Yamaha EL-27 Owner's Manual

Selects the voices and adjusts the volume.

Selects the rhythm patterns and adjusts the volume.

Selects the Lower Keyboard voices and adjusts the volume.

Adjusts the entire volume.

Selects the Upper Keyboard voices and adjusts the volume.

Selects the various functions.

Built-in speakers for your monitoring.

Panel Controls

Front Panel

REVERB			UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE
MAX	STRINGS	BRASS	CLARI-	SAXO-	CHORUS	HARMO-	MAX
							1
			NET	PHONE		NICA
	ORGAN	PIANO	GUITAR	VIBRA-	COSMIC	TUTTI	2
				PHONE
MIN							MIN
SUSTAIN			LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

UPPER				STRINGS	BRASS	CLARI-	SAXO-	CHORUS	HORN	MAX
										1
(KNEE)						NET	PHONE
LOWER	PEDAL			ORGAN	PIANO	GUITAR	VIBRA-	COSMIC	TUTTI	2
(KNEE)							PHONE
										MIN
				RHYTHM
SEQ.	SEQ.	MARCH	WALTZ	SWING	BOUNCE	SLOW	1	MAX
1	2					ROCK
SEQ.	SEQ.	TANGO	LATIN	LATIN	8 BEAT	16 BEAT	2
3	4		1	2
								MIN
KEYBOARD
PERCUSSION		BAR/BEAT				RHYTHM
LOWER					INTRO.		SYNCHRO	START
					ENDING		START

DATA CONTROL

	BASIC
LEAD VOICE	REGIST.

VIOLIN	FLUTE	1	MAX
			1
OBOE	TRUM-	TO	2
	PET	LOWER
			MIN
			3
	PEDAL VOICE
CONTRA	ELEC.	1	MAX
BASS	BASS		4
ORGAN	TUBA	TO	5
BASS		LOWER
			MIN

TEMPO

PEDAL

BAR

FILL IN

BEAT

M.				1		2		3		4

! REVERB (See page 30.)

Adjusts the Reverb effect for the entire sound.

" SUSTAIN Buttons (See page 30.)

Adds the Sustain effects each to Upper/Lower Keyboard and Pedalboard.

# Monitor Speakers

$ UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE (See page 18.)

% LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE (See page 18.)

& LEAD VOICE (See page 18.)

' PEDAL VOICE (See page 18.)

Selects the voices and adjusts the volume.

( BASIC REGIST. (Basic Registration) Buttons

(See page 8.)

Selects the Basic Registrations.

) LCD DISPLAY & DATA CONTROL Buttons

(See page 4.)

* DISPLAY SELECT Section (See page 4.)

+ MASTER VOLUME (See page 8.)

, RHYTHM Section (See page 31.)

- BAR/BEAT TEMPO Display (See page 32.)

Displays the rhythm tempo or bar/beat.

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Turns the EL-27 on/off.

Flashes to the first beat of every measure (or every beat).

Adjusts the rhythm tempo.

Used to store a Registration to the Registration Memory buttons.

Used to start or stop the rhythm pattern.

OL

DATA CONTROL

PAGE

			DISPLAY SELECT			MASTER VOLUME
VOICE	SYMPHO-	A. B. C.	FOOT	REGIST.	PITCH	REGIST.
DISPLAY	NIC	M. O. C.	SW.	SHIFT	MIDI	MENU

	RECORD		PLAY
UPPER	LOWER PEDAL	CONTROL	UPPER LOWER PEDAL	CONTROL	SHIFT
SONG	FROM	TO		SONG DEL.
REPEAT	SONG COPY
PAUSE	STOP	PLAY	SONG SELECT	RECORD	CUSTOM PLAY
			TEMPO	FORMAT

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

POWER

5			D.

. KEYBOARD PERCUSSION Buttons

(See page 43.)

Used to play the percussion sounds on the Lower Keyboard or

Pedalboard.

/ TEMPO Dial (See page 33.)

0 BAR /BEAT Indicator (See page 33.)

1 INTRO. ENDING Button (See page 32.)

Used to add a short introduction before starting actual rhythm pattern or an ending pattern before stopping the rhythm.

2 SYNCHRO START Button (See page 32.)

Puts the rhythm pattern in "stand-by" and enables the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard to start the rhythm.

3 FILL IN Button (See page 34.)

Used to add a FIll-In pattern in the middle of rhythm playback.

4 START Button (See page 32.)

5 M. (Memory) Button (See page 47.)

6 Registration Memory Buttons (See page 47.)

Used to store a Registration to or call up the stored Registration from.

7 D. (Disable) Button (See page 47.)

Used to keep the same rhythm and accompaniment patterns throughout the registration changes.

8 POWER Switch (See page 7.)

9 Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) (See page 55.)

Used to record/play back your performance and save/load the registration data.

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Displays Transport/Pitch page or MIDI page.

LCD Display/DISPLAY SELECT Section

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE	SYMPHO-	A. B. C.	FOOT	REGIST.	PITCH	REGIST.
DISPLAY	NIC	M. O. C.	SW.	SHIFT	MIDI	MENU

DATA CONTROL

DATA CONTROL

PAGE

: LCD Display

Displays various information for you to play EL-27.

; DATA CONTROL Buttons (See page 11.)

Selects the functions or sets the values.

< PAGE Buttons (See page 10.)

Changes pages when a function has more than two pages.

= VOICE DISPLAY Button (See page 18.)

