Yamaha EL400E, EL-400 User Manual

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

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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. Also, be sure to set the
volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradually raise the
volume controls while playing the instrument to set the desired listening
level.

• 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.

• 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.

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Congratulations!

You are the proud owner of a fine electronic organ, Electone EL-400.
The Yamaha EL-400 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.
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.

Included Items

Owner’s Manual
Song Sheet

3.5" Floppy Disk
FUN TO PLAY ELECTONE Disk

Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made. When the Electone is turned on, Basic
Registration 1 is automatically selected.

GM (General MIDI System Level 1) is an addition to the MIDI standard that ensures that any GM-compatible
music data can be accurately played by any GM-compatible tone generator, regardless of maker.
The GM mark is affixed to all software and hardware products that support the General MIDI standard.

XG is a new MIDI format created by Yamaha that significantly improves and expands upon the General MIDI
standard by providing a greater variety of high-quality voices plus considerably enhanced effect operation – while
being fully compatible with GM.

• The screen displays and illustrations as shown in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes only, and may appear somewhat different
from those on your instrument.

• Copying of the commercially available music sequence data is strictly prohibited except for your personal use.

• The company names and product names in this Owner’s manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Table of Contents

Panel Layout ................................. 6

EL-400 Panel Layout................................................ 6

LCD Display/Display Select .................................... 8

Main Features ............................... 9

1 Quick Introductory Guide ........ 10

1 Getting Started........................................... 10

2 Basic Registrations .................................... 11

3 Basic Operation.......................................... 12

4 LCD Display ............................................... 13

2 Voice Sections ......................... 17

1 Voice Display .............................................. 17

2 Selecting Voices from the Panel ............... 18

3

Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons ..

4 Voice Menus ................................................ 23

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

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

(page 1) ........................................................ 29

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

2 Touch Vibrato .......................................... 30

3 Feet .......................................................... 30

(page 2) ........................................................ 30

1 V olume .................................................... 30

2 Brilliance................................................. 30

3 Pan ........................................................... 30

4 Reverb ..................................................... 30

(page 3) ........................................................ 31

1 Effect ....................................................... 31

(page 4) ........................................................ 32

1 Vibrato..................................................... 32

(page 5) (Lead Voices Only) ...................... 33

1 Tune ......................................................... 33

2 Slide ........................................................ 33

2 Selecting from Effect Set Page ................. 33

1 Tremolo/Chorus ...................................... 34

2 Symphonic/Celeste ................................. 34

3 Delay ....................................................... 35

4 Flanger .................................................... 37

5 Distortion ................................................ 38

3 Selecting from the Panel ........................... 39

1 Reverb ..................................................... 39

2 Sustain ..................................................... 40

3 Tremolo/Chorus ...................................... 41

5 Registration Memory ............... 66

1 Storing Registrations................................. 66

2 Selecting Registrations .............................. 67

3 Saving the Registration Data to Disk ...... 67

4 Registration Shift ....................................... 68

6 Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.)... 73

1 Precautions on M.D.R. .............................. 73

2 Formatting a Disk ...................................... 75

3 Recording.................................................... 76

4 Recording Registrations

(and Bulk Data).......................................... 82

5 Recalling Recorded Registrations

(and Bulk Data).......................................... 83

6 Replacing Registrations ............................ 83

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7 Playback ...................................................... 84

8 Other Functions ......................................... 88

7 Footswitches, Knee Lever and

Expression Pedal ..................... 98

1 Footswitch ................................................... 98

2 Knee Lever................................................ 101

3 Expression Pedal...................................... 103

8

Transpose and Pitch Controls ...

9 MIDI ...................................... 105

10

Accessory Jacks and Controls ...

11 Appendix ............................. 108

MIDI ................................................................. 108

MIDI Data Format ......................................... 114

MIDI Implementation Chart ........................ 124

Troubleshooting .............................................. 126

Specifications .................................................. 129

Index................................................................. 131

104

107

Quick Introductory
Guide

1

Voice Sections

2

Voice Controls
and Effects

3

Rhythm and
Accompaniment

4

Registration Memory

5

Music Disk Recorder
(M.D.R.)

6

Footswitches,
Knee Lever and

7

Expression Pedal

Transpose and
Pitch Controls

8

MIDI

9

4 Rhythm and Accompaniment .. 44

1 Selecting Rhythms from the Panel .......... 44

2 Rhythm Condition Pages .......................... 47

3 Dotted Buttons and User Rhythms.......... 48

4 Rhythm Menus ........................................... 50

5 Automatic Accompaniment -

Auto Bass Chord (A.B.C.) ....................... 51

6 Accompaniment Controls ......................... 53

7 Preset/User Keyboard Percussion ........... 55

8 Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) ..................... 63

The Index on page 131 can be of your help in finding the functions and terms.

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11

Accessory Jacks
and Controls

Appendix

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Panel Layout

EL-400 Panel Layout

Monitor Speaker

LOWER KEYBOARD

VOICE 1, 2

(page 17)

REVERB

(page 39)

SUSTAIN
(page 40)

RHYTHM
(page 44)

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

(page 55)

REVERB

MAX

MIN

SUSTAIN

UPPER
(

KNEE

LOWER
(

KNEE

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

1

PEDAL

2

)

)

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1, 2

(page 17)

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

PEDAL

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

BAR

BEAT

TEMPO

RHYTHM

BAR

BEAT

SAXO-

CHORUS HARMO-

NET

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

PHONE

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 1

SAXO-

CHORUS HORN

NET

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

PHONE

1

ROCK

2

RHYTHM

SYNCHRO

INTRO.

START

ENDING

LEAD VOICE

(page 17)

UPPER KEYBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

2

1

2

1

2

MIN

LOWER KEYBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

2

MIN

NICA

MAX

MIN

START

FILL IN

MAX

VIOLIN FLUTE

OBOE TRUM-

MIN

MAX

CONTRA

BASS

ORGAN

BASS

MIN

LEAD VOICE

1

PETTOLOWER

PEDAL VOICE 1 PEDAL VOICE 2

1

ELEC.

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

PEDAL VOICE 1, 2

MAX

MIN

MAX

MAX

1

TO

LOWER

MIN

MIN

(page 17)

BASIC

REGIST.

DATA CONTROL

(page 14)

DATA CONTROL

¨⁄Str
Ò⁄Str

(page 46)

BAR/BEATTEMPO

BAR/BEAT/TEMPO

(page 46)

M.

/TO DISK

M./TO DISK

(page 66)

RHYTHM
(page 45)

BASIC REGIST.

(page 11)

4321

Registration Memory

(page 66)

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LCD Display

(page 13)

DATA CONTROL

(page 14)

PAGE

(page 14)

DISPLAY SELECT

(page 8)

Monitor Speaker

ings1ÎViolin1 ⁄
ings1∏⁄ContBs.1

DATA CONTROL PAGE

DISPLAY

EFFECT

DISPLAY SELECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

PITCH

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

TREMOLO

MIDI

(FAST)

RECORD PLAY

REPEAT

SONG COPY

PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

MUSIC DISK RECOR DER

VOICE

MASTER VOLUME

CONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPERCONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPER

SONG DEL.TOFROMSONG

FORMATTEMPO

MASTER VOLUME
(page 11)

SHIFT

MUSIC DISK
RECORDER
(page 73)

POWER

POWER
(page 10)

Floppy Disk Slot

D.8765

D. (Disable)

(page 67)

LED (Lamp in-use) Eject

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LCD Display/Display Select

LCD Display

(page 13)

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL PAGE

VOICE

DISPLAY

¨⁄Strings1ÎViolin1 ⁄
Ò⁄Strings1∏⁄ContBs.1

DISPLAY SELECT

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

DATA CONTROL Buttons

PAGE Button

(page 14)

(page 14)

TREMOLO (FAST) Button
(page 43)

PITCH/MIDI Button
(page 105)

REGIST. SHIFT Button
(page 68)

FOOT SW. Button
(page 98)

A.B.C./M.O.C. Button
(page 51, 63)

EFFECT SET Button
(page 33)

VOICE DISPLAY Button
(page 20)

Others

Monitor Speakers

Jacks (page 107)

Speaker Unit

Keyboard Cover/Music Stand

Front Panel (page 6~7)
Upper Keyboard

Lower Keyboard
MIDI Jacks (page 107)

Knee Lever (page 101)

Right-Footswitch (page 69)
Left-Footswitch (page 98)

Expression Pedal (page 11)

Pedalboard

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Main Features

1 Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds

The new AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) and FM (Frequency Modulation) tone generation technologies
combined with authentic touch response make this Electone a truly expressive musical instrument.
You can enjoy playing a total of 173 AWM/FM voices using the touch response function.

2 Wide Variety of High Quality Effects

Electone voices can also be enhanced with a full range of high-quality digital effects, ranging from Tremolo
and Reverb to Flanger, Delay and Distortion. Stereo panning is independent of effect on/off status. (page 33)

3 Dynamic Rhythm Patterns and Programmable Percussion Sounds

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 44)
The Keyboard Percussion function lets you play 120 different percussion sounds, each of which can be
assigned onto any key. (page 55)

4 Convenient Registration Functions

The Basic Registrations let you instantly change the voices and rhythms for playing any styles of music. (page 11)
Also, Registration Memory Function lets you set up and record your own Electone settings, and call up them
in the middle of the performance. (page 66)

5 Versatile Functions of the Music Disk Recorder

The Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder (MDR) for recording your registrations and performances
to a floppy disk. In addition, the MDR allows you to copy a song from a disk to another, duplicate a disk, and
play commercially available XG song data. (page 73)

6 LCD for Systematic and Intuitive Operation

The systematic and intuitive LCD allows you to smoothly understand almost all the Electone operation.

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1 Quick Introductory Guide

1 Getting Started

Plug the power cord in to an appropriate electrical outlet.

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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 on the LCD display:

YAMAHA
Electone

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

¨⁄Strings1ÎViolin1 ⁄
Ò⁄Strings1∏⁄ContBs.1

This last display, Voice Display, shows you the currently assigned
voice settings for each voice section.

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

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3

4

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

MASTER VOLUME

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.

1

Quick Introductory Guide

Louder Softer

2 Basic Registrations

The Basic Registration section has five factory preset registrations, each
with a different set of voices for Upper/Lower keyboards and Pedalboard
and each specially suited for playing in a different music style.

To select Basic Registrations:

Press the BASIC REGIST. buttons to select each Basic Registration.
When you turn the power on, the Electone automatically selects Basic
Registration 1.

