Yamaha Audio EL-200 User Manual

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knowledge relating to how a function or effect works (when
the unit is operating as designed) are not covered by the
manufacture's warranty, and are therefore the owner's
responsibility.
Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer
before requesting service.

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92-469-➀

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Serial No.

Purchase Date

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-200.

The Yamaha EL-200 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. Almost all functions are accessible through

systematic and intuitive panel operations.

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.

Even after reading through the manual, keep it 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. If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to

Registration Memory before turning the Electone off.

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, which 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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1

Voice Sections

2

Quick Introductory
Guide

Voice Controls
and Effects

3

Rhythms

4

Registration Memory

5

Music Disk Recorder
(M.D.R.)

6

Footswitches,
Knee Lever

7

Accessory Jacks
and Controls

8

Appendix

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Table of Contents

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

EL-200 Panel Layout .......................................................................................................................................... 6

Others ................................................................................................................................................................... 8

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

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

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

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

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

2 Voice Sections ....................................................................................... 13

Selecting Voices from the Panel ....................................................................................................................... 13

3 Voice Controls and Effects ..................................................................... 17

1 Reverb .......................................................................................................................................................... 17

2 Sustain .......................................................................................................................................................... 17

4 Rhythms ............................................................................................... 18

1 Selecting Rhythms from the Panel ........................................................................................................... 18

2 Rhythms ....................................................................................................................................................... 21

3 Keyboard Percussion .................................................................................................................................. 22

5 Registration Memory ............................................................................ 25

1 Storing Registrations .................................................................................................................................. 25

2 Selecting Registrations ............................................................................................................................... 25

3 Saving the Registration Data to Disk ....................................................................................................... 26

4 Registration Shift ........................................................................................................................................ 27

6 Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) ................................................................ 28

1 Precautions on M.D.R. ............................................................................................................................... 28

2 Formatting a Disk ....................................................................................................................................... 30

3 Recording ..................................................................................................................................................... 31

4 Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) ............................................................................................... 37

5 Recalling Recorded Registrations (and Bulk Data) ............................................................................... 38

6 Replacing Registrations ............................................................................................................................. 38

7 Playback ....................................................................................................................................................... 39

8 Other Functions .......................................................................................................................................... 41

7 Footswitches, Knee Lever ...................................................................... 49

1 Footswitch .................................................................................................................................................... 49

2 Knee Lever ................................................................................................................................................... 49

8 Accessory Jacks and Controls ............................................................... 51

9 Appendix .............................................................................................. 52

MIDI ................................................................................................................................................................... 52

MIDI Setting Examples ................................................................................................................................... 52

MIDI Data Format ............................................................................................................................................ 58

MIDI Implementation Chart ........................................................................................................................... 68

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................................. 70

Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................... 72

Index ................................................................................................................................................................... 73

The Index on page 73 can be of your help in finding the functions and terms.

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Panel Layout

EL-200 Panel Layout

Monitor Speaker

LOWER

KEYBOARD

VOICE

(page 13)

REVERB

(page 17)

SUSTAIN
(page 17)

RHYTHM
(page 18)

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

(page 22)

REVERB

MAX

MIN

SUSTAIN

UPPER
(

KNEE

LOWER
(

KNEE

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

1

PEDAL

2

)

)

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

(page 13)

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

PEDAL

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

RHYTHM

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

2

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

4

BEAT

BAR

TEMPO

INTRO.
ENDING

BAR

BEAT

SAXO­PHONE

PHONE

SAXO­PHONE

PHONE

ROCK

RHYTHM

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

CHORUS HORN

COSMIC TUTTI

1

2

SYNCHRO

START

LEAD VOICE

(page 13)

MAX

1

NICA

2

MIN

MAX

1

2

MIN

MAX

MIN

START

FILL IN

VIOLIN FLUTE

OBOE TRUM-

CONTRA

BASS

ORGAN

BASS

LEAD VOICE

PETTOLOWER

PEDAL VOICE

ELEC.

