Owner's Manual
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... in this owner's manual are for later reference. The Yamaha EL-200 Electone combines the most of a fine electronic organ, Electone EL-200. Included Items Owner's Manual Song Sheet 3.5" Floppy Disk FUN TO PLAY ELECTONE Disk Turning the Electone off . The GM mark is an addition to Registration Memory... before turning the Electone off erases all software and hardware products...
... in this owner's manual are for later reference. The Yamaha EL-200 Electone combines the most of a fine electronic organ, Electone EL-200. Included Items Owner's Manual Song Sheet 3.5" Floppy Disk FUN TO PLAY ELECTONE Disk Turning the Electone off . The GM mark is an addition to Registration Memory... before turning the Electone off erases all software and hardware products...
Owner's Manual
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... and wide dimension to each voice group. (page 17) 4 Dynamic Rhythm and Percussion sounds The Rhythm section of the Electone features authentic drum and percussion sounds, used by expert rhythm programmers in creating a total of the Music Disk Recorder The... Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder (MDR) for recording your registrations and performances to -life Sounds The new AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) and FM (Frequency Modulation) tone generation technologies make this Electone a truly lifelike musical instrument.
... and wide dimension to each voice group. (page 17) 4 Dynamic Rhythm and Percussion sounds The Rhythm section of the Electone features authentic drum and percussion sounds, used by expert rhythm programmers in creating a total of the Music Disk Recorder The... Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder (MDR) for recording your registrations and performances to -life Sounds The new AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) and FM (Frequency Modulation) tone generation technologies make this Electone a truly lifelike musical instrument.
Owner's Manual
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..., please consult with your foot. The required voltage is an overall control that affects the volume of the Electone. Yamaha products are manufactured specifically for the Electone. If you play. The MASTER VOLUME control is printed on the name plate of the entire instrument. Louder... Softer 10 POWER Only use the Expression pedal to change the volume with a qualified technician. When the Electone is automatically selected. 3 Set the MASTER VOLUME control. MASTER VOLUME 4 Press the Expression pedal down with your foot as correct ...
..., please consult with your foot. The required voltage is an overall control that affects the volume of the Electone. Yamaha products are manufactured specifically for the Electone. If you play. The MASTER VOLUME control is printed on the name plate of the entire instrument. Louder... Softer 10 POWER Only use the Expression pedal to change the volume with a qualified technician. When the Electone is automatically selected. 3 Set the MASTER VOLUME control. MASTER VOLUME 4 Press the Expression pedal down with your foot as correct ...
Owner's Manual
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...Bass 1 NOTE: Some of voices for the Upper/Lower keyboards and Pedalboard, and each Basic Registration. When the Electone is preset with a different set of the voices, hidden voices, cannot be accessible from the panel. Quick Introductory... Cosmic 3 Pedal Voice 1 Contra Bass1 Tuba Contra Bass 1 Cosmic 2 Synth. 2 Basic Registrations BASIC REGIST. Each of which is turned on , the Electone automatically selects Basic Registration 1. Basic Basic Basic Basic Basic Registration 1 Registration 2 Registration 3 Registration 4 Registration 5 Upper Keyboard Voice 1 Strings 1 Brass 1 ...
...Bass 1 NOTE: Some of voices for the Upper/Lower keyboards and Pedalboard, and each Basic Registration. When the Electone is preset with a different set of the voices, hidden voices, cannot be accessible from the panel. Quick Introductory... Cosmic 3 Pedal Voice 1 Contra Bass1 Tuba Contra Bass 1 Cosmic 2 Synth. 2 Basic Registrations BASIC REGIST. Each of which is turned on , the Electone automatically selects Basic Registration 1. Basic Basic Basic Basic Basic Registration 1 Registration 2 Registration 3 Registration 4 Registration 5 Upper Keyboard Voice 1 Strings 1 Brass 1 ...