Displays the currently assigned voices to each keyboard.

> SYMPHONIC Button (See page 27.)

DIsplays the Symphonic page.

? A.B.C./M.O.C. Button (See pages 40, 45.)

Selects the Auto Bass Chord page or Melody On Chord page.

@ FOOT SW. (Footswitch) Button (See page 51.)

Selects the (Left) Footswitch page.

A REGIST. SHIFT (Registration Shift) Button

(See page 48.)

Selects the Registration Shift function.

B PITCH/MIDI Button (See pages 54, 75.)

C REGIST. MENU Button (See page 10.)

Selects the Registration Menu pages.

Other Parts, Controls and Terminals

D Accessory Jacks and Controls (See page 77.)

E Keyboard Cover/Music Stand

F Upper Keyboard

G Lower Keyboard

H MIDI Jacks (See page 75.)

I Knee Lever (See page 52.)

Turns on and off the Sustain or M.O.C. effect with your right knee even while you are playing.

J Left Footswitch (See page 51.)

Allows you to control the rhythm in the middle of performance.

K Right Footswitch (See page 48.)

Allows you to control the Registration Shift function.

L Expression Pedal (See page 8.)

Used to adjust the entire volume level in the middle of performance.

M Pedalboard

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Table of Contents

Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 Quick Introductory Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2. Playing Your Electone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3. Registration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4. Registration Menu List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

1. Voice Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2. Selecting Voices from the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. Selecting Additional Voices – Dotted Buttons and User Voices . . . . . . . . 21 4. Voice Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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

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1. Selecting from the Voice Condition Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Touch Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Symphonic/Celeste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2. Selecting from the Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Sustain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4 Rhythm, Accompaniment and Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . 31

1. Selecting Rhythm Patterns from the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

2. Auto Variation and Rhythm Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3. Selecting Rhythms from the Dotted Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4. Rhythm Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5. Accompaniment Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 6. Automatic Accompaniment – Auto Bass Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7. Keyboard Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

8. Melody On Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

5 Registration Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

1. Storing Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

2. Registration Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

6 Footswitches and Knee Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

1. Footswitch Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

2. Knee Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

7 Pitch Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

8 Music Disk Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Formatting a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Recalling Recorded Registrations (and Bulk Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Replacing Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Other Functoins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

9 MIDI Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

10 Accessory Jacks and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

MIDI Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

1 Quick Introductory Guide

2 Voice Sections

3 Voice Controls and

Effects

4 Rhythm, Accompaniment

and Percussion

5 Registration Memory

6 Footswitches and

Knee Lever

7 Pitch Controls

8 Music Disk Recorder

9 MIDI Controls

10 Accessory Jacks and

Controls

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Main Features

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

Included among the main features are:

Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds

The new AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) and FM (Frequency Modulation) tone generation technologies, combined with authentic tone function, make the EL-27 a truly expressive musical instrument.

Wide Range of Voice Controls and Effects

Electone voices can also be enhanced with a variety of voice controls and effects, including octave settings, Touch Tone, Symphonic/Celesta, Vibrato, Reverb, and Sustain. (See page 24.)

Dynamic Rhythm Patterns

The Rhythm section of the EL-27 features authentic drum and percussion sounds, accompanied with convenient Accompaniment functions. (See page 31.)

A Keyboard Percussion function is also provided for playing the realistic percussion sounds from the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard. (See page 43.)

Wide Variety of Registration Menus

Your Electone also has convenient Registration Menus that allow you to instantly change all settings for the entire instrument in real time, as you play. (See page 10.)

Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder

The Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder for recording your 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. (See page 55.)

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1 Quick Introductory Guide

No matter what your level of playing experience, 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.

1. Getting Started

Once you've set up your Electone and plugged the power cord into an electrical outlet, you're ready to get started and play.

1. Turn on the Electone bypressing the POWER switch.

POWER

When you turn on the Electone, the following displays will appear in succession on the LCD:

YAMAHA Electone

Yamaha products are manufactured specifically for the supply voltage in the

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

Guide Introductory Quick 1

£Strings ¢™Violin ¢Strings ¡ContBass

This last display (Voice Display) shows the currently assigned voice settings for each voice section of the instrument, with the abbreviation for each voice section beside the voice name: Upper (£), Lower (¢), Lead (¢™), and Pedalboard (¡).

Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made. When the Electone is turned on, Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected. If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory (see page 47.) 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 the D. (Disable) button.

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Guide Introductory Quick 1

2. Set the MASTER VOLUME control.

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

MASTER VOLUME

3. Press the Expression pedal down with your foot.

The Expression pedal also controls the entire volume of the Electone. 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

For now, press the pedal down slightly beyond the halfway point.

2. Playing Your Electone

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 pre-programmed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination.

●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.

When you turn the Electone on, the Electone automatically selects Basic Registration 1. If another registration has been selected (the lamp on the button will be lit), press the button for Basic Registration 1.

BASIC REGIST.

1

2

3

4

5

8

Now, try out the five Basic Registrations with the following music examples. Press the appropriate buttons to select the registrations. Each music example has been chosen to best suit its companion registration.

