Yamaha Audio EL-57 User Manual

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92-469-➀

Model Serial No. Purchase Date

PRECAUTIONS

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING

* Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference.

WARNING

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damages, fire or other hazards. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Do no t o pen th e in str um en t o r att emp t to di sass emb le t he i nt ern al p art s o r m od i f y t h em i n an y w ay. Th e i ns tr u m en t co n tai ns n o u ser - ser v ic eabl e par t s. If it sh ou ld appear to b e m alfu nct io ni ng, di sco nt inu e us e im m edi ately and have it in sp ected b y q ual if ied Yam aha s erv ice per son nel .

• Do not expo se th e ins tru men t t o r ain, u se it near wat er or in dam p o r w et co ndi tio ns, or p lace c ont ainer s on it con tain ing liq uid s w hic h m ig ht spil l in to an y o pen in gs .

• If t he p o wer c or d or p lu g beco m es fr ayed or d am aged , o r if t her e is a s ud den loss of so und during use o f th e ins trument, or if any unu sual s mell s or sm oke shou ld appear to b e caused by it, im medi ately tur n o ff the p ower

CAUTION

Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others, or damage to the instrument or other property. These precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:

sw i tc h, di s co nn ect t he elect r ic p lu g fr o m t h e ou t let , an d hav e th e i ns t ru m en t in sp ect ed b y qu ali f ied Yam ah a ser vi ce per so nn el.

• Only use the v olt age s pecif ied as co rr ect for th e in str um ent . The requ ir ed vo ltag e is pr in ted on th e nam e p lat e of th e in st ru m ent.

• Befo re c leanin g t he i nst ru men t, al way s r emo ve th e elect ri c pl ug fr om t he ou tl et. N ever ins ert or r em ov e an el ectr ic pl ug w it h w et hand s.

• Check th e elect ri c p lu g p eri odi call y an d r em ov e any dir t or du st w hi ch m ay have accu m u lat ed o n it .

• Do no t pl ace th e p ow er co rd n ear h eat s ou r ces s uc h as h eaters o r rad iato r s, and do not excess ively bend or oth erw ise d amag e the c ord , pl ace heavy ob ject s o n i t, or pl ace it in a p osi ti on wh ere an yon e co ul d w alk on , t ri p o ver, or ro ll anyt hi ng o ver it .

• Wh en r em ovi ng the electr ic pl ug fr om th e in str um ent o r an ou tlet , alw ays ho ld the p lu g it self and no t t he co rd . Pul lin g b y t he co rd can dam age it .

• Do n ot connect the i nstr ument to an elect rical outlet usi ng a m ult ipleco nnect or . Doi ng so c an r esult in low er sou nd q uali ty, or pos sibl y cau se ov erh eatin g in t he o ut let .

• Rem ove t he el ectr ic p lug fr om t he o utl et w hen the i nst ru men t i s no t t o b e us ed f or ext end ed p eri od s o f ti m e, or d ur in g elect ri cal st or m s.

• Befo re con nec ti ng th e in st r um en t t o ot her elec tr on ic co m po nen ts , t ur n of f th e pow er f or al l co mpo nent s. Befo re tur ning the pow er on or off for all co m po nen ts , s et al l v ol um e level s t o m in im u m .

• Do not expo se t he in st rum ent t o exc essiv e dus t o r v ibr ati ons , or ext rem e co ld o r heat ( su ch as in dir ect sun lig ht , near a heat er, o r in a car d ur ing th e day) to p r even t th e p o ss ib il i ty o f p anel di s fi g ur at io n o r dam ag e t o th e i nt er nal co m p o n en t s .

• Do no t u se t h e in st r um en t n ear o t her el ect ri cal p r od uc t s s u ch as tel evis io n s, rad ios , or sp eakers, sin ce th is m i ght caus e int erf erence whi ch can af fect pr op er o per ati on o f t he o t her p ro d uc ts .

• Do n o t p l ac e t h e i n st r u m ent i n an u n s t abl e p o s i t io n w h er e i t m i g ht acc i d ent al l y fal l o ver .

• Befo r e m o vi ng t he in st r um en t, r em o ve al l c on n ect ed c abl es.

• Wh en c lean in g t h e i n st r u m en t , us e a s o ft , d r y cl o t h. D o no t u s e p ain t t h in n er s, so lven ts , c leani ng f lu id s, or ch em ic al- im p r egn ated w ipi ng c lo th s. Als o, do no t p lac e vi ny l, plas ti c o r r ub ber ob jec ts on t he i ns tr um en t, si nc e th is m ig ht di sco lo r th e pan el o r keyb oar d.

• Do no t res t yo ur w eig h t o n, o r pl ace h eavy o bj ect s on th e i ns tr u m ent , an d d o no t use exces siv e f or ce o n th e bu t to ns , s wi tc hes or c on nec to r s.

• Take car e t hat th e key cov er d oes no t p in ch yo ur f ing ers , and d o n ot in ser t a fi nger or h and i n t he k ey co ver gap.

• Never in sert or dr op pap er o r m et allic or ot her ob ject s b etw een th e sl its of th e key c over and t he k eyboar d. I f t his happ ens, im med iately tu rn off th e po w er an d rem o ve t he el ect ri c p lu g fr o m th e o ut let and h ave t he i ns tr um en t in sp ect ed b y qu ali f ied Yam ah a ser vi ce per so nn el.

• Do not place t he in str um ent agains t a w all ( allow at least 3 cm /o ne-in ch fr om th e w all) , sin ce t hi s can caus e in adequ ate ai r cir c ulat io n, and po ss ib ly res ul t in t h e in st r u m ent o ver h eati ng .

• Read c arefu l l y t h e at tach ed d o c u m en t at i on explai n i n g t h e as s em b l y p r oc es s . Failur e to ass emb le t he in st rum en t i n t he p rop er s equen ce m ig ht res ult in dam age to th e i nst r um en t o r even in ju ry .

