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 Main Features......................................5 1 Quick Introductory Guide...............6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Getting Started.............................................. 6 Basic Registrations ....................................... 7 Registration Menu Disk................................ 8 Basic Operation .......................................... 15 Using the LCD Display .............................. 16 Voice List....................
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LCD/Display Select Others 4
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.
3 4 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.
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. Included with your Electone is a Registration Menu Disk. The disk is packed with 80 different types of registrations, including voice and rhythm selections.
3 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.
Registration Menu List Page 1: Strings 1-A 2-A String Orchestra Mellow Orchestra 1 1 Strings 1 2 Strings 2 3 Strings 4 4 5 Horn 3 6 Strings 1 7 Cotrabass1 8 1 Strings 2 2 Chorus 2 3 Whistle 4 5 Strings 2 6 Chorus 2 7 Upright Bass 8 Strings 3 2 Strings 2 3 Violin 4 4 Strings 2 3-A Small Strings 1 5 Strings 3 6 7 Cotrabass1 8 4-A Fidle 1 Strings 4 2 3 Violin 1 4 5 Strings 2 6 7 Cotrabass1 8 1 Strings 2 2 5 Strings 2 6 7 Pizzicato Strings 2
Page 2: Brass 1-A 2-A Marching Band 1 Fanfare 3-A Big Band 1 (Dynamic) 4-A Big Band 3 (Trombone Ensemble) 5-A Big Band 5 (Super Saxophones) 6-A Jazz Trumpet 1 7-A Dixieland 1 8-A 1-B 2-B 3-B 4-B 5-B Sax Fusion 1 Marching Band 2 Classic Horn Big Band 2 (Mellow) Big Band 4 (Mute) Big Band 6 (Mellow Sax) 6-B Jazz Trumpet 2 (Flugelhorn) 7-B Dixieland 2 1 Brass 1(16') 2 5 Brass 1 6 7 Tuba 8 1 Brass 2 2 3 Trumpet 1 4 5 Brass 4 6 7 Tuba 8 1 Tutti 3 2 3 Trumpet
Page 3: Lead 1-A 2-A Woodwind Ensemble 1 Classical Flute 1 Clarinet 1 2 3 Flute 1 4 5 Bassoon 2 6 7 Contrabass 1 8 2 3 Flute 1 4 6 7 Contrabass 1 8 2 3 Oboe 1 4 1 5 3-A Classic Oboe 1 4-A Classic Clarinet 1 5 5 5-A Folklore Kena Tremolo Strings Horn 3 1 5 Guitar 1 6 7 Contrabass 2 8 2 3 Clarinet 1 4 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8 2 3 Pan Flute 4 6 7 Pizzicato Bass 8 2 3 Harmonica 1 4 6-A Western Harmonica 1 5 Strings 2 6 7 Contrabass 1 8 7-A C
Page 4: Decay 1-A 2-A Classic Piano Electric Piano 1 3-A Honky Tonk 4-A Jazz Guitar 5-A Latin Mrimba 6-A Romantic Music Box 7-A Guitar, Oldies 8-A 1-B 2-B 3-B 4-B 5-B Steel Drum European Mellow Piano Electric Piano 2 Western Guitar Classic Guitar Canzone Mandolin 6-B Xmas Chime 7-B Heavy Metal 8-B Japanese Tradition 1 Piano 1 2 3 5 Piano 1 6 7 1 Elec. Piano 1 2 3 5 Elec.
Page 5: Synth 1-A 2-A Contemporary 1 (Fusion 1) Contemporary 3 (Dance Beat 1) 3-A Contemporary 5 (Japanese New Music 1) 4-A Contemporary 7 (Dance Beat 3) 5-A Contemporary 9 (Fusion 3) 2 3 Soprano Sax 4 5 Elec. Guitar 2 6 7 Elec. Bass 3 8 1 Synth. Brass 2 2 3 Synth. Brass 2 4 5 Elec. Guitar 1 6 7 Elec. Bass 2 8 1 Synth. Brass 1 2 Glockenspiel 3 Recorder 4 5 Elec. Piano 1 6 Synth. Strings 2 7 Elec. Bass 1 8 1 Brass 3 2 Brass 3 (16') 3 Trumpet 4 4 5 Elec.
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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 1 Press the panel voice/rhythm button which you want to use (For example, press the STRINGS button in the Upper Keyboard Voice 1 section).
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.
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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).