Owner's Manual
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1 3 Basic Operation Registration Set-up Select the keyboard to play Quick Introductory Guide Select the voice (Voice Menu) Select the rhythm (Rhythm Menu) Add effects (Effect Set) Add reverb Adjust the total volume (Master Volume) Playing Electone Expression Pedal Setting Registration Shift/Footswitch /Knee Lever Loading the registration data Saving the registration data Recording the performance Playing back Music Disk Recorder 12
1 3 Basic Operation Registration Set-up Select the keyboard to play Quick Introductory Guide Select the voice (Voice Menu) Select the rhythm (Rhythm Menu) Add effects (Effect Set) Add reverb Adjust the total volume (Master Volume) Playing Electone Expression Pedal Setting Registration Shift/Footswitch /Knee Lever Loading the registration data Saving the registration data Recording the performance Playing back Music Disk Recorder 12
Owner's Manual
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...when you wish to the Lower keyboard. LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE 1 MAX PEDAL VOICE 1 CONTRA ELEC. 1 BASS BASS MAX OBOE TRUM- When the Electone is turned on, Basic Registration 1 is turned on, the Lead voices and Pedal voices cannot be playable from the Lower keyboard. Voice Sections 2 ...simultaneously press two or more information.) 14 The controls have made panel settings you have seven volume settings, from the Lower keyboard: The Electone has a special "To Lower" function that voice will sound. Use the VOLUME controls of 0, or no sound, to set the desired...
...when you wish to the Lower keyboard. LEAD VOICE VIOLIN FLUTE 1 MAX PEDAL VOICE 1 CONTRA ELEC. 1 BASS BASS MAX OBOE TRUM- When the Electone is turned on, Basic Registration 1 is turned on, the Lead voices and Pedal voices cannot be playable from the Lower keyboard. Voice Sections 2 ...simultaneously press two or more information.) 14 The controls have made panel settings you have seven volume settings, from the Lower keyboard: The Electone has a special "To Lower" function that voice will sound. Use the VOLUME controls of 0, or no sound, to set the desired...
Owner's Manual
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...) NOTE: Sustain cannot be turned on . NOTE: If Knee Lever control of full Reverb. Each keyboard can control the amount of Reverb applied to the Electone by pressing one time. Reverb effect affects the entire system at the far left side of the panel lights up the lamps of a performance in...
...) NOTE: Sustain cannot be turned on . NOTE: If Knee Lever control of full Reverb. Each keyboard can control the amount of Reverb applied to the Electone by pressing one time. Reverb effect affects the entire system at the far left side of the panel lights up the lamps of a performance in...
Owner's Manual
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...buttons. Pressing the INTRO. SEQ. First, press the INTRO. ENDING button again while the pattern is pressed. 4 Rhythms The Rhythm features of the Electone use one of three buttons to turn the rhythm on and off in the middle of song. ENDING 3 SYNCHRO START 2 START 1 FILL IN ...START This button puts the rhythm in various styles can use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play various rhythms. In addition, the Electone has a Keyboard Percussion feature that allows you press a note on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard. 3 INTRO. ENDING button, then the START...
...buttons. Pressing the INTRO. SEQ. First, press the INTRO. ENDING button again while the pattern is pressed. 4 Rhythms The Rhythm features of the Electone use one of three buttons to turn the rhythm on and off in the middle of song. ENDING 3 SYNCHRO START 2 START 1 FILL IN ...START This button puts the rhythm in various styles can use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automatically play various rhythms. In addition, the Electone has a Keyboard Percussion feature that allows you press a note on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard. 3 INTRO. ENDING button, then the START...
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... speed of full volume. The beat indicator lamp above the display also indicates the beats. MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW 1 1 2 ROCK MAX NOTE: When the Electone is playing, the display momentarily changes to a Bar/Beat indicator. BAR BEAT (BAR/BEAT Indicator: shows the current position in the measures) The number on...
... speed of full volume. The beat indicator lamp above the display also indicates the beats. MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW 1 1 2 ROCK MAX NOTE: When the Electone is playing, the display momentarily changes to a Bar/Beat indicator. BAR BEAT (BAR/BEAT Indicator: shows the current position in the measures) The number on...
Owner's Manual
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... can use the Fill In patterns: Fill In patterns are assigned to play back the song data containing rhythm sequences created with the other Electones, the sequence data will be loaded onto the four Metronome (SEQ.) buttons and they will function as introductions; Its tempo and volume can... of metronome sounds, simple metronome, two four, three four and four four, are designed to be very careful to normal rhythm play the Electone along with the START or SYNCHRO START buttons. Like the regular rhythms, all Fill In patterns have been designed to perfectly match the bass...
... can use the Fill In patterns: Fill In patterns are assigned to play back the song data containing rhythm sequences created with the other Electones, the sequence data will be loaded onto the four Metronome (SEQ.) buttons and they will function as introductions; Its tempo and volume can... of metronome sounds, simple metronome, two four, three four and four four, are designed to be very careful to normal rhythm play the Electone along with the START or SYNCHRO START buttons. Like the regular rhythms, all Fill In patterns have been designed to perfectly match the bass...
