Yamaha Audio EL-27 User Manual

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Panel Controls

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UPPER (KNEE)

LOWER (KNEE)

PEDAL

SUSTAIN

MAX

MIN

REVERB

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

ROCK

MAX

MIN

TANGO LATIN1LATIN28 BEAT 16 BEAT

RHYTHM

LOWER

PEDAL

KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

SYNCHRO

START

RHYTHM

FILL IN

INTRO. ENDING

BAR/BEAT

BAR

BEAT

BASIC

REGIST.

DATA CONTROL

TEMPO

CONTRA

BASS

ELEC. BASS

MAX

MIN

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE PEDAL VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXOPHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

MIN

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

VIOLIN FLUTE

MAX

MIN

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE LEAD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXOPHONE

CHORUS HORN

MAX

MIN

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

SEQ.

Front Panel

! REVERB (See page 30.) " SUSTAIN Buttons (See page 30.)

# Monitor Speakers

Adjusts the Reverb effect for the entire sound.

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

Built-in speakers for your monitoring.

$ UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE (See page 18.)

Selects the Upper Keyboard voices and adjusts the volume.

% LOWER KEYBOARD V OICE (See page 18.)

Selects the Lower Keyboard voices and adjusts the volume.

& LEAD VOICE (See page 18.)

Selects the voices and adjusts the volume.

' PEDAL VOICE (See page 18.)

Selects the voices and adjusts the volume.

( BASIC REGIST. (Basic Registration) Buttons

(See page 8.)

Selects the Basic Registrations.

) LCD DISPLAY & D ATA CONTROL Buttons

(See page 4.)

* DISPLAY SELECT Section (See page 4.)

Selects the various functions.

+ MASTER VOLUME (See page 8.)

Adjusts the entire volume.

, RHYTHM Section (See page 31.)

Selects the rhythm patterns and adjusts the volume.

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

Displays the rhythm tempo or bar/beat.

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5 D.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

POWER

DISPLAY SELECT

MASTER VOLUME

DATA CONTROL PAGE

SYMPHO-

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UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

. KEYBOARD PERCUSSION Buttons

(See page 43.)

Used to play the percussion sounds on the Lower Keyboard or Pedalboard.

/ TEMPO Dial (See page 33.)

Adjusts the rhythm tempo.

0 BAR /BEAT Indicator (See page 33.)

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

1 INTRO. ENDING Button (See page 32.)

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

2 SYNCHRO START Button (See page 32.)

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

3 FILL IN Button (See page 34.)

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

4 START Button (See page 32.)

Used to start or stop the rhythm pattern.

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

Used to store a Registration to the Registration Memory buttons.

6 Registration Memory Buttons (See page 47.)

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

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

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

8 POWER Switch (See page 7.)

Turns the EL-27 on/off.

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

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

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LCD Display/DISPLAY SELECT Section

DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL PAGE

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

: LCD Display

Displays various information for you to play EL-27.

; DAT A CONTROL Buttons (See page 11.)

Selects the functions or sets the values.

< PAGE Buttons (See page 10.)

Changes pages when a function has more than two pages.

= VOICE DISPLAY Button (See page 18.)

Displays the currently assigned voices to each keyboard.

> SYMPHONIC Button (See page 27.)

DIsplays the Symphonic page.

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

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

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

Selects the (Left) Footswitch page.

A REGIST. SHIFT (Registration Shift) Button

(See page 48.)

Selects the Registration Shift function.

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

Displays Transport/Pitch page or MIDI page.

C REGIST. MENU Button (See page 10.)

Selects the Registration Menu pages.

Other Parts, Controls and Terminals

D Accessory Jacks and Controls (See page 77.) E Keyboard Cover/Music Stand F Upper Keyboard G Lower Keyboard H MIDI Jacks (See page 75.) I Knee Lever (See page 52.)

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

J Left Footswitch (See page 51.)

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

K Right Footswitch (See page 48.)

Allows you to control the Registration Shift function.

L Expression Pedal (See page 8.)

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

M Pedalboard

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Table of Contents

1 Quick Introductory Guide

2 Voice Sections

3 Voice Controls and

Effects

4 Rhythm, Accompaniment

and Percussion

5 Registration Memory

6 Footswitches and

Knee Lever

7 Pitch Controls

8 Music Disk Recorder

9 MIDI Controls

10 Accessory Jacks and

Controls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Voice Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2. Selecting Voices from the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3. Selecting Additional Voices – Dotted Buttons and User Voices . . . . . . . . 21

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

3 Voice Controls and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

1. Selecting from the Voice Condition Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Touch Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Symphonic/Celeste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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

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

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

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

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

2. Auto Variation and Rhythm Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3. Selecting Rhythms from the Dotted Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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

5. Accompaniment Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

6. Automatic Accompaniment – Auto Bass Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Main Features

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

Included among the main features are:

Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds

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

Wide Range of Voice Controls and Effects

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

Dynamic Rhythm Patterns

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

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

43.)

Wide Variety of Registration Menus

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

Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder

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

55.)

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1 Quick Introductory Guide

£Strings ¢™Violin ¢Strings ¡ContBass

YAMAHA Electone

POWER

1 Quick Introductory Guide

POWER

No matter what your level of pla ying experience, we recommend that you take the time to go through this basic section. It shows y ou in the simplest possible manner how to start playing your Electone. The basic operations and functions that you learn in this section will also be important when you later use the Electone's more adv anced features.

1. Getting Started

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

1. Turn on the Electone by pressing the POWER switch.

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

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.

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

Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made. When the Electone is turned on, Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected. If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory (see page 47.) before turning the Electone off. You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. In doing this, first be careful NOT to press any panel buttons (excepting those in Basic Registration) after you turn the Electone back on. Then, to restore the previous settings, hold down the M. (Memory) button and press the D. (Disable) button.

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2. Set the MASTER VOLUME control.

Maximum volume Minimum volume

MASTER VOLUME

BASIC

REGIST.

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

3. Press the Expression pedal down with your foot.

The Expression pedal also controls the entire volume of the Electone. Once you hav e 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.

For now, press the pedal down slightly beyond the halfwa y point.

2. Playing Your Electone

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

●Basic Registrations

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

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

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Now, try out the five Basic Registrations with the following music examples. Press the appr opriate

Page 3 [13: Waltz-A]

Tempo=105

Page 4 [1: Swing-B]

Tempo=160

Page 5 [11: 16 Beat-A]

Tempo=74

Page 5 [7: 8Beat-A]

Tempo=100

Page 3 [9: March-A]

Tempo=120

A A

B B

G G

A A

F F

E E

D D

DDD

GGG

Basic Registration 1

Basic Registration 2

Basic Registration 3

Basic Registration 4

Basic Registration 5

Skaters Waltzes E. Waldteuful

When the Saints Go Marchin' in American Traditional Folk Song

Ave Maria Gnauld

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star French Traditional Folk Song

Overture "Orphee aux enfers" J. Offenbach

C CC

CG7

GDm Am D7

C C

G7C G7C

G7C

C C

G7F

CDm C G C

CFC C C

CC C

G7 G7 G7

buttons to select the registrations. Each music example has been chosen to best suit its companion registration.

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The chart below lists the voices that have been set for the Upper/Lower keyboards and Pedalboard in

DATA CONTROLDATA CONTROL PAGE

DATA CONTROLDATA CONTROL

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

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Basic Registration 1 Basic Registration 2 Basic Registration 3 Basic Registration 4

Strings

Upper Keyboard voice

Lower Keyboard voice

Pedal voice

Strings

Contrabass

Brass

Horn

Tuba Contrabass

Piano

Flute Cosmic 1

Cosmic 2

Basic Registration 5

Synth. Brass

Cosmic 3

Synth. Bass

each of the five Basic Registrations.

3. Registration Menu

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

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

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

For e xample, let's select an appropriate registration (Waltz-A) f or the "Skaters Waltzes" (Basic Regisatrtion 1).

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

section.

2. From the display that appears, select the desired

page.

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

(In this case, select page 3.)

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

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3. Press the bottom left DATA CONTROL buttons to select

SYNCHRO

START

RHYTHM

FILL IN

INTRO.

ENDING

<REGIST DISK> ¡3 13:Waltz-A [SET]

Any button can be used to actually select the setting.

Selects next number.

Selects previous number.

Jumps ahead ten numbers.

Jumps back ten numbers.

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the registration you want to use. (In this case, select Waltz-A [No.13].)

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

4. Finally, call up the selected registration by pressing

the right DATA CONTROL buttons, selecting SET (Waltz-A [No.13] here, for example.).

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

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

To Start the Rhythm:

5. Once you've selected a registration, press the START

button in the RHYTHM section.

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

Some of the registrations in

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

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You can also adjust the tempo of the rhythm to your liking by turning the

BAR/BEAT

BAR

BEAT

TEMPO

Slower Faster

C G

TEMPO dial, as indicated in the illustration below. T urning the dial clockwise makes the tempo faster and counterclockwise makes slower.

To use Auto Bass Chord function:

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

6. Press the chord "C"on the Lower keyboard. (Try the

chord shown in the illustration on the right.)

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

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

7. Play the melody line as you did before with your

right hand on the Upper keyboard. This time, however, use the A.B.C. automatic accompaniment by pressing the chords with your left hand. The keys you should press are indicated by the small diagrams just below the melody in the score.

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

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

If you have unintentionally

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

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

<ABC> <MEMORY> ¡1 OFF ŒL ŒP

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

Turns the Pedalboard Memory (P) on and off.

These buttons correspond to the bottom left of the LCD and let you step through the various A.B.C. modes.

<ABC> <MEMORY> ¡1 Fingered „L „P

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

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

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

section, to the right of the LCD Display.

9. Press one of the bottom left DATA CONTROL buttons

repeatedly until "OFF" appears below ABC on the LCD.

10 . Turn the Memory function off as well by using the

bottom right DATA CONTROL buttons.

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

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

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

As in the operation described

above, the DATA CONTROL buttons are also used simply to turn functions on and off.

Press the Registration Menu

buttons in the DISPLAY SELECT section to display the registration menu on the LCD.

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To select the Registrations from the Registration Menu disk:

Any button can be used to actually select the setting.

Selects the next number.

Selects the previous number.

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

1. Put the included Registration Menu Disk,

facing the label up, into the Disk slot, located just under the Music Disk Recorder at the right side of the Electone.

Once you've securely inserted the disk into the slot, the LCD Display on the panel will automatically change to show the availab le registration menu.

2. Press the PAGE buttons in the right of the LCD

to select the various menu "pages" of registrations available on the disk.

3. Select one of the registrations shown on the LCD by

pressing the DATA CONTROL button in the left bottom of the display.

4. Press the DATA CONTROL buttons in the right of the

LCD to call up the Registration you have selected.

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

Up to 10 registration

selections are shown on the LCD; no data is stored in the registration numbers from 11 through

16.

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1 Quick Introductory Guide

4. Registration Menu List

Page1 No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

1 STRINGS1 Orchestra Strings Violin Horn Contrabass 2 STRINGS2 Pop Strings Strings Flute (4') Strings Pizzicato Bass 3 STRINGS3 Chamber Strings Strings Violin Strings Pizzicato Bass 4 STRINGS4 Solo Violin - Violin Strings Contrabass 5 STRINGS5 Pops Orchestra 1 Strings Harpsichord Strings Elec. Bass 6 STRINGS6 Pizzicato Strings Pizzicato Bass Pizzicato Bass (4') Pizzicato Bass Pizzicato Bass 7 STRINGS7 Pops Orchestra 2 Strings Trumpet Brass Pizzicato Bass 8 STRINGS8 Strings Ensemble Strings Strings (16') Strings Contrabass 9 BRASS1 Marching Band Brass Trombone Brass Tuba 10 BRASS2 Solo Trumpet - Trumpet Horn Tuba 11 BRASS3 Big Band 1 Brass Saxophone Trombone Pizzicato Bass 12 BRASS4 Solo Trombone - Trombone Saxophone Pizzicato Bass 13 BRASS5 Big Band 2 (Saxophone Ensemble) Saxophone Saxophone (8') Piano Pizzicato Bass 14 BRASS6 Jazz Combo 1 (Trumpet) - Trumpet Elec. Bass Pizzicato Bass 15 BRASS7 Dixie Jazz - Clarinet Piano Pizzicato Bass 16 BRASS8 Fusion (Saxophone) Saxophone Elec. Piano Elec. Bass