Upper Keyboard

Voice 1

Lower Keyboard

Voice 1

Pedal V oice 1

Basic

Registration 1

Strings 1

Strings 1

Contra Bass1

Basic

Registration 2

Brass 1

Horn1

Tuba

Basic

Registration 3

Flute 1

Piano 1

Contra Bass 1

Basic

Registration 4

Cosmic 1

Cosmic 2

Cosmic 2

Basic

Registration 5

Synth. Brass 1

Cosmic 3

Synth. Bass 1

BASIC

REGIST.

If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to
Registration Memory before turning the Electone off. See page 66 for
more information.
You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the
Electone was last turned off. See page 72 for more information.

Turning the Electone off erases all panel
settings you have made. When the
Electone is turned on, Basic Registration 1
is automatically selected.

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3 Basic Operation

1

Quick Introductory Guide

Registration Set-up

Select the keyboard

to play

*The Controls and Effects may

be applied differently depending
on the selected type of Controls
and Effects. See page 28 f or
more information.

Adjust the total volume

(Master Volume)

Select the voice

(Voice Menu)

Finely adjust the voice

(Voice Condition)

Add effects

(Effect Set)

Setting Registration

Finely adjust the rhythm

(Rhythm Condition)

Add reverb

Shift/Footswitch

/Knee Lever

Select the rhythm

(Rhythm Menu)

Loading the

registration data

Saving the
registration data

Playing Electone

Expression Pedal

Recording the performance

Music Disk Recorder

Playing back

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4 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

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example, press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice 1
section).

UPPER KE YBOARD VOICE 1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

The following display will appear, showing all the available voices/
rhythms in the category (Strings Category in this case).

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

COSMIC TUTTI

1

2

UPPER KE YBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

2

MIN

MAX

MIN

1

Quick Introductory Guide

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Strings1 Strings2
Pizz.Strs Syn.Strs1

Press the Data Control button corresponding to the voice you want to

2

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

play (Strings 2 in this case).

Strings1 Strings2
Pizz.Strs Syn.Strs1

The first letter of the selected voice/rhythm will start blinking.
For more information on the Voice Menu list see page 23.

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1

Function of the Data Control Buttons

Quick Introductory Guide

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Strings1 Strings2
Pizz.Strs Syn.Strs1

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VOL.:24 PAN:C ¨1¤
BRIL.: 0 REVERB:24

22

EFFECT:SYMPHONIC ¨1‹
”SYMPHONIC ’CELESTE

33

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<R.SHIFT>[INS][DEL]¤
T_???????????????????

44

The Data Control buttons are used to select 1 a voice/rhythm or function
shown on the display. 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 Registration Shift, each of them
moves the cursor 4 to the right/left.

Using Page Buttons

pages

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

¨⁄Strings1ÎViolin1 ⁄
Ò⁄Strings1∏⁄ContBs.1

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 C to
select the next page, and Page D to select the previous page.

PAGE

5

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Summary of the LCD Operation

The following chart gives you a general view of the basic operations on the Electone.

1. To call up the LCD display

1) Pressing Panel Buttons

● Selecting voices or setting up the Voice Condition

● Selecting rhythms or setting up the Rhythm

Condition

● Setting the Reverb effect

● Setting the Sustain

● Setting the User Keyboard Percussion

2) Pressing a Display Select button

● 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

● Selecting and setting Tremolo/Chorus

1

Quick Introductory Guide

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

● Move the pan position and cursor position

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Language on the LCD

1

Quick Introductory Guide

LCD display can be shown in two languages, English and Japanese.

How to select the language:

1. Press the VOICE DISPLAY button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.
The page 1 will be displayed.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

2. Press the PAGE button to select the page 3.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

TREMOLO

¨⁄Strings1ÎViolin1 ⁄
Ò⁄Strings1∏⁄ContBs.1

<v(4∂/Display> ‹
’i-y∫ ”English

(FAST)

PAGE

3. Pressing each pair of Page buttons at the bottom select the language: the
right ones select English and the left ones select Japanese.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<v(4∂/Display> ‹
”i-y∫ ’English

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2 Voice Sections

The EL-400 features 173 different high quality AWM/FM voices. Each of the AWM/FM voices can be used on
the Upper keyboard, Lower keyboard and Pedalboard. There are three voice sections for the Upper keyboard,
two voice sections for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard, respectively.
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 1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

SAXO-

NET

PHONE

PHONE

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 1

SAXO-

NET

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

CHORUS HORN

NICA

1

2

1

UPPER KEYBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

2

MIN

LOWER KEYBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

MAX

LEAD VOICE

VIOLIN FLUTE

MAX

1

2

Voice Sections

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

MIN

MAX

PEDAL VOICE 1 PEDAL VOICE 2

CONTRA

ELEC.

BASS

BASS

MIN

MAX

1

MAX

1

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

2

2

MIN

ORGAN

TUBA TO

BASS

MIN

1 Voice Display

You can visually confirm the voice assignments to each keyboard.

Pressing the VOICE DISPLAY button in the DISPLAY SELECT section selects
the Voice Display. (The Voice Display always appears when the Electone is
turned on.)

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

The Voice Display is configured with three pages. Each page can be selected
using the Page buttons.

Page 1 and 2 show the currently assigned voice settings for each voice section,
as well as the overall balance between the Upper and Lower voices.

TREMOLO

(FAST)

LOWER

TO

LOWER

MIN

MIN

(page 1)

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 LEAD VOICE

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

¨⁄Strings1ÎViolin1 ⁄
Ò⁄Strings1∏⁄ContBs.1

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 PEDAL VOICE 1

PAGE

17

(page 2)

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 2

Volume Balance between UPPER

and LOWER (Page 20)

2

Voice Sections

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

¨¤Strings1 M.BAL: 0¤
Ò¤Strings1∏¤ContBs.1

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 2 PEDAL VOICE 2

You can select the language shown on the LCD display on page 3 of the Voice
Display (page 16).

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<v(4∂/Display> ‹
’i-y∫ ”English

2

Selecting Voices from the Panel

Since selection of panel voices follows the same procedure throughout the
various sections, instructions for only the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 are
given here.

Select a voice from the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 section by pressing

1

one of the Voice buttons in that section.

UPPER KE YBOARD VOICE 1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

UPPER KE YBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

MAX

1

PAGE

NOTE:

For more information on the volume
balance between the Upper Keyboard and
the Lower Keyboard see page 20.

PAGE

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

2

MIN

2

MIN

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

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Organ1 JazzOrgan1
PopOrgan1 Accordion

Notice that several different voice names are shown on this display.
These are variations of the basic organ voice category.

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2

Press one of the Data Control buttons that corresponds to the voice you
wish to select. (Pop Organ 1, in this case)

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Organ1 JazzOrgan1
PopOrgan1 Accordion

The first letter of the selected voice/rhythm will start blinking. You
have selected Pop Organ 1 for the Upper Keyboard Voice 1.

If you wish to, you can select voices from the other Upper Keyboard

3

4

Voice sections, Upper Keyboard Voice 2 and Lead Voice, Lower
Keyboard Voice sections and Pedal Voice sections, following steps #1
and #2 above.

Set the volume for each voice section.
There are two volume controls:

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 KE YBOARD VOICE 1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

1

UPPER KE YBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

MAX

2

Voice Sections

NOTE:

The voices, Upper Keyboard Voice 2,
Lower Keyboard Voice 2 and Pedal Voice
2, is selectable using the Dotted buttons.
The detail is shown on page 21.

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

2

MIN

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 Page buttons to select page 2, which
contains Volume setting.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

INIT.T: 8 T.V:OFF¨1⁄
AFT.T: 8 FEET:PRESET

PAGE

19

2

Voice Sections

Use the top left side Data Control button pair to change the level of the
desired voice. Fine volume settings, 0-24, are available.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

VOL.:24 PAN:C ¨1¤
BRIL.: 0 REVERB:24

Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard as you did

5
6

for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes of the voices.

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. Press the VOICE DISPLAY button in the DISPLAY SELECT
section. The Voice Display always appears when the Electone is
turned on.

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.

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.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

2. Select page 2 of the Voice Display using Page buttons at the right
side of the LCD display.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

¨⁄Strings1ÎViolin1 ⁄
Ò⁄Strings1∏⁄ContBs.1

3. Adjust the balance with the corresponding Data Control buttons, at
the top right side. The positive values increase the Upper Keyboard
volume, while the negative values lower it, or increase the Lower
Keyboard volume. Range: -6 - +6

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

¨¤Strings1 M.BAL:+4¤
Ò¤Strings1∏¤ContBs.1

PAGE

NOTE:

Pressing this pair of Data Control buttons
at the same time restores the balance to the
center position.

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About TO LOWER - Playing (Upper) Lead Voice and Pedal Voice 1/2 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

VIOLIN FLUTE

1

MAX

PEDAL VOICE 1 PEDAL VOICE 2

MAX

CONTRA

BASS

ELEC.

BASS

1

MAX

1

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

2

Voice Sections

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

MIN

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

MIN

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 before turning the Electone off. See page 66 for more
information.
You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. See page 72 for more information.

3 Selecting Voices from the

Dotted Buttons

The EL-400 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. These dotted buttons function as ‘wild card’ V oice Menu
selectors; any internal voices can be selected from these buttons.

UPPER KE YBOARD VOICE 1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

COSMIC TUTTI

1

2

UPPER KE YBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

2

MIN

MAX

MIN

The dotted buttons have three basic uses:

● For playing any voice of the Voice Menus from any of the
keyboards or Pedalboard. You can play on the Upper keyboard, for
example, voices from the twenty-two Voice Menu pages (including
User), and 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.

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● 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 1 section, the second voice to the other dotted button in the
same section, and the third one on the Voice Menu.

2

Voice Sections

● Optional Voice Disk voices containing many new voices are also
being made available by designating User Voice page. See page 94
for more information.

To select voices from the dotted buttons:

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

1

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Select Honky Tonk piano, for example, to the Dotted button 1 in Upper
Keyboard Voice 1.

UPPER KE YBOARD VOICE 1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

STRINGS, Voice Menu 1, appears.

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

COSMIC TUTTI

1

2

UPPER KE YBOARD

VOICE 2

MAX

1

2

MIN

MAX

MIN

<STRINGS> ¨1‚⁄
01:Strings1

Select one of the pages with the Page buttons, and choose a Voice

2

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Menu. (PIANO, page 17, in this case)

<PIANO> ¨1⁄‡
01:Piano1

Select 03: Honky Tonk piano voice using the Data Control buttons.

3

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

You have selected Honky Tonk for the Upper Keyboard Voice 1.

<PIANO> ¨1⁄‡
03:Honky Tonk

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.

22

To select User voices:

Select the User page in the same way mentioned above.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<USER VOICE> ¨1¤¤
01:USER1

If you wish to use optional Voice Disk voices (page 94), select the User page
here and choose the desired user number.