• Do not operate the inst rum ent for a long period of tim e at a high or un co m f o r tab le vo lu m e lev el, si nc e t hi s can c aus e per m an ent h eari n g lo ss . If yo u exp eri ence any h eari ng lo ss o r ri ng ing i n t he ear s, c on sul t a phy si cian .

■USING THE BENCH

• Do not p lay c areles sly w it h o r s tan d o n t he b ench . Us ing it as a to ol or st epladd er or fo r an y o th er p ur po se m ig ht res ult in acc iden t o r inj ur y.

• Only one pers on s hou ld s it on t he b ench at a ti m e, in ord er t o p revent th e po ssi bi lit y o f acci dent or i nj ur y.

• If th e ben ch scr ew s b ecom e l oos e du e to ext ensi ve lo ng -t erm u se, tig ht en th em per io di call y u si ng th e in cl uded t oo l.

■SAVING USER DATA

• Alw ays s ave dat a t o a fl op py di sk f req uen tl y, in or d er to hel p pr even t t h e lo ss of im p or t ant dat a du e to a m alf un ct io n o r us er o per ati ng err or .

Yam aha c annot be hel d resp onsi ble f or d am age caus ed by imp roper use o r m od if icat io ns to th e in st ru m ent , o r data th at i s l os t o r dest r oyed .

Alw ays tu rn th e po w er o ff w hen th e in st ru m ent is not i n u se.

(1)B-2

Congratulations!

You are the proud owner of a fine electronic organ, Electone EL-87.

The Yamaha EL-87 Electone combines the most advanced AWM tone generation

technology with state-of-the-art digital electronics and features to give you

stunning sound quality with maximum musical enjoyment. A large Liquid Crystal

Display and sophisticated yet easy-to-use interface also greatly enhance the

operability of this advanced instrument.

In order to make the most of the Electone and extensive performance potential, we urge

you to read the manual thoroughly while trying out the various features described.

Keep the manual in a safe place for later reference.

T urningtheE lectoneofferasesallpanelsettingsyouhavem ade.W hentheE lectoneisturnedon,B asic

R egistration1isautom aticallyselected.Ifyouhavem adepanelsettingsyouw ishtokeep,savethem to

R egistrationM em orybeforeturningtheElectoneoff.

Table of Contents

Panel Layout .......................................... 2

Main Features ........................................ 5

1 Quick Introductory Guide ............... 6

1 Getting Started............................................. 6

2 Basic Registrations ....................................... 7

3 Registration Menu Disk ................................ 8

4 Basic Operation......................................... 13

5 Using the LCD Display............................... 14

2 Voice Sections ................................ 1 8

1 Selecting Voices from the Panel ................. 18

2 Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons ... 21

3 Voice Menus ............................................. 23

3 Voice Controls and Effects ............ 2 8

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

[PAGE 1] ...................................................... 29

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

2) Feet...................................................... 30

3) Effect (On/Off) ...................................... 30

4) Pan....................................................... 30

[PAGE 2] ...................................................... 31

1) Vibrato ................................................. 31

2) Touch Vibrato ....................................... 31

2 Selecting from Effect Set Pages ................... 32

1) Tremolo/Chorus .................................... 32

2) Symphonic/Celeste ............................... 32

3) Delay ................................................... 33

4) Flanger ................................................. 33

3 Selecting from the Panel............................. 34

1) Reverb .................................................. 34

2) Sustain .................................................. 35

3) Tremolo/Chorus .................................... 36

4 Rhythm and Accompaniment ....... 3 9

1 Selecting Rhythms from the Panel ............... 39

2 Rhythm Condition Page ............................. 42

3 Dotted Buttons and User Rhythms .............. 43

4 Rhythm Menus .......................................... 44

Automatic Accompaniment-Auto Bass Chord

(A.B.C.) .................................................................

6 Accompaniment Controls........................... 48

7 Keyboard Percussion.................................. 49

8 Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) ....................... 51

5 Registration Memory ..................... 5 2

1 Storing Registrations ................................... 52

2 Selecting Registrations................................ 52

3 Saving the Registration Data to Disk ........... 63

4 Registration Shift ........................................ 54

6 Music Disk Recorder ..................... 5 8

1 Precautions ................................................ 58

2 Formatting a Disk....................................... 60

3 Recording .................................................. 61

4 Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) ..... 67

Recalling Recorded Registrations (and BulkData) ........

6 Replacing Registrations .............................. 68

7 Playback .................................................... 69

8 Other Functions......................................... 71

1) Custom Play ......................................... 71

2) Pause ................................................... 71

3) Fast Forward and Fast Reverse ............... 71

4) Changing the Tempo............................. 72

5) Song Copy............................................ 73

6) Song Delete.......................................... 74

7) Disk Copy ............................................ 74

8) Checking the Remaining Memory ......... 76

9) Voice Disks .......................................... 76

10)Copy Protect......................................... 76

7 Voice Edit ....................................... 7 8

1 Editing a Voice........................................... 78

2 Saving Your New Voice ............................. 83

3 Quitting Voice Edit .................................... 84

4 Recalling an Edited Voice .......................... 84

Selecting Voices from a Voice Disk (Optional) ...

6 Voice Editing Basics ................................... 86

8 Rhythm Program ............................ 9 6

Outline of the Rhythm Programming Operation.....