Basic Registration 1

Skaters Waltzes E. Waldteuful

Page 3 [13: Waltz-A]

Tempo=105

C

G7

B

C

B

G

A

A

A

A

B

E

F

C

G7

C

Basic Registration 2

When the Saints Go Marchin' in American Traditional Folk Song

Page 4 [1: Swing-B]

Tempo=160

C

G7

F

G

G

F

G

G

F

G

E

E

E

E

C

E

D

C

C

C

C

G7

Basic Registration 3

Ave Maria

Gnauld

Page 5 [11: 16 Beat-A]

Tempo=74

C

Dm

G7

C

Am

D7

G

C

E

F

F

G

E

A

E

G

D

C

D

D

C

D

C

B

B

A

A

G

C

Dm

G7

C

Am

D7

G

C

Basic Registration 4

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

French Traditional Folk Song

Page 5 [7: 8Beat-A]

Tempo=100

C

F

C

G7

C

G7

C

G G

A

A

G

F

F

E

E

C C

D

D

C

C

F

C

G7

C

G7

C

Basic Registration 5

Overture "Orphee aux enfers"

J. Offenbach

Page 3 [9: March-A]

Tempo=120

C

G7

C

A

G7

C

C

B

A

G7

G G

G

G

F

E

E

F

F

E

F

E

C

D

D

D

D

D

D

C

D

C

G7

C

G7

C

G7

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Guide Introductory Quick 1

The chart below lists the voices that have been set for the Upper/Lower keyboards and Pedalboard in each of the five Basic Registrations.

		Basic Registration 1	Basic Registration 2	Basic Registration 3	Basic Registration 4	Basic Registration 5
	Upper Keyboard	Strings	Brass	Flute	Cosmic 1	Synth. Brass
	voice
	Lower Keyboard	Strings	Horn	Piano	Cosmic 2	Cosmic 3
	voice
	Pedal voice	Contrabass	Tuba	Contrabass	Cosmic 2	Synth. Bass

3. Registration Menu

In addition to the Basic Registrations, many more registrations are available on your Electone. Some of the registrations include voice and rhythm/accompaniment selections. With the variety of registrations available, you're certain to find the right registration that perfectly suits any style of music you play.

The EL-27 is equipped with a total of 80 specially programmed registrations, selected with the built-in Registration Menu button on the panel, as well as the 40 registrations selected from the included Registration Menu disk. Refer to the Registration Menu List on page 15.

To select a registration from the built-in Registration Menu:

For example, let's select an appropriate registration (Waltz-A) for the "Skaters Waltzes" (Basic Regisatrtion 1).

1. Press the REGIST. MENU button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE	SYMPHO-	A. B. C.	FOOT	REGIST.	PITCH	REGIST.
DISPLAY	NIC	M. O. C.	SW.	SHIFT	MIDI	MENU

DATA CONTROL		DATA CONTROL

2. From the display that appears, select the desired page. (In this case, select page 3.)

The top right PAGE buttons select the next or previous page.

DATA CONTROL				DATA CONTROL		PAGE

Some of the functions have more than two pages. Each press of the PAGE buttons (1q) increases the page number found in the top right in the display.

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3. Press the bottom left DATA CONTROL buttons to select the registration you want to use. (In this case, select Waltz-A [No.13].)

The bottom left DATA CONTROL buttons step through the various selections, while the top left DATA CONTROL buttons are used to jump ahead or back by ten selections.

Jumps back ten numbers.

Jumps ahead ten numbers.

Selects next number.

Selects previous number.

4. Finally, call up the selected registration by pressing the right DATA CONTROL buttons, selecting SET (Waltz-A [No.13] here, for example.).

The message "Completed...!!" will be instantly indicated in the display, meaning that the registration menu indicated in the display has been set.

<REGIST DISK>	¡3	Any button can be
13:Waltz-A	[SET]	used to actually select
		the setting.

The DATA CONTROL buttons are generally used to select voice and rhythms, and are also used as described above. The left button of a DATA CONTROL button pair is usually used in a "negative" fashion – for instance, to decrease a value, or select a previous setting or position. The right button is used in a "positive" fashion – to increase a value, or select the next setting or position.

To Start the Rhythm:

5. Once you've selected a registration, press the START button in the RHYTHM section.

This step starts up a rhythm pattern appropriate to the music style you have selected. (To turn the pattern off, press the START button again.)

	RHYTHM
INTRO.	SYNCHRO START
ENDING	START
	FILL IN

Some of the registrations in the Registration Menu section

may not have assigned rhythm and automatic accompaniment patterns. See a chart included with this manual that provides a list of all the available music styles, along with the rhythm patterns used. (See page 15.)

Guide Introductory Quick 1

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Guide Introductory Quick 1

You can also adjust the tempo of the rhythm to your liking by turning the TEMPO dial, as indicated in the illustration below. Turning the dial clockwise makes the tempo faster and counterclockwise makes slower.

BAR/BEAT

TEMPO

BAR

BEAT

Slower Faster

To use Auto Bass Chord function:

The A.B.C. (Auto Bass Chord) automatic accompaniment feature of the Electone also plays an important role and is used in conjunction with the registrations and rhythm patterns. Like the rhythm patterns, A.B.C. patterns have been programmed to best match the selected registration in pages 3, 4 and 5 of the Registration Menu. They allow you to add sophisticated bass and chord accompaniment patterns that suit the music, simply by playing chords on the Lower keyboard.

6. Press the chord "C"on the Lower keyboard. (Try the	C
chord shown in the illustration on the right.)

This function provides automatic accompaniment specially tailored for the music style in which you play. Notice that even after you release your fingers from the keyboard, the chord and accompaniment patterns continue to sound. For more details on A.B.C., see page 41.

