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6 Footswitches and Knee Lever i
These leg- and foot-operated controls allow you to turn on and execute
various performance functions without taking your hands from the keyboards. Controllable functions
include Registration Shift, Glide, Sustain, and Melody On Chord/SoloStyle, as well as Rhythm operations
such as stop, ending and Fill In.
Footswitch Control
The Ele Electone has two footswitches on the expression pedal that can be il to Paru various functions, The
right footswitch is used for the Registration Shift functions (see page 56). The left footswitch can be set to control |
one of the following functions: Glide, rhythm stop, rhythm ending, and rhythm Fill In. Assignments of the func-
tions are made in the Footswitch pages,
To select the Footswitch pages:
Press the FOOT SW. button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.
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Three modes are available: OFF, RHYTHM, and GLIDE. Select the
desired mode with the top right or top left Data Control buttons.
Off
Cancels left footswitch control.
Rhythm
Selection of left footswitch control over rhythm functions. When this is
chosen, the following display appears:
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the three settings, STOP, ENDING or FILL.
Select one of the three Rhythm Control functions from this display,
Pressing the footswitch executes the corresponding function:
O stop
Functions as an on/off switch for the rhythm pattern.
O Ending
Switches the rhythm to the Ending pattern, after which the rhythm is
stopped,
E Fill In (FILL)
Switches the rhythm to the Fill In pattern,
Glide
Selection of footswitch control over Glide, Pressing the footswitch
immediately lowers the pitch of the selected voice or voices by a half-
sep. When the Glide setting is chosen, the following display appears:
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Note: When using the footswitch to
control Glide, be careful tokeep press-
ing the footswitch for as long as you
want Cihde to remain in effect,
The Glide function can be applied to any one or all of the voice sections
shown in the display: Lead, Upper, and Lower. Select the desired voice Note: When the Glide function is
Sections), applied, Vibrato is noi effective,
Knee Lever
The knee lever, located on the underside of the keyboard panel, can be used to turn one of the following functions
on and off: Melody On Chord/SoloStyle or the Sustain effect.
' Sustain
To select knee lever control over Sustain:
Make sure that the Upper and/or Lower Sustain effect panel controls
have been turned on; otherwise, the knee lever will have no effect,
To use the knee lever:
Fold the knee lever down and press it to the right with your knee when
you want to have sustain,
When the knee lever is vertical:
The sustain effect is cancelled.
When the knee lever is continuously pressed to the right:
The sustain effect is on.
When the knee lever is folded up:
The sustain effect is applied constantly, as long as the front panel sustain
buttons are on.
‘Melody On Chord and SoloStyle
To select knee lever control over Melody On Chord and SoloStyle:
Press the A. B.C./SoloStyle button in the DISPLAY SELECT section
and use the Page Select buttons to select the Solo/M.O.C. page. Then set
the KNEE control to ON, and select one of the modes.
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7 Pitch Controls
There are two pitch-related controls on the Electone: Transpose and
a Transpose allows you to change the key of the instrument and Pitch lets vou finely adjust the tuning.
ie features make it easy to change the key of à song to accommodate a vocalist's range or to precisely
h the tuning of another instrument. The Pitch controls are located on the Fitch page,
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Toselect the Pitch page (Page 1):
Press the PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.
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Transpose (TRNS.)
Determines the coarse pitch setting of all the voices, and is adjustable in
half-steps (semitones). Range: -6 — +6 (one octave)
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Pitch
Determines the fine pitch setting of all the voices,
Kange: 438.5 Hz — 444,5 Hz
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8 MIDI Controls
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 instru-
ments to "talk" to each other and control each other's functions. For example, the Upper keyboard of
vour Electone could be used to play sounds on a connected synthesizer. In another application, a
rhythm machine can be programmed to play its rhythm patterns in perfect synchronization with the
tempo set on the Electone,
To use the MIDI functions vou must, of course, have a second MIDI device (such as a synthesizer
or rhythm machine), and a set of MIDI cables. Connect the MIDI cables as shown in the illustration
below:
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All MIDI functions are controlled from Page 2 and Page 3 of the Pitch/MIDI pages.
To select the MIDI pages:
Press the PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, and
select Page 2 and Page 3 with the Page Select buttons.
