Yamaha Electone EL-87 Owner'S Manual Download Page 45

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DELAY & FLANGER Page

Press Page buttons to select Delay and Flanger pages, for Lead, Upper,
Lower or Pedal.

3 DELAY

Delay is a pronounced echo effect, with distinct delayed repeats of the
original sound.

- 1

SPEED
Determines the time between delayed repeats. Range: 0-100

- 2

F.B. (Feedback)
Determines the number of delayed repeats. Range: 0-100

- 3

BAL. (Balance)
Determines the volume of the delay effect, relative to the original
sound. Higher settings produce a louder delay. Range: 0-100

4 FLANGER

Flanger introduces a swirling, animated modulation effect to the sound.

- 1

SPEED
Determines the speed of the modulation. Range: 0-100

- 2

F.B. (Feedback)
Controls the brightness and the metallic sound of the effect.
Range: 0-100

- 3

DEPTH
Determines the intensity of the effect. Range: 0-100

Summary of Contents for Electone EL-87

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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: ... 68 1 Precautions 68 2 Formatting a Disk 70 3 Recording 71 4 Recording Registrations and Bulk Data 77 5 Recalling Recorded Registrations and BulkData 78 6 Replacing Registrations 78 7 Playback 79 8 Other Functions 81 8 Voice Edit 88 1 Editing a Voice 88 2 Saving Your New Voice 93 3 Quitting Voice Edit 94 4 Recalling an Edited Voice 94 5 Selecting Voices from a Voice Disk Optional 95 6 Voice Editin...

Page 6: ...2 Panel Layout Front Panel ...

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Page 9: ...rogrammable 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 See page 49 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...

Page 10: ...n you later use the Electone s more advanced features 2 Turn on the Electone by pressing the POWER switch When you turn on the Electone the following displays will appear one after the other in the LCD display This last display shows the currently assigned voice settings for each voice section as well as the overall balance between the Upper and Lower voices When the Electone is turned on Basic Re...

Page 11: ... the Expression pedal down with your foot Once you have set the MASTER VOLUME control to a suitable level you can use the Expression pedal to change the volume with your foot as you play 2 Basic Registrations The Basic Registration section has five factory preset registrations each with a different set of voices for the Upper Lower keyboards and Pedalboard and each specially suited for playing in ...

Page 12: ...for a specific music style or instrumental combination Included with your Electone is a Registration Menu Disk The disk is packed with 80 different types of registrations including voice and rhythm selections Each registration is pre programmed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination To select registrations from the Registration Menu Disk 1 Put the included Registration M...

Page 13: ...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 retrieve the Re...

Page 14: ...zicato Strings 2 3 4 5 Pizzicato Strings 6 Pizzicato Strings 7 Pizzicato Strings 8 7 A Tremolo Strings 1 Horn 3 2 Horn 1 3 4 5 Tremolo Strings 6 Strings 2 7 Cotrabass 1 8 8 A Mellow Classic 1 Strings 1 2 Strings 2 3 Strings 5 4 5 Strings 1 6 7 Cotrabass 1 8 1 B Strings Quartet 1 Violin 1 2 3 4 5 Violin 3 6 7 Cello 8 2 B Mellow Orchestra 2 1 Cosmic 1 2 Celesta 3 4 Slow Rock 1 5 Strings 2 6 Chorus 2...

Page 15: ...Upright Bass 8 7 A Dixieland 1 1 Clarinet 2 2 3 4 Dixieland 2 5 Banjo 6 7 Upright Bass 8 8 A Sax Fusion 1 1 2 3 Saxphone 2 4 16 Beat 3 5 Electric Piano 2 6 7 Elec Bass 1 8 1 B Marching Band 2 1 Glockenspiel 2 3 Piccolo 4 March 2 5 Brass 1 6 7 Tuba 8 2 B Classic Horn 1 Horn 3 2 3 4 5 Trombone 1 6 7 Tuba 8 3 B Big Band 2 1 Tutti 3 2 3 Trumpet 3 4 Swing 2 Mellow 5 Guitar 2 6 7 Upright Bass 8 4 B Big ...

