Yamaha EL-57 Specification

Yamaha EL-57 is a versatile electronic keyboard that combines classic piano sounds with a variety of other instruments and features. With its 61 touch-sensitive keys, you can play expressively and dynamically. The EL-57 also features a variety of accompaniment styles, allowing you to create full-sounding arrangements with just your left hand. Whether you're a beginner or a more experienced player, the EL-57 is a great choice for making music.

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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

SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION

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Please observe all cautions indicated on this page and those indicated in the safety instruction section.

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We sincerely believe that our products and the production methods used to produce them, meet these goals. In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law, we want you to be aware of the following:

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE

COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE

PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO

QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

See the name plate for graphic symbol markings.

The exclamation point within the equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the present of important o p e r a t i n g a n d m a i n t e n a n c e

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BATTERY NOTICE: This product MAY contain a small nonrechargeable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement.

WARNING: Do not attempt to recharge, disassemble, or incinerate this type of battery. Keep all batteries away from children. Dispose of used batteries promptly and as regulated by applicable laws. Note: In some areas, the servicer is required by law to return the defective parts.

However, you do have the option of having the servicer dispose of these parts for you.

DISPOSAL NOTICE: Should this product become damaged beyond repair, or for some reason its useful life is considered to be at an end, please observe all local, state, and federal regulations that relate to the disposal of products that contain lead, batteries, plastics, etc.

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Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requesting service.

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You should record the model number, serial number, and the date of purchase in the spaces provided below and retain this manual as a permanent record of your purchase.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All Yamaha electronic products are tested and approved by an independent safety testing laboratory in order that you may be sure that when it is properly installed and used in its normal and customary manner, all foreseeable risks have been eliminated. DO NOT modify this unit or commission others to do so unless specifically authorized by Yamaha.

Product performance and/or safety standards may be diminished. Claims filed under the expressed warranty may be denied if the unit is/has been modified. Implied warranties may also be affected.

SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. However, Yamaha reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications without notice or obligation to update existing units.

92-469➀

Model

Serial No.

Purchase Date

(1)B-2

PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference.

WARNING

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Do not open the instrument or attempt to disassemble the internal parts or modify them in any way. The instrument contains no user-serviceable parts.

If it should appear to be malfunctioning, discontinue use immediately and have it inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not expose the instrument to rain, use it near water or in damp or wet conditions, or place containers on it containing liquids which might spill into any openings.

• If the power cord or plug becomes frayed or damaged, or if there is a sudden loss of sound during use of the instrument, or if any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be caused by it, immediately turn off the power switch, disconnect the electric plug from the outlet, and have the instrument inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel.

• Only use the voltage specified as correct for the instrument. The required voltage is printed on the name plate of the instrument.

• Before cleaning the instrument, always remove the electric plug from the outlet. Never insert or remove an electric plug with wet hands.

• Check the electric plug periodically and remove any dirt or dust which may have accumulated on it.

CAUTION

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Do not place the power cord near heat sources such as heaters or radiators, and do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects on it, or place it in a position where anyone could walk on, trip over, or roll anything over it.

• When removing the electric plug from the instrument or an outlet, always hold the plug itself and not the cord. Pulling by the cord can damage it.

• Do not connect the instrument to an electrical outlet using a multipleconnector. Doing so can result in lower sound quality, or possibly cause overheating in the outlet.

• Remove the electric plug from the outlet when the instrument is not to be used for extended periods of time, or during electrical storms.

• Before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components, set all volume levels to minimum.

• Do not expose the instrument to excessive dust or vibrations, or extreme cold or heat (such as in direct sunlight, near a heater, or in a car during the day) to prevent the possibility of panel disfiguration or damage to the internal components.

• Do not use the instrument near other electrical products such as televisions, radios, or speakers, since this might cause interference which can affect proper operation of the other products.

• Do not place the instrument in an unstable position where it might accidentally fall over.

• Before moving the instrument, remove all connected cables.

• When cleaning the instrument, use a soft, dry cloth. Do not use paint thinners, solvents, cleaning fluids, or chemical-impregnated wiping cloths. Also, do not place vinyl, plastic or rubber objects on the instrument, since this might discolor the panel or keyboard.

• Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do not use excessive force on the buttons, switches or connectors.

• Take care that the key cover does not pinch your fingers, and do not insert a finger or hand in the key cover gap.

• Never insert or drop paper or metallic or other objects between the slits of the key cover and the keyboard. If this happens, immediately turn off the power and remove the electric plug from the outlet and have the instrument inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel.

• Do not place the instrument against a wall (allow at least 3 cm/one-inch from the wall), since this can cause inadequate air circulation, and possibly result in the instrument overheating.

• Read carefully the attached documentation explaining the assembly process.

Failure to assemble the instrument in the proper sequence might result in damage to the instrument or even injury.

• Do not operate the instrument for a long period of time at a high or uncomfortable volume level, since this can cause permanent hearing loss. If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears, consult a physician.

■USING THE BENCH

• Do not play carelessly with or stand on the bench. Using it as a tool or stepladder or for any other purpose might result in accident or injury.

• Only one person should sit on the bench at a time, in order to prevent the possibility of accident or injury.

• If the bench screws become loose due to extensive long-term use, tighten them periodically using the included tool.

■SAVING USER DATA

• Always save data to a floppy disk frequently, in order to help prevent the loss of important data due to a malfunction or user operating error.

Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by improper use or modifications to the instrument, or data that is lost or destroyed.

Always turn the power off when the instrument is not in use.

Congratulations!

You are the proud owner of a fine electronic organ, Electone EL-87.

The Yamaha EL-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 potential, we urge you to read the manual thoroughly while trying out the various features described.

Keep the manual in a safe place for later reference.

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.

Panel Layout ..........................................2

Main Features ........................................5

1 Quick Introductory Guide ...............6

1 Getting Started ............................................. 6

2 Basic Registrations ....................................... 7

3 Registration Menu Disk ................................ 8

4 Basic Operation ......................................... 13

5 Using the LCD Display ............................... 14

2 Voice Sections ................................ 18

1 Selecting Voices from the Panel ................. 18

2 Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons ... 21

3 Voice Menus ............................................. 23

3 Voice Controls and Effects ............ 28

1 Selecting from Voice Condition Pages ........ 29

[PAGE 1] ...................................................... 29

1) Touch Tone .......................................... 29

2) Feet ...................................................... 30

3) Effect (On/Off) ...................................... 30

4) Pan ....................................................... 30

[PAGE 2] ...................................................... 31

1) Vibrato ................................................. 31

2) Touch Vibrato ....................................... 31

2 Selecting from Effect Set Pages ................... 32

1) Tremolo/Chorus .................................... 32

2) Symphonic/Celeste ............................... 32

3) Delay ................................................... 33

4) Flanger ................................................. 33

3 Selecting from the Panel ............................. 34

1) Reverb .................................................. 34

2) Sustain .................................................. 35

3) Tremolo/Chorus .................................... 36

4 Rhythm and Accompaniment ....... 39

1 Selecting Rhythms from the Panel ............... 39

2 Rhythm Condition Page ............................. 42

3 Dotted Buttons and User Rhythms .............. 43

4 Rhythm Menus .......................................... 44

5 Automatic Accompaniment-Auto Bass Chord

(A.B.C.) ................................................................. 46

6 Accompaniment Controls ........................... 48

7 Keyboard Percussion .................................. 49

8 Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) ....................... 51

8 Rhythm Program ............................ 96

Outline of the Rhythm Programming Operation ..... 96

1 Rhythm Pattern Program ............................ 97

1) Entering Rhythm Pattern Program .......... 97

2) Percussion Sounds Used for Rhythm

Pattern Program .................................... 99

3) Step Write and Real Time Write .......... 100

4) Selecting Step Write or Real Time Write

Operation ........................................... 100

5) Setting the Beat/Quantize Values ......... 100

6) Entering Percussion Sounds to a Rhythm

Pattern ................................................ 101

7) Editing with Step Write ....................... 102

8) Editing with Real Time Write ............... 106

9) Selecting Accompaniment Patterns ...... 107

10)Saving Rhythm Patterns ....................... 108

11)Quitting Rhythm Pattern Program ........ 109

12)Recalling User Rhythm Patterns ........... 110

2 Rhythm Sequence Program ...................... 111

1) Selecting a Sequence .......................... 111

2) Programming a Sequence ................... 112

3) Quitting Rhythm Sequence Program .... 115

4) Playing Rhythm Sequences ................. 115

5) Playing All Sequences in Order ........... 116

9 Footswitches, Knee Lever and

Expression Pedal ........................ 118

1 Footswitch ............................................... 118

2 Knee Lever ............................................... 120

3 Expression Pedals ..................................... 121

5 Registration Memory ..................... 52

1 Storing Registrations ................................... 52

2 Selecting Registrations ................................ 52

3 Saving the Registration Data to Disk ........... 63

4 Registration Shift ........................................ 54

8 Other Functions ......................................... 71

1) Custom Play ......................................... 71

2) Pause ................................................... 71

3) Fast Forward and Fast Reverse ............... 71

4) Changing the Tempo ............................. 72

5) Song Copy ............................................ 73

6) Song Delete .......................................... 74

7) Disk Copy ............................................ 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

6 Music Disk Recorder ..................... 58

1 Precautions ................................................ 58

2 Formatting a Disk ....................................... 60

3 Recording .................................................. 61

4 Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) ..... 67

5 Recalling Recorded Registrations (and BulkData) ........ 68

6 Replacing Registrations .............................. 68

7 Playback .................................................... 69

10 Transpose and Pitch Controls ... 122

11 MIDI ............................................ 123

12 Accessory Jacks and Controls ... 125

13 Appendix .................................... 126

MIDI ........................................................... 126

MIDI Data Format ........................................ 127

MIDI Implementation Chart ......................... 131

Troubleshooting ........................................... 132

Specifications .............................................. 135

Index ........................................................... 136

1 Quick

Introductory Guide

Voice Sections

3 Voice Controls and Effects

4 Rhythm and

Accompaniment

Registration Memory

Music Disk Recorder

Voice Edit

Rhythm Program

9 Footswitches,

Knee Lever and Expression Pedal

10 Transpose and Pitch Controls

MIDI

12 Accessory Jacks and Controls

Appendix

Panel Layout

Front Panel

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

(Page 18)

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

(Page 18)

REVERB

(Page 34)

SUSTAIN

(Page 35)

Rhythm Section

(Page 39)

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

PEDAL

INTRO.

ENDING

REVERB

MAX

MIN

SUSTAIN

UPPER

(KNEE)

LOWER

(KNEE)

PEDAL

SEQ.

RHYTHM

MARCH

USER 1

WALTZ

USER 2

SWING

USER 3

BOUNCE

USER 4

SLOW

ROCK

SEQ.

TANGO

USER 5

LATIN 1

USER 6

LATIN 2

USER 7

8 BEAT

USER 8

16 BEAT

VOLUME

MAX

MIN

TEMPO

BAR/BEAT

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

MAX

MIN

STRINGS BRASS

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HORN 1

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

MAX

MIN

BASIC

REGIST.

TEMPO

SYNCHRO

START

FILL IN

KEYBOARD PERCUSSION

(Page 49)

/TO DISK

M./TO DISK Button

(Page 52)

BASIC REGIST.

(Page 7)

1 2 3

Registration Memory Buttons

(Page 52)

LCD Display

(Page 14)

DISPLAY SELECT

(Page 4)

LEAD VOICE

(Page 18)

PEDAL VOICE

(Page 18)

MASTER VOLUME

(Page 7)

ATA CONTROL

PAGE

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

COARSE HOLD

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

VIOLIN

LEAD VOICE

FLUTE 1

MAX

OBOE TRUM-

PET

LOWER

MIN

PEDAL VOICE

CONTRA

BASS

ELEC.

BASS

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

MAX

MIN

MASTER VOLUME

Monitor Speaker

5 6 7 8

RECORD

UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL

POWER

SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

Floppy Disk Slot

LED (Lamp in-use) Eject Button

D (Disable) Button

(Page 52)

POWER

(Page 6)

MUSIC DISK

RECORDER

(Page 58)

LCD/Display Select

LCD Display (Page 14)

PAGE

COARSE HOLD

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

VOICE DISPLAY Button (Page 20)

EFFECT SET Button (Page 32)

A. B. C. /M. O. C. Button (Page 47)

FOOT SW. 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)

TREMOLO (FAST) Button (Page 38)

DISPLAY SELECT DATA CONTROL

DATA CONTROL Buttons (Page 9)

HOLD Button (Page 17)

COARSE Button (Page 17)

Others

Monitor Speskers

Jacks (Page 125)

Speaker Unit

Keyboard Cover/Music Stand

Front Panel (Page 2)

Upper Keyboard

Lower Keyboard

MIDI Jacks (Page 125)

Knee Lever (Page 120)

Right-Footswitch (Page 54)

Left-Footswitch (page 118)

Expression Pedal (Page 121)

Pedalboard

Main Features

Your Yamaha Electone is packed with many sophisticated functions. Yet is amazingly easy to use. The main features are briefly described here so that you can quickly understand the capabilities of your Electone.

Included among the main features are:

1

Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds

The new AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) and FM (Frequency Modulation) tone generation technologies combined with authentic touch response for individual instrument voices, make this Electone a truly expressive musical instrument. (page 18)

2

Original Voice Creation

The Electone also provides easy-to-use voice editing tools for manipulating the sophisticated

AWM and FM tone generation technologies, allowing you to create your own original

Electone voices. (page 78)

3

Dynamic and Programmable Rhythm Patterns

The Rhythm section of the Electone features authentic drum and percussion sounds, used by expert rhythm programmers in creating a total of 66 rhythm patterns, ranging across all styles of music. (page 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 with a full range of high-quality effects, ranging from

Tremolo (for reproducing the sound of a rotating speaker) and Reverb to Flanger and Delay.

(page 28)

5

Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder

The Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder for recording your registrations and performances. The recording is completely digital and is stored to disk, which means that no matter how many times you play back the recording, it will always sound exactly the same as the original performance. (page 58)

6

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for Systematic, Intuitive Operation

The LCD display provides comprehensive and easy-to-understand control over virtually all of the operations of the Electone.

Quick Introductory Guide

Whether you are an advanced Electone performer or have never touched an electronic keyboard in your life, we recommend that you take the time to go through this basic 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.

Getting Started

1 Plug the power cord in to an appropriate electrical outlet.

Yamaha products are manufactured specifically for the supply voltage in the area where they are to be sold. If you should move, or if any doubt exists about the supply voltage, please consult with a qualified technician.

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:

This last display, Voice Display, shows the currently assigned voice settings for each voice section, as well as the overall balance between the Upper and Lower voices. For information on the Voice Display see page 20.

When the Electone is turned on, Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected.

3 Set the MASTER VOLUME control.

The MASTER VOLUME control is an overall control which affects the volume of the entire instrument.

MASTER VOLUME

4 Press 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.

Maximum volume Minimum volume

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 a different music style.

To select Basic Registrations:

When you turn the power on, the Electone automatically selects 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

Contrabass

Basic

Ragistration 2

Brass

Horn1

Tuba

Basic

Ragistration 3

Flute

Piano

Contrabass

Basic

Ragistration 4

Cosmic 1

Cosmic 2

Basic

Ragistration 5

Synth. Brass

Cosmic 3

Synth. Bass

If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to

Registration Memory (p. 52) before turning the Electone off. You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. See page 57 for more information.

BASIC

REGIST.

Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made. When the Electone is turned on, Basic

Registration 1 is automatically selected.

NOTE:

See page 58 for more information on the Music Disk Recorder.

NOTE:

See page 10 for the complete list of the Registration Menus.

NOTE:

While you are in the Voice Edit mode or Rhythm Pattern/Sequence Program mode, the Registration Menus cannot be displayed on the LCD.

Registration Menu Disk

The Electone includes convenient Registrations that let you completely and instantly change the voices and other settings for all of the keyboards, even as you play. Each registration is preprogrammed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination.

Your Electone includ two Registration Menu Disks: Disk 1 and Disk

2. The Registration Menu Disk 1 is packed with 80 different types of registrations, including voice and rhythm selections, while the

Registration Menu Disk 2 with 40. Each registration is preprogrammed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination.

To select registrations from the Registration Menu Disks:

Put either of the included Registration Menu Disks (with the label of the disk facing upward and the sliding shutter facing forward) into the Disk slot, located just under the Music Disk

Recorder at the right side of the Electone.

Once you've securely inserted the disk into the slot, the LCD

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 Disk 2) shown at the top right corner of the LCD indicate this

Registration Menu Disk contains five (or four) pages.

2 Press the Page button to select the various menu "pages" of registrations available on the disk.

PAGE

When the page numbers are displayed at the top right corner, you can select the pages by pressing the Page buttons, [ F] to select next page and [

E] to select previous page.

3 Select one of the registrations shown on the LCD by pressing the appropriate Data Control button.

Up to 16 registration selections are shown on the LCD, and the

16 Data Control buttons correspond to those selections.

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 retrieve the

Registration Menu display.

Registration Menu List

Disk 1

Page 1

No.

LCD Display Sound Image

STRINGS1

STRINGS2

Orchestra

Pop Strings

STRINGS3

STRINGS4

STRINGS5

STRINGS6

STRINGS7

STRINGS8

BRASS1

BRASS2

BRASS3

Chamber Strings

Solo Violin

Pops Orchestra 1

Pizzicato Strings

Pops Orchestra 2

Strings Ensemble

Marching Band

Solo Trumpet

Big Band 1

BRASS4

BRASS5

BRASS6

BRASS7

BRASS8

Solo Trombone

Big Band 2 (Saxophone Ensemble)

Jazz Combo 1 (Trumpet)

Dixieland

Solo Saxophone

Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice

Strings

–

Violin

Whistle

Violin

Strings

Pizzicato Strings

Strings

Brass

Harpsichord

–

Trumpet

Strings (16')

Trombone

Trumpet

Saxophone

–

Brass

Saxophone

–

Trombone

Saxophone (8')

Trumpet

Clarinet

Saxophone

Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

Horn

Strings

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Strings

Pizzicato Strings

Brass

Strings

Brass

Horn

Trombone

Pizzicato Bass

Contrabass

Elec. Bass

Pizzicato Strings

Pizzicato Bass

Contrabass

Tuba

Pizzicato Bass

Saxophone

Piano

Elec. Bass

Piano

Elec. Piano

Pizzicato Bass

Elec. Bass (16')

Rhythm (Tempo)

–

8Beat 1 (115)

–

Polka (130)

–

March (120)

–

Swing 1 (168)

Swing 2 (125)

Swing 1 (136)

Bossanova 2 (160)

Dixie (96)

16Beat 3 (80)

Page 2

No.

LCD Display Sound Image

LEAD1

LEAD2

Woodwind Ensemble

Solo Flute

LEAD3

LEAD4

LEAD5

Solo Oboe

Polka

Whistle

LEAD6

LEAD7

LEAD8

DECAY1

DECAY2

DECAY3

DECAY4

DECAY5

DECAY6

DECAY7

DECAY8

Harmonica

Tango

Jazz Organ

Acoustic Piano

Elec. Piano

Honky Tonk Piano

Jazz Guitar

Marimba

Fantasy 1

Elec. Guitar

Oriental

Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice

Oboe

–

Flute

–

Oboe

Clarinet

Whistle

Harmonica

Jazz Organ

Piano

Elec. Piano

Piano

Elec. Bass

Marimba

–

Vibraphone (4')

Elec. Guitar

Harpsichord

Harmonica

Harmonica (16')

Jazz Organ (4')

–

Elec. Bass

–

Whistle

–

Harpsichord

Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

Clarinet

Pizzicato Strings

Bassoon (8')

Contrabass

Strings

Harmonica

Elec. Piano

Strings

Jazz Organ (8')

Piano

Elec. Piano

Piano

Strings

Piano

Strings

Elec. Piano

Strings

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Elec. Bass

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Organ Bass

Pizzicato Bass

Elec. Bass

Piano

Elec. Bass

Contrabass

• The numbers in the parentheses indicate that the "feet" settings for the assigned voice are different from the default.

• As for the registrations assigned with rhythm, the Fingered is selected for the A.B.C. function and both Lower and Pedal Memories are set to on.