Page 2 No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

1 LEAD1 Woodwind Ensemble Oboe Flute Clarinet Bassoon (8') 2 LEAD2 Solo Flute - Flute Strings Contrabass 3 LEAD3 Solo Oboe - Oboe Strings Contrabass 4 LEAD4 Polka - Clarinet Harmonica Pizzicato Bass 5 LEAD5 Fantasy 1 Cosmic 1 Flute (4') Elec. Piano Elec. Bass 6 LEAD6 Harmonica - Harmonica Strings Contrabass 7 LEAD7 Tango Band Harmonica Harmonica (16') Piano Pizzicato Bass 8 LEAD8 Jazz Organ Jazz Organ Jazz Organ (4') Jazz Organ (8') Organ Bass 9 DECAY1 Piano Piano - Piano Piano 10 DECAY2 Jazz Combo 2 (Vibraphone) Vibraphone - Piano Pizzicato Bass 11 DECAY3 Honky-tonk Piano Piano - Piano Piano 12 DECAY4 Jazz Guitar Elec. Bass Elec. Bass (16') Strings Elec. Bass 13 DECAY5 Marimba Marimba - Piano Pizzicato Bass 14 DECAY6 Fantasy 2 Vibraphone (4') Flute (4') Strings Elec. Bass 15 DECAY7 Guitar Guitar Elec. Bass (16') Strings Contrabass 16 DECAY8 Oriental 1 Harpsichord Harpsichord (16') Strings Elec. Bass

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

Built-in Registration Menu (80 Menus)

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Page 3 No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

1 CONTEMP.1 Wind Synth. 1 - Cosmic 3 Elec. Piano Elec. Bass (16') 2 CONTEMP.2 Synth. Brass Synth. Brass Synth. Bass (8') Harpsichord Elec. Bass (16') 3 CONTEMP.3 Wind Synth. 2 Oboe Saxophone (8') Piano Elec. Bass (16') 4 CONTEMP.4 Synth. Horn Tuba (8') Guitar Elec. Bass 5 CONTEMP.5 Fantasy 3 Cosmic 1 (8 ') Organ Bass (4') Cosmic 1 (8 ') Contrabass 6 CONTEMP.6 Fantasy 4 Cosmic 2 Cosmic 1 Chorus Organ 7 CONTEMP.7 Piano + Synth. Piano Cosmic 1 (8') Clarinet Synth. Bass 8 CONTEMP.8 Oriental 2 Cosmic 2(16') Marimba Contrabass Horn (16')

No. LCD Display Rhythm (Tempo) Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal Voice

9 March-A 120 4 Brass Trumpet Tuba 10 March-B 11 0 1 Bassoon Flute (4') Pizzicato Bass (16') 11 Country 112 1 - Harmonica Pizzicato Bass (16') 12 Broadway 135 4 Trombone (8') Trumpet Pizzicato Bass 13 Waltz-A 10 5 4 Strings Strings (16') Pizzicato Bass (16') 14 Waltz-B 17 0 1 Strings Violin Pizzicato Bass 15 Jazz Waltz 140 4 Elec. Bass (16') Flute (4') Pizzicato Bass (16') 16 Swing-A 16 5 2 Saxophone Saxophone (8') Pizzicato Bass

Page 4 No. LCD Display Rhythm (Tempo) Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal Voice

1 Swing-B 16 0 3 Brass Trumpet Pizzicato Bass 2 Swing-C 138 1 - Clarinet Pizzicato Bass 3 Jazz Ballad 60 3 - Trombone Pizzicato Bass 4 Dixieland 108 4 - Trumpet Tuba 5 Bounce-A 1 2 3 2 Guitar Elec. Bass (16') Elec. Bass (16') 6 Bounce-B 1 3 0 4 - Clarinet Pizzicato Bass (16') 7 Reggae-A 132 4 Marimba - Elec. Bass (16') 8 Reggae-B 120 3 Elec. Piano Synth. Bass Elec. Bass (16') 9 Slow Rock-A 80 3 Guitar Elec. Bass (16') Elec. Bass (16') 10 Slow Rock-B 74 1 - Trumpet Elec. Bass (16') 11 Slow Rock-C 80 3 - Saxophone Elec. Bass (16') 12 Tango-A 12 0 1 Harmonica Harmonica (16') Pizzicato Bass (16') 13 Tango-B 120 1 Strings Violin Pizzicato Bass (16') 14 Tango-C 1 20 4 - Violin Pizzicato Bass (16') 15 ChaCha 126 4 Piano (16') Piano (4') Elec. Bass (16') 16 Rhumba 115 1 - Trombone (8') Elec. Bass (16')

Page 5 No. LCD Display Rhythm (Tempo) Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal Voice

1 Beguine 118 4 Strings Flute (4') Elec. Bass (16') 2 Mambo 100 4 Brass Saxophone Elec. Bass (16') 3 Samba-A 120 1 Saxophone Trumpet Elec. Bass (16') 4 Samba-B 120 4 Elec. Bass (16') Flute Elec. Bass (16') 5 Bossanova-A 1 03 1 - Flute Elec. Bass (16') 6 Bossanova-B 1 2 4 1 - Saxophone Elec. Bass (16') 7 8 Beat-A 100 3 Cosmic 2 Vibraphone (4') Elec. Bass (16') 8 8 Beat-B 117 1 Elec. Piano - Elec. Bass (16') 9 8 Beat-C 152 1 Jazz Organ - Elec. Bass (16') 10 DancePop 130 4 Vibraphone (4') Elec. Piano Elec. Bass (16') 11 16 Beat-A 85 4 - Flute Elec. Bass (16') 12 16 Beat-B 124 1 Synth. Brass Synth. Brass (16') Elec. Bass (16') 13 16 Beat-C 112 1 Brass Trumpet Elec. Bass (16') 14 16 Beat Funk 118 4 Synth. Bass Cosmic 3 Elec. Bass (16')

No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

15 Wedding Wedding Organ Organ (4') Organ Organ (16') 16 X'mas X'mas Vibraphone (4') Cosmic 2 Strings Contrabass

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

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

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Registration Menu Disk (40 Menus)

1 Quick Introductory Guide

Page1 No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

1 STRINGS1 Solo Violin - Violin Strings Contrabass 2 STRINGS2 Strings Ensemble Strings Strings Horn Pizzicato Bass 3 STRINGS3 Pop Strings 1 Strings Vibraphone Horn Contrabass 4 STRINGS4 Pop Strings 2 Strings Clarinet Strings Pizzicato Bass 5 STRINGS5 Symphonic Orchestra Tutti 1 Tutti 2 Strings Contrabass 6 BRASS1 Trumpet Ensemble Brass Trumpet Brass Tuba 7 BRASS2 Solo Trumpet - Trumpet Trombone Tuba 8 BRASS3 Solo Trombone - Trombone Trombone Tuba 9 BRASS4 Brass Ensemble Trumpet Trombone Horn Tuba 10 BRASS5 Big Band Brass Trombone Saxophone Pizzicato Bass

Page 2 No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

1 LEAD1 Solo Flute 1 - Flute Strings Contrabass 2 LEAD2 Solo Flute 2 - Flute Clarinet Pizzicato Bass 3 LEAD3 Whistle - Flute Pizzicato Bass Pizzicato Bass 4 LEAD4 Flute Ensemble Flute Flute Bassoon Pizzicato Bass 5 LEAD5 Pop Flute Vibraphone Flute Strings Contrabass 6 LEAD6 Woodwind Ensemble 1 Bassoon Flute Clarinet Pizzicato Bass 7 LEAD7 Solo Oboe - Oboe Bassoon Pizzicato Bass 8 LEAD8 Woodwind Ensemble 2 - Clarinet Bassoon Clarinet 9 LEAD9 Solo Clarinet Clarinet - Horn Pizzicato Bass 10 LEAD10 Solo Saxophone - Saxophone Strings Contrabass

Page 3 No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice

1 DECAY1 Piano Piano - Piano Piano 2 DECAY2 Harpsichord Harpsichord - Strings Contrabass 3 DECAY3 Marimba Marimba - Clarinet Pizzicato Bass 4 DECAY4 Music Box Vibraphone - Vibraphone Vibraphone 5 DECAY5 Classical Guitar Guitar - Strings Pizzicato Bass 6 ORGAN1 Organ Organ - Organ Organ Bass 7 ORGAN2 Jazz Organ Jazz Organ - Jazz Organ Organ Bass 8 BANDONEON Bandoneon Harmonica Harmonica Strings Pizzicato Bass 9 SYNTH1 Cosmic Sound 1 Cosmic 2 Cosmic 1 Chorus Contrabass 10 SYNTH2 Cosmic Sound 2 Cosmic 3 Synth. Bass Cosmic 3 Synth. Bass

Page4 No. LCD Display Rhythm (Tempo) Accompaniment Type Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal Voice

1 March 120 4 Brass Trumpet Tuba 2 Broadway 135 4 Trombone Saxophone Pizzicato Bass 3 Waltz 105 4 Strings Strings Pizzicato Bass 4 Swing 160 3 Brass Trumpet Pizzicato Bass 5 SlowRock 80 3 Guitar Elec. Bass Elec. Bass 6 Tango 127 3 Harmonica Harmonica Pizzicato Bass 7 Cha Cha 126 4 Piano Piano Elec. Bass 8 Samba 120 1 Saxophone Trumpet Elec. Bass 9 8 Beat 100 3 Cosmic 2 Vibraphone Elec. Bass 10 16 Beat 74 4 Harmonica Harmonica Elec. Bass

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

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2 Voice Sections

£Strings ¢™Violin ¢Strings ¡ContBass

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

CONTRA

BASS

ELEC. BASS

MAX

MIN

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE PEDAL VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

MIN

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

VIOLIN FLUTE

MAX

MIN

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE LEAD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HORN

MAX

MIN

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

2 Voice Sections

The following illustration shows the various available voice sections.

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

1. Voice Display

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

Press the VOICE DISPLAY button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

The Voice Display is indicated on the LCD.

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

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2. Selecting Voices from the Panel

Harpsi.

Piano E.Piano

The first character flashes to indicate the selected voice.

Harpsi.

Piano E.Piano

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXOPHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

MIN

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

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

1. Select a voice from the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

section by pressing one of the Voice buttons in that section.

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

Notice that several different voice names are sho wn on this display. These are variations of the basic Piano voice category.

2. Press one of the DATA CONTROL buttons that

corresponds to the voice you wish to select.

Some voice buttons have

only one voice.

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3. Set the volume for each voice section.

TOUCH=4 VOL.=24

<UPPER> ¡1

Pressing this button decreases the value.

Pressing this button increases the value.

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

MIN

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

Maximum

Minimum

CONTRA

BASS

ELEC. BASS

MAX

MIN

ORGAN

BASS

TUBA TO

LOWER

PEDAL VOICE

VIOLIN FLUTE

MAX

MIN

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

LEAD VOICE

There are two volume controls: Coarse and Fine.

Coarse:

Use the VOLUME controls of each voice section on the panel to set the desired level for each voice.

The controls have seven volume settings , from a minimum of 0, or no sound, to a maximum of full volume.

Fine:

Pressing the same panel voice button again calls up the Voice Condition display.

Use the DAT A CONTROL buttons, in the bottom right of the LCD, that correspond to the Volume setting to change the lev el of the desired voice. The relative level is indicated by a numeric value (from 0 – 24).

Pressing a voice button once

calls up that voice's Voice Menu display. Pressing it a second time calls up the Voice Condition display (as shown in the illustration). Successive presses alternate between the two displays.

4. Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and

Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes of the voices.

PLAYING LEAD AND PEDAL VOICES FROM THE LOWER KEYBOARD:

The Electone has a special "To Lower" function that lets you assign Lead or Pedal voices to the Lower ke yboard. Simply press the TO LOWER

button on the voice section you wish to assign, and that voice will be playable from the Lower keyboard.

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

●The Lead/Pedal Voice cannot be played on the Upper keyboard/ Pedalboard, if the Lead/Pedal Voice is assigned to the Low er keyboard.

The Lead Voice and Pedal

time; when you simultaneously press two or more keys, only the highest note will sound.

Voice sounds one note at a

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3. Selecting Additional Voices – Dotted Buttons and User Voices

The EL-27 Electone has a variety of voices from which you can choose – far greater than what is immediately apparent from the front panel controls. You've already learned in the section above how to select the different voices that are available in the Voice Menu display of each panel voice . The Electone also has dotted buttons in each voice section, giving you convenient access to any voice.

Selecting Voices From the Dotted Buttons

Each voice section has one or two dotted buttons, found on the right side of each voice section. These dotted buttons function as "wild card" Voice Menu selectors; any internal voices can be selected from these buttons.

The dotted buttons have the following basic uses:

! For playing any voice of the Voice Menus from any of the keyboards or Pedalboard.

You can play on the Upper ke yboard, for example, voices from the twentytwo Voice Menu pages (including User), and not be limited to only the twelve buttons (equivalent to twelve Voice Menu pages) that make up the Upper Voice section. Another advantage to this f eature is that when the normally monophonic (one note) Lead and Pedal voices are assigned to the Upper or Lower ke yboard voice sections, they can be played polyphonically. The opposite is also the case: Upper or Lower voices assigned to the Lead or Pedal sections will be monophonic.

" For having three different voices from the same Voice Menu page available f or selection in the same song.

For e xample, you can assign one of the voices to a dotted b utton in the Upper Keyboard Voice section, the second voice to the other dotted button in the same section, and the third one on the Voice Menu.