4 Voice Menus

The following chart lists the voices that are shown by pressing the panel
voice buttons. The other voices that are only available when using the
Dotted buttons are shown on pages 25 - 27.

STRINGS Upper/Lower

Strings1 Strings2
Pizz.Strs Syn.Strs1

CONTRABASS Pedal

VIOLIN Lead

Violin1 Violin2
Cello PizzViolin

BRASS Upper/Lower

2

Voice Sections

ContBass1 ContBass2
Pizz.Bass UprghtBass

HORN Lower

Horn1 Horn2
Horn3 Huted Horn

TUBA Pedal

Tuba Timpani
Timp.Roll

OBOE Lead

Oboe1 Oboe2
Bassoon1 EnglshHorn

SAXOPHONE Upper/Lower

Saxophon1 Saxophon2
Sopra.Sax Syn.Lead1

CHORUS Upper/Lower

Brass1 Brass2
Brass3 Syn.Brass1

TRUMPET Lead

Trumpet1 Trumpet2
Trombone1 Muted Trp

FLUTE Lead

Flute1 Piccolo
Recorder Whistle

CLARINET Upper/Lower

Clarinet1 Clarinet2
Bass Cla. Syn.Cla.1

TUTTI Upper/Lower

Tutti1 Tutti2
Tutti3 Tutti4

HARMONICA Upper

Chorus1 Chorus2
Chorus3 Vocal

Harmoni.1 Harmoni.2

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ORGAN Upper/Lower

ORGAN BASS Pedal

2

Voice Sections

Organ1 JazzOrgan1
PopOrgan1 Accordion

PIANO Upper/Lower

Piano1 E.Piano1
E.Piano2 Harpsi.

VIBRAPHONE Upper/Lower

Vibrphone Glocken.
Marimba Syn.Chime

COSMIC Upper/Lower

Cosmic1 Cosmic2
Cosmic3 Cosmic4

Org.Bass1 Org.Bass2
Org.Bass3 Org.Bass4

GUITAR Upper/Lower

Guitar1 Guitar2
ElecGtr.1 Harp

ELECTRIC BASS Pedal

ElecBass1 ElecBass2
Syn.Bass1 Syn.Bass2

USER VOICE Upper/Lower/Pedal

<USER VOICE>
01:USER1

01:USER1

16:USER16

The details for each voice such as octave (feet) setting and effect on/off status are shown in the list on pages 25 - 27.

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Details on All Voices

Page/Section Voice Name

1. Upper/Lower ● 01: Strings 1 8' - Large strings ensemble.

Feet Effect

The voices not lead by a bullet indicate that they are only selectable using the Dotted buttons.

Preset

Comments

STRINGS ● 02: Strings 2 8' - Relatively small strings ensemble for contemporary music.

03: Strings 3 8' - Small strings ensemble.
04: Strings 4 8' - Having specific harmonics for layering other voices.
05: Strings 5 8' - For legato playing.
06: Strings 6 8' - Strings with clarity. Appropriate for the fast passages.
07: Strings 7 8' - Expressive full bodied strings with a slow attack.

● 08: Pizz. Strings 8' - Pizzicato strings.
09: Trem. Strings 8' - Tremolo strings.

● 10: Synth. Strings 1 8' Cele. Synth. strings with softer attack.
11: Synth. Strings 2 8' Sym. Bright synth. strings.
12: Synth. Strings 3 8' Cele Softer Synth. strings.

2. Lead ● 01: Violin 1 8' - For multi purposes.

VIOLIN ● 02: Violin 2 8' - For solo with sharp attack.

03: Violin 3 8' - Bright fidle for country music.
04: Violin 4 8' - Darker synth. violin with wider dynamic range.
05: Violin 5 8' - Violin with deep vibrato, also suited for chord playing.

● 06: Pizz. Violin 8' - Pizzicato violin.

● 07: Cello 8' - Cello with realistic rubbed string-instrument feel.

08: Kokyu 8' - Ancient Chinese fiddle.

3. Pedal ● 01: Contrabass 1 8' - Standard type.

CONTRABASS ● 02: Contrabass 2 8' - True-to-life tight contrabass sounding in an octave unison.

03: Contrabass 3 16' - Realistic contrabass solo.

● 04: Pizz. Bass 8' - Pizzicato contrabass for classicals.

● 05: Upright Bass 8' - For jazz.

4. Upper/Lower ● 01: Brass 1 8' - Trumpet and trombone ensemble for classicals.

BRASS ● 02: Brass 2 8' - For big band with brighter attack.

● 03: Brass 3 8' - With strong impact. Can be used as orchestra hit.
04: Brass 4 U16'/L8' - Trombone ensemble.
05: Brass 5 8' - Tight octave brass for contemporary music.

● 06: Synth. Brass 1 8' - Synth. brass with sharp attack. Used for Basic Regist. 5.
07: Synth. Brass 2 8' - Analog type. Can be used as melody line.
08: Synth. Brass 3 8' - Fat synth. brass.

5. Lower ● 01: Horn 1 8' - Standard horn for classicals.

HORN ● 02: Horn 2 8' - Horn unison solo. Alpenhorn.

● 03: Horn 3 8' - For solo playing.
04: Horn 4 8' - Impressive horn ensemble.

● 05: Muted Horn 8' - Muted horn.

6. Lead ● 01: Trumpet 1 8' - Standard trumpet for classicals.

TRUMPET ● 02: Trumpet 2 8' - Jazz trumpet 1 with full-bodied sounds.

03: Trumpet 3 8' - Sweet voice.
04: Trumpet 4 8' - Jazz trumpet 2 with a peculiar attack.
05: Trumpet 5 8' - Comical synth. trumpet.
06: Trumpet 6 8' - Resonant trumpet solo.

● 07: Muted Trp. 8' - Harmon mute.

● 08: Trombone 1 U16'/L8' - For legato playing.

09: Trombone 2 U16'/L8' - Bright trombone solo. For fast phrases.
10: Muted Trb. U16'/L8' - Cup mute.
11: Flugel Horn 8' - Flugelhorn.
12: Euphonium U16/L8 - Euphonium with softer sounds.

7. Pedal ● 01: Tuba 16' - Accentuated by touch.

TUBA ● 02: Timpani 8' - Standard timpani.

● 03: Timpani Roll 8' - Typical timpani roll.

8. Lead ● 01: Flute 1 8' - Standard flute solo.

FLUTE 02: Flute 2 8' - For legato playing.

● 03: Piccolo 4' - Standard piccolo.
04: Yokobue 4' - Japanese pipe with clear sounds.

● 05: Recorder 4' - Block floete.
06: Ocarina 4' - Ocarina with simple but warm sounds.
07: Pan Flute 8' - Pan Flute.
08: Shakuhachi 8' - Japanese Shakuhachi with realistic breath noises.

● 09: Whistle 4' - Whistle.

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Voice Sections

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2

Voice Sections

Page/Section Voice Name

9. Lead ● 01: Oboe 1 8' - Softer oboe.

Preset

Feet Effect

Comments

OBOE ● 02: Oboe 2 8' - Rounder tone with characteristic tonguing. For fast phrases.

● 03: English Horn 8' - Cor Anglais.

● 04: Bassoon 1 U16'/L8' - For legato playing.

05: Bassoon 2 U16'/L8' - For staccato playing.

10. Upper/Lower ● 01: Clarinet 1 8' - Standard clarinet.

CLARINET ● 02: Clarinet 2 8' - Clarinet solo for jazz and contemporary.

● 03: Bass Cla. 8' - Bass clarinet with fat and resonant sounds.

● 04: Synth. Cla. 1 8' - Resonant synth. clarinet.

05: Synth. Cla. 2 8' - Synth. reed with a unique attack sound.

11. Upper/Lower ● 01: Saxophone 1 U16'/L8' - Alto sax.

SAXOPHONE ● 02: Saxophone 2 U16'/L8' - Characteristic tenor sax with strong tonguing.

● 03: Sopra. Sax. 8' - Standard soprano sax.
04: Sax. Ens. 1 U16'/L8' - Softer sounds for classicals.
05: Sax. Ens. 2 U16'/L8 - Saxophone section for bigband.
06: Synth. Sax. 8' - Wind synthesizer with thick sounds in the middle and lower range.

● 07: Synth. Lead 1 8' - Softer analog synth. reed.
08: Synth. Lead 2 8' - Clear synth. reed with a sharp attack.
09: Synth. Lead 3 4' - Hoarse noise reed.
10: Synth. Lead 4 8' - Digital synth. reed.
11: Synth. Lead 5 8' - Synth. reed with thick fourth notes.

12. Upper/Lower ● 01: Tutti 1 8' - Strings unison and wood winds ensemble.

TUTTI ● 02: Tutti 2 8' - Strings unison and the brasses.

● 03: Tutti 3 8' - The brasses for classicals and bands.

● 04: Tutti 4 8' - Big band. Softer playing = sax only. Harder playing = 1 octave higher brasses added.

05: Tutti 5 8' - Wood winds ensemble. Instruments vary depending on the register played.
06: Tutti 6 8' - Wood winds quintet.
07: Tutti 7 8' - Brass ensemble.

13. Upper/Lower ● 01: Chorus 1 8' - Female “Ah”.

CHORUS ● 02: Chorus 2 8' - Male “Wh”.

● 03: Chorus 3 8' - Mixed chorus.
04: Chorus 4 8' - Mixed chorus with beautiful resonance. Wh.
05: Chorus 5 8' - Scat type vocal ensemble.

● 06: Vocal 8' - Accentuated solo vocal, “Ah”.

14. Upper ● 01: Harmonica 1 8' - Standard type with pitch modulated vibrato.

HARMONICA ● 02: Harmonica 2 8' - Solo harmonica with filter and amplitude modulated vibrato.

15. Upper/Lower ● 01: Organ 1 8' - Small pipe organ. 8'.

ORGAN 02: Organ 2 8' - Big pipe organ with full coupler.

03: Organ 3 8' - Nasard stops. 8'+2 2/3'.
04: Organ 4 8' - Harmonium.

● 05: Jazz Organ 1 16' Chor. For solo playing. 16'+8'+5 1/3'.
06: Jazz Organ 2 16' Trem. 16'+8'+2'.
07: Jazz Organ 3 16' Trem. For cluster playing. 16'+1 3/5'+1 1/3'+1'.
08: Jazz Organ 4 16' Chor. Fat and noisy jazz organ.