Rhythm (Tempo)

–

Polka (115)

8Beat 1 (78)

–

Tango 1 (120)

Bossanova 2 (150)

–

16Beat 3 (78)

Dixie (90)

Bossanova 1 (140)

Samba 1 (125)

Slow Rock 1 (72)

8Beat 3 (130)

–

Page 3

No.

LCD Display

SYNTH1

SYNTH2

SYNTH3

SYNTH4

SYNTH5

SYNTH6

SYNTH7

SYNTH8

Sound Image

Wind Synth.

Synth. Brass 1

Cosmic Sound

Synth. Brass 2

Fusion

Fantasy 2

Fantasy 3

Fantasy 4

Upper Keyboard Voice

–

Synth. Brass

Cosmic 2

Tutti 2

Cosmic 1 (8')

–

Cosmic 2

Cosmic 3

Lead Voice

Cosmic 3

Clarinet (4')

Whistle

Brass

Elec. Guitar

Whistle

Marimba (4')

Whistle

No.

LCD Display

March

Polka

Country

Broadway

Waltz-1

Waltz-2

J. Waltz

Bolero

Page 4

No.

LCD Display

Swing-1

Swing-2

J. Ballad

Dixie

Bounce-1

Bounce-2

Reggae-1

Reggae-2

Slow Rock-1

Slow Rock-2

Slow Rock-3

Tango-1

Tango-2

Tango-3

Cha-Cha

Rhumba

Rhythm Tempo Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice

120

110

Brass

Bassoon

112

135

105

180

140

136

Vibraphone (4')

Strings

Elec. Bass (16')

–

Rhythm Tempo Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice

160 3 Brass

138 4 –

108

123

140

Guitar

–

132

120

Marimba

Cosmic 2

Elec. Guitar

–

120

110

126

115

Harmonica

Strings

Harmonica

Piano (16')

–

Page 5

No.

LCD Display

Beguine

Mambo

Samba-1

Samba-2

Bossanova-1

Bossanova-2

8 Beat-1

8 Beat-2

8 Beat-3

Dance Pop

16 Beat-1

16 Beat-2

16 Beat-3

16 Beat Funk

Rhythm Tempo Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice

118

100

120

Strings

Brass

Saxophone

112

103

124

100

117

152

130

Elec. Bass (16')

–

Cosmic 2

Elec. Piano

Elec. Guitar

Vibraphone (4')

124

112

118

4 Synth. Brass

Brass

Elec. Guitar (8')

–

No.

LCD Display

Wedding

X'mas

Sound Image

Wedding

X'mas

Upper Keyboard Voice

Organ

Cosmic 2

Lead Voice

Organ (4')

Vibraphone (4')

Lead Voice

Trumpet

Clarinet

Trombone

Trumpet

–

Clarinet

–

Synth. Brass

Trumpet

Saxophone

Harmonica (16')

Violin

Harmonica (16')

Piano (4')

Trombone (8')

–

Lower Keyboard Voice

Elec. Guitar

Elec. Piano

Elec. Guitar

Elec. Piano

Cosmic 2

Elec. Piano

Cosmic 3

Lead Voice

Trumpet

Flute (4')

Harmonica

Trumpet

Strings (16')

Violin

Whistle

Trumpet

Pedal Voice

Elec. Bass (16')

Elec. Bass

Elec. Bass (16')

Contrabass

Elec. Bass

Pedal Voice

Tuba

Pizzicato Bass

Pizzicato Bass (16')

Pizzicato Bass

Pizzicato Bass (16')

Pizzicato Bass

Pizzicato Bass (16')

Rhythm (Tempo)

8Beat 3 (150)

8Beat 1 (130)

8Beat 2 (120)

16Beat 3 (117)

16Beat Funk (120)

–

Dance Pop (125)

Bounce 1 (125)

Pedal Voice

Pizzicato Bass

Tuba

Elec. Bass

Pizzicato Bass

Elec. Bass

Elec. Bass (16')

Pizzicato Bass (16')

Elec. Bass (16')

Lead Voice

Whistle

Saxophone

Trumpet

Flute

Saxophone

Vibraphone(4')

–

Elec. Guitar

Elec. Piano

Flute

Synth. Brass (16')

Trumpet

Cosmic 3

Pedal Voice

Elec. Bass (16')

Lower Keyboard Voice

Organ

Strings

Pedal Voice

Organ (16')

Contrabass

Rhythm (Tempo)

–

Disk 2

Page 1

No.

LCD Display

STRINGS1

STRINGS2

STRINGS3

STRINGS4

STRINGS5

BRASS1

BRASS2

BRASS3

BRASS4

BRASS5

Sound Image

Solo Violin

Strings Ensemble

Pop Strings 1

Pop Strings 2

Symphonic Orchestra

Trumpet Ensemble

Solo Trumpet

Solo Trombone

Brass Ensemble

Big Band

Page 2

No.

LCD Display

LEAD1

LEAD2

LEAD3

LEAD4

LEAD5

LEAD6

LEAD7

LEAD8

LEAD9

LEAD10

Sound Image

Solo Flute 1

Solo Flute 2

Whistle

Flute Ensemble

Pop Flute

Woodwind Ensemble 1

Solo Oboe

Woodwind Ensemble 2

Solo Clarinet

Solo Saxophone

Upper Keyboard Voice

–

Strings

Tutti 1

Brass

–

Trumpet

Brass

Lead Voice

Violin

Strings (4')

Vibraphone(4')

Clarinet

Tutti 2 (16')

Trumpet

Trombone

Upper Keyboard Voice

–

Flute

Vibraphone (4')

Bassoon

–

Clarinet

–

Lead Voice

Flute

Flute (4')

Flute

Flute (4')

Oboe

Clarinet

–

Saxophone

Lower Keyboard Voice

Strings

Horn

Strings

Brass

Trombone

Horn

Saxophone

Pedal Voice

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Contrabass

Tuba

Pizzicato Bass

Lower Keyboard Voice

Strings

Clarinet

Pizzicato Strings

Bassoon

Strings

Clarinet

Bassoon

Horn

Strings

Pedal Voice

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Clarinet

Pizzicato Bass

Contrabass

Page 3

No.

LCD Display

DECAY1

DECAY2

DECAY3

Sound Image

Piano

Harpsichord

Marimba

DECAY4

DECAY5

Music Box

Classical Guitar

ORGAN1

ORGAN2

Organ

Jazz Organ

BANDONEON Bandoneon

SYNTH1

SYNTH2

Cosmic Sound 1

Cosmic Sound 2

Upper Keyboard Voice

Piano

Harpsichord

Marimba

Vibraphone (4')

Guitar

Organ

Jazz Organ (8')

Harmonica

Cosmic 2

Cosmic 3

Lead Voice

–

Harmonica

Cosmic 1

Synth. Bass (8')

Lower Keyboard Voice

Piano

Strings

Clarinet

Vibraphone (4')

Strings

Organ

Jazz Organ (8')

Strings

Chorus

Cosmic 3

Pedal Voice

Piano

Contrabass

Pizzicato Bass

Vibraphone (4')

Pizzicato Bass

Organ Bass

Pizzicato Bass

Contrabass

Synth. Bass

Page 4

No.

LCD Display

March

Broadway

Waltz

Swing

Slow Rock

Tango

Cha-Cha

Samba

8Beat

16Beat

Rhythm (Tempo) Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice

120 4 Brass

135

105

Trombone (8')

Strings

160

127

Brass

Guitar

Harmonica

126

120

100

Piano (16')

Saxophone

Cosmic 2

Harmonica

Lead Voice

Trumpet

Saxophone (8')

Strings (16')

Trumpet

Elec. Bass

Harmonica (16')

Piano (4')

Trumpet

Vibraphone (4')

Harmonica

Pedal Voice

Tuba

Pizzicato Bass

Elec. Bass (16')

Pizzicato Bass (16')

Elec. Bass (16')

• The numbers in the parentheses indicate that the "feet" settings for the assigned voice are different from the default.

• As for the registrations assigned with rhythm, the Fingered is selected for the A.B.C. function and both Lower and Pedal Memories are set to on.

Basic Operation

Registration Set-up

Select the keyboard to play

Select the voice

(Voice Menu)

Voice Edit

(User Voice)

* The Controls and Effects may be applied differently depending on the selected type of Controls and Effects. See page 28 for more information.

Finely adjust the voice

(Voice Condition)

Add effects

(Effect Set)

Select the rhythm

(Rhythm Menu)

Finely adjust the rhythm

(Rhythm Condition)

Rhythm Program

(User Rhythm

/Rhythm Sequence)

Add reverb

Adjust the total volume

(Master Volume)

Playing Electone

Expression Pedal

Recording the performance

Using Registration Shift

/Footswitch

/Knee Lever

Playing back

Setting Registration

Shift/Footswitch

/Knee Lever

Loading the registration data

Saving the registration data

Music Disk Recorder

Using the LCD Display

This section introduces you the convenient control functions of the

LCD display. The LCD display lets you see at a glance the current settings and provides easy-to-understand graphic representation of all parameters.

Selecting a voice/rhythm

Press the panel voice/rhythm button which you want to use (For example, press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard

Voice section).

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

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 (Strings 2 in this case).

The selected voice/rhythm will be shown in the reversed box.

For more information on the Voice Menus and Rhythm Menus, see pages 23 and 44.

Data Control Buttons

2 3 4 2

The Data Control buttons are used to select 1 a voice/rhythm or function shown on the display.

Press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice section once again.

This LCD changes to show some of the other ways in which the

Data Control buttons 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

These buttons

5 are used to select (when available) the various

"pages" of the display, the names of which appear at the top right of the LCD. Use Page [

F] to select the next page, and

Page[

E] to select the previous page.

The Summary of the LCD Operation

1. To call up the LCD display

1) Pressing Panel Buttons 2) Pressing a Display Select button

● Selecting voices or setting up the Voice Condition

● Selecting rhythms or setting up the Rhythm Condition

● Setting the Reverb effect

● Setting the Sustain

● Displaying Voice Display (Manual Balance)

● Setting effects

● Setting A.B.C./M.O.C.

● Setting the Left-Footswitch

● Setting Registration Shift (Right-Footswitch)

● Setting Pitch and Transpose

● Setting MIDI

● Setting Voice Edit

● Setting Rhythm Pattern Program

● Setting Rhythm Sequence Program

● Selecting and setting Tremolo/Chorus

LCD display

2. To Select Pages

Selecting the page you want to use with the Page buttons

3. To Actually Change the Settings

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

LCD Display

DATA CONTROL

DATA CONTROL buttons

PAGE buttons

DISPLAY

SELECT buttons

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

PAGE

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

COARSE HOLD

DISPLAY SELECT

HOLD button

COARSE button

HOLD Button

This button allows you to keep the LCD display at the 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 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 minimum.

COARSE

Voice Sections

The EL-57 features 49 different high quality AWM voices, each of them can be used on the Upper keyboard, Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

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.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

MAX

MIN

STRINGS BRASS

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HORN 1

MAX

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

MIN

VIOLIN

LEAD VOICE

FLUTE 1

MAX

OBOE TRUM-

PET

LOWER

MIN

PEDAL VOICE

CONTRA

BASS

ELEC.

BASS

MAX

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

MIN

1 Selecting 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 are given here.

To select voices:

Select a voice from the Upper Keyboard Voice section by pressing one of the Voice buttons in that section.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

VOLUME

MAX

1 STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

MIN

If, for example, you have selected the ORGAN voice, the following display (Voice Menu) will appear:

NOTE:

Some of the voices have no variation.

Notice that four different voice names are shown on this display.

These are variations of the basic organ voice category.

2 Press one of the Data Control buttons that corresponds to voice you wish to select.

The selected voice will be shown at the upper row of the LCD.

In this case, Pop Organ appears.

3 (If necessary) select a voice from the Lead Voice, 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.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

VOLUME

MAX

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

MIN

Fine: Pressing the same panel voice button again (or the same

Data Control button corresponding to the selected voice) calls up the Voice Condition display. Use the Data Control buttons directly under the display to change the level of the desired voice. The relative level is indicated by the bar under each voice in the display as well as by a numeric value (from 0-24).

NOTE:

Pressing a voice button once calls up that voice's Voice Menu display.

Pressing it a second time calls up the

Voice Condition display. Successive presses alternate between the two displays.

5 Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes of the voices.

NOTE:

The Lead and Pedal Voices sound one note at a time; when you simultaneously press two or more keys, only the highest note will sound.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

6 Adjust the volume balance between the Upper and Lower Voices with the Balance Control provided on the Voice Display.

To adjust the volume balance:

1.

Return to the Voice Display by pressing the VOICE DISPLAY button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

2.

Adjust the balance with the corresponding Data Control buttons.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

Pressing this pair of Data

Control buttons at the same time restores the balance to the center position.

When the TO LOWER button is turned on, the Lead voices and Pedal voices cannot be played on the Upper keyboard and Pedalboard, respectively.

About TO LOWER - Playing Lead and Pedal voices from the Lower keyboard:

The Electone has a special "To Lower" function that lets you assign Lead or Bass voices to the Lower keyboard. Simply press the TO LOWER button on the voice section you wish to assign, and that voice will be playable from the Lower keyboard.

LEAD VOICE PEDAL VOICE

MAX MAX

VIOLIN FLUTE 1 CONTRA

BASS

ELEC.

BASS

OBOE TRUM-

PET

LOWER

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

MIN

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 (page 52) before turning the Electone off.

You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the

Electone was last turned off. See page

57 for more information.

About Mute function:

You can easily mute the voice of a voice section by holding down the

COARSE button and pressing the panel volume control of the voice section you wish to mute. Repeating the procedure restores the original volume setting.

MAX

COARSE

Actual volume setting

MIN

When muted

Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons

—Dotted Buttons and User Voices—

The EL-57 has a wide variety of voices from which you can choose-far greater than what is immediately apparent from the front panel controls. You've already learned in the section above how to select the different voices that are available in the Voice Menu display of each panel voice. The Electone also has dotted buttons in each voice section, giving you access to even more voices by including space for storing and recalling voices you've created yourself (User voices) by using Voice Edit function (page 78). Optional Voice Disk voices containing many new voices are also being made available for the EL-57 (page 85).

Each voice section has one or two dotted buttons, found on the right side of each voice section. These dotted buttons function as

"wild card" Voice Menu selectors; any internal or User voices can be selected from these buttons.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

VOLUME

MAX

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

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 not be limited to only the twelve buttons

(equivalent to twelve Voice Menu pages) that make up the

Upper Voice section. Another advantage to this feature is that when the normally monophonic (one note) Lead and Pedal voices are assigned to the Upper or Lower keyboard Voice sections, they can be played polyphonically.

● For having three different voices from the same Voice Menu page available for selection in the same song. For example, you can assign one of the voices to a dotted button in the Upper

Keyboard Voice section, the second voice to the other dotted button in the same section, and the third one on the Voice

Menu.

● For playing the User voices of your own creation or those from a

Voice Disk. (page 78)

2 1

To select voices from the dotted buttons:

Press one of the dotted buttons in any of the voice sections.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

VOLUME

MAX

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

MIN

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

NOTE:

You can directly view and select Voice

Menu pages by holding down one of the Dotted buttons and simultaneously pressing the desired voice buttons in succession.

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, for example) Piano will be shown at the top of LCD indicating that it has been selected.

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

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 1 Upper/Lower

STRINGS

String

Pizz.

Strs.

String

Page 2 Lead

VIOLIN

Violin

Page 3 Pedal

Contra

Bass

CONTRABASS

Pizz.

Bass

Page 4 Upper/Lower

Brass

BRASS

Synth.

Brass

Page 5 Lower

Horn

HORN

Page 6 Lead

Trumpet1

Trombone

Trumpet2

Page 7 Pedal

Tuba

TRUMPET

TUBA

Timpani

Page 8 Lead

Flute

Whistle

Page 9 Lead

Oboe

FLUTE

OBOE

Bassoon

Page 10 Upper/Lower

Clarinet

CLARINET

Page 11 Upper/Lower

SAXOPHONE

Saxophone

Page 12 Upper/Lower

Tutti

TUTTI

Page 13 Upper/Lower

Chorus

CHORUS

Page 14 Upper

Harmonica

HARMONICA

Page 15 Upper/Lower

Organ

Pop

Organ

Page 16 Pedal

Organ

Bass 1

Organ

Bass 2

ORGAN

Jazz

Organ

Accordion

ORGAN BASS

Page 17 Upper/Lower

Piano

Harpsi

-chord

Page 18 Upper/Lower

PIANO

Elec.

Piano

GUITAR

Guitar

Elec.

Guitar

Harp

Page 19 Upper/Lower

Vibraphone

Glocken.

Synth.

Chime

VIBRAPHONE

Marimba

Page 20 Pedal

Elec.

Bass1

Elec.

Bass 2

ELECTRIC BASS

Synth.

Bass

Page 21 Upper/Lower

Cosmic

COSMIC

Cosmic

Page 22 USER

USER

USER VOICE

USER

Details on Each Voice

Page/Section

1. Upper/Lower

STRINGS

Voice Name

Strings 1

Strings 2

Pizz. Strings

Violin 2. Lead Violin

VIOLIN

3. Pedal

CONTRABASS

4. Upper/Lower

BRASS

5. Lowerr

HORN

6. Lead

TRUMPET

7. Pedal

TUBA

8. Lead

FLUTE

9. Lead

OBOE

10. Upper/Lower

CLARINET

11. Upper/Lower

SAXOPHONE

12. Upper/Lower

TUTTI

13. Upper/Lower

CHORUS

14. Upper

HARMONICA

15. Upper/Lower

ORGAN

Saxophone

Tutti 1

Tutti 2

Chorus

Harmonica

16. Pedal

ORGAN BASS

17. Upper/Lower

PIANO

18. Upper/Lower

GUITAR

19. Upper/Lower

VIBRAPHONE

20. Pedal

ELECTRIC BASS

21. Upper/Lower

COSMIC

Organ

Jazz Organ

Pop Organ

Accordion

Organ Bass 1

Organ Bass 2

Piano

Elec. Piano

Harpsichord

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Elec. Guitar

Harp

Vibraphone

Glocken

Marimba

Synth. Chime

Elec. Bass 1

Elec. Bass 2

Synth. Bass

Cosmic 1

Cosmic 2

Cosmic 3

Cosmic 4

Contrabass

Pizz. Bass

Brass

Synth. Brass

Horn 1

Horn 2

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Flute

Whistle

Oboe

Bassoon

Clarinet

Preset

Feet Effect

8' -

Comments

Large strings ensemble.

Relatively small strings ensemble for contemporary music.

Pizzicato strings.

For multi purposes.

U16'/L8'

16'

U16'/L8'

8' -

Standard type.

Pizzicato contrabass for classicals.

Trumpet and trombone ensemble for classicals.

Synth. brass with sharp attack. Used for Basic Regist. 5.

Standard horn for classicals.

Horn unison solo. Alpenhorn.

Standard trumpet for classicals.

Jazz trumpet 1 with full-bodied sounds.

For legato playing.

Accentuated by touch.

Standard timpani.

Standard flute solo.

Whistle.

Softer oboe.

For legato playing.

Standard clarinet.

Alto sax.

Strings unison and wood winds ensemble.

Strings unison and the brasses.

Female "Ah".

Standard type with pitch modulated vibrato.

U16'/L8'

16'

Small pipe organ. 8'.

Chor.

For solo playing. 16'+8'+5 1/3'.

Chor.

Bright sounds for jazz. 8'+4'+2 2/3'.

Slower attack.

Combination organ bass.

Pipe organ bass 1. Standard type.

For multi purposes.

Cele.

DX7 type.

Standard cembalo.

Folk guitar. Steel string.

Acoustic jazz guitar. Tone varies depending on the touch.

For backing.

Grand harp.

Standard vibraphone.

Glockenspiel.

Concert marimba.

Cele.

Starry chime.

For multi purposes.

Slap bass.

Sustained sounds.

Decay type. For multi purposes. UK in Basic Regist. 4.

The lower register of celesta. LK and PK in Basic Regist. 4.

Brass type.LK in Basic Regist. 5.

Decay type. With fantastic image.

Voice Controls and Effects

The Electone is equipped with two general kinds of functions that can be used to change the sound of the voices: Voice Controls and Effects.