Page 16: ...ndoneon 4 3 Violin 1 4 Tango 2 5 Piano 1 6 Strings 2 7 Pizzicato Bass 8 8 A Jazz Organ 1 1 Jazz Organ 2 2 Jazz Organ 2 4 3 4 Bossanova 2 5 Pop Organ 1 6 7 Organ Bass 1 8 1 B Piccolo Cute 1 2 Glockenspiel 3 Piccolo 4 Polka 1 5 English Horn 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8 2 B Mellow Flute 1 2 3 Flute 2 4 Slow Rock 1 5 Elec Piano 1 6 7 Elec Bass 3 8 3 B Mellow Oboe 1 2 3 Oboe 2 4 8 Beat 5 5 Pizzicato Strings 6 ...

Page 17: ...ss 8 7 A Guitar Oldies 1 Elec Guitar 2 2 3 4 8 Beat 3 5 Elec Guitar 1 6 7 Elec Bass 3 8 8 A Steel Drum 1 Steel Drum 2 3 4 Reggae 2 5 Pop Organ 1 6 7 Elec Bass 1 8 1 B European Mellow Piano 1 Piano 2 2 3 4 8 Beat 5 5 Piano 2 6 Strings 2 7 Elec Bass 1 8 2 B Electric Piano 2 1 Elec Piano 2 2 3 4 8 Beat 1 5 Elec Piano 2 2 7 Elec Bass 3 8 3 B Western Guitar 1 2 3 Whistle 4 Country 1 5 Guitar 1 6 7 Upri...

Page 18: ...ic 3 2 3 Cosmic 4 4 8 Beat 2 Dance Beat 4 5 Elec Guitar 1 6 Synth Strings 1 7 Elec Bass 3 8 8 A Synth Brass Orchestra 1 1 Tutti 4 2 Brass 2 3 Synth Brass 2 4 Bounce 3 5 Clavi 8 6 Synth Clarinet 7 Synth Bass 3 8 1 B Contemporary 2 1 2 3 Saxphone 2 4 8 Beat 5 Fusion 2 5 Piano 2 6 7 Elec Bass 1 8 2 B Contemporary 4 1 Synth Brass 1 2 Synth Brass 2 3 Synth Brass 1 4 Dance Pop 3 Dance Beat 2 5 Cosmic 3 ...

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Page 20: ...s Selecting a voice rhythm 1 Press the panel voice rhythm button which you want to use For example press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 section 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 Strings 3 in this case The selected voice...

Page 21: ... 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 These buttons are used to select when available the various pages of the display the names of which appear at the top rig...

Page 22: ...18 The Summary of the LCD Operation ...

Page 23: ... the Hold button the button s LED will remain lit as long as Hold is in effect Press the button again to cancel 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 corresponding to the value you wish to change the values will change rapidly toward the maximum or ...

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Page 26: ...g Voices from the Panel Since selection of panel voices follows the same procedure throughout the various voice sections instructions for only the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 are given here To select voices 1 Select a voice from the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 section by pressing one of the Voice buttons in that section 2 Voice Sections NOTE Voices of the Upper and Lower Flute Voice sections are selected by...

Page 27: ...s following steps 1 and 2 above 4 Set the volume for each voice section There 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 Fine Pressing the same panel voice button again or the same Data Control but...

Page 28: ... 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 Registration Memory see page 62 before turning the Electone off You can however restore the panel ...

Page 29: ...ld card Voice Menu selectors any internal or User voices can be selected from these buttons 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 pa...

Page 30: ...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 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 ...

Page 31: ...oices that you ve created in Voice Edit see page 88 or voices from a Voice Disk see page 95 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 ...

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Page 34: ... Horn 8 Muted horn 6 Lead Trumpet 1 8 Standard trumpet for classicals TRUMPET Trumpet 2 8 Jazz trumpet 1 with full bodied sounds Trumpet 3 8 Sweet voice Trumpet 4 8 Jazz trumpet 2 with a peculiar attack Trumpet 5 8 Comical synth trumpet Muted Trp 8 Harmon mute Trombone 1 U16 L8 For legato playing Trombone 2 U16 L8 Bright trombone solo For fast phrases Muted Trb U16 L8 Cup mute Flugel Horn 8 Fluege...

