper Lower Tutti 1 Ø Ø Strings tutti 127 TUTTI Tutti 2 Ø Ø Brass Strings 125 Page 13 Upper Lower Chorus Ø Ø Chorus 1 127 CHORUS Page 14 Upper Harmonica Ø Bandoneon 0 HARMONICA Page 15 Upper Lower Organ Ø Ø Organ 1 114 O...

Page 97: ...6 62 Oboe 70 Bassoon 0 Clarinet 0 Saxophone 16 0 OL1 Clarinet OL3 Flute 107 113 OL1 Slow Strings OL3 Synth Brass 114 Vocal 77 72 Harmonica 1 114 Jazz Organ 84 72 76 Jazz Organ 1 108 108 100 Pop Organ 1 92 94 101 Accordion 91 81 Organ Bass 1 116 108 Organ Bass 2 100 95 105 Elec Piano 0 0 Elec Piano 1 110 112 Harpsichord 16 0 The voice names in the Voice Characteristics column derive from those of t...

Page 98: ...arp Ø Harp 120 Page 19 Upper Lower Vibraphone Ø Ø Vibraphone 116 VIBRAPHONE Glocken Ø Harp 0 Marimba Ø Ø Marimba 127 Synth Chime Ø Cele Marimba 0 Page 20 Pedal Elec Bass 1 Ø Ø Elec Bass 1 127 ELECTRIC BASS Elec Bass 2 Ø Ø Elec Bass 2 127 Synth Bass Ø Ø Addition to Synth Bass 1 121 Page 21 Upper Lower Cosmic 1 Ø Ø Vocal 109 COSMIC Cosmic 2 Ø Ø Marimba Vibraphone 111 Cosmic 3 Ø Cosmic 2 0 Cosmic 4 Ø...

Page 99: ...tar 95 Elec Guitar 93 Harp 0 Cosmic 94 104 122 Glocken 107 112 114 Addition to Marimba 87 77 Synth Chime 108 102 Addition to the Lower Range 112 105 Addition to the Higher Range 0 Synth Bass 1 117 Basic Regist 4 U K 112 112 Basic Regist 4 L K 107 102 Cosmic 3 111 55 103 Cosmic 4 112 ...

Page 100: ... PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM 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 w...

Page 101: ...the PATTERN button in the DISPLAY SELECT section The LED of the button lights and the display prompts you to select a rhythm VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM TREMOLO FAST FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT NOTE Pressing the PATTERN button here also automatically stops the rhythms and rhythm sequences NOTE Use of the playback and record...

Page 102: ...n and Ending patterns Select the rhythm to which the desired Fill In or Ending belongs beforehand Then press the FILL IN or INTRO ENDING button while holding down the PATTERN button 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 diff...

Page 103: ... 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 i a n g l e O p e n T r i a n g l e C l o s e 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 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...

Page 104: ... pattern as you are creating it Which method you use depends partly on the type of rhythm you intend to create and partly on your own personal preference You can even switch between the two methods in editing to create a single rhythm by the use of both methods This would come in handy for example in programming the basic beats of a rhythm with Step Write then using Real Time Write to add percussi...

Page 105: ...ct the timing of the notes you enter according to the specified Quantize resolution 3 METRONOME Real Time Write only Turns the metronome click on or off When set to ON the metronome sounds on each beat of the measure for example three times per measure in 3 4 time to serve as a rhythmic guide when programming patterns The metronome can be turned on or off while a rhythm is playing NOTE The metrono...

Page 106: ...e available sixteen rhythm tracks The name of the instrument currently assigned to the selected track is displayed at the top right of the LCD Since this method allows you to select only from among the assigned instruments use the Change function described with the LCD below to change instrument assignments This method is especially useful when editing an exisiting rhythm preset or user EDIT Page ...