Voice controls include the Touch sensitivity, Volume, Octave (feet), Vibrato and Pan setting. The voice controls, as well as the selection of certain effects, are provided in the Voice Condition pages, described below.

Effects include Reverb, Sustain, Tremolo, Symphonic, Delay and Flanger. Effect settings are controlled 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 or the entire system. Available functions are indicated by circles.

Touch

Tone

(Initial/

After)

Feet Pan Vibrato Symphonic/

Celeste

Delay Flanger Reverb

Sustain Tremolo

/Chorus

Upper Keyboard

Voice

Lower Keyboard

Voice

Lead Voice

Pedal Voice

Voice Condition

Page 1

Voice Condition

Page 2

Effect Set Page *3

Reverb Page

*3 *3 *3 *3

Sustain Page

Tremolo Page

*1 Reverb is applied to the entire system equally.

*2 Turning tremolo/chorus on/off and switching between tremolo and chorus are common to all voice sections.

*3 This sets the type of effect applied to each voice section. Further effect settings should be done on the Effect Set page.

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 tremolo page by pressing the corresponding panel button.

Selecting from Voice Condition Pages

To call up the Voice Condition page:

Choose a voice on the panel, then press that voice’s panel button again

(or again press the Data Control button corresponding to the selected voice).

LEAD VOICE

MAX

VIOLIN FLUTE 1

OBOE TRUM-

PET

LOWER

MIN

The Voice Condition display pages of the various voice sections have slight differences in their functions.

Each function in the Voice Condition page is independently applied to each voice section.

Voice Condition [PAGE 1]

Upper/Lower

Pedal

1 2 3 4 5

1)

1 TOUCH TONE

The Touch Tone function gives you expressive control over the volume and timbre of a voice. Two types of keyboard touch affect this function:

Initial Touch and After Touch.

All voices 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 soundexactly as if you were playing an acoustic piano.

-1

INITIAL Touch

Controls volume and timbre according to the velocity at which you strike the keys. The harder you strike the keys, the greater the volume and the brighter the timbre will become.

-2

AFTER Touch

Controls volume and timbre according to the pressure you apply to the keys after playing them. The harder, you press down on the keys, the greater the volume and the brighter the timbre will become.

NOTE:

The Touch Tone function is not available with the Pedal voice.

NOTE:

Generally, After Touch has no effect on percussive voices (such as Piano,

Harpsichord or Vibraphone) or percussion sounds.

3 -1

3 -2

3 -3

3 -4

3 -5

3 -6

NOTE:

Each effect may not be noticeable even though you select the effect here, if the corresponding settings on the Effect

Set page (page 32) are not appropriate.

NOTE:

The Pan effect is displayed and active only when other effects are set to OFF

(in the EFFECT parameter above).

2)

2 FEET

Determines the octave setting of the voice. PRESET is the original

(factory) setting; 4' is the highest and 16' is the lowest.

3) 3 EFFECT (On/Off)

Determines the effect type applied to the voice section. This is essentially an on/off switch for the effects; settings and adjustments to the effects are made from other pages. (For more information, see page 32.)

-1

PRESET:

Selects the original (factory) effect.

-2

OFF:

Cancels the effect.

-3

TREM (TREMOLO):

Selects tremolo/chorus. See page 37 for the details of the tremolo/chorus setting.

-4

SYMPH (SYMPHONIC):

Selects symphonic/celeste. See page 32 for the details of the symphonic/celeste setting.

-5

DELAY:

Selects delay. See page 33 for the details of the delay setting.

-6

FLANG. (FLANGER):

Selects flanger. See page 33 for the details of the flanger setting.

4)

4 PAN

Determines the position of the voice in the stereo image. Seven pan positions are available.

5 VOL. (VOLUME)

Fine adjustment of the voice volume. See page 19 for more information.

Voice Condition [PAGE 2]

Press Page buttons to select PAGE 2.

PAGE

Upper/Lower

1 -1 1 -2 1 -3 1 -4 2

The Pedal voice section has PAGE 1 settings only (no PAGE 2). No

Vibrato setting is available with the Pedal voice section. The Touch

Vibrato function is only available with the Lead voice section.

1)

1 VIBRATO

-1

PRESET/USER

Selects Preset, which calls up the original (factory) vibrato settings for the voice, or User, which lets you adjust the vibrato settings yourself.

-2

DELAY

Determines the amount of time that elapses between the playing of a key and the start of the vibrato effect (see diagram). Higher settings increase the delay of the vibrato onset.

-3

DEPTH

Determines the intensity of the vibrato effect (see diagram).

Higher settings result in a more pronounced vibrato.

-4

SPEED

Determines the speed of the vibrato effect (see diagram).

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.

Vibrato Controls

Speed

Delay

Depth

NOTE:

Only the Depth parameter is available for the User setting of the Upper/

Lower Keyboard Voice sections.

2)

2 TOUCH VIB. (TOUCH VIBRATO)

On/Off switch for the Touch Vibrato function.

Touch Vibrato lets you apply vibrato to individual notes as you play them. While playing a key, press down harder on it to give the note vibrato. The harder you press the key down, the greater the vibrato will be.

NOTE:

When you set the DEPTH (avobe) to

0, the Touch Vibrato function will be inactive.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

2 Selecting from Effect Set Pages

You must first "turn on" the desired effect on the Voice Condition

Page 1 before working on the Effect Set page.

1 . Call up a Voice Condition page by pressing the desired voice button on the panel twice.

2 . Turn on the desired effect for the voice by using the Data

Control buttons below EFCT. in the display.

Each effect can be selected for each voice section independently. Select the effect you want to apply to 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 2

1)

1 TREM./CHOR. (TREMOLO/CHORUS)

See Tremolo section on page 36.

2)

2 SYMP. (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 violin voice played through Symphonic would sound like many violins playing together.

SYMPHONIC simulates the effect of a large ensemble, while CELESTE creates the effect of a gradually expanding sound.

DELAY & FLANGER Page

Press Page buttons to select Delay and Flanger pages.

PAGE

3 -1 3 -2

3 -3 4 -1 4 -2

4 -3

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

NOTE:

Delay and Flanger are not available with the Pedal voice section.

Selecting from the Panel

Reverb, Sustain and Tremolo/Chorus pages are called up by pressing the respective panel buttons.

1) Reverb

Reverb adds an echo-like effect to the sound, giving the impression of a performance in a large room or concert hall. The effect is applied equally and simultaneously to all voices, the entire system.

To adjust the reverb effect and call up the Reverb page:

Press one of the REVERB buttons, located to the left of the Upper

Keyboard Voices section.

REVERB

MAX

MIN

REVERB Page

PAGE

1 2 3

1 TYPE

Determines the type of reverb effect: Room, Hall or Church.

Each type simulates a different acoustic environment; Room is the smallest and Church the largest.

2 LENG. (Length)

Determines the acoustic liveliness of the simulated room in the effect. Higher settings make the room more reverberant.

Range: 0-6

3 DEPTH

Fine adjustment of the depth of reverberation or the level of the reflected sounds. (Coarse reverb depth settings are made with the front panel REVERB controls.) A setting of 0 cancels the reverb effect. Range: 0-24

2) Sustain

The Sustain effect, selectable for the Upper, Lower and Pedal voices, causes voices to gradually fade out when the keys are released. The sustain on/off and sustain length settings are independent for each keyboard, providing maximum expressive control.

To add sustain to the voices and call up the Sustain Length page:

Press one of the SUSTAIN buttons in the SUSTAIN section.

SUSTAIN

UPPER

(KNEE)

LOWER

(KNEE)

PEDAL

The lamp of the button lights up to indicate that sustain is on. Press the button again to turn sustain off.

NOTE:

Sustain cannot be applied to the Lead voices.

SUSTAIN LENGTH Page

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:

The values here must be set high enough for the sustain effect to be noticeable.

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.

3) Tremolo/Chorus

Tremolo recreates the rich, swirling sound of the popular rotating speaker effect. Just as with a conventional rotating speaker, you can switch between slow and 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

Turn on Tremolo effect in each Voice Condition page 1.

Adjust the Tremolo setting in Tremolo Control (or Effect Set) page.

Assign footswitch for Tremolo Control, if desired.

Turn on Tremolo as you play, with Tremolo button or footswitch.

1) Turning on the Tremolo effect (set to standby):

Before you can switch Tremolo on and off in real time, you must first turn the effect on in the desired voice sections. This doesn’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 1

MAX

OBOE TRUM-

PET

LOWER

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 section.

3 VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

2) Setting the Tremolo effect

Tremolo setting made here are global; in other words , they are applied the same to all voices for which Tremolo has been turned on (set to standby).

To turn on the Tremolo effect and call up the Tremolo Control page:

Press the TREMOLO (FAST) button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

The Tremolo Control page will be displayed.

The lamp of the button lights up to indicate that Tremolo is on.

Press the button again to turn Tremolo off and Chorus on (the

LED turns off).

TREMOLO CONTROL Page

NOTE:

The EL-57’s various effects include

Glide effect. See page 119 for the information on Glide.

1 2

1 TREM. SPEED (Tremolo Speed)

Determines the speed of the Tremolo (rapid rotation) effect.

Range: 0-100

2 CHOR. MODE (Chorus Mode)

Determines the effect applied when Tremolo is switched off (the

LED turns off): a slow chorus effect (SLOW) or STOP. Use the

SLOW setting when you want to have a constant rotating speaker sound. When you turn off the TREMOLO button while

STOP is 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 functions just like the fast/slow switch on an actual rotating speaker cabinet. When Tremolo is on, the rotation effect is fast; when off (Chorus), it is slow. The speed change is gradual, effectively simulating the slowing down and speeding up of a rotating speaker.

Footswitch Control

You can also use the left footswitche to control the Tremolo effect in the same way, if the footswitch has been properly assigned. (See the section Footswitch Assign on page 118 for details.)

Rhythm and Accompaniment

The Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play various rhythms. Automatic Accompainment functions are used with the rhythms, providing appropriate and completely automatic accompaniment to match the style of the rhythm selected.

Moreover, the Electone has a Keyboard Percussion feature that allows you to play drum and percussion sounds from the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

1 Selecting 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:

Choose a rhythm by pressing one of the Rhythm buttons in the

Rhythm section on the panel.

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.

MARCH

USER 1

WALTZ

USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C

MIN

From this display, you can also select other rhythms. These additional patterns are generally variations on the basic rhythm categories.

2 Press the Data Control button corresponding to the rhythm you wish to play, as you do with the voices. The selected rhythm will be shown at the upper row of LCD.

3 Turn the rhythm on. You can use one of three buttons to turn on the rhythm:

INTRO.

ENDING

SYNCHRO

START

3 2 1

FILL IN

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:

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 keyboard is played, but then immediately stops when the key is released. To keep this from happening, turn the Memory function on. (Refer to the Automatic

Accompaniment section, page 46, for details on Auto Bass Chord and

Memory.)

1 START

This button does as its name indicates; the rhythm begins as soon as the button is pressed. To stop the rhythm, press this button again.

2 SYNCHRO START

This button puts the rhythm in "stand-by"; the rhythm will start when you press a note on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard.

To stop the rhythm, press this button again.

3 INTRO. ENDING

Pressing this button automatically adds a short introduction (of up to eight measures) before starting the actual rhythm. First, press the INTRO. ENDING button, then the START or SYNCRO

START button to actually start the rhythm.

While the introduction is playing, the display shows the countdown to the first measure of the pattern. For example, if there is a eight-measure lead-in for a pattern in 4/4 time, the following display appears:

Pressing the INTRO. ENDING button again while the pattern is being played will automatically add an ending phrase before stopping the rhythm.

BAR/BEAT

TEMPO

NOTE:

When the Electone is turned on, the

Rhythm Volume is automatically set to

LEAD IN

Pressing the START button while holding down the INTRO.

ENDING button automatically plays a special one-measure Lead

In, with a click on each bead, to cue you in to the beginning of the song.

4 Set the volume.

Press the VOLUME controls to the right of the Rhythm buttons to set the desired level of the rhythm. The controls have seven volume settings, from a minimum of 0, or no sound, to a maximum of full volume.

Fine adjustments in the volume of the rhythm can also be made from the Rhythm Condition page (page 42).

MAX

MIN

5 Set the tempo.

TEMPO

BAR/BEAT

TEMPO

(TEMPO Display: shows current tempo)

1 TEMPO Dial

For adjusting the speed of the rhythm. Turn the dial clockwise to increase the tempo, and counter-clock wise to decrease it.

2 TEMPO Display (BAR/BEAT Indicator)

Shows the current tempo. (Displayed values are given in beats per minute, just as on a conventional metronome.) The tempo range is 40 to 240 beats per minute.

When the rhythm begins playing, the TEMPO display changes function to a Bar/Beat indicator.

BAR/BEAT

TEMPO

(BAR/BEAT Indicator: shows the current position in the measures)

The number on the left indicates the current bar or measure and the one on the right indicates the number of the beat in each bar.

The beat indicator lamp above the display also indicates the beats.

NOTE:

When you turn the TEMPO Dial even while the rhythm is playing, the display momentarily changes to show the current tempo.

2) To use the Fill In patterns:

Fill In patterns are designed to be used as temporary and regular rhythmic breaks to spice up a repeating rhythm. Like the regular rhythms, all Fill In patterns have been designed to perfectly match the bass and chord parts of the Automatic Accompaniment feature.

Select and play a rhythm.

As you play the Electone along with the rhythm, occasionally press the FILL IN button.

For best results, press the FILL IN button just at the beginning or the first beat of a measure.

INTRO.

ENDING

SYNCHRO

START

NOTE:

USING A FILL IN FOR THE START OF

A SONG:

Fill In patterns can also be used as introductions; simply press the FILL IN button before starting the rhythm with the START or SYNCHRO START buttons.

FILL IN

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 very careful to

"play" the FILL IN button precisely on

(or just slightly before) the beat that you want the Fill In pattern to begin.

2 Rhythm Condition Page

The Rhythm Condition page includes Auto Variation, Percussion, and Accompaniment Volume Controls.

To select the Rhythm Condition page:

Choose a rhythm, and press that pattern's panel button again (or again press the Data Control button corresponding to the selected rhythm).

(The button should be pressed only once if the Rhythm display has already been called up; otherwise press the button twice.)

Rhythm Condition Page

NOTE:

See page 46 for the information on

A.B.C.

NOTE:

The Auto Variation function is not applied to some of the rhythms.

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 (page 49).

3 ACC. VOL. (Accompaniment Volume)

This control is the same as that described in the Accompaniment section, page 48.

3 Dotted Buttons and User Rhythms

The Rhythm section also has, like the voice sections, dotted buttons from which rhythms can be selected. These dotted buttons function as "wild card" rhythm selectors; any of the rhythms available from the panel buttons, the Rhythm Menus or User rhythms can be selected from these buttons.

NOTE:

As with the Voice sections dotted buttons, you can set two or three rhythms from the same page to be selected from different buttons (one from the original Rhythm button, and the others from the dotted buttons).

1) To select a rhythm from a dotted button:

Press one of the dotted buttons on the right side of the Rhythm section.

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ

USER 1 USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C

MIN

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 at the top of the display when the page has been selected.

The rhythm name shown at the top of the LCD is that of the currently assigned rhythm and is irrelevant to the Rhythm Menu below.

Press the Data Control button corresponding to the rhythm you wish to use.

PAGE

2) To call up the User rhythms:

You can select the User page and rhythm when you wish to play rhythms you've created with the Rhythm Pattern Programmer function.

(page 110)

Press Page buttons to select the USER page.

Press to select the User rhythm number (USER 1 - USER 8) and its Type (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.

Page 1

MARCH

March

Polka

Country1

Country2

Broadway

Baroque

Page 2

Waltz

Jazz

Waltz 1

Waltz

Jazz

Waltz 2

WALTZ

Waltz

Jazz

Waltz 3

Bolero

Waltz

Page 3

Swing

Jazz

Ballad

Swing

Dixieland1

SWING

Swing

Dixieland2

Swing

Page 4

Bounce

Reggae

Bounce

Reggae

BOUNCE

Bounce

Page 5

Slow

Rock 1

Slow

Rock 2

SLOW ROCK

Slow

Rock 3

Page 6

Tango

TANGO

Tango

Page 7

Chacha

Mambo

Rhumba

Salsa

LATIN1

Beguine

Page 8

Samba

Bossanova1

Samba

Bossanova2

LATIN2

Samba

Bossanova3

Page 9

8 Beat

Dance

Pop 1

8 Beat

Dance

Pop 2

8 BEAT

8 Beat

Dance

Pop 3

Dance

Pop 4

8 Beat

Page 10

16 Beat

Funk 1

16 Beat

Funk 2

16 BEAT

16 Beat

Funk 3

16 Beat

Page 11

USER

USER RHYTHM

USER

NOTE:

The Baroque on the March page is configured with accompaniment only; it does not contain any drum or percussion.

5 Automatic Accompaniment - Auto

Bass Chord (A.B.C.)

The Auto Bass Chord (A.B.C.) function works with the Rhythm section of the Electone to automatically produce chord and bass accompaniment as you play. It adds a entirely new dimension to your performance by effectively putting a full backing band at your disposal. Depending on the feature or mode selected, you can play anything from a single note to a full chord on the Lower keyboard and hear complete, rhythmical bass and chord accompaniment.

1) To select the A.B.C. function, call up the Rhythm Condition page:

Choose a rhythm on the panel, then press that rhythm's panel button again (or again press the Data Control button corresponding to the selected rhythm).

Rhythm Condition Page

1 -1

1 -3

1 -2

1 -4

2 -1

2 -2

1 2

1 A.B.C.

-1

OFF

Cancels the Auto Bass Chord function.

-2

Single Finger Mode

The Single Finger mode provides the fastest and easiest means to obtain many different chord/bass combinations, by simply using one, or at most, two or three fingers to play the chords.

-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 automatically selects the appropriate bass pattern.

-4

Custom A.B.C. Mode

The Custom A.B.C. mode is a slight variation on the Fingered

Chod mode. It allows you to determine what bass notes will be played in the accompaniment by playing a note on the Pedalboard along with the chords you play in the Lower keyboard.

2 MEM.(Memory)

The Memory function allows you to have the bass and chord accompaniment continue even after you release your fingers from the keyboard.

-1

LOWER

Selecting this keeps the chord accompaniment of the Lower

Keyboard voices playing even after you release your fingers from the Lower keyboard.

-2

PEDAL

Selecting this keeps the bass accompaniment of the Pedalboard voices playing even after you release your fingers from the Lower keyboard.

2) To select the A.B.C. function, call up the A.B.C./M.O.C. page:

The Auto Bass Chord page can be called up by pressing the A.B.C./

M.O.C. button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

The A.B.C. section on this page are the same as the one found in the

Rhythm Condition page.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

3) Chords Recognized in the Single Finger Mode

Major, minor, 7th and minor 7th chords can all be played in the Single

Finger mode.

DISPLAY SELECT

G A B D E

F G A B C D E

(Key of C)

Major chords: Press the root of the chord (the note that corresponds to the chord's name).

Minor chords: Simultaneously press the root and any one black key to the left of it.

7th chords: Simultaneously press the root and any one white key to the left of it.

Cm7

Minor 7th chords: Simultaneously press the root as well as any black key and any white key to the left of it.

4) Chords Recognized in the Fingered Chord Mode

(Key of C)

C Cm C7 Cm7 Cmaj7

NOTE:

With Single Finger, the chord produced will sound in the same octave regardless of where it is played on the Lower keyboard.

NOTE:

PLAYING SINGLE FINGER CHORDS

WITHOUT RHYTHM:

Auto Bass Chord is generally 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 as those with white key roots.

Cm maj7 C+5

Cm7-5 C-5

C7+5

C7-5

Cdim

C7sus4

Cm6

6 Accompaniment Controls

The Accompaniment function described in this section is independent of the A.B.C. accompaniment. When rhythms are used, A.B.C. provides rhythmical chords and bass, while the

Accompaniment of this section provides arpeggiated chords and other instrumental embellishments.

Accompaniment controls include the 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:

Press any of the RHYTHM buttons once.

The types of the Accompaniment are displayed to the right of the display.

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.