1 Rhythm Pattern Program ............................ 97

1) Entering Rhythm Pattern Program .......... 97

2) Percussion Sounds Used for Rhythm

Pattern Program .................................... 99

3) Step Write and Real Time Write .......... 100

4) Selecting Step Write or Real Time Write

Operation ........................................... 100

5) Setting the Beat/Quantize Values......... 100

6) Entering Percussion Sounds to a Rhythm

Pattern................................................ 101

7) Editing with Step Write ....................... 102

8) Editing with Real Time Write............... 106

9) Selecting Accompaniment Patterns...... 107

10)Saving Rhythm Patterns....................... 108

11)Quitting Rhythm Pattern Program........ 109

12)Recalling User Rhythm Patterns ........... 110

2 Rhythm Sequence Program ...................... 111

1) Selecting a Sequence .......................... 111

2) Programming a Sequence ................... 112

3) Quitting Rhythm Sequence Program.... 115

4) Playing Rhythm Sequences ................. 115

5) Playing All Sequences in Order........... 116

9 Footswitches, Knee Lever and

Expression Pedal ........................ 1 18

1 Footswitch ............................................... 118

2 Knee Lever............................................... 120

3 Expression Pedals ..................................... 121

10 Transpose and Pitch Controls ... 1 2 2

11 MIDI ............................................ 1 23

12 Accessory Jacks and Controls ... 1 2 5

13 Appendix .................................... 1 2 6

MIDI ........................................................... 126

MIDI Data Format........................................ 127

MIDI Implementation Chart ......................... 131

Troubleshooting........................................... 132

Specifications .............................................. 135

Index ........................................................... 136

Quick Introductory Guide

Voice Sections

Voice Controls and Effects

Rhythm and Accompaniment

Registration Memory

Mus ic Disk Recorder

Voice Edit

Rhythm Program

Footswitches, Knee Lever and Expression Pedal

Transpose and Pitch Controls

MIDI

Accessory Jacks and Controls

Appendix

Panel Layout

Front Panel

REVERB

(Page 34)

SUSTAIN (Page 35)

Rhythm Section

(Page 39)

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

(Page 18)



REVERB

MAX



KEYBOARD

PERCUSSION

LOWER

PEDAL

SEQ. SEQ.

TEMPO

MIN

SUSTAIN

UPPER

(KNEE)

LOWER

PEDAL

(KNEE)

RHYTHM

MARCH W ALTZ SWING BOUN CE SLOW USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B

TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C D

ROCK

BAR/BEAT

TEMPO

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

VOLUME

MAX

MIN

NET

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

NET

BASIC

REGIST.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

(Page 18)

MAX

HORN

NICA

MIN

MAX

MIN

SAXOPHONE

PHONE

SAXOPHONE

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

CHORUS

COSMIC TUTTI



INTRO. ENDING

SYNCHRO

START

FILL IN

KEYBOARD PERCUSSION

(Page 49)



/TO DISK

M./TO DISK Button

(Page 52)



BASIC REGIST.

(Page 7)



1 2 3 4

Registration Memory Buttons

(Page 52)



LCD

Display

(Page 14)



DISPLAY SELECT

(Page 4)



LEAD VOICE

(Page 18)



PEDAL VOICE 

(Page 18)



MASTER VOLUME

(Page 7)



ATA CONTROL

VOICE

EFFECT

A. B. C.

DISPLAY

SET

FOOT

REGIST

SW.

SHIFT

VOICE

EDIT

PATTERN SEQUENCE

DISPLAY SELECT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

M. O. C.

EXP.

PITCH/MIDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

PAGE

HOLDCOARSE

LEAD VOICE

VIOLIN FLUTE

OBOE TRUM-

PEDAL VOICE

CONTRA

BASS

PETTOLOWER

ELEC. BASS

TUBAORGAN

LOWER

MAX

MASTER VOLUME

MIN

MAX

MIN

Monitor Speaker

POWER (Page 6)

RECORD PLAY

UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL

SONG

FROM SONG DEL.

SONG COPY

REPEAT

PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD

FORMAT

MUSIC DISK RECORDER

TEMPO– +

POWER

SHIFT

CUSTOM PLAY



MUSIC DISK RECORDER  (Page 58)



5 6 7 8 D.

Floppy Disk Slot

LED (Lamp in-use) Eject Button

D (Disable) Button

(Page 52)



LCD/Display Select

LCD Display (Page 14)

DATA CONTROL Buttons (Page 9)

Others

DATA CONTROL

VOICE

EFFECT

DISPLAY

PAGE

HOLDCOARSE

HOLD Button (Page 17) 

COARSE Button (Page 17) 

SET

FOOT

REGIST

SW.

SHIFT

VOICE

EDIT

PATTERN SEQUENCE

DISPLAY SELE CT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

VOICE DISPLAY Button (Page 20)

A. B. C.

EFFECT SET Button (Page 32)

M. O. C.

A. B. C. /M. O. C. Button (Page 47) FOOT SW. Button (Page 118)

EXP.

REGIST SHIFT Button (Page 54)

PITCH/MID I

EXP./PITCH/MIDI Button (page121) VOICE EDIT Button (Page 78)

RHYTHM PATTERN PROGRAM Button (Page 96) RHYTHM SEQUENCE Button (page 111)

TREMOLO

(FAST)

TREMOLO (FAST) Button (Page 38)

Monitor Speskers

Jacks (Page 125)

Speaker Unit

Keyboard Cover/Music Stand

Front Panel (Page 2)



Upper Keyboard

Lower Keyboard

MIDI Jacks (Page 125)

 Knee Lever (Page 120)



Right-Footswitch (Page 54) 

Left-Footswitch (page 118) 

Expression Pedal (Page 121) 

Pedalboard

Main Features

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

1 Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds

The new AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) and FM (Frequency Modulation) tone generation technologies combined with authentic touch response for individual instrument voices, make this Electone a truly expressive musical instrument. (page 18)

2 Original Voice Creation

The Electone also provides easy-to-use voice editing tools for manipulating the sophisticated AWM and FM tone generation technologies, allowing you to create your own original Electone voices. (page 78)

3 Dynamic and Programmable Rhythm Patterns

The Rhythm section of the Electone features authentic drum and percussion sounds, used by expert rhythm programmers in creating a total of 66 rhythm patterns, ranging across all styles of music. (page 39) Along with the Keyboard Percussion function, which lets you play percussion sounds from the keyboard, the Rhythm Pattern Programmer and Rhythm Sequence Programmer let you record your own rhythm patterns and connect them to make songs. (page 96)

4 Wide Variety of Effects

Electone voices can also be enhanced with a full range of high-quality effects, ranging from Tremolo (for reproducing the sound of a rotating speaker) and Reverb to Flanger and Delay. (page 28)

5 Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder

The Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder for recording your registrations and performances. T he 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. (page 58)

6 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) for Systematic, Intuitive Operation

The LCD display provides comprehensive and easy-to-understand control over virtually all of the operations of the Electone.