Page 35: ... 8 Standard cembalo Clavi 16 Funky clavi 18 Upper Lower Guitar 1 U16 L8 Folk guitar Steel string GUITAR Guitar 2 U16 L8 Acoustic jazz guitar Tone varies depending on the touch Guitar 3 U16 L8 Classic guitar Suitable to backing for bossanova Banjo 8 For country and dixieland Mandolin 8 Cele Standard mandolin Elec Guitar 1 U16 L8 For backing Elec Guitar 2 U16 L8 For solo playing Muted Guitar U16 L8 ...

Page 36: ...ust like on conventional organs There are eight flute footage settings 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 NOTE Pressing the button again turns the Flute Voice function off the LED also turns off and changes the LCD to the Voice Di...

Page 37: ...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 response creating a pipe organ effect 3 Tremolo Turns the Tremolo effect for the Flute Voice on or off This is the primary on off switch for the Tremolo Chorus effect After this has...

Page 38: ...umber 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 operation has been completed the selected User number in the display will momentarily flash User voices 1 through 8 correspond to those shown in the Menu page below NOTE All settin...

Page 39: ... 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 the process of turning on ...

Page 40: ...from the Reverb Sustain Tremolo and Effect Set pages Each voice has been given certain factory preset effect settings to best enhance its sound However if you wish you can change the sound to suit your preferences by using the controls described in this section The chart below shows the various voice controls and effects for the individual voice sections Available functions are indicated by circle...

Page 41: ...e 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 you str...

Page 42: ...Selects delay See page 41 for the details of the delay setting 3 6 FLANG FLANGER Selects flanger See page 41 for the details of the flanger setting 4 PAN Determines the position of the voice in the stereo image Seven pan positions are available 5 BRIL BRILLIANCE Adjustment of the voice tone Higher settings make the voice brighter This control is the same as on the panel Range 3 3 6 VOL VOLUME Fine...

Page 43: ...a richer sound The higher the value set the higher the pitch Range 0 14 max 16 4cents 1 step Ca 1 2cents NOTE The Delay Depth and Speed settings are not displayed and cannot be adjusted unless USER has been selected in this setting NOTE The User vibrato may not be effective for some voices such as Harmonica2 Electric Piano1 and Synth Chime 3 SLIDE Lead voices only Slide applies a portamento effect...

Page 44: ...o the voice or turn all effects off by selecting OFF To call up Effect 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 1 TREM CHOR TREMOLO CHORUS See Tremolo section on page 46 2 SYMP SYMPHONIC CELESTE Determines the type of the Symphonic effect SYMPHONIC SYMP or CELESTE CELE Symphonic is a subtle echo effect that...

Page 45: ...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 4 FLANGER 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 Controls the brightness and the metallic sound of...

Page 46: ...ocated to the left of the Upper Keyboard Voices section REVERB Page 1 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 ...

Page 47: ...he Lead Voice section Range 0 24 REVERB Page 3 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 mentioned on page 58 Range 0 24 3 RHYTHM PER Percussion Determines the amount of reverb applied to the rhythm pattern percussion sounds mentioned on page 49 Range 0 ...

Page 48: ...o the sound of the Symphonic effect Range 0 24 3 DELAY Determines the amount of reverb applied to the sound of the Delay effect it is adjustable individually for the Upper Lower and Pedal Voice sections Range 0 24 4 FLANGER Determines the amount of reverb applied to the sound of the Flanger effect it is adjustable individually for the Upper Lower and Pedal Voice sections Range 0 24 ...

Page 49: ...ied 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 132 for more information UPPER LOWER PEDAL Determines the length of sustain applied to each keyboard The display shows the current sustain length values for each keyboard Range 0 12 NOTE The values ...

Page 50: ...fast speeds And like a motor driven speaker the characteristic tremolo effect gradually changes speed after 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 ...

Page 51: ...s the Upper Keyboard voices can have the Tremolo effect while the Lead voices have another effect or no effect at all For Lead Upper Lower and Pedal Voice Menu voices Press the desired voice button on the panel twice then select Tremolo Selecting TREM turns on Tremolo for the selected Voice section or the currently assigned voice group For Flute Voices Press the U FLUTE VOICE button and or L FLUTE...

Page 52: ...lo is switched off a slow chorus effect SLOW or STOP Use the SLOW setting when you want to have a constant rotating speaker sound 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 Tremol...

Page 53: ...ting Rhythms from the Panel Ten different rhythm categories in various styles 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 From this display you can a...

