Yamaha EL-70 Specifications

61Getting Started1Plug the power cord in to an appropriate electrical outlet.1 Quick Introductory GuideWhether you are an advanced Electone performer

966Voice Editing BasicsThe EL-87 Electone uses a versatile tone generation systemdeveloped by Yamaha that is capable of producing an exceptionallywide

97(3) AWM OperatorsEach algorithm also has a special AWM (Advanced Wave Memory)Operator. AWM Operators are not sine waves like the other Operators,bu

98Cut-off Brighter sound. Higher setting.Darker sound. Lower setting.Resonance Pronounced sound. Higher setting.Softer sound. Lower setting.(4) FM Ope

99Envelope ParametersBy using the modulators and setting them to various output levels,you can create all kinds of sounds. These sounds will be stati

100(5) General Guidelines for Editing OperatorsBefore you edit a voice, always check its algorithm to see whichOperators function as carriers and whic

101(6) Some Voice Editing ExamplesThe following examples illustrate some specific uses of the Voice Editcontrols. Make the changes as described in th

103* The carriers have the OL values in the table;the modulators do not have.Well-vibrated Strings 79 80Synth. Strings 90 90Brilliant Strings 82Synth.

105FM VoiceVoice Character OL1 OL2 OL3 OL4Addition to Flute 75Flute 0Breath 105Recorder 0Addition to the Lower Range 103OL1:Whistle OL3:Noise 116 62Ob

7Turning the Electone off erases all panelsettings you have made. When theElectone is turned on, Basic Registration1 is automatically selected.If you

107FM VoiceVoice Character OL1 OL2 OL3 OL4Organ Bass 1 116 108Organ Bass 2 100 95 105Organ Bass 3 118 112 107Lower Range 114 91 111Elec. Piano 0 0Harp

108The Electone also includes powerful Rhythm Program functions: the Rhythm Pattern Program andthe Rhythm Sequence Program. The Rhythm Pattern Progra

1091Rhythm Pattern ProgramThe Rhythm Pattern Program works with the Keyboard Percussionfeature to let you use any of 75 different percussion sounds in

11022.-1 To copy a preset rhythm:While holding down the PATTERN button, select a presetrhythm to be copied to the Rhythm Pattern Program.Copying a pre

111The total of 75 different instrument sounds are available for the RhythmPattern Programming and are assigned to each key on the Upper andLower keyb

112Each method has its own advantages and uses. Step Write is good forprecision and for entering percussion sounds whose note placementand rhythmic v

113BEAT/QUANTIZE Page—Step Write1BEATDetermines the time signature used for the rhythm. Availabletime signatures are 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. The 4/4 time

114(7) Editing with Step WriteTo enter sounds with Step Write:1Raise the rhythm volume, and turn off all the Upper and Lowerkeyboard voices by setting

1153CLEARThe Clear function is used to erase an instrument from therhythm. All instances of the selected instrument, irrespectiveof which tracks they

82Press the Page button to select the various menu "pages" ofregistrations available on the disk.When the page numbers are displayed at the

116EDIT Page—Step Write1Step Forward and Step Reverse ControlsEach press of the corresponding Data Control buttons advancesor reverses the rhythm cloc

117About QuantizeThe Quantize function is a process of rounding off timing and/orduration values.With Real Time Write It allows you to automatically c

118(8) Editing with Real Time WriteTo enter sounds with Real Time Write:1Raise the rhythm volume, and turn off all the Upper and Lowerkeyboard voices

119(9) Selecting Accompaniment PatternsThis function of the Rhythm Pattern Program allows you to use one ofthe Electone’s Accompaniment patterns with

120(10) Saving Rhythm PatternsTo save a newly created rhythm to a User pattern number:1Select the SAVE page with the Page buttons.The current rhythm,

1213Once you have selected a User number and type, the followingdisplay will appear, prompting confirmation of the operation.Select “OK” to save the r

122(12) Recalling User Rhythm PatternsThe User rhythms you have created in the Rhythm Pattern Programcan be selected and played from the panel Rhythm

123 NOTE:Any rhythm currently playing willautomatically be stopped when you callup the Rhythm Sequence Programfunction. Also, use of the Music DiskR

