User manual YAMAHA EL-60-EL-40

[. . . ] We sincerely believe that our products and the production methods used to produce them, meet these goals. In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law, we want you to be aware of the following: BATTERY NOTICE: This product MAY contain a small nonrechargeable battery which (if applicable) is soldered in place. The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years. When replacement becomes necessary, contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement. [. . . ] Playback of the song begins after the Electone data is reset and the song time is shown on the M. D. R. 's display. Playback automatically stops at the end of a song. You can, however, stop playback in the middle of a song by pressing the STOP button. UPPER LOWER PEDAL SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. --PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER ­ TEMPO + FORMAT RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER PLAY LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT 7 Music Disk Recorder SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. 0 0:0 5 PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER ­ TEMPO + FORMAT If you have recorded the Lead Voice/Keyboard Percussion part separately: On the EL-700/500 the Lead/Keyboard Percussion part(s) you have recorded separately will automatically be on when you start playback. NOTE: When you play back the data which is made by 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 on as the defaults. (To turn on the Lead part, press UPPER/PLAY while holding down the SHIFT. ) 2) To play back the selected part(s): You can also play back the selected parts of your recorded performance, while other parts are temporarily turned off. This function is especially useful for playing a single part, such as the melody, over previously recorded accompaniment parts. To select specific parts for playback: Select the number of the song to be played back. Never turn off the power switch when a floppy disk is still engaged in the M. D. R. Also do not press the Eject button during recording or playback. 1 2 RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER PLAY LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT Set the parts you wish to mute to off, by pressing the appropriate PLAY button in the upper right row. The LED of the selected part should be off. Make sure to turn on the parts you wish to play back. SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. 03 PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY 95 MUSIC DISK RECORDER ­ TEMPO + FORMAT 3 4 Press the PLAY button. First the registration and other data are read, then playback of the performance starts (excepting the parts that were turned off in step #2). Now perform your new part or parts over the playback parts. All other parts will be muted automatically. 4 MUTE: Brings the part at the current cursor position to muted status. The muted parts are indicated by a hyphen (-). (VOLUME): Adjusts the volume of each part within the range, 0 - 24. If you have selected ALL, you can adjust overall volume. NOTE: The XG song data created with EL-700/500 conforms to the SMF format 0 and 1. 7 Music Disk Recorder 97 XG Easy Convertor This function allows you to convert the EL-700/500 song data to the XG format data. You can then play back the data using XG devices and/or personal computer. Depending on the type of XG devices, sound may be different from the original data you created. The contents to be converted: Voice (Program) number, Volume, Feet (octave settings), Pan, Vibrato, Slide (for the Lead voices), Initial Touch, Pitch Bend, Effects (Tremolo and Delay), Reverb (except for Length), Sustain, Rhythm Patterns (except for Accompaniment), Expression, Registration, Registration Shift (except for Next Song) To convert the EL-700/500 data to the XG song data: 1. Insert the disk containing the Electone data into the floppy disk slot. Select the song to be converted to the XG data. While holding down the bottom right Data Control button (nothing is displayed in the corresponding section of the LCD diplay) press the RECORD button in the M. D. R. The following message appears to confirm the operation. RECORD UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER NOTE: Confirm that the disk should contain enough amount of available memory before the conversion. PLAY LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT 7 Music Disk Recorder SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER ­ TEMPO + FORMAT 4. [. . . ] 80 USER (RHYTHM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 139 USER (SEQUENCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 USER (VIBRATO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 USER (PANEL VOICE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]