Page 54: ...also be used to turn the rhythm off and on in the middle of song However it cannot be used to start the rhythm at the beginning of a song To assign the footswitch for rhythm control see page 131 NOTE ABOUT SYNCHRO START 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 keyboar...

Page 55: ...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 feature is very sensitive to bar beat boundaries you should be...

Page 56: ...ions to be played automatically When set to ON Auto Variation automatically substitutes additional pattern variations to make the rhythm more interesting and complex 2 PERCUSSION BAL Balance Determines the balance between two main sound types of the rhythms the drum sounds and the cymbal sounds Higher settings emphasize the cymbal sounds while lower settings emphasize the drums 3 PERCUSSION VOL Vo...

Page 57: ... from the original Rhythm button and the others from the dotted buttons 1 To select a rhythm from a dotted button 1 Press one of the dotted buttons on the right side of the Rhythm section The Rhythm Menu page appears 2 Select one of the pages with the Page buttons Each page represents the same general rhythm types as those selected from the panel buttons The currently assigned rhythm name appears ...

Page 58: ...ted with the Rhythm Pattern Programmer function See page 122 1 Press Page buttons to select the USER page 2 Press to select the User rhythm number and its Type 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 ...

Page 59: ...55 NOTE The Baroque on the March page is configured with accompaniment only it does not contain any drum or percussion ...

Page 60: ...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 automatically selects the appropriate bass pattern 1 4 Custom A B C Mode The Custom A...

Page 61: ... 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 B or G are played in the same way as those with white key roots Key of C Major chords Press the root of the chord the note that corresponds to th...

Page 62: ... setting of the Accompaniment type and its volume These controls are selected from the Rhythm Menu and Rhythm Condition pages To select and set up the Accompaniment controls 1 Press any of the RHYTHM buttons once 2 Volume Determines the volume of the Accompaniment Accompaniment can also be turned off by setting this parameter to the minimum value Range 0 24 NOTE To turn the Accompaniment function ...

Page 63: ...RD PERCUSSION section 3 Set the rhythm volume The volume 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 4 Play some notes on the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard The various percussion sounds a total of 43 are available have been assigned to the keyboards as shown in the charts below NOTE When the...

Page 64: ...60 Keyboard Percussion Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard Percussion Assignments for the Pedalboard ...

Page 65: ...ELODY 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 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 oper...

Page 66: ...r keyboards for easy access while playing Reverb type Attack mode in Flute Voices 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 settings When the registration is...

Page 67: ... 70 NOTE See pages 77 and 78 for the details on saving recalling registrations to from the M D R 2 Select a song number on the M D R by using the SONG SELECT buttons 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 This operation saves all 16 registrations in Registration Memory to...

Page 68: ...ECT section REGIST SHIFT Page 1 OFF Turns off the Registration Shift assignment 2 SHIFT Selects the Shift mode 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 3 JUMP Selects the Jump mode...

Page 69: ...rols 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 the cursor one step to the left ...

Page 70: ...r 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 deleting a ...

Page 71: ...it erases all your existing data Always save your important data to a floppy disk using M D R see page 68 in advance Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made When the Electone is turned on Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected If you have made panel settings you wish to keep save them to Registration Memory before turning the Electone off You can however restore th...

Page 72: ... 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 pop out When the disk is fully ej...

Page 73: ...r 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 Disks Å To handle floppy disks with care Do not place heavy ...

Page 74: ...n stand by indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the flashing LED above the FORMAT button 3 Press the FORMAT button again to begin formatting The LED above the FORMAT button stays lit The number 160 appears on the LED display and counts down to 001 as the disk is being formatted When formatting is completed operation returns to the original STOP status About SHIFT button You will find the...

Page 75: ...performance The number also indicates the amount of memory left on the disk NOTE The short time it takes 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 ...

Page 76: ... a square on the LED display to indicate the processing for stop both the RECORD and PLAY lamps go out and recording is stopped Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive after 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 perfor...

Page 77: ...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 play the keys ...

Page 78: ...disk 3 Select the song number to which you will record your performance 4 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 pa...

Page 79: ... Percussion part will be recorded as the Lower Pedal data 3 Press the PLAY button and start playing after numbers appear in the display For this example play the lower keyboard and pedalboard 4 Press the STOP button when you are finished with your 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 c...