Now return to the first five written music examples in the Basic Registrations section above (see page 9). Select the registration indicated at the top right of the score (for example, "13: Waltz-A" in the first song). Refer back to the steps on selecting registrations above (see page 10.) if necessary.

7. Play the melody line as you did before with your G 7 right hand on the Upper keyboard. This time, however,

use the A.B.C. automatic accompaniment by pressing the chords with your left hand. The keys you should press are indicated by the small diagrams just below the melody in the score.

Now that you've heard what A.B.C. can do, try selecting other registrations from the Registration Menu. Use the A.B.C. function with these newly selected registrations as well, to get a better idea of the wide stylistic range of your Electone.

See how easy it is? And remember, you don't have to hold the key down to use the automatic accompaniment. Just press the key once and the automatic accompaniment will continue until you press the next key.

If you have unintentionally changed the display by

pressing a button on the panel, return to Step #1 above (pressing the REGIST. MENU button) to return to the Registration Menu.

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To cancel the A.B.C. Automatic Accompaniment:

You can, of course, cancel the automatic accompaniment patterns (Fingered mode) if you want to play the accompaniment by yourself on the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

8. Press the A.B.C./M.O.C. button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, to the right of the LCD Display.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE	SYMPHO-	A. B. C.	FOOT	REGIST.	PITCH	REGIST.
DISPLAY	NIC	M. O. C.	SW.	SHIFT	MIDI	MENU

<ABC> <MEMORY> ¡1 Fingered „L „P

9. Press one of the bottom left DATA CONTROL buttons repeatedly until "OFF" appears below ABC on the LCD.

Guide Introductory Quick 1

These buttons correspond to the bottom left

of the LCD and let you step through the various A.B.C. modes.

10. Turn the Memory function off as well by using the bottom right DATA CONTROL buttons.

<ABC>	<MEMORY> ¡1	Turns the Pedalboard
OFF	ŒL ŒP	Memory (P) on and off.

Turns the Lower keyboard Memory (L) on and off.

A solid or dark box on the LCD indicates that the function is on; an empty or outlined box indicates that the function is off. Make sure the boxes next to L (Lower) and P (Pedal) are both off, as shown in the example LCD above.

This short introductory section has shown you just a small portion of the vast potential of your Electone. Now that you know how to select among the Registrations and use the A.B.C. Automatic Accompaniment, take some time to explore the other registrations and their rhythm patterns. There's a great wealth of realistic voices, authentic orchestration and stylistically varied rhythms – all instantly available from the Registration Menus feature.

Before going on to explore the remaining sections of this manual, we suggest that you turn the A.B.C. automatic accompaniment and memory functions off. Otherwise, single notes played on the Lower keyboard will sound as full chords, and the Pedal voices will not sound when playing the Pedalboard. To keep this from happening, select the OFF setting in A.B.C. and press the buttons that correspond to LOWER and PEDAL in the display to turn memory off.

As in the operation described above, the DATA CONTROL

buttons are also used simply to turn functions on and off.

Press the Registration Menu buttons in the DISPLAY

SELECT section to display the registration menu on the LCD.

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Guide Introductory Quick 1

To select the Registrations from the Registration Menu disk:

Included with your Electone is a Registration Menu Disk, containing 40 different menus.

1. Put the included Registration Menu Disk, facing the label up, 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 menu.

2. Press the PAGE buttons in the right of the LCD to select the various menu "pages" of registrations available on the disk.

PAGE

3. Select one of the registrations shown on the LCD by pressing the DATA CONTROL button in the left bottom of the display.

Selects the next number.

Selects the previous number.

4. Press the DATA CONTROL buttons in the right of the LCD to call up the Registration you have selected.

The message "Completed...!!" momentarily appears, indicating that the menu has been selected.

Up to 10 registration selections are shown on the

LCD; no data is stored in the registration numbers from 11 through 16.

Any button can be used to actually select the setting.

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4. Registration Menu List

Built-in Registration Menu (80 Menus)