# For storing voices from a Voice Disk.

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To select a voice from a dotted button:

USER 3 USER 4

USER 1 USER 2 ¡US

Harpsi.

Piano E.Piano ¡17

Piano E.Piano ¡17 Harpsi.

PAGE

Strings ¡1

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXOPHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

MIN

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

Dotted buttons

2 Voice Sections

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

sections.

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

Page 1 (Strings) is displayed on the LCD.

2. Select one of the pages with the PAGE buttons found

in the right to the LCD display (Page 17: Piano).

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

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

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

You can directly view and

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

The first character of the

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

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

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

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4.Voice Menus

2 Voice Sections

Strings ¡1

STRINGS (Upper/Lower)

Tutti1 Tutti2 ¡12

TUTTI (Upper/Lower)

Violin ¡2

VIOLIN (Lead)

Chorus ¡13

CHORUS (Upper/Lower)

ContBass PizzBass ¡3

CONTRABASS (Pedal)

Harmonic ¡14

HARMONICA (Upper)

Brass SynBrass ¡4

BRASS (Upper/Lower)

Organ JazzOrgn¡15

ORGAN (Upper/Lower)

Horn ¡5

HORN (Lower)

OrgBass ¡16

ORGAN BASS (Pedal)

Trombone

Trumpet ¡6

TRUMPET (Lead)

Harpsi.

Piano E.Piano ¡17

PIANO (Upper/Lower)

Tuba ¡7

TUBA (Pedal)

Guitar ¡18

GUITAR (Upper/Lower)

Flute ¡8

FLUTE (Lead)

Marimba

Vibrphon ¡19

VIBRAPHONE (Upper/Lower)

Oboe Bassoon ¡9

OBOE (Lead)

SynBass

E.Bass ¡20

ELACTRIC BASS (Pedal)

Clarinet ¡10

CLARINET (Upper/Lower)

Cosmic3

Cosmic1 Cosmic2 ¡21

COSMIC (Upper/Lower)

Saxophon ¡11

SAXOPHONE (Upper/Lower)

USER 3 USER 4

USER 1 USER 2 ¡US

The following chart lists the voices available and their button/page assignment. The numbers shown in the list correspond to the page numbers shown in the display and are displayed only when pressing the dotted buttons.

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

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<LEAD> ¡1 TOUCH=4 VOL.=24

PAGE

VIOLIN FLUTE

MAX

MIN

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

LEAD VOICE

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

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

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

1. Selecting from the Voice Condition Pages

To select the Voice Condition pages for changing the settings:

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

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

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

Voice Condition – Page 1

Lead Voice

! TOUCH (TOUCH TONE)

See page 24.

" VOL. (VOLUME)

Fine adjustment of the voice volume. See page 20.

The Pedal Condition display

Pedal voices do not have the Vibrato function.

has only two pages: The

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Voice Condition – Page 2

<UPPER>VIB. ¡4 DEPTH=0

PAGE

<LEAD>VIB. DELAY=0¡4 DEPTH=0 SPEED=0

PAGE

<LEAD> ¡3 „USER VIB.

PAGE

<LEAD> ¡2 FEET=PRE. SYM.=PRE.

PAGE

Press the PAGE buttons to select P age 2.

! FEET

See page 26.

" SYM. (SYMPHONIC)

See page 27.

Voice Condition – Page 3

Press the PAGE buttons to select P age 3.

USER VIB. (User Vibrato)

See page 28.

Voice Condition – Page 4

Press the PAGE buttons to select P age 4. Lead Voice

Upper Keyboard Voice

(When USER VIB. is ON.)

! DELAY (Lead Voice only)

See page 29.

" DEPTH

See page 29.

# SPEED (Lead Voice only)

See page 29.

The Vibrato function in Page 4

of the Lead Voice is different from the Upper/Lower Keyboard Voice.

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Press the PAGE button to return to the Page 1.

<LEAD> ¡2 FEET=PRE. SYM.=PRE.

PAGE

PRE. 4' 8' 16'

Selects next setting.

Selects previous setting.

<PEDAL> ¡1 VOL.=10

<LEAD> ¡1 TOUCH=4 VOL.=24

PAGE

1 4

Voice Condition - Page 1

●Touch Tone

The Touch Tone function gives you expressive control o ver the volume and timbre of a voice.

TOUCH (Touch T one)

The depth of Touch Tone is switchable alternately to 1 (Shallow) or 4 (Deep) by pressing the D ATA CONTROL button found in the bottom left to the LCD display. 4 is the factory setting.

The Touch Tone cannot be applied to the pedal voices.

response over the voices, controlling volume and timbre according to the velocity at/after which you strike the keys.

in the upper models, respectively.

after touch does not function to the percussive voices (Piano, etc.).

The Touch Tone function provides initial/after touch

The set values 1 and 4 are the same as the ones found

The Touch Tone does not function to Organ Voice. The

Press the PAGE buttons to select the P age 2.

Voice Condition - Page 2

●Feet

FEET

Determines the octave setting of the voice . PRE. (Preset) is the original (factory) setting; 4' is the highest and 16' is the lowest.

Settings: PRE., 4', 8', 16'

By using different Feet

settings in the Lower and Upper keyboards, you can duplicate the wide octave range of many instruments. For example, with both the Lower and Upper keyboards set to the Piano voice and Feet set to appropriate values, you can play the voice nearly over the full range of a grand piano.

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●Symphonic/Celeste

<SYMPHONIC> „Symphonic ŒCeleste

Use these buttons to select Symphonic or Celeste.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

<LEAD> ¡2 FEET=PRE. SYM.=PRE.

PAGE

PRE. OFF ON

Selects next setting.

Selects previous setting.

3 Voice Controls and Effects

Symphonic simulates the effect of a large ensemb le, while Celeste creates the effect of a gradually expanding sound.

Symphonic/Celeste function can be set separately to each of the voices.

1. Press the bottom right DATA CONTROL buttons to turn

the SYM. (Symphonic) ON in the Voice Condition – Page 2.

2. Press the SYMPHONIC button in the DISPLAY SELECT

section to select either Symphonic or Celeste.

The Symphonic menu is display ed on the LCD display. Press the bottom DAT A CONTROL buttons to switch betw een Symphonic and Celeste.

Symphonic/Celeste can be

selected by each voice, however, both of them cannot be applied at a time.

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●Vibrato

<LEAD>VIB. DELAY=0¡4 DEPTH=0 SPEED=0

PAGE

<LEAD> ¡3 „USER VIB.

Press either of these buttons to turn on User Vibrato.

<LEAD> ¡3 ŒUSER VIB.

PAGE

3 Voice Controls and Effects

Vibrato is an effect that periodically, or regularly, varies the pitch of a voice for a quavering sound. Used properly, it can make a voice sound richer and more natural.

Press the PAGE buttons to select page 3.

Voice Condition – Page 3

1. Turn on USER VIB. (User Vibrato) in the Voice

Condition – Page 3.

When this is turned on, you can adjust the vibrato settings: Delay, Depth and Speed for Lead voices, and Depth for Upper/Lower voices.

The Delay, Depth and Speed settings are set in the next page, Voice Condition – Page 4. The Delay, Depth and Speed settings are not displayed and cannot be adjusted unless USER VIB. has been turned on in this setting.

2. Call up the Voice Condition – Page 4 by pressing the

PAGE buttons.

Voice Condition - Page 4

Lead Voice

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Upper Keyboard Voice

<LEAD>VIB ¡4 PRESET VIBRATO

Delay

Vibrato Controls

Speed

Depth

Key On

<LEAD>VIB ¡4 DEPTH=0

PAGE

3 Voice Controls and Effects

! Delay (Lead Voice only)

Determines the amount of time that elapses between the playing of a ke y and the start of the vibrato effect (see diagram). Higher settings increase the delay of the vibrato onset. Range: 0 – 7

" Depth

Determines the intensity of the vibrato effect (see diagram). Higher settings result in a more pronounced vibrato. Range: 0 – 7

# Speed (Lead Voice only)

Determines the speed of the vibrato effect (see diagram). Range: 0 – 7

The following diagr am graphically shows the vibrato effect and its related controls.

Vibrato Controls

3. Select the setting of USER.VIB by using either of the

PAGE buttons, as indicated in the illustration of Step #2.

If User Vibrato has not been turned on, the following display appears when Page 4 is selected.

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2. Selecting from the Panel Buttons

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

UPPER

(KNEE)

LOWER

(KNEE)

PEDAL

SUSTAIN

MAX

MIN

REVERB

●Reverb

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

To adjust the reverb effect:

Press one of the REVERB buttons, located at the far left of the panel.

These controls determine the depth of the reverb eff ect. There are seven settings, from a minimum of 0, or no reverb, to the maximum.

●Sustain

Sustain is selectable for the Upper, Lower and Pedal voices and makes the sound gradually fade out when the keys are released. The sustain on/off and sustain length settings are independent for each keyboard, providing maximum expressiv e control.

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

1. Press either of the buttons in the SUSTAIN section.

The lamp of the button pressed lights up to indicate that sustain is on. Press the button again to turn sustain off. The Sustain display appears on the LCD displa y.

Sustain cannot be applied to the Lead voices.

If knee lever control of the

Upper or Lower sustain has been turned on, pressing the Upper or Lower buttons here will not add sustain unless the knee lever is pushed. (See page 52.)

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.

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

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

2. Determines the length of sustain applied to each

voice section by using each of the DATA CONTROL buttons.

The display shows the current sustain length values for each voice section. Increasing valuesmakes sustain more effectively. Range:0 –12.

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March Country Broadway

Press either of these DATA CONTROL buttons that correspond to Broadway on the display.

Country Broadway

March

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

ROCK

MAX

MIN

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The Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play various rhythm patterns. Automatic Accompaniment functions are used with the rhythm patterns, pro viding appropriate and completely automatic accompaniment to match the style of the rhythm pattern selected. Moreover, the Electone has a Keyboard Percussion feature that allows you to play drum and percussion sounds from the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

1. Selecting Rhythm Patterns from the Panel

Ten different rhythm menus in various styles can be instantly selected from the front panel. The Electone has additional "hidden" rhythm patterns, however. A total of 24 rhythm patterns are available, and can be selected by using combination of the RHYTHM buttons and the LCD display.

To select and play a rhythm pattern:

1. Choose a rhythm pattern by pressing one of the

RHYTHM buttons on the panel.

The first character of the selected rhythm pattern's name flashes on the LCD display. (Refer to the Rhythm Menu list on page 38 for selecting a rhythm pattern.)

2. Press the DATA CONTROL buttons to select a rhythm

pattern from the Rhythm menu.

From the example display shown belo w, select Broadway.

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3. Set the volume.

BAR/BEAT

BAR

BEAT

TEMPO

SYNCHRO

START

RHYTHM

FILL IN

INTRO.

ENDING

Press the VOLUME controls to the right of the RHYTHM buttons to set the desired level of the rhythm.

The controls have seven volume settings , from a minimum of 0, or no sound, to a maximum of full volume.

Fine adjustments in the volume of the rhythm pattern can also be made from the Rhythm Condition page (see page 35.).

4. Turn the rhythm on. You can use one of three buttons

to turn on the rhythm:

When the Electone is turned on, the rhythm volume is

automatically set to 0.

! 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.

" SYNCHRO START

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

# INTRO. ENDING INTRO .

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

While the introduction is playing, the TEMPO displa y shows the countdown to the first measure of the pattern.

The left footswitch can also be

used to turn the rhythm off and on in the middle of a song. (To assign the footswitch for rhythm control, see page 51.)

ABOUT SYNCHRO START:

The Synchro Start feature functions quite differently when Auto Bass Chord is turned on and Accompaniment Memory is turned off. The rhythm pattern 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 A.B.C. section, page 40, for details on Auto Bass Chord and Memory.)

The EL-27 does not sound by

playing the Lower Keyboard while the introduction is played back.

ENDING

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

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.

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5. Set the tempo by turning the TEMPO dial below the

BAR/BEAT

TEMPO

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.

BAR/BEAT

BAR

BEAT

TEMPO

Slower Faster

RHYTHM section.

! TEMPO Dial

For adjusting the speed of the rh ythm. Turn the dial clockwise to increase the tempo, and counter-cloc kwise to decrease it.

" TEMPO Display

/ BAR/BEAT Display

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

When the rhythm pattern begins playing, the TEMPO display changes function to a BAR/BEAT display.

# BAR/BEAT Indicator

The BAR/BEAT indicator flashes to the first beat of every measure.

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Fill In Patterns

SYNCHRO

START

RHYTHM

FILL IN

INTRO.

ENDING

Fill In patterns are designed to be used as temporary and regular rhythmic breaks to spice up a repeating rhythm pattern.

To use the Fill In patterns:

USING A FILL IN FOR THE

1. Select and play a rhythm pattern.

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.

2. As you play the Electone along with the rhythm

pattern, occasionally press the FILL IN button.

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

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.

The left footswitch can also

be used to apply the Fill In or Ending. (See page 52.)

