Yamaha Audio EL-87 User Manual

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.......................................... 15

5 Using the LCD Display .............................. 16

6 Voice List................................................... 20

2 Voice Sections ................................22

1 Selecting Voices from the Panel ................. 22

2 Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons.. 25

3 Voice Menus .............................................. 27

3 Flute Voices (Organ Sounds).........32

1 Creating Flute Voices ................................. 32

2 Save to User Flute Voice ............................ 34

3 Using Preset and User Voices..................... 35

4 Voice Controls and Effects ............36

1 Selecting from Voice Condition Pages ....... 37

[PAGE 1] .................................................... 37

(1) Touch Tone.......................................... 37

(2) Feet ...................................................... 38

(3) Effect (On/Off)..................................... 38

(4) Pan ....................................................... 38

(5) Brilliance.............................................. 38

(6) Volume ................................................ 38

[PAGE 2] .................................................... 39

(1) Vibrato ................................................. 39

(2) Touch Vibrato ...................................... 39

(3) Slide (Lead Voice Only)....................... 39

(4) Tune (Lead Voice Only)....................... 39

2 Selecting from Effect Set Pages.................. 40

(1) Tremolo/Chorus................................... 40

(2) Symphonic/Celeste............................... 40

(3) Delay.................................................... 41

(4) Flanger................................................. 41

3 Selecting from the Panel............................. 42

(1) Reverb.................................................. 42

(2) Sustain.................................................. 45

(3) Tremolo/Chorus................................... 46

5 Rhythm and Accompaniment .......49

1 Selecting Rhythms from the Panel.............. 49

2 Rhythm Condition Page.............................. 52

3 Dotted Buttons and User Rhythms.............. 53

4 Rhythm Menus........................................... 54

5 Automatic Accompaniment-Auto Bass Chord

(A.B.C.)...................................................... 56

6 Accompaniment Controls........................... 58

7 Keyboard Percussion .................................. 59

8 Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) ....................... 61

6 Registration Memory.....................62

1 Storing Registrations .................................. 62

2 Selecting Registrations ............................... 62

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

4 Registration Shift........................................ 64

7 Music Disk Recorder .....................68

1 Precautions ................................................. 68

2 Formatting a Disk....................................... 70

3 Recording ................................................... 71

4 Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) ... 77 5 Recalling Recorded Registrations

(and BulkData)........................................... 78

6 Replacing Registrations.............................. 78

7 Playback..................................................... 79

8 Other Functions.......................................... 81

8 Voice Edit.......................................88

1 Editing a Voice........................................... 88

2 Saving Your New Voice............................. 93

3 Quitting Voice Edit..................................... 94

4 Recalling an Edited Voice .......................... 94

Selecting Voices from a Voice Disk (Optional)..

6 Voice Editing Basics .................................. 96

9 Rhythm Pattern Program and Rhythm Sequence Program .108

Outline of the Rhythm Programming Operation ...

108

1 Rhythm Pattern Program .......................... 109

(1) Entering Rhythm Pattern Program...... 109

(2) Percussion Sounds Used for

Rhythm Pattern Program.................... 111

(3) Step Write and Real Time Write ........ 112

(4) Selecting Step Write or

Real Time Write Operation ................ 112

(5) Setting the Beat/Quantize Values....... 112

(6) Entering Percussion Sounds

to a Rhythm Pattern............................ 113

(7) Editing with Step Write...................... 114

(8) Editing with Real Time Write ............ 118

(9) Selecting Accompaniment Patterns.... 119

(10) Saving Rhythm Patterns..................... 120

(11) Quitting Rhythm Pattern Program...... 121

(12) Recalling User Rhythm Patterns......... 122

2 Rhythm Sequence Program ...................... 123

(1) Selecting a Sequence.......................... 123

(2) Programming a Sequence................... 124

(3) Quitting Rhythm Sequence Program.. 127

(4) Playing Rhythm Sequences................ 127

(5) Playing All Sequences in Order.......... 128

10 Footswitches, Knee Lever

and Expression Pedals................130

1 Footswitch................................................ 130

2 Knee Lever............................................... 132

3 Expression Pedals..................................... 134

11 Transpose And Pitch Controls ..136

12 MIDI...........................................137

13 Accessory Jacks and Controls ...139

14 Appendix ....................................140

MIDI............................................................. 140

MIDI Data Format ........................................ 141

MIDI Implementation Chart ......................... 145

Troubleshooting............................................ 146

Specifications................................................ 149

Index............................................................. 150

Panel Layout

Front Panel

LCD/Display Select

Others

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. (See page 22.)