124 NOTE:A maximum of 120 patterns can beentered to a single sequence.You can program the rhythm sequence ameasure at a time. Every User rhythmconsi

125Rhythm Pattern Number Table35 Slow Rock 336 Tango 137 Tango 238 Tango 339 Cha-cha40 Rhumba41 Beguine42 Mambo43 Salsa44 Samba 145 Samba 246 Samba 34

93Select one of the registrations shown on the LCD by pressingthe appropriate Data Control button.Up to 16 registration selections are shown on the LC

1264Use the cursor controls to move the cursor along the patternrow in the display and select the position at which patterns willbe entered. Then use

127Audition:You can play the rhythm sequence at any time during the editingprocess by moving the cursor to the point at which you wish tobegin playbac

128(5) Playing All Sequences in OrderYou can also have up to all four rhythm sequences automatically playin order, one after the other.To do this:1Pre

129Saving Rhythm Pattern and Rhythm Sequence Data to Disk:Once you have created your own rhythms and rhythm sequences, you’llwant to save them to disk

1301FootswitchThe Electone has two footswitches on the main expression pedalthat can be used to control various functions. The right footswitchis use

131(1) Rhythm ControlSelection of left footswitch control over rhythm functions. When thisis chosen, the following display appears:FOOT SWITCH-LEFT P

132(3) Tremolo ControlSelection of footswitch control over Tremolo. Pressing the footswitchturns the Tremolo effect on and off (Chorus), performing t

133(2) Melody On ChordTo select knee lever control over Melody On Chord:1Press the A.B.C./M.O.C. button in the DISPLAY SELECTsection to select the A.B

1343 Expression PedalsYou can control the volume during performance with your toe.Expression DepthThis display shows how far the expression pedal is p

135 NOTE:Don’t use the Pitch Bend and Tempo atthe same time since you mayinadvertently apply both two controls atonce. NOTE:The Pitch Bend func

10Registration Menu List1: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOICE4: RHYTHM5: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 27:

136To select the Pitch page:Press the EXP. PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECTsection, and select the Pitch page with the Page buttons.PITCH CONTR

13712 MIDIMIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a kind of communication system for electronic musicalinstruments. It is built into most ever

138MIDI CONTROL Page2 Internal/External Control2-1 LEADDetermines Internal or External control of the Lead Voices.When set to Internal, Lead Voices ar

13913 Accessory Jacks and ControlsOn the underside of the Electone keyboard is a separate panel equipped with various input/outputterminals and miscel

140MIDIMIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument DigitalInterface, which allows electronic musical instruments tocommunicate with ea

144 Switch CodeFunctions Switches Code Data RemarksSelector UK Voices 1 02 00-0D SW No.LK Voices 1 03 00-0D SW No.UK Voices 2 04 00-0D SW No.LK Voice

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11Page 2: Brass1: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOICE4: RHYTHM5: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 28: PEDAL VOI

146TroubleshootingPlease note that the appearance of any of following phenomena does not indicate a mechanical failure of theElectone.ProblemGENERAL O

147ACCOMPANIMENT AND OTHER FUNCTIONSProblemVOICES/RHYTHMSOnly one sound is heard when two notes of theLead or Pedal voices are simultaneously played.T

148Possible Cause and SolutionTransposition and Pitch control data, among others, cannot be memorized(except as song data). (See page 62.)The current

149Specifications149

150INDEXAA.B.C...56A.B.C./M.O.C ...57, 61ACC. (ACCOMPA

151RREAL TIME WRITE...118RECORD ...71REGIST SHIFT...

12Page 3: Lead1: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOICE4: RHYTHM5: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 27: PEDAL VOIC

13Page 4: Decay1: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOICE4: RHYTHM5: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 27: PEDAL VOI

14Page 5: Synth1: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 12: UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 23: LEAD VOICE4: RHYTHM5: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 16: LOWER KEYBOARD VOICE 27: PEDAL VOI

154Basic Operation

165 Using the LCD DisplayThis section introduces you the convenient control functions of theLCD display. The LCD display lets you see at a glance the

17Data Control ButtonsThe Data Control buttons are used to select 1 a voice/rhythmor function shown on the display.Press the STRINGS button in the Upp