Page 80: ...h the first parts of the song recording begins immediately While you listen to the parts being played back start playing the melody on the Upper keyboard When the end of the recorded performance is reached playback is automatically stopped and the STOP status is resumed NOTE The CUSTOM PLAY button is used to record or play back the specified track s NOTE The length of a subesquently recorded part ...

Page 81: ...s by themselves without recording a performance Bulk data including Registration Memory and Registration Shift settings Rhythm Pattern User rhythms and Rhythm Sequence data and User voices is also saved in the operation There are two ways to record the registrations and bulk data 1 To record only the registrations and bulk data 1 On the Electone set the registrations and all other data you wish to...

Page 82: ...Registrations The M D R also lets you change the registrations of an existing song without changing the performance data The procedure is the same as that of Recording Registrations mentioned in the previous page To 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 ...

Page 83: ...n the illustration on the right 2 To play back the selected part s You can also play back the selected parts of your recorded performance while other parts are temporarily turned off This function is especially useful for playing a single part such as the melody over previously recorded accompaniment parts To select specific parts for playback 1 Select the number of the song to be played back 2 Se...

Page 84: ... only the selected song 1 Again hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press the SONG REPEAT button SinG appears on the LED display to indicate that a single song will be repeatedly played back 2 Press the PLAY button to begin playback of the song Playback will begin from the song selected and repeat indefinitely To stop playback press the STOP button NOTE Repated Playback is not possible i...

Page 85: ...u ve advanced or reversed to press the PLAY button 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 NOTE If you hold down the SHIFT and press CUSTOM PLAY all data except for that of Rhythm Pattern Program Rhythm Sequence and User voices will b...

Page 86: ...restore the original recording tempo of a song hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press both TEMPO buttons 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 NOTE Tempo changes remain in effect even through changes in song number I...

Page 87: ...t flashing indicating that the M D R is ready to copy If all songs numbers contain 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 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 ...

Page 88: ...omatically 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 same For example use 2DD for the disk to be copied destination if the...

Page 89: ...ted as the disk is being copied out 2 appears on the LED display 6 Eject the destination disk In 1 appears on the LED display again 7 Repeat the procedures 3 through 6 as indicated on the LED display The number of times you repeat depend on the size of the data to be copied and the disk type 2DD type 2 16 times 2HD 2 31 When finished End will appear on the LCD display for 2 or 3 seconds NOTE Fort ...

Page 90: ...D disks 9 Registration Menus and Voice Disks The M D R also allows you to select registrations and voices from disks For more information about Registration Menus see page 8 for more on Voice Disks see page 95 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 ...

Page 91: ... 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 data was received...

Page 92: ...e 96 to get a firmer understanding of the principles behind voice editing NOTE Only panel voices and Voice Menu voices can be edited with the Voice Edit controls Flute Voices have their own editing controls and cannot be edited here 2 press desired Voice button After you have selected a voice Piano 1 in this example the following LCD will appear 8 Voice Edit 2 While holding down the VOICE EDIT but...

Page 93: ...second from the left to select an Operator The currently selected Operator number is surrounded by the Brackets Pressing the Å button move the Brackets counter clockwise and pressing the Å 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 3 Repeat the above process for all of the Op...

Page 94: ...ttings 2 To edit the FM Operators 1 Adjust the Envelope Parameters of Operator 1 after turning off the other Operators The Envelope Parameters control the level of the sound and how that level changes over time See page 99 for more information For now try making some of these changes in the envelope Adjust the OL Output Level parameter Changing the OL parameter affects the volume of the selected O...

Page 95: ...ngs 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 or more ...

Page 96: ... sound brighter 3 Adjust the RES Resonance setting and listen to how they affect the sound The higher setting results in a more pronounced sound NOTE The resonance setting may depend on the frequency cut off point you set Stressing the resonance after lowering the cut off point can produce a remarkable effect Stressing the resonance may cause a noise 4 Finally turn all of the other Operators back ...

Page 97: ...selected User number 3 Press any of the Data Control buttons below OK 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 ...

Page 98: ...ct OK to quit the Voice Edit function or Cancel to abort the operation and return to the previous display 4 Recalling an Edited Voice Once the voice has been saved it can be selected from the last page USER of the dotted buttons Voice Menu see page 27 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 3 Press the...

Page 99: ...User Voice 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 3 ...