	Page1
	No.	LCD Display	Sound Image	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Lower Keyboard Voice	Pedal Voice
	1	STRINGS1	Orchestra	Strings	Violin	Horn	Contrabass
	2	STRINGS2	Pop Strings	Strings	Flute (4')	Strings	Pizzicato Bass	1
	3	STRINGS3	Chamber Strings	Strings	Violin	Strings	Pizzicato Bass
								Quick
	4	STRINGS4	Solo Violin	-	Violin	Strings	Contrabass
	5	STRINGS5	Pops Orchestra 1	Strings	Harpsichord	Strings	Elec. Bass
								Introductory
	10	BRASS2	Solo Trumpet	-	Trumpet	Horn	Tuba
	6	STRINGS6	Pizzicato Strings	Pizzicato Bass	Pizzicato Bass (4')	Pizzicato Bass	Pizzicato Bass
	7	STRINGS7	Pops Orchestra 2	Strings	Trumpet	Brass	Pizzicato Bass
	8	STRINGS8	Strings Ensemble	Strings	Strings (16')	Strings	Contrabass
	9	BRASS1	Marching Band	Brass	Trombone	Brass	Tuba
								Guide
	11	BRASS3	Big Band 1	Brass	Saxophone	Trombone	Pizzicato Bass
	12	BRASS4	Solo Trombone	-	Trombone	Saxophone	Pizzicato Bass
	13	BRASS5	Big Band 2 (Saxophone Ensemble)	Saxophone	Saxophone (8')	Piano	Pizzicato Bass
	14	BRASS6	Jazz Combo 1 (Trumpet)	-	Trumpet	Elec. Bass	Pizzicato Bass
	15	BRASS7	Dixie Jazz	-	Clarinet	Piano	Pizzicato Bass
	16	BRASS8	Fusion (Saxophone)		Saxophone	Elec. Piano	Elec. Bass
	Page 2
	No.	LCD Display	Sound Image	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Lower Keyboard Voice	Pedal Voice
	1	LEAD1	Woodwind Ensemble	Oboe	Flute	Clarinet	Bassoon (8')
	2	LEAD2	Solo Flute	-	Flute	Strings	Contrabass
	3	LEAD3	Solo Oboe	-	Oboe	Strings	Contrabass
	4	LEAD4	Polka	-	Clarinet	Harmonica	Pizzicato Bass
	5	LEAD5	Fantasy 1	Cosmic 1	Flute (4')	Elec. Piano	Elec. Bass
	6	LEAD6	Harmonica	-	Harmonica	Strings	Contrabass
	7	LEAD7	Tango Band	Harmonica	Harmonica (16')	Piano	Pizzicato Bass
	8	LEAD8	Jazz Organ	Jazz Organ	Jazz Organ (4')	Jazz Organ (8')	Organ Bass
	9	DECAY1	Piano	Piano	-	Piano	Piano
	10	DECAY2	Jazz Combo 2 (Vibraphone)	Vibraphone	-	Piano	Pizzicato Bass
	11	DECAY3	Honky-tonk Piano	Piano	-	Piano	Piano
	12	DECAY4	Jazz Guitar	Elec. Bass	Elec. Bass (16')	Strings	Elec. Bass
	13	DECAY5	Marimba	Marimba	-	Piano	Pizzicato Bass
	14	DECAY6	Fantasy 2	Vibraphone (4')	Flute (4')	Strings	Elec. Bass
	15	DECAY7	Guitar	Guitar	Elec. Bass (16')	Strings	Contrabass
	16	DECAY8	Oriental 1	Harpsichord	Harpsichord (16')	Strings	Elec. Bass

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

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Page 3

No.	LCD Display	Sound Image	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Lower Keyboard Voice	Pedal Voice
1	CONTEMP.1	Wind Synth. 1	-	Cosmic 3	Elec. Piano	Elec. Bass (16')
2	CONTEMP.2	Synth. Brass	Synth. Brass	Synth. Bass (8')	Harpsichord	Elec. Bass (16')
3	CONTEMP.3	Wind Synth. 2	Oboe	Saxophone (8')	Piano	Elec. Bass (16')
4	CONTEMP.4	Synth.	Horn	Tuba (8')	Guitar	Elec. Bass
5	CONTEMP.5	Fantasy 3	Cosmic 1 (8 ')	Organ Bass (4')	Cosmic 1 (8 ')	Contrabass
6	CONTEMP.6	Fantasy 4	Cosmic 2	Cosmic 1	Chorus	Organ
7	CONTEMP.7	Piano + Synth.	Piano	Cosmic 1 (8 ')	Clarinet	Synth. Bass
8	CONTEMP.8	Oriental 2	Cosmic 2 (16')	Marimba	Contrabass	Horn (16')

No.	LCD Display	Rhythm (Tempo)	Accompaniment Type	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Pedal Voice
9	March-A	120	4	Brass	Trumpet	Tuba
10	March-B	110	1	Bassoon	Flute (4')	Pizzicato Bass (16')
11	Country	112	1	-	Harmonica	Pizzicato Bass (16')
12	Broadway	135	4	Trombone (8')	Trumpet	Pizzicato Bass
13	Waltz-A	105	4	Strings	Strings (16')	Pizzicato Bass (16')
14	Waltz-B	170	1	Strings	Violin	Pizzicato Bass
15	Jazz Waltz	140	4	Elec. Bass (16')	Flute (4')	Pizzicato Bass (16')
16	Swing-A	165	2	Saxophone	Saxophone (8')	Pizzicato Bass
Page 4
No.	LCD Display	Rhythm (Tempo)	Accompaniment Type	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Pedal Voice
1	Swing-B	160	3	Brass	Trumpet	Pizzicato Bass
2	Swing-C	138	1	-	Clarinet	Pizzicato Bass
3	Jazz Ballad	60	3	-	Trombone	Pizzicato Bass
4	Dixieland	108	4	-	Trumpet	Tuba
5	Bounce-A	123	2	Guitar	Elec. Bass (16')	Elec. Bass (16')
6	Bounce-B	130	4	-	Clarinet	Pizzicato Bass (16')
7	Reggae-A	132	4	Marimba	-	Elec. Bass (16')
8	Reggae-B	120	3	Elec. Piano	Synth. Bass	Elec. Bass (16')
9	Slow Rock-A	80	3	Guitar	Elec. Bass (16')	Elec. Bass (16')
10	Slow Rock-B	74	1	-	Trumpet	Elec. Bass (16')
11	Slow Rock-C	80	3	-	Saxophone	Elec. Bass (16')
12	Tango-A	120	1	Harmonica	Harmonica (16')	Pizzicato Bass (16')
13	Tango-B	120	1	Strings	Violin	Pizzicato Bass (16')
14	Tango-C	120	4	-	Violin	Pizzicato Bass (16')
15	ChaCha	126	4	Piano (16')	Piano (4')	Elec. Bass (16')
16	Rhumba	115	1	-	Trombone (8')	Elec. Bass (16')
Page 5
No.	LCD Display	Rhythm (Tempo)	Accompaniment Type	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Pedal Voice
1	Beguine	118	4	Strings	Flute (4')	Elec. Bass (16')
2	Mambo	100	4	Brass	Saxophone	Elec. Bass (16')
3	Samba-A	120	1	Saxophone	Trumpet	Elec. Bass (16')
4	Samba-B	120	4	Elec. Bass (16')	Flute	Elec. Bass (16')
5	Bossanova-A	103	1	-	Flute	Elec. Bass (16')
6	Bossanova-B	124	1	-	Saxophone	Elec. Bass (16')
7	8 Beat-A	100	3	Cosmic 2	Vibraphone (4')	Elec. Bass (16')
8	8 Beat-B	117	1	Elec. Piano	-	Elec. Bass (16')
9	8 Beat-C	152	1	Jazz Organ	-	Elec. Bass (16')
10	DancePop	130	4	Vibraphone (4')	Elec. Piano	Elec. Bass (16')
11	16 Beat-A	85	4	-	Flute	Elec. Bass (16')
12	16 Beat-B	124	1	Synth. Brass	Synth. Brass (16')	Elec. Bass (16')
13	16 Beat-C	112	1	Brass	Trumpet	Elec. Bass (16')
14	16 Beat Funk	118	4	Synth. Bass	Cosmic 3	Elec. Bass (16')
No.	LCD Display	Sound Image	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Lower Keyboard Voice	Pedal Voice
15	Wedding	Wedding	Organ	Organ (4')	Organ	Organ (16')
16	X'mas	X'mas	Vibraphone (4')	Cosmic 2	Strings	Contrabass