● 09: Pop Organ 1 8' Chor. Bright sounds for jazz. 8'+4'+2 2/3'.
10: Pop Organ 2 8' Chor. For multi purposes.
11: Theat. Organ 1 8' Sym. 8'+4' with slower attack.
12: Theat. Organ 2 8' - 16'+8' with slower attack.

● 13: Accordion 8' - Slower attack.
14: Bandoneon 8' - Attack can be controlled by initial touch.

16. Pedal ● 01: Organ Bass 1 8' - Combination organ bass.

ORGAN BASS ● 02: Organ Bass 2 16' - Pipe organ bass 1. Standard type.

● 03: Organ Bass 3 16' - For jazz. 16'.

● 04: Organ Bass 4 16' - Pipe organ bass 2. Full coupler.

17. Upper/Lower ● 01: Piano 1 8' - For multi purposes.

PIANO 02: Piano 2 8' - Brighter sounds. CP80 type.

03: Honkytonk 8' - Honky tonk piano.

● 04: Elec. Piano 1 8' Cele. DX7 type.

● 05: Elec. Piano 2 8' Cele. Old fashioned, full bodied electric piano.

06: Elec. Piano 3 8' - Electric piano with clearly brilliant but deep sounds.

● 07: Harpsichord 8' - Standard cembalo.
08: Clavi. 16' - Funky clavi.
09: Clavichord 8' - Clavichord with stable and grave sounds.

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Page/Section Voice Name

18. Upper/Lower ● 01: Guitar 1 U16'/L8' - Folk guitar. Steel string.

Preset

Feet Effect

Comments

GUITAR ● 02: Guitar 2 U16'/L8' - Acoustic jazz guitar. Tone varies depending on the touch.

03: Guitar 3 U16'/L8' - Classic guitar. Suitable to backing for bossanova.
04: 12Str. Guitar U16/L8 - 12-string classic guitar with gorgeous sounds.
05: Banjo 8' - For country and dixieland.
06: Mandolin 8' Cele. Standard mandolin.
07: Sitar 8' - Indian sitar with the different resonances between lower and mid./high ranges.
08: Shamisen 8' - Japanese classical shamisen.

● 09: Elec. Guitar 1 U16'/L8' - For backing.
10: Elec. Guitar 2 U16'/L8' - For solo playing.
11: Muted Guitar U16'/L8' - Muted guitar.
12: Dist. Guitar U16'/L8' - Distorted guitar.

● 13: Harp 8' - Grand harp.
14: Steel Guitar 8' - Hawaiian guitar. Effective when used with the glide function.
15: Koto 8' - Japanese Koto.
16: Taisho Koto 4' Cele. Japanese Taisho Koto.

19. Upper/Lower ● 01: Vibraphone 8' - Standard vibraphone.

VIBRAPHONE ● 02: Glocken 4' - Glockenspiel.

03: Celesta 4' - Celesta.
04: Music Box 4' - Antique music box.

● 05: Marimba 8' - Concert marimba.
06: Xylophone 4' - Tone varies depending on the initial touch.
07: Chime 4' - Chime.

● 08: Synth. Chime 8' Cele. Starry chime.
09: Steel Drum 8' - Steel Drum.

20. Pedal ● 01: Elec. Bass 1 8' - For multi purposes.

ELECTRIC BASS ● 02: Elec. Bass 2 16' - Slap bass.

03: Elec. Bass 3 16' - Plucked bass with hard attack.
04: Elec. Bass 4 16' Cele. Fretless bass, also suited for solo playing.

● 05: Synth. Bass 1 16' - Sustained sounds.

● 06: Synth. Bass 2 16' - With remarkable attack.

07: Synth. Bass 3 16' - Tone varies depending on the touch.

21. Upper/Lower ● 01: Cosmic 1 4' - Decay type. For multi purposes. UK in Basic Regist. 4.

COSMIC ● 02: Cosmic 2 8' - The lower register of celesta. LK and PK in Basic Regist. 4.

● 03: Cosmic 3 8' - Brass type.LK in Basic Regist. 5.

● 04: Cosmic 4 8' - Decay type. With fantastic image.

05: Cosmic 5 8' - Spacious sounds with feedback.
06: Cosmic 6 8' - Synth. brass type.
07: Cosmic 7 8' - Vocal type with feedback.
08: Cosmic 8 8' - Distortion type with feedback.
09: Cosmic 9 8' - Decay type with unique feedback.
10: Cosmic 10 8' - Clear synth. pad.
11: Cosmic 11 8' - Digital synth. pad.
12: Cosmic 12 8' - Chorus type synth. pad.
13: Cosmic 13 8' - Special sound effect with a slower attack. The sounds drastically changes.
14: Cosmic 14 8' - Fantastic digital music box.
15: Cosmic 15 8' - Ethnic synth. percussion.
16: Cosmic 16 16' - Special sound effect with a complicated mixture of various sounds.

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Voice Sections

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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.
Certain effects may have been applied to some of the voices, but can be modified as you like. All built-in effects
are digital.
The chart below shows the various voice controls and effects for the individual voice sections. Available
functions are indicated by circles. The controls and effects are differently applied depending on those types:
applied to each voice group, to each keyboard or to the entire system.

3

Voice Controls and Effects

Upper Keyboard Voice 1

Upper Lower Lead Pedal

Upper Keyboard Voice 2

Lower Keyboard Voice 1

Lower Keyboard Voice 2

Lead Voice

Pedal V oice 1

Pedal V oice 2

Voice Condition Page 1

Voice Condition Page 2

Voice Condition Page 3

Voice Condition Page 4

Related Pages

Touch

Tone

(Initial/

After)

Touch

Vibrato

Feet

Volume

Brilliance

Pan

Reverb

*2

Tremolo
/Chorus

*1

Sym­phonic/
Celeste

Delay

Flanger

Distortion

Vibrato

Lead
Slide

Lead
Tune

Sustain

Voice Condition Page 4
(Lead Voice only)

Effect Set Page

Reverb Page

Sustain Page

Tremolo Page

*1 Turning tremolo/chorus on/off and switching between tremolo and chorus are common to all voice sections.
*2 The total reverb depth and length are controlled on the reverb page, though the different re v erb settings can be done f or eac h v oice section.

To change the settings and add the effects, display the appropriate page:

1. Selecting from Voice Condition Pages

2. Selecting from Effect Set Pages

3. Selecting from the Panel

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1 Selecting from Voice

Condition Pages

To call up the Voice Condition Pages:

Choose a voice on the panel, then press that voice’s panel button again. The
Voice Condition Choose a voice on page appears on the LCD display.

LEAD VOICE

MAX

VIOLIN FLUTE

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

Each voice group’s Voice Condition (except for Lead Voice) is configured with
four pages. Voice Condition of the Lead Voice consists of five pages.

Voice Condition [PAGE 1]

1

MIN

3

Voice Controls and Effects

-1

1

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

INIT.T: 8 T.V:OFFÎ ⁄

1

2

AFT.T: 8 FEET:PRESET

1

-2

The included items are different between Pedal Voice group and the others
(Only Feet setting is available with Pedal Voice group).

1 Touch Tone

The Touch Tone function gives you expressive control over the volume and
timbre of a voice. For example, piano voices sound much brighter when you hit
the keys strongly, especially in the attack portion of the sound – exactly as if
you were playing an acoustic piano. All voices are provided with this
expressive function, making it possible to perfectly reproduce the subtle
dynamic and tonal changes of actual instruments.

Two types of keyboard touch affect this function: Initial Touch and After Touch.

3

Pedalboard

∏1⁄
FEET:PRESET

1

-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.
Higher settings make the change wider.

Range: 0 - 14

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1

-2

AFTER Touch

Controls volume and timbre according to the pressure you apply to the
keys after playing them. The harder you strike the keys, the greater the
volume and the brighter the timbre will become.
Higher settings make the change wider.

Range: 0 - 14

NOTE:

Generally, After Touch has no effect on
percussive voices (such as Piano,
Harpsichord or Vibraphone) or percussion
sounds.

NOTE:

3

Voice Controls and Effects

2 T.V (Touch Vibrato)

On/off switch of the Touch Vibrato function. Touch Vibrato lets you apply
vibrato to individual notes as you play them. The harder you press down the
key, the greater the vibrato will be.

3 Feet

Determines the octave setting of the voice group. You can use a certain voice in
the broader range.
PRESET is the original (factory) setting; 4' is the highest and 16' is the lowest.
2' setting is added to the Pedal Voice sections.

Voice Condition [PAGE 2]

Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 2.

1

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

VOL.: 0 PAN:C Î ¤

3

BRIL.: 0 REVERB:24

2

4

Minimum setting produces no effect at all.

PAGE

1 Volume

Fine adjustment of the voice volume. See page 20 for more information.
Range: 0 - 24

2 Brilliance

Adjustment of the voice tone. Higher settings make the voice brighter.
Range: -3 - +3

3 Panning

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

4 Reverb

Determines the amount of reverb applied to each Voice section. When the panel
REVERB control is set to the minimum, the setting here will have no effect.
See page 39 for the details.

Range: 0 - 24

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Voice Condition [PAGE 3]

Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 3.

1

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:PRESET Î ‹

PRESET

1

-1

OFF

1

-2

TREMOLO

1

-3

SYMPHONIC

1

-4

DELAY

1

-5

FLANGER

1

-6

DISTORTION

1

-7

1 Effect

Determines the effect type applied to each voice section.
Each press of top left F Data Control button selects Preset, Off, Tremolo,
Symphonic, Delay, Flanger and Distortion, in order. Each press of top left E
Data Control button selects in the reversed order.

-1

1

1

Preset

Selects the original (factory) effect. When PRESET is selected, some
of the voices have already got a certain type of effects.

-2

Off

Cancels the effect.

PAGE

3

Voice Controls and Effects

NOTE:

Effect can also be selected in the Effect
Set page (page 33).

1

1

1

1

1

-3

Tremolo

Selects Tremolo/ Chorus. See page 41 for the details of the Tremolo/
Chorus setting.

-4

Symphonic

Selects Symphonic/ Celeste. See page 34 for the details of the
Symphonic/ Celeste setting.

-5

Delay

Selects Delay. See page 35 for the details of the Delay setting.

-6

Flanger

Selects Flanger. See page 37 for the details of the Flanger setting.

-7

Distortion

Selects Distortion. See page 38 for the details of the Distortion setting.

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Voice Condition [PAGE 4]

Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 4.

1-1

3

Voice Controls and Effects

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

VIB:PRESET Î ›

1-3

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

VIB:USER DEPTH: 0Î ›
DELAY: 0 SPEED: 0

1-2 1-4

1 Vibrato

Vibrato function vibrates the voices to create softer image. Applied to each
voice group.

-1

1

1

PRESET/USER

Selects the original (factory) effect. When PRESET is selected, some
of the voices have already got vibrato effect.

