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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.
Table of Contents Panel Layout ..........................................2 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 .......
Panel Layout Front Panel LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE (Page 18) UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE (Page 18) UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE REVERB MAX MAX REVERB (Page 34) STRINGS BRASS CLARINET SAXOPHONE CHORUS HARMONICA 1 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRAPHONE COSMIC 2 TUTTI MIN MIN LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE SUSTAIN MAX UPPER (KNEE) SUSTAIN (Page 35) LOWER (KNEE) PEDAL STRINGS BRASS CLARINET SAXOPHONE CHORUS HORN 1 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRAPHONE COSMIC TUTTI 2 MIN D KEYBOARD PERCUSSION RHYTHM VOLUME BASI
LCD Display (Page 14) DISPLAY SELECT (Page 4) LEAD VOICE (Page 18) PEDAL VOICE (Page 18) MASTER VOLUME (Page 7) LEAD VOICE VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A. B. C. M. O. C. MAX VIOLIN FLUTE 1 OBOE TRUMPET TO LOWER PAGE MASTER VOLUME FOOT SW. REGIST EXP. SHIFT PITCH/MIDI VOICE EDIT RHYTHM PROGRAM PATTERN SEQUENCE MIN PEDAL VOICE MAX CONTRA BASS ELEC.
LCD/Display Select LCD Display (Page 14) VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A. B. C. M. O. C. PAGE FOOT SW. REGIST EXP. SHIFT PITCH/MIDI VOICE EDIT RHYTHM PROGRAM PATTERN SEQUENCE VOICE DISPLAY Button (Page 20) EFFECT SET Button (Page 32) A. B. C. /M. O. C. Button (Page 47) FOOT SW. Button (Page 118) REGIST SHIFT Button (Page 54) EXP.
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.
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.
Quick Introductory Guide 3 1 Set the MASTER VOLUME control. The MASTER VOLUME control is an overall control which affects the volume of the entire instrument. MASTER VOLUME 4 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. Maximum volume Minimum volume BASIC REGIST.
1 Quick Introductory Guide 3 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. Your Electone includ two Registration Menu Disks: Disk 1 and Disk 2.
Quick Introductory Guide 3 1 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.
1 Registration Menu List Quick Introductory Guide Disk 1 Page 1 No.
1 Quick Introductory Guide Page 3 No. LCD Display Sound Image 1 SYNTH1 Wind Synth. 2 SYNTH2 Synth. Brass 1 3 SYNTH3 4 SYNTH4 5 SYNTH5 Fusion 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) No. LCD Display Upper Keyboard Voice Lead Voice Lower Keyboard Voice Pedal Voice Cosmic 3 Elec. Guitar Elec.
1 Quick Introductory Guide Disk 2 Page 1 No.
1 Quick Introductory Guide 4 Basic Operation Registration Set-up Select the keyboard to play Voice Edit (User Voice) Select the voice (Voice Menu) Select the rhythm (Rhythm Menu) Finely adjust the voice (Voice Condition) Finely adjust the rhythm (Rhythm Condition) * The Controls and Effects may be applied differently depending on the selected type of Controls and Effects. See page 28 for more information.
1 Quick Introductory Guide 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 1 Press the panel voice/rhythm button which you want to use (For example, press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice section).
1 Quick Introductory Guide Data Control Buttons 1 2 3 4 2 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.
1 Quick Introductory Guide The Summary of the LCD Operation 1. To call up the LCD display 1) Pressing Panel Buttons 2) Pressing a Display Select button ● Selecting voices or setting up the Voice Condition ● Selecting rhythms or setting up the Rhythm Condition ● Setting the Reverb effect ● Setting the Sustain ● Displaying Voice Display (Manual Balance) ● Setting effects ● Setting A.B.C./M.O.C.
VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET Quick Introductory Guide PAGE buttons LCD Display 1 DISPLAY SELECT buttons A. B. C. M. O. C. PAGE FOOT SW. REGIST EXP. SHIFT PITCH/MIDI VOICE EDIT RHYTHM PROGRAM PATTERN SEQUENCE TREMOLO (FAST) COARSE HOLD DISPLAY SELECT DATA CONTROL 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.
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. 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.
2 Press one of the Data Control buttons that corresponds to voice you wish to select. 2 Voice Sections The selected voice will be shown at the upper row of the LCD. In this case, Pop Organ appears. 3 (If necessary) select a voice from the Lead Voice, following steps #1 and #2 above. 4 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.
