Panel Controls Front Panel DATA CONTROL REVERB MAX STRINGS BRASS UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE CLARINET SAXOPHONE CHORUS HARMONICA 1 LEAD VOICE MAX VIOLIN FLUTE 1 BASIC REGIST. MAX 1 ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRAPHONE COSMIC TUTTI 2 OBOE TRUMPET TO LOWER 2 MIN MIN MIN 3 SUSTAIN UPPER (KNEE) STRINGS BRASS LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE CLARINET SAXOPHONE CHORUS HORN 1 PEDAL VOICE MAX CONTRA BASS ELEC. BASS 1 MAX 4 LOWER (KNEE) PEDAL ORGAN PIANO GUITAR VIBRAPHONE COSMIC TUTTI 2 ORGAN BASS TUBA TO LOWER 5 MIN MIN RHYTHM SEQ. 1 SEQ. 2 MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW ROCK 1 MAX SEQ. 3 SEQ. 4 TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT 2 MIN KEYBOARD PERCUSSION LOWER BAR/BEAT INTRO. ENDING RHYTHM SYNCHRO START START TEMPO PEDAL BAR FILL IN BEAT M. 1 2 3 4 ! REVERB (See page 30.) Adjusts the Reverb effect for the entire sound. ( BASIC REGIST. (Basic Registration) Buttons (See page 8.) Selects the Basic Registrations. " SUSTAIN Buttons (See page 30.) Adds the Sustain effects each to Upper/Lower Keyboard and Pedalboard. ) LCD DISPLAY & DATA CONTROL Buttons (See page 4.) * DISPLAY SELECT Section (See page 4.) Selects the various functions. # Monitor Speakers Built-in speakers for your monitoring. $ UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE (See page 18.) Selects the Upper Keyboard voices and adjusts the volume. + MASTER VOLUME (See page 8.) Adjusts the entire volume. % LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE (See page 18.) Selects the Lower Keyboard voices and adjusts the volume. , RHYTHM Section (See page 31.) Selects the rhythm patterns and adjusts the volume. & LEAD VOICE (See page 18.) Selects the voices and adjusts the volume. - BAR/BEAT TEMPO Display (See page 32.) Displays the rhythm tempo or bar/beat. ' PEDAL VOICE (See page 18.) Selects the voices and adjusts the volume. 2 DISPLAY SELECT VOICE DISPLAY SYMPHONIC A. B. C. M. O. C. FOOT SW. REGIST. SHIFT PITCH MIDI REGIST. MENU MASTER VOLUME OL DATA CONTROL PAGE RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER PLAY LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY TEMPO FORMAT MUSIC DISK RECORDER POWER 5 D. . KEYBOARD PERCUSSION Buttons (See page 43.) Used to play the percussion sounds on the Lower Keyboard or Pedalboard. 4 START Button (See page 32.) Used to start or stop the rhythm pattern. 5 M. (Memory) Button (See page 47.) Used to store a Registration to the Registration Memory buttons. / TEMPO Dial (See page 33.) Adjusts the rhythm tempo. 6 Registration Memory Buttons (See page 47.) Used to store a Registration to or call up the stored Registration from. 0 BAR /BEAT Indicator (See page 33.) Flashes to the first beat of every measure (or every beat). 7 D. (Disable) Button (See page 47.) Used to keep the same rhythm and accompaniment patterns throughout the registration changes. 1 INTRO. ENDING Button (See page 32.) Used to add a short introduction before starting actual rhythm pattern or an ending pattern before stopping the rhythm. 8 POWER Switch (See page 7.) Turns the EL-27 on/off. 2 SYNCHRO START Button (See page 32.) Puts the rhythm pattern in "stand-by" and enables the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard to start the rhythm. 9 Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) (See page 55.) Used to record/play back your performance and save/load the registration data. 3 FILL IN Button (See page 34.) Used to add a FIll-In pattern in the middle of rhythm playback. 3 LCD Display/DISPLAY SELECT Section DISPLAY SELECT VOICE DISPLAY DATA CONTROL DATA CONTROL PAGE SYMPHONIC A. B. C. M. O. C. FOOT SW. REGIST. SHIFT PITCH MIDI REGIST. MENU : LCD Display Displays various information for you to play EL-27. ? A.B.C./M.O.C. Button (See pages 40, 45.) Selects the Auto Bass Chord page or Melody On Chord page. ; DATA CONTROL Buttons (See page 11.) Selects the functions or sets the values. @ FOOT SW. (Footswitch) Button (See page 51.) Selects the (Left) Footswitch page. < PAGE Buttons (See page 10.) Changes pages when a function has more than two pages. A REGIST. SHIFT (Registration Shift) Button (See page 48.) Selects the Registration Shift function. = VOICE DISPLAY Button (See page 18.) Displays the currently assigned voices to each keyboard. B PITCH/MIDI Button (See pages 54, 75.) Displays Transport/Pitch page or MIDI page. > SYMPHONIC Button (See page 27.) DIsplays the Symphonic page. C REGIST. MENU Button (See page 10.) Selects the Registration Menu pages. Other Parts, Controls and Terminals D Accessory Jacks and Controls (See page 77.) E Keyboard Cover/Music Stand F Upper Keyboard G Lower Keyboard H MIDI Jacks (See page 75.) I Knee Lever (See page 52.) Turns on and off the Sustain or M.O.C. effect with your right knee even while you are playing. J Left Footswitch (See page 51.) Allows you to control the rhythm in the middle of performance. K Right Footswitch (See page 