●For No.9 through 16 of Page 3, and Pages 4 and 5 above, settings are as follows: A.B.C.: "Fingered", Memory: "ON" to both Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

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

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Registration Menu Disk (40 Menus)

Page1

No.	LCD Display	Sound Image	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Lower Keyboard Voice	Pedal Voice
1	STRINGS1	Solo Violin	-	Violin	Strings	Contrabass
2	STRINGS2	Strings Ensemble	Strings	Strings	Horn	Pizzicato Bass
3	STRINGS3	Pop Strings 1	Strings	Vibraphone	Horn	Contrabass
4	STRINGS4	Pop Strings 2	Strings	Clarinet	Strings	Pizzicato Bass
5	STRINGS5	Symphonic Orchestra	Tutti 1	Tutti 2	Strings	Contrabass
6	BRASS1	Trumpet Ensemble	Brass	Trumpet	Brass	Tuba
7	BRASS2	Solo Trumpet	-	Trumpet	Trombone	Tuba
8	BRASS3	Solo Trombone	-	Trombone	Trombone	Tuba
9	BRASS4	Brass Ensemble	Trumpet	Trombone	Horn	Tuba
10	BRASS5	Big Band	Brass	Trombone	Saxophone	Pizzicato Bass
Page 2
No.	LCD Display	Sound Image	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Lower Keyboard Voice	Pedal Voice
1	LEAD1	Solo Flute 1	-	Flute	Strings	Contrabass
2	LEAD2	Solo Flute 2	-	Flute	Clarinet	Pizzicato Bass
3	LEAD3	Whistle	-	Flute	Pizzicato Bass	Pizzicato Bass
4	LEAD4	Flute Ensemble	Flute	Flute	Bassoon	Pizzicato Bass
5	LEAD5	Pop Flute	Vibraphone	Flute	Strings	Contrabass
6	LEAD6	Woodwind Ensemble 1	Bassoon	Flute	Clarinet	Pizzicato Bass
7	LEAD7	Solo Oboe	-	Oboe	Bassoon	Pizzicato Bass
8	LEAD8	Woodwind Ensemble 2	-	Clarinet	Bassoon	Clarinet
9	LEAD9	Solo Clarinet	Clarinet	-	Horn	Pizzicato Bass
10	LEAD10	Solo Saxophone	-	Saxophone	Strings	Contrabass
Page 3
No.	LCD Display	Sound Image	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Lower Keyboard Voice	Pedal Voice
1	DECAY1	Piano	Piano	-	Piano	Piano
2	DECAY2	Harpsichord	Harpsichord	-	Strings	Contrabass
3	DECAY3	Marimba	Marimba	-	Clarinet	Pizzicato Bass
4	DECAY4	Music Box	Vibraphone	-	Vibraphone	Vibraphone
5	DECAY5	Classical Guitar	Guitar	-	Strings	Pizzicato Bass
6	ORGAN1	Organ	Organ	-	Organ	Organ Bass
7	ORGAN2	Jazz Organ	Jazz Organ	-	Jazz Organ	Organ Bass
8	BANDONEON	Bandoneon	Harmonica	Harmonica	Strings	Pizzicato Bass
9	SYNTH1	Cosmic Sound 1	Cosmic 2	Cosmic 1	Chorus	Contrabass
10	SYNTH2	Cosmic Sound 2	Cosmic 3	Synth. Bass	Cosmic 3	Synth. Bass
Page4
No.	LCD Display	Rhythm (Tempo)	Accompaniment Type	Upper Keyboard Voice	Lead Voice	Pedal Voice
1	March	120	4	Brass	Trumpet	Tuba
2	Broadway	135	4	Trombone	Saxophone	Pizzicato Bass
3	Waltz	105	4	Strings	Strings	Pizzicato Bass
4	Swing	160	3	Brass	Trumpet	Pizzicato Bass
5	SlowRock	80	3	Guitar	Elec. Bass	Elec. Bass
6	Tango	127	3	Harmonica	Harmonica	Pizzicato Bass
7	Cha Cha	126	4	Piano	Piano	Elec. Bass
8	Samba	120	1	Saxophone	Trumpet	Elec. Bass
9	8 Beat	100	3	Cosmic 2	Vibraphone	Elec. Bass
10	16 Beat	74	4	Harmonica	Harmonica	Elec. Bass