1 Quick Introductory Guide

Whether you are an advanced Electone performer or have never touched an electronic keyboard in your life, we recommend that you take the time to go through this basic section. It shows you in the simplest possible manner how to start playing your Electone. The basic operations and functions that you learn in this section will also be important when you later use the Electone's more advanced features.

Getting Started

Plug the power cord in to an appropriate electrical outlet.

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.

Turn on the Electone by pressing the PO WER switch.

POWER

When you turn on the Electone, the following displays will appear one after the other in the LCD display:

®

This last display, Voice Display, shows the currently assigned voice settings for each voice section, as well as the overall balance between the Upper and Lower voices. For information on the Voice Display see page 20.

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

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

MASTER VOLUME

Press the Expression pedal down with your foot. Once you have set the MASTER VOLUME control to a suitable level, you can use the Expression pedal to change the volume with your foot as you play.

Quick Introductory Guide

Maximum volume Minimum volume

Basic Registrations

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

To select Basic Registrations:

When you turn the power on, the Electone automatically selects Basic Registration 1. Press the BASIC REGIST . buttons to select each Basic Registration. The chart below lists the voices that have been set for the Upper/Lower keyboards and Pedalboard in each of the five Basic Registrations.

Basic

Registration 1

Upper Keyboard

Voice

Lower Keyboard

Voice

Pedal Voice



Strings 1



Strings 1



Contrabass



If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory (p. 52) before turning the Electone off. You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. See page 57 for more information.

Basic

Ragistration 2



Brass



Horn1



Tuba



Basic

Ragistration 3



Flute



Piano



Contrabass



Basic

Ragistration 4



Cosmic 1



Cosmic 2



Cosmic 2



Basic

Ragistration 5



Synth. Brass



Cosmic 3



Synth. Bass



BASIC

REGIST.

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

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Quick Introductory Guide

The Electone includes convenient Registrations that let you completely and instantly change the voices and other settings for all of the keyboards, even as you play. Each registration is preprogrammed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination. Your Electone includ two Registration Menu Disks: Disk 1 and Disk

2. The Registration Menu Disk 1 is packed with 8 0 different types of registrations, including voice and rhythm selections, while the Registration Menu Disk 2 with 4 0. Each registration is preprogrammed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination.

Registration Menu Disk

To select registrations from the Registration Menu Disks:

NO T E:

See page 58 for more information on the Music Disk Recorder.

NO T E:

See page 10 for the complete list of the Registration Menus.

NO T E:

While you are in the Voice Edit mode or Rhythm Pattern/Sequence Program mode, the Registration Menus cannot be displayed on the LCD.

Put either of the included Registration Menu D isks (with the label of the disk facing upward and the sliding shutter facing forward) into the Disk slot, located just under the Music Disk Recorder at the right side of the Electone. Once you've securely inserted the disk into the slot, the LCD Display on the panel will automatically change to show the available Registration Menus. There are dozens of registrations on a disk, but up to 16 can only be shown in the LCD Display at a time. The page numbers 1 through 5 (or 1 through 4 with the Disk 2) shown at the top right corner of the LCD indicate this Registration Menu Disk contains five (or four) pages.

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

When the page numbers are displayed at the top right corner, you

can select the pages by pressing the Page buttons, [F ] to select next page and [E ] to select previous page.

Select one of the registrations shown on the LCD by pressing the appropriate Data Control button.

Up to 16 registration selections are shown on the LCD , and the 16 Data Control buttons correspond to those selections.

Quick Introductory Guide

The Data Control buttons are used to select voices, rhythms and various functions. They are also used to raise or lower volumes and levels, as well as move the cursor up and down, right and left.

NO T E:

Inadvertently pressing another button on the panel may change the content of the LCD during the Registration Menu operation. In this case press PLAY button on the Music Disk Recorder section, to retrieve the Registration Menu display.

Quick Introductory Guide

Registration Menu List

Disk 1 Page 1

No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Rhythm (Tempo)

1 STRINGS1 Orchestra Strings Violin Horn Contrabass – 2 STRINGS2 Pop Strings Strings Whistle 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 8Beat 1 (115) 6 STRINGS6 Pizzicato Strings Pizzicato Strings – Pizzicato Strings Pizzicato Strings – 7 STRINGS7 Pops Orchestra 2 Strings Trumpet Brass Pizzicato Bass Polka (130) 8 STRINGS8 Strings Ensemble Strings Strings (16') Strings Contrabass –

9 BRASS1 Marching Band Brass Trombone Brass Tuba March (120) 10 BRASS2 Solo Trumpet – Trumpet Horn Tuba – 11 BRASS3 Big Band 1 Brass Saxophone Trombone Pizzicato Bass Swing 1 (168) 12 BRASS4 Solo Trombone – Trombone Saxophone Pizzicato Bass Swing 2 (125) 13 BRASS5 Big Band 2 (Saxophone Ensemble) Saxophone Saxophone (8') Piano Pizzicato Bass Swing 1 (136) 14 BRASS6 Jazz Combo 1 (Trumpet) – Trumpet Elec. Bass Pizzicato Bass Bossanova 2 (160) 15 BRASS7 Dixieland – Clarinet Piano Pizzicato Bass Dixie (96) 16 BRASS8 Solo Saxophone – Saxophone Elec. Piano Elec. Bass (16') 16Beat 3 (80)