Selecting User allows you to access the Vibrato parameters to create
your own vibrato setting.

-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.

PAGE

NOTE:

The User vibrato may not be effective for
some voices such as Harmonica2, Electric
Piano1 and Synth. Chime.

NOTE:

The Vibrato parameters, Delay, Depth and
Speed, are not displayed as long as Preset
is selected.

1

1

Range: 0 - 14

-3

Depth

Determines the intensity of the vibrato effect (see diagram). Higher
settings result in a more pronounced vibrato.

Range: 0 - 14

-4

Speed

Determines the speed of the vibrato effect (see diagram).
Range: 0 - 14

Vibrato Control

Delay

Speed

Depth

NOTE:

When you set the DEPTH to 0, the Vibrato
function will be inactive.

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Voice Condition [PAGE 5]

Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 5.

1

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

TUNE: 0 Î fi
SLIDE:OFF S.TIME: 0

2

-1

1 Tune

Determines the pitch of the Lead voice. This control lets you detune the Lead
voice relative to the other voices of the Electone, for producing a richer sound.
The higher the value set, the higher the pitch.
Range: 0-24 (max. 28.88 cents; 1 step= Ca.1.2cents)

2 Slide

Slide applies a portamento effect to notes played in legato. For example, if you
play one note, then play another before completely releasing the first note, the
pitch of the first note will ‘slide’ up or down to the second note. The Slide
function is effective within a one-octave range.

-1

2

2

On/Knee/Off

On/Off switch and knee lever selector for the Slide effect.

-2

Slide Time

Determines the speed of the slide or portamento effect. The higher the
value that is set, the slower the speed.

2-2

PAGE

3

Voice Controls and Effects

Range: 0 - 14

2 Selecting from Effect Set

Page

To call up the Effect Set page:

Pressing the EFFECT SET button in the DISPLAY SELECT section calls up the
Effect Set pages.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

See page 31 for the information on Preset and Off.
The explanation on each effect is given here.

TREMOLO

(FAST)

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3

Voice Controls and Effects

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:PRESET ¨1

PRESET
OFF
TREMOLO

1

SYMPHONIC

2

DELAY

3

FLANGER

4

DISTORTION

5

Selecting V oice Group

You can select the voice section to which the effect should be applied, by
pressing the Page buttons. The acronyms indicate each voice group.

: Upper Keyboard Voice 1

¨1

: Upper Keyboard Voice 2

¨2

: Lower Keyboard Voice 1

Ò1

: Lower Keyboard Voice 2

Ò2

: Lead V oice

Î

: Pedalboard Voice 1

1

: Pedalboard Voice 2

2

PAGE

1 Tremolo/Chorus

See Tremolo section on page 41. Independently applied to each voice section.

2 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.
Press the appropriate Data Control button to turn on the desired effect. The solid
(negative) box indicates the effect is turned on.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:SYMPHONIC ¨1
”SYMPHONIC ’CELESTE

2-1 2-2

-1

2

Symphonic

Selects the Symphonic effect to the designated voice section.

NOTE:

In the illustration at the left, Symphonic is
selected and effective.

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2

-2

Celeste

Selects the Celeste effect to the designated voice section.

3 Delay

Delay is a pronounced echo effect, with distinct delayed repeats of the original
sound. Independently applied to each voice section.

Delay Effect

Signal

Time

Delayed Signal

Adjusts the delay interval using TIME parameter

Adjust the number of repeated sounds using FEEDBACK parameter

Adjusts the level
balance using
BALANCE
parameter

3

Voice Controls and Effects

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:DELAY ¨1
ÚÆTIME----242mSec

TIME

3

3

-1

-1

3

3

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Parameter Settings

The bottom left Data Control buttons select available Delay parameters.
Available parameters are as follows:

-2

Time

Determines the time between delayed repeats.

-2

F.B.

3

-3

BAL.

3

-4

MODE

3

-5

EFFECT:DELAY ¨1
ÚÆTIME----242mSec

Range: 5ms – 956ms

-3

3

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Feedback

Determines the number of delayed repeats.

EFFECT:DELAY ¨1
ÚÆF.B.----28.5%

Range: 0.2% - 46.9%

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3

-4

Balance

Determines the volume of the delay effect, relative to the original
sound. Higher settings produce a louder delay.

3

Voice Controls and Effects

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:DELAY ¨1
ÚÆBAL.----60.6%

Range: 0% - 100%

-5

3

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Mode

Selects the delay type from Mono, ST (Stereo) 1, 2, 3.
Selecting one of the Stereo Delays produces more expanding image or
an image sounds move from right to left, or left to right.

EFFECT:DELAY ¨1
ÚÆMODE----MONO

Range: Mono, ST1, ST2, ST3

Characteristics of Each Delay Type

Monaural

Normal monaural delay.

ST1

Simple stereo delay. Feedback is 0 and the first reflection only. Special
effects can be obtained.

ST2

Multi delay with complicated reflections. Provides the most pronounced
effect.

ST3

Adds thickness and brilliance to the monaural delay.

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4 Flanger

Flanger introduces a swirling, animated modulation effect to the sound.
Independently applied to each voice section.

Flanger Effect

Signal

Time

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:FLANGER ¨1

Changes the pitch using
SPEED parameter

Intensifies the pitch change

using FEEDBACK parameter

Sets the depth using
DEPTH parameter

ÚÆSPEED--- 4.5Hz

SPEED

4
4
4

-2

F.B.

-3

DEPTH

-4

4

4

4

-1

-1

Parameter Settings

The bottom left Data Control buttons select available Flanger
parameters. Available parameters are as follows:

-2

Speed

Determines the speed of the modulation.

3

Voice Controls and Effects

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:FLANGER ¨1
ÚÆSPEED--- 4.5Hz

Range: 0Hz - 12.1Hz

-3

4

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Feedback

Controls the brightness and the metallic sound of the effect.

EFFECT:FLANGER ¨1
ÚÆF.B.----35.2%

Range: 0.6% - 94.0%

-4

4

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Depth

Determines the intensity of the effect.

EFFECT:FLANGER ¨1
ÚÆDEPTH---52.3%

Range: 37.8% - 87.8%

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5 Distortion

Distortion adds a distorted image to the sounds usually found in electric guitars.
Independently applied to each voice section.

3

Voice Controls and Effects

Distortion Effect

Signal

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:DISTORTION ¨1

Determines the depth

using LEVEL parameter

Changes the
timbre using

HIPASS

parameter

ÚÆLEVEL---16.4dB

LEVEL

5
5

-2

-3

HI PASS

5

5

5-1

-1

Parameter Settings

The bottom left Data Control buttons select available Distortion
parameters. Available parameters are as follows:

-2

Level

Determines the depth of the distorted sounds.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:DISTORTION ¨1
ÚÆLEVEL---16.4dB

Range: 0dB – 21.8dB

-3

5

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Hi Pass

Changes the timbre of the distorted sounds.

EFFECT:DISTORTION ¨1
ÚÆHI PASS- 476Hz

Range: 20Hz - 1036Hz

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3 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. Reverb effect can be applied to the
entire system or to each voice section (page 30) independently. Also, Reverb
can be applied to the rhythm and accompaniment independently.

Press one of the REVERB buttons, located to the left of the panel, to set the
Reverb effect. The following display appears.

REVERB

MAX

MIN

3

Voice Controls and Effects

REVERB page

1

-1

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<REVERB> TYPE:HALL
LENGTH:3 DEPTH:16

1

1

1

1

-2

-1

Type

Determines the type of reverb effect: Room, Hall and Church. Each
type simulates a different acoustic environment; Room is the smallest
and Church the largest.

-2

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 panel
REVERB buttons.

Range: 0 - 24

1

-3

NOTE:

When this parameter or the panel
REVERB control is set to the minimum,
the settings in each voice condition page
(page 30) have no effect.

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3

Voice Controls and Effects

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.

Press one of the SUSTAIN buttons, located to the left of the panel, to set the
Sustain effect. The following display appears.

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

SUSTAIN

UPPER

(

)

KNEE

LOWER

PEDAL

(

)

KNEE

SUSTAIN Page

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<SUSTAIN> UPPER:10
LOWER:10 PEDAL: 6

Upper/Lower/Pedal

Determines the length of sustain applied to each keyboard. The display shows
the current sustain length values for each keyboard. The values here must be set
high enough for the sustain effect to be noticeable.

Range: 0 - 12

NOTE:

Sustain cannot be applied to the Lead
voices.

NOTE:

If Knee Lever control of the Upper or
Lower sustain has been turned on (folded
down), pressing the Upper or Lower
buttons here will not add sustain unless the
Knee Lever is pushed. See page 101 for
more information.

NOTE:

Remember that the SUSTAIN buttons are
on/off switches. If you use them to simply
check the sustain length values, you may
unintentionally change the on/off status of
the effect. Remember to check whether the
sustain button lamps are on or off before
you start to play.

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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).

■ T remolo Operation

For Panel Voices (Voice Menu)

Select (turn on) Tremolo effect in each Voice Condition

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

page 3.

2

3

3

Voice Controls and Effects

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3

Voice Controls and Effects

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

You cannot use the Tremolo effect only by turning on the TREMOLO (FAST)
button. First, you need to turn the effect on in the desired voice section(s).
Independently applied to each voice section.

Select (turn on) Tremolo

Press the desired voice button on the panel twice to display one of the

1

2

Voice Condition pages.

LEAD VOICE

MAX

VIOLIN FLUTE

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

The Voice Condition page appears.

Select page 3 of the Voice Display using PAGE buttons at the right side
of the LCD display.

1

MIN

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Select Tremolo to turn it on.

EFFECT:PRESET Î ‹

3

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

EFFECT:TREMOLO Î ‹

PAGE

42

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 following display appears.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

3

Voice Controls and Effects

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<TREMOLO> <CHORUS>
SPEED:6.82 MODE:SLOW

12

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).

1 Tremolo Speed

Determines the speed of the Tremolo (rapid rotation) effect.
Range: 4.75Hz – 7.77Hz

2 Chorus Mode

Determines the effect applied when Tremolo is switched off: a slow chorus
effect (SLOW) or STOP. Use the SLOW setting when you want to have a
constant rotating speaker sound.

3) Realtime control of Tremolo effect

Once the Tremolo effect has been turned on and set, you can control the effect
in real time from the panel or from the Left Footswitch (page 98). 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. You can also use the Left Footswitch to control the Tremolo effect in
the same way, if the Footswitch has been properly assigned

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4 Rhythm and Accompaniment

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

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

1) To select and play a rhythm:

Press any of the RHYTHM buttons once.