2 Limitless Variety of Organ Sounds

The Electone also has separate voice sections that feature classic organ sounds-from jazz and pop to church and theater-and lets you easily create your own organ sounds by adjusting the volumes of the various flute footages. (See page 32.)

3 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. (See page 88.)

4 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. (See page 49.) 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. (See page 108.)

5 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. (See page 36.)

6 Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder

The Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder for recording your registrations and 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 68.)

7 Large LCD for Systematic, Intuitive Operation

The large LCD display provides comprehensive and easy-to-understand control over virtually all of the operations of the Electone. (See page 16.)

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.

Turn on the Electone by pressing the POWER switch.

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.

Getting Started

Plug the power cord in to an appropriate electrical outlet.

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

This last display shows the currently assigned voice settings for each voice section, as well as the overall balance between the Upper and Lower voices.

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

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

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.

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.

If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory (see p. 62) before turning the Electone off. You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. See page 67 for more information.

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

Registration Menu Disk

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. Included with your Electone is a Registration Menu Disk. The disk is packed with 80 different types of registrations, including voice and rhythm selections. Each registration is pre-programmed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination.

NOTE:

See page 68 for more information on the Music Disk Recorder.

NOTE:

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

NOTE:

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

To select registrations from the Registration Menu Disk:

Put the included Registration Menu Disk (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 shown at the top right corner of the LCD indicate this Registration Menu Disk contains five pages.

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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, [>] to select next page and [<] 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.

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.

NOTE:

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.

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Registration Menu List

Page 1: Strings

1-A String Orchestra 1 Strings 1 2 Strings 2 3 Strings 4 4

5 Horn 3 6 Strings 1 7 Cotrabass1 8

2-A Mellow Orchestra 1 1 Strings 2 2 Chorus 2 3 Whistle 4 Slow Rock2

5 Strings 2 6 Chorus 2 7 Upright Bass 8

3-A Small Strings 1 Strings 3 2 Strings 2 3 Violin 4 4

5 Strings 3 6 Strings 2 7 Cotrabass1 8

4-A Fidle 1 Strings 4 2 3 Violin 1 4

5 Strings 2 6 7 Cotrabass1 8

5-A Mellow Classic 1 1 Strings 2 2 Synth. Strings1 3 4

5 Strings 2 6 7 Cotrabass1 8

6-A Pizzicato Strings 1

7-A Tremolo Strings 1 Horn 3 2 Horn 1 3 4

8-A Mellow Classic 1 Strings 1 2 Strings 2 3 Strings 5 4

1-B Strings Quartet 1 Violin 1 2 3 4

2-B Mellow Orchestra 2 1 Cosmic 1 2 Celesta 3 4 Slow Rock 1

3-B Pops Classic 1 Strings 2 2 Harpsichord 3 Violin 4 4 8Beat1

4-B Unison Strings 1 Strings 2 2 Strings 2(16') 3 4

5-B Mellow Classic 2 1 2 3 English Horn 4

6-B Pizzicato Unison 1

7-B Dynamic Musical 1 Tutti 1 2 Strings 2 3 Piccolo 4 Polka1

8-B Dynamic Orchestra 1 Strings 1 2 Brass 1 3 Piccolo 4

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

Pizzicato Strings

5 Tremolo Strings 6 Strings 2 7 Cotrabass 1 8

5 Strings 1 6 7 Cotrabass 1 8

5 Violin 3 6 7 Cello 8

5 Strings 2 6 Chorus 2 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Strings 1 6 Horn 3 7

5 Strings 2 6 7 Cotrabass1 8

5 Strings 2 6 7 8 Cotrabass1

Pizzicato Strings

5 Horn 1 6 Strings 1 7 Cotrabass1 8

5 Strings 1 6 Brass 2 7 Timpani 8

: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOI CE

: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 27: PEDAL VOI CE 1

2 3 4

Pizzicato Strings

Elec. Bass 1

(16')

3 4

Pizzicato Strings

: RHYTHM

: PEDAL VOI CE 2

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Page 2: Brass

1-A Marching Band 1 1 Brass 1(16') 2 Brass 1(8') 3 4 March 1

5 Brass 1 6 7 Tuba 8

2-A Fanfare 1 Brass 2 2 3 Trumpet 1 4

5 Brass 4 6 7 Tuba 8

3-A Big Band 1 1 Tutti 3 2 3 Trumpet 1 4 Swing 3

(Dynamic)

