Yamaha EL-400 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Appendix
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Problem Possible Cause and Solution
VOICES/RHYTHMS
The volume of Upper keyboard is louder than that Manual Balance is wrongly set to the either side, Upper or Lower. Open the
of Lower keyboard, or vice versa. Voice Display by pressing the VOICE DISPLAY button in the DISPLAY
SELECT section, and select page 2 to display the Manual Balance. Then
change the balance between Upper keyboard and Lower keyboard.
Pedalboard doesnt sound, even when its volume is One of the A.B.C. modes, Single Finger or Fingered Chord, is active. Set
properly set. the A.B.C. mode to off on A.B.C. page.
The TO LOWER buttons in the Pedal Voice 1 and Pedal Voice 2 are turned
on. Turn them off.
When keys on the Lower keyboard or pedalboard Keyboard Percussion function is set to on.
are pressed, the sounds of percussion instruments Turn the Keyboard Percussion off.
are also heard.
Even though a Dotted buttons rhythm has been Since the Dotted buttons contain User rhythms, no rhythm will sound if a
selected and started, the pattern does not sound. Pattern Disk pattern has not been saved to the selected Dotted button.
Effect
The Touch Tone function does not operate. Touch Tone setting in the Voice Condition is not high enough to get the effect.
Adjust the Touch Tone setting using the Voice Condition display.
The Reverb effect does not operate, even when The Reverb setting of the targeted voice group is set to 0. Raise the Reverb
Reverb parameters for the selected voice sections volume in the Voice Condition page 2 of the desired voice group.
are increased.
The Tremolo effect cannot be heard, even when the To get the Tremolo effect, you first need to select the Tremolo function in the
TREMOLO (FAST) button in the DISPLAY Voice Condition page 3 or Effect Set page.
SELECT section is on.
ACCOMPANIMENT
The pitch in the Single Finger mode does not Single Finger mode will only produce notes when played within a fixed octave
change, even when pressing different keys of interval on the Lower keyboard.
the keyboard. If notes with the same letter name are pressed outside of that range, the chords
that are sounded will share the same pitch.
While an intro./Ending pattern is automatically Since the Accompaniment chords play automatically one after another, the
playing, the Lower keyboard does not produce any Lower keyboard is designed not to produce any sound during the playback of
sound, even when the keys are played. an Intro./Ending pattern.
The Accompaniment cannot be heard even when The Accompaniment volume is set to 0 as the default. Be sure to raise the
an appropriate Accompaniment type is selected and Accompaniment volume on the rhythm condition page.
the rhythm has been started.
The harmony notes of the Melody On Chord The Upper keyboard has been set to sound only Lead voices. Raise the volume
function cannot be heard. of Upper Keyboard voices (not Lead voice, in this case) high enough to get the
effect.