1

Designated Rhythm Menu page will be displayed.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

The first letter of the currently selected rhythm will start blinking.

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

2

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

play, as you do with the voices.
The first letter of the selected rhythm will start blinking. Dance Pop 1
is selected here, for example.

RHYTHM

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

ROCK

8Beat1 8Beat2
DancePop1 DancePop2

8Beat1 8Beat2
DancePop1 DancePop2

NOTE:

MAX

1

2

MIN

In addition to 10 different rhythm styles,
four types of metronome sounds, simple
metronome, two four, three four and four
four, are assigned to the SEQ 1 – 4
buttons, respectively, as the defaults.

NOTE:

The chord/bass patterns matching with the
designated rhythm will be selected
automatically when the A.B.C. function is
turned on. (Refer to the Auto Bass Chord
section, page 51, for details on Auto Bass
Chord and Memory.)

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3

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

RHY THM

SYNCHRO

INTRO.

ENDING

START

START

123

FILL IN

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’ status. The rhythm will
start when you press a note on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard.

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
SYNCHRO START button to actually start the rhythm.

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

NOTE:

The Left Footswitch can also be used to
turn the rhythm on and off in the middle of
song. To assign the Footswitch for rhythm
control, see page 99.

While the introduction is playing, the display shows the countdown
to the first measure of the pattern. For example, if there is an eight­measure 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

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 beat, to cue you in to the beginning of the song.

Set the volume using the panel rhythm volume button.

4

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 47).

RHY THM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

ROCK

1

NOTE:

ABOUT SYNCHRO START:

Synchro Start functions quite differently
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 Auto Bass Chord section,
page 51, for details on Auto Bass Chord
and Memory.)

NOTE:

When the Electone is turned on, the
Rhythm Volume is automatically set to 0.

SEQ.3SEQ.

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

2

MIN

45

Set the rhythm tempo using the Tempo dial in the rhythm section.

5

1 TEMPO Dial

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

2 TEMPO Display (BAR/BEAT Indicator)

BAR BEAT

2

(TEMPO Display:
shows current tempo)

TEMPO

BAR

1

BEAT

For adjusting the speed of the rhythm. Turn the dial clockwise to
increase the tempo, and counterclockwise to decrease it.

Shows the current tempo. (Displayed values are given in beats per
minute, just as on a conventional metronome.)

Range: 40 - 240
When the rhythm begins playing, the TEMPO display changes

function to a Bar/Beat indicator.

NOTE:

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

BAR BEAT

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.

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

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.

1

As you play the Electone along with the rhythm, occasionally press the

2

FILL IN button.

INTRO.

ENDING

RHY THM

SYNCHRO

START

START

FILL IN

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.

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.

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2 Rhythm Condition Pages

The Rhythm Condition includes the following two pages: the Rhythm
Condition page used to adjust the rhythms and the Instrument page used to
make up each drum/percussion instrument, each of which comprises the
rhythms and is playable using the Keyboard Percussion function.

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.)

RHY THM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

ROCK

1

4

SEQ.3SEQ.

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

2

MIN

Rhythm Condition [PAGE 1]

12

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

VOL.: 0 BAL.: 0 ⁄
REV.:12 ’AUTO VARI.

3

1 Volume

Fine Adjustment of rhythm/keyboard percussion volume.
Range: 0 - 24

2 BAL. (Balance)

Determines the balance between two main sound types of the rhythms: the
drum sounds and the cymbal sounds. Positive settings emphasize the cymbal
sounds, while negative settings emphasize the drums.

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

Range: -6 - 0 - +6

3 Reverb

Determines the amount of reverb applied to the rhythms and percussion
sounds used in the rhythms. When the panel REVERB control is set to the
minimum, the setting here will have no effect.

Range: 0 - 24

4 Auto Variation

On/off switches of the Auto Variation function. Use the bottom right Data
Control button to turn on the Auto Variation function (Solid box indicates
the function is effective). 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.

NOTE:

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

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Rhythm Condition [PAGE 2]

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

The settings related to Accompaniment are available on this page. See page 53
for the details.

3 Dotted Buttons and User

Rhythms

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

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 loaded from optional Pattern
Disk can be selected from these buttons.

1) To select a rhythm from a dotted button:

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

1

ACC.VOL.: 0 ”ON’OFF¤
ACC.REV.:24 TYPE:1

RHYTHM

SEQ.1SEQ.

MARCH WA LT Z SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

ROCK

MAX

1

SEQ.3SEQ.

MARCH, Rhythm Menu 1, appears.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<MARCH> ‚⁄

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

2

MIN

01:March1

Select one of the pages with the Page buttons, and choose a Rhythm

2

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Menu.

<SWING> ‚‹
01:Swing1

PAGE

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3

Select the desired rhythm using the Data Control buttons.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<SWING> ‚‹
07:JazzBallad

2) To call up the User rhythms:

You can call up the rhythms created by the other Electone that has Rhythm
Pattern Programming function and those on optional Pattern Disks.

Press Page buttons to select the User page.

1

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Press to select the User rhythm number and its Type.

<USER RHYTHM> ⁄⁄
01:USER1-A

2

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

PAGE

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<USER RHYTHM> ⁄⁄
04:USER1-D

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4 Rhythm Menus

This chart lists all 66 of the rhythms available on the Electone.

MARCH

March1 Polka1
Country1 Broadway

WALTZ

Waltz1 Waltz2
J.Waltz1 Bolero

NOTE:

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

SWING

Swing1 Swing2
J.Ballad Dixieland1

SLOW ROCK

SlowRock1 SlowRock2
SlowRock3

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

LATIN1

ChaCha Rhumba
Beguine Mambo

8 BEAT

8Beat1 8Beat2
DancePop1 DancePop2

USER RHYTHM

<USER RHYTHM>
01:USER1-A

Page Category LCD

01 MARCH

02 WALTZ

03 SWING

04 BOUNCE

●

01:March1
02:March2
03:March3

●

04:Polka1
05:Polka2

●

06:Country1
07:Country2

●

08:Broadway
09:Baroque

●

01:Waltz1

●

02:Waltz2
03:Waltz3
04:Waltz4
05:Waltz5

●

06:JazzWaltz1
07:JazzWaltz2
08:JazzWaltz3

●

09:Bolero

●

01:Swing1

●

02:Swing2
03:Swing3
04:Swing4
05:Swing5
06:Swing6

●

07:JazzBallad

●

08:Dixieland1
09:Dixieland2

●

01:Bounce1

●

02:Bounce2
03:Bounce3

●

04:Reggae1

●

05:Reggae2

BOUNCE

Bounce1 Bounce2
Reggae1 Reggae2

TANGO

Tango1 Tango2
Tango3

LATAN2

Samba1 Samba2
Bossa.1 Bossa.2

16 BEAT

16Beat1 16Beat2
Funk1 Funk2

Page Category LCD

05 SLOW ROCK

06 TANGO

07 LATIN1

08 LATIN2

09 8 BEAT

10 16 BEAT

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

The rhythms not lead by a bullet can be selectable only through the Dotted buttons.

Page Category LCD

01:SlowRock1
02:SlowRock2
03:SlowRock3
01:Tango1
02:Tango2
03:Tango3
01:ChaCha
02:Rhumba
03:Beguine
04:Mambo
05:Salsa
01:Samba1
02:Samba2
03:Samba3
04:Bossanova1
05:Bossanova2
06:Bossanova3
01:8Beat1
02:8Beat2
03:8Beat3
04:8Beat4
05:8Beat5
06:DancePop1
07:DancePop2
08:DancePop3
09:DancePop4
01:16Beat1
02:16Beat2
03:16Beat3
04:16Beat4
05:16Beat5
06:Funk1
07:Funk2
08:Funk3

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USER RHYTHM

01:USER1-A
02:USER1-B
03:USER1-C
04:USER1-D
05:USER2-A
06:USER2-B
07:USER2-C
08:USER2-D
09:USER3-A
10:USER3-B
11:USER3-C
12:USER3-D
13:USER4-A
14:USER4-B
15:USER4-C
16:USER4-D
17:USER5-A
18:USER5-B
19:USER5-C
20:USER5-D
21:USER6-A
22:USER6-B
23:USER6-C
24:USER6-D
25:USER7-A
26:USER7-B
27:USER7-C
28:USER7-D
29:USER8-A
30:USER8-B
31:USER8-C
32:USER8-D

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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.
There are three modes to obtain Automatic Accompaniment patter ns.

To select the A.B.C. function:

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

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

The following display appears.

A.B.C. [PAGE 1]

12

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<ABC> <MEMORY> ⁄
OFF ’L ’P

2

OFF

1

-1

SINGLE

1

-2

FINGERED

1

-3

CUSTOM

1

-4

-1

2

-2

1 A.B.C. Type

You can select one of three automatic accompaniment functions here.
Each press of bottom left F Data Control button selects Off, Single
Finger, Fingered Chord and Custom A.B.C., in order. Each press of bottom
left E Data Control button selects in the reversed order.

-1

1

Off

Cancels the Auto Bass Chord function.

-2

1

Single Finger

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

1

Fingered Chord

Automatically produces bass and chord accompaniment for chords
played in the Lower keyboard. It allows you to use a wider range of
chord types than in the Single Finger mode. In the Fingered Chord
mode, you play all the notes of the chord while the Auto Bass Chord
function automatically selects the appropriate bass pattern.

1

-4

Custom A.B.C.

A slight variation on the Fingered Chord 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.

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2 Memory

When you start a rhythm with this memory function on, A.B.C. automatic
accompaniment keeps playing even after you release your fingers from the
Lower keyboard.

-1

2

-2

2

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

2) Chords Recognized in the Single Finger Mode

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

Lower

Use the bottom right E Data Control button to turn on the Lower
keyboard Memory function (Solid box indicates the function is
effective). Selecting this keeps the chord accompaniment of the
Lower Keyboard voices playing even after you release your fingers
from the Lower keyboard.

PEDAL

Use the bottom right F Data Control button to turns on the
Pedalboard Memory function (Solid box indicates the function is
effective). Selecting this keeps the chord accompaniment of the
Pedalboard voices playing even after you release your fingers from
the Lower keyboard.

GAB DE

NOTE:

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

(Key of C)

C

Cm

C7

Cm7

FGABCDE

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.

Minor 7th chords:

Simultaneously press the root as well as any black key and any
white key to the left of it.

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:

If you forget to cancel the Single Finger or
Fingered Chord accompaniment functions,
single notes that you play will be sounded
as continuous chords.

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.

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3) Chords Recognized in the Fingered Chord Mode

(Key of C)

C Cm C7 Cm7 Cmaj7

C+5Cm maj7 C7+5 Cdim C7sus4

C-5Cm7-5 C7-5 C6 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.
This control is selected from the Rhythm Menu and Rhythm Condition
pages.

