User manual YAMAHA ELX-1

[. . . ] When you need more specific instructions or want to explore a feature or function in greater detail, refer to the separate Owner's Manual. In addition, the Owner's Manual contains basic information about the ELS-01/01C, such as the Panel Layout and Basic Operations (pages 8 ­ 21), helpful sections you should read before working through this booklet. Now, go to the next page and take a look at the brief overviews of each chapter. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial 3 ACT 1 Page 6 Playing with the Registration Menus Song: "Grandfather's Clock" Simply select the Registration from the Registration Menu and play the song. It's not a difficult piece to play, but if you're unfamiliar with the score, try slowing down the rhythm and playing it at a more relaxed pace. [. . . ] Make the appropriate Voice Condition settings for Smooth Pad 1. Change the Voice Condition settings in display Pages 1 ­ 4 and the Brilliance setting according to the following chart. Settings/values that should be changed are highlighted in color. Voice Condition Settings Page 1 Pan Touch Tone Pitch Feet Reverb Volume Page 2 Vibrato Touch Vibrato Transpose Tune Page 3 Page 4 BRILLIANCE Effect 1 Type 1 Effect 2 Type 2 Initial: 8 Horizontal: 0 20 12 Preset OFF 0 EQ/Enhancer ST 2Band EQ Thru 4th from bottom Thru Center After: 0 After: 0 Preset (8') 3 Press the SUSTAIN [LOWER] button to call up the Sustain Length display. Set the sustain length of the Lower keyboard to 3. SUSTAIN UPPER (KNEE) LOWER (KNEE) PEDAL NOTE The Smooth Pad 1 Voice sounds long after you release your finger from the key. Reducing the sustain length makes this decay shorter. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial 43 ACT 4 ACT 3 0 ACT 2 ACT 1 Changing the Rhythm Condition settings 1 2 ACT 1 ACT 2 ACT 3 ACT 4 44 Press the [POPS] button and select [16Beat 1] from display Page 3. Turn on two of accompaniment parts, Chord 1 and Pad by pressing the [CHORD1] and [PAD] buttons shown at the bottom of the display. Accompaniment Parts 3 Press the [POPS] button on the panel again to call up the Rhythm Condition display, then increase the Accompaniment Volume to 18. This completes the Rhythm Condition settings. Now that the Registration Memory 4 settings are complete, record these settings to the [4] button in Registration Memory section. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial M 5 Mysterious Arpeggio with Delay Using the M2 Registration as the basis, we'll change the Upper Keyboard Voices 1 and 2. Also, for playing the arpeggio, we'll use the Delay effect. First call up the M2 Registration by pressing the [2] button on the Registration Memory section, then press the [ROTARY SP SPEED] button to turn it off. Changing the Upper Keyboard Voice Settings 2 Make the appropriate Voice Condition settings for DX E. Piano 2. Change the Voice Condition settings in display Pages 1 ­ 4 and the Brilliance setting according to the following chart. Settings/values that should be changed are highlighted in color. Voice Condition Settings Page 1 Pan Touch Tone Pitch Feet Reverb Volume Page 2 Vibrato Touch Vibrato Transpose Tune Page 3 Page 4 BRILLIANCE Effect 1 Type 1 Effect 2 Type 2 Initial: 4 Horizontal: 0 22 20 Preset OFF 0 0 Chorus Celeste 4 Thru Thru 4th from bottom L1 After: 0 After: 0 This completes the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 settings. Next, we'll edit the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 2 settings. 3 Select [DX E. Piano 2] for Upper Keyboard Voice 2. This Voice is included in the [PIANO] button, display Page 2. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial 45 ACT 4 Preset (8') ACT 3 ACT 2 1 Select [DX E. Piano 2] for Upper Keyboard Voice 1. Next, we'll edit the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 2 settings. 3 Select [Stage E. Piano 1] for Upper Keyboard Voice 2. This Voice is included in the [PIANO] button, display Page 2. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial 49 ACT 4 ACT 3 ACT 2 ACT 1 4 Make the appropriate Voice Condition settings for Stage E. Piano 1. Change the Voice Condition settings in display Pages 1 ­ 4 and the Brilliance setting according to the following chart. Settings/values that should be changed are highlighted in color. Voice Condition Settings Page 1 Pan Touch Tone Pitch Feet Reverb Volume Page 2 Vibrato Touch Vibrato Transpose Tune Page 3 Page 4 Effect 1 Type 1 Effect 2 Type 2 BRILLIANCE Initial: 5 Horizontal: 0 16' 20 15 Preset OFF 0 0 Chorus Celeste 4 Preset Thru 4th from bottom L1 After: 0 After: 0 ACT 1 ACT 2 ACT 3 ACT 4 50 (octave) setting. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial This completes the Upper Keyboard settings. NOTE The only difference between the Upper Keyboard Voices and Lower Keyboard Voices is the Feet Now that the Registration Memory 7 settings are complete, record these settings to the [7] button in Registration Memory section. Recording a Rhythm Sequence Program Using the powerful Rhythm Sequence Program feature, you can string together any of the Electone's rhythms to make complete rhythm compositions. In this section, we'll connect some preset rhythms to make the rhythm composition for "Change the World. " The rhythms used in this song are shown in the notation on pages 26 ­ 27. 1 Press the [SEQUENCE] button in the DISPLAY SELECT section. DISPLAY SELECT VOICE DISPLAY A. B. C. MDR FOOT SWITCH UTILITY INTERNET RHYTHM PROGRAM VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE U. ORGAN FLUTES L. ORGAN ROTARY SP SPEED FLUTES The Sequence display appears and the destination, [SEQ. 1] (Sequence 1), is selected. 2 Press the [RHYTHM] button at the top right of the display to call up the RHYTHM Page. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial 51 ACT 4 ACT 3 ACT 2 ACT 1 Selecting a Sequence Programming the Rhythm Sequence First, we'll set the Intro 1 section of the 60's 8Beat rhythm for the first measure. 1 ACT 1 ACT 2 ACT 3 ACT 4 52 Press the [POPS] button in the RHYTHM section on the panel. RHYTHM MARCH WALTZ SWING& JAZZ POPS R&B VOLUME MAX SEQ. SEQ. 1 2 1 SEQ. SEQ. LATIN 3 4 WORLD MUSIC BALLAD ROCK DANCE 2 MIN 2 Select [60's 8Beat] from the displayed rhythm menu. The selected rhythm is shown at the top of the display. 3 Press the INTRO [1] button to turn Intro 1 on. INTRO 1 2 3 NOTE When the Intro, Ending, or Break section is selected, the MAIN/FILL IN button flashes. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial 4 Enter the selected rhythm "60's 8Beat, Intro 1" to the first bar by pressing the [SET] button in the display. NOTE Once the [Set] button is pressed, one measure of the selected rhythm will be entered. The exception to this rule is the ending patterns, which enter more than one measure when you press the [SET] button. Keep in mind that entering an ending pattern automatically ends the song; no other rhythms can be entered after an ending pattern. Next, set the Main A section of the 8Beat Light 1 rhythm, for the second bar. 6 Press the MAIN/FILL IN [A] button twice so that the [A] button lights (not flashes). MAIN / FILL IN A B C D NOTE When you press the [A] button once, the button flashes and Fill In A is selected. Pressing it again lights the [A] button and Main A is selected. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial 53 ACT 4 5 Press the [POPS] button on the panel and select [8Beat Light 1] from the displayed rhythm menu. ACT 3 ACT 2 ACT 1 7 8 ACT 1 ACT 2 ACT 3 ACT 4 54 Enter the selected rhythm "8Beat Light 1, Main A" to the second bar by pressing the [SET] button in the display. Repeat steps #5 through #7 above to enter the rest of the rhythm and create the rhythm composition indicated in the notation on pages 26 ­ 27. [. . . ] Change the sound type to VINTAGE, and change the flute footage settings as indicated below. DISPLAY SELECT VOICE DISPLAY A. B. C. MDR FOOT SWITCH UTILITY INTERNET RHYTHM PROGRAM VOICE EDIT PATTERN SEQUENCE U. ORGAN FLUTES L. ORGAN ROTARY SP SPEED FLUTES NOTE The M5 Registration is characterized by its vintage tone generation and distorted sound. Add the 1 3/5' footage if you like. 2 Press the [ATTACK/VOLUME] button at the top right of the display to call up the ATTACK/VOLUME Page, then set Attack 4' to 4. This completes the Upper Organ Flutes settings. Playing the ELS-01/01C -- Tutorial Creating the Lower Organ Flute Voice 1 Press the [L. ORGAN FLUTES] button twice to call up the Lower Organ Flutes display. On the FOOTAGE Page, change the sound type to VINTAGE, and change the flute footage settings as indicated below. VOICE DISPLAY A. 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