MARCH

USER 1

WALTZ

USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7

8 BEAT

USER 8

16 BEAT

MIN

Rhythm Menu Page

NOTE:

To turn the Accompaniment function off, press the Data Control button corresponding to the currently selected type. (When off, all types should appear in normal display.)

NOTE:

Even if the Accompaniment Type is changed, the Intro/Ending and Fill In patterns remain the same.

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

NOTE:

When the Electone is turned on, the

Accompaniment Volume is automatically set to 0. Be sure to set the Accompaniment Volume to the appropriate value when using the

Accompaniment function.

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

7 Keyboard Percussion

The various drum and percussion sounds (a total of 43 are available) have been assigned to the Lower keyboard and

Pedalboard for you to play.

To play the Keyboard Percussion sounds:

Turn off all the lower and Pedal voices by setting each voice's volume to minimum.

Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing either or both the LOWER and PEDAL buttons in the KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION section.

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

PEDAL

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.

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ

USER 1 USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C

MIN

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 Electone is turned on, the

Rhythm Volume is automatically set to

NOTE:

Additional percussion sounds are available on the Upper keyboard when using the Rhythm Pattern Programmer function (page 97).

Keyboard Percussion

Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard

Orchestra Snare Drum

Snare Brush Shot 1

Snare Brush Roll

Synth. Tom 3 Synth. Tom 1

Claves Tom 3 Tom 2 Tom 1

Triangle Open

Wood Block Low

Cowbell 1

Concert Bass Drum Snare Drum Heavy Hi-hat Open Crash Cymbal 1 Tambourine Timbale 1 Low Conga High Bongo High

Percussion Assignments for the Pedalboard

Snare Brush Shot 1

Snare Brush Roll

Tom 3 Tom 2 Tom 1

Synth. Tom 1

Hi-hat Open Ride Cymbal 1

8 Melody On Chord (M.O.C)

The Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) feature automatically adds a harmony part to the melodies you play on the Upper keyboard.

The harmony is derived from the chords you play on the Lower keyboard--or from the chords that are played for you, if you use

Automatic Accompaniment.

Melody On Chord has three different modes, each providing a different set of harmonies to accompany the melody played. The modes are selected from the A.B.C./M.O.C. page.

To select the M.O.C. function:

Press the A.B.C./M.O.C. button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

The M.O.C. section will be displayed to the right of the display.

A.B.C./M.O.C. page

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

MELODY ON CHORD

1 OFF

Cancels the Melody On Chord function.

2 MODE 1

Produces harmonies of up to two notes in a range close to the melody played.

3 MODE 2

Produces harmonies of up to three notes in a range close to the melody 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 Melody On Chord function with knee lever control, first switch the Knee setting to ON, then select one of the three modes (described above). When the control is on, pressing the knee lever to the right activates the Melody On

Chord function.

NOTE:

Melody On Chord applies only when the

Upper Keyboard Voice section's volume is set to the appropriate value.

Registration Memory

Registration Memory allows you to store virtually all the settings you make on the panel and LCD, providing a convenient way to instantly change all voice settings and rhythms while you're playing, with the simple touch of a single button on the Registration Memory panel. The eight buttons are conveniently located between the Upper and Lower keyboards for easy access while playing.

/TO DISK

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D.

Functions and settings that cannot be memorized are:

●

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 settings

1. While holding down M button...

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1 Storing Registrations

Newly created registrations you make can be stored to the

Registration Memory panel buttons. All registrations in

Registration Memory can also be saved to floppy disk for future recall.

To store registrations to the Registration Memory:

After creating your original registration, decide which numbered button you wish to store.

2 While holding down the M(Memory) button in the Registration

Memory section, press the numbered button to which you wish to save your registration.

2. ...Press desired numbered button.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D.

When the registration is stored, the numbered button flashes momentarily.

2 Selecting Registrations

Simply press the numbered button that corresponds to the registration you wish to select.

Using the D (Disable) button:

Rhythm and automatic accompaniment patterns also change when you selct different Registration Memory buttons. Pressing the D (Disable) button allows you to keep the same rhythm and accompaniment patterns throughout all your registration changes, or make your own rhythm selections if you want to.

3 Saving the Registration Data to Disk

Insert a formatted disk into the disk slot under the Music Disk

Recorder (M.D.R.).

Make certain that the disk is either blank or has data you can erase. If the disk is new and unformatted, you will have to format it. Refer to the instructions how to formatt a disk (page

60).

2 Select a song number on the M.D.R. by using the SONG

SELECT buttons.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

There are 40 songs, or memory locations, available on a single disk.

While holding down the RECORD button on the M.D.R., press the M (Memory) button in Registration Memory.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

----

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

/TO DISK

1 2 3 4 5 6

This operation saves all eight registrations in Registration

Memory to one song. The other 39 available songs on the disk can be used for saving additional batches of eight registrations.

7 8

NOTE:

See pages 67 and 68 for the details on saving/recalling registrations to/from the M.D.R.

5 VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

4 Registration Shift

The Registration Shift function allows you to change registrations, all the settings you make on the panel and LCD, without taking your hands from the keyboards. By using the right footswitch on the expression pedal, you can “jump” to a specified registration or step through the panel registrations in sequence, either in numeric order or in any order you specify. Registration Shift has three modes: Shift, Jump and User.

To select the Registration Shift functions:

Press the REGIST SHIFT button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

REGIST SHIFT Page

1 2 3 4

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.

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 mode, each press of the right footswitch selects a specified panel registration.

To set the Jump mode function:

1 . Select JUMP in the Registration Shift page.

The Jump “destination” appears at the right side of the LCD.

1 2 3 4

2 . Enter the desired registration number using the Data Control buttons to select the registration number.

4 USER

Selects the User mode. In the User mode, each press of the right footswitch selects registrations according to the order you specify.

To set the User mode function:

1 . Select USER in the Registration Shift page.

The page information, indicating that the Edit page is available, appears at the top right section of the LCD.

2 . Press the Page buttons to select the EDIT page.

The Edit page appears.

There are two pages in the User mode, Mode and Edit.

Select the Edit page to program the desired sequence.

EDIT Page

PAGE

1 -1 1 -2 1 -3 1 -4 2 -1 2 -2 2 -3 2 -4

1 2

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

|<< Moves the cursor to the first position.

-2

< Moves the cursor one step to the left.

-3

> Moves the cursor one step to the right.

-4

>>| Moves the cursor to the last position.

NOTE:

The cursor cannot be moved unless registration numbers have been entered.

NOTE:

Though about 15 Registration Shift steps are shown in the display at one time, up to 80 steps can be memorized; use the cursor controls to access the undisplayed steps.

2 DATA (Data Controls)

The data controls are used to enter and delete registration numbers in the registration row. Move the cursor to the desired position and edit the registration data.

-1

SET

For initially entering a registration number to a blank space in the registration row, or for replacing a number at the current cursor position. To enter a number, press the desired

Registration Memory button (the selected button will light), then press the Data Control button corresponding to SET.

After using SET to enter registrations, the cursor can be moved among the numbers.

-2

INS. (Insert)

For inserting a registration number just before the current 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.

-3

DEL. (Delete)

For deleting a registration number at the current cursor position. To delete the unnecessary number, move the cursor to a numbered position and press the Data Control button corresponding to DEL.

-4

CLEAR

For erasing all current user Registration Shift Settings.

After selecting CLEAR, the following display appears:

OK Cancel

Select OK to clear all data. The message “Completed!!” momentarily appears on the LCD and returns to the previous display.

Select Cancel to abort the operation.

Registration numbers cannot be entered beyond the

Registration Shift function's capacity of 80. The following message momentarily appears when the 80 spaces have been filled:

First delete unnecessary registrations, then perform the operation again.

Resetting the Electone to the Factory Preset (Power On Reset)

All current settings including Registration Memories, User voices and User rhythms can be deleted at once by using the Power On Reset function.

To reset the all settings:

Turn off the power.

2 While holding down the top left Data Control button, turn the power back on.

Be careful when using this operation, since it erases all your existing data.

Always save your important data to a floppy disk using M.D.R. (page 67) in advance.

POWER

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 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 and press

D (Disable) button.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D.

Music Disk Recorder

The Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) is a sophisticated recording device built into the Electone that lets you record your performances and registration settings. The Music Disk Recorder not only records the notes you play; it also remembers the voices and rhythms you select, the front panel controls you change, as well as all expression pedal, footswitch and knee lever positions, to reproduce your performance exactly as you play it. Moreover, you can separately record different parts of your performance, 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.

Compatible Disk Type

3.5” 2DD and 2HD type floppy disks can be used. A blank 2DD floppy disk has been included with your

Electone for you to record your performances.

Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks

■ To insert a floppy disk into the disk drive:

Hold the disk so that the label of the disk is facing upward and the sliding shutter is facing forward, towards the disk slot. Carefully insert the disk into the slot, slowly pushing it all the way in until it clicks into place and the eject button pops out.

LED (Lamp in-use)

Floppy disk slot

Eject button

NOTE:

When the EL-57 is turned on, the LED below the floppy disk slot will be lit indicating that the M.D.R. is ready to use.

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 ejected, carefully remove it by hand.

Never attempt to remove the disk or turn the power off during recording, reading and playing back. Doing so can damage the disk and possibly the disk drive.

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

To remove a partially ejected disk, try pressing the eject button once again, or push the disk back into the slot and then repeat the eject procedure.

Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive before turning off the power. A floppy disk left in the drive for extended periods can easily pick up dust and dirt that can cause data read and write errors.

Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head

● Clean the read/write head regularly. This instrument employs a precision magnetic read/ write head which, after an extended period of use, will pick up a layer of magnetic particles from the disks used that will eventually cause read and write 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 Disks

■ To handle floppy disks with care:

Do not place heavy objects on a disk or bend or apply pressure to the disk in any way.

Always keep floppy disks in their protective cases when they are not in use.

Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight, extremely high or low temperatures, or excessive humidity, dust or liquids.

Do not open the sliding shutter and touch the exposed surface of the floppy disk inside.

Do not expose the disk to magnetic fields, such as those produced by televisions, speakers, motors, etc., since magnetic fields can partially or completely erase data on the disk, rendering it unreadable.

Never use a floppy disk with a deformed shutter or housing.

Do not attach anything other than the provided labels to a floppy disk. Also make sure that labels are attached in the proper location.

■ To protect your data (Write-protect Tab):

To prevent accidental erasure of important data, slide the disk’s write-protect tab to the “protect” position (tab open). If you attempt to modify the disk when the write-protect tab is set to “on” position, “Prot (Protected)” will appear on the

LED display in the M.D.R. section indicating that the operation is not possible.

Protect Off

(tab closed: unlocked)

Shutter

Rear side

Write-protect tab

Protect On

(tab open: locked)

■ Data backup

For maximum data security Yamaha recommends that you keep two copies of important data on separate floppy disks. This gives you a backup if one disk is lost or damaged. To make a backup disk use the Disk

Copy function on page 74.

2 Formatting a Disk

Before recording a performance to your blank disk, the disk must first be formatted.

To format a disk:

Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive

(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.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

SHIFT

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

----

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

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 SHIFT button (printed in green) at the top right side of the M.D.R. section. Some buttons in the M.D.R.

section have dual functions: the first function is printed in white above each button; the second function is printed in green below each button. The SHIFT button is used to select the second functions by pressing each function button while holding down the SHIFT.

If you format a disk that contains previously recorded data, all data on the disk will be erased.

To avoid inadvertently formatting a disk after this step, press the STOP button.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

160

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

3 Recording

1) To record a song:

Set the desired registrations on the Electone.

Make all the Electone settings necessary for the song you will record. This means entering the all registrations you will need for the entire performance in the Registration Memory. Make sure also to select the registration that you will use at the beginning of the song.

Put a formatted disk into the disk slot.

Use the SONG SELECT (

G, H)buttons to select the song number for recording.

4 Press the RECORD button.

The RECORD lamp lights up and the PLAY and

CUSTOM PLAY lamps begins blinking, indicating that the Music Disk Recorder is ready to record.

Press the PLAY button.

The PLAY lamp lights up and small bars flash across the LED display from left to right, indicating that the

M.D.R. is reading the registrations and other settings.

After numbers appear on the LED display of the

M.D.R., begin playing.

Once the setup operation in step #5 is complete, a number will appear on the LED display indicating that you can begin recording your performance. The number also indicates the amount of memory left on the disk.

NOTE:

When a disk is first inserted, song number 01 is automatically selected. The song numbers 01 through 40 are available and up to 40 songs can be stored on a disk. However, available song numbers may be reduced depending on the amount of the song data you have recorded.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

– TEMPO + FORMAT

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

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 RECORD button again. If you don’t want, select another song number for recording or press the STOP button to cancel recording.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

--

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

622

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

NOTE:

The short time it takes to set up for recording is recorded as well, causing a short pause before playback of the song.

If you make a mistake during recording:

1 . Press the PLAY button while the M.D.R. is still running.

This stops the recording and returns you to the starting point of the song.

The letters “rE” (retry) appear on the left side of the LED display and the PLAY and CUSTOM PLAY LEDs start flashing, indicating that you can re-record the song.

2 . Press PLAY again to begin re-recording the song.

Re-recording starts from the beginning of the song and replaces the previously recorded performance with the newly recorded performance.

7 When you finish playing, press the STOP button.

After the small bars flash to draw a square on the

LED display to indicate the processing for stop, both the RECORD and PLAY lamps go out, and recording is stopped.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

SHIFT

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

SHIFT

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

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 performance, press the

PLAY button.

Play back will begin after a couple of seconds. For more information on playback and other playbackrelated functions, see page 69.

Never attempt to press the eject button or turn the power off during recording, reading and playing back. Doing so can damage the disk and possibly the disk drive. Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive before turning off the power.

Outline of M.D.R. Operation

Though the M.D.R. is as easy to operate as a cassette tape recorder, it is far move versatil. Since it records all

Electone settings and control movements as well as the notes you play as digital data, it allows you much more flexibility and control than even the most sophisticated tape recorder. Basically, the M.D.R. independently records the following three types of data:

1. Registration data (including Bulk data)

All registrations stored to the Registration Memory numbered buttons as well as the registration currently set to the panel, are recorded at the beginning of a song, 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 play the keys and how hard you press them down while playing. The various types of performance data--Upper, Lower, Pedal and Lead--are recorded to independent “tracks,” so that you can change any one of them without affecting the others.

3. Control data

All changes you make on the Electone during your performance are recorded in real time. These include registration changes, the use of the expression pedals, footswitches and knee lever.

2) To record each part separately:

You can also record the parts of your performance independently; for example, first recording the chords and bass to the song (using the Lower and Pedalboard), and after that recording the melody. This function also lets you record keyboard percussion and performance control data, such as registration changes and expression pedal operation, separately from the other parts of the song.

1 Set up the M.D.R. for recording, as you did in the section above.

The first steps in recording parts separately are the same as for normal recording on page 61:

1 . Memorize all the registrations needed for your performance to the Registration Memory numbered buttons, and set the registration that will be used at the beginning of the song.

2 . Insert a formatted 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 parts you don’t want to record. For this example, press RECORD/UPPER.

The PLAY/UPPER lamp in the upper right row lights up.

■ RECORD/UPPER - Records the performance data of the Upper keyboard when turned on.

■ RECORD/LOWER - Records the performance data of the Lower keyboard when turned on.

■ RECORD/PEDAL - Records the performance data of the Pedalboard when turned on.

■ RECORD/CONTROL - Records the Control data

(see Outline of M.D.R. Operation above) when turned on.

The LED lamps above the buttons indicate the record status of the parts.

This example operation disables recording of the

Upper part.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD PAUSE

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

Separate recording for Lead and/or Keyboard Percussion parts:

Hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press the appropriate button in the top row in the procedure #2. above.

The two buttons (indicated in the illustration at the right) function as Lead and Keyboard Percussion selectors in the record mode.

RECORD/LEAD - Records the performance data of the Lead voice when turned on.

RECORD/K.PERC. - Records the performance data of

Keyboard Percussion when turned on. (Keyboard

Percussion can be recorded and played independent of the Rhythm patterns.)

Holding down the SHIFT button in the record condition lets you select these “hidden” functions. The lamps above each button will also change to indicate the status of SHIFT-selected parts.

(LEAD)

PAUSE

REM. MEM.

RECORD

(K.PERC.)

NOTE:

(LEAD)

01

PLAY

(K.PERC.)

SHIFT

If you don’t record the Lead and Keyboard Percussion parts separately, the Lead part will be recorded as the

Upper data and the Keyboard Percussion part will be recorded as the Lower/Pedal data.

Press the PLAY button, and start playing after numbers appear in the display.

For this example, play the lower keyboard and pedalboard.

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.

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 number already contains recorded data.

Press the RECORD button again to record another part (Upper part).

The RECORD lamp lights up and the PLAY and

CUSTOM PLAY lamps begins blinking, indicating that the Music Disk Recorder is ready to record.

7 Press the RECORD buttons for each part in the upper left row to turn off the parts you have already recorded. In this case, press RECORD/LOWER,

RECORD/PEDAL and RECORD/CONTROL to turn off.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

--01

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

01

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

8 Press the CUSTOMPLAY button to start recording of the new part or parts (Upper part).

Playback of the previously recorded parts starts immediately.

The CUSTOM PLAY button is used here to record only the parts that have been selected for recording, and play back only those parts that have been selected for playback. Since registration data has already been recorded with 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.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

610

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

NOTE:

The CUSTOM PLAY button is used to record or play back the specified track(s).

NOTE:

The length of a subesquently recorded part cannot exceed the length of the previously recorded parts. If you want to change the song length, first delete the exisiting song (see Song Delete on page 74) and record again.

4 Recording Registrations

(and Bulk Data)

You can also record registrations 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 record.

2 Select the song number to which you wish to record the registrations.

3 While holding down the RECORD button, press the

M (Memory) button on the Registration Memory panel.

Small bars flash across the LED display from left to right, indicating that the M.D.R. is reading the registrations and other settings. After recording, the

M.D.R. is automatically stopped and returns to

STOP status.

/TO DISK

1 2 3 4

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

----

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

5 6 7 8 D.

2) To record only the registrations and bulk data:

Set up the registrations and select the song number as you did in steps #1 and #2 above.

Press the RECORD button.

Press the PLAY button to record the registrations, then press the STOP button as soon as you see the small bars flash across the LED display from left to right.

The small bars that flash across the display indicate that the M.D.R. is recording the registrations and being set up for normal recording; pressing the STOP button interrupts this process.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD PAUSE

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

5 Recalling Recorded

Registrations (and Bulk Data)

The registrations (and bulk data) recorded to song numbers in the above operation can be loaded back to the Electone by simply selecting the appropriate song number and pressing the PLAY button. When the operation has been completed, the M.D.R. returns to

STOP status.

The M.D.R. also makes it possible to use more than the 8

Registration Memory registrations in a performance—without having to alter the current panel settings. This would come in handy when performing several songs in succession that use more than 8 registrations.

To do this:

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.)

During the performance, after all 8 registrations from a certain song number have been used, select the next song number and press the PLAY button on the M.D.R. This replaces all 8 registrations in

Registration Memory with the new ones from the selected song number.

3 By repeating the above steps, you can run through an entire performance without having to change the panel settings.

6 Replacing 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.

7 Playback

You can play back your recorded performance by simply pressing the PLAY button. Registrations and other data will be recalled to the Electone.

1) To play back a song:

Select the number of the song you wish to play back by using the SONG SELECT buttons.

2 Press the PLAY button.

The PLAY lamp lights up and small bars move across the display, indicating that the M.D.R. is resetting registrations on the Electone.

3 Playback of the song begins after the Electone data is reset and the song time is shown on the M.D.R.’s display.

Playback automatically stops at the end of a song.

You can, however, stop playback in the middle of a song by pressing the STOP button.

If you have recorded the Lead part separately:

Turn on the Lead part for playback by holding down the SHIFT button and simultaneously pressing the appropriate button in the PLAY section (as shown in the illustration on the right).

(LEAD)

PAUSE

REM. MEM.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

01

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

– TEMPO + FORMAT

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

---

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

– TEMPO + FORMAT

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

0005

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

RECORD PLAY

SHIFT

(K.PERC.) (LEAD)

01

(K.PERC.)