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2. Auto Variation and Rhythm Volume

<RHYTHM> ¡1 ŒAUTO VARI. VOL.=0

Decreases the volume.

These buttons turn the Auto Variation function on and off.

Increases the volume.

MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW

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MAX

MIN

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RHYTHM

SEQ.

These two settings are controlled from each rhythm's Rhythm Condition pages. There are three Rhythm Condition pages.

To select the Rhythm Condition pages:

Choose a rhythm pattern, and press that pattern's panel button again. (The button should be pressed only once if the Rhythm display has already been called up; otherwise press the button twice.)

Rhythm Condition Page appears on the LCD as below.

Rhythm Condition – Page 1

! AUTO VARI. (Auto Variation)

The Auto Variation function lets you set pattern variations to be played automatically. When set to on, Auto Variation automatically substitutes additional pattern variations to make the rhythm more interesting and complex.

" VOL. (Volume)

Fine adjustment of the overall volume of the rhythm patterns and Keyboard Percussion (see page 43 on the Keyboard Percussion.). Range: 0 – 24

The Auto Variation function is

not applied to some of the

rhythm patterns.

Rhythm Condition Pages 2

and 3 are described later in

this section. (See pages 39 and 40.)

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3. Selecting Rhythms from the Dotted Buttons

Swing ¡3 J.Ballad Dixie

PAGE

Country Broadway

March ¡1

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The Rhythm section also has, like the voice sections, dotted buttons from which rhythm patterns can be selected. These dotted buttons function as "wild card" rhythm pattern selectors; any of the rhythm patterns available from the panel b uttons or from the pattern displa ys can be selected from these buttons.

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

To select a rhythm pattern from a dotted button:

1. Press one of the dotted buttons on the right side of

the RHYTHM section.

Select the Dixie in the Swing Page for example.

Page 1 of the RHYTHM menu appears on the display.

2. Select one of the pages with the PAGE buttons.

3. Select one of the rhythms by pressing one of the

appropriate (bottom right) DATA CONTROL buttons.

You can directly go to the

Rhythm page by pressing the appropriate RHYTHM button while holding down the dotted buttons.

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User Rhythm Pages:

USER1-A USER1-B ¡U1 USER1-C USER1-D

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You will find the User Rhythm P ages (8 in total) in the Rhythm Menu. You can call up and use the User Rhythm Patterns created with other Electones such as EL-37.

1. First, create a user rhythm with the EL-37, register it

in one of the user rhythm number, and record it as a part of the registration to a floppy disk.

2. Insert the floppy disk into the EL-27's M.D.R. slot. Call

up the registration, to load the user rhythm to the corresponding user rhythm number.

3. Select the user rhythm by using the dotted button.

When you turn off and turn on the Electone again, the

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

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4. Rhythm Menus

Country Broadway

March ¡1

Beguine Mambo

Cha-cha Rhumba ¡7

J.Waltz

Waltz ¡2

Bossa.

Samba ¡8

J.Ballad Dixie

Swing ¡3

D.Pop

8Beat ¡9

Reggae

Bounce ¡4

Funk

16Beat ¡10

S.Rock1 S.Rock2 ¡5

USER1-C USER1-D

USER1-A USER1-B ¡U1

Tango1 Tango2 ¡6

USER8-C USER8-D

USER8-A USER8-B ¡U8

This chart lists all 24 rhythm patterns available on the Electone. The n umbers in the chart correspond to the page numbers shown in the display.

Some of the rhythm names are abbreviated (e.g., J. Waltz for Jazz Waltz).

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5. Accompaniment Controls

<ACCOMPANIMENT> ¡2 TYPE=1 VOL.=0

PAGE

Increases volume.

Decreases volume.

Sets volume to maximum value.

Sets volume to minimum value.

Select the Accompaniment type.

<RHYTHM> ¡1 ŒAUTO VARI. VOL.=0

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The Accompaniment function here is independent of the A.B.C. accompaniment and works with the Rhythm section to automatically add arpeggiated chords and other instrumental embellishments. The Accompaniment controls include the setting of the Accompaniment type and its volume.

To select the Accompaniment controls in the Rhythm Condition pages:

1. Press any one of the RHYTHM buttons on the panel

twice.

2. Once the Rhythm Condition Page 1 display has been

called up, use the PAGE buttons to select Page 2.

Rhythm Condition – Page 2

! TYPE=1, 2, 3, 4

These settings provide four different types of rhythmic and melodic accompaniment, and become more complex according to the type number (Type 1 is the simplest, Type 4 the most complex).

" VOL. (Volume)

Determines the volume of the Accompaniment. The Accompaniment can be turned off by setting this parameter to the minimum value. Range: 0 – 24

3. Turn on the rhythm by pressing the START button and

play on the Lower Keyboard.

The rhythmic or arpeggiated chords will be automatically added to the original chords you play on the Low er keyboard.

Even if the Accompaniment

Type is changed, the Intro/Ending pattern remains the same.

When turning the Electone on,

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

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6. Automatic Accompaniment – Auto Bass Chord

<ABC> <MEMORY> ¡1 Fingered „L ŒP

OFF Single Fingered Custom

Turns the Pedalboard Memory (P) on and off.

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

These buttons correspond to the bottom left of the LCD and let you step through the various A.B.C. modes.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

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. Depending on the feature or mode selected, y ou can play anything from a single note to a full chord on the Lo wer keyboard and hear complete, rhythmical bass and chord accompaniment.

There are three Auto Bass Chord modes – Single Finger, Fingered Chord and Custom A.B.C.– and they are selected from either Rhythm Condition Page 3 or the A.B .C./M.O.C. button (page) in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

To select the A.B.C. function:

1. Press the A.B.C./M.O.C. button. (Or press any of the

RHYTHM buttons twice to call up the Rhythm Condition pages, then use the PAGE buttons to select Page 3, the A.B.C./MEMORY page.)

A.B.C. function for the Pedal

voice does not work when the To Lower in the Pedal voice section is turned on.

A.B.C./MEMORY Page

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Auto Bass Chord

! Mode: Off, Single, Fingered, Custom

Off

Cancels the Auto Bass Chord function.

Single (Single Finger mode)

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

Refer to the chart in page 42, "Chords Recognized in the Single Finger Mode," for details on playing chords in this mode.

Fingered (Fingered Chord mode)

The Fingered Chord mode automatically produces bass and chord accompaniment for chords pla yed in the Lower ke yboard. 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 and rhythmic accents.

Refer to the chart in page 42, "Chords Recognized in the Fingered Chord Mode," for details on playing chords in this mode.

Custom (Custom A.B.C. mode)

The Custom A.B.C. mode is a slight variation on the Fingered Chord mode. It allows you to determine what bass notes will be play ed in the accompaniment by playing a note on the Pedalboard along with the chords you play in the Lower keyboard. In this way, you have greater control over the actual notes of the accompaniment and the freedom to use a wider variety of chords and voicings, yet are still able to take adv antage of the automatic accompaniment capabilities of the Auto Bass Chord feature.

MEMORY

" Memory

The Memory function allows you to have the bass and chord accompaniment continue even after you release your fingers from the keyboard. Independent Memory settings are available for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard, making it possible, for example, to have the bass continue with the rhythm while the chord accompaniment "rests." The Memory function can also be used independently from the A.B.C. feature.

The bottom right DATA CONTROL button pair is used to control the Memory function. The left button corresponds to the Lower keyboard, and the right button corresponds to the Pedalboard.

L (Lower)

When Lower is set to on (solid box), the chord accompaniment of the Lower Keyboard voices continues to play even after you release your fingers from the Lower ke yboard.

P (Pedal)

When Pedal is set to on (solid box), the bass accompaniment of the Pedalboard voices continues to play even after you release your fingers from the Lower ke yboard.

Pedalboard does not sound in

the Single Finger or Fingered

mode.

When you start playing the

rhythm using the SYNCRO START button with Auto Bass Chord ON and Memory OFF and release your fingers from the keyboard, the rhythm pattern also stops.

The Pedal Voice remains

sounding even if you release your fingers from the keyboard in the Single Finger or Fingered Chord mode.

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Chords Recognized in the Single Finger Mode (Key of C)

C Cm C7 Cm7 Cmaj7

Cm maj7 C+5 C7+5

Cdim C7sus4

C-5Cm7-5 C7-5 C6 Cm6

Cm7

FGABCDE

GAB DE

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

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.

Minor, 7th and minor 7th

chords with black key roots (such as B♭or G♭) are played in the same way as those with white key roots.

With Single Finger, the chord

produced will sound in the same octave regardless of where it is played on the Lower keyboard.

Chords Recognized in the Fingered Chord Mode (Key of C)

PLAYING SINGLE FINGER CHORDS WITHOUT RHYTHM:

Auto Bass Chord is generally used with rhythm patterns to create full rhythmic accompaniment, but it can also be used in the Single Finger mode to add full continuous chords to your perf ormance without the use of the rhythm. Simply leave the rhythm off in Single Finger mode, and play Single Finger chords from the Lower keyboard.

If you forget to cancel the

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

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7. Keyboard Percussion

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The various drum and percussion sounds (a total of 43 available) have been assigned to the Lower keyboard and pedalboard for you to play.

To play the Keyboard Percussion sounds :

1. Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by

pressing either or both the LOWER and PEDAL buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section.

2. Set the volume.

The volume of the percussion sounds is set together with that of the rh ythm by using the V OLUME controls in the Rhythm section. Set the volume to the desired level.

3. Turn off all the Lower and Pedal voices by setting

each voice's volume to MIN.

4. Play some notes on the Lower keyboard and

Pedalboard. The various percussion sounds have been assigned to the keyboards as shown in the charts on page 44.

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Hand Clap

Agogo High

Agogo Low

Wood Block High

Wood Block Low

Cowbell

Triangle Open

Triangle Closed

Snare Drum Roll

Orchestra Snare Drum

Tom 1

Tom 2

Tom 3

Snare Brush Shot

Snare Brush Roll

Synth. Tom 1

Synth. Tom 2

Synth. Tom 3

Claves

Shaker

Cuica High

Cuica Low

Bongo High

Bongo Low

Conga High

Conga Low

Timbale High

Timbale Low

Castanet

Tambourine

Orchestra Cymbal 2

Orchestra Cymbal 1

Crash Cymbal

Ride Cymbal

Hi-hat Open

Hi-hat Closed

Snare Drum Rim

Snare Drum Light

Snare Drum Reverb

Snare Drum Heavy

Bass Drum Light

Bass Drum Heavy

Concert Bass Drum

Synth. Tom 1

Synth. Tom 2

Synth. Tom 3

Tom 1

Tom 2

Tom 3

Snare Brush Shot

Snare Brush Roll

Orchestra Cymbal 1

Crash Cymbal

Ride Cymbal

Hi-hat Open

Hi-hat Closed

Snare Drum Rim

Snare Drum Light

Snare Drum Reverb

Snare Drum Heavy

Bass Drum Heavy

Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard

Percussion Assignments for the Pedalboard

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8. Melody On Chord

<MOC> ¡2 OFF „KNEE

OFF MOC TYPE1 MOC TYPE2 MOC TYPE3

KNEE lever function on/off

PAGE

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

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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 the A.B .C. Automatic Accompaniment.

Melody On Chord has three different types, each pro viding a different set of harmonies to accompany the melody played. The Melody On Chord feature is selected from the A.B.C./M.O.C. page.

To select the M.O.C. function:

Press the A.B.C./M.O.C. button in the DISPLAY SELECT section and PAGE buttons to call up P age 2.

! Type OFF

Cancels the Melody On Chord function.

M.O.C. Type 1

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

M.O.C. Type 2

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

M.O.C. Type 3

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

" KNEE

On/off switch f or knee lever control over Melody On Chord operation. When this is on, pressing the knee lever to the right activates the Melody On Chord function. (Refer to Knee Le ver Control, page 53.)

M.O.C. function does not work

effectively when the Upper keyboard voice volume is too small; increase it.

M.O.C. function still works

even when you release fingers from the Lower keyboard, if the rhythm is playing while the Lower Memory function is set to on.

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About the User Rhythm Sequence:

SYNCHRO

START

RHYTHM

FILL IN

INTRO.

ENDING

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The EL-27 can read the user rhythm sequence data created by the other Electones such as EL-37 and play back the sequence data.

To read and play back the rh ythm sequence data:

1. Create the rhythm sequence data with the EL-37

and save them to a floppy disk as a part of the registration data.

2. Insert the floppy disk into the M.D.R. slot of the

EL-27. Call up the registration, to load the data onto the SEQ.1-4 buttons of the EL-27.

If you have loaded the rhythm

sequence data to all four SEQ. buttons and the SEQ. buttons are all turned on, the EL-27 will play back the sequences automatically from the lowest numbered button in the numerical order to the highest numbered button.

3. Press the appropriate SEQ. button.

4. Press the START button to start playing back the

rhythm sequences.

About the SEQ.1-4 buttons:

Each SEQ. button is assigned with the following rhythm patterns as the default.