2 5 Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes of the voices. 6 Adjust the volume balance between the Upper and Lower Voices with the Balance Control provided on the Voice Display. NOTE: Voice Sections 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 DISPLAY EFFECT SET A. B. C. M. O. C. To adjust the volume balance: 1.
2 Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons 2 —Dotted Buttons and User Voices— Voice Sections 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.
To select voices from the dotted buttons: 1 2 Press one of the dotted buttons in any of the voice sections. UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE VOLUME MAX Voice Sections STRINGS BRASS CLARINET SAXOPHONE CHORUS HARMONICA 1 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRAPHONE COSMIC 2 TUTTI MIN 2 Select one of the pages with the Page buttons, and choose a Voice Menu (PIANO, for example).
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). 2 PAGE Voice Sections 3 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 String 1 String 2 Pizz. Strs. Page 2 Lead VIOLIN Violin Page 3 Pedal CONTRABASS Contra Bass Pizz.
Page 6 Lead TRUMPET 2 Trumpet1 Trumpet2 Trombone Voice Sections Page 7 Pedal TUBA Tuba Timpani Page 8 Lead FLUTE Flute Whistle Page 9 Lead OBOE Oboe Bassoon Page 10 Upper/Lower CLARINET Clarinet Page 11 Upper/Lower SAXOPHONE Saxophone Page 12 Upper/Lower TUTTI Tutti 1 Tutti 2 Page 13 Upper/Lower CHORUS Chorus Page 14 Upper HARMONICA Harmonica 24
Page 15 Upper/Lower ORGAN Organ Jazz Organ Pop Organ Accordion 2 Voice Sections Page 16 Pedal ORGAN BASS Organ Bass 1 Organ Bass 2 Page 17 Upper/Lower PIANO Piano Elec. Piano Harpsi -chord Page 18 Upper/Lower GUITAR Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Elec. Guitar Harp Page 19 Upper/Lower VIBRAPHONE Vibraphone Glocken. Marimba Synth. Chime Page 20 Pedal ELECTRIC BASS Elec. Bass1 Elec. Bass 2 Synth.
Details on Each Voice 2 Page/Section 1. Upper/Lower Voice Sections STRINGS 2. Lead Violin Voice Name Preset Feet Effect Comments Strings 1 Strings 2 Pizz. Strings Violin 8' 8' 8' 8' - Large strings ensemble. Relatively small strings ensemble for contemporary music. Pizzicato strings. For multi purposes. Contrabass Pizz. Bass Brass Synth.
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3 Voice Controls and Effects The Electone is equipped with two general kinds of functions that can be used to change the sound of the voices: Voice Controls and Effects. Voice controls include the Touch sensitivity, Volume, Octave (feet), Vibrato and Pan setting. The voice controls, as well as the selection of certain effects, are provided in the Voice Condition pages, described below. Effects include Reverb, Sustain, Tremolo, Symphonic, Delay and Flanger.
1 Selecting from Voice Condition Pages To call up the Voice Condition page: Choose a voice on the panel, then press that voice’s panel button again (or again press the Data Control button corresponding to the selected voice). 3 LEAD VOICE MAX FLUTE 1 OBOE TRUMPET TO LOWER Voice Controls and Effects VIOLIN MIN The Voice Condition display pages of the various voice sections have slight differences in their functions.
2)2FEET Determines the octave setting of the voice. PRESET is the original (factory) setting; 4' is the highest and 16' is the lowest. 3) 3 EFFECT (On/Off) Determines the effect type applied to the voice section. This is essentially an on/off switch for the effects; settings and adjustments to the effects are made from other pages. (For more information, see page 32.) 3 Voice Controls and Effects 3-1 PRESET: Selects the original (factory) effect.
Voice Condition [PAGE 2] Press Page buttons to select PAGE 2. PAGE 3 Upper/Lower -1 1 -2 1 -3 1 -4 Voice Controls and Effects 1 2 1 The Pedal voice section has PAGE 1 settings only (no PAGE 2). No Vibrato setting is available with the Pedal voice section. The Touch Vibrato function is only available with the Lead voice section.
2 Selecting from Effect Set Pages You must first "turn on" the desired effect on the Voice Condition Page 1 before working on the Effect Set page. VOICE DISPLAY 3 EFFECT SET A. B. C. M. O. C. Voice Controls and Effects FOOT SW. REGIST EXP. SHIFT PITCH/MIDI VOICE EDIT RHYTHM PROGRAM PATTERN SEQUENCE 1 . Call up a Voice Condition page by pressing the desired voice button on the panel twice. 2 . Turn on the desired effect for the voice by using the Data Control buttons below EFCT. in the display.