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

Press any of the RHYTHM buttons twice.

1

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

Rhythm Condition page 1 appears.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

VOL.: 0 BAL.: 0 ⁄

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

RHY THM

ROCK

MAX

1

2

MIN

REV.:12 ’AUTO VARI.

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2

Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 2.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

Rhythm Condition [PAGE 2]

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

1 ACCOMPANIMENT

2 On/Off

ACC.VOL.: 0 ”ON’OFF¤
ACC.REV.:24 TYPE:1

12

ACC.VOL.: 0 ”ON’OFF¤
ACC.REV.:24 TYPE:1

3

Determines the volume of the Accompaniment.
Range: 0 - 24

On/off switches of the Accompaniment function. Use the top right
Data Control buttons to turn on/off the Accompaniment function.

4

PAGE

3

3 ACC. Reverb

Determines the amount of reverb applied to the Accompaniment.
When the panel REVERB control is set to the minimum, the setting
here will have no effect.

Range: 0 - 24

4 Type

Four types of accompaniment are available.
These settings provide various types of rhythmic and melodic
accompaniment, and generally become more complex according to
the type number.

Start the rhythm by pressing START button and play the Lower
keyboard.
An appropriate accompaniment pattern, suited to the current rhythm
and the chord played on the Lower keyboard, will be played
automatically.

NOTE:

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

NOTE:

When the Electone is turned on, the
Accompaniment Volume is automatically
set to 0 (factory setting). Be sure to set the
Accompaniment Volume to the appropri­ate value when using the Accompaniment
function.

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7 Preset/User Keyboard

Percussion

The keyboard Percussion function features a total of 120 different drum
and percussion sounds, playable from the keyboards and pedalboard.
The Keyboard Percussion has two different modes, Preset and User. Preset
Keyboard Percussion lets you play 43 different sounds from the Lower
keyboard and Pedalboard, while the User Keyboard Percussion lets you
freely assign the 120 available sounds to any key or pedal you wish.

1) To use the Preset Keyboard Percussion:

Turn off the Lower and/or Pedal voices by setting each voice’s volume

1
2

to MIN.

Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing the LOWER/1
and/or PEDAL/2 buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section
on the left side of the panel.

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

1

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

PEDAL

2

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<KBP1>
”LK PRESET ’USER1

Set the volume.

3

The volume of the percussion sounds is set together with that of the
rhythm volume.

RHY THM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

ROCK

1

2

MIN

4

Play some notes on the Lower keyboard and/or Pedalboard. The 43
percussion sounds have been assigned to the keyboards as shown in the
chart below.

NOTE:

Pressing the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION
button call up the Menu display. You can
select from Preset (LK/PK preset) or User
(one of the eight Users you created). LK
Preset/PK Preset is selected as the
defaults. If not, select the Preset.

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Preset Keyboard Percussion

Preset Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard (43)

4

Rhythm and Accompaniment

O

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S

n

S

a

r

n

e

a

S

y

C

la

v

e

y

y

n

n

n

s

th

th

th

. T

. T

o

o

m

m

3

S

S

B

r

e

r

B

u

s

r

h

u

. T

o

m

2

S

s

h

h

R

o

t 1

o

1

ll

c

h

e

S

s

tr

a

S

T

T

T

o

o

o

m

m

m

3

1

2

T

n

r

a

r

e

n

D

a

r

e

D

r

u

T

ia

r

ia

n

g

n

le

r

u

m

m

g

le

C

lo

R

s

e

o

d

ll

W

W

o

o

o

o

d

d

B

B

C

o

w

O

b

p

e

n

lo

lo

c

k

L

e

o

ll 1

w

A

A

c

k

H

ig

h

H

g

g

o

a

o

g

n

g

o

d

o

H

C

L

ig

o

la

w

h

p

C

o

n

c

S

B

a

s

s

e

r

t B

a

S

B

n

n

a

a

a

s

s

r

r

e

D

D

D

r

r

u

u

r

u

m

m

H

L

s

s

ig

e

D

a

h

r

v

u

y

m

S

S

S

e
m
t

n

n

n

a

a

a

r

r

r

e

e

D

D

D

r

r

r

u

u

u

m

m

H

R

H

e

e

e

a

v

a

v

v

y

y

R

H

H

i-

h

e

D

r

u

m

L

ig

e

r

b

1

C

id

i-

r

a

h

e

s

a

a

C

t O

t C

y

m

lo

p

e

s

m

n

e

R

d

im

h

1

t

T

O

O

r

r

c

c

h

h

h

e

e

C

s

s

tr

y

a

m

b

C

a

b

y

l 1

a

l 1

Preset Percussion Assignments for the Pedalboard (18)

S

n

S

a

r

n

e

a

B

r

e

r

B

u

s

r

h

u

S

s

h

h

R

o

t 1

o

ll

T

o

m

3

T

T

o

o

m

2

S

S

y

y

n

th

. T

o

m

1

m

3

C

T

C

T

im

a

m

b

tr

a

C

m

b

a

im

a

s

ta

o

u

r

in

e

y

m

b

a

l 1

o

n

b

b

a

a

n

le

le

e

1

1

t

L

o

w

l 2

B

C

B

o

o

o

n

n

n

g

a

o

w

h

g

o

L

H

ig

h

NOTE:

g

o

w

g

a

L

H

ig

S

C

C

o

h

u

u

a

ic

ic

H

ig

k

a

a

e

H

L

r

o

ig

w

h

h

You can rearrange the key assignments of
the drum and percussion sounds using the
following User Keyboard Percussion
function.

S

n

th

. T

o

m

2

y

n

th

. T

o

m

1

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B

a

s

s

D

r

u

S

S

n

n

a

a

r

r

e

e

D

D

r

r

u

u

m

m

H

H

e

e

a

a

v

v

y

y

S

S

n

n

a

a

r

r

e

e

D

D

m

R

e

v

e

r

r

u

u

m

L

ig

h

t

r

b

1

H

H

i-

i-

h

h

a

a

t O

t C

lo

p

s

m

e

R

d

im

1

C

R

id

e

C

y

m

e

n

O

r

r

a

c

h

s

h

e

C

s

tr

y

a

m

b

a

l 1

C

b

y

a

m

l 1

b

a

l 1

2) To use the User Keyboard Percussion:

A total of 120 different drum and percussion sounds can be assigned to any key
or pedal, and your original setups can be saved to eight memory locations: User
1 through User 8. (For this example, use User1)

Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing the LOWER/1

1

button in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section.

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

1

<KBP1>

PEDAL

2

”LK PRESET ’USER1

4

2

The Menu display appears on the LCD, and indicates that the LK
(Lower Keyboard) PRESET is currently selected.

The Menu can be selected from LK PRESET and eight Users, USER 1
through USER 8.

When the PEDAL/2 button is used to call up the Menu display:

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

1

<KBP2>

PEDAL

2

The Menu can be selected from PK (Pedalboard) PRESET and eight
Users, USER 1 through USER 8.

Select User 1 using the bottom right Data Control buttons. This means
that you change the function of the Keyboard Percussion button from
Preset to User. You have selected User 1 for the LOWER/1 button.
When you select one of the Users, a Page number will be added to the
top right side of the display.

”PK PRESET ’USER1

Rhythm and Accompaniment

NOTE:

User 1 and User 2 contain the LK Preset
data and PK Preset data, respectively, as
the defaults.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<KBP1> [COPY] ⁄
’LK PRESET ”USER1

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3

Press the Page buttons to select PAGE 2.
The page 2 allows you to assign the instruments to each key/
pedalboard.

13

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

1 Group

4

2 Instrument Names

Rhythm and Accompaniment

3 Set

4 Clear

‚⁄CYMBAL [SET] ¤
01:Crash Cym1[CLEAR]

2

Lets you select the percussion group you want using the top left
Data Control buttons. The percussion groups are 12, 01 – 12. (Refer
to the User Keyboard Percussion Categories list below.)

The individual instruments are shown in the display and can be
selected with the appropriate Data Control buttons. (Refer to the
User Keyboard Percussion Categories list below.)

Assigns the selected instrument to the key you wish. (See the
following explanation in the step #4.)

This function is used to erase User assignment for User 1.
CLEAR works in two ways: either to erase a single instrument, or to
erase all instruments. (See step #5 below.)

4

PAGE

NOTE:

Playing back EL-400’s MDR reproduces
the instrument condition set by EL-900/
700/500.

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User Keyboard Percussion Categories

Category LCD

01 CYMBAL 01:Crash Cym1

02:Crash Cym2
03:CrashCym M
04:Ride Cym1
05:Ride Cym2
06:RideCymCup
07:Orch.Cym1
08:Orch.Cym2
09:Orch.Cym M
10:Cym March
11:Cym BrShot
12:Tam-Tam

02 HI-HAT 01:HH Open

02:HH Close
03:HH Pedal1
04:HH Pedal2
05:AnalogHH O
06:AnalogHH C

03 SNARE DRUM 01:SD Light

02:SD Heavy
03:SD Rim1
04:SD Rim2
05:SD Accent1
06:SD Accent2
07:SD Reverb1
08:SD Reverb2
09:Synth.SD
10:Orch.SD
11:SD Roll
12:Analog SD

04 SNARE BRUSH 01:SD BrShot1

02:SD BrShot2
03:SD BrRoll

05 TOM 01:T om1

02:Tom2
03:Tom3
04:Tom4
05:TomBrShot1
06:TomBrShot2
07:TomBrShot3
08:TomBrShot4
09:Synth.Tom1
10:Synth.Tom2
11:Synth.Tom3

06 BASS DRUM 01:BD Light

02:BD Heavy
03:BD Attack
04:Synth.BD
05:BD March
06:Concert BD
07:Analog BD1
08:Analog BD2

07 CONGA/BONGO 01:Conga High

02:Conga Low
03:Conga Slap
04:Conga Muff
05:CongaSlide
06:Bongo High
07:Bongo Low
08:Bongo Slap
09:Bongo Mute

Category LCD

08 CUICA/SURDO 01:Cuica High

02:Cuica Med.
03:Cuica Low
04:Tamborim O
05:Tamborim M
06:Surdo Open
07:Surdo Mute
08:Surdo Rim
09:Surdo Muff

09 TIMBALE/COW 01:Timbale1 H

02:Timbale1 L
03:Timbale2 H
04:Timbale2 L
05:Timbale3 H
06:Timbale3 L
07:Timbale4 H
08:Timbale 4 L
09:Cowbell1
10:Cowbell2
11:Cowbell3
12:Cowbell4

10 PERCUSSION1 01:Cabasa

02:Shaker
03:Maracas H
04:Maracas L
05:GuiroShort
06:Guiro Long
07:Wood High
08:Wood Med.
09:Wood Low
10:Claves
11:Castanet
12:Vibraslap

11 PERCUSSION2 01:Agogo High

02:Agogo Low
03:Triangle O
04:Triangle C
05:Windbell1
06:Windbell2
07:Tambourine
08:Pandeiro
09:Bell
10:Hand Claps
11:Fingersnap
12:Scratch
13:Noise Per.