Page 100: ...roduces one very simple type of sound a pure sine wave A 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 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 carrie...

Page 101: ...t off Determines the cut off frequency filter or the frequency point to filter out the specific frequency range See diagram below Range 128 127 The filter removes a specified range of frequencies from the sound and allows the rest to pass through thus giving you powerful control over the sound s characteristics The EL 87 has three types of filters High Pass Filter which passes the frequencies abov...

Page 102: ...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 for the level to reach 0 after the key is released Range 0 63 3 RES Resonance Determines the emphasis around the cut ...

Page 103: ...ulator changes the tone will change If the output level of the carrier changes the volume will change 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 encircles the right side of the Operato...

Page 104: ...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 the carrier and modulator 11 To reduce the sound rapidly Raise 3 and 5 of th...

Page 105: ...FM Operators In this case a piccolo 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 piccolo sound is added to the glockenspiel voice Ex 4 Changing the Trumpet5 voice to a funny trumpet Not all the Operators are used to create a voice Replace the active Operators with the inactive...

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Page 107: ...lin 4 105 111 Pizz Violin 104 Cello 0 Sustained Contrabass 0 0 Synth Strings 96 96 Pizz Bass 120 Upright Bass 0 Brass 1 106 Harder playing Trumpet Soffer playing Horn 98 Synth Brass 97 90 Brass 4 104 Synth Brass 1 114 115 Synth Lead 114 114 Horn 95 Addition to Horn 89 Horn 3 113 Horn 0 Trumpet 0 Trumpet 0 Trumpet 0 Trumpet 0 Trumpet 5 113 116 Trombone 0 Trombone 0 Trombone 0 Addition to the Higher...

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Page 109: ... 0 Saxophone 16 0 Saxophone 4 0 Saxophone 8 0 OL1 Clarinet OL3 Flute 110 116 OL1 Slow Strings OL3 Synth Brass 91 107 Brass 107 Brass 105 Horn 104 Horn 109 Vocal 77 72 Vocal 69 64 Vocal 51 63 Vocal 0 0 Harmonica 1 114 Harmonica 2 77 Jazz Organ 83 71 75 Briliant Organ 103 92 86 Organ 3 95 105 Organ 4 109 93 104 Jazz Organ 1 108 108 100 Jazz Organ 2 109 92 91 Jazz Organ 3 105 95 100 78 Pop Organ 1 92...

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Page 111: ...arp 0 Koto 115 Harpsichord in the Lower Range 102 Cosmic 96 106 124 Glocken 107 112 114 Celesta 115 121 106 Marimba s Support 87 77 OL1 Sine Wave decay OL3 One Octave Higher 93 0 Chime 4 0 0 Synth Chime 106 100 Steel Drum Lower range 95 Addition to the Lower Range 112 105 Addition to the Higher Range 108 Addition to Elec Bass 87 Synth Bass 1 115 Addition to Synth Bass 2 112 112 Addition to Synth B...

Page 112: ...sion sounds of the Electone The Rhythm Sequence Program lets you connect your original rhythms together with the Preset rhythms to create complete rhythm tracks which you can automatically play back during your performance 9 Rhythm Pattern Program and Rhythm Sequence Program Outline of the Rhythm Programming Operation The following is a brief outline of the steps necessary in programming your own ...

Page 113: ...ll up the Rhythm Pattern Program function 1 Press and hold down the PATTERN button in the DISPLAY SELECT section The LED of the button lights and the display prompts you to select a rhythm NOTE Pressing the PATTERN button here also automatically stops the rhythms and rhythm sequences NOTE Use of the playback and recording functions on the Music Disk Recorder automatically cancels the Rhythm Progra...

Page 114: ...ding 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 differ in vo...

Page 115: ...owing chart Assigned to the Upper Keyboard 35 types Assigned to the Lower Keyboard 43 types The instrument assignments are the same as the ones in the Keyboard Percussion feature NOTE Tom 1 2 and 3 on the Upper and Lower keyboards are the same 2 Percussion Sounds Used for Rhythm Pattern Program NOTE The sounds of the Upper keyboard can be used only in Rhythm Pattern Programming ...