4-A Big Band 3 1 Trombone 2 2 3 Trombone 2 4 Swing 3

(Trombone Ensemble)

5-A Big Band 5 1 Saxphone 2 2 3 Saxphone 2 4 Swing 1

(Super Saxophones)

6-A Jazz Trumpet 1 1 2 3 Trumpet 3 4 Swing 6

7-A Dixieland 1 1 Clarinet 2 2 3 4 Dixieland 2

8-A Sax Fusion 1 1 2 3 Saxphone 2 4 16 Beat 3

1-B Marching Band 2 1 Glockenspiel 2 3 Piccolo 4 March 2

2-B Classic Horn 1 Horn 3 2 3 4

3-B Big Band 2 1 Tutti 3 2 3 Trumpet 3 4 Swing 2

(Mellow)

4-B Big Band 4 1

(Mute)

5-B Big Band 6 1 Sax Ensemble 2 3 Sax Ensemble 4 Swing 1

(Mellow Sax)

6-B Jazz Trumpet 2 1 2 3 Flugelhorn 4 Jazz Ballad

(Flugelhorn)

7-B Dixieland 2 1 2 3 Trombone 1 4 Dixieland 1

8-B Sax Fusion 2 1 2 3 Saxphone 2(8') 4 Bounce 3

5 Trombone 2 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Sax Ensemble 6 7 Upright Bass 8

1 Brass 4 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Piano 2 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Banjo 6 7 Upright Bass 8

Electric Piano 2

5 Brass 1 6 7 Tuba 8

5 Trombone 1 6 7 Tuba 8

5 Guitar 2 6 7 Upright Bass 8

Muted Trombone

5 Piano 1 6 7 Upright Bass 8

Muted Trombone

5 Piano 1 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Honky Tonk Piano 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Synth. Strings 2 6