12 PERCUSSION3 01:Kotsuzumi1

02:Kotsuzumi2
03:Kotsuzumi3
04:Kotsuzumi4
05:Ohtsuzumi1
06:Ohtsuzumi2
07:Taiko1
08:Taiko2
09:Ohdaiko1
10:Ohdaiko2
11:Kakegoe1
12:Kakegoe2
13:Kakegoe3

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Rhythm and Accompaniment

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4

To assign an instrument to a particular key or pedal:
Simultaneously hold down the Data Control button corresponding to
[Set] and press the key (or pedal) to which the instrument is to be
assigned. The currently displayed instrument will be assigned to the
key you press down as a part of User 1.

Upper Keyboard

‚flBASS DRUM [SET] ¤
02:BD Heavy [CLEAR]

Continue the operation above to build up your own User Keyboard

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Percussion set.

If you want, you can erase the instrument assignment.

To erase one instrument:

Simultaneously hold down the Data Control button corresponding to
CLEAR and press the key (or pedal) corresponding to the instrument
you wish to erase.
(A short ‘beep’ sound indicates that the instrument has been erased.)

To erase all instruments:

1. Press, then release the Data Control button corresponding to

DATA CONTROL

CLEAR. The following display appears, prompting confirmation of
the operation.

Lower Keyboard

or

Pedalboard

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

≥ Assign All Clear?≥
≥ [CLEAR] [CANCEL]≥

2. Press any of the bottom left Data Control buttons (corresponding to
[Clear] in the display) to erase all data. When [Clear] is selected, a
‘Completed’ message momentarily appears on the display.
Press any of the bottom right Data Control buttons (corresponding
to [Cancel] in the display) to abort the operation.

NOTE:

Though eight User Keyboard Percussion
setups can be created, they cannot be
memorized to Registration Memory. Only
on/off data and the Keyboard Percussion
Menu are memorized to Registration
Memory.

NOTE:

Two User Keyboard Percussions currently
selected by LOWER/1 and PEDAL/2 are
playable if both buttons are on.

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3) Other User Keyboard Percussion Functions

Additional operations in the User mode include copying of Lower/Pedal Preset
Keyboard Percussion to one of the Users, and copying from one User location to
another.

To copy the Lower Preset Keyboard Percussion to one
of the Users:

The following operation allows you to copy the Lower Preset Keyboard
Percussion to one of the Users. The copy operation is convenient for
creating a slight modification from the Preset.

1. Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing the LOWER/
1 button in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section.

2. Select the User number to which you want to copy using the bottom
right Data Control buttons.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<KBP1> [COPY] ⁄
’LK PRESET ”USER1

3. Press the top right Data Control buttons to select Copy function.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<KBP1> [COPY] ⁄
’LK PRESET ”USER1

The following display appears:

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

≥ ÚÆPRESET Copy? ≥
≥ [COPY] [CANCEL]≥

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4. Press top left Data Control buttons to select the copy source (in this
case, Lower Preset Keyboard Percussion).

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

≥ ÚÆPRESET Copy? ≥
≥ [COPY] [CANCEL]≥

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5. Press any of the bottom left Data Control buttons (corresponding to
[Copy] in the display) to copy the data. When [Copy] is selected, a
‘Completed’ message momentarily appears on the display.
Press any of the bottom right Data Control buttons (corresponding
to [Cancel] in the display) to abort the operation.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

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DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

To copy from one User location to another:

1. Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing the LOWER/

2. Select the User number to which you want to copy using the bottom

≥ PRESET Copy ≥
≥ Completed!! ≥

The Pedal Preset Keyboard Percussion (PK PRESET) can be copied
in the same way.

<KBP2>
”PK PRESET ’USER1

1 (or PEDAL/2) button in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section.

right Data Control buttons.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<KBP1> [COPY] ⁄
’LK PRESET ”USER3

3. Press the top right Data Control buttons to select Copy function.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<KBP1> [COPY] ⁄
’LK PRESET ”USER3

The following display appears:

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

≥ ÚÆUSER1 Copy? ≥
≥ [COPY] [CANCEL]≥

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4. Select the User number from which you want to copy using the top
left Data Control buttons.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

≥ ÚÆUSER1 Copy? ≥
≥ [COPY] [CANCEL]≥

In this case, the destination User number will not be displayed as
the source number, or selectable on the display.

5. Press any of the bottom left Data Control buttons (corresponding to
[Copy] in the display) to copy the data. When [Copy] is selected, a
‘Completed’ message momentarily appears on the display.
Press any of the bottom right Data Control buttons (corresponding
to [Cancel] in the display) to abort the operation.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

≥ USER1 Copy ≥
≥ Completed!! ≥

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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.

To display the M.O.C. function, press A.B.C./M.O.C. button in the DISPLAY
SELECT and then select the Page 2.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

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M.O.C. [PAGE 2]

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

1 Mode

You can select one of three automatic accompaniment functions here.
Each press of bottom left F Data Control button selects Off, 1, 2 and 3, in

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order. Each press of bottom left E Data Control button selects in the
reversed order.

2 Off

Cancels the Melody On Chord function.

3 1

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

4 2

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

<MOC> ¤
MODE:OFF ’KNEE

2
3
4
5

OFF
1
2
3

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5 3

Produces harmonies of up to four notes in a range relatively distant from the
melody played.

6 Knee Lever

On/off switch for Knee Lever control over Melody On Chord operation. Use
the bottom right Data Control buttons to turn on/off the Melody On Chord
function. To use the Melody On Chord function with Knee Lever control
(page 102), 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.

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About the Rhythm Sequence

Rhythm Sequence is built up with various different rhythm patterns, and
can be programmed by the other Electone such as EL-700 and EL-500.

The EL-400 doesn’t have Rhythm Sequence function, but it can read and
load the rhythm sequence data recorded on the MDR (a floppy disk) to its
four SEQ buttons in the Rhythm section and play back them, as follows:

1. Insert the floppy disk containing rhythm sequence data into the EL-400’

s MDR slot. The rhythm sequence data is recorded as a part of
registration data (explained on page 78).

2. Select the song number containing the registration data and press PLAY

button on the MDR to load the data. The rhythm sequence data has been
loaded to the Electone, or SEQ button(s).

3. Press the desired SEQ button. The SEQ button’s lamp will be lit.

RHY THM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

ROCK

1

2

MIN

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NOTE:

You can have up to all four rhythm
sequences play back automatically by
pressing the SEQ buttons.

4. Turn the START button on and play the rhythm sequence(s).

RHY THM

SYNCHRO

INTRO.

ENDING

START

START

FILL IN

During the rhythm sequence playback, the rhythm name currently
played back is displayed on the LCD.

NOTE:

Four types of metronome sounds,
simple metronome, two four, three four
and four four, are assigned to the SEQ 1
– 4 buttons, respectively, as the
defaults. (page 72)

NOTE:

As soon as you load the sequence data
using MDR, the default settings on each
SEQ button, four types of metronome
sounds, will be overwritten, or lost.
If you want to restore the default
settings, execute Power On Reset (page

72) operation.
Also, pressing any of the BASIC
REGIST buttons generates a short beep
sound and retrieves the metronome
sounds.

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5 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 buttons are conveniently located between the Upper and
Lower keyboards for easy access while playing.

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M.

/TO DISK

Functions and settings that cannot be memorized are:

● Reverb type

● Pan, Reverb, Tune and Volume settings for the

instruments (Drum and percussion sounds)

● User Keyboard Percussion settings (except for User

numbers currently assigned to the Lower/Pedal
buttons)

● Registration Shift settings

● Pitch/Transpose settings

● Voice Edit settings (except for User voice numbers

currently assigned to the Dotted buttons)

● User rhythm patterns in a Pattern Disk (except for

User voice numbers currently assigned to the
Dotted buttons)

● Rhythm Sequence

● MIDI settings

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.

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After creating your original registration, decide which numbered button

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2

you wish to store.

While holding down the M (Memory) button in the Registration
Memory section, press the numbered button to which you wish to save
your registration.

1. While holding down M button.. 2. ...Press desired numbered button.

M.

/TO DISK

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

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NOTE:

Although the number of the Registration
Memory buttons of EL-400 are limited to
eight, from Registration Memory 1
through Registration Memory 8, the
Registration Memory 9 through Registra­tion Memory 16 can be accessible when
using MDR playback and Registration
Shift functions.

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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
select 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.

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NOTE:

The settings, can be disabled, are:

■ Current rhythm pattern

■ Rhythm Condition

■ Tempo

■ A.B.C./M.O.C. settings

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3 Saving the Registration Data

to Disk

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

1

2

(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 format a disk (page 75).

Select a song number on the M.D.R. using the SONG SELECT buttons.
You can also select a song number shown on the display using the
appropriate Data Control button and (if necessary) using Page buttons
to display the appropriate page. A song name is displayed next to the
song number that already contains data.

RECORD PLAY

CONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPERCONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPER

SHIFT

Registration Memory

NOTE:

See pages 82 and 83 for the details on
saving/recalling registrations to/from the
M.D.R.

NOTE:

Song name may not be displayed
depending on the Electone model created
the data.

REPEAT

PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

There are 40 songs (ten song numbers on the four pages), or memory
locations, available on a single disk.

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.TOFROMSONG

FORMATTEMPO

<SONG NAME> ⁄
01:

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

RECORD PLAY

CONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPERCONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPER

SHIFT

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Registration Memory

REPEAT

PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

M.

/TO DISK

SONG COPY

SONG DEL.TOFROMSONG

FORMATTEMPO

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 8 registrations.

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. 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.

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Press the REGIST. SHIFT button in the DISPLAY SELECT section. REGIST.
SHIFT page will be displayed.

DISPLAY SELECT

VOICE

EFFECT

A.B.C.

FOOT

REGIST.

DISPLAY

SET

M.O.C.

SW.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

REGIST SHIFT Page

Select one of the modes using the bottom left Data Control buttons.
Registration Shift has three modes: Shift, Jump and User.

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL

<R.SHIFT>
MODE:OFF

OFF

1
2

SHIFT

3

JUMP

4

USER

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