SEQ.1 Metronome SEQ.2 2/4 pattern SEQ.3 3/4 pattern SEQ.4 4/4 pattern

If you once read the external rhythm sequence data, the above settings for each SEQ. button will be overwritten and lost. If you want to return to the default setting, perform the Power On Reset operation described on page 49.

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

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

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5 Registration Memory

M. 1234 5 D.

While holding down M. button...

...press desired numbered button.

Registration Memory allows you to store virtually all the settings you make on the panel and with the 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.

Virtually all of the front panel settings and the functions and settings accessible from display pages, such as effects and accompaniment, can be memorized to Registration Memory.

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 disk for future recall.

To store registrations to the Registration Memory:

1. After creating your original registration, decide

which numbered button (1–5) you wish to store.

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

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

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

The following functions and

settings cannot be memorized:

●Pitch/Transpose settings

●Registration Shift settings

●MIDI settings

●D. (Disable) button condition

●Rhythm playback condition

●SEQ. (Sequence) button condition

To select registrations from Registration Memory:

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.

The following settings are

disabled, or fixed by the D.

(Disable) button:

●Rhythm pattern

●Rhythm condition (including the

Rhythm Volume and Accompaniment)

●Tempo

●Accompaniment features

(A.B.C./M.O.C.)

When the Electone is turned

on, the Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected, as well as the Disable function is canceled.

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Right footswitch

2. Registration Shift

<REGIST SHIFT> ŒOFF „SHIFT ŒUSER

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

5 Registration Memory

The Registration Shift function allows you to change registrations, all the settings you make on the panel and LCD, without taking your hands from the keyboards. By using the right footswitch on the expression pedal, you can step through the panel registrations in sequence.

To select the Registration Shift functions:

1. Press the REGIST. SHIFT button in the DISPLAY SELECT

section.

The REGIST SHIFT Page appears on the LCD.

2. Select SHIFT on the display by pressing any one of

the bottom DATA CONTROL buttons.

! OFF

Turns off the Registration function.

" SHIFT

Selects the SHIFT mode. Each press of the right foots witch selects the Registration Memory buttons in their numerical order. After the last preset is reached, the function "wraps around" to select the first button again.

3. Press the right footswitch.

Each press of the right footswitch selects the Registration Memory buttons in their numerical order.

# USER

Selects the User Registration Shift mode. Description in details of this function follows in page 49.

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About the User Registration shift:

<REGIST SHIFT> ¡DISP T12314545454541 •••E

Moves the cursor. one step to the left.

Cursor

Moves the cursor to E (End).

Moves the cursor to T (Top).

Moves the cursor. one step to the right.

Moves the cursor to E (End).

Moves the cursor to T (Top).

5 Registration Memory

POWER

The USER mode lets you use the User Registration Shift settings created by the other types of Electones, such as EL-37.

1. Create the User Registration Shift data with the EL-37

and save it to a floppy disk as a part of the registration data.

2. Insert the floppy disk into the M.D.R. slot of the EL-27.

Call up the registration, to load the data to the USER.

3. Select USER in the Registration Shift Page.

In the USER mode, each press of the right foots witch selects registrations according to the predetermined order. The current position is indicated by the cursor, which can be moved along the registration row.

The registration numbers

higher than 6, set by the other Electones, will be displayed by "X" to indicate the numbers are ineffective.

Resetting the Registration Memory Buttons (Power On Reset):

All current data including the registrations can be deleted at once by using the Power On Reset function.

To do this:

1. Turn off the Electone.

2. While holding down the top left DATA CONTROL

button, turn the power back on.

Be careful when using this operation, since it erases all your existing data. Always sa ve your important data toa floppy disk using M.D .R. (See page58.)

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Restoring the Panel Settings:

M. 12 34 5 D.

POWER

5 Registration Memory

To do this:

1. Turn the Electone back on.

2. While being careful NOT to press any panel buttons

(excepting those in Basic Registration), hold down the M. (Memory) button and press the D. (Disable) button.

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6 Footswitches and Knee Lever

<FOOT SW>MODE:OFF

Use any of these top DATA CONTROL buttons to select the footswitch mode.

OFF RHYTHM

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

Right footswitch

Left footswitch

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

Footswitch Control

The Electone has two footswitches on the expression pedal that can be used to control various functions. The right footswitch is used for the Registration Shift functions (see page 48). The left footswitch can be set to control one of the following functions: Rhythm stop, rhythm ending, and rhythm Fill In. Assignments of the functions are made in the Foots witch pages.

To select the Footswitch pages:

Press the FOOT SW. button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

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6 Footswitches and Knee Lever

Two modes are available: OFF and RHYTHM. Select the desired mode

UPPER

(KNEE)

LOWER

(KNEE)

PEDAL

SUSTAIN

<FOOT SW>MODE:RHYTHM „STOP ŒENDING ŒFILL

Use any of these bottom DATA CONTROL buttons to select three settings, STOP, ENDING or FILL.

with the top right or top left DATA CONTROL buttons.

Off

Cancels left foots witch control.

Rhythm Mode

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

Select one of the three Rhythm Control functions from this displa y. Pressing the left foots witch executes the corresponding function.

! STOP

Functions as an off/on switch f or the rhythm pattern in the middle of rhythm playback.

" ENDING

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

# FILL (Fill In)

Switches the rhythm to the Fill In pattern.

Knee Lever

The knee lever, located on the underside of the keyboard panel, can be used to turn one of the following functions on and off: The Sustain effect or Melody On Chord.

●Sustain

To select knee lever control over Sustain:

1. Make sure that the Upper and/or Lower Sustain

effect panel controls have been turned on; otherwise, the Knee Lever function will have no effect.

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6 Footswitches and Knee Lever

2. Fold the knee lever down.

<MOC> ¡2 MOC TYPE1 „KNEE

PAGE

Set KNEE control to ON by pressing these DATA CONTROL buttons.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C. M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

OFF

3. Press the knee lever to the right with your knee

when you want to have sustain.

When the knee lever is folded up:

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

When the knee lever is vertical:

The sustain effect is cancelled.

When the knee lever is continuously pressed to the right:

The sustain effect is on.

●Melody On Chord

To select knee lever control over Melody On Chord:

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

section.

2. Select Page 2 (M.O.C.) by pressing the PAGE buttons,

and select one of the modes, then set KNEE control to ON by pressing the bottom right DATA CONTROL buttons.

3. Press the knee lever to the right when you want to

add the Melody On Chord feature.

If the KNEE is set to ON, the

Melody On Chord cannot be applied without using the Knee Lever.

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7 Pitch Controls

<TRANS.> <PITCH> ¡1 0 A=440.0Hz

Increases the Transpose value.

Decreases the Transpose value.

Increases the Pitch value.

Decreases the Pitch value.

FOOT

SW.

REGIST.

VOICE

DISPLAY

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

REGIST.

SHIFT

PITCH

MIDI

DISPLAY SELECT

SYMPHO-

NIC

There are two pitch-related controls on the Electone: Transpose and Pitch. Transpose allows you to change the key of the instrument and Pitch lets you finely adjust the tuning. These features make it easy to change the key of a song to accommodate a vocalist's range or to precisely match the tuning of another instrument. The Pitch controls are located on the TRANS. PITCH page.

To select the TRANS. PITCH page (Page 1):

Press the PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

The display below appears on the LCD.

! TRANS. (Transpose)

Determines the coarse pitch setting of all the voices, and is adjustable in half-steps (semitones). Range: -6 – +6 (one octave)

" PITCH

Determines the fine pitch setting of all the voices.Range:438.8Hz–444.5Hz

When you change the Pitch

and turn the Electone off then on again, the Transpose/Pitch isreset to the factory setting value of 0/440.0 Hz.

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8 Music Disk Recorder

Floppy disk insertion slot

LED (Lamp in-use) Eject button

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

Precautions

Be sure to handle floppy disks and treat the disk drive with care . Follow the important precautions below.

Compatible Disk Type

3.5" 2DD and 2HD type floppy disks can be used. A blank 2DD floppy disk has been included with your Electone for you to record your performances.

Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks

 To insert a floppy disk into the disk drive:

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

■ To eject a floppy disk:

Before ejecting the disk, be sure to confirm

that the M.D.R. is stopped (check if the LED above the STOP button in the M.D.R. section is lit and the LED below the disk slot is off).

Press the eject button slowly as far as it will go; the disk will automatically pop out. When the disk is fully ejected, carefully remove it by hand.

Never attempt to remove the disk or turn the

power off during recording, reading and playing back. Doing so can damage the disk and possibly the disk drive.

If the eject button is pressed too quickly, or if

it is not pressed in as far as it will go, the disk may not eject properly. The eject button may become stuck in a half-pressed position with the disk extending from the drive slot by only a f ew millimeters. If this happens, do not attempt to pull out the partially ejected disk, since using force in this situation can damage the disk drive mechanism or the floppy disk. To remove a partially ejected disk, try pressing the eject button once again, or push the disk back into the slot and then repeat the eject procedure.

Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the

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

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Cleaning the Disk Drive

 Protect Off

(tab closed: unlocked)

Protect On

(tab open: locked)

Rear side

Shutter

Write-protect tab

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Read/Write Head

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

● To maintain the disk drive in optimum working order Yamaha recommends that you use a commercially-available dry-type head cleaning disk to clean the head about once a month. Ask your Yamaha dealer about the availability of proper head-cleaning disks.

Never insert anything but floppy disks into

the disk drive. Other objects may cause damage to the disk drive or floppy disks.

About the Floppy Disks

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

To prevent accidental erasure of important data, slide the disk's write-protect tab to the "protect" position (tab open). If you attempt to modify the disk when the write-protect tab is set to "on" position, "Prot (Protected)" will appear on the LED display in the M.D.R. section indicating that the operation is not possible.

■ To handle floppy disks with care:

Do not place heavy objects on a disk or

bend or apply pressure to the disk in any way. Always k eep floppy disks in their protective cases when they are not in use .

Do not expose the disk to direct sunlight,

extremely high or low temperatures, or excessive humidity, dust or liquids.

Do not open the sliding shutter and touch

the exposed surf ace of the floppy disk inside.

Do not expose the disk to magnetic fields,

such as those produced by televisions, speakers, motors, etc., since magnetic fields can partially or completely erase data on the disk, rendering it unreadable.

Never use a floppy disk with a deformed

shutter or housing.

Do not attach anything other than the

provided labels to a floppy disk. Also make sure that labels are attached in the proper location.

Be aware that the M.D.R. and the EL-27 are connected via

MIDI In/Out jacks on the right underside of the Electone keyboard. If you disconnect the cables from the MIDI In/Out jacks, the M.D.R. function will be disabled.

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Formatting a Disk

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

----

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

160

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

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

To format a disk:

1. Put the disk, label facing up, into the

disk drive (insertion slot).

"Fort" will appear on the LED display indicating that the inserted disk reguires to be formatted.

2. While holding down the SHIFT button,

press the FORMAT button.

This step puts the format operation on stand-by, indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the flashing LED above the FORMAT button.

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

disk after this step, press the STOP button.

3. Press the FORMAT button again to

begin formatting.

The LED above the FORMAT button stays lit. The number "160" appears on the LED display and counts down to "001" as the disk is being formatted. When formatting is completed, operation returns to the original STOP status.

About SHIFT button:

You will find the SHIFT button (printed in green) at the top right side of the M.D.R. section. Some buttons in the M.D.R. section have dual functions: the first function is printed in white above each button; the second function is printed in green below each button. The SHIFT button is used to select the second functions by pressing each function button while holding down the SHIFT.

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Recording

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

8 Music Disk Recorder

(1) To record a song:

1. Set the desired registrations on the

Electone.

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

2. Put a formatted disk into the disk slot.

3. Use the SONG SELECT (F,G) buttons to

select the song number for recording.

4. Press the RECORD button.

The RECORD lamp lights up and the PLAY and CUSTOM PLAY lamps begins blinking, indicating that the Music Disk Recorder is ready to record.

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

5. Press the PLAY button.

The PLAY lamp lights up and small bars flash across the LED display from left to right, indicating that the M.D.R. is reading the registrations and other settings.

If the selected song number already contains

recorded data, small bars ("--") appear at the left part of LED display and flash along with the song number, warning you that the selected song number already contains recorded data. If you want to execute recording operation over the song number, press the RECORD button again. If you don't want, select another song number for recording or press the STOP button to cancel recording.

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6. After numbers appear on the LED

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

622

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

rE01

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

display of the M.D.R., begin playing.

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

If you make a mistake during recording:

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

running.

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

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

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

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

The short time it takes to set up for recording is

recorded as well, causing a short pause before

playback of the song.

7. When you finish playing, press the

STOP button.

After the small bars flash to draw a square on the LED display to indicate the processing f or stop, both the RECORD and PLAY lamps go out, and recording is stopped.

8. To hear your newly recorded

performance, press the PLAY button.

Playback will begin after a couple of seconds. For more information on playback and other playback-related functions, see page 65.