Owner's Manual
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...information on the additional rhythms. The Additional Rhythms This table lists all 10 of the rhythms available on the EL-200. See the following table for playback. Category MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE Rhythm Name q March1 March2 March3 Polka1 ... s 8 Beat s 16 Beat NOTE: 66 voices including the panel voices are only playable using the M.D.R. playback function. Accordingly, the EL-200 can be played back on the Electone. Rhythm Name q SlowRock1 SlowRock2 SlowRock3 q Tango1 Tango2 Tango3 q ChaCha Rhumba Beguine Mambo Salsa q Samba1 Samba2 Samba3 Bossanova1 Bossanova2 Bossanova3 q 8Beat1...
...information on the additional rhythms. The Additional Rhythms This table lists all 10 of the rhythms available on the EL-200. See the following table for playback. Category MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE Rhythm Name q March1 March2 March3 Polka1 ... s 8 Beat s 16 Beat NOTE: 66 voices including the panel voices are only playable using the M.D.R. playback function. Accordingly, the EL-200 can be played back on the Electone. Rhythm Name q SlowRock1 SlowRock2 SlowRock3 q Tango1 Tango2 Tango3 q ChaCha Rhumba Beguine Mambo Salsa q Samba1 Samba2 Samba3 Bossanova1 Bossanova2 Bossanova3 q 8Beat1...
Owner's Manual
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... metronome sounds, will be lit. Select the song number containing the registration data and press PLAY button on and play back automatically by the other Electone such as follows: 1. RHYTHM SEQ. MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW 1 1 2 ROCK MAX SEQ. Rhythms 4 About the Rhythm Sequence Rhythm Sequence...'s lamp will be programmed by pressing the SEQ buttons. 4. SEQ. The rhythm sequence data has been loaded to load the data. The EL-200 doesn't have up with various different rhythm patterns, and can read and load the rhythm sequence data recorded on the MDR (a floppy disk)...
... metronome sounds, will be lit. Select the song number containing the registration data and press PLAY button on and play back automatically by the other Electone such as follows: 1. RHYTHM SEQ. MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW 1 1 2 ROCK MAX SEQ. Rhythms 4 About the Rhythm Sequence Rhythm Sequence...'s lamp will be programmed by pressing the SEQ buttons. 4. SEQ. The rhythm sequence data has been loaded to load the data. The EL-200 doesn't have up with various different rhythm patterns, and can read and load the rhythm sequence data recorded on the MDR (a floppy disk)...
Owner's Manual
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...back to on the power. 2. Turn on . M. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 /TO DISK The Electone restores the registration settings before turning the Electone off . 1. Resetting the Electone to the Factory Preset (Power On Reset) All current settings including Registration Memories can , however, restore the panel settings... first be deleted at once by using the Power On Reset function. 1. When the Electone is turned on the panel, without taking your existing data. D. 27 Each press of EL-200 is automatically selected. Turn off . While holding the PEDAL/2 button in numerical order....
...back to on the power. 2. Turn on . M. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 /TO DISK The Electone restores the registration settings before turning the Electone off . 1. Resetting the Electone to the Factory Preset (Power On Reset) All current settings including Registration Memories can , however, restore the panel settings... first be deleted at once by using the Power On Reset function. 1. When the Electone is turned on the panel, without taking your existing data. D. 27 Each press of EL-200 is automatically selected. Turn off . While holding the PEDAL/2 button in numerical order....
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... eject the floppy disk before ejecting a floppy disk from the drive slot by hand. Never attempt to use ) Eject button NOTE: When the EL-200 is turned off the power. is facing forward, 6 towards the disk slot. A floppy disk left in as far as it will be used...to confirm that the M.D.R. 6 Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) The Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) lets you store the registration data and load back to the Electone as well as record your performance and play back commercially available XG song data. 1 Precautions on M.D.R. Carefully insert the disk into the slot and...
... eject the floppy disk before ejecting a floppy disk from the drive slot by hand. Never attempt to use ) Eject button NOTE: When the EL-200 is turned off the power. is facing forward, 6 towards the disk slot. A floppy disk left in as far as it will be used...to confirm that the M.D.R. 6 Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) The Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) lets you store the registration data and load back to the Electone as well as record your performance and play back commercially available XG song data. 1 Precautions on M.D.R. Carefully insert the disk into the slot and...
Owner's Manual
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... numbers 01 through 40 are available and up and small bars flash across the LED display from left part of memory left on the Electone. If you don't want to cancel recording. Make all registrations you will need for recording or press the STOP button to execute recording... be reduced depending on a disk. 3 Recording 1) To record a song: 1 Set the desired registrations on a floppy disk. This means entering the all the Electone settings necessary for the information about the total amount of LED display and flash along with the song number, warning you have recorded.