Page 2

No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Rhythm (Tempo)

1 LEAD1 Woodwind Ensemble Oboe Flute Clarinet Bassoon (8') –

2 LEAD2 Solo Flute – Flute Pizzicato Strings Contrabass –

3 LEAD3 Solo Oboe – Oboe Strings Contrabass –

4 LEAD4 Polka – Clarinet Harmonica Pizzicato Bass Polka (115)

5 LEAD5 Whistle – Whistle Elec. Piano Elec. Bass 8Beat 1 (78)

6 LEAD6 Harmonica – Harmonica Strings Contrabass –

7 LEAD7 Tango Harmonica Harmonica (16') Strings Pizzicato Bass Tango 1 (120)

8 LEAD8 Jazz Organ Jazz Organ Jazz Organ (4') Jazz Organ (8') Organ Bass Bossanova 2 (150)

9 DECAY1 Acoustic Piano Piano – Piano Pizzicato Bass – 10 DECAY2 Elec. Piano Elec. Piano – Elec. Piano Elec. Bass 16Beat 3 (78) 11 DECAY3 Honky Tonk Piano Piano – Piano Piano Dixie (90) 12 DECAY4 Jazz Guitar Elec. Bass Elec. Bass Strings Elec. Bass Bossanova 1 (140) 13 DECAY5 Marimba Marimba – Piano Elec. Bass Samba 1 (125) 14 DECAY6 Fantasy 1 Vibraphone (4') Whistle Strings Elec. Bass Slow Rock 1 (72) 15 DECAY7 Elec. Guitar Elec. Guitar – Elec. Piano Elec. Bass 8Beat 3 (130) 16 DECAY8 Oriental Harpsichord Harpsichord Strings Contrabass –

• The numbers in the parentheses indicate that the "feet" settings for the assigned voice are different from the default. • As for the registrations assigned with rhythm, the Fingered is selected for the A.B.C. function and both Lower and Pedal Memories are set to on.

Page 3

No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Rhythm (Tempo)

1 SYNTH1 Wind Synth. – Cosmic 3 Elec. Guitar Elec. Bass (16') 8Beat 3 (150) 2 SYNTH2 Synth. Brass 1 Synth. Brass Clarinet (4') Elec. Guitar Elec. Bass 8Beat 1 (130) 3 SYNTH3 Cosmic Sound Cosmic 2 Whistle Elec. Piano Elec. Bass 8Beat 2 (120) 4 SYNTH4 Synth. Brass 2 Tutti 2 Brass Elec. Guitar Elec. Bass (16') 16Beat 3 (117) 5 SYNTH5 Fusion – Elec. Guitar Elec. Piano Elec. Bass (16') 16Beat Funk (120) 6 SYNTH6 Fantasy 2 Cosmic 1 (8') Whistle Cosmic 2 Contrabass – 7 SYNTH7 Fantasy 3 Cosmic 2 Marimba (4') Elec. Piano Elec. Bass Dance Pop (125) 8 SYNTH8 Fantasy 4 Cosmic 3 Whistle Cosmic 3 Elec. Bass Bounce 1 (125)

Quick Introductory Guide

No. LCD Display Rhythm Tempo

9 March 120 4 Brass Trumpet Tuba 10 Polka 110 4 Bassoon Flute (4') Pizzicato Bass 11 Country 112 1 – Harmonica Pizzicato Bass (16') 12 Broadway 135 4 Vibraphone (4') Trumpet Pizzicato Bass 13 Waltz-1 105 4 Strings Strings (16') Pizzicato Bass (16') 14 Waltz-2 180 2 Strings Violin Pizzicato Bass 15 J. Waltz 140 4 Elec. Bass (16') Whistle Pizzicato Bass (16') 16 Bolero 136 1 – Trumpet Pizzicato Bass (16')

Accompaniment Type

Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal V oice

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No. LCD Display Rhythm Tempo

1 Swing-1 160 3 Brass Trumpet Pizzicato Bass

2 Swing-2 138 4 – Clarinet Pizzicato Bass

3 J. Ballad 60 3 – Trombone Pizzicato Bass

4 Dixie 108 4 – Trumpet Tuba

5 Bounce-1 123 2 Guitar – Elec. Bass

6 Bounce-2 140 2 – Clarinet Pizzicato Bass

7 Reggae-1 132 4 Marimba – Elec. Bass

8 Reggae-2 120 4 Cosmic 2 Synth. Brass Elec. Bass (16')

9 Slow Rock-1 80 1 Elec. Guitar – Elec. Bass (16') 10 Slow Rock-2 74 1 – Trumpet Elec. Bass (16') 11 Slow Rock-3 92 4 – Saxophone Elec. Bass (16') 12 Tango-1 120 1 Harmonica Harmonica (16') Pizzicato Bass (16') 13 Tango-2 120 1 Strings Violin Pizzicato Bass (16') 14 Tango-3 110 1 Harmonica Harmonica (16') Elec. Bass (16') 15 Cha-Cha 126 4 Piano (16') Piano (4') Elec. Bass (16') 16 Rhumba 115 1 – Trombone (8') Elec. Bass (16')

Accompaniment Type

Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal V oice

Page 5

No. LCD Display Rhythm Tempo

1 Beguine 118 4 Strings Whistle Elec. Bass (16')

2 Mambo 100 4 Brass Saxophone Elec. Bass (16')

3 Samba-1 120 1 Saxophone Trumpet Elec. Bass (16')

4 Samba-2 112 1 Elec. Bass (16') Flute Elec. Bass (16')

5 Bossanova-1 103 1 – Flute Elec. Bass (16')

6 Bossanova-2 124 2 – Saxophone Elec. Bass (16')

7 8 Beat-1 100 3 Cosmic 2 Vibraphone(4') Elec. Bass (16')

8 8 Beat-2 117 2 Elec. Piano – Elec. Bass (16')

