Main Features Your Yamaha Electone is packed 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) tone generation system provides authentic, dynamic voices, making the Electone a truly expressive musical instrument. (See page 13.
Table of Contents P a n e l C o n t r o l s ................................................... 2 1 . B a s i c O p e r a t i o n .......................................... 4 1. Basic Operation Getting Started ......................................................................... 4 Playing Back the Demonstration Songs ................................... 5 Playing Your Electone ................................................................6 2. Voice Sections BasicRegistrations ......................
Panel Controls Front Panel 1 REVERB Buttons (See page 15.) 7 PEDAL VOICE Section (See page 13.) Adjust the Reverb effect for the entire sounds. Selects the Pedal voices and adjusts the volume. 2 SUSTAIN Buttons (See page 15.) 8 BASIC REGIST. (Basic Registration) Buttons (See page 6.) Add the Sustain effects to Upper/Lower Keyboard and Pedalboard. Select the Basic Registrations. 3 Monitor Speakers 9 MASTER VOLUME Control (See page 4.) Built-in speakers for your monitoring.
Other Parts, Controls and Terminals 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 23 * Key Cover/Music Stand Å@ ( Upper Keyboard ) Lower Keyboard q MIDI Jacks w Expression Pedal (See page 4.) Used to adjust the entire volume level during the performance. # TEMPO Dial (See page 17.) Adjusts the rhythm tempo. e Pedalboard $ BAR/BEAT Indicator (See page 17.) r AUX. OUT Jack (RCA/Mono) Flashes to the first beat of every measure (or every beat).
1. Basic Operation No matter what your level of playing experience, 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. Getting Started Once you've set up your 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.
Playing Back the Demonstration Songs The Electone has five demonstration music pieces for your listening enjoyment. Try playing back the demos before you start to play. 1 2 Press and hold down the PEDAL/DEMO button. PEDAL DEMO The five lamps in the BASIC REGIST. section will start blinking. Release the PEDAL/DEMO button. The lamps above the Basic Registration buttons will go on blinking, indicating the Electone has entered the stand-by mode for playing back a demon- BASIC REGIST. 1 stration song.
Playing Your Electone As a performance aid, the Electone includes convenient Basic Registrations that let you instantly change the voices and other settings for all of the keyboards, even as you play. Each registration is pre-programmed to be used for a specific music style or instrumental combination. Basic Registrations BASIC REGIST.
Basic Registration 1 Symphonie No.9 L. Beethoven Try playing with your right hand.
Next, play the accompaniment parts with your left hand and foot in addition to playing the melody line.
Basic Registration 3 Romance de L’amour Spanish Folk Song Accompaniment pattern 5 4 32 1 Left hand Pedal Left foot Am 5 5 5 5 E E E E 3 3 C C 2 1 1 2 5 4 A 3 G 3 F F 2 1 E B 1 D A 5 A A 2 E D E7 3 3 2 F 4 D 3 3 C C 5 31 2 B 1 A E E7 4 G E 5 21 Am 2 2 2 2 B B B B E7 2 F E7 Am 5 A C 5 2 1 Dm Am E 5 A E D Dm 5 31 Am 5 3 5 31 Am Am 4 5 9 21 3 C 2 B 1 A Am 5 31 3 F 2 E
Basic Registration 4 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 10 French Folk Song
Basic Registration 5 Chopsticks Hilster 11
●Selecting Voices Try playing the voices not assigned in the Basic Registration section. Select the voice to play on the Upper Keyboards from the Upper Keyboard voices/Lead voices. The LED (s) will be lit above the selected voice button.
2. Voice Sections The Electone has four voice sections: Upper Keyboard Voice, Lead Voice, Lower Keyboard Voice, and Pedal Voice. The Lead voices are playable from the Upper keyboard.
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 keyboard. Simply press the TO LOWER button in the voice section you wish to assign, and that voice will be playable from the Lower keyboard. PEDAL VOICE LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE OBOE TRUMPET MAX TO LOWER CONTRA BASS ELEC.