6 7

2 3

6 7 Upright Bass 8

Elec. Piano 1

Elec. Bass 1

Muted Trombone

Elec. Bass 2

4 Swing 2

: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOI CE

: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 28: PEDAL VOI CE 1

: RHYTHM

: PEDAL VOI CE 2

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Page 3: Lead

1-A Woodwind Ensemble 1 1 Clarinet 1 2 3 Flute 1 4

5 Bassoon 2 6 7 Contrabass 1 8

2-A Classical Flute 1 2 3 Flute 1 4

5 Harp 6 7 Contrabass 1 8

3-A Classic Oboe 1 2 3 Oboe 1 4

5 Tremolo Strings 6 7 Contrabass 2 8

4-A Classic Clarinet 1 2 3 Clarinet 1 4 Polka 1

5 Horn 3 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

5-A Folklore Kena 1 2 3 Pan Flute 4 Country 2

5 Guitar 1 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

6-A Western Harmonica 1 2 3 Harmonica 1 4

5 Strings 2 6 7 Contrabass 1 8

7-A Continental Tango 1 Harmonica 2 2 Bandoneon (4') 3 Violin 1 4 Tango 2

5 Piano 1 6 Strings 2 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

8-A Jazz Organ 1 1 Jazz Organ 2 2 Jazz Organ 2(4') 3 4 Bossanova 2

5 Pop Organ 1 6 7 Organ Bass 1 8

1-B Piccolo Cute 1 2 Glockenspiel 3 Piccolo 4 Polka 1

5 English Horn 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

2-B Mellow Flute 1 2 3 Flute 2 4 Slow Rock 1

Elec. Piano 1

3-B Mellow Oboe 1 2 3 Oboe 2 4 8 Beat 5

5 Pizzicato Strings 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

4-B Jazz Clarinet 1 2 3 Clarinet 2 4 Jazz Ballad

5 Strings 2 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5-B Mellow Whistle 1 2 3 Whistle 4 8 Beat 1

Elec. Piano 1

6-B Jazz Harmonica 1 2 3 Harmonica 2 4 Slow Rock 3

5 Guitar 2 6 7 Upright Bass 8

7-B Chanson Accordion 1 Accordion 2 3 Harmonica 2 4 Waltz 1

5 Accordion 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

8-B Jazz Organ 2 1 Pop Organ 2 2 Jazz Organ 1 3 Jazz Organ 3 4 Swing 2

5 Pop Organ 1 6 7 Organ Bass 1 8

6 7

Elec. Bass 3

Elec. Bass 1

: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOI CE

: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 27: PEDAL VOI CE 1

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: RHYTHM

: PEDAL VOI CE 2

Page 4: Decay

1-A Classic Piano 1 Piano 1 2 3 4

5 Piano 1 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

2-A Electric Piano 1 1

3-A Honky Tonk 1

4-A Jazz Guitar 1 2 3 Guitar 2 4 Bossanova 1

5-A Latin Mrimba 1 Marimba 2 3 4 Samba1

6-A Romantic Music Box 1 Celesta 2 3 Whisle 4 Slow Rock 1

7-A Guitar, Oldies 1

8-A Steel Drum 1 Steel Drum 2 3 4 Reggae 2

1-B European Mellow Piano 1 Piano 2 2 3 4 8 Beat 5

2-B Electric Piano 2 1

3-B Western Guitar 1 2 3 Whistle 4 Country 1

4-B Classic Guitar 1 Guitar 3 2 3 4 Samba 2

5-B Canzone Mandolin 1 Mandolin 2 Chorus 3 3 Violin 3 4 Tango 1

6-B Xmas Chime 1 Synth. Chime 2 Chime 3 Glockenspiel 4 Polka 1

7-B Heavy Metal 1

8-B Japanese Tradition 1 Koto 2 3 4 Beguine

Elec. Piano 1

Honky Tonk Piano

Elec. PIano 1

5 Piano 1 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Chorus 2 6 Strings 2 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

Elec. Guitar 2

Elec. Guitar 1

5 Pop Organ 1 6 7

5 Piano 2 6 Strings 2 7

Elec. Piano 2

5 Guitar 1 6 7 Upright Bass 8

5 Strings 4 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8

5 Theatre Organ 1 6 Chorus 2 7 Organ Bass 2 8

Distorted Guitar

Elec. Guitar 1

5 Strings 3 6 7 Contrabass1 8

2 3 4 16 Beat 3

6 7

2 3 4 Dixieland 1

6 7 Upright Bass 8

6 Strings 2 7 Upright Bass 8

2 3 4 8 Beat 3

6 7

2 3 4 8 Beat 1

2 7

2 3

6 7

Elec. Bass 3

Elec. Bass 1

Elec. Bass 3

Distorted Guitar

Elec. Bass 2

4 Bounce 3

: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOI CE

: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 27: PEDAL VOI CE 1

: RHYTHM

: PEDAL VOI CE 2

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Page 5: Synth

1-A Contemporary 1 1 2 3 Soprano Sax 4 8 Beat 4

(Fusion 1)

2-A Contemporary 3 1 Synth. Brass 2 2 3 Synth. Brass 2 4 Dance Pop 2

(Dance Beat 1)

3-A Contemporary 5 1 Synth. Brass 1 2 Glockenspiel 3 Recorder 4 8 Beat 4

(Japanese New Music 1)

4-A Contemporary 7 1 Brass 3 2 Brass 3 (16') 3 Trumpet 4 4 Dance Pop 4

(Dance Beat 3)

5-A Contemporary 9 1

(Fusion 3)

6-A Synth Classic 1 1 Cosmic 7 2 Cosmic 1 3 Whistle (4') 4

7-A Contemporary 11 1 Cosmic 3 2 3 Cosmic 4 4 8 Beat 2

(Dance Beat 4)

8-A Synth Brass Orchestra 1 1 Tutti 4 2 Brass 2 3 Synth. Brass 2 4 Bounce 3

1-B Contemporary 2 1 2 3 Saxphone 2 4 8 Beat 5

(Fusion 2)

2-B Contemporary 4 1 Synth. Brass 1 2 Synth. Brass 2 3 Synth. Brass 1 4 Dance Pop 3

(Dance Beat 2)

3-B Contemporary 6 1 2 3 Whistle 4 8 Beat 5

(Japanese New Music 2)

4-B Contemporary 8 1 2 3 Flugelhorn 4 Jazz Waltz 2

(Waltz)

5-B Contemporary 10 1 2 Brass 2 3 Trumpet 3 4 16 Beat 4

(Fusion 4)

6-B Synth Classic 2 1 Cosmic 6 2 Cosmic 3(4') 3 Marimba 4

7-B Contemporary 12 1 Glockenspiel 2

(Dance Beat 5)