DELAY & FLANGER Page Press Page buttons to select Delay and Flanger pages. PAGE 3 -1 3 -2 3 3 -3 4 -1 4 -2 4 Voice Controls and Effects 3 -3 4 3 DELAY Delay is a pronounced echo effect, with distinct delayed repeats of the original sound. NOTE: Delay and Flanger are not available with the Pedal voice section. 3-1 SPEED Determines the time between delayed repeats. Range: 0-100 3-2 F.B. (Feedback) Determines the number of delayed repeats. Range: 0-100 3-3 BAL.
3 Selecting from the Panel Reverb, Sustain and Tremolo/Chorus pages are called up by pressing the respective panel buttons. 1) Reverb 3 Voice Controls and Effects Reverb adds an echo-like effect to the sound, giving the impression of a performance in a large room or concert hall. The effect is applied equally and simultaneously to all voices, the entire system.
2) Sustain The Sustain effect, selectable for the Upper, Lower and Pedal voices, causes voices to gradually fade out when the keys are released. The sustain on/off and sustain length settings are independent for each keyboard, providing maximum expressive control. 3 To add sustain to the voices and call up the Sustain Length page: Press one of the SUSTAIN buttons in the SUSTAIN section.
3) Tremolo/Chorus Tremolo recreates the rich, swirling sound of the popular rotating speaker effect. Just as with a conventional rotating speaker, you can switch between slow and fast speeds. And like a motor-driven speaker, the characteristic tremolo effect gradually changes speed after it is switched. You can also adjust the maximum speed of the effect to suit your playing style.
1) Turning on the Tremolo effect (set to standby): Before you can switch Tremolo on and off in real time, you must first turn the effect on in the desired voice sections. This doesn’t actually start the effect, but merely puts Tremolo in a “standby” condition. 1 . Press the desired voice button on the panel twice, then select Tremolo. 3 LEAD VOICE FLUTE 1 OBOE TRUMPET TO LOWER Voice Controls and Effects MAX VIOLIN MIN The selected Voice Condition page will be displayed. 2 .
2) Setting the Tremolo effect Tremolo setting made here are global; in other words , they are applied the same to all voices for which Tremolo has been turned on (set to standby). 3 VOICE DISPLAY Voice Controls and Effects FOOT SW. REGIST EXP. SHIFT PITCH/MIDI VOICE EDIT RHYTHM PROGRAM PATTERN SEQUENCE EFFECT SET A. B. C. M. O. C. To turn on the Tremolo effect and call up the Tremolo Control page: Press the TREMOLO (FAST) button in the DISPLAY SELECT section.
4 Rhythm and Accompaniment The Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play various rhythms. Automatic Accompainment functions are used with the rhythms, providing appropriate and completely automatic accompaniment to match the style of the rhythm selected. Moreover, the Electone has a Keyboard Percussion feature that allows you to play drum and percussion sounds from the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.
3 Turn the rhythm on. You can use one of three buttons to turn on the rhythm: INTRO. ENDING SYNCHRO START 3 2 START 1 FILL IN 1 START This button does as its name indicates; the rhythm begins as soon as the button is pressed. To stop the rhythm, press this button again. 4 Rhythm and Accompaniment 2 SYNCHRO START This button puts the rhythm in "stand-by"; the rhythm will start when you press a note on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard. To stop the rhythm, press this button again.
5 Set the tempo. TEMPO BAR/BEAT TEMPO 1 2 (TEMPO Display: shows current tempo) 1 TEMPO Dial For adjusting the speed of the rhythm. Turn the dial clockwise to increase the tempo, and counter-clock wise to decrease it. 4 Rhythm and Accompaniment 2 TEMPO Display (BAR/BEAT Indicator) Shows the current tempo. (Displayed values are given in beats per minute, just as on a conventional metronome.) The tempo range is 40 to 240 beats per minute.
2 Rhythm Condition Page The Rhythm Condition page includes Auto Variation, Percussion, and Accompaniment Volume Controls. To select the Rhythm Condition page: Choose a rhythm, and press that pattern's panel button again (or again press the Data Control button corresponding to the selected rhythm). (The button should be pressed only once if the Rhythm display has already been called up; otherwise press the button twice.
3 Dotted Buttons and User Rhythms The Rhythm section also has, like the voice sections, dotted buttons from which rhythms can be selected. These dotted buttons function as "wild card" rhythm selectors; any of the rhythms available from the panel buttons, the Rhythm Menus or User rhythms can be selected from these buttons. 1) To select a rhythm from a dotted button: 1 Press one of the dotted buttons on the right side of the Rhythm section.