When the available memory reaches "008" or

less, the numbers begin flashing to warn you. If this happens, stop recording before the display reaches "000."

Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive after the STOP lamp lights up.

Never attempt to press the eject button or turn the power off during recording, reading

and playing back. Doing so can damage the disk and possibly the disk drive. Be sure to remove the floppy disk from the disk drive before turning off the power.

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Outline of M.D.R. Operation

8 Music Disk Recorder

Though the M.D.R. is as easy to operate as a cassette tape recorder, it is far move versatile. Since it records all Electone settings and control movements as well as the notes you play as digital data, it allows you much more flexibility and control than even the most sophisticated tape recorder. Basically, the M.D.R. independently records the following three types of data:

1)Registration data (including Bulk data)

All registrations stored to the Registration Memory numbered buttons as well as the registration currently set to the panel, are recorded at the beginning of a song, before the actual recording of your performance. Bulk data is also saved to the song with the Registration data. Bulk data includes: Registration Shift settings, Rhythm Pattern (User rhythms), Rhythm Sequence data and User voices.

2)Performance data

The M.D.R. records your performance on the keyboards and pedalboard of the Electone exactly as you play it, even recording the strength at which you play the keys and how hard you press them down while playing. The various types of performance data-Upper, Lower, Pedal and Lead-are recorded to independent "tracks," so that you can change any one of them without affecting the others.

3)Control data

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

(2) To record each part separately:

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

1. Set up the M.D.R. for recording, as you

did in the section above.

The first steps in recording parts separately are the same as for normal recording on page 58:

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

2)Insert a formatted disk.

3)Select the song number to which you will record your performance.

4)Press the RECORD button to make the Music Disk Recorder ready to record.

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8 Music Disk Recorder

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

SHIFT

RECORD

PLAY

(K.PERC.) (K.PERC.)

PAUSE

REM.MEM.

2. Select the parts for recording.

Pressing the RECORD in the procedure 1) – 4) above turns on the all parts' LEDs in the upper left row indicating that each part is ready to record.

Press the RECORD buttons for each part in the upper left row to turn off the parts you don't want to record. For this e xample, press RECORD/UPPER. The PLAY/UPPER lamp in the upper right row lights up.

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

RECORD/LOWER – Records the performance data of the Lower ke yboard when turned on.

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

RECORD/CONTROL – Records the Control data (see Outline of M.D.R. Operation above)when turned on.

The LED lamps above the b uttons indicate the record status of the parts. This example operation disab les recording of the Upper part.

Separate recording for Keyboard Percussion part:

Hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press the RECORD/PEDAL button in the top row in the procedure #2. above. The shaded button (indicated in the illustration at right) functions as Keyboard Percussion selector in the record mode. RECORD/K.PERC. – Records the performance data of Keyboard Percussion when turned on. (Keyboard Percussion can be recorded and played independent of the Rhythm patterns.) Holding down the SHIFT button in the record condition lets you select these "hidden" functions. The lamps above each button will also change to indicate the status of SHIFTselected parts.

3. Press the PLAY button, and start

playing after numbers appear in the display.

For this e xample, play the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

If you don't record the Keyboard Percussion part separately, the Keyboard Percussion part will be

recorded as the Lower/Pedal data.

4. Press the STOP button when you are

finished with your performance to stop recording. Now that you've recorded the first parts of your performance.

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5. Press the RECORD button to set up

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

--01

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

610

8 Music Disk Recorder

recording of the next part.

In this case, the song (number) contains the performance data of the Lower and Pedal in addition to the registration and setup data. The small bars ("––") appear at the left part of LED display and flash along with the song number, warning you that the selected song number already contains recorded data.

6. Press the RECORD button again to

record another part. (Upper part.)

The RECORD lamp lights up and the PLAY and CUSTOM PLAY lamps begin blinking, indicating that the Music Disk Recorder is ready to record.

7. Press the RECORD buttons for each part

in the upper left row to turn off the parts you have already recorded.

In this case, press RECORD/LOWER, RECORD/PEDAL and RECORD/CONTROL to turn off.

8. Press the CUSTOM PLAY button to start

recording of the new part or parts. (Upper part.)

Playback of the previously recorded parts starts immediately.

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

While you listen to the parts being played back, start playing the melody on the Upper keyboard.

When the end of the recorded performance is reached, playback is automatically stopped and the STOP status is resumed.

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

The length of a subsequently recorded part

cannot exceed the length of the previously recorded parts. If you want to change the song length, first delete the existing song (see Song Delete on page 71.) and record again.

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Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data)

8 Music Disk Recorder

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

You can also record registrations by themselves, without recording a performance. Bulk data, including Registration Memory and Registration Shift settings, Rhythm Pattern (User rhythms) and Rhythm Sequence data, and User voices, is also sa ved in the operation.

To record only the registrations and bulk data:

1. On the Electone, set the registrations

and all other data you wish to record.

2. Select the song number to which you

wish to record the registrations.

3. Press the RECORD button.

4. Press the PLAY button to record the

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

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

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Recalling Recorded Registrations (and Bulk Data)

8 Music Disk Recorder

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

The M.D.R. also makes it possible to use more than the 5 Registration Memory registrations in a performance – without having to alter the current panel settings. This would come in handy when performing sev er al songs in succession that use more than 5 registrations.

To do this:

1. First record the registrations you need

into several song numbers on the M.D.R. before the performance. (You should also try to record them in the order that you'll use them, if possible.)

2. During the performance, after all 5

registrations from a certain song number have been used, select the next song number and press the PLAY button on the M.D.R. This replaces all 5 registrations in Registration Memory with the new ones from the selected song number.

3. By repeating the above steps, you can

run through an entire performance without having to change the panel settings.

Replacing Registrations

The M.D.R. also lets you change the registrations of an existing song without changing the performance data.

The procedure is the same as that of Recording Registrations mentioned in the previous page .

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Playback

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

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CONTROL

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CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

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SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

00:05

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

(1) To play back a song:

1. Select the number of the song you wish

to play back by using the SONG SELECT buttons.

2. Press the PLAY button.

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

3. Playback of the song begins after the

Electone data is reset and the song time is shown on the M.D.R.'s display.

Playback automatically stops at the end of a song. You can, however, stop playback in the middle of a song by pressing the STOP b utton.

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

playback.

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(2) To play back the selected part(s):

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

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You can also play back the selected parts of your recorded performance, while other parts are temporarily turned off. This function is especially useful for pla ying a single part, such as the melody, over previously recorded accompaniment parts.

To select specific parts for playback:

1. Select the number of the song to be

played back.

2. Set the parts you wish to mute to OFF,

by pressing the appropriate PLAY button.

The LED of the selected part should be off. Make sure to turn on the parts you wish to play back.

3. Press the PLAY button.

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

4. Now perform your new part or parts

over the playback parts.

When the end of the recorded performance is reached, playback is automatically stopped and the STOP status is resumed.

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(3) To repeat playback of a song or songs:

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

00:01

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

00:01

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

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

1. Select the song number you wish to

play back.

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

2. Hold down the SHIFT button and

simultaneously press the SONG REPEAT button.

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

3. To repeatedly playback all songs

starting with the selected song: Press the PLAY button.

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

3. To repeatedly playback only the

selected song:

3.-1 Again hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press the SONG REPEAT button.

"SinG" appears on the LED display to indicate that a single song will be repeatedly played back.

3.-2 Press the PLAY button to begin playback of the song.

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

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Other Functions

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

00:00

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

110

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

00:01

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(1) Custom Play

If you want to pla y back the song without resetting the registrations and other data, press the CUSTOM PLAY button. This displays the song time and starts playbac k immediately.

(2) Pause

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

If you hold down the SHIFT and press CUSTOM PLAY, all data, except for that of Rhythm Pattern Program

and Rhythm Sequence, will be loaded and played back.

(3) Fast Forward and Fast Reverse

During playback, these buttons function as fast forward and fast re verse buttons, much like those of a tape recorder. Press [G] to advance to a later point in the song or press [F] to return to an earlier position. While either of these buttons is held down, playback stops and the song time is advanced or reversed accordingly. Hold down the button until the desired song time is shown. When the button is released, playback is paused. To resume playback from the point you've advanced or reversed to, press the PLAY button.

Fast Forward and Fast Reverse operate at five times

the normal playback speed.

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(4) Changing the Tempo

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

Indicates faster tempo

Indicates original tempo

Indicates slower tempo

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

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

To restore the original recording tempo of a song, hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press both TEMPO buttons.

When tempo is changed, the LED display indicates

the change as a percentage of the original recording tempo (100). Values less than 100 indicate a slower tempo; values greater than 100 indicate a faster tempo.

Tempo changes remain in effect even through

changes in song number. If you have changed the tempo in one song, you should perform the above step to restore the original tempo before playing another song. Turning the power switch off and on again also restores the original tempo.

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(5) Song Copy

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

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

To use the Song Copy function:

1. Select the song number to be copied

with the SONG SELECT buttons.

2. While holding down the SHIFT button,

press the SONG COPY FROM button.

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

If the specified song number has no recorded data,

the M.D.R. automatically searches for and selects the

next song that contains recorded data.

3. While holding down the SHIFT button,

press the SONG COPY TO button.

The M.D.R. automatically searches for an empty song number to copy the data to, and displays that number at the right side of the display. The RECORD lamp will start flashing indicating that the M.D.R. is ready to copy. If all songs numbers contain recorded data, "FULL" appears on the LED display. In this case, you should erase one of the songs on the disk by using the Song Delete function (see page 71.).

4. Use the SONG SELECT buttons to select a

destination song number for copying.

Follow this step if y ou wish to select a different destination song number than the one display ed. The M.D.R. will display only those song numbers that ha ve no data.

5. Press the RECORD button to execute the

Song Copy function.

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

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

The message "FULL" may appear when the available

memory is short.

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

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(6) Song Delete

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL

UPPER LOWER PEDAL

CONTROL SHIFT

SONG

REPEAT

FROM

SONG DEL.

PAUSE RECORD CUSTOM PLAY

FORMAT

STOP PLAY SONG SELECT

RECORD

PLAY

SONG COPY

TEMPO

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

dL04

SHIFT

PAUSE

RECORD

PLAY

540

(K.PERC.) (K.PERC.)

REM.MEM.

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

To use Song Delete:

1. Use the SONG SELECT buttons to select

the number of the song you wish to delete.

2. While holding down the SHIFT button,

press the SONG DEL. button.

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

3. Press the RECORD button to execute the

Song Delete function.

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

When the Song Delete function is completed, the STOP status is automatically resumed.

(7) Checking the Remaining Memory

While playback is stopped, you can check the amount of memory available for additional recording. To do this, simultaneously hold down the SHIFT button and the PAUSE button (indicated in the illustration at right as REM. MEM.: Remaining Memory). The maximum amount of memory is 620 for 2DD disks and 1240 for 2HD disks.

(8) Registration Menus and Voice Disks

The M.D.R. also allows you to select registrations and voices from disks. For more information about Registration Menus, see page 10; for more on Voice Disks, see page 72.

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

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Voice Disk (Optional)

<VOICE DISK> : [SAVE]

Selects next number.

Use these to save the voice (see next step).

Selects previous number.

Voice number Voice name

Jumps ahead ten numbers.

Jumps back ten numbers.

Select a Group...!!

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You can play these voices and save them to User memory for future recall.

To select voices from the disk and save them to User memory:

1. Insert the optional Voice Disk into the

Disk slot under the Music Disk Recorder.

The following display appears, prompting you to select the voice group (Upper, Lower, Lead or P edal).

2. Press one of the panel voice buttons in

the voice section in which you wish to use the new voice.

After you've pressed a panel voice button, the Voice Disk's voice name will appear on the LCD.

3. Select the desired voice by using the left

DATA CONTROL buttons.

Pressing the bottom left buttons steps through the voice numbers; pressing the top left buttons jumps ten numbers back or forw ard. The name of each voice appears on the display with the number.

Refer to the list included with your Voice Disk for voice names and numbers. You can audition the voices as you select them by playing them on the appropriate keyboard.

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4. To save the selected voice, press one of

Save To USER 3 [ OK ] [Cancel]

These select "Cancel"These select "OK"

To USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4

the right DATA CONTROL buttons corresponding to SAVE in the display.

The following display showing User voices 1–4 appears.

5. Select the User number to which you

wish to save the voice, and press the corresponding DATA CONTROL button.

6. The following display appears,

prompting you for confirmation of the operation. Select "OK" to actually assign the voice to the specific User number, or "CANCEL" to abort the operation.

When the voice has been assigned, a "Completed...!!" message appears.

(9) Copy Protect

Some of the Disks available for the Electone are purposely protected from being copied or erased. You cannot save the data to another floppy disk. If you try to load data from such a "copy-protected" disk to the Electone, a "Protected Disk" (Prxx) message will appear on the LED display. The data cannot be saved to the disk.

If you eject the Voice Disk from the M.D.R., the voice you assigned will be lost from the User number.