● For Page 4 above, settings are as follows: A.B.C.: "Fingered", Memory: "ON" to both Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

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Sections Voice 2

2 Voice Sections

The following illustration shows the various available voice sections.

		UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE
STRINGS	BRASS	CLARI-	SAXO-	CHORUS	HARMO-	MAX
						1
		NET	PHONE		NICA
ORGAN	PIANO	GUITAR	VIBRA-	COSMIC	TUTTI	2
			PHONE
						MIN

	LEAD VOICE
VIOLIN	FLUTE	MAX
		1
OBOE	TRUM-	TO
	PET	LOWER
		MIN

		LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE						PEDAL VOICE
STRINGS	BRASS	CLARI-	SAXO-	CHORUS	HORN	MAX	CONTRA	ELEC.	MAX
						1			1
		NET	PHONE				BASS	BASS
ORGAN	PIANO	GUITAR	VIBRA-	COSMIC	TUTTI	2	ORGAN	TUBA	TO
			PHONE				BASS		LOWER
						MIN			MIN

The Electone has four voice sections: Upper Keyboard Voice, Lead Voice, Lower Keyboard Voice, and Pedal Voice. All voices are playable from the Upper or Lower keyboards or Pedalboard, allowing you to create richly textured voice layers on a single keyboard.

1. Voice Display

You can see at-a-glance which voices are currently selected for each of the voice sections by calling up the Voice Display.

Press the VOICE DISPLAY button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE	SYMPHO-	A. B. C.	FOOT	REGIST.	PITCH	REGIST.
DISPLAY	NIC	M. O. C.	SW.	SHIFT	MIDI	MENU

The Voice Display is indicated on the LCD.

£Strings ¢™Violin ¢Strings ¡ContBass

The Voice Display is automatically shown when the Electone is turned on.

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2. 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 section are given here.

1. Select a voice from the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE section by pressing one of the Voice buttons in that section.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS	BRASS	CLARI-	SAXO-	CHORUS	HARMO-	MAX
						1
		NET	PHONE		NICA
ORGAN	PIANO	GUITAR	VIBRA-	COSMIC	TUTTI	2
			PHONE
						MIN

If, for example, you have selected the PIANO voice, the following display will appear:

Piano E.Piano

Harpsi.

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

These are variations of the basic Piano voice category.

2. Press one of the DATA CONTROL buttons that corresponds to the voice you wish to select.

The first character flashes to indicate the selected voice.

Some voice buttons have only one voice.

Piano E.Piano

Harpsi.

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Sections Voice 2

3. 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-	SAXO-	CHORUS	HARMO-	1	MAX
								Maximum
			NET	PHONE		NICA
	ORGAN	PIANO	GUITAR	VIBRA-	COSMIC	TUTTI	2
				PHONE
								Minimum
								MIN

	Fine:
	Pressing the same panel voice button again calls up the Voice Condition
		Pressing a voice button once
	display.
		calls up that voice's Voice
	Use the DATA CONTROL buttons, in the bottom right of the LCD, that	Menu display. Pressing it a second
		time calls up the Voice Condition
	correspond to the Volume setting to change the level of the desired voice.	display (as shown in the illustration).
		Successive presses alternate between
	The relative level is indicated by a numeric value (from 0 – 24).	the two displays.

	<UPPER>	¡1
	TOUCH=4	VOL.=24
				Pressing this button increases the value.
				Pressing this button decreases the value.
4. Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and
						The Lead Voice and Pedal
Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above.						Voice sounds one note at a
Also set the volumes of the voices.						time; when you simultaneously press
						two or more keys, only the highest

note will sound.

PLAYING LEAD AND PEDAL VOICES FROM THE LOWER KEYBOARD:

The Electone has a special "To Lower" function that lets you assign Lead or Pedal 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.

●If the effect (vibrato, etc.) is set to the original Pedal Voices, the voices assigned to the Lower keyboards are playable with the effects as well.

●The Lead/Pedal Voice cannot be played on the Upper keyboard/

Pedalboard, if the Lead/Pedal Voice is assigned to the Lower keyboard.

LEAD VOICE

VIOLIN	FLUTE	MAX
		1
OBOE	TRUM-	TO
	PET	LOWER

MIN

	PEDAL VOICE
CONTRA	ELEC.	MAX
		1
BASS	BASS
ORGAN	TUBA	TO
BASS		LOWER
		MIN

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3. Selecting Additional Voices – Dotted Buttons

and User Voices

The EL-27 Electone has a 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 convenient access to any voice.

Selecting Voices From the Dotted Buttons

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 voices can be selected from these buttons.

The dotted buttons have the following 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 twentytwo 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. The opposite is also the case: Upper or Lower voices assigned to the Lead or Pedal sections will be monophonic.