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:

Select the number of the song to be played back.

2 Set the parts you wish to mute to OFF, by pressing the appropriate PLAY button. The LED of the selected part should be off.

Make sure to turn on the parts you wish to play back.

3 Press the PLAY button.

First the registration and other data are read, then playback of the performance starts (excepting the parts that were turned off in step #2).

4 Now perform your new part or parts over the playback parts.

When the end of the recorded performance is reached, playback is automatically stopped and the

STOP status is resumed.

Never turn off the power switch when a floppy disk is still engaged in the M.D.R. disk drive slot. Also do not press the Eject button during recording or playback.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

3) To repeat playback of a song or songs:

This feature allows you to repeatedly play back either all songs on a disk or only one specific song.

1 Select the song number you wish to play back.

If you wish to play back all songs on a disk, select the first song that will be played back. The others will follow in order.

2 Hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press the SONG REPEAT button.

The lamps above SHIFT and SONG REPEAT light up, and “ALL” appears on the LED display.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

ALL

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

3 To repeatedly playback all songs starting with the selected song:

Press the PLAY button.

Playback will begin from the song selected and repeat indefinitely. To stop playback, press the STOP button.

3 To repeatedly playback 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 of the selected song will begin and repeat indefinitely.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

0001

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

To stop playback, press the STOP 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.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

0000

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

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 be loaded and played back.

2) Pause

If you want to temporarily stop playback of the song or songs, press the PAUSE button. To resume playback from the point at which the song was paused, press the PAUSE button again.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

110

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

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 advance to a later point in the song or press [G] to return to an earlier position. While either of these buttons is held down, playback stops and the song time is advanced or reversed accordingly. Hold down the button until the desired song time is shown. When the button is released, playback is paused. To resume playback from the point you've advanced or reversed to, press the PLAY button.

NOTE:

Fast reverse may take some time to confirm the reversed position.

NOTE:

Fast Forward and Fast Reverse operate at five times the normal playback speed.

4) Changing the Tempo

You can change the tempo of the song as the song is playing on the M.D.R. by holding down the SHIFT button and pressing the TEMPO + or TEMPO - button. (The Tempo dial on the Electone panel cannot be used to change the tempo on the Music Disk Recorder.)

Each press of the button slows down or speeds up the tempo by a small amount. Changing the tempo does not change the pitch of the music.

To 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.

Indicates faster tempo

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

Indicates original tempo

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

H100

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

Indicates slower tempo

NOTE:

Tempo changes remain in effect even through changes in song number. If you have changed the tempo in one song, you should perform the restoring operation of the original tempo before playing another song. Turning the power switch off and on again also restores the original tempo.

5) Song Copy

This function lets you copy the data recorded at one song number to another song number.

To use the Song Copy function:

1 Select the song number to be copied with the SONG

SELECT buttons.

2 While holding down the SHIFT button, press the

SONG COPY FROM button.

The song number to be copied from appears at the left of the LED display.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

01--

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

NOTE:

If the specified song number has no recorded data, the M.D.R. automatically searches for and selects the next song that contains recorded data.

3 While holding down the SHIFT button, press the

SONG COPY TO button.

The M.D.R. automatically searches for an empty song number to copy the data to, and displays that number at the right side of the display. The RECORD lamp will start flashing indicating that the M.D.R. is ready to copy. If all destination song 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).

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

0102

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

NOTE:

The message “FULL” may appear when the available memory is short.

NOTE:

If you want to abort the operation, press STOP button.

Use the SONG SELECT buttons to select a destination song number for copying.

Follow this step if you wish to select a different destination song number than the one displayed. The

M.D.R. will display only those song numbers that have no data.

Press the RECORD button to execute the Song Copy function.

The RECORD lamp stops flashing and remains lit, indicating that the Song Copy function is in process.

The LED display shows the “size” of the song in numbers, and counts down as the data is being copied. When the display shows “000”, the song has been completely copied.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

016

SONG SELECT RECORD PLAY

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

6) Song Delete

You can delete a song on disk by performing this function.

To use Song Delete:

1 Use the SONG SELECT buttons to select the number of the song you wish to delete.

2 While holding down the SHIFT button, press the

SONG DEL. button.

The letters “dL” appear on the left side of the LED display, next to the selected song number. RECORD lamp flashes to indicate that the M.D.R. is ready to delete the song. If you wish to, you can still select a different song number in this step by using the SONG

SELECT buttons.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY dL04

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

NOTE:

If you want to abort the operation, press STOP button.

3 Press the RECORD button to execute the Song Delete function.

The RECORD lamp stops flashing and remains lit, indicating that the Song Delete function has begun.

When the Song Delete function is completed, the

STOP status is automatically resumed.

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 source disk is 2DD type.

Be sure to set the Write-protect tab on the source disk to ON. On the contrary, set the Write-protect tab on the destination disk to OFF. The message

“Prot” may appear if you insert the destination disk with the Write-protect tab ON. In this case, the

Disk Copy function cannot be executed.

2 While holding down the SHIFT button, press the

LOWER button in the RECORD part.

“In 1” appears on the LED display to indicate that the

M.D.R. is ready to execute the Disk Copy.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

In 1

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

Insert the source disk into the disk slot.

The M.D.R. starts reading the data in the source disk.

“out 1” appears on the LED display.

Press the eject button to take out the source disk.

“In 2” appears on the LED display to urge you to insert the destination disk.

Insert the destination disk.

The number “160” appears on the LED display and counting down is initiated as the disk is being copied.

“out 2” appears on the LED display.

Eject the destination disk.

“In 1” appears on the LED display again.

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

SHIFT

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

In 2

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL

SONG

REPEAT

FROM TO

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.

SHIFT

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

UPPER

RECORD

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER

PLAY

LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

STOP

FROM TO

SONG COPY

In 1

SONG SELECT PLAY RECORD

SONG DEL.

CUSTOM PLAY PAUSE

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

– TEMPO + FORMAT

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 two or three seconds.

NOTE:

“Fort” or “bAd” may appear if an error occurs in the middle of the operation. If this happen, please retry formatting the destination disk and copying disk.

Follow the M.D.R. direction to eject/insert the disks durinmg the operation. Do not ignore the M.D.R.

direction to eject/insert the disks. Doing so can damage the disk and possibly the disk drive.

NOTE:

If you want to cancel the Disk Copy operation in the middle of procedures, eject the disk and turn the power off. In this case, you are required to format the destination disk again.

8) Checking the Remaining Memory

While plaback is stopped, you can check the amount of memory available for additional recording. To do this, simultaneously hold down the SHIFT button and the PAUSE button (indicated in the illustration at right as REM. MEM.:

Remaining Memory). The maximum amount of memory is

620 for 2DD disks 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 Disk”

(Pr##) message will appear on the LED display. The data cannot be saved to the disk.

RECORD PLAY

(LEAD)

PAUSE

REM. MEM.

(K.PERC.) (LEAD)

540

(K.PERC.)

SHIFT

Messages on the M.D.R. LED Display

Display Description of the Messages

No disk is installed. Install a disk.

1) The installed disk is write-protected, so the Record, Song Copy, and Song Delete jobs cannot be performed. Set the disk's Write-protect tab to OFF(page 59).

2) If you are using a copy-protected playback-only disk, this message may appear when you attempt the

Record, Song Copy, or Song Delete operations.

3) When executing Disk Copy, set the Write-protect tab on the source disk to ON.

The installed disk is not formatted. Format the disk(page 60).

1) The disk's memory capacity is full, so the Record or Song Copy operation cannot be performed. Use another formatted disk or delete unnecessary songs.

2) Data is already recorded at all song numbers, so the operation cannot be performed. Press the STOP button, then delete any unnecessary songs.

None of the song numbers 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 data was received at once. Press the STOP button.

The disk is defective and cannot be formatted. Press the STOP button, then insert another disk.

An error occurred during the transmission or reception of data. Press the STOP button.

You are trying to record to the song number which already contains recorded data. Select the other blank song number by pressing the SONG SELECT buttons.

* “XX” indicates a song number (01 through 40).

When you insert the “copy-protected” disk to the Electone, this message will appear on the LED display.

You cannot overwrite or save the changes.

* “XX” indicates a song number (01 through 40).

In the case of Voice Disk operation, an incompatible Voice Disk has been inserted.

Voice Edit

The EL-57 Electone has a Voice Edit feature that allows you to create your own voices. The Voice Edit uses sophisticated sound shaping tools that make it possible to craft just about any kind of sound-from authentic recreations of acoustic instruments to wild electronic voices and special effects.

The following section will introduce you to the basics of voice editing by taking you step by step through a specific editing example. As you follow the steps, you may find many of the terms and parameter names to be unfamiliar. Once you go through the editing steps, however, we suggest that you read through the Voice Editing Basics section (page 86) to get a firmer understanding of the principles behind voice editing.

1 Editing a Voice

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

1) To select a voice and its Operator:

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 down VOICE EDIT button...

If you press VOICE EDIT without selecting a voice, the following display will prompt you to complete the step.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

2 . ...press desired Voice button.

After you have selected a voice--Piano, in this example--the following LCD will appear.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

VOLUME

MAX

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI 2

MIN

EDIT Page

Operator

Algorithm Envelope Parameter

Algorithm and Operator

At the left side of the display is the Algorithm used for this voice.

An algorithm is a kind of “map” that shows how the sound components of the voice are related to each other. Each voice has five separate sound components and they are called “Operators.”

3 Begin changing the sound by turning off all Operators, except

Operator 1.

To turn off each Operator:

1 . First, use the pair of Data Control buttons just below the algorithm display (below the box 1; the second from the left) to select an Operator.

The currently selected Operator number is surrounded by the “Brackets.”

Pressing the

A button move the “Brackets” counter clockwise, and pressing the

B button move the “Brackets” clockwise. Move the “Brackets” to the Operator 2.

2 . Then press one of the far left pair of Data Control buttons to turn the selected Operator off.

Reverse display (dark box) indicates that the Operator is on; normal display indicates the Operator is off.

The “Brackets” indicate the currently selected Operator.

These buttons turn the selected Operator on and off.

These buttons select the

Operators in order.

3 . Repeat the above process for all of the Operators except

Operator 1.

As you turn off each Operator, play the voice and listen to how the sound changes.

When you turn off the AWM Operator, no sound will be produced.

NOTE:

The currently selected Operator name is shown in the dark bar in the middle of the display.

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 89 for more information.

For now, try making some of these changes in the envelope:

Envelope

Parameters

NOTE:

The parameter value can be changed quickly when you press the Data

Control button with the COARSE button held.

Adjust the OL (Output Level) parameter.

Changing the OL parameter affects 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.)

Adjust the AR (Attack Rate) parameter.

Play the voice and notice how the changes you make affect the initial volume of the voice. By changing this parameter you can make the sound gradually get louder (lower settings) or have it reach its full volume all at once (higher settings).

Adjust the RR (Release Rate) parameter.

Play a note on the keyboard and then release it. Notice how the changes affect the tail end of the sound, just after you release the key. By changing this parameter, you can make the sound sustain beyond the release point (lower settings).

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 metallic. Decreasing the level has the opposite effect.

3 Turn off Operators 1 and 2, and turn on Operators 3 and 4.

Make some changes to their parameters, as you did with

Operators 1 and 2 in steps #1 and #2 above. Set the OL of the

Operator 3 to 110.

The relationshp between Operators 3 and 4 is similar to that between Operators 1 and 2.

About the Operators

Changing the level of one of the top row Operators (2 and 4 here) affects the tone of the Operator below it.

Changing the level of one of the bottom row Operators (1 and 3) affects the volume of the related top row Operator.

NOTE:

Raising the OL of the Operator 2 (to

113 - 127) to make the sound brighter and lowering the AR of the Operator 2

(to 1 - 10) can produce a distinctive effect.

NOTE:

No sound will be 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.

3) To edit the AWM Operator:

Next, we'll make a change in the sound of the AWM Operator. The

AWM Operator is a specially recorded waveform with an actual instrumental sound, unlike the pure electronic sounds of the other

Operators.

1 Turn off all of the Operators, except for the AWM Operator, then change its parameter, OL (Output Level). The AWM

Operator has its own page with a different setting.

NOTE:

The Operator on/off settings you made here are temporary. Even though you turn off an Operator when editing a voice, the on/off status of the

Operators will forcibly be changed and saved as “on” in a User voice.

If you want an Operator muted, set the

OL parameter of the selected Operator to the minimum.

NOTE:

After making changes in the voice, you can restore the original voice by switching to another function. If, however, you wish to keep the newly created voice for future use, you should save it. (See following section.)

2 Finally, turn all of the other Operators back on and adjust each

Operator's level.

You have got the full-bodied ringing electronic piano sounds configured with the realistic AWM acoustic piano and FM brighter piano.

2 Saving Your New Voice

Once you have created a sound you are satisfied with, you'll want to save that sound for future use.

To save your newly created voice:

Use the Page buttons to select the SAVE page.

The following display appears.

SAVE Page

PAGE

2 Press the Data Control button that corresponds to the User voice number you wish to save to.

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.)

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 operation automatically erases any voice that have been previously saved to the selected User voice number. You should check the User voices (page 23) before saving a voice to make sure that you will not be erasing any important voices.

This Save page shows the same voices as the last page (USER) of the dotted buttons' Voice Menu.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

3 Quitting Voice Edit

You can quit the Voice Edit function from any of its display pages.

To quit:

Press the VOICE EDIT button in the DISPLAY SELECT section once again.

The following display will appear, prompting confirmation of the operation.

2 Select “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 (page 23).

To recall a User voice:

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 as those of the USER page in the Voice Menu.

5 Selecting Voices From a Voice

Disk (Optional)

You can also load voices from optional Voice Disks (for EL-37) to the four User voices in the Voice Menu.

To do this:

Hold down the VOICE EDIT button in the DISPLAY SELECT section and simultaneously press any one of the panel voice buttons.

Select the VOICE DISK page with the Page buttons.

The message “Insert Voice Disk!!” appears and prompts you the operation.

NOTE:

Any one of the voice sections can be used here. Make sure that the volumes of all other voices are set to off (the minimum value) for monitoring the

Voice Disk voices.

PAGE

3 Insert the Voice Disk into the disk slot under the Music Disk

Recorder.

The voice number and name of the Voice Disk appears.

VOICE DISK Page

Pressing these buttons steps through the voice numbers; the name of each voice appears on the display as well.

Refer to the list included with your Voice

Disk for voice numbers and names.

Using any of the Data Control button pairs, select the voice you wish to load.

Play the keyboard to check the sound of the voice. Select other voices (as you did in step #4 above) and check those sounds as well.

If you want to save the current voice to a User Voice space, select the previous page, “SAVE” with the Page buttons.

PAGE

7 Press the Data Control button that corresponds to the User Voice number you wish to save to.

Press one of the four Data Control buttons below “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.

Operators

6 Voice Editing Basics

The EL-57 Electone uses a sophisticated tone generation system developed by Yamaha that is capable of producing an exceptionally wide range of voices. To be more specific, the system uses individual sound sources that “modulate” each other's frequencies and thus create complex sounds not possible by the ordinary mixing of those sound sources.

1) Operators

Along with the sophisticated AWM sound sources that are the backbone of the Electone's authentic voices, the tone generation system features other sound sources called “Operators.” An Operator is a sound generator that produces 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.

FM Operator

AWM FM Operators

1-4

Modulator Carrier

Voice Algorithm Examples

Modulators

Carrier

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 “carries” the modulated sine wave and outputs the resulting sound, is called the carrier. The complexity or brightness of the sound depends on the output level of the modulator.

This kind of arrangement in which Operators are “stacked” together is called an algorithm. With four sine wave Operators available for stacking, the various algorithms can produce a wide variety of sounds.

Modulators Modulator

Carriers

3) AWM Operators

Each algorithm also has a special AWM (Advanced Wave Memory)

Operator. AWM Operators are 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

4) FM Operators

The Operators 1 through 4 are the sine wave Operators of the algorithm.

When one of these Operators has been selected, the following parameters are displayed:

NOTE:

When the D2R is set to 0, the level set by the D1L will be maintained until the key is released. The higher setting of the D2R rapidly lower the level.

NOTE:

With the RR set too low, the sound continues to sound.

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 OL (Output Level)

Determines the level of the selected Operator's sound.

Range: 0-127

2 AR (Attack Rate)

Determines how quickly the Operator will reach its maximum level after the key is played. Lower values produce a slower attack.

Range: 0-31

3 D1R (Decay 1 Rate)

Determines how 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 for the level to reach 0 after the key is released.

Range: 0-63

Envelope Parameters

By using the modulators and setting them to various output levels, you can create all kinds of sounds. These sounds will be static, however, unless you have the output levels change in time. That is precisely what an envelope does. It varies the output of an Operator in time so that you can vary the tone or the level. If the output of the modulator changes, the tone will change. If the output level of the carrier changes, the volume will change.

D1R

D2R

Key-on

OUTPUT

LEVEL 4

D1L

Key-off

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 Operator.

Feedback cannot be directly controlled; however, you can adjust the parameters of Operators that have feedback to change the characteristics of the feedback sound.

5) General Guidelines for Editing Operators

Before you edit a voice, always check its algorithm to see which

Operators function as carriers and which as modulators. Then select each Operator in turn and edit its parameters. The Output Level and envelope parameters function differently depending on whether they belong to a carrier or a modulator. The following list illustrates the relationships between the Operators and parameters:

1 To change the overall volume:

2 To change the overall tone:

3 To change how the volume varies over time:

4 To change how the tone varies over time:

5 To raise the volume:

6 To lower the volume:

7 To make the sound brighter:

8 To make the sound softer:

9 To get faster attack:

10 To get slower attack:

11 To reduce the sound rapidly:

12 To reduce the sound slowly:

13 To get no or shorter sustain:

14 To get longer sustain:

15 To change the timbre rapidly:

16 To change the timbre slowly:

FM Carrier/Modulator

Change 1 of the carrier. Change 7 of the AWM.

Change 1 of the modulator.

Change 2 , 3 or 5 of the carrier.

Change 2 , 3 or 5 of the modulator.

Raise 1 of the carrier. Raise 7 of the AWM.

Lower 1 of the carrier. Lower 7 of the AWM.

Raise 1 of the modulator.

Lower 1 of the modulator.

Raise 2 of the carrier and modulator.

Lower 2 of the carrier and modulator.

Raise 3 and 5 of the carrier and modulator.

Lower 3 and 5 of the carrier and modulator.

Raise 6 of the carrier and modulator.

Lower 6 of the carrier and modulator.

Raise 2 of the modulator.

Lower 2 of the modulator.

AWM

1 2 3 4 5 6

6) Some Voice Editing Examples

The following examples illustrate some specific uses of the Voice Edit controls. Make the changes as described in the examples, then go on to explore some other voices on your own, making changes as you like.

■ Ex.1: Adding “bite” to the “Jazz Organ1” voice (ORGAN Voice Menu)

Operator 1 provides the 16' footage sound, Operator 2 the 8', and

Operator 3 the 5-1/3'.

You can make the sound warmer by decreasing the Output Level of

Operator 2. Increasing the Output Level of Operator 3 makes for a rougher edge or more “bite” in the organ sound.

■ Ex.2: Adding 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 added to the glockenspiel voice.

■ Ex.3: Creating an electronic piano sounds suitable to use as the backings for the ballad from “Elec. Piano”.

The original Electric Piano is made up by FM only. Increasing the

OL of the AWM from 0 to 124 to layer the AWM sounds to the FM sounds.

■ Ex.4: changing the “Marimba” to a ethnic percussion.

Increasing the OL of Operator 3 from 77 to 127 (its maximum).