Page 107: ...recorded tracks of the pattern by holding down the Data Control button corresponding to CLEAR and simultaneously pressing the lowest key C1 on the Lower keyboard Be careful not to do this inadvertently since all sounds will be instantly and permanently erased 2 Press then release the Data Control button corresponding to CLEAR The following display appears prompting confirmation of the operation Se...

Page 108: ...o actually enter the percussion sounds The Accent section has nine steps from a minimum of 0 or no sound to a maximum of 8 The Accent 0 can be used when entering rests 1 1 ACCENT Records the instrument and determines its volume or Accent level Press the Data Control button that corresponds to the Accent level you wish to set the instrument is automatically inserted at that Accent level to the sele...

Page 109: ...ite It allows you to automatically correct the length duration and timing of each note you enter 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 1 5 9 13 ...

Page 110: ...st key C1 on the Lower keyboard Be careful not to do this inadvertently since all sounds will be instantly and permanently erased 3 While the rhythm is running play the percussion sounds from the Upper and or Lower keyboards Listen to the metronome click as you play the sounds using it as a guide to keep in time and tempo The pattern will automatically repeat or loop every two measures Each instru...

Page 111: ...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 SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MAX MIN The rhythm menu for the rhythm you selected in step 2 above will appear in the LCD 3 Select the desired rhythm from the menu with the Data Control buttons 4 You can also call up the Rhythm Condition page from the above display and se...

Page 112: ... the newly created rhythm Keep in mind that you cannot save a rhythm by selecting only a User number you must also select a variation type A B C D or FILL Fill In Including the Fill In patterns up to 40 different rhythms 8 User numbers X 5 variations can be saved SAVE Page 1 2 3 4 1 USER1 8 USER Numbers 2 A D Variations 3 FILL Fill In 4 Remaining Memory Indicates the amount of memory available for...

Page 113: ...making it and check the amount of remaining memory If the rhythm currently being edited cannot be saved because of a lack of memory space erase some of the less necessary percussion sounds with the Clear function and try saving the pattern again 11 Quitting the Rhythm Pattern Program You can quit the Rhythm Pattern Program from any of its display pages To do this 1 Press the PATTERN button in the ...

Page 114: ... 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 SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MAX MIN 2 Select the USER page with the Page buttons 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 You can play User Fill In patt...

Page 115: ...FT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPLAY SELECT NOTE Any rhythm 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 Pattern row to be entered Position indicator Current cursor position In this display different rhythms both Preset rhy...

Page 116: ... of these buttons then select SET Indicates the pattern at which the cursor is currently located Every User rhythm consists of two measures You can program the rhythm sequence a measure at a time 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 m...

Page 117: ...8 Dance Pop 4 59 16 Beat 1 60 16 Beat 2 61 16 Beat 3 62 16 Beat 4 63 16 Beat 5 64 16 Beat Funk 1 65 16 Beat Funk 2 66 16 Beat Funk 3 01 March 1 02 March 2 03 March 3 04 Polka 1 05 Polka 2 06 Country 1 07 Country 2 08 Broadway 09 Baroque 10 Waltz 1 11 Waltz 2 12 Waltz 3 13 Waltz 4 14 Waltz 5 15 Jazz Waltz 1 16 Jazz Waltz 2 17 Jazz Waltz 3 18 Bolero 19 Swing 1 20 Swing 2 21 Swing 3 22 Swing 4 23 Swi...

Page 118: ...on 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 2 Data Controls 2 1 PRESET USER Determins the type of rhythm Preset or User 2 2 SET For initially entering a pattern number to an empty position in the pattern row or for replac...

Page 119: ...ess the SEQUENCE button in the DISPLAY SELECT section once again The LED of the button will turn off The LCD will be replaced with the VOICE DISPLAY 4 Playing Rhythm Sequences To play any of the rhythm sequences you have created 1 Press the appropriate SEQ Sequence button on the panel 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 USE...

Page 120: ... A B USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C D RHYTHM SEQ SEQ SEQ SEQ 1 2 3 4 1 2 MAX MIN 2 Press the START button SYNCHRO START INTRO ENDING START FILL IN The rhythm sequences start from the lowest number and play in order automatically to the highest number For example if you press Sequence buttons 4 2 and 1 in that order the sequences will be played back in their numeric order 1 2 then 4 This function ef...