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

MAX

1

MIN

MAX

1

MIN

PEDAL VOICE

(page 13)

BASIC

REGIST.

TEMPO

(page 19)

BAR/BEAT

(page 19)

6

BAR/BEAT/TEMPO

(page 19)

M.

/TO DISK

M./TO DISK

(page 25)

RHYTHM
(page 18)

BASIC REGIST.

(page 11)

Registration Memory

(page 25)

4321

Monitor Speaker

MASTER VOLUME

RECORD PLAY

REPEAT

SONG COPY

PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

MUSIC DISK RECOR DER

CONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPERCONTROLPEDALLOWERUPPER

SHIFT

SONG DEL.TOFROMSONG

FORMATTEMPO

Floppy Disk Slot

POWER

MASTER VOLUME
(page 10)

MUSIC DISK
RECORDER
(page 28)

POWER
(page 10)

D.8765

D. (Disable)

(page 25)

LED (Lamp in-use) Eject

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Others

Monitor Speakers

Keyboard Cover/Music Stand

Upper Keyboard

Lower Keyboard
MIDI Jacks (page 51)

Jacks (page 51)

Speaker Unit

Knee Lever (page 49)

Right-Footswitch (page 27)
Left-Footswitch (page 49)

Expression Pedal (page 10)

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 make this Electone a truly lifelike musical instrument.

You can enjoy playing a total of 21 AWM/FM voices using the touch response function.

2 Expressive Touch Tone

From fortissimo to pianissimo you can express strong emotion to subtle nuance of each

instrument.

3 High Quality Digital Effects

Sophisticated digital Reverb lets you create resonant and wide dimension to each voice

group. (page 17)

4 Dynamic Rhythm and Percussion sounds

The Rhythm section of the Electone features authentic drum and percussion sounds, used by

expert rhythm programmers in creating a total of 10 various rhythm patterns. (page 18)

Keyboard Percussion function lets you play 43 different drum and percussion sounds. (page

22)

5 Convenient Registration Functions

5 Basic Registrations help you to set up a variety of registrations covering all music

categories. (page 11)

6 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 and save commercially available

XG song data. (page 28)

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1 Quick Introductory Guide

Getting Started

1

Plug the power cord in to an appropriate electrical outlet.

1

2

3

Turn on the Electone by pressing the POWER switch.

POWER

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

selected.

Set the MASTER VOLUME control.

The MASTER VOLUME control is an overall control that affects the

volume of the entire instrument.

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.

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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.

Louder Softer

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2 Basic Registrations

BASIC

REGIST.

The Basic Registration section has five factory preset registrations. Each of

which is preset with a different set of voices for the Upper/Lower

keyboards and Pedalboard, and each specially suited for playing in a

different music style.

To select Basic Registrations:

Press the BASIC REGIST. buttons to select each Basic Registration.

When you turn the power on, the Electone automatically selects Basic

Registration 1.

Basic

Registration 1

Upper Keyboard

Voice 1

Lower Keyboard

Voice 1

Pedal V oice 1

Strings 1

Strings 1

Contra Bass1

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

Registration Memory before turning the Electone off. (See page 25 for

more information.)

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

Electone was last turned off. (See page 27 for more information.)

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

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Quick Introductory Guide

NOTE:

Some of the voices, hidden voices, cannot
be accessible from the panel.

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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1

3 Basic Operation

Quick Introductory Guide

Select the keyboard

Select the voice

Adjust the total volume

(Master Volume)

Registration Set-up

to play

(Voice Menu)

Add effects

(Effect Set)

Select the rhythm

(Rhythm Menu)

Add reverb

Setting Registration

Shift/Footswitch

/Knee Lever

Loading the

registration data

Saving the
registration data

Playing Electone

Expression Pedal

Recording the performance

Music Disk Recorder

Playing back

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2 Voice Sections

The EL-200 features 21 different high quality AWM/FM voices. All voices are divided in to four voice groups.