Page 7 Pedal

TUBA

Page 8 Lead

Flute

Page 9 Lead

Oboe

Page 10 Upper/Lower

CLARINET

Page 11 Upper/Lower

SAXOPHONE

Page 12 Upper/Lower

TUTTI

Page 13 Upper/Lower

CHORUS

Page 14 Upper

HARMONICA

Page 15 Upper/Lower

ORGAN

7) Voice Configuration

Page/Section

Page 1 Upper/Lower

STRINGS

Page 2 Lead

VIOLIN

Page 3 Pedal

CONTRABASS

Page 4 Upper/Lower

B R A S S

Page 5 Lower

HORN

Page 6 Lead

TRUMPET

Voice Name

Strings 1

Strings 2

Pizz. Strings

Violin

Contrabass

Pizz. Bass

Brass

Synth. Brass

Horn 1

Horn 2

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Flute

Whistle

Oboe

Bassoon

Clarinet

Saxophone

Tutti 1

Tutti 2

Chorus

Harmonica

Page 16 Pedal

ORGAN BASS

Page 17 Upper/Lower

PIANO

Organ

Jazz Organ

Pop Organ

Accordion

Organ Bass 1

Organ Bass 2

Piano

Elec.Piano

Harpsichord

Tone Generation Preset AWM Voice

AWM FM Effect Voice Character

Ø Ø Strings 1

Ø Ø Strings 2

Ø -

Pizz. Strings

Violin 1

Contrabass 1

Pizz. Bass

Brass 1

Horn 1

Horn 2

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trombone 1

Trumpet 1

Timpani

Flute 1

Oboe 1

Bassoon 1

Clarinet 1

Saxophone 1

Strings tutti

Brass+Strings

Chorus 1

Ø Bandoneon

Organ 1

Chor.

Attack Voice

Chor.

Attack Voice

Accordion

Pipe Organ Bass

Organ Bass + Noise

Piano 1

Cele.

Honkytonk

Harpsichord

127

125

127

114

124

112

127

120

127

120

121

122

120

119

122

127

120

119

127

125

127

123

113

FM Voice

Voice Character

Well-vibrated Strings

Synth. Strings

Pizz. Strings

Violin 1

Sustained Contrabass

Pizz. Bass

Brass 1

Synth. Brass 1

Horn

Addition to Horn

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

Steel-Drum-like Voice

Addition to Flute

OL1:Whistle OL3:Noise

Oboe

Bassoon

Clarinet

Saxophone 16'

OL1:Clarinet OL3:Flute

OL1:Slow Strings OL3:Synth. Brass

Vocal

Harmonica 1

Jazz Organ

Jazz Organ 1

Pop Organ 1

Accordion

Organ Bass 1

Organ Bass 2

Elec. Piano

Elec. Piano 1

Harpsichord 16'

OL1 OL2 OL3 OL4

79 80

91 91

121

112

107

114

111

116

103

120

114

103

115

110 110

113

108

116

100

110

72 76

108 100

94 101

108

105

112

* The voice names in the Voice Characteristics column derive from those of the EL-87.

* The carriers have the OL values in the table; the modulators do not have.

Page/Section

Page 18 Upper/Lower

GUITAR

Page 19 Upper/Lower

VIBRAPHONE

Page 20 Pedal

ELECTRIC BASS

Page 21 Upper/Lower

COSMIC

Voice Name

Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Elec. Guitar

Harp

Vibraphone

Glocken

Marimba

Synth. Chime

Elec. Bass 1

Elec. Bass 2

Synth. Bass

Cosmic 1

Cosmic 2

Cosmic 3

Cosmic 4

Tone Generation Preset AWM Voice

AWM FM Effect Voice Character

Ø Ø Guitar 1

Guitar 2

Elec. Guitar 1

Harp

Vibraphone

Harp

Marimba

Cele.

Marimba

Elec. Bass 1

Elec. Bass 2

Addition to Synth. Bass 1

Vocal

Marimba+Vibraphone

Cosmic 2

New Synth. Chime

125

127

121

109

111

107

122

116

120

116

FM Voice

Voice Character

Guitar

OL1 OL2 OL3 OL4

Addition to Guitar 95

Elec. Guitar

Harp

Cosmic94

Glocken

Addition to Marimba

Synth. Chime

Addition to the Lower Range

Addition to the Higher Range

Synth. Bass 1

Basic Regist 4 (U.K.)

Basic Regist 4 (L.K.)

Cosmic 3

Cosmic 4

107

108

112

117

112

107

111

112

104 122

112 114

102

105

112

102

103

Rhythm Program

The Electone also includes powerful Rhythm Program functions: the Rhythm Pattern Program and the

Rhythm Sequence Program. The Rhythm Pattern Program allows you to record your own origianl rhythms using the high-quality percussion 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.

Outline of the Rhythm Programming Operation

The following is a brief outline of the steps necessary in programming your own rhythms and rhythm sequences.

Rhythm Pattern Program

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

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.

Step Write

(Optional) Select the Accompaniment page to determine which accompaniment pattern will be used with your newly created rhythm.

Real Time Write

Save your new rhythm to memory in the SAVE page.

Rhythm Sequence Program

Press the SEQUENCE button to call up the Rhythm Sequence Program for connecting rhythms together in sequence to create songs.

Save your new rhythm sequence buttons. (No actual saving procedure is necessary since the rhythm sequences you program will automatically be saved to the selected Sequence button.)

(Optional) Finally, save all the User rhythm data you’ve created in the above steps to disk.

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

1 Rhythm Pattern Program

The Rhythm Pattern Program works with the Keyboard Percussion feature to let you use any of 75 different percussion sounds in creating your own rhythms. Up to 16 separate rhythm “tracks” are provided in a single pattern for each instrument part, and up to 40 patterns--eight User numbers, each with five variations—can be memorized.

1) Entering Rhythm Pattern Program

To call 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.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

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

Programming/Rhythm Sequencing operations.

There are two ways to program a User pattern: copying a preset rhythm which is similar to the rhythm you want to create and creating your own rhythm from scratch.

NOTE:

The User rhythm you have created can also be copied to the Rhythm Pattern

Program. You can edit it again and improve it.

NOTE:

When preset rhythms are copied to the Rhythm Pattern Program, the copied patterns may differ in volume from the original patterns.

2 2.-1 To copy a preset rhythm:

While holding down the PATTERN button, select a preset rhythm to be copied to the Rhythm Pattern Program.

Copying a preset rhythm lets you make changes to an existing rhythm, saving you time if you want to program a rhythm that is similar to an existing preset pattern. Two measures of the selected rhythm will be copied to the Rhythm Pattern Program.

In this case, you need to select a specific rhythm from the

Rhythm Menu beforehand.

Copying the Fill Ins and Endings:

The similar procedure can be used with the FILL IN and INTRO.

ENDING buttons for copying Fill In and Ending patterns. Select the rhythm to which the desired Fill In or Ending belongs beforehand. Then press the FILL IN or INTRO. ENDING button while holding down the PATTERN button.

NOTE:

Some Ending patterns consists of more than two measures. If you copy such a pattern, only the first two measures can be copied but the rest cannot be copied.

NOTE:

The Intro. patterns cannot be copied.

2.-2 To create your own rhythm from scratch

Pressing the PATTERN button, and releasing it without selecting a rhythm loads a blank pattern to the Rhythm Pattern Program.

2) Percussion Sounds Used for Rhythm Pattern Program

The total of 75 different instrument sounds are available for the Rhythm

Pattern Programming and are assigned to each key on the Upper and

Lower keyboard, as shown in the following chart..

Assigned to the Upper Keyboard (35 types)

NOTE:

The sounds of the Upper keyboard can be used only in Rhythm Pattern

Programming.

Tom 4 Tom 3 Tom 2 Tom 1

Bass Drum for March Snare Drum Accent2 Crash Cymbal 2 Cymbal for March

Assigned to the Lower Keyboard (43 types)

* The instrument assignments are the same as the ones in the Keyboard Percussion feature.

Claves

Snare Brush Shot 1

Snare Brush Roll

Orchestra Snare Drum

Tom 3 Tom 2 Tom 1

Snare Drum Roll

Triangle Close

Wood Block Low

Triangle Open

Cowbell 1

Crash Cymbal 1 Tambourine Cuica Low Shaker

NOTE:

Tom 1, 2 and 3 on the Upper and

Lower keyboards are the same.

3) Step Write and Real Time Write

There are two different methods you can use to program rhythms: Step

Write and Real Time Write.

Step Write allows you to enter percussion sounds as individual note values. As a method, it is very similar to writing down the notes on a sheet of music paper; each note is entered one at a time, and though you can hear each individual note entered, you cannot actually hear the pattern playing as you create it.

Real Time Write on the other hand, is similar to using a multitrack tape recorder; you can hear previously recorded parts of the pattern as you record new parts on top.

Each method has its own advantages and uses. Step Write is good for precision and for entering percussion sounds whose note placement and rhythmic value has been determined, such as a bass drum that plays every beat in a measure. Real Time Write is best for capturing the “feel” of a rhythm, because it allows you to actually play the 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 percussion accents and embellishments.

4) Selecting Step Write or Real Time Write Operation

Step Write and Real Time Write can be selected from either the BEAT/

QUANTIZE page or the EDIT page. Which mode of operation 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.

SYNCHRO

START

5) Setting the Beat/Quantize Values

The BEAT/QUANTIZE page is automatically displayed when calling up the Rhythm Pattern Program. It is used in both Step Write and Real

Time Write for selecting the basic timing settings of the pattern.

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BEAT/QUANTIZE Page—Step Write

1 2 3

1 BEAT

Determines the time signature used for the rhythm. Available time signatures are 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. The 4/4 time is the default setting when a blank pattern has been selected.

2 QUANTIZE

Determines the resolution of the Step Write function. Step

Write operations involve advancing in “steps” along regularly spaced points in a measure and Quantize lets you set how many points there will be in the measure. The default setting is a quarter note.

In Real Time Write, this function is generally the same as that in

Step Write operation. Used with Real Time Write, however, it allows you to automatically “correct” 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:

Beat can only be changed in Real Time

Write when the rhythm is stopped.

NOTE:

The metronome is automatically set to

ON when a blank pattern has been selected, and is set to OFF when an existing pattern is copied.

BEAT/QUANTIZE Page—Real Time Write

6) Entering Percussion Sounds to a Rhythm Pattern

Percussion sounds can be entered by either Step Write or Real Time

Write from the EDIT page. (Sounds can also be entered in the BEAT/

QUANTIZE page by Real Time Write.) As with the BEAT/QUANTIZE page above, the Step Write EDIT page is selected when the rhythm is stopped, and Real Time Write EDIT is selected when the pattern is running.

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7) Editing with Step Write

To enter sounds with Step Write:

Raise the rhythm volume, and turn off all the Upper and Lower keyboard voices by setting each section’s volume to MIN.

Select the EDIT page with the Page buttons.

Select the percussion sound you wish to enter.

There are two ways to select percussion sounds in the Step Write mode:

[1] Press the key on the Upper or Lower keyboard that corresponds to the sound. The instrument name automatically appears at the top right of the LCD when the key is pressed. The selected instrument is automatically assigned to an available empty rhythm track.

[2] Use the leftmost Data Control buttons under the rhythm track 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 rhythm, preset or user.

EDIT Page—Step Write

Rhythm track Instrument (percussion) name

1 3 2

1 Rhythm Track

Selects from among the sixteen rhythm tracks and displays the currently selected rhythm track number.

2 CHANGE

Replaces the instrument assigned to any given track with the others.

To replace the instruments:

1 . Select the track using the Rhythm Track control above.

2 . Simultaneously hold down the Data Control button corresponding to CHANGE and press the key on the Upper or

Lower keyboard that corresponds to the instrument you want to use.

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3 CLEAR

The Clear function is used to erase an instrument from the rhythm. All instances of the selected instrument, irrespective of which tracks they occupy, will be erased from the pattern.

There are two ways to use Clear:

[1] While holding down the Data Control button corresponding to CLEAR, press the key on the keyboard corresponding to the instrument you wish to erase. (A short “beep” sound indicates that the instrument 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 following display appears, prompting confirmation of the operation:

Select “OK” to execute the operation. The message “Completed!!” briefly appears.

Select “Cancel” to abort the operation returning to the previous display.

4 Then, use the step forward and step reverse controls to advance or reverse the rhythm clock to the point at which you wish to enter the percussion sound.

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EDIT Page—Step

Shows the current

Quantize value.

Measure Beat Click

PAGE

NOTE:

You can return to the BEAT/

QUANTIZE page in the middle of editing and change the time signature and/or the Quantize value.

1 Step Forward and Step Reverse Controls

Each press of the corresponding Data Control buttons advances or reverses the rhythm clock by one step. The size of a single step is determined by the Quantize value, set in the Beat/

Quantize page.

2 Rhythm Clock

Displays the current position in the pattern, according to the measure, beat, and number of clicks. A click is the smallest division of a pattern, and one beat is made up of 24 clicks.

The rhythm clock advances up to two measure and loops back to the beginning of the rhythm (1.1.1).

5 Use the Accent section of the EDIT page to enter the sound to the selected point.

Press the Data Control buttons corresponding to each Accent to 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.

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NOTE:

You can record up to sixteen different instrument sounds in a single rhythm, with each instrument occupying one of the sixteen available tracks. The

Rhythm Pattern Program has polyphonic capacity for playing up to eight sounds simultaneously.

Instruments can only be entered if there are empty tracks remaining. If all sixteen tracks have been used, no subsequently selected instruments can be heard or recorded.

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 the rhythm clock).

Selection of an Accent level automatically advances the rhythm clock by one step, according to the current Quantize resolution value.

6 Repeat the above procedures #2 through #5 to layer each rhythm track and complete your own rhythm.

About Quantize

The Quantize function is a process of rounding off timing and/or duration values.

With Real Time Write

It allows you to automatically 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.

Quantize Values

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 OFF (1/24 beat)

Steps Depending on the Quantize Values

Beat

13 16

19 22

5 9 13 17 21

OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

* The finest timing is a Click (=1/24 beat).

* [ ] advances 16 clicks every step.

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8) Editing with Real Time Write

To enter sounds with Real Time Write:

1 Raise the rhythm volume, and turn off all the Upper and Lower keyboard voices by setting each section’s volume to MIN.

2 Select the BEAT/QUANTIZE page or EDIT page with the Page buttons, then start the rhythm by pressing the START button to engage the Real Time Write operation.

EDIT Page—Real Time Write

NOTE:

As in Step Write, you can record up to sixteen different instrument sounds in a single rhythm, with each instrument occupying one of the sixteen available tracks.

Instruments can only be entered if there are empty tracks remaining. If all sixteen tracks have been used, no subsequently recordings can be performed or heard.

Only “CLEAR” is selectable on the EDIT Page in Real Time

Write.

● CLEAR

As in Step Write, the Clear function is used to erase an instrument from the rhythm. However, the method of operation is slightly different.

Hold down the Data Control button that corresponds to CLEAR in the display, and simultaneously press the key on the keyboard corresponding to the instrument you wish to erase. All instances of the selected instrument, irrespective of which tracks they occupy, will be erased from the pattern.

You can erase all of the sounds on all recorded tracks of the pattern by holding CLEAR and 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.

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 separate track as you play it. All events of a single sound are assigned to the same track; for example, if you alternately play a hi-hat sound with a snare drum, all notes of the hi hat will be recorded to one track and all notes of the snare drum to another track.

When you’ve finished entering instruments to the pattern, stop it by pressing the START button again, or by selecting the ACC.

(Accompaniment) or SAVE pages.

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9) Selecting Accompaniment Patterns

This function of the Rhythm Pattern Program allows you to use one of the Electone’s Accompaniment patterns with your original rhythm. You can select and save the Accompaniment pattern that best matches the rhythm that you have created. However, you cannot save the

Accompaniment type and volume setting.

To select an appropriate Accompaniment pattern for your newly created rhythm:

Select the ACC. (Accompaniment) page with the Page buttons.

PAGE

2 Press the button corresponding to the desired rhythm type in the Rhythm section on the panel.

SEQ.

RHYTHM

MARCH WALTZ

USER 1 USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

MAX

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C

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 set the Accompaniment volume.

To do this, press the same Data Control button as you did in step #3 above in selecting a rhythm, and adjust the

Accompaniment volume with the appropriate Data Control buttons.

NOTE:

If a rhythm is started in the

Accompaniment page, the

Accompaniment will also be heard.

However, both the rhythm and the

Accompaniment will automatically be stopped when you leave the

Accompaniment page.

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10) Saving Rhythm Patterns

To save a newly created rhythm to a User pattern number:

1 Select the SAVE page with the Page buttons.

The current rhythm, if playing, will automatically be stopped when this page is selected.

PAGE

2 Using the appropriate Data Control buttons, select both the User number and variation type to which you wish to save 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 storing rhythms.

This is expressed as a percentage: 100% indicates the maximum amount of memory available, and 0% indicates that there is no more memory available.

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3 Once you have selected a User number and type, the following display will appear, prompting confirmation of the operation.

Select “OK” to save the rhythm or “Cancel” to abort the operation and return to the previous display.

When the pattern has been saved, the message “Completed!!” momentarily appears.

When the pattern cannot be saved because of lack of available memory space, the following display appears.

Press the Data Control button corresponding to “Confirm” to return to the original Save display.

You should periodically save your rhythm as you are 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 DISPLAY SELECT section once again.

If a rhythm is playing, it will automatically be stopped. The following display will appear, prompting confirmation of the operation.

NOTE:

The Power On Reset function (page

57) can be to delete all User rhythms from memory.

2 Select “OK” to leave the Rhythm Pattern Program, or “Cancel” to abort the operation and return to the previous display.

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12) Recalling User Rhythm Patterns

The User rhythms you have created in the Rhythm Pattern Program can be selected and played from the panel Rhythm controls.

To call up the User rhythms:

Press one of the Dotted buttons in the Rhythm section.

RHYTHM

MARCH

USER 1

WALTZ

USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

SEQ.

MAX

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7

8 BEAT

USER 8

16 BEAT

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 patterns by selecting the desired User number and pressing the FILL IN button in the Rhythm section on the panel.

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2 Rhythm Sequence Program

With the Rhythm Sequence Program function, you can connect any of the Electone’s existing rhythms and the rhythms of your own creation together to make complete rhythm compositions. You can save four rhythm compositions to the Sequence buttons on the panel for future recall.

1) Selecting a Sequence

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.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

SEQ.

RHYTHM

MARCH WALTZ

USER 1 USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C

VOLUME

MAX

MIN

2 Press one of the Sequence buttons to call up the Rhythm

Sequence display.

Position indicator

Current cursor position

Pattern row to be entered

In this display, different rhythms (both Preset rhythms and User rhythms that you created with the Rhythm Pattern Program) can be entered in sequence along the pattern row in the middle of the display. Entered patterns are shown in boxes, while the numbers in the row above indicate the position.

Up to three-character code inside each box indicates the type and number of the rhythm. The preset rhythms of the Electone are indicated by a two-digit number (i.e., [01] or [02]). User patterns are indicated by the “U” prefix as well as a letter suffix representing the type-A,B,C,D, and F (Fill In). Examples of these include [U1A] and [U3F]. The preset patterns also may have a letter suffix: “I” indicates Intro, “F” indicates Fill In, and

“E” indicates Ending (i.e., [03I], [25E], and [56F]).

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.

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2) Programming a Sequence

Select the type of rhythm you wish to enter, Preset or User.

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 measure is displayed as negative box .

The rhythm patterns can be divided into four groups: Normal such as and , Intro, Fill In and Ending.

When changing the type, for example, from Normal to Fill In and Fill In to

Normal while programming a rhythm sequence, the first measure of the newly selected type will always be selected and follow. However, when the same type continues even though you change the rhythm, for example, from 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.

Pressing these Data Control buttons alternately selects Preset and User.

Select the desired rhythm by pressing the appropriate button in the Rhythm section, then select SET in the display to enter the pattern. (Refer to the Rhythm Pattern Number Table [on the next page] for a list of the rhythms and their number assignments.)

● When PRESET is selected in step #1 above, the Rhythm buttons are used to select the Preset rhythm names printed at the top.

● When USER is selected, however, these buttons function according to the User numbers and letters printed at the bottom.

Select the User pattern by pressing one of the numbered buttons

(1-8), then a lettered button (A, B, C, or D) or FILL (for User Fill

In).

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.

MARCH

USER 1

WALTZ

USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

A B

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7

8 BEAT

USER 8

16 BEAT

Press one of these buttons...

Indicates the pattern at which the cursor is currently located.

MIN

...then select SET.

NOTE:

A maximum of 120 patterns can be entered to a single sequence.