Page 121: ... Sequence data are included in the bulk data that is saved when you record registrations to disk Refer to the section Recording Registrations page 67 for instructions Loading Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm Sequence Data from Disk The Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm Sequence data saved to disk as part of bulk data can instantly be loaded back to the Electone Refer to the section Recalling Recorded Registratio...

Page 122: ...d for the Registration Shift functions see page 54 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 Foot Switch pages To select the Foot Switch pages Press the FOOT SW button in the DISPLAY SELECT section FOOT SWITCH page OFF Cancels left footswitch control VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM ...

Page 123: ...e Ending pattern after which the rhythm is stopped 3 FILLIN Switches the rhythm to the Fill In pattern 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 P...

Page 124: ...elody On Chord function 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 sustain 1 When the knee lever is folded up The sustai...

Page 125: ...ction EXPRESSION Page DEPTH The Depth level increases when the Expression pedal is pressed down You cannot control the Depth by using the Data Control buttons Footswitches Knee Lever and Expression Pedal 9 2 Melody On Chord To select knee lever control over Melody On Chord 1 Press the A B C M O C button in the DISPLAY SELECT section to select the A B C M O C page 2 Then set the KNEE control to ON ...

Page 126: ...ice 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 LK1 UK voice 1 UK1 LEAD 6 0 LEAD voice Cent NOTE When matching the pitch with other instrument use the Clarinet voice on the Lower keyboard VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE RHYTHM PROGRAM TREMOLO FAST FOOT SW REGIST SHIFT EXP PITCH MIDI VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A B C M O C DISPL...

Page 127: ...ct the MIDI page Press the EXP PITCH MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section and select the MIDI page with the Page buttons MIDI CONTROL Page PAGE 1 1 Output Transmit Channels For setting the channels over which MIDI messages will be transmitted The Upper keyboard can be set to send over channels 1 or 4 while the Lower keyboard can send over 2 or 5 The Pedalboard automatically sends over channel...

Page 128: ...e timing control for rhythm synchronization purposes Setting this to Internal gives the Electone timing control over the connected rhythm machine This also allows you to start and stop the rhythms of the connected rhythm machine from the Electone s panel controls Setting this to External gives timing control to the connected rhythm machine 2 3 EXP Determines the control of the expression pedal fun...

Page 129: ...A L R This pair of RCA pin jacks are for connection to an 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 is for connection to external amplif...

Page 130: ...or tone generator is properly connected Playing you Electone can cause the MIDI keyboard or tone generator to be played using its own voices accomplishing thick sound layers The MIDI receive channel of the MIDI keyboard must match the transmit channel of your Electone Various messages including the values how far the expression pedal is pressed down and how hard you play the Electone keyboard can ...

Page 131: ...ard Percussion Bn 04 00 7F 2nd Expression Pedal CONTROL BF 0B 00 7F Expression Pedal CH 16 CH 16 CONTROL Bn 7B 00 All Notes OFF CONTROL Cn nn 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 Can be changed by MIDI CONTROL function Note Number Registration Number System Realtime Messages Code Function F8 Clock fl fl FA Start fl fl FC Stop ...

Page 132: ...ve Registration data fl 22 Request to Receive R S P data fl 24 Request to Receive User pattern data fl 25 Request to Receive User pattern data fl 26 Request to Receive User Voice data fl F0 43 70 70 30 F7 Request to Send Model ID data fl F0 43 70 70 38 7F F7 Bulk Dump Acknowledge fl 00 Bulk Dump Unacknowledge fl Data Exclusive data Control Change Code Message F0 43 70 70 40 45 7F F7 LEFT FOOTSWITC...