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.
2 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. 3 4 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.
5 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. 6 Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes of the voices. 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.
2 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.
To select voices from the dotted buttons: 1 2 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. 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.
To select User voices: Select the USER page when you wish to play voices that you've created in Voice Edit (see page 88.) or voices from a Voice Disk (see page 95.) 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.
Details on Each Voice Page/Section 1. Upper/Lower STRINGS 2. Lead VIOLIN 3. Pedal CONTRABASS 4. Upper/Lower BRASS 5. Lowerr HORN 6. Lead TRUMPET 7. Pedal TUBA 8. Lead FLUTE 9. Lead OBOE 10. Upper/Lower CLARINET 11. Upper/Lower SAXOPHONE 12. Upper/Lower TUTTI 30 Voice Name Preset Comments Feet Effect Strings 1 8' - Large strings ensemble. Strings 2 8' - Relatively small strings ensemble for contemporary music. Strings 3 8' - Small strings ensemble.
Page/Section 13. Upper/Lower CHORUS 14. Upper HARMONICA 15. Upper/Lower ORGAN 16. Pedal ORGAN BASS 17. Upper/Lower PIANO Voice Name GUITAR 19. Upper/Lower VIBRAPHONE 20. Pedal ELECTRIC BASS 21. Upper/Lower COSMIC Comments Effect Chorus 1 8' - Female "Ah". Chorus 2 8' - Male "Wh". Chorus 3 8' - Mixed chorus. Vocal 8' - Accentuated solo vocal, "Ah". Harmonica 1 8' - Standard type with pitch modulated vibrato.
3Å@Flute Voices (Organ Sounds) The Flute Voice feature allows you to create your own organ voices, giving you access to an unlimited combination of organ sounds. With this function, you can recreate all of the classic organ sounds by adjusting the flute footage levels and the percussive sounds, just like on conventional organs. There are eight flute footage settings, with three additional footage settings for the attack sound.
3 Press the Page buttons to select the various pages for the other Flute Voice functions. ATTACK Page 1 Attack Footages Determines the level of each volume in the percussive portion of the voice. Footage settings are 4', 2-2/3' and 2'. 2 Attack Length Determines the duration of the attack sound. 3 Mode Determines which notes in a held group of notes are given an attack sound. ●FIRST: Only the first note played will have attack; all other notes played while the first is held have no attack.
2 Save to User Flute Voice Saves the currently created Flute Voice to the selected User Flute Voice memory space. After you have created a Flute Voice with the Flute, Attack and Volume pages, you can save that Flute Voice. To save your own Flute Voice: 1 Press the Page buttons to select the SAVE page. NOTE: All settings in the Footage, Attack and Volume pages can be saved to the Save page, except for the following: Attack Mode, Tremolo On/Off, and Volume.
3 Using Preset and User Voices To call up the Preset Voices and User Voices: 1 2 Press the Page buttons to select the MENU page. Select Preset or User Flute Voices. Eight factory-preset voices (four Jazz Organ and four Pop Organ voices) are set to the upper row, and the eight User voices in the bottom row are for selecting voices you created and stored with the SAVE page. NOTE: The User area described in this section has no relation to that of the Voice Menu page.
4 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 are used to change various aspects of the voices, such as the touch sensitivity, volume, octave (footage), vibrato, pan setting and brilliance. The voice controls, as well as the selection of certain effects, are provided in the Voice Condition pages, described below.
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). The Voice Condition display pages of the various voice sections have slight differences in their functions. Each function in the Voice Condition page is independently applied to each voice section.
2 FEET Determines the octave setting of the voice. PRESET is the original (factory) setting; 4' is the highest and 16' is the lowest. 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 40.
Voice Condition [PAGE 2] Press Page buttons to select PAGE 2. The Pedal voice sections have PAGE 1 settings only (no PAGE 2). The Lead Slide and Lead Tune functions are only available with the Lead voice section. 1 VIBRATO 1 -1 1 -2 1 -3 1 -4 PRESET/USER Selects Preset, which calls up the original (factory) vibrato settings for the voice, or User, which lets you adjust the vibrato settings yourself.
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. 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. Symphonic, Delay and Flanger can be selected for each voice section independently.