Page 116: ...ation is selected depends on the play status of the rhythm If the rhythm is stopped Step Write is automatically selected If the rhythm is playing Real Time Write is selected Simply press the START button in the Rhythm section on the panel to start or stop the rhythm and switch between the two modes 5 Setting the Beat Quantize Values The BEAT QUANTIZE page is automatically displayed when calling up...

Page 117: ...g 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 metronome is automa...

Page 118: ...ck number to step through the 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 rhyt...

Page 119: ...trument has been erased You can erase all of the sounds on all 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 follo...

Page 120: ...ds 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 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 selected position in the pattern shown in ...

Page 121: ...y correct the timing of the notes you play according to the specified Quantize resolution The range can be corrected is within 50 percent of the selected note Quantize value With Step Write It allows you to automatically correct the length duration and timing of each note you enter The finest timing is a Click 1 24 beat advances 16 clicks every step ...

Page 122: ...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 instrument sound is recorded and automatically assigned to a sep...

Page 123: ...ding to the desired rhythm type in the Rhythm section on the panel 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 set the Accompaniment volume To do this press the same Data Control button as you did in step 3 above ...

Page 124: ...ewly 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 5 variations can be saved SAVE Page 1 USER1 8 USER Numbers 2 A D Variations 3 FILL Fill In 4 Remaining Memory Indicates the amount of memory available for storing rhythms...

Page 125: ...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 DISPLAY SELECT section once again If a rhythm is playing it will ...

Page 126: ... Dotted buttons in the Rhythm section 2 Select the USER page with the Page buttons 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 patterns by selecting the desired User number and pressing the FILL IN button in the Rhythm section on t...

Page 127: ...1 Press the SEQUENCE button in the DISPLAY SELECT section The LEDs of the numbered Sequence buttons in the Rhythm section on the panel will flash and the following display will prompt you to select a sequence number 2 Press one of the Sequence buttons to call up the Rhythm Sequence display In this display different rhythms both Preset rhythms and User rhythms that you created with the Rhythm Patte...

Page 128: ...to the second measure may succeed the sequence That means some of the User rhythms inserted in a rhythm sequence may begin from its second measure To keep this from happening and begin the newly selected rhythm from the first measure insert a different type Fill In before using the new rhythm pattern 2 Programming a Sequence 1 Select the type of rhythm you wish to enter Preset or User 2 Select the...

Page 129: ...hold down the appropriate rhythm control button on the panel INTRO ENDING or FILL IN and simultaneously press the Data Control button corresponding to SET 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 Swi...

Page 130: ...ne measure to the right NOTE An Intro or Fill In pattern entered to the first position is not registered as a measure and the current measure display shows Bar even though a pattern has been entered 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 replacing a pattern at the cur...

Page 131: ...nd call up that registration when editing the sequence 3 Quitting Rhythm Sequence Program To quit the Rhythm Sequence Program Press the SEQUENCE button in the DISPLAY SELECT section once again The LED of the button will turn off 4 Playing Rhythm Sequences To play any of the rhythm sequences you have created 1 Press the appropriate Sequence button on the panel 2 Press the rhythm START button When o...

Page 132: ...EDs are all lit 2 Press the START button 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 effectively allows you to make a long rhythm sequence that exceeds the 120 pattern memory limit of a single...

Page 133: ...e data are included in the bulk data that is saved when you record registrations to disk Refer to the section Recording Registrations page 77 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 Registrations page ...

Page 134: ...f 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 These leg and foot operated controls allow you to turn on and execute various performance functions without taking your hands from the keyboa...

Page 135: ...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 1 Voice Sections The Glide function can be applied to any or all of the voice sections shown in the display U...

Page 136: ...o turn on 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 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...

Page 137: ...ON the Melody On Chord cannot be applied without using the knee lever 3 Lead Slide To select knee lever control over Lead Slide 1 Call up the Lead Condition display by twice pressing a Lead Voice button or the Data Control button corresponding to a Lead voice 2 Select PAGE 2 by pressing Page buttons 3 Then select KNEE and set the TIME parameter in the SLIDE controls 4 Press the knee lever continuo...

Page 138: ...This display shows how far the expression pedal is pressed To select the Expression page Press the EXP PITCH MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section 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 ...