9 8 Beat-3 152 3 Elec. Guitar Elec. Guitar Elec. Bass (16') 10 Dance Pop 130 4 Vibraphone (4') Elec. Piano Elec. Bass (16') 11 16 Beat-1 85 4 – Flute Elec. Bass (16') 12 16 Beat-2 124 4 Synth. Brass Synth. Brass (16') Elec. Bass (16') 13 16 Beat-3 112 4 Brass Trumpet Elec. Bass (16') 14 16 Beat Funk 118 4 Elec. Guitar (8') Cosmic 3 Elec. Bass (16')

No. LCD Display Sound Image Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Rhythm (Tempo)

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

Accompaniment Type

Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal V oice

Quick Introductory Guide

Disk 2 Page 1

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 (4') Horn Pizzicato Bass 3 STRINGS3 Pop Strings 1 Strings Vibraphone(4') Horn Contrabass 4 STRINGS4 Pop Strings 2 Strings Clarinet Strings Pizzicato Bass 5 STRINGS5 Symphonic Orchestra Tutti 1 Tutti 2 (16') 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

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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 (4') Pizzicato Strings Pizzicato Bass 4 LEAD4 Flute Ensemble Flute Flute (4') Bassoon Pizzicato Bass 5 LEAD5 Pop Flute Vibraphone (4') Flute Strings Contrabass 6 LEAD6 Woodwind Ensemble 1 Bassoon Flute (4') 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 (4') – Vibraphone (4') Vibraphone (4') 5 DECAY5 Classical Guitar Guitar – Strings Pizzicato Bass 6 ORGAN1 Organ Organ – Organ Organ Bass 7 ORGAN2 Jazz Organ Jazz Organ (8') – Jazz Organ (8') 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 (8') Cosmic 3 Synth. Bass

Page 4

No. LCD Display Rhythm (Tempo)

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

10 16Beat 74 4 Harmonica Harmonica Elec. Bass (16')

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

• As for the registrations assigned with rhythm, the Fingered is selected for the A.B.C. function and both Lower and Pedal Memories are set to on.

Accompaniment Type

Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Pedal V oice

Basic Operation

Voice Edit

(User Voice)

* The Controls and Effects may

be applied differently depending

on the selected type of Controls

and Effects. See page 28 for

more information.



Registration Set-up

Select the keyboard

to play

Select the voice

(Voice Menu)

Finely adjust the voice

(Voice Condition)

Add effects

(Effect Set)

Add reverb

Select the rhythm

(Rhythm Menu)

Finely adjust the rhythm

(Rhythm Condition)

Quick Introductory Guide

Rhythm Program

(User Rhythm

/Rhythm Sequence)

Adjust the total volume

(Master Volume)

Playing Electone

Expression Pedal

Recording the performance

Using Registration Shift

/Footswitch

/Knee Lever



Playing back 



Setting Registration 

Shift/Footswitch

/Knee Lever



Loading the

registration data



Music Disk Recorder

Saving the registration data



Quick Introductory Guide

This section introduces you the convenient control functions of the LCD display. The LCD display lets you see at a glance the current settings and provides easy-to-understand graphic representation of all parameters.

Using the LCD Display

Selecting a voice/rhythm

Press the panel voice/rhythm button which you want to use (For

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

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

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

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

NICA

MAX

MIN

Press the Data Control button corresponding to the voice you want to play (Strings 2 in this case).

The selected voice/rhythm will be shown in the reversed box. For more information on the Voice Menus and Rhythm Menus, see pages 23 and 44.

Data Control Buttons

Quick Introductory Guide

The Data Control buttons are used to select 1 a voice/rhythm or function shown on the display. Press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice section once again. This LCD changes to show some of the other ways in which the Data Control buttons are used to control Electone functions. Each pair of buttons corresponding to the section of the display directly above it increases/decreases 2 the value or chooses 3 a setting/function. When you are setting the Pan position, each of them moves the curosr 4 to the right/left.

Page Buttons

These buttons 5 are used to select (when available) the various "pages" of the display, the names of which appear at the top

right of the LCD. Use Page [F ] to select the next page, and Page[E ] to select the previous page.

232

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Quick Introductory Guide

The Summary of the LCD Operation

1. To call up the LCD display

1) Pressing Panel Buttons

● Selecting voices or setting up the Voice Condition

● Selecting rhythms or setting up the Rhythm Condition

● Setting the Reverb effect

● Setting the Sustain

2) Pressing a Display Select button

● Displaying Voice Display (Manual Balance)

● Setting effects

● Setting A.B.C./M.O.C.

● Setting the Left-Footswitch

● Setting Registration Shift (Right-Footswitch)

● Setting Pitch and Transpose

● Setting MIDI

● Setting Voice Edit

● Setting Rhythm Pattern Program

● Setting Rhythm Sequence Program

● Selecting and setting Tremolo/Chorus

LCD display

2. To Select Pages

Selecting the page you want

to use with the Page buttons

3. To Actually Change the Settings

Using the Data Control buttons to

● Select voices/rhythms/effects

● Turn on/off the Accompaniment and A.B.C. Memory

● Adjust Touch Tone and Reverb depth

● Edit the rhythm pattern/sequence

● Move the Pan position and cursor position

LCD Display

PAGE buttons

PAGE

HOLDCOARSE

DISPLAY 

SELECT 

buttons

VOICE

EFFECT

DISPLAY

SET

FOOT

REGIST

SW.

SHIFT

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

VOICE

EDIT

PATTERN SEQUENCE

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

EXP.

PITCH/M IDI

TREMOLO

(FAST)

Quick Introductory Guide

DATA CONTROL

DISPLAY SEL ECT

DATA CONTROL buttons

HOLD button

COARSE button

HOLD Button

This button allows you to keep the LCD display at the current function. Normally, if the buttons of other functions are pressed, the LCD will switch to those functions. T o keep this from happening, press the Hold button; the button's LED will remain lit as long as Hold is in effect. Press the button again to cancel Hold.