There are two voice groups on the Upper keyboard, one each on the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard. Each

voice section can, of course, have its own voice condition settings such as voice assignment and applying sustain

effect.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

SAXO-

NET

PHONE

PHONE

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

SAXO-

NET

PHONE

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

COSMIC TUTTI

CHORUS HORN

COSMIC TUTTI

MAX

1

2

MIN

MAX

1

2

MIN

Selecting Voices from the Panel

Selection of panel voices follows the same procedure throughout all four

voice groups. The procedure is explained with the selection of Upper

keyboard voice, as an example.

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

1

of the Voice buttons in that section.

UPPER KE YBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

NICA

MAX

1

2

MIN

LEAD VOICE

VIOLIN FLUTE

OBOE TRUM-

PEDAL VOICE 1

CONTRA

BASS

ORGAN

BASS

MAX

1

PETTOLOWER

MIN

MAX

1

ELEC.
BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

MIN

NOTE:

The lamps 1 and 2 at the right side of each

voice section may be lit when you load the

data created with one of the upper models,
EL-900/700/500/400, or when you have

selected the Basic Registration 3, 4 or 5.

See page 47 for more information.

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Voice Sections

If, for example, you have pressed the ORGAN voice button, Organ

voice is assigned to the Upper keyboard.

Now select voices for the Lead (Upper), Lower keyboard and

2

Pedalboard as you did for the Upper Keyboard Voice above. Also set

the volumes of the voices.

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Set the volume for each voice section.

2

Voice Sections

3

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

STRINGS

BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

1

NOTE:

The Lead and Pedal Voices sound one note

at a time; when you simultaneously press

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

2

two or more keys, only the highest note
will sound.

MIN

Adjust the volume balance between each voice group as you play the

keyboards.

About TO LOWER - Playing (Upper) Lead Voice and Pedal Voice 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.

CONTRA

BASS

PEDAL VOICE 1

ELEC.
BASS

1

MAX

LEAD VOICE

VIOLIN FLUTE

MAX

1

When the TO LOWER button is turned
on, the Lead voices and Pedal voices

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

MIN

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

MIN

cannot be played on the Upper keyboard

and Pedalboard, respectively.

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

If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory before turning the Electone off. (See page 25 for more

information.)
You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. (See page 27 for more information.)

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Details on All Voices

The following chart lists the available voices on the EL-200.

Voice Name Voice Group

STRINGS Upper/Lower 8' - Large strings ensemble.
VIOLIN Lead 8' - For multi purposes.
CONTRABASS Pedal 8' - Standard type.
BRASS Upper/Lower 8' - Trumpet and Trombone ensemble. For classical music.
HORN Lower 8' - Standard type. For classicals.
TRUMPET Lead 8' - Standard type. For classical music.
TUBA Pedal 16' - TUBA Also suited for solo playing.
FLUTE Lead 8' - Standard flute solo.
OBOE Lead 8' - Softer oboe.
CLARINET Upper/Lower 8' - Standard clarinet.
SAXOPHONE Upper/Lower U16'/L8' - Standard type. Alto sax.
TUTTI Upper/Lower 8' - Strings unison and wood winds ensemble.
CHORUS Upper/Lower 8' - Female “Ah”.
HARMONICA Upper 8' - Standard type.
ORGAN Upper/Lower 8' - Small pipe organ. 8’.
ORGAN BASS Pedal 8' - Combination organ bass.
PIANO Upper/Lower 8' - For multi purposes.
GUITAR Upper/Lower U16'/L8' - Acoustic guitar. Steel string.
VIBRAPHONE Upper/Lower 8' - Standard vibraphone.
ELECTRIC BASS Pedal 8' - For multi purposes.
COSMIC Upper/Lower 4' - Decay sounds for multi purposes. Used in the Basic Regist. 4; Upper Keyboard.