18The Summary of the LCD Operation

19HoldThis button allows you to keep the LCD display at the currentfunction. Normally, if the buttons of other functions are pressed,the LCD will swi

22The EL-87 features 131 different high quality AWM voices, each of them can be used on the Upperkeyboard, Lower keyboard and Pedalboard.There are fou

23 NOTE:Pressing a voice button once calls up thatvoice's Voice Menu display. Pressing ita second time calls up the Voice Conditiondisplay. Su

245Now select voices for the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard asyou did for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes ofthe voices.6Adjust the volu

252Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons—Dotted Buttons and User Voices—The EL-87 has a wide variety of voices from which you can choose-far great

26 NOTE:You can directly view and select VoiceMenu pages by holding down one of theDotted buttons and simultaneouslypressing the desired voice button

27To select User voices:Select the USER page when you wish to play voices that you've createdin Voice Edit (see page 88.) or voices from a Voice

30Page/Section Voice NamePresetCommentsFeet Effect1. Upper/Lower Strings 1 8' - Large strings ensemble.STRINGS Strings 2 8' - Relatively sma

31Page/Section Voice NamePresetCommentsFeet Effect13. Upper/Lower Chorus 1 8' - Female "Ah".CHORUS Chorus 2 8' - Male "Wh&quo

321Creating Flute VoicesTo create the Flute Voices:1Press one of the Flute Voice buttons (UPPER or LOWER) inthe DISPLAY SELECT section.The FOOTAGE pag

333Press the Page buttons to select the various pages for the otherFlute Voice functions.ATTACK Page1Attack FootagesDetermines the level of each volum

342Save to User Flute VoiceSaves the currently created Flute Voice to the selected User FluteVoice memory space.After you have created a Flute Voice w

353Using Preset and User VoicesTo call up the Preset Voices and User Voices:1Press the Page buttons to select the MENU page.2Select Preset or User Flu

Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made. When the Electone is turned on, BasicRegistration 1 is automatically selected. If

364 Voice Controls and EffectsThe Electone is equipped with two general kinds of functions that can be used to change the sound of the voices:Voice Co

371Selecting from Voice Condition PagesTo call up the Voice Condition page:Choose a voice on the panel, then press that voice’s panel button again(or

382 FEETDetermines the octave setting of the voice. PRESET is the original(factory) setting; 4' is the highest and 16' is the lowest.3 EF

39Voice Condition [PAGE 2]Press Page buttons to select PAGE 2.The Pedal voice sections have PAGE 1 settings only (no PAGE 2).The Lead Slide and Lead T

402Selecting from Effect Set PagesYou must first "turn on" the desired effect on the Voice ConditionPage 1 before working on the Effect Set

41DELAY & FLANGER PagePress Page buttons to select Delay and Flanger pages, for Lead, Upper,Lower or Pedal.3 DELAYDelay is a pronounced echo effe

423Selecting from the PanelReverb, Sustain and Tremolo/Chorus pages are called up bypressing the respective panel buttons.(1) ReverbReverb adds an ech

43REVERB Page 21UPPER 1, 2, FLUTE SectionsDetermines the amount of reverb applied to each voice section.Range: 0-242LOWER 1, 2, FLUTE SectionsDetermin

44REVERB Page 41TREM. (Tremolo)Determines the amount of reverb applied to the sound of theTremolo/Chorus effect. Range: 0-242SYMP. (Symphonic)Determi

45(2) SustainThe Sustain effect, selectable for the Upper, Lower and Pedal voices,causes voices to gradually fade out when the keys are released. The

1 Table of ContentsPanel Layout...2Main Features...51 Quick Introductory Guid

46(3) Tremolo/ChorusTremolo recreates the rich, swirling sound of the popular rotating speakereffect. Just as with a conventional rotating speaker, y

47(1) Turning on the Tremolo effect (set to standby):Before you can switch Tremolo on and off in real time, you must firstturn the effect on in the va

48 NOTE:The EL-87’s various effects include Glideeffect. See page 131 for the informationon Glide.(2) Setting the Tremolo effectTremolo setting made

495 Rhythm and AccompanimentThe Rhythm features of the Electone use actual drum and percussion sampled sounds to automaticallyplay various rhythms. A

503Turn the rhythm on. You can use one of three buttons to turn onthe rhythm:1STARTThis