HOLD

COARSE Button

This button allows you to make quick "jumps" when changing values (of the parameters with bar indications). While holding the Coarse button down, press the Data Control button corresponding to the value you wish to change; the values will change rapidly toward the maximum or minimum.

COARSE

2 Voice Sections

The EL-57 features 49 different high quality AWM voices, each of them can be used on the Upper keyboard, Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.

Voice Sections

There are four voice sections for the EL-57. Each voice section can, of course, have its own Voice Condition page(s), which allow you to finely set up voice and volume settings.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

NICA

MAX

LEAD VOICE

VIOLIN FLUTE

MAX

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

PHONE

LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE

SAXO-

NET

PHONE

COSMIC TUTTI

HORN

CHORUS

COSMIC TUTTI

MIN

MAX

MIN

OBOE TRUM-

PEDAL VOICE

CONTRA

BASS

PETTOLOWER

ELEC. BASS

TUBAORGAN

LOWER

MIN

MAX

MIN

1 Selecting Voices from the Panel

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

To select voices:

Select a voice from the Upper Keyboard Voice section by

pressing one of the Voice buttons in that section.

NO T E:

Some of the voices have no variation.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

NICA

VOLUME

MAX

MIN

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

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

3 4

Press one of the Data Control buttons that corresponds to voice you wish to select.

Voice Sections

The selected voice will be shown at the upper row of the LCD . In this case, Pop Organ appears.

(If necessary) select a voice from the Lead Voice, following steps #1 and #2 above.

Set the volume for each voice section. T here 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. T he controls have seven volume settings, from a minimum of 0, or no sound, to a maximum of full volume.

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

Fine: Pressing the same panel voice button again (or the same

Data Control button corresponding to the selected voice) calls up the Voice Condition display. Use the Data Control buttons directly under the display to change the level of the desired voice. The relative level is indicated by the bar under each voice in the display as well as by a numeric value (from 0-24).

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

NICA

VOLUME

MAX

MIN

NO T E:

Pressing a voice button once calls up that voice's Voice Menu display. Pressing it a second time calls up the Voice Condition display. Successive presses alternate between the two displays.

PEDAL VOICE

ELEC. BASS

CONTRA

BASS

TUBAORGAN

BASS

LOWER

MAX



Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes of the voices.

Voice Sections

NO T E:

The Lead and Pedal Voices sound one note at a time; when you simultaneously press two or more keys, only the highest note will sound.

VOICE

EFFECT

SET

REGIST

SHIFT

PITCH/M IDI

RHYTHM

PROGRAM

TREMOLO

A. B. C.

M. O. C.

EXP.

(FAST)

DISPLAY

FOOT

SW.

VOICE

EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE

DISPLAY SELECT

Adjust the volume balance between the Upper and Lower Voices

with the Balance Control provided on the Voice Display.

To adjust the volume balance:

1. Return to the Voice Display by pressing the VO ICE DISPLAY

button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.

2. Adjust the balance with the corresponding Data Control buttons.

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

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

Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made. When the Electone is turned on, B asic Registration 1 is automatically selected. If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory (page 52) before turning the Electone off. You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. See page 57 for more information.

About TO LOWER - Playing Lead and Pedal voices from

the Lower keyboard:

The Electone has a special "To Lower" function that lets you assign Lead or Bass voices to the Lower keyboard. Simply press the T O LO WER button on the voice section you wish to assign, and that voice will be playable from the Lower keyboard.

LEAD VOICE

VIOLIN FLUTE

OBOE TRUM-

PETTOLOWER

MAX

MIN

About Mute function:

You can easily mute the voice of a voice section by holding down the CO ARSE button and pressing the panel volume control of the voice section you wish to mute. Repeating the procedure restores the original volume setting.

MAX

COARSE

MIN

Actual volume setting

When muted

Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons

—Dotted Buttons and User Voices—

The EL-57 has a wide variety of voices from which you can choose-far greater than what is immediately apparent from the front panel controls. You've already learned in the section above how to select the different voices that are available in the Voice Menu display of each panel voice. The Electone also has dotted buttons in each voice section, giving you access to even more voices by including space for storing and recalling voices you've created yourself (User voices) by using Voice Edit function (page 78). Optional Voice Disk voices containing many new voices are also being made available for the EL-57 (page 85).

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 or User voices can be selected from these buttons.

Voice Sections

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

NICA

VOLUME

MAX

MIN

The dotted buttons have three basic uses:

● For playing any voice of the Voice Menus from any of the

keyboards or Pedalboard. You can play on the Upper keyboard, for example, voices from the twenty-two Voice Menu pages (including User), and not be limited to only the twelve buttons (equivalent to twelve Voice Menu pages) that make up the Upper Voice section. Another advantage to this feature is that when the normally monophonic (one note) Lead and Pedal voices are assigned to the Upper or Lower keyboard Voice sections, they can be played polyphonically.

● For having three different voices from the same Voice Menu

page available for selection in the same song. For example, you can assign one of the voices to a dotted button in the Upper Keyboard Voice section, the second voice to the other dotted button in the same section, and the third one on the Voice Menu.

● For playing the User voices of your own creation or those from a

Voice Disk. (page 78)

To select voices from the dotted buttons:

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

Voice Sections

UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE

STRINGS BRASS CLARI-

ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRA-

Select one of the pages with the Page buttons, and choose a Voice Menu (PIANO , for example). Each page represents a general voice category and the title of the category appears in the dark bar in the middle of the display when the page has been selected.

NET

SAXO-

PHONE

CHORUS HARMO-

COSMIC TUTTI

NICA

VOLUME

MAX

MIN

PAGE

NO T E:

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 voice name shown at the top of the LCD is that of the currently assigned voice and is irrelevant to the Voice Menu below.