3. Effects The effects equipped with your Electone can be applied to each voice. Touch Tone The Touch Tone function gives you expressive control over the volume and timbre of a voice. All voices are provided with this expressive function, making it possible to perfectly reproduce the subtle dynamic and tonal changes of actual instruments. Two types of keyboard touch affect this function: Initial Touch and After Touch.
4. Rhythms The Electone features various rhythm patterns and metronomes that can be instantly selected from the panel. Selecting Rhythm Patterns METRONOME 1 3 4 RHYTHM 2 4 MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW ROCK 4 4 TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT MAX 2 MIN KEYBOARD PERCUSSION 4 BAR/BEAT METRONOME/RHYTHM LOWER SYNCHRO START START 3 TEMPO PEDAL DEMO BAR BEAT 1 Choose a rhythm pattern by pressing one of the buttons in the Rhythm section on the panel.
4 Set the tempo. Set the tempo of the rhythm by turning the TEMPO dial. The tempo is automatically set to 120 when the Electone is turned on. BAR/BEAT TEMPO Slower Faster About the Rhythm Tempo BAR/BEAT 2 TEMPO 1 BAR 3 BEAT 1 TEMPO Dial Adjusts the rhythm tempo. Turn the dial clockwise to increase the tempo, and turn it counterclockwise to decrease it. The tempo range is 40 to 240 beats per minute. 2 TEMPO Display/BAR/BEAT Display Shows the current tempo while the rhythm is stopped.
Playing Keyboard Percussion The various drum and percussion sounds (a total of 43 are 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 one of the LOWER or PEDAL buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section. KEYBOARD PERCUSSION LOWER PEDAL DEMO 2 Set the volume.
Percussion Assignments Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard Percussion Assignments for the Pedalboard 19
Appendix MIDI MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, which 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.
■ Setting Examples 1. Using MIDI OUT jack If a MIDI keyboard or tone generator is properly connected: Synthesizer, etc. MIDI OUT Tone generator EL-17 MIDI IN MU80 • 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.
About MDR-4 The optional Music Disk Recorder MDR-4 is a sophisticated recording device that lets you record your performances and play back them at any time. It works like a cassette tape recorder, but it records performance data instead of sounds. MDR-4 MIDI IN MIDI OUT MUSIC DISK RECORDER MDR-4 POWER MIDI IN MIDI OUT EL-17 The main features of the MDR-4 are as follows: • Recording your performance and playing back it.
Troubleshooting Please note that the appearance of any of following phenomena does not indicate a mechanical failure of the Electone. Problem Possible Cause and Solution No sound is produced from the Electone's speakers. The plug of the cable from the speaker unit is disconnected. Refer to the separate "Assembly Instructions", and reconnect the plug securely. A cracking noise is sometimes heard.
Specifications Upper: 49 keys (C-C), Lower: 49keys (C-C), Pedal: 20 keys (C-G) KEYBOARD Upper/Lower keyboard voice, Lead Voice TOUCH TONE VOICE Upper/Lower EFFECT RHYTHM New AWM Tone Generation Strings, Brass, Clarinet, Saxophone, Chorus, Organ, Piano, Guitar, Vibraphone, Cosmic, Tutti, [Upper] Harmonica, [Lower] Horn; (Synth. Brass, Cosmic 2 & 3 = Basic Registration); Volume Lead Violin, Flute, Oboe, Trumpet; To Lower; Volume Pedal ContraBass, Elec.Bass, Organ Bass, Tuba, (Synth.
MIDI Messages Channel Messages Code Function 8n, nn*, 00-7F Note OFF 9n, nn*, 00 01-7F Note OFF ON BF, 0B, 00-7F Cn,70-74** Expression Pedal Program Change Dn, 00-7F After Touch Transmit × × × × CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 × CH 16 × × × CH 16 CH 1 CH 2 Receive CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 15 CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 15 CH 16 CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 16 CH 1 CH 2 Transmit ○ ○ ○ ○ Receive ○* ○ ○ ○ Remarks UK LK PK Keyboard Percussion UK LK PK Keyboard Percussion Control UK LK PK Control UK LK * Note No. * * Basic Regist No.
System Exclusive Messages 1.
Date:1. AUG.1995 Version: 1.