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Messages on the M.D.R. LED Display

No disk is installed. Install a disk.

1)The installed disk is write-protected, so the Record, Song Copy, and Song Delete jobs cannot be performed. Set the disk's Write-protect tab to OFF. (See page 56.)

2)If you are using a copy-protected playback-only disk, this message may appear when you attempt the Record, Song Copy, or Song Delete operations.

The installed disk is not formatted. Format the disk. (See page 57.)

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

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

None of the song numbers contain recorded data, so the Song Copy operation cannot be performed. Press the STOP button.

An error occurred because the disk was removed during recording or playback. Press the STOP button, and replace the disk, then start the operation over again.

The installed disk cannot be played back on the M.D.R.. Press the STOP button, then insert a compatible disk.

Recording cannot be performed because too much data was received at once. Press the STOP button.

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

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

You are trying to record to the song number which already contains recorded data. Select the other blank song number by pressing the SONG SELECT buttons. * "XX" indicates a song number (01 through 40).

When you insert the "copy-protected" disk to the Electone, this message will appear on the LED display. You cannot overwrite or save the changes. * "XX" indicates a song number (01 through 40).

In the case of Voice Disk operation, an incompatible Voice Disk has been inserted. Check if the MIDI cables are properly connected.

Display

Description of the Messages

XX *

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9 MIDI Controls

<MIDI OUT> ¡2 UPPER=CH1 LOWER=CH2

PAGE

CH1 CH4

These select the MIDI transmit channel for Upper keyboard.

CH2 CH5

These select the MIDI transmit channel for Lower keyboard.

MIDI

OUT

INOUT

IN OUT

EL-27

Synthesizer

Rhythm Machine

MIDI is an acronym that stands f or Musical Instrument Digital Interface, whic h allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each other, by sending and receiving MIDI messages.

On the right underside of the Electone keyboard you will find the MIDI IN/OUT jacks. If your Electone is connected with external devices via these MIDI jacks and appropriate MIDI settings are done, you can play an external MIDI device such as synthesizer from your Electone keyboard or your Electone can be played by an external device such as sequencer.

Setting Examples

1. Using MIDI OUT jack If a MIDI keyboard or tone generator is properl y connected:

Playing your Electone can cause the MIDI keyboard (or tone generator) to be played using its own voices, accomplishing thick sound layers. (The MIDI receive channel of the MIDI keyboard must match the transmit channel of your Electone.)

Various messages including the values how far the expression pedal is pressed down and how hard you play the Electone keyboard can be transmitted as digital data. However , whether and how the external device responds or not depends on the external device you have connected.

See page 81 for more detailed

information on the MIDI

messages.

MIDI IN/OUT jacks are

occupied and connected to the built-in M.D.R.. You have to disconnect the MIDI cables extended from the M.D.R., when you use the MIDI IN/OUT jacks for an external device.

2. Using MIDI IN jack

Playing the e xternal MIDI keyboard can cause your Electone to be play ed using Electone's voices. (The MIDI transmit channel of the MIDI keyboard must match the receive channel of your Electone. The channels1,2 and 3 for the Upper, Lower and Pedalvoices, respectively.)

To select the MIDI pages:

Press the PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, and select Page 2 and Page 3 with the PAGE buttons.

Page 2 – Output Channels

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This determines the channels over which MIDI information will be

<MIDI IN>LEAD=INT.¡3 SYNC=INT.EXP.=AUTO

PAGE

These select the Lead setting.

These select the Expression Pedal setting.These select the Sync setting.

INT. EXT.

AUTO INT. EXT.

INT. EXT.

transmitted. The Upper keyboard can be set to send over channels 1 or 4, while the Lower ke yboard can send over 2 or 5. The Pedalboard automatically sends over channel 3. The MIDI receive channel of each connected MIDI device should match the numbers set here.

Page 3 – Internal/External Control

When using another MIDI

device to play the Electone's voices, you must set the MIDI transmit channel(s) of the connected device to match the receive channel(s) of the Electone. The MIDI receive channels of the Electone are automatically set to the following values: Upper:1 Lower: 2 Pedal: 3 Keyboard Percussion: 15 (receive channel only)

When the power is turned on,

INT. is set to Lead and Sync as well as AUTO to EXP. These settings cannot be saved to the Registration Memory buttons.

! LEAD

Determines Internal or External control of the Lead Voices. When set to Internal, Lead Voices are played from the Electone and the sounds from a connected MIDI instrument can be played via MIDI channel 1 (or channel 2, when the To Lower function is on). When set to External, the Lead Voices can only be played from the connected instrument via MIDI channel 4.

" SYNC

Determines the source of the timing control, for rhythm synchronization purposes. Setting this to Internal gives the Electone timing control over the connected rhythm machine. This also allo ws you to start and stop the rhythm patterns of the connected rhythm machine from the Electone's panel controls. Setting this to External gives timing control to the connected rhythm machine.

# EXP. (Expression)

Determines the control of the expression functions. Ordinarily, this control is set to AUTO. Howev er, when it is set to INT., you can manually control the expression pedal during M.D.R. playback. When set to EXT., another (external) Electone can be used to control the expression pedal functions.

When set to EXT., the transmit

channel of the MIDI device connected to MIDI IN jack of EL-27 should be set to 16.

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10 Accessory Jacks and Controls

RHYTHM

AUX.

OUT

HEADPHONES

10 Accessory Jacks and Controls

On the left underside of the Electone keyboard is a separate panel equipped with several input/output terminals, the functions of which are described below.

! HEADPHONES

For connection of a stereo or monaural headphone set. When headphones are connected to this jack, sound to the Electone's built-in speak er system is automatically cut off, allowing you to play without disturbing others.

" AUX. OUT (Left and Right)

This set of stereo outputs (RCA pin jacks) is for connection to external amplification/speaker systems. Typically, they are for direct connection to a home audio system or cassette deck.

# RHYTHM IN (Left and Right)

This pair of phone jacks are for connection to an external rhythm machine. The sound of the connected device is mix ed with the sound of the Electone and played through the speaker system. The volume of the rhythm machine can be controlled by the Expression pedal of the Electone.

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Problem

A cracking noise is sometimes heard.

Interference from radio, TV, or other sources occurs.

The sound of the Electone causes surrounding objects to resonate.

The Electone panel does not function normally or the content of the memorized data has changed.

When too many keys are pressed, not all of the notes sound.

The sound is too soft, despite the volume being set to the maximum.

Switching voices causes the volume to change, despite their having identical volume settings.

When keys on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard are pressed, the sounds of percussion instruments are also heard.

Only one sound is heard when two notes of the Lead or Pedal voices are simultaneously played.

Possible Cause and Solution

Noise may be produced when either an electrical appliance is turned on or off, or an electric power tool (such as drill) is used in the proximity of the Electone. If this occurs, plug the Electone into an electrical outlet located as far as possible from the device that seems to be the source of the problem.

This is caused by the proximity of a high-power broadcasting station or amateur ham radio setup.

Because the Electone is capable of producing powerful bass sounds, resonance may be caused in surrounding objects, such as cabinets or glass windows. To avoid this, relocate the objects or lower the Electone's volume.

This happens very rarely. Occasionally, power surges and spikes due to electrical storms or other reasons may cause the Electone to malfunction and/or alter the contents of memorized data. If this happens, perform the Power On Reset operation to reset the Electone. (See page 49.)

Total polyphonic capacity (notes sounding for both Upper and Lower Keyboards) is 11 notes.

Check all of the volume controls, making sure that they are set to suitable levels: the panel Volume controls for each voice section, the Master Volume dial, and the Expression Pedal.

The volume of certain voices may seem lower than that of others. Adjust the balance of the sound with the Volume control within the appropriate Voice Condition display.

The Keyboard Percussion function has been turned on. When not using the function, be sure to turn it off. (See page 43.)

For practical performance reasons, the Electone has been designed so that one note of the Lead or Pedal voices can be played at a time. If several keys are pressed at once, only the highest note will be sounded (high-note priority).

Troubleshooting

Please note that the appearance of any of following phenomena does not indicate a mechanical failure of the Electone.

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Problem

The Pedal voices do not sound, even though the volume is properly set.

The pitch in the Single Finger mode does not change, even when pressing different keys of the keyboard.

The harmony notes of the Melody On Chord function cannot be heard.

Certain functions have not been memorized to Registration Memory.

Rhythm does not start.

Recording or playback cannot be performed.

A total of 40 songs cannot be recorded.

Recording is stopped before the performance is finished, or the Song Copy function cannot ber executed.

The rhythm does not start at the beginning of a recording, or stops in the middle of the performance.

The notes of the recording are "stuck" and sound contiousously.

Possible Cause and Solution

The Single Finger or Fingered Chord mode of Auto Bass Chord is on. Turn off the mode in the display. (See page 41.)

Single Finger mode will only produce notes when played within a fixed octave interval on the Lower keyboard. If notes with the same letter name are pressed outside of that range, the chords that are sounded will share the same pitch.

The Upper keyboard has been set to sound only lead voices. Increase the volume of the Upper voices.

The following functions cannot be memomorized: Rhythm START, SYNCRO START, FIll in, all switches of Intro./ENDING, User Voice, User Rhythm, and REGIST. Shift.

● Check the volume level of the RYHTHM section.

● Any data may not be loaded into the SEQ. buttons. Load the

data created with the other upper models such as the EL-37 into the SEQ. buttons.

The PLAY or RECORD section buttons for selecting parts may be turned off. Turn on the appropriate PLAY or RECORD buttons.

If some song numbers contain large amount of recorded data, the disk may not have enogugh available memory left to record the normal maximum of 40 songs.

The amount of recorded data on the disk is close to the maximum limit. Either use another disk or delete the data of any unnecesary song number. (See page71.)

The M.D.R. is designed so that the rhytm canonot be started at the very begining of a recording. If you wish to use the rhythm, start it after the available memory display appears on the M.D.R. display.

During playback, you removerd the disk by pressing the EJECT button. Whenever you wish to stop playback, always press the STOP button.

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Specifications

KEYBOARD Keyboards

Touch Tone

VOICE Tone Generation

Upper Keyboard Voice

Lower Keyboard Voice

Lead Voice

Pedalboard Voice

Voice Display

MELODY ON CHORD

EFFECT/CONDITION Digital Reverb

Sustain

Symphonic/Celeste

Vibrato

Feet

RHYTHM Rhythms

Variations

Rhythm Sequence

Others

KEYBOARD PERCUSSION

ACCOMPANIMENT Auto Bass Chord

Accompaniments

REGISTRATION MEMORY

BASIC REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION MENU

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

FOOTSWITCH

KNEE LEVER

OTHER CONTROLS

OTHER FITTINGS

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

SOUND SYSTEM Power Amplifiers

Speakers

DIMENSIONS

WEIGHT

Specifications and desciptions in this Owner's Manual are for information purposes only.

Yamaha Corp. reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice.

As specifications, equipment or options may not be the same in every locale, please check with your Yamaha dealer.

Upper: 49 keys (C–C), Lower: 49 keys (C–C), Pedal: 20 keys (C–G)

Upper, Lead, Lower: Touch Setting 1, 4

New AWM & FM

Strings; Organ, Jazz Organ; Brass, Synth. Brass; Piano, Elec. Piano, Harpsichord; Clarinet; Guitar;

Saxophone; Vibraphone, Marimba; Chorus; Cosmic 1, 2, 3; Tutti 1, 2;

[Upper] Harmonica; [Lower] Horn; User 1-4; (2 Dotted Buttons/21 Voices) ;Volume Fine

Violin; Oboe, Bassoon; Flute; Trumpet, Trombone; User 1-4; (1Dotted Button/6 Voices)

To Lower; Volume Fine

Contrabass, Pizz. Bass; Organ Bass; Elec. Bass,

Synth. Bass; Tuba; User 1-4; (1 Dotted Button/6 Voices)

To Lower; Volume Fine

Upper, Lower, Lead, Pedal

Mode: Off, 1, 2, 3; Knee: On/Off

Depth

Upper (Knee), Lower (Knee), Pedal: On/Off

Upper, Lead, Lower, Pedal; Mode: Symphonic/Celeste

Upper/Lower (Depth), Lead (Delay, Depth, Speed)

Upper, Lead, Lower, Pedal: Preset/4'/8'/16'

March, Country, Broadway; Waltz, Jazz Waltz; Swing, Jazz Ballad, Dixieland; Bounce,

Reggae; Slow Rock 1, 2; Cha-cha, Rhumba, Beguine, Mambo; Samba, Bossanova;

8Beat, Dance Pop; Tango 1, 2; 16Beat, 16Beat Funk; User 1-8 (A-D, Fill-In);

(2 Dotted Buttons; 24 Rhythms); Volume Fine

Fill-In; Intro. /Ending; Lead In; Auto Variation: On/Off

On/Off; Sequence 1-4 (playback only)

Start; Synchro Start; Tempo Dial; Tempo; Bar/Beat LED

On/Off: Lower, Pedal; 43 Sounds

Mode: Off; Single Finger; Fingered Chord; Custom ABC; Memory: Lower, Pedal

Type 1, 2, 3, 4, Off

M. (Memory), 1-5; D. (Disable) Button; Mode: Off; Shift; User (Playback only)

1 5

120 (Built-in: 80, Included disk: 40)

Play/Record: Upper, Lower, Pedal, Keyboard Percussion, Control; Pause; Stop; Song Select; Song

Repeat; Song Delete; Song Copy: From/To; Tempo; Shift; Format; Custom Play;

Remaining Memory; LED Display; Eject

[Left] Mode: Off; Rhythm (Stop, Ending, Fill-In); [Right] Regist. Shift Mode: Off, Shift, User

On/Off: Sustain (Upper, Lower); MOC

Power On/Off; Exp. Pedal (Depth); Pitch Control; Transpose; Master Volume; Display Select;

Data Controls; Page; MIDI (Output; Upper/Lower, Int./Ext.: Lead, Sync., Exp.)