Select a voice from the display (PIANO, for example) Piano will be shown at the top of LCD indicating that it has been selected.

To select User voices:

Select the USER page when you wish to play voices that you've created in Voice Edit (page 78) or voices from a Voice Disk (page 85).

Voice Menus

The following chart lists the voices available and their button/page assignment. The numbers shown in the list correspond to the page numbers shown in the LCD display.

Page 1 Upper/Lower

STRINGS

String1String

Pizz. Strs.

PAGE

Voice Sections

Page 2 Lead

VIOLIN

Violin

Page 3 Pedal

CONTRABASS

Contra

Bass

Page 4 Upper/Lower

BRASS

Brass Synth.

Page 5 Lower

HORN

Horn1Horn

Pizz. Bass

Brass

TRUMPET

Trum-

pet1

Trum-

pet2

Trom-

bone

Page 6 Lead

TUBA

Tuba Tim-

pani

Page 7 Pedal

FLUTE

Flute

Whis-

tle

Page 8 Lead

OBOE

Oboe Bas-

soon

Page 9 Lead

CLARINET

Clari-

net

Page 10 Upper/Lower

SAXOPHONE

Saxophone

Page 11 Upper/Lower

TUTTI

Tutti1Tutti

Page 12 Upper/Lower

CHORUS

Chorus

Page 13 Upper/Lower

HARMONICA

Harmo-

nica

Page 14 Upper

Voice Sections

Page 15 Upper/Lower

Organ

Pop

Organ

Page 16 Pedal

Organ

Bass 1

Organ

Bass 2

Page 17 Upper/Lower

Piano

Harpsi

-chord

Page 18 Upper/Lower

Elec.

Guitar

ORGAN

Jazz

Organ

Accor-

dion

ORGAN BASS

PIANO

Elec.

Piano

GUITAR

Harp

Voice Sections

Page 19 Upper/Lower

VIBRAPHONE

Vibraphone

Page 20 Pedal

Gloc-

ken.

Synth.

Chime

ELECTRIC BASS

Elec.

Bass1

Page 21 Upper/Lower

Cosmic1Cosmic2Cosmic3Cosmic

Page 22 USER

Elec.

Bass 2

USER VOICE

USER1USER2USER3USER

Marim-

Synth.

Bass

COSMIC

Details on Each Voice

Voice Sections

Page/Section Voice Name

1. Upper/Lower

STRINGS



2. Lead Violin

VIOLIN

3. Pedal

CONTRABASS

4. Upper/Lower

BRASS

5. Lowerr

HORN

6. Lead

TRUMPET

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7. Pedal

TUBA

8. Lead

FLUTE

9. Lead

OBOE

10. Upper/Lower

CLARINET

11. Upper/Lower

SAXOPHONE

12. Upper/Lower

TUTTI

13. Upper/Lower

CHORUS

14. Upper

HARMONICA

15. Upper/Lower

ORGAN

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16. Pedal

ORGAN BASS

17. Upper/Lower

PIANO

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18. Upper/Lower

GUITAR

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19. Upper/Lower

VIBRAPHONE

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20. Pedal

ELECTRIC BASS

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21. Upper/Lower

COSMIC

Strings 1 8' - Large strings ensemble.  Strings 2 8' - Relatively small strings ensemble for contemporary music.  Pizz. Strings 8' - Pizzicato strings.  Violin 8' - For multi purposes. 

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Contrabass 8' - Standard type. Pizz. Bass 8' - Pizzicato contrabass for classicals. Brass 8' - Trumpet and trombone ensemble for classicals.  Synth. Brass 8' - Synth. brass with sharp attack. Used for Basic Regist. 5. Horn 1 8' - Standard horn for classicals. Horn 2 8' - Horn unison solo. Alpenhorn. Trumpet 1 8' - Standard trumpet for classicals. Trumpet 2 8' - Jazz trumpet 1 with full-bodied sounds. Trombone U16'/L8' - For legato playing. Tuba 16' - Accentuated by touch. Timpani 8' - Standard timpani. Flute 8' - Standard flute solo.  Whistle 4' - Whistle.  Oboe 8' - Softer oboe.  Bassoon U16'/L8' - For legato playing.  Clarinet 8' - Standard clarinet. 

 Saxophone U16'/L8' - Alto sax.  

Tutti 1 8' - Strings unison and wood winds ensemble.  Tutti 2 8' - Strings unison and the brasses.  Chorus 8' - Female "Ah". 

 Harmonica 8' - Standard type with pitch modulated vibrato. 

Organ 8' - Small pipe organ. 8'. Jazz Organ 16' Chor. For solo playing. 16'+8'+5 1/3'. Pop Organ 8' Chor. Bright sounds for jazz. 8'+4'+2 2/3'.  Accordion 8' - Slower attack.  Organ Bass 1 8' - Combination organ bass.  Organ Bass 2 16' - Pipe organ bass 1. Standard type.  Piano 8' - For multi purposes.  Elec. Piano 8' Cele. DX7 type.  Harpsichord 8' - Standard cembalo.  Guitar 1 U16'/L8' - Folk guitar. Steel string.  Guitar 2 U16'/L8' - Acoustic jazz guitar. Tone varies depending on the touch.  Elec. Guitar U16'/L8' - For backing.  Harp 8' - Grand harp.  Vibraphone 8' - Standard vibraphone.  Glocken 4' - Glockenspiel.  Marimba 8' - Concert marimba. Synth. Chime 8' Cele. Starry chime. Elec. Bass 1 8' - For multi purposes. Elec. Bass 2 16' - Slap bass. Synth. Bass 16' - Sustained sounds. Cosmic 1 4' - Decay type. For multi purposes. UK in Basic Regist. 4. Cosmic 2 8' - The lower register of celesta. LK and PK in Basic Regist. 4.  Cosmic 3 8' - Brass type.LK in Basic Regist. 5. Cosmic 4 8' - Decay type. With fantastic image.

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