48.) Allows you to control the Registration Shift function. L Expression Pedal (See page 8.) Used to adjust the entire volume level in the middle of performance. M Pedalboard 4 Table of Contents Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 Quick Introductory Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. Playing Your Electone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. Registration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Registration Menu List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1 Quick Introductory Guide 2 Voice Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1. Voice Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2. Selecting Voices from the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. Selecting Additional Voices ­ Dotted Buttons and User Voices . . . . . . . . 21 4. Voice Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2 Voice Sections 3 Voice Controls and Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1. Selecting from the Voice Condition Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Touch Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Symphonic/Celeste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Vibrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2. Selecting from the Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sustain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3 Voice Controls and Effects 4 Rhythm, Accompaniment and Percussion 4 Rhythm, Accompaniment and Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1. Selecting Rhythm Patterns from the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2. Auto Variation and Rhythm Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3. Selecting Rhythms from the Dotted Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4. Rhythm Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 5. Accompaniment Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 6. Automatic Accompaniment ­ Auto Bass Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 7. Keyboard Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 8. Melody On Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5 Registration Memory 5 Registration Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 1. Storing Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 2. Registration Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 6 Footswitches and Knee Lever 6 Footswitches and Knee Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1. Footswitch Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 2. Knee Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 7 Pitch Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 8 Music Disk Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Formatting a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Recalling Recorded Registrations (and Bulk Data) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Replacing Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Other Functoins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 7 Pitch Controls 8 Music Disk Recorder 9 MIDI Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 10 Accessory Jacks and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 9 MIDI Controls Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 MIDI Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 MIDI Implementation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 10 Accessory Jacks and Controls 5 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) and FM (Frequency Modulation) tone generation technologies, combined with authentic tone function, make the EL-27 a truly expressive musical instrument. Wide Range of Voice Controls and Effects Electone voices can also be enhanced with a variety of voice controls and effects, including octave settings, Touch Tone, Symphonic/Celesta, Vibrato, Reverb, and Sustain. (See page 24.) Dynamic Rhythm Patterns The Rhythm section of the EL-27 features authentic drum and percussion sounds, accompanied with convenient Accompaniment functions. (See page 31.) A Keyboard Percussion function is also provided for playing the realistic percussion sounds from the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard. (See page 43.) Wide Variety of Registration Menus Your Electone also has convenient Registration Menus that allow you to instantly change all settings for the entire instrument in real time, as you play. (See page 10.) Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder The Electone also features a Music Disk Recorder for recording your 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 55.) 6 1 Quick Introductory Guide 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. 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. 1 Quick Introductory Guide 1. 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. POWER 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. POWER When you turn on the Electone, the following displays will appear ...