Preset

Feet Effect

Comments

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Voice Sections

NOTE:

173 voices including the panel voices in

the list are built in the EL-200 for
playback. Accordingly, the EL-200 can

correspond to the song data created with

an upper model like EL-500/400 and
reproduce it precisely. See page 16 for the

information on the additional voices.

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2

Voice Sections

The Additional Voices

This table lists all the voices including panel voices that can be played back on the EL-200.

The voices not lead by a bullet indicate that they are only pla yable using the M.D.R. playback function.

Group Voice Name

Upper/Lower ● Strings 1

STRINGS Strings 2

Strings 3
Strings 4
Strings 5
Strings 6
Strings 7
Pizz. Strings
Trem. Strings
Synth. Strings 1
Synth. Strings 2
Synth. Strings 3

Lead ● Violin 1

VIOLIN Violin 2

Violin 3
Violin 4
Violin 5
Pizz. Violin
Cello
Kokyu

Pedal ● Contrabass 1

CONTRABASS Contrabass 2

Contrabass 3
Pizz. Bass
Upright Bass

Upper/Lower ● Brass 1

BRASS Brass 2

Brass 3
Brass 4
Brass 5
Synth. Brass 1
Synth. Brass 2
Synth. Brass 3

Lower ● Horn 1

HORN Horn 2

Horn 3
Horn 4
Muted Horn

Lead ● Trumpet 1

TRUMPET Trumpet 2

Trumpet 3
Trumpet 4
Trumpet 5
Trumpet 6
Muted Trp.
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Muted Trb .
Flugel Horn
Euphonium

Pedal ● Tuba

TUBA Timpani

Timpani Roll

Lead ● Flute 1

FLUTE Flute 2

Piccolo
Yokobue
Recorder
Ocarina
Pan Flute
Shakuhachi
Whistle

Lead ● Oboe 1

OBOE Oboe 2

English Horn
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2

Group Voice Name

Upper/Lower ● Clarinet 1

CLARINET Clarinet 2

Bass Cla.
Synth. Cla. 1
Synth. Cla. 2

Upper/Lower ● Saxophone 1

SAXOPHONE Saxophone 2

Sopra. Sax.
Sax. Ens. 1
Sax. Ens. 2
Synth. Sax.
Synth. Lead 1
Synth. Lead 2
Synth. Lead 3
Synth. Lead 4
Synth. Lead 5

Upper/Lower ● Tutti 1

TUTTI Tutti 2

Tutti 3
Tutti 4
Tutti 5
Tutti 6
Tutti 7

Upper/Lower ● Chorus 1

CHORUS Chorus 2

Chorus 3
Chorus 4
Chorus 5
Vocal

Upper ● Harmonica 1

HARMONICA Harmonica 2

Upper/Lower ● Organ 1

ORGAN Organ 2

Organ 3
Organ 4
Jazz Organ 1
Jazz Organ 2
Jazz Organ 3
Jazz Organ 4
Pop Organ 1
Pop Organ 2
Theat. Organ 1
Theat. Organ 2
Accordion
Bandoneon

Pedal ● Organ Bass 1

ORGAN BASS Organ Bass 2

Organ Bass 3
Organ Bass 4

Upper/Lower ● Piano 1

PIANO Piano 2

Honkytonk
Elec. Piano 1
Elec. Piano 2
Elec. Piano 3
Harpsichord
Clavi.
Clavichord

Group Voice Name

Upper/Lower ● Guitar 1

GUITAR Guitar 2

Upper/Lower ● Vibraphone

VIBRAPHONE Glocken

Pedal ● Elec. Bass 1

ELECTRIC BASS

Upper/Lower ● Cosmic 1

COSMIC Cosmic 2

Guitar 3
12Str. Guitar
Banjo
Mandolin
Sitar
Shamisen
Elec. Guitar 1
Elec. Guitar 2
Muted Guitar
Dist. Guitar
Harp
Steel Guitar
Koto
Taisho Koto