2) To call up the User rhythms: You can select the User page and rhythm when you wish to play rhythms you've created with the Rhythm Pattern Programmer function. (page 110) 1 2 4 Press Page buttons to select the USER page. Press to select the User rhythm number (USER 1 - USER 8) and its Type (A - D). PAGE Rhythm and Accompaniment 4 Rhythm Menus This chart lists all 66 of the rhythms available on the Electone. The numbers in the chart correspond to the page numbers shown in the display.
Page 5 SLOW ROCK Slow Rock 1 Slow Rock 2 Slow Rock 3 Page 6 TANGO Tango 1 Tango 3 Chacha Rhumba Beguine Mambo Salsa 4 Rhythm and Accompaniment Tango 2 Page 7 LATIN1 Page 8 LATIN2 Samba 1 Samba 2 Samba 3 Bossanova1 Bossanova2 Bossanova3 Page 9 8 BEAT 8 Beat 1 8 Beat 2 8 Beat 3 8 Beat 4 Dance Pop 1 Dance Pop 2 Dance Pop 3 Dance Pop 4 8 Beat 5 Page 10 16 BEAT 16 Beat 1 16 Beat 2 16 Beat 3 16 Beat Funk 1 16 Beat Funk 2 16 Beat Funk 3 16 Beat 4 16 Beat 5 Page 11 USER RH
5 Automatic Accompaniment - Auto Bass Chord (A.B.C.) The Auto Bass Chord (A.B.C.) function works with the Rhythm section of the Electone to automatically produce chord and bass accompaniment as you play. It adds a entirely new dimension to your performance by effectively putting a full backing band at your disposal. Depending on the feature or mode selected, you can play anything from a single note to a full chord on the Lower keyboard and hear complete, rhythmical bass and chord accompaniment.
2) To select the A.B.C. function, call up the A.B.C./M.O.C. page: The Auto Bass Chord page can be called up by pressing the A.B.C./ M.O.C. button in the DISPLAY SELECT section. The A.B.C. section on this page are the same as the one found in the Rhythm Condition page. VOICE DISPLAY EFFECT SET A. B. C. M. O. C. FOOT SW. REGIST EXP.
6 Accompaniment Controls The Accompaniment function described in this section is independent of the A.B.C. accompaniment. When rhythms are used, A.B.C. provides rhythmical chords and bass, while the Accompaniment of this section provides arpeggiated chords and other instrumental embellishments. Accompaniment controls include the setting of the Accompaniment type and its volume. These controls are selected from the Rhythm Menu and Rhythm Condition pages.
7 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 2 Turn off all the lower and Pedal voices by setting each voice's volume to minimum. 4 Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing either or both the LOWER and PEDAL buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section.
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8 Melody On Chord (M.O.C) The Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) feature automatically adds a harmony part to the melodies you play on the Upper keyboard. The harmony is derived from the chords you play on the Lower keyboard--or from the chords that are played for you, if you use Automatic Accompaniment. Melody On Chord has three different modes, each providing a different set of harmonies to accompany the melody played. The modes are selected from the A.B.C./M.O.C. page. To select the M.O.C.
5 Registration Memory Registration Memory allows you to store virtually all the settings you make on the panel and LCD, providing a convenient way to instantly change all voice settings and rhythms while you're playing, with the simple touch of a single button on the Registration Memory panel. The eight buttons are conveniently located between the Upper and Lower keyboards for easy access while playing. M. /TO DISK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D.
3 Saving the Registration Data to Disk 1 Insert a formatted disk into the disk slot under the Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.). Make certain that the disk is either blank or has data you can erase. If the disk is new and unformatted, you will have to format it. Refer to the instructions how to formatt a disk (page 60). NOTE: See pages 67 and 68 for the details on saving/recalling registrations to/from the M.D.R. 5 RECORD UPPER LOWER SONG REPEAT Registration Memory 2 Select a song number on the M.D.R.
4 Registration Shift The Registration Shift function allows you to change registrations, all the settings you make on the panel and LCD, without taking your hands from the keyboards. By using the right footswitch on the expression pedal, you can “jump” to a specified registration or step through the panel registrations in sequence, either in numeric order or in any order you specify. Registration Shift has three modes: Shift, Jump and User.