Page 139: ... below the two cannot be used independently 2 PITCH BEND Selects the voice sections to which the Pitch Bend function will be applied Pitch Bend can be selected independently or together for Lead Voices and Upper Voices 1 and 2 When on pressing the pedal with your toe raises the pitch pressing it with your heel lowers the pitch Tempo Control 1 MODE Determines the range of the Tempo control The NARR...

Page 140: ...ose and Pitch Controls There are two pitch related controls on the Electone Transpose and Pitch Transpose allows you to change the key of the instrument and Pitch lets you finely adjust the tuning These features make it easy to change the key of a song to accommodate a vocalist s range or to precisely match the tuning of another instrument NOTE The default Pitch is 440 0Hz A3 NOTE The pitch change...

Page 141: ...IDI controls an LCD contrast control is also included on the MIDI page To select 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 1 Output Transmit Channels For setting the channels over which MIDI information will be transmitted The Upper keyboard can be set to send over channels 1 or 4 while the Lower key...

Page 142: ...g 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 functions ...

Page 143: ...nnected 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 1 AUX OUT Phone L R 2 2 AUX OUT RCA L R These two separate sets of stereo outputs are for connection to external amplification speaker systems The phone jacks 2 1 are for connection to keyboard amplifiers and mixers the RCA pin ja...

Page 144: ...DI OUT jack If a MIDI keyboard 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 ...

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Page 148: ... 31 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON To Lower Lead 36 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON PK Voice 1 37 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON PK Voice 2 38 00 01 00 OFF 01 ON Brilliance UK Voices 1 42 00 06 00 Brilliant 06 Mellow LK Voices 1 43 00 06 00 Brilliant 06 Mellow UK Voices 2 44 00 06 00 Brilliant 06 Mellow LK Voices 2 45 00 06 00 Brilliant 06 Mellow LEAD 46 00 06 00 Brilliant 06 Mellow PK Voice 1 47 00 06 00 Brilliant 06 Mellow PK Voice...

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Page 150: ...ower tool such as drill is used in the proximity of the Electone If this occurs plug the Electone into an electrical outlet located as far as possible from the device that seems to be the source of the problem This is caused by the proximity of a high power broadcasting station or amateur ham radio setup Because the Electone is capable of producing powerful bass sounds resonance may be caused in s...

Page 151: ...only the highest note will be sounded highest note priority The Single Finger or Fingered Chord mode of Auto Bass Chord is on Turn off the mode in the display See page 56 Adjust the Touch Tone settings in the Voice Condition display Since the Accompaniment chords play automatically one after another the Lower keyboard is designed not to produce any sound during the playback of an Intro Ending patt...

Page 152: ...then hold down the SHIFT button while you press the UPPER button selecting Lead 2 During playback you forgot to set the LEAD PLAY button to on The M D R is designed so that the rhythm cannot be started at the very beginning of a recording If you wish to use the rhythm start it after the available memory display appears on the M D R display During playback you removed the disk by pressing the EJECT...

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Page 154: ...rward Reverse 81 FB DELAY 41 FB FLANGER 41 Feed Back VOICE EDIT 99 FEET 38 FILL IN 51 Fingered Chord 56 FIRST FLUTE VOICE 33 FLANG FLANGER 38 40 Floppy Disk 69 Flute Voice 32 FM 98 FOOT SW 130 FOOT SWITCH LEFT 130 FOOT SWITCH RIGHT 64 FOOTAGE 32 FORMAT 70 FROM PRESET USER VOICE 35 G GLIDE CONTROL 131 H HALL REVERB 42 HEADPHONES 139 High Pass Filter 97 HOLD 19 I INITIAL 37 INS REGIST SHIFT 66 INS S...

Page 155: ... SET SEQUENCE 126 SHIFT MDR 70 SHIFT REGIST SHIFT 64 Single Finger 56 SLIDE 39 SLOW CHORUS 48 SONG COPY 83 SONG DEL 84 SONG REPEAT 80 SONG SELECT 71 SPEED FLANGER 41 SPEED TREMOLO 40 48 SPEED VIBRATO 39 SPEED DELAY 41 START 50 STEP WRITE 114 STOP CHORUS 40 48 STOP MDR 72 79 SUSTAIN 45 SYMPH SYMPHONIC 38 40 SYNCHRO START 50 T TEMPO 2ND EXPRESSION 135 TEMPO MDR 82 TEMPO RHYTHM 51 TIME GLIDE 131 TIME...

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