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Rhythm Pattern Number Table

0 1 March 1

0 2 March 2

0 3 March 3

0 4 Polka 1

0 5 Polka 2

0 6 Country 1

0 7 Country 2

0 8 Broadway

0 9 Baroque

1 0 Waltz 1

1 1 Waltz 2

1 2 Waltz 3

1 3 Waltz 4

1 4 Waltz 5

1 5 Jazz Waltz 1

1 6 Jazz Waltz 2

1 7 Jazz Waltz 3

1 8 Bolero

1 9 Swing 1

2 0 Swing 2

2 1 Swing 3

2 2 Swing 4

2 3 Swing 5

2 4 Swing 6

2 5 Jazz Ballad

2 6 Dixieland 1

2 7 Dixieland 2

2 8 Bounce 1

2 9 Bounce 2

3 0 Bounce 3

3 1 Reggae 1

3 2 Reggae 2

3 3 Slow Rock 1

3 4 Slow Rock 2

Examples of Fill In, Intro./Ending

01F March 1 Fill In

01I

01E

March 1 Intro.

March 1 Ending

3 5 Slow Rock 3

3 6 Tango 1

3 7 Tango 2

3 8 Tango 3

3 9 Cha-cha

4 0 Rhumba

4 1 Beguine

4 2 Mambo

4 3 Salsa

4 4 Samba 1

4 5 Samba 2

4 6 Samba 3

4 7 Bossanova 1

4 8 Bossanova 2

4 9 Bossanova 3

5 0 8 Beat 1

5 1 8 Beat 2

Examples of User

U1A User 1 A

U1B

U1C

U1D

U1F

U1I

U1E

User 1 B

User 1 C

User 1 D

User 1 Fill In

User 1 Intro.*

User 1 Ending

3 If you wish to enter a Fill In, Intro, or Ending pattern, 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.

INTRO.

ENDING

SYNCHRO

START

5 2 8 Beat 3

5 3 8 Beat 4

5 4 8 Beat 5

5 5 Dance Pop 1

5 6 Dance Pop 2

5 7 Dance Pop 3

5 8 Dance Pop 4

5 9 16 Beat 1

6 0 16 Beat 2

6 1 16 Beat 3

6 2 16 Beat 4

6 3 16 Beat 5

6 4 16 Beat Funk 1

6 5 16 Beat Funk 2

6 6 16 Beat Funk 3

* The Intro. selected in the

Accompaniment page when in the Rhythm Pattern

Program.

1. While holding down INTRO.

ENDING or FILL IN...

FILL IN

2. ...press SET.

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NOTE:

Any existing pattern data that follows an Ending pattern is automatically deleted.

About Entering Intro. And Ending Patterns:

Pressing the INTRO. ENDING button when at the first position in the pattern row automatically enters an Intro pattern there. Pressing the INTRO. ENDING button at any other position in the row enters an Ending pattern.

4 Use the cursor controls to move the cursor along the pattern row in the display and select the position at which patterns will be entered. Then use the Data Controls to enter and delete pattern numbers in the pattern row.

SEQUENCE Page

Current measure

Currently selected pattern name

(and its variation) Pattern row to be entered

NOTE:

An Intro or Fill In pattern entered at the first position is not registered as a measure, and the current measure display shows “-Bar” even though a pattern has been entered.

NOTE:

The Coarse button can also be used with the cursor controls to move the cursor several steps at a time.

NOTE:

To create a rhythm sequence, you need to select a specific rhythm from the Rhythm Menu beforehand.

1 -1 1 -2

1 -3 2 -1 2 -2 2 -3

2 -4

1 Cursor Controls

-1

|<< Moves the cursor to the first position.

-2

< Moves the cursor one measure to the left.

-3

> Moves the cursor one measure to the right.

2 -5

2 Data Controls

-1

PRESET/USER

Determins the type of rhythm, Preset or User.

-2

SET

For initially entering a pattern number to an empty position in the pattern row, or for replacing a pattern at the cursor position.

-3

INS. (Insert)

For inserting a pattern number before the current cursor position. The new pattern is entered to the cursor position and all other patterns to the right of the cusor are moved to accommodate the new number. The operation is the same as for

SET .

-4

DEL. (Delete)

For deleting a pattern number at the current cursor position.

-5

CLEAR

For erasing all patterns entered to the selected sequence. After selecting CLEAR, the display for confirmation of the operation appears.

Select “OK” to clear the currently selected rhythm sequence, or

“Cancel” to abort the operation and return to the previous display.

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Audition:

You can play the rhythm sequence at any time during the editing process by moving the cursor to the point at which you wish to begin playback and pressing the Rhythm START button.

About Using Registration Memory with the Rhythm

Sequence Program:

The rhythms (Rhythm Menu) used to program the sequence can be changed during editing by selecting different registrations. This allows you to create a registration that contains the specific rhythms that you will use in a given sequence, and 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.) 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.

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ

USER 1 USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C

MIN

2 Press the rhythm START button.

INTRO.

ENDING

SYNCHRO

START

FILL IN

When one of the four rhythm sequences is playing, each programmed rhythm that plays is indicated by the lit LED on the Rhythm panel button.

When a Preset rhythm is playing, the current pattern button’s

LED is lit.

When a User rhythm is playing, the LEDs of two pattern buttons

(User number and type) are lit.

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5) Playing All Sequences in Order

You can also have up to all four rhythm sequences automatically play in order, one after the other.

To do this:

1 Press the desired Sequence buttons, making sure that their LEDs are all lit.

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.

MARCH

USER 1

WALTZ

USER 2

SWING BOUNCE SLOW

USER 3 USER 4

ROCK

A B

SEQ.

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2

USER 5 USER 6 USER 7

8 BEAT

USER 8

16 BEAT

MIN

2 Press the START button.

INTRO.

ENDING

SYNCHRO

START

SEQ.

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 effectively allows you to make a long rhythm sequence that exceeds the 120-pattern memory limit of a single sequence.

SEQ.

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Saving Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm Sequence Data to Disk:

Once you have created your own rhythms and rhythm sequences, you’ll want to save them to disk. Doing so allows you to free up memory in the

Electone for creating additional rhythms and sequences. Also, the User rhythms and sequences you’ve saved to disk can be loaded back to the

Electone any time.

Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm 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 Registrations, page 68, for instructions.

NOTE:

When loading your original Rhythm

Program data back to the Electone, be sure to stop the rhythm if it is playing.

Loading cannot be executed when a rhythm is running.

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Footswitches, Knee Lever and

Expression Pedal

These leg- and foot-operated controls allow you to turn on and execute various performance functions without taking your hands from the keyboards.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

1 Footswitch

The Electone has two footswitches on the main expression pedal that can be used to control various functions. The right footswitch is used 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

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

OFF

Cancels left footswitch control.

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1) Rhythm Control

Selection of left footswitch control over rhythm functions. When this is chosen, the following display appears:

FOOT SWITCH-LEFT Page—Rhythm

1 2 3

One of the three Rhythm Control functions can be selected. Pressing the footswitch executes the corresponding function.

1 STOP

Functions as an off/on switch for the rhythm once the rhythm is started.

2 ENDING

Switches the rhythm to the Ending pattern, after which the rhythm is stopped.

3 FILL IN

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 Page—Glide

1 Voice Sections

The Glide function can be applied to any or all of the voice sections shown in the display: Upper, Lead and Lower . Select the desired voice section(s).

NOTE:

When the Glide function is applied, the Vibrato is not effective.

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3) Tremolo Control

Selection of footswitch control over Tremolo. Pressing the footswitch turns the Tremolo effect on and off (Chorus), performing the same function as the TREMOLO (FAST) button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

If you want to use this function, the tremolo settings require to be set properly. See page 36 for more information.

FOOT SWITCH-LEFT Page—Tremolo

(ON)

2 Knee Lever

The knee lever, located on the underside of the keyboard panel, can be used to turn on and off the Sustain effect and Melody 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

(ON)

Fold the knee lever down.

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 sustain effect is applied constantly,as long as the front panel sustain buttons are on.

2 When the knee lever is vertical

The sustain effect is cancelled.

3 When the knee lever is continuously pressed to the right

The sustain effect is on.

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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, and select one of the modes.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

3 Expression Pedal

You can control the volume during performance with your toe.

Expression Depth

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

DISPLAY SELECT

3 Press the knee lever continuously to the right to get the Melody

On Chord effect in the middle of the performance.

NOTE:

If the KNEE is set to ON, the Melody

On Chord cannot be applied without using the knee lever.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

DEPTH

The Depth level increases when the Expression pedal is pressed down.

You cannot control the Depth by using the Data Control buttons.

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

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Transpose 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.

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

To select the Pitch page:

Press the EXP. PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, and select the Pitch page with the Page buttons.

PITCH CONTROL Page

PAGE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

NOTE:

The default Pitch is 440.0Hz (=A3).

NOTE:

The pitch changes cannot be recorded to the Music Disk Recorder.

1 2

1 TRANSPOSE

Determines the coarse pitch setting of all the voices, and is adjustable in half-steps (semitones). Range: -6-+6 (one octave)

2 PITCH

Determines the fine pitch setting of all the voices.

Range: 438.8-444.5Hz (Ca. a quarter semitone)

NOTE:

When matching the pitch with other instrument, use the Clarinet voice on the Lower keyboard.

About the Pitch

Each voice is tuned with the temperament.

Cent

LEAD voice +6.0

UK voice 1

UK voice 2

LK voice 1

LK voice 2

+2.4

+1.2

0 (Standard 440Hz)

-1.2

LK2

PK voice1/2 -3.6

PK1/2

LK1

UK2

UK1

LEAD

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MIDI

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a kind of communication system for electronic musical instruments. It is built into most every modern digital musical instrument and allows different instruments to “talk” to each other and control each other’s functions. For example, the Upper keyboard of your Electone could be used to play sounds on a connected synthesizer. In another application, a rhythm machine can be programmed to play its rhythms in perfect synchronization with the tempo set on the Electone. To use the MIDI functions you must, of course, have a second MIDI device (such as a synthesizer or rhythm machine), and a set of MIDI cables.

All MIDI functions are controlled from the MIDI page. Though not directly related to the MIDI 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

PAGE

VOICE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

SET

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST

SHIFT

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

VOICE

EDIT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

PATTERN SEQUENCE

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DISPLAY SELECT

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 3. The MIDI receive channel of each connected MIDI device should match the numbers set here.

Receive Channels

When using another MIDI device to play the Electone’s voices, you must set the MIDI transmit channel(s) of the connected device to match the receive channel(s) of the Electone. The MIDI receive channels of the

Electone are fixed to the following values:

Upper= 1, Lower= 2 and Pedal= 3.

The MIDI transmit channel of each connected MIDI device should match the above numbers.

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MIDI CONTROL Page

PAGE

NOTE:

Accompaniment pattern sounds cannot be controlled via MIDI.

2 -1 2 -2 2 -3

2 Internal/External Control

-1

LEAD

Determines Internal or External control of the Lead Voices.

When set to Internal, Lead Voices are played from the

Electone and the sounds from a connected MIDI instrument can be played via MIDI channel 1 (or channel 2, when the To

Lower function is on). When set to External, the Lead Voices can only be played from the connected instrument via MIDI channel 4.

-2

SYNC.

Determines the source of the 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.

-3

EXP.

Determines the control of the expression pedal functions.

Ordinarily, this control is set to Auto. However, when it is set to INT., you can manually control the expression pedal functions during M.D.R. playback. When set to EXT., another

(external) Electone controls over the expression pedal functions.

Contrast

For adjusting the relative sharpness of the characters displayed in the

LCD.

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Accessory Jacks and Controls

On the underside of the Electone keyboard is a separate panel equipped with various input/output terminals, the functions of which are described below.

HEADPHONES

OUT

AUX.

RHYTHM R

MIDI

OUT

RHYTHM IN (Phone, L/R)

This pair of phone jacks are for connection to an external rhythm machine. The sound of the connected device is mixed with the sound of the Electone and played through the

Electone’s speaker system. The volume of the rhythm machine can be controlled by the Expression pedal of the Electone.

AUX. IN (RCA, 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 amplification/speaker systems.

HEADPHONES

For connection of a stereo headphone set. When headphones are connected to this jack, sound to the Electone’s built-in speaker system is automatically cut off, allowing you to play without disturbing others.

MIDI IN/OUT

For connecting external devices such as synthesizer and rhythm machine with MIDI cable(s).

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Appendix

NOTE:

See page 127 for more detailed information on the MIDI messages.

EL-57

MIDI OUT

MIDI IN

Tone Generator

EL-57

MIDI

MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital

Interface, which allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other, by sending and receiving MIDI messages.

On the right underside of the Electone keyboard you will find the

MIDI IN/OUT jacks. If your Electone is connected with external devices via these MIDI jacks and appropriate MIDI settings are done, you can play an external MIDI device such as synthesizer from your Electone keyboard or your Electone can be played by an external device such as sequencer.

Setting examples

1. Using MIDI 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 play the Electone keyboard can be transmitted as digital data. However, whether and how the external device responds or not depends on the external device you have connected.

2. Using MIDI IN jack

● Playing the external MIDI keyboard can cause your Electone to be played using Electone's voices. (The MIDI transmit channel of the MIDI keyboard must match the receive channel of your

Electone. The channels 1, 2 and 3 for the Upper, Lower and pedal voices, respectively.)

MIDI IN

MIDI OUT

MIDI Keyboard

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MIDI Data Format

■ Channel Messages

Code (Hexadecimal)

8n nn** 00-7F

9n nn** 00

9n nn** 01-7F

Bn 04 00-7F

BF 0B 00-7F

Bn 7B 00

Function

Note OFF

Cn nn*** Program Change

Dn 00-07 After Touch

* Can be changed by MIDI CONTROL function.

** Note Number

*** Registration Number

■ System Realtime Messages

Code

* Received only when in the Ext. mode.

Function

Clock

Start

Stop

Active Sensing

Reset

Note ON

OFF

2nd Expression Pedal

Expression Pedal

All Notes OFF

Transmit

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

(CH 4)*

(CH 5)*

Receive

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

(CH 4)*

CH 15

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

(CH 4)*

CH 15

CH 16

CH 1

CH 2

CH 16

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

CH 16

CH 1

CH 2

Remarks

LEAD

Keyboard Percussion

LEAD

Keyboard Percussion

CONTROL

LEAD

CONTROL

Transmit fl fl fl fl

Receive fl * fl fl fl fl

Remarks

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System Exclusive Message

Electone Common Messages

■ Bulk Dump Related Messages

Code

F0 43 70 70 00 ...(Data)*... F7

01 F7

02 F7

F0 43 70 70 10 F7

F0 43 70 70 20 F7

F0 43 70 70 30 F7

F0 43 70 70 38 7F F7

(Data)*= Exclusive data

■ Control Change

Code

F0 43 70 70 40 45 7F F7

47 7F F7

48 7F F7

4B 7F F7

50 7F Tl* Th** F7

*l=Low byte **h=High byte

■ MDR-2P Status

Code

F0 43 70 70 70 01 F7

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■ Other

Code

F0 43 70 70 78 SC NC F7

Massage

Bulk Dump data

Request-to-Send Voice parameter data

Request-to-Receive Voice parameter data

Request-to-Send all RAM

Request-to-Send Registration data

Request-to-Send R.S.P. data

Request-to-Send User pattern data

Request-to-Send User Voice data

Request-to-Receive all RAM

Request-to-Receive Registration data

Request-to-Receive R.S.P. data

Request-to-Receive User pattern data

Request-to-Receive User Voice data

Request-to-Send Model ID data

Bulk Dump Acknowledge

Bulk Dump Unacknowledge

Message

LEFT FOOTSWITCH

KNEE LEVER

FILL IN

INTRO./ENDING

OFF

TEMPO

Message

PLAY

RECORD

Start

Stop

Start

Stop

FF Start

Stop

Rhythm Pointer Reset

Message

Bar signal

Transmit Receive fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl

Transmit fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl

Receive fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl

Transmit Receive fl fl fl fl fl fl fl

Transmit fl

Receive fl

■ EL Series Common Messages

Code

F0 43 70 78 00 ...(Data)*... F7

F0 43 70 78 10 F7

F0 43 70 78 20 F7

F0 43 70 78 41 ...(Data)*... F7

F0 43 70 78 42 ...(Data)*... F7

(Data)* = Exclusive data

** Refer to the Switch Cord

Massage

Bulk Dump data

Request-to-Send Voice parameter data

Request-to-Receive Voice parameter data

Request-to-Send all RAM

Request-to-Send Registration data

Request-to-Send R.S.P. data

Request-to-Send User pattern data

Request-to-Send User voice data

Request-to-Receive all RAM

Request-to-Receive Registration data

Request-to-Receive R.S.P. data

Request-to-Receive User pattern data

Request-to-Receive User voice data

Panel Switch Event data**

Current Registration data

Transmit fl fl fl

■ Model-Specific Messages

Code

F0 43 70 nn* 00 ...(Data)... F7

F0 43 70 nn* 10 F7

F0 43 70 nn* 20 F7

"nn*” can be sent/received by 3D.

Massage

Bulk Dump data

Model ID data

Request-to-Send Voice parameter data

Request-to-Receive Voice parameter data

Request-to-Send all RAM

Request-to-Send Registration data

Request-to-Send R.S.P. data

Request-to-Send User pattern data

Request-to-Send User voice data

Request-to-Receive all RAM data

Request-to-Receive Registration data

Request-to-Receive R.S.P. data

Request-to-Receive User pattern data

Request-to-Receive User voice data

■ Electone/Single Keyboard Common Messages

Code

F0 43 73 01 02 F7

Massage

Request for Internal Synchronous mode

Request for External Synchronous mode

Transmit fl

Transmit fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl

Receive fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl

Receive fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl fl

Receive fl fl

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■ Switch Code

Function

Selector

Volume

To Lower

Sustain

Keyboard Percussion

Disable

Tremolo

Rhythm Sequence Program

Switch

UK Voices

LK Voices

LEAD

PK Voice

Rhythm

UK Voices

LK Voices

LEAD

PK Voice

Rhythm

Reverb

LEAD

PK Voice

Disable

Tremolo

Code

00-01

00-7F

Data

00-0D

00-04

00-0B

00-01

Remarks

SW No.

Volume data

Depth data

00=OFF 01=ON

00=Chorus 01=Tremolo

00=OFF 01=ON

EL-57 MIDI Implementation Chart

Function Transmit

Basic Channel

Mode

Note Number

Velocity

After Touch

Pitch Bend

Control Change

Default

Changed

1, 2, 3, 16

4, 5

Default

Messages

Altered

Mode 3

************************

True Voice

36-96 *

************************

Note ON

Note OFF

9nH, v=1-127

9nH, v=0

Key's

Ch's

○

64 ×

Date: 30. JAN.1998

Version: 1.00

Remarks Receive

1, 2, 3, 15, 16

Mode 3

36-96 **

***

9nH, v=1-127

9nH, v=0, 8nH

○

○ （Received only in

External mode ）

Modulation Wheel

2nd Expression Pedal

Expression Pedal

Sustain

Program Change

Range

System Exclusive

System

Common

System

Real Time

Aux

Messages

Notes

0-15, 112-116

************************

○

0-15, 112-116

0-15

○

Song Position

Song Select

Tune

Clock

Commands

○

Local ON/OFF

All Notes OFF

Active Sense

Reset

○

***

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

Refer to MIDI Data Format

Received only in

External mode (FAH, FCH)

Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY

Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY

Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO

Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO

○ : YES

× : NO

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Troubleshooting

Please note that the appearance of any of following phenomena does not indicate a mechanical failure of the Electone.

Problem

GENERAL OPERATION

Some of the LEDs in the DISPLAY SELECT section do not light.

No sound is produced from the Electone’s speakers.

A cracking noise is sometimes heard.

Interference from radio, TV, or other sources occurs.

The sound of the Electone causes surrounding objects to resonate.

The Electone panel does not function normally or the content of the memorized data has changed.

Possible Cause and Solution

The LEDs of on/off buttons [VOICE EDIT, RHYTHM PROGRAM, and

TREMOLO (FAST)] are lit when those functions are turned on. The LEDs of other function’s buttons momentarily flash when the functions are selected.

The plug of the cable from the speaker unit is disconnected. Refer to the separate “Assembly Instructions,” and reconnect the plug securely.