Celesta
Music Box
Marimba
Xylophone
Chime
Synth. Chime
Steel Drum

Elec. Bass 2
Elec. Bass 3
Elec. Bass 4
Synth. Bass 1
Synth. Bass 2
Synth. Bass 3

Cosmic 3
Cosmic 4
Cosmic 5
Cosmic 6
Cosmic 7
Cosmic 8
Cosmic 9
Cosmic 10
Cosmic 11
Cosmic 12
Cosmic 13
Cosmic 14
Cosmic 15
Cosmic 16

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3 Voice Controls and Effects

You can add Reverb and Sustain effects to your selected voices.

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 affects the entire

system at one time.

You can control the amount of Reverb applied to the Electone by pressing one

of the Reverb buttons.

The controls have seven volume settings, from a minimum of 0, or no effect, to

a maximum of full Reverb.

REVERB

MAX

3

Voice Controls and Effects

MIN

2 Sustain

The Sustain effect, selectable for the Upper, Lower and Pedal voices, causes

voices to gradually fade out when the keys are released. Each keyboard can

be turned on/off independently.

Pressing the Sustain buttons at the far left side of the panel lights up the lamps

of the buttons, which indicate that sustain is on. Press the buttons again to turn

sustain off.

SUSTAIN

UPPER

(

)

KNEE

LOWER

PEDAL

(

)

KNEE

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 49 for

more information.)

NOTE:

Remember that the SUSTAIN buttons are

on/off switches. Remember to check

whether the sustain button lamps are on or
off before you start to play.

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4 Rhythms

The Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play

various rhythms. In addition, 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 rhythms in various styles can be instantly selected from the

front panel.

1) To select and play a rhythm:

Press to select any of the RHYTHM or METRONOME buttons.

4

Rhythms

1

2

RHYTHM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

Turn the rhythm on.

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

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.

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RHY THM

INTRO.

ENDING

SYNCHRO

START

ROCK

START

123

FILL IN

1

2

MIN

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.

While the introduction is playing, the display shows the countdown

to the first measure of the pattern as shown in the illustration.

Pressing the INTRO. ENDING button again while the pattern is

being played will automatically add an ending phrase before

stopping the rhythm.

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BAR BEAT

NOTE:

The Left Footswitch can also be used to

turn the rhythm on and off in the middle of

song. For more information on the
Footswitch rhythm control, see page 49.

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.

3

The controls have seven volume settings, from a minimum of 0, or no

sound, to a maximum of full volume.

RHY THM

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

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Set the rhythm tempo using the TEMPO dial.

4

BAR BEAT

TEMPO

BAR

ROCK

1

2

2

(TEMPO Display:
shows current tempo)

MAX

MIN

NOTE:

When the Electone is turned on, the

Rhythm Volume is automatically set to 0.

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Rhythms

1

BEAT

1 TEMPO Dial

For adjusting the speed of the rhythm. Turn the dial clockwise to

increase the tempo, and counterclockwise to decrease it.

2 TEMPO Display (BAR/BEAT Indicator)

Shows the current tempo. (Displayed values are given in beats per

minute, just as on a conventional metronome.)

Range: 40 - 240

When the rhythm begins playing, the TEMPO display changes

function to a Bar/Beat indicator.

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)

NOTE:

When you turn the TEMPO Dial even

while the rhythm is playing, the display

momentarily changes to show the current
tempo.

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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

4

Rhythms

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

2

FILL IN button.

INTRO.

ENDING

About Metronome Function

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.

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. You can use one of them

by selecting a Metronome button and pressing the START button. Its tempo

and volume can be adjusted as you do for the normal panel rhythms.

Selecting any of the rhythm buttons changes the Metronome function to

normal rhythm play.

RHY THM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

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1

2

MIN

NOTE:

If you play back the song data contain-

ing rhythm sequences created with the

other Electones, the sequence data will
be loaded onto the four Metronome

(SEQ.) buttons and they will function as

SEQ. (Sequence) buttons. For more
information see page 24.

