User manual YAMAHA EL-28

[. . . ] 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. [. . . ] (Only the part you want to do punch-in recording should be turned on. ) 5. Press the PLAY button to start punch-in recording. Play the specified range you want to change. Press the STOP button to quit the Punch-in recording function as soon as you reach the end of the range. 36 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) Rhythm Sequence data, and User voices, are also saved in the operation. There are two ways to record the registrations and bulk data: [1] 1 2 3 On the Electone, set the registrations and all other data you want to record. Select the song number to which you wish to record the registrations. RECORD PLAY PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER While holding down the RECORD button, press the M. /TO DISK (Memory) button on the Registration Memory panel. Small bars flash across the LED display from left to right, indicating that the M. D. R. is reading the registrations and other settings. is automatically stopped and returns to STOP status. SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY TEMPO FORMAT MUSIC DISK RECORDER 1. Press the M. /TO DISK (Memory) button. /TO DISK 6 Music Disk Recorder M. 1 [2] 1 2 3 Set up the registrations and select the song number as you did in steps #1 and #2 above. RECORD PLAY PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER Press the RECORD button to make the M. D. R. Each press of the STOP button while holding down the SHIFT button alternately selects Electone song data and XG data. In the case of Electone song data In the case of XG data STOP SHIFT Underline indicates the LED shows XG song number. NOTE: Although EL-28 itself doesn't have the detailed Registration Shift settings and sequence programming functions, you can load those data in EL-28 and use them using M. D. R. (See page 47 for more information). 6 Music Disk Recorder 1) To play back a song: RECORD PLAY PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT 1 2 3 UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER Select the number of the song you want to play back by using the SONG SELECT buttons. SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY TEMPO FORMAT MUSIC DISK RECORDER RECORD PLAY PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER Press the PLAY button. The PLAY lamp lights up and small bars move across the display, indicating that the M. D. R. is resetting registrations on the Electone. SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY TEMPO FORMAT MUSIC DISK RECORDER RECORD PLAY PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER Playback starts automatically after reading the song data. The elapsed time will be displayed on the LED. 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. SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY TEMPO FORMAT MUSIC DISK RECORDER 39 If you have recorded the Lead Voice/Keyboard Percussion part separately: On the EL-28 the Lead/Keyboard Percussion part(s) you have recorded separately will automatically set to on when you start playback. NOTE: When you play back the data made with 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. 6 Music Disk Recorder 1 2 3 4 1 2 40 Select the number of the song to be played back. RECORD PLAY PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER 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. [. . . ] LEAD VOlCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LED Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Left Footswitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]