8-B Synth Brass Orchestra 2 1 Brass 3 2 Synth. Brass 1 3 Trumpet 4 4 16 Beat 3

Elec. Guitar 2

Elec. Guitar 1

Elec. Piano

5 Cosmic 5 6 Cosmic 1 7 Contrabass 2 8

5 Clavi (8') 6 Synth. Clarinet 7 Synth. Bass 3 8

5 Piano 2 6 7

5 Cosmic 3 6

5 PIano 2 6 7

5 Cosmic 9 6 Chorus 2 7 Contrabass 2 8

5 Piano 2 6 Synth. Strings 1 7

1 6 Synth. Strings 2 7

Elec. Guitar 1

Elec. Piano 1

Elec. Guitar 1

Elec. Piano 1

Elec. Guitar

1 6 7

Elec. Piano

1 6 Cosmic 3 7

6 7

2 3

6 Strings 2 7

6 Synth. Strings 1 7

Elec. Guitar 1

6 Cosmic 4 7

Synth. Brass 1(16')

Elec. Bass 3

Elec. Bass 2

Elec. Bass 1

Elec. Bass 2

Elec. Guitar 2

Elec. Bass 2

Elec. Bass 3

Elec. Bass 1

Elec. Bass 2

Elec. Bass 1

Elec. Bass 2

3 Synth. Bass 3 4 Dance Pop 1

Elec. Bass 2

Elec. Bass 3

4 16 Beat Funk 1

: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOI CE

: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOI CE 27: PEDAL VOI CE 1

1 4

: RHYTHM

: PEDAL VOI CE 2

Basic Operation

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5 Using the LCD Display

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

Selecting a voice/rhythm

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

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

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

Press the Data Control button corresponding to the voice you want to play (Strings 3 in this case).

The selected voice/rhythm will be shown in the reversed box.

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Data Control Buttons

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 1 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 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 [>] to select the next page, and Page[<] to select the previous page.

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The Summary of the LCD Operation

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Hold 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. To 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.

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.

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2 Voice Sections

The EL-87 features 131 different high quality AWM voices, each of them can be used on the Upper keyboard, Lower keyboard and Pedalboard. There are four voice sections for the Upper keyboard (including the Upper Flute Voice section), three voice sections for the Lower keyboard (including the Lower Flute Voice section), and two voice sections for the Pedalboard. Each voice section can, of course, have its own Voice Condition page(s), which allow you to finely set up voice and volume settings.

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

Selecting Voices from the Panel

NOTE:

Voices of the Upper and Lower Flute Voice sections are selected by a different procedure. Refer to the section Flute Voices on page 32 for details.

To select voices:

Select a voice from the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 section by

pressing one of the Voice buttons in that section.

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

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

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

The selected voice will be shown at the upper row of the LCD. In this case, Pop Organ 1 appears.

If you wish to, you can select voices from the other Upper Keyboard Voice sections (Upper Voices 2 and Lead Voices), following steps #1 and #2 above.

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

Coarse: Use the VOLUME controls of each voice section on the panel to set the desired level for each voice. The controls have seven volume settings, from a minimum of 0, or no sound, to a maximum of full volume.

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).

NOTE:

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

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

NOTE:

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

Adjust the volume balance between the Upper and Lower Voices

with the Balance Control provided on the Voice Display.

1. Return to the Voice Display by pressing the VOICE 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.

About TO LOWER - Playing Lead and Pedal voices from the Lower keyboard:

When the TO LOWER 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, Basic Registration 1 is automatically selected. If you have made panel settings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory (see page 62) before turning the Electone off. You can, however, restore the panel settings that were made before the Electone was last turned off. See page 67 for more information.

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

About Mute function:

The voices of the three voice sections of the Upper keyboard (two in the Lower and Pedal) sound together in a layer, and the balance of the voices in the layer is determined by these VOLUME controls. You can easily mute the voice of a voice section by holding down the COARSE button and pressing the panel volume control of the voice section you wish to mute. Repeating the procedure restores the original volume setting.

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Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons

—Dotted Buttons and User Voices—

The EL-87 has a wide variety of voices from which you can choosefar 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(See page 88.). Optional Voice Disk voices containing many new voices are also being made available for the EL-87(See page 95.).

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.

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 1 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. (See page 88.)

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To select voices from the dotted buttons:

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

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.

NOTE:

You can directly view and select Voice Menu pages by holding down one of the Dotted buttons and simultaneously pressing the desired voice buttons in succession.

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 1, for example) PIANO 1 will be shown at the top of LCD indicating that it has been selected.

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