Yamaha EL-400 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
5
1
Voice Sections
2
Quick Introductory
Guide
Voice Controls
and Effects
3
Rhythm and
Accompaniment
4
Registration Memory
5
Music Disk Recorder
(M.D.R.)
6
Footswitches,
Knee Lever and
Expression Pedal
7
Transpose and
Pitch Controls
8
MIDI
9
10
11
Accessory Jacks
and Controls
Appendix
Table of Contents
Panel Layout ................................. 6
EL-400 Panel Layout................................................ 6
LCD Display/Display Select .................................... 8
Main Features ............................... 9
1 Quick Introductory Guide ........ 10
1 Getting Started........................................... 10
2 Basic Registrations .................................... 11
3 Basic Operation.......................................... 12
4 LCD Display ............................................... 13
2 Voice Sections ......................... 17
1 Voice Display .............................................. 17
2 Selecting Voices from the Panel ............... 18
3
Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons..
21
4 Voice Menus................................................ 23
3 Voice Controls and Effects ....... 28
1 Selecting from Voice Condition Pages..... 29
(page 1) ........................................................ 29
1 Touch Tone.............................................. 29
2 Touch Vibrato.......................................... 30
3 Feet .......................................................... 30
(page 2) ........................................................ 30
1 Volume ....................................................30
2 Brilliance................................................. 30
3 Pan ........................................................... 30
4 Reverb ..................................................... 30
(page 3) ........................................................ 31
1 Effect ....................................................... 31
(page 4) ........................................................ 32
1 Vibrato ..................................................... 32
(page 5) (Lead Voices Only)...................... 33
1 Tune ......................................................... 33
2 Slide ........................................................ 33
2 Selecting from Effect Set Page ................. 33
1 Tremolo/Chorus ...................................... 34
2 Symphonic/Celeste ................................. 34
3 Delay ....................................................... 35
4 Flanger .................................................... 37
5 Distortion ................................................ 38
3 Selecting from the Panel ........................... 39
1 Reverb ..................................................... 39
2 Sustain ..................................................... 40
3 Tremolo/Chorus ...................................... 41
4 Rhythm and Accompaniment .. 44
1 Selecting Rhythms from the Panel .......... 44
2 Rhythm Condition Pages .......................... 47
3 Dotted Buttons and User Rhythms.......... 48
4 Rhythm Menus ........................................... 50
5 Automatic Accompaniment -
Auto Bass Chord (A.B.C.) ....................... 51
6 Accompaniment Controls ......................... 53
7 Preset/User Keyboard Percussion ........... 55
8 Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) ..................... 63
5 Registration Memory............... 66
1 Storing Registrations................................. 66
2 Selecting Registrations .............................. 67
3 Saving the Registration Data to Disk ...... 67
4 Registration Shift....................................... 68
6 Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.)... 73
1 Precautions on M.D.R. .............................. 73
2 Formatting a Disk...................................... 75
3 Recording .................................................... 76
4 Recording Registrations
(and Bulk Data).......................................... 82
5 Recalling Recorded Registrations
(and Bulk Data).......................................... 83
6 Replacing Registrations ............................ 83
7 Playback ...................................................... 84
8 Other Functions ......................................... 88
7 Footswitches, Knee Lever and
Expression Pedal..................... 98
1 Footswitch ................................................... 98
2 Knee Lever................................................ 101
3 Expression Pedal...................................... 103
8
Transpose and Pitch Controls ...
104
9 MIDI ...................................... 105
10
Accessory Jacks and Controls ...
107
11 Appendix ............................. 108
MIDI................................................................. 108
MIDI Data Format ......................................... 114
MIDI Implementation Chart ........................ 124
Troubleshooting .............................................. 126
Specifications .................................................. 129
Index................................................................. 131
The Index on page 131 can be of your help in finding the functions and terms.