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device lo play the Electone 6 voices,
This determines the channels over which MIDI information will be you must set Che MIDI transi
channels) of the connected device
transmitted. The Upper keyboard can be set to send over channels | to match the receive channelís) of
or 4, while the Lower keyboard can send over 2 or 5. The Pedalboard the Electone. The MIDI receive
automatically sends over channel 3. The MIDI receive channel of channels of the Electone are auto
matically set to the following val-
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Page 3 — Internal/External Control
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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.
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tha Sync setting.
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Determines the source of the timing control, for rhythm synchro-
nization purposes, Setting this to Internal gives the Electone
timing control over the connected rhythm machine, This also
allows you to start and stop the rhythm patterns of the connected
rhythm machine from the Electone's panel controls. Setting this
to External gives timing control to the connected rhythm ma-
chine,
O Expression (EXP)
Determines the control of the expression functions. Ordinarily,
this control is set to AUTO. However, when it is set to INT., you
can manually control the expression pedal during M.D.R, play-
Note: Accompaniment pattern
back (EL-60 only). When set to EXT., another (external) Elec- sounds cannot be controlled vin
tone can be used to control the expression pedal functions. MIDI.
9 Accessory Jacks and Controls
On the left underside of the Electone keyboard is a separate panel equipped with various input/output
terminals, the functions of which are described below. |
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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 speaker system.
The volume of the rhythm machine can be controlled by the
Expression pedal of the Electone.
@ AUX. OUT (Left and Right)
This set of stereo outputs (RCA pin jacks) is for connection to ex-
ternal amplification/speaker systems. Typically, they are for
direct connection to a home audio system or cassette deck.
© AUX. IN (Left and Right)
This pair of RCA pin jacks are for connection to an external
stereo sound source, such as a cassette deck or home audio sys-
tem. 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.
O 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.
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The Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) is a sophisticated recording device built into the Electone that lets
you record your performances. It works like a cassette tape recorder, but it records performance data
instead of sounds. 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.
Using Disks With the Music Disk Recorder
The M.D.R. records all your performance data to disks. A blank disk has been included with your Electone for
you to record your performances.
| Inserting the disk:
Put the included disk, face up, into the disk slot under Note: Either double-sided double-
the M.D.R. density (2DD) or double-sided high-
density (2HD) 3.5-inch microfloppy
disks can be used with the M.D.R.
LED lights briefly when disk is inserted.
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® disk, make sure the disk's Write -
Protect tab is set to OFF. Set it to ON
B1 when you wish to protect valuable
data from being accidentally erased.
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Ejecting the disk:
To remove the disk, press the EJECT button next to
the disk slot.
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| Formatting a Disk
Before recording a performance to your blank disk,
the disk must first be formatted.
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1 . Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive.
2. Press the STOP button.
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Making a Recording
Recording with the Music Disk Recorder is as easy as usin ng a tape recorder, In this section, you'll learn how to
record your first complete performance with the Music Disk Recorder.
| To record a song:
1. Set the desired registrations on the Electone.
Make all the Electone settings necessary for the song
you will record. This means entering the all registra-
tions 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.
y Put a formatted disk into the disk slot.
3 Use the SONG SELECT (<<, >») buttons to select
the song number for recording.
Up to 40 songs can be stored on a disk. When a disk 1s
first inserted, song number 01 is automatically selected.
4 Press the RECORD button.
The RECORD lamp lights up and the PLAY lamps
begins blinking, indicating that the Music Disk
Recorder 15 ready to record.
5 . Press the PLAY button.
The PLAY lamp lights up and small bars flash across
the M.D.R. display from left to right, indicating that
the recorder is being set up.
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Note: Ir In this step, the registrations
and other settings on the Electone are
recorded — before the recording of
any performance data.
6. After numbers appear in the display of the Re-
corder, begin playing.
Once the setup operation in step #5 is complete, a
number will appear on the recorder display indicating
that you can begin recording your performance. The
number also indicates the amount of memory left on
the disk.
If you make a mistake during recording:
Press the PLAY button while the recorder is still run-
ning...
This stops the recording and returns you to the start-
ing point of the song. The letters "rE" (retry) appear
on the left side of the M.D.R. display and the PLAY
and CUSTOM PLAY LEDs start flashing, indicat-
Ing that you can re-record the song.
.,=ten 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.
T When you finish playing, press the STOP button.
When the STOP button is pressed, both the RECORD
and PLAY lamps go out, and recording is stopped,
5. To hear your newly recorded performance, press
the PLAY button.
Playback will begin after a couple of seconds.
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display reaches "000."
Note: For more information on play- |
back and other playback-related
functions, see the Normal Playback
section below,