DELAY & FLANGER Page Press Page buttons to select Delay and Flanger pages, for Lead, Upper, Lower or Pedal. 3 DELAY Delay is a pronounced echo effect, with distinct delayed repeats of the original sound. 3 -1 3 -2 3 -3 SPEED Determines the time between delayed repeats. Range: 0-100 F.B. (Feedback) Determines the number of delayed repeats. Range: 0-100 BAL. (Balance) Determines the volume of the delay effect, relative to the original sound. Higher settings produce a louder delay.
3 Selecting from the Panel Reverb, Sustain and Tremolo/Chorus pages are called up by pressing the respective panel buttons. (1) Reverb Reverb adds an echo-like effect to the sound, giving the impression of a performance in a large room or concert hall. The effect can be applied equally and simultaneously to all voices, or set individually for each section of the Electone, even independently for rhythm, accompaniment and effects.
REVERB Page 2 1 UPPER 1, 2, FLUTE Sections Determines the amount of reverb applied to each voice section. Range: 0-24 2 LOWER 1, 2, FLUTE Sections Determines the amount of reverb applied to each voice section. Range: 0-24 3 LEAD Section Determines the amount of reverb applied to the Lead Voice section. Range: 0-24 REVERB Page 3 1 PEDAL 1, 2 Sections Determines the amount of reverb applied to the Pedal Voice sections. Range: 0-24 2 RHYTHM ACC.
REVERB Page 4 1 TREM. (Tremolo) Determines the amount of reverb applied to the sound of the Tremolo/Chorus effect. Range: 0-24 2 SYMP. (Symphonic) Determines the amount of reverb applied to the sound of the Symphonic effect. Range: 0-24 3 DELAY Determines the amount of reverb applied to the sound of the Delay effect; it is adjustable individually for the Upper, Lower and Pedal Voice sections.
(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. To add sustain to the voices and call up the Sustain Length page: Press one of the SUSTAIN buttons in the SUSTAIN section. NOTE: The lamp of the button lights up to indicate that sustain is on. Press the button again to turn sustain off.
(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 various voice sections. This doesn’t actually start the effect, but merely puts Tremolo in a “standby” condition. Tremolo can be applied selectively to the voice sections; in other words, the Upper Keyboard voices can have the Tremolo effect while the Lead voices have another effect or no effect at all.
(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). To turn on the Tremolo effect and call up the Tremolo Control page: Press the TREMOLO (FAST) button in the DISPLAY SELECT section. The lamp of the button lights up to indicate that Tremolo is on. Press the button again to turn Tremolo off and Chorus on (the LED turns off). TREMOLO CONTROL Page 1 TREM.
5 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: 1 START NOTE: The left footswitch can also be used to turn the rhythm off and on in the middle of song. However, it cannot be used to start the rhythm at the beginning of a song. (To assign the footswitch for rhythm control, see page 131.) NOTE: ABOUT SYNCHRO START: Synchro Start functions quite defferently when the Auto Bass Chord feature is turned on and the Accompaniment Memory is turned off.
5 Set the 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. 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. When the rhythm begins playing, the TEMPO display changes function to a Bar/Beat indicator.
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.) Rhythm Condition Page NOTE: See page 56 for the information on A.B.C.
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. (See page 122.) 1 2 Press Page buttons to select the USER page. Press to select the User rhythm number and its Type. 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.
NOTE: The Baroque on the March page is configured with accompaniment only; it does not contain any drum or percussion.
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 key board 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. (3) Chords Recognized in the Single Finger Mode Major, minor, 7th and minor 7th chords can all be played in the Single Finger mode. NOTE: (Key of C) Major chords: Press the root of the chord (the note that corresponds to the chord's name).
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 3 4 Turn off all the lower and Pedal voices by setting each voice's volume to minimum. Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing either or both the LOWER and PEDAL buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section. Set the rhythm volume.
Keyboard Percussion Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard Percussion Assignments for the Pedalboard 60
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. function: Press the A.B.
6 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 buttons are conveniently located between the Upper and Lower keyboards for easy access while playing.
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 (See page 70). NOTE: See pages 77 and 78 for the details on saving/recalling registrations to/from the M.D.R. 2 Select a song number on the M.D.R. by using the SONG SELECT buttons.
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 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.
7 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. Å° 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: 1 2 3 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. While holding down the SHIFT button, press the FORMAT button. This step puts the format operation on stand-by, indicated by the dashes on the LED display and the flashing LED above the FORMAT button.
3 Recording (1) To record a song: 1 2 3 4 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. 2. Press PLAY again to begin re-recording the song.
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.