4 USER Selects the User mode. In the User mode, each press of the right footswitch selects registrations according to the order you specify. To set the User mode function: 1 . Select USER in the Registration Shift page. The page information, indicating that the Edit page is available, appears at the top right section of the LCD. 2 . Press the Page buttons to select the EDIT page. The Edit page appears. There are two pages in the User mode, Mode and Edit.
2 DATA (Data Controls) The data controls are used to enter and delete registration numbers in the registration row. Move the cursor to the desired position and edit the registration data. 2-1 SET For initially entering a registration number to a blank space in the registration row, or for replacing a number at the current cursor position. To enter a number, press the desired Registration Memory button (the selected button will light), then press the Data Control button corresponding to SET.
Registration numbers cannot be entered beyond the Registration Shift function's capacity of 80. The following message momentarily appears when the 80 spaces have been filled: First delete unnecessary registrations, then perform the operation again. Resetting the Electone to the Factory Preset (Power On Reset) All current settings including Registration Memories, User voices and User rhythms can be deleted at once by using the Power On Reset function. To reset the all settings: Turn off the power.
6 Music Disk Recorder The Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) is a sophisticated recording device built into the Electone that lets you record your performances and registration settings. The Music Disk Recorder not only records the notes you play; it also remembers the voices and rhythms you select, the front panel controls you change, as well as all expression pedal, footswitch and knee lever positions, to reproduce your performance exactly as you play it.
Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head ● Clean the read/write head regularly. This instrument employs a precision magnetic read/ write head which, after an extended period of use, will pick up a layer of magnetic particles from the disks used that will eventually cause read and write errors. ■ To protect your data (Write-protect Tab): To prevent accidental erasure of important data, slide the disk’s write-protect tab to the “protect” position (tab open).
2 Formatting a Disk Before recording a performance to your blank disk, the disk must first be formatted. To format a disk: RECORD UPPER 1 Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk drive (insertion slot). “Fort” will appear on the LED display indicating that the inserted disk requires to be formatted. LOWER SONG REPEAT PAUSE PLAY PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER FROM TO SONG COPY STOP PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER 2 6 While holding down the SHIFT button, press the FORMAT button.
3 Recording 1) To record a song: 1 Set the desired registrations on the Electone. Make all the Electone settings necessary for the song you will record. This means entering the all registrations you will need for the entire performance in the Registration Memory. Make sure also to select the registration that you will use at the beginning of the song. NOTE: When a disk is first inserted, song number 01 is automatically selected.
If you make a mistake during recording: 1 . Press the PLAY button while the M.D.R. is still running. This stops the recording and returns you to the starting point of the song. The letters “rE” (retry) appear on the left side of the LED display and the PLAY and CUSTOM PLAY LEDs start flashing, indicating that you can re-record the song. RECORD UPPER LOWER SONG REPEAT PAUSE PLAY PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL FROM TO SONG COPY STOP CONTROL SHIFT SONG DEL.
Outline of M.D.R. Operation Though the M.D.R. is as easy to operate as a cassette tape recorder, it is far move versatil. Since it records all Electone settings and control movements as well as the notes you play as digital data, it allows you much more flexibility and control than even the most sophisticated tape recorder. Basically, the M.D.R. independently records the following three types of data: 1.
2) To record each part separately: You can also record the parts of your performance independently; for example, first recording the chords and bass to the song (using the Lower and Pedalboard), and after that recording the melody. This function also lets you record keyboard percussion and performance control data, such as registration changes and expression pedal operation, separately from the other parts of the song. 1 Set up the M.D.R. for recording, as you did in the section above.
Separate recording for Lead and/or Keyboard Percussion parts: Hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press the appropriate button in the top row in the procedure #2. above. The two buttons (indicated in the illustration at the right) function as Lead and Keyboard Percussion selectors in the record mode. RECORD/LEAD - Records the performance data of the Lead voice when turned on. RECORD/K.PERC. - Records the performance data of Keyboard Percussion when turned on.
8 Press the CUSTOMPLAY button to start recording of the new part or parts (Upper part). Playback of the previously recorded parts starts immediately. RECORD UPPER SONG REPEAT PAUSE The CUSTOM PLAY button is used here to record only the parts that have been selected for recording, and play back only those parts that have been selected for playback. Since registration data has already been recorded with the first parts of the song, recording begins immediately.
4 Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) You can also record registrations by themselves, without recording a performance. Bulk data, including Registration Memory and Registration Shift settings, Rhythm Pattern (User rhythms) and Rhythm Sequence data, and User voices, is also saved in the operation. There are two ways to record the registrations and bulk data: 1) To record only the registrations and bulk data: M. /TO DISK Select the song number to which you wish to record the registrations.