... numbers 01 through 40 are available and up and small bars flash across the LED display from left part of memory left on the Electone. If you don't want to cancel recording. Make all registrations you will need for recording or press the STOP button to execute recording... be reduced depending on a disk. 3 Recording 1) To record a song: 1 Set the desired registrations on a floppy disk. This means entering the all the Electone settings necessary for the information about the total amount of LED display and flash along with the song number, warning you have recorded.
Owner's Manual
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Performance data The M.D.R. Upper, Lower, Pedal, Lead and Keyboard Percussion - These include registration changes, the use of the Electone exactly as you play it, even recording the strength at the beginning of a song, before the actual recording of them down while playing. Operation Though ... well as the registration currently set to the panel, are recorded to operate as a cassette tape recorder, it is as digital data, it records all Electone settings and control movements as well as the notes you play the keys and how hard you much more flexibility and control than even the...
Performance data The M.D.R. Upper, Lower, Pedal, Lead and Keyboard Percussion - These include registration changes, the use of the Electone exactly as you play it, even recording the strength at the beginning of a song, before the actual recording of them down while playing. Operation Though ... well as the registration currently set to the panel, are recorded to operate as a cassette tape recorder, it is as digital data, it records all Electone settings and control movements as well as the notes you play the keys and how hard you much more flexibility and control than even the...
Owner's Manual
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... Registration Shift settings, Rhythm Pattern (User rhythms) Rhythm Sequence data, and User voices, are two ways to record the registrations and bulk data: [1] 1 On the Electone, set up the registrations and select the song number as the one when you did in the operation. While holding down the RECORD button... 2.
... Registration Shift settings, Rhythm Pattern (User rhythms) Rhythm Sequence data, and User voices, are two ways to record the registrations and bulk data: [1] 1 On the Electone, set up the registrations and select the song number as the one when you did in the operation. While holding down the RECORD button... 2.
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... mentioned in the previous page. 38 returns to STOP status. 1 Insert the disk and select the song number you want to load back to the Electone by simply selecting the appropriate song number and pressing the PLAY button. makes it possible to record them , if possible.) 2. When the operation has been...
... mentioned in the previous page. 38 returns to STOP status. 1 Insert the disk and select the song number you want to load back to the Electone by simply selecting the appropriate song number and pressing the PLAY button. makes it possible to record them , if possible.) 2. When the operation has been...
Owner's Manual
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...MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO FORMAT Music Disk Recorder 6 39 However, you want to the Electone. Playback automatically stops at the end of normal Electone song data as the default. NOTE: Although EL-200 itself doesn't have the detailed Registration Shift settings and sequence programming functions, you can access... the location and access the XG data. is resetting registrations on the LED. If the disk contains normal Electone song data and XG data, it accommodates each data in EL-200 and use them using the SONG SELECT buttons. 2 Press the PLAY button. NOTE: You can , however...
...MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO FORMAT Music Disk Recorder 6 39 However, you want to the Electone. Playback automatically stops at the end of normal Electone song data as the default. NOTE: Although EL-200 itself doesn't have the detailed Registration Shift settings and sequence programming functions, you can access... the location and access the XG data. is resetting registrations on the LED. If the disk contains normal Electone song data and XG data, it accommodates each data in EL-200 and use them using the SONG SELECT buttons. 2 Press the PLAY button. NOTE: You can , however...
Owner's Manual
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If you have recorded the Lead Voice/Keyboard Percussion part separately: On the EL-200 the Lead/Keyboard Percussion part(s) you have recorded separately will automatically set to on the LED display. 40 RECORD PLAY UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER ... back. The LED of the performance starts (excepting the parts that will follow in the upper right row. First the registration and other Electone models such as EL-90/87 and which includes the separately recorded Lead/Keyboard Percussion part(s), Lead part will be off and Keyboard Percussion will be off in...
If you have recorded the Lead Voice/Keyboard Percussion part separately: On the EL-200 the Lead/Keyboard Percussion part(s) you have recorded separately will automatically set to on the LED display. 40 RECORD PLAY UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER ... back. The LED of the performance starts (excepting the parts that will follow in the upper right row. First the registration and other Electone models such as EL-90/87 and which includes the separately recorded Lead/Keyboard Percussion part(s), Lead part will be off and Keyboard Percussion will be off in...