Registration Menu Disk; 3.5Floppy Disk; Matching Bench; Keyboard Cover/Music Stand;

MIDI IN/OUT jacks; Headphones Jack; Rhythm In jacks (Phone; R/L); Aux Out (RCA; R/L)

Voice Disk; HPE-170 Headphones

30W

(2-way System) Woofer 20 cm  1; Tweeter 5 cm 1; Monitor  2

106.5 cm 46.0 cm  94.7 cm (WidthDepthHeight) (With Keyboard Cover Closed)

53.0 kg

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Code Function Transmit Receive Remarks

8n, nn*, 00-7F Note OFF  CH 1 UK

 CH 2 LK  CH 3 PK  (CH 4)** LEAD  CH 15 Keyboard Percussion

9n, nn*, 00 Note OFF CH 1 CH 1 UK 9n, nn*, 01-7F ON CH 2 CH 2 LK

CH 3 CH 3 PK (CH 4)** (CH 4)** Transmit:UK,

Receive: LEAD (CH 5)**   CH 15 Keyboard Percussion

BF, 0B, 00-7F Expression Pedal CH 16 CH 16 CONTROL Cn, nn*** Program Change  CH 1 UK

 CH 2 LK  CH 3 PK

CH 16 CH 16 CONTROL

Dn, 00-07 After Touch CH 1 CH 1 UK

CH 2 CH 2 LK CH 3 CH 3 PK (CH 4)** (CH 4)** Transmit:UK

Receive: LEAD

* Note No. ** Can be replaced by MIDI CONTROL function. *** Regist No.

Code Function Transmit Receive Remarks

F8 Clock * FA Start  FC Stop  FE Active Sensing 

* Received only when in the Ext. mode

■ Channel Messages

■ System Realtime Messages

MIDI Messages

System Exclusive Messages

1. Electone Common Messages

■ Bulk Dump Related Messages

Code Messages Transmit Receive

F0, 43, 70, 70, 00, ...(Data)*..., F7 Bulk Dump Data 

01 Request-to-Send Voice Parameter Data  02 Request-to-Receive Voice Parameter Data 

F0, 43, 70, 70, 10, F7 Request-to-Send All RAM 

11 Request-to-Send Resistoration Data  12 Request-to-Send R.S.P. Data  14 Request-to-Send User Pattern Data  15 Request-to-Send User Pattern Data 

F0, 43, 70, 70, 20, F7 Request-to-Receive All RAM 

F0, 43, 70, 70, 30, F7 Request-to-Send Model ID Data  F0, 43, 70, 70, 38, 7F, F7 Bulk Dump Acknowledge 

(Data)* = Exclusive data

16 Request-to-Send User Voice Data  21 Request-to-Receive Resistoration Data 

22 Request-to-Receive R.S.P. Data  24 Request-to-Receive User Pattern Data  25 Request-to-Receive User Pattern Data  26 Request-to-Receive User Voice Data 

00 Bulk Dump Unacknowledge 

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■ Control Change

2. EL Series Common Messages Code Messages Transmit Receive

F0, 43, 70, 78, 00, ...(Data)*... , F7 Bulk Dump Data  ฀  ฀

01 Request-to-Send Voice Parameter Data  ฀  ฀ 02 Request-to-Receive Voice Parameter Data  ฀  ฀

F0, 43, 70, 78, 10, F7 Request-to-Send all RAM  ฀  ฀

11 Request-to-Send Registration Data  ฀  ฀ 12 Request-to-Send R.S.P. Data  ฀  ฀ 14 Request-to-Send User Pattern Data  ฀  ฀ 15 Request-to-Send User Pattern Data  ฀  ฀ 16 Request-to-Send User Voice Data  ฀  ฀

F0, 43, 70, 78, 20, F7 Request-to-Receive All RAM  ฀  ฀

21 Request-to-Receive Registration Data  ฀  ฀ 22 Request-to-Receive R.S.P. Data  ฀  ฀ 24 Request-to-Receive User Pattern Data  ฀  ฀ 25 Request-to-Receive User Pattern Data  ฀  ฀ 26 Request-to-Receive User Voice Data  ฀  ฀

F0, 43, 70, 78, 41, ...(Data)*... ,F7 Panel Switch Event Data**  ฀  ฀ F0, 43, 70, 78, 42, ...(Data)*... ,F7 Current Registration Data  ฀  ฀

(Data)* = Exclusive data ** Refer to the Switch Cord

Code Messages Transmit Receive

F0, 43, 70, 70, 40, 45, 7F, F7 Left FT. SW. On 

00 Off 

F0, 43, 70, 70, 40, 47, 7F, F7 Knee Lever On 

00 Off 

F0, 43, 70, 70, 40, 48, 7F, F7 Fill-In On 

00 Off 

F0, 43, 70, 70, 40, 4B, 7F, F7 Intro./ENDING On 

00 Off 

F0, 43, 70, 70, 40, 50, Tl*, Th**, F7 Tempo 

*l = low byte, ** = high byte

■ MDR - Related Messages

Code Messages Transmit Receive

F0, 43, 70, 70, 70, 01, F7 PLAY Start 

02 Stop  03 RECORD Start  04 Stop  05 FF Start  06 Stop  09 Rhythm Pointer Reset* 

20 Disk Eject  23 Insert Regist. Menu Disk  24 Respond to Regist. Menu Disk  25 Insert Voice Menu Disk  26 Respond to Voice Menu Disk  27,nn(Data No.),F7 Request-to-Send Menu Data  28,nn(DataAmount),F7 Voice Menu Data Amount  2F,...(Data)...,F7 Regist. Menu Display Data 

In fast-reverse, the Rhythm Pointer Reset and fast-forward signals are transmitted.

■ Others

Code Messages Transmit Receive

F0, 43, 70, 70, 78, SC, NC, F7 Bar Signal 

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3. Model-Specific Messages

4. Electone/Single Keybord Common Messages

"nn" =43 is the ID code of EL-20.

Code Messages Transmit Receive

F0, 43, 70, nn*, 00, F7

00, ...(Data)... , F7 01 02

F0, 43, 70, nn*, 10, F7

11 12 14 15 16

F0, 43, 70, nn*, 20, F7

21 22 24 25 26

Model ID Data Bulk Dump Data Request-to-Send Voice Parameter Data Request-to-Receive Voice Parameter Data Request-to-Send All RAM Request-to-Send Registration Data Request-to-Send R.S.P. Data Request-to-Send User Pattern Data Request-to-Send User Pattern Data Request-to-Send User Voice Data Request-to-Receive All RAM Data Request-to-Receive Registration Data Request-to-Receive R.S.P. Data Request-to-Receive User Pattern Data Request-to-Receive User Pattern Data Request-to-Receive User Voice Data

 ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀ ฀

฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀

F0, 43, 73, 01, 02, F7

Request for Internal Synchronous Mode Request for External Synchronous Mode

฀ ฀

฀ ฀

Functions Switches Code Data Remarks

Selector UK Voices

LK Voices LEAD PK Voice Rhythm

02 03 06 07 0B

00-0D 00-0D 00-04 00-04 00-0B

SW No. SW No. SW No. SW No. SW No.

Volume UK Voices

LK Voices LEAD PK Voice Rhythm Reverb

12 13 16 17 1A 1B

00-7F 00-7F 00-7F 00-7F 00-7F 00-7F

Volume data Volume data Volume data Volume data Volume data Depth data

Sustain UK

LK PK

50 51 52

00-01 00-01 00-01

00=OFF 01=ON 00=OFF 01=ON 00=OFF 01=ON

To Lower LEAD

PK Voice

36 37

00-01 00-01

00=OFF 01=ON 00=OFF 01=ON

Keybord Percussion LK

5B 5C

00-01 00-01

00=OFF 01=ON

00=OFF 01=ON Disable –– 5F 00-01 00=OFF 01=ON Rhythm Sequence Program 61

62 63 64

1 2 3 4

00-01 00-01 00-01 00-01

00=OFF 01=ON

● Switch Code

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TransmitFunction Receive Remarks

Basic Channel

Note Number

Velocity

After Touch

Pitch Bend

Control Change

Program Change

System Exclusive

System Common

System Real Time

Aux Messages

Notes

Mode

Default Changed

Note ON

Note OFF

Key's

Ch's

4 11 64

True Voice

Clock Commands

Local ON/OFF All Notes OFF Active Sense Rese t

Song Position Song Select Tune

1, 2, 3, 16 4, 5

9nH, v=1–127 9nH, v=0

 ฀  

 ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀

0 – 4, 112–116 ************ * * * * *** * * * **

 ฀  ฀  ฀

 ฀  ฀

 ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀

฀

฀

฀

฀

CH 1: 48–96, CH2: 36–84, CH3: 36–55

CH15: 36–127, Others: 36–96

CH1: UK, CH2: LK, CH3: PK, CH4: UK (Transmit), LEAD (Receive), CH5: LK,

CH15: KEYBOARD PERCUSSION, CH16: CONTROL

Mode 3

 ฀ 

36 – 96฀



 ฀

Mode 1: OMNI ON,POLY Mode 3: OMNI OFF, POLY

 ฀

1, 2, 3, 15, 16 4

9nH, v=1–127 9nH, v=0, 8nH

 ฀  ฀

 ฀  ฀  

Received only in External mode) ฀

 ฀ 

0 – 4, 112–116 ************ * * * * *** * * * **

 ฀  ฀  ฀

 

Received only in External mode) ฀

 ฀

 ฀  ฀  ฀  ฀

Mode 3

 ฀  ฀

36 – 96

 ฀

 ฀

Modulation Wheel 2nd Expression Pedal Expression Pedal Sustain

฀

Refer to MIDI Messages

( FAH, FCH)

 : YES  : NO

Date:10. JUL.1993 Version: 1.0

EL-27 MIDI Implementation Chart

Range

Mode 2: OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4: OMNI OFF, MONO

Default Messages Altered



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Index

A.B.C. (Auto Bass Chord) . . . . . . . . . 40

A.B.C./M.O.C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 45

Accompaniment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

After Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Auto Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Automatic Accompaniment . . . . . . . . 40

AUX. OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Bar/Beat Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Basic Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Celeste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Custom (Custom A.B.C.) . . . . . . . . . . 41

Custom Play (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Data Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Delay (Vibrato) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Depth (Vibrato) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Disable (D.) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Display Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Dotted Button (Rhythm) . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Dotted Button (Voice) . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Eject (Disk) (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Ending (Intro. Ending) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Expression (MIDI Control) . . . . . . . . . 76

Expression Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Feet (Octave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Fill In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Fingered (Fingered Chord) . . . . . . . . 41

Footswitch (Left) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Footswitch (Rhythm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Footswitch (Right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Format (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Initial Touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Intro. Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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

Knee (M.O.C.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Knee (Sustain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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

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

Lead (MIDI Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Lead In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Lead Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Lower Keyboard Voices . . . . . . . . . . . 18

M.D.R. (Music Disk Recorder) . . . . . . 55

M.O.C. (Melody On Chord) . . . . . . . . 45

Master Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Memory (Lower/Pedal) . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Memory (M.) Button (Registration

Memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

MIDI IN/OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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

Output Channel (MIDI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Page Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Pause (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Pedal Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Percussion Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Playback (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Power On Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Record (M.D.R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Registration (Shift/User) . . . . . . . . . . 48

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

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

Registration Menu Disk . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Remaining Memory (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . 71

Retry (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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

Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Rhythm Condition Page . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Rhythm In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Rhythm Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

SEQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Set (Registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Shift (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Shift (Registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Single (Single Finger) . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Song Copy (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Song Delete (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Speed (Vibrato) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Start Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Stop Button (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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

Symphonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sync (MIDI Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Synchro. Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Tempo (M.D.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Tempo (Rhythm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Tempo Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 33

Tempo Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 33

To Lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Touch Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Transpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Type (Accompaniment) . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Upper Keyboard Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

User (Registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

User Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

USER VIB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

User Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Voice Condition Pages . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Voice Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Voice Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Voice Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Volume Coarse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Volume Fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Write Protect (M.D.R) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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