If you want to restore the Metronome

function, press one of the Basic Regist.
Buttons.

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2 Rhythms

This chart lists all 10 of the rhythms available on the Electone.

■ March

■ Waltz

■ Swing

■ Bounce

■ Slow Rock

■ Tango

■ Latin 1

■ Latin 2

■ 8 Beat

■ 16 Beat

The Additional Rhythms

This table lists all the rhythms including panel voices that can be played back on

the EL-200.

The voices not lead by a bullet indicate that they are only playable using the M.D.R. playback function.

Category Rhythm Name

MARCH ● March1

March2
March3
Polka1
Polka2
Country1
Country2
Broadway
Baroque

WALTZ ● Waltz1

Waltz2
Waltz3
Waltz4
Waltz5
JazzWaltz1
JazzWaltz2
JazzWaltz3
Bolero

SWING ● Swing1

Swing2
Swing3
Swing4
Swing5
Swing6
JazzBallad
Dixieland1
Dixieland2

BOUNCE ● Bounce1

Bounce2
Bounce3
Reggae1
Reggae2

Category Rhythm Name

SLOW ROCK ● SlowRock1

SlowRock2
SlowRock3

TANGO ● Tango1

Tango2
Tango3

LATIN1 ● ChaCha

Rhumba
Beguine
Mambo
Salsa

LATIN2 ● Samba1

Samba2
Samba3
Bossanova1
Bossanova2
Bossanova3

8 BEAT ● 8Beat1

8Beat2
8Beat3
8Beat4
8Beat5
DancePop1
DancePop2
DancePop3
DancePop4

16 BEAT ● 16Beat1

16Beat2
16Beat3
16Beat4
16Beat5
Funk1
Funk2
Funk3

NOTE:

66 voices including the panel voices are
built in the EL-200 for playback.

Accordingly, the EL-200 can correspond

to the song data created with an upper
model like EL-500/400 and reproduce it

precisely. See the following table for the

information on the additional rhythms.

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Rhythms

Category Rhythm Name

USER RHYTHM USER1-A

USER1-B
USER1-C
USER1-D
USER2-A
USER2-B
USER2-C
USER2-D
USER3-A
USER3-B
USER3-C
USER3-D
USER4-A
USER4-B
USER4-C
USER4-D
USER5-A
USER5-B
USER5-C
USER5-D
USER6-A
USER6-B
USER6-C
USER6-D
USER7-A
USER7-B
USER7-C
USER7-D
USER8-A
USER8-B
USER8-C
USER8-D

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3 Keyboard Percussion

The keyboard Percussion function features a total of 43 different drum and

percussion sounds, playable from the keyboards and pedalboard.

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

or PEDAL/2 button in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section.

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

1

4

Rhythms

3

4

PEDAL

2

Set the volume.

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

rhythm volume.

RHY THM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

SEQ.3SEQ.

Play some instruments on the Lower keyboard and/or Pedalboard. The

43 percussion sounds have been assigned to the keyboards as shown in

the illustration below.

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Preset Keyboard Percussion

Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard (43)

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Rhythms

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-200 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 Metronome (SEQ.) buttons in the Rhythm section and play back them,

as follows:

1. Insert the floppy disk containing rhythm sequence data into the

EL-200’s MDR slot. The rhythm sequence data is recorded as a part of

registration data (explained on page 33).

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 Metronome (SEQ.) button(s).

3. Press one of the Metronome (SEQ.) buttons. The SEQ button’s lamp

will be lit.

RHY THM

MAX

SEQ.1SEQ.

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ROCK

1

NOTE:

You can have up to all four rhythm

sequences play back automatically by
pressing the SEQ buttons.

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

RHY THM

SYNCHRO

INTRO.

ENDING

START

START

FILL IN

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 20)

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.
Pressing any of the BASIC REGIST

buttons generates a short beep sound

and retrieves the metronome sounds.

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