Noise may be produced when either an electrical appliance is turned on or off, or an electric power tool (such as drill) is used in the proximity of the Electone.

If this occurs, plug the Electone into an electrical outlet located as far as possible from the device that seems to be the source of the problem.

This is caused by the proximity of a high-power broadcasting station or amateur ham radio setup.

Because the Electone is capable of producing powerful bass sounds, resonance may be caused in surrounding objects, such as cabinets or glass windows. To avoid this, relocate the objects or lower the Electone’s volume.

This happens very rarely. Occasionally, power surges and spikes due to electrical storms or other reasons may cause the Electone to malfunction and/ or alter the contents of memorized data. If this happens, perform the Power

On Reset operation to reset the Electone. (page 57)

VOICES/RHYTHMS

When selecting a dotted button voice or rhythm, the voice or rhythm title at the top of the LCD does not match the voices or rhythms.

When too many keys are pressed, not all of the notes sound.

When playing a Pedal voice from the Lower keyboard (using the To Lower function), pressing the Lower keyboard’s Sustain button does not turn on Sustain.

The sound is too soft, despite the volume being set to the maximum.

The Pedal voices do not sound, even though the volume is properly set.

Even though a Dotted button’s rhythm has been selected and started, the pattern does not sound.

The currently assigned voice or rhythm is displayed at the top of the LCD, and remains until another voice or rhythm has been selected.

Total polyphonic capacity (notes sounding for both Upper and Lower

Keyboards) is 12 notes.

Even though the Pedal voice is being played from the Lower keyboard, it is still a Pedal voice; turn the Sustain on with the Pedal Sustain button.

Switching voices causes the volume to change, despite their having identical volume settings.

When keys on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard are pressed, the sounds of percussion instruments are also heard.

Only one sound is heard when two notes of the

Lead or Pedal voices are simultaneously played.

Check all of the volume controls, making sure that they are set to suitable levels: the panel Volume controls for each voice section, the Master Volume dial, and the Expression Pedal.

Also check the Upper/Lower Balance control on the Voice Display. (page 20)

The volume of certain voices may seem lower than that of others. Adjust the balance of the sound with the Volume control within the appropriate Voice

Condition display.

The keyboard Percussion function has been turned on. When not using the function, be sure to turn it off. (page 49)

For practical performance reasons, the Electone has been designed so that one note of the Lead or Pedal voices can be played at a time. If several keys are pressed at once, 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. (page 46)

Since the Dotted buttons contain User rhythms, no rhythm will sound if a pattern has not been saved to the selected Dotted button.

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Problem

EFFECTS

The Touch Tone function does not operate.

The Symphonic, Flanger, and Delay effects cannot be heard, even when they are set in Effect Set.

The Tremolo effect cannot be heard, even when the

TREMOLO (FAST) button in the DISPLAY SELECT section is on.

The Pan function does not operate.

Possible Cause and Solution

Adjust the Touch Tone settings 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)

ACCOMPANIMENT AND OTHER FUNCTIONS

Despite its volume being set to a suitable level, the

Accompaniment cannot be heard.

While an intro./Ending pattern is automatically playing, the Lower keyboard does not produce any sound, even when the keys are played.

The pitch in the Single Finger mode does not change, even when pressing different keys of the keyboard.

The harmony notes of the Melody On Chord function cannot be heard.

REGISTRATION MEMORY

Certain functions have not been memorized to

Registration Memory.

VOICE EDITING

During voice editing, the specified voice isn't heard, even when the keyboard is played.

The rhythm has not been started. Be sure to use Accompaniment together with the rhythm.

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 pattern.

Single Finger mode will only produce notes when played within a fixed octave interval on the Lower keyboard. If notes with the same letter name are pressed outside of that range, the chords that are sounded will share the same pitch.

The Upper keyboard has been set to sound only Lead voices. Increase the volume of the Upper Keyboard voices.

Transposition and Pitch control data, among others, cannot be memorized.

(page 52)

The current settings keep the voice from sounding. Make sure that the volume of the voice is set to a suitable level, and adjust the various parameters in the

Voice Edit display until the voice can be heard.

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Problem

RHYTHM PROGRAMMING

During use of the Rhythm Pattern Program, no sound is produced even when you play a certain percussion sound.

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

Recording or playback cannot be performed.

Possible Cause and Solution

If percussion sounds have been recorded to all 16 rhythm tracks, no subsequently selected instruments can be heard or recorded. If necessary, erase one of the tracks and play the sound.

A total of 40 songs cannot be recorded.

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 disk is close to the maximum limit. Either use another disk or delete the data of any unnecessary song number.

Recording is stopped before the performance is finished, or the Song Copy function cannot be executed.

The rhythm does not start at the beginning of a recording, or stops in the middle of the performance.

The notes of the recording are “stuck” and sound continuously.

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 button.

Whenever you wish to stop playback, always press the STOP button.

Specifications

KEYBOARD

VOICE

Keyboards

Touch Tone

Tone Generation

Upper Keyboard Voice

Lower Keyboard Voice

Lead Voice

Pedalboard Voice

Voice Display

VOICE EDIT

EFFECT/CONDITION Reverb

Sustain

RHYTHM

Tremolo/Chorus

Symphonic/Celeste

Vibrato

Delay

Flanger

Glide

Panning

Feet

Rhythms

RHYTHM PROGRAM

Variations

Others

Pattern Program

Rhythm Sequence

KEYBOARD PERCUSSION

ACCOMPANIMENT Auto Bass Chord

Accompaniments

MELODY ON CHORD

BASIC REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION MEMORY

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

FOOT SWITCH

KNEE LEVER

LCD DISPLAY

OTHER CONTROLS

OTHER FITTINGS

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

SOUND SYSTEM Power Amplifiers

DIMENSIONS

Speakers

Width x Depth x Height

WEIGHT

Upper: 49 keys (C – C), Lower: 49 keys (C – C), Pedal: 20 keys (C – G)

Initial, After (Upper, Lead, Lower)

AWM & FM

Strings 1, 2, Pizz. Strings; Brass, Synth. Brass; Clarinet; Saxophone; Chorus; Organ, Pop Organ, Jazz Organ, Accordion;

Piano, Elec. Piano, Harpsichord; Guitar 1,2, Elec. Guitar, Harp; Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Synth. Chime;

Cosmic 1, 2, 3, 4; Tutti 1, 2; [Upper] Harmonica; [Lower] Horn 1, 2; User 1-4; (28 Buttons/32 Voices); Volume

Violin; Flute, Whistle; Oboe, Bassoon; Trumpet 1, 2, Trombone; User 1-4;

To Lower; (6 Buttons/8 Voices) Volume

Contrabass, Pizz. Bass; Elec. Bass 1, 2, Synth. Bass; Organ Bass 1, 2; Tuba, Timpani; User 1-4; To Lower;

(6 Buttons/9 Voices) Volume

Upper, Lower, Lead, Pedal; Manual Balance

On/Off; AWM: (Output Level); Operator 1, 2, 3, 4: (Output Level, Attack Rate, Decay 1 Rate, Decay 1 Level, Decay 2 Rate,

Release Rate); Operator Selectors, Operator On/Off Buttons; Save: User 1-4

3Types: Room, Hall, Church; Length; Depth

Upper (Knee), Lower (Knee), Pedal: Length

Upper, Lead, Lower, Pedal; Tremolo (Fast): Speed, Chorus: Slow, Stop

Upper, Lead, Lower, Pedal; Mode: Symphonic/Celeste

Upper, Lower, Lead, Pedal: Preset/User (Delay, Depth, Speed); Touch Vibrato

Upper, Lead, Lower: Speed, Feedback, Balance

Upper, Lead, Lower: Speed, Feedback, Depth

Upper, Lead, Lower

Upper, Lead, Lower, Pedal (7 positions)

Upper, Lead, Lower, Pedal: Preset/4'/8'/16'

March 1, 2, 3, Polka 1, 2, Country 1, 2, Broadway, 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; Tempo; Bar/Beat LED; Volume; Balance

On/Off; Step Write/Real Time Write; Beat (4/4, 3/4, 2/4); Quantize ( , , , , , , , Off); Metronome (On/Off);

Edit: Instruments 1-16 (Change, Clear; Cursor); Accent Level 0-8; 75 Percussion Sounds; Accompaniment Select; Save:

User 1-8 (A-D, Fill-In); Remaning Memory Display

On/Off; Sequence 1-4; 120 Positions (Bar); Cursor Controls; Data: Preset/User (Set, Insert, Delete, Clear)

On/Off: Lower, Pedal

Mode: Off; Single Finger; Fingered Chord; Custom ABC; Memory: Lower/Pedal

Type 1, 2, 3, 4, All Off

Mode: Off, 1, 2, 3; Knee: On/Off

1 – 5

M/To Disk, 1-8; Disable Button

Play/Record: Upper, Lower, Pedal, Control, Lead, Keyboard Percussion; Pause; Stop; Song Select; Song Repeat; Song

Delete; Song Copy: From/To; Disk Copy; Tempo; Shift; Format; Custom Play; Remaining Memory; LED Display; Eject

[Left] Mode: Off; Rhythm (Stop, Ending, Fill-In); Glide (Upper/Lower, Lead); Tremolo (On/Off);

[Right] Regist. Shift Mode: Off, Shift, Jump, User (80 Positions, Cursor, Data, Set, Insert, Delete, Clear)

On/Off: Sustain (Upper, Lower); MOC

256 x 64 Full Dot

Power On/Off; Exp. Pedal; Pitch Control; Transpose; Master Volume; Display Select; Data Controls; Page; Coarse; Hold;

LCD Contrast; MIDI (Output; Upper/Lower, Int./Ext.: Lead, Sync., Exp.)

Registration Menu Disk; 3.5" Floppy Disk; Matching Bench; Keyboard Cover/Music Stand; MIDI IN/Out; Headphone Jack;

Rhythm In (Phone; R/L); Aux Out (Phone; R/L); Aux In/Out (RCA; R/L)

Voice Disk; HPE-170 Headphones; 3.5" Floppy Disks

55W +55W (EIAJ)

20cm x 2; 5cm x 2; Monitor x 2

114.9cm x 55.6cm x 98.0cm *With Keyboard Cover Closed

81.5Kg

Specifications and description in this Owner's Manual are information purposes only.

Yamaha Corp. reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice.

As specifications, equipment or options may not be the same in every locale, please check with your Yamaha dealer.

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INDEX

A.B.C. ................................................................... 46

A.B.C./M.O.C ................................................. 47, 51

ACC. (ACCOMPANIMENT) .................................. 48

ACC. (RHYTHM PROGRAM) .............................. 107

ACCENT(RHYTHM PROGRAM) ......................... 104

AFTER .................................................................. 29

ALG (ALGORITHM) ........................................ 79, 86

AR (VOICE EDIT) ................................................. 88

Attack Rate ........................................................... 88

AUTO VARI. ......................................................... 42

AUX IN/OUT ....................................................... 125

AWM .................................................................... 87

BAL. (DELAY) ....................................................... 33

BAR/BEAT ............................................................ 41

BASIC REGIST. ...................................................... 7

BEAT .................................................................. 101

Carrier .................................................................. 86

CELESTE ........................................................ 30, 32

CHANGE (RHYTHM PROGRAM) ....................... 102

CHOR. (CHORUS) ......................................... 30, 36

CHURCH (REVERB) ............................................. 34

CLEAR (REGIST SHIFT) ....................................... 56

CLEAR (RHYTHM PROGRAM) ................... 103, 106

CLEAR (SEQUENCE) ......................................... 114

COARSE .............................................................. 19

CONTRAST ........................................................ 124

Control Data ......................................................... 63

Copy Protect ........................................................ 76

Cursor (Registration Shift) .................................... 55

Cursor (Sequence) ............................................. 114

Custom A.B.C. ..................................................... 46

CUSTOM PLAY .................................................... 71

D (Disable) ........................................................... 52

D1L (VOICE EDIT) ................................................ 88

D1R (VOICE EDIT) ............................................... 88

D2R (VOICE EDIT) ............................................... 88

DATA (REGIST SHIFT) ......................................... 56

DATA (SEQUENCE) ........................................... 114

DATA CONTROL ............................................ 15, 17

DEL. (REGIST SHIFT) ........................................... 56

DEL. (SEQUENCE) ............................................. 114

DELAY ............................................................ 30, 33

DELAY (VIBRATO) ............................................... 31

Delete (Song) ....................................................... 74

DEPTH (EXPRESSION) ...................................... 121

DEPTH (FLANGER) .............................................. 33

DEPTH (REVERB) ................................................ 34

DEPTH (VIBRATO) ............................................... 31

Disk Copy ............................................................. 74

DISPLAY SELECT ................................................ 17

Dotted Button (Rhythm) ........................................ 43

Dotted Button (Voice) ........................................... 22

EDIT (REGIST SHIFT) ........................................... 55

EDIT (RHYTHM PROGRAM) ...................... 102, 106

EDIT (VOICE EDIT) ............................................... 79

EFFECT ................................................................ 30

EFFECT SET ......................................................... 32

Eject ..................................................................... 58

ENDING ............................................................... 40

Envelope Parameter ............................................. 89

EXP. (EXPRESSION) .......................................... 121

EXP./PITCH/MIDI ................................ 121, 122, 123

Expression Pedal ........................................... 7, 121

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

GLIDE CONTROL .............................................. 119

HALL (REVERB) ................................................... 34

HEADPHONES ................................................... 125

HOLD ................................................................... 17

INITIAL ................................................................. 29

INS. (REGIST SHIFT) ............................................ 56

INS. (SEQUENCE) .............................................. 114

Insert Voice Disk !! ............................................... 85

INSTRUMENT (RHYTHM PROGRAM) ................ 102

INT./EXT. ............................................................ 124

INTRO. ENDING ................................................... 40

JUMP (REGIST SHIFT) ......................................... 54

KEYBOARD PERCUSSION .................................. 49

KNEE .................................................................. 120

LCD Display ......................................................... 17

LEAD VOICE ........................................................ 18

LENG. (REVERB) ................................................. 34

LENGTH (SUSTAIN) ............................................. 35

LOAD FROM VOICE DISK ................................... 85

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE ................................. 18

M./TO DISK .......................................................... 52

M.D.R ................................................................... 58

M.O.C. (MELODY ON CHORD) ........................... 51

MASTER VOLUME ................................................. 7

MEM. (MEMORY) ................................................. 46

METRONOME .................................................... 101

MIDI ........................................................... 125, 126

MODE (CHORUS) ................................................ 38

MODE (M.O.C) ..................................................... 51

MODE (REGIST SHIFT) ........................................ 55

MODE (SYMPHONIC) .......................................... 32

Modulator ............................................................. 86

Mute ..................................................................... 20

OL (VOICE EDIT) ................................................. 88

OPERATOR .............................................. 79, 87, 88

OUTPUT (MIDI) .................................................. 123

Output Level (OL) ................................................ 88

Output(Transmit) Channel .................................. 123

PAGE ............................................................. 15, 17

PAN ...................................................................... 30

PATTERN ............................................................. 96

PAUSE ................................................................. 71

PEDAL VOICE ...................................................... 18

PERC. VOL. .......................................................... 42

Performance Data ................................................ 63

PITCH ................................................................. 122

PLAY .............................................................. 61, 69

Playback .............................................................. 69

POSITION (REGIST SHIFT) .................................. 55

POSITION (SEQUENCE) .................................... 114

POWER .................................................................. 6

Power On Reset ................................................... 57

PRESET (EFFECT) ................................................ 30

PRESET (SEQUENCE) ....................................... 114

PRESET (VIBRATO) ............................................. 31

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QUANTIZE ......................................................... 105

REAL TIME WRITE ..................................... 110, 106

RECORD .............................................................. 61

REGIST SHIFT ...................................................... 54

Registration Data ................................................. 63

Registration Memory ............................................ 52

Registration Menu Disk .......................................... 8

Remaining Memory (MDR) ................................... 86

Remaining Memory (Rhythm Pattern) .................. 76

Repeat (Song) ...................................................... 70

Retry (M.D.R) ....................................................... 62

REVERB ............................................................... 34

RHYTHM .............................................................. 39

Rhythm Clock ..................................................... 104

Rhythm Condition Page ....................................... 42

RHYTHM CONTROL .......................................... 119

RHYTHM IN ........................................................ 125

Rhythm Menus ..................................................... 44

Rhythm Pattern Program ...................................... 97

RHYTHM PROGRAM ........................................... 96

Rhythm Sequence Program ............................... 111

Rhythm Track ..................................................... 102

ROOM (REVERB) ................................................. 34

RR (VOICE EDIT) ................................................. 88

SAVE (RHYTHM PROGRAM) ............................. 108

SAVE (VOICE EDIT) ............................................. 83

SAVE TO USER RHYTHM .................................. 108

SAVE TO USER VOICE ........................................ 83

Select a Rhythm !! ................................................ 97

Select a Sequence !! .......................................... 111

Select a Voice !! ................................................... 78

SEQ. (SEQUENCE) ............................................ 111

SET (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

TEMPO (MDR) ...................................................... 72

TEMPO (RHYTHM) ............................................... 41

TO LOWER ........................................................... 20

TOUCH TONE ...................................................... 29

TOUCH VIB. ......................................................... 31

TRANSPOSE ...................................................... 122

TREM. (TREMOLO) ........................................ 30, 36

TREMOLO. (FAST) ............................................... 38

TYPE (ACCOMPANIMENT) .................................. 48

TYPE (REVERB) ................................................... 34

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE .................................. 18

USER (REGIST SHIFT) ......................................... 55

USER (RHYTHM) .......................................... 44, 110

USER (SEQUENCE) ........................................... 114

USER (VIBRATO) ................................................. 31

USER (VOICE) ................................................ 23, 84

User Fill In ..................................................... 98,110

VIBRATO .............................................................. 31

Voice Condition Page ........................................... 29

VOICE DISK ......................................................... 85

VOICE DISPLAY ................................................... 20

VOICE EDIT .......................................................... 78

Voice List .............................................................. 26

Voice Menus ........................................................ 23

VOL. (PERCUSSION) ........................................... 42

VOL. (VOLUME; ACCOMPANIMENT) .................. 48

VOL. (VOLUME; VOICE) ................................ 19, 30

Write-Protect ........................................................ 59

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Key Features

61 touch-sensitive keys for expressive playing
Variety of instrument sounds, including piano, organ, and strings
Accompaniment styles for creating full-sounding arrangements
Built-in metronome for keeping time
LCD display for easy navigation
Headphone jack for private practice

Frequently asked questions

How many keys does the Yamaha EL-57 have?

The Yamaha EL-57 has 61 touch-sensitive keys.

What types of sounds does the Yamaha EL-57 have?

The Yamaha EL-57 has a variety of instrument sounds, including piano, organ, and strings.

Can I use the Yamaha EL-57 to create full-sounding arrangements?

Yes, the Yamaha EL-57 has a variety of accompaniment styles that you can use to create full-sounding arrangements with just your left hand.

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Table of Contents

Panel Layout

Front Panel

LCD/Display Select

Others

Main Features

1

Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds

2

Original Voice Creation

3

Dynamic and Programmable Rhythm Patterns

4

Wide Variety of Effects

5

Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder

6

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for Systematic, Intuitive Operation

Quick Introductory Guide

Getting Started

Basic Registrations

To select Basic Registrations:

Registration Menu Disk

To select registrations from the Registration Menu Disks:

Registration Menu List

Disk 1

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Disk 2

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Basic Operation

Registration Set-up

Playing Electone

Music Disk Recorder

Using the LCD Display

Selecting a voice/rhythm

Data Control Buttons

Page Buttons

The Summary of the LCD Operation

1. To call up the LCD display

1) Pressing Panel Buttons 2) Pressing a Display Select button

LCD display

2. To Select Pages

Selecting the page you want to use with the Page buttons

3. To Actually Change the Settings

Using the Data Control buttons to

HOLD Button

COARSE Button

Voice Sections

1 Selecting 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 are given here.

To select voices:

1.

2.

About TO LOWER - Playing Lead and Pedal voices from the Lower keyboard:

About Mute function:

Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons

To select voices from the dotted buttons:

To select User voices:

Voice Menus

STRINGS

VIOLIN

CONTRABASS

BRASS

HORN

TRUMPET

TUBA