Page 133: ...itch Event data fl fl F0 43 70 78 42 Data F7 Current Registration data fl fl Refer to the Switch Cord Model Specific Messages F0 43 70 nn 00 Data F7 Bulk Dump data fl 00 Model ID data fl 01 Request to Send Voice parameter data fl 02 Request to Receive Voice parameter data fl F0 43 70 nn 10 F7 Request to Send all RAM fl 11 Request to Send Registration data fl 12 Request to Send R S P data fl 14 Req...

Page 134: ...00 7F Volume data Rhythm 1A 00 7F Volume data 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 Keyboard 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 Tremolo 60 00 01 00 Chorus 01 Tremolo Rhythm Sequence Program...

Page 135: ... 9nH v 0 0 15 112 116 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 Mode 3 36 96 Mode 1 OMNI ON POLY Mode 3 OMNI OFF POLY 1 2 3 15 16 4 9nH v 1 127 9nH v 0 8nH Received only in External mode 0 15 112 116 0 15 Mode 3 36 96 Modulation Wheel 2nd Expression Pedal Expression Pedal Sustain Refer to MIDI Data Format Received on...

Page 136: ...roximity 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 in surrounding objects such as cabinets or g...

Page 137: ...ings in the Voice Condition display Effects must be selected first in the Voice Condition display page 30 Tremolo must be selected first in the Voice Condition display page 30 The Pan function can only be used if all other effects in the Voice Condition page are set to off page 30 The rhythm has not been started Be sure to use Accompaniment together with the rhythm Since the Accompaniment chords p...

Page 138: ...ruments can be heard or recorded If necessary erase one of the tracks and play the sound The PLAY or RECORD section buttons for selecting parts may be turned off Turn on the appropriate PLAY or RECORD buttons If some song numbers contain a large amount of recorded data the disk may not have enough available memory left to record the normal maximum of 40 songs The amount of recorded data on the dis...

Page 139: ...oadway Baroque Waltz 1 2 3 4 5 Jazz Waltz 1 2 3 Bolero Swing 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jazz Ballad Dixieland 1 2 Bounce 1 2 3 Reggae 1 2 Slow Rock 1 2 3 Tango 1 2 3 Chacha Rhumba Beguine Mambo Salsa Samba 1 2 3 Bossanova 1 2 3 8Beat 1 2 3 4 5 Dance Pop 1 2 3 4 16Beat 1 2 3 4 5 16 Beat Funk 1 2 3 User 1 8 A D 12 Buttons 66 Rhythms Volume Fill In Intro Ending Lead In Auto Variation On Off Start Synchro Start Temp...

Page 140: ...8 ENDING 40 Envelope Parameter 89 EXP EXPRESSION 121 EXP PITCH MIDI 121 122 123 Expression Pedal 7 121 F Fast Forward Reverse 71 FB DELAY 33 FB FLANGER 33 Feed Back VOICE EDIT 89 FEET 30 FILL IN 41 Fingered Chord 46 FLANG FLANGER 30 33 Floppy Disk 58 FM 88 FOOT SW 118 FOOT SWITCH LEFT 118 FOOT SWITCH RIGHT 54 FORMAT 60 G GLIDE CONTROL 119 H HALL REVERB 34 HEADPHONES 125 HOLD 17 I INITIAL 29 INS RE...

Page 141: ... REGIST SHIFT 56 SET SEQUENCE 114 SHIFT MDR 60 SHIFT REGIST SHIFT 54 Single Finger 46 SLOW CHORUS 38 SONG COPY 73 SONG DEL 74 SONG REPEAT 70 SONG SELECT 61 SPEED FLANGER 33 SPEED TREMOLO 38 SPEED VIBRATO 31 SPEED DELAY 33 START 40 STEP WRITE 100 102 STOP CHORUS 38 STOP MDR 62 69 SUSTAIN 35 SYMPH SYMPHONIC 30 32 SYNCHRO START 40 T TEMPO MDR 72 TEMPO RHYTHM 41 TO LOWER 20 TOUCH TONE 29 TOUCH VIB 31 ...

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