" 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 storing voices from a Voice Disk.

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Sections Voice 2

To select a voice from a dotted button:

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

For example, let's select the E. Piano (Page 17: Piano) using the dotted button.

		UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE
STRINGS	BRASS	CLARI-	SAXO-	CHORUS	HARMO-	MAX
						1
		NET	PHONE		NICA
ORGAN	PIANO	GUITAR	VIBRA-	COSMIC	TUTTI	2
			PHONE

MIN

Dotted buttons

Page 1 (Strings) is displayed on the LCD.

Strings ¡1

2. Select one of the pages with the PAGE buttons found in the right to the LCD display (Page 17: Piano).

Each voice group appears on the LCD display when the page has been selected.

Piano	E.Piano ¡17
Harpsi.

3. Select a voice from the display (E. Piano).

Piano		E.Piano ¡17
Harpsi.

Select the USER page in the same manner as above when you wish to use a voice from a Voice Disk. (See page 72.)

PAGE

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 first character of the selected voice's name

flashes to indicate that the voice has been selected. As long as you do not select a voice, this indication will not appear.

USER	1	USER	2	¡US
USER	3	USER	4

When you turn off and turn on the Electone again, the voice is set to the Basic

Registration 1. Be sure to store the selected voices (registration setting) to the Registration Memory before you turn off the Electone (see page 47).

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4.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 display and are displayed only when pressing the dotted buttons.

Some of the voice names are abbreviated: e.g., ContBass for Contrabass.

STRINGS (Upper/Lower)

Strings	¡1
VIOLIN (Lead)
Violin	¡2

CONTRABASS (Pedal)

ContBass PizzBass ¡3

BRASS (Upper/Lower)

Brass	SynBrass ¡4
HORN (Lower)
Horn	¡5
TRUMPET (Lead)
Trumpet	¡6
Trombone
TUBA (Pedal)
Tuba	¡7
FLUTE (Lead)
Flute	¡8
OBOE (Lead)
Oboe	Bassoon ¡9
CLARINET (Upper/Lower)
Clarinet	¡10
SAXOPHONE (Upper/Lower)
Saxophon	¡11

TUTTI (Upper/Lower)

Tutti1 Tutti2 ¡12

CHORUS (Upper/Lower)

Chorus ¡13

HARMONICA (Upper)

Harmonic ¡14

ORGAN (Upper/Lower)

Organ JazzOrgn¡15

ORGAN BASS (Pedal)

OrgBass ¡16

PIANO (Upper/Lower)

Piano	E.Piano ¡17
Harpsi.
GUITAR (Upper/Lower)
Guitar	¡18
VIBRAPHONE (Upper/Lower)
Vibrphon	¡19
Marimba
ELACTRIC BASS (Pedal)
E.Bass	¡20
SynBass
COSMIC (Upper/Lower)
Cosmic1	Cosmic2 ¡21
Cosmic3
USER 1	USER 2 ¡US
USER 3	USER 4

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Effects and Controls Voice 3

3 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.

These are used to change various aspects of the voices, such as the volume or octave (footage) settings, or enhance the sound of the voices, such as with Reverb or Tremolo. They are divided into two groups: 1) The controls/effects selected on the Voice Condition pages. 2) The effects set by the panel buttons.

Each voice has been given certain factory-preset settings to best enhance its sound. However, you can also change the settings to suit your preferences by using the controls described in this section.

1. Selecting from the Voice Condition Pages

To select the Voice Condition pages for changing the settings:

Choose a voice on the panel, then press that voice's panel button twice; If the voice you want to select is already displayed on the LCD display, press once.

For the Lead Voice example shown below, press the VIOLIN button in the LEAD VOICE section twice.

	LEAD VOICE
VIOLIN	FLUTE	MAX
		1
OBOE	TRUM-	TO
	PET	LOWER
		MIN

The Pedal Condition display has only two pages: The

Pedal voices do not have the Vibrato function.

Page 1 of the Voice Condition pages is displayed on the LCD display. Each of the Voice Conditions has page 1 through 4.

Voice Condition – Page 1

Lead Voice

	<LEAD>	¡1	PAGE
	TOUCH=4	VOL.=24
	!	"

!TOUCH (TOUCH TONE)

See page 24.

"VOL. (VOLUME)

Fine adjustment of the voice volume. See page 20.

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Voice Condition – Page 2

Press the PAGE buttons to select Page 2.

<LEAD>	¡2
FEET=PRE.	SYM.=PRE.
!	"

!FEET

See page 26.

"SYM. (SYMPHONIC)

See page 27.

Voice Condition – Page 3

Press the PAGE buttons to select Page 3.

<LEAD>	¡3
„USER VIB.

USER VIB. (User Vibrato)

See page 28.

Voice Condition – Page 4 (When USER VIB. is ON.)

Press the PAGE buttons to select Page 4.

Lead Voice

!

<LEAD>VIB. DELAY=0¡4 DEPTH=0 SPEED=0

" #

Upper Keyboard Voice

<UPPER>VIB. ¡4 DEPTH=0

"

!DELAY (Lead Voice only)

See page 29.

"DEPTH

See page 29.

#SPEED (Lead Voice only)

See page 29.

PAGE

3Voice PAGE Controls

Effects and

PAGE

PAGE

The Vibrato function in Page 4 of the Lead Voice is different

from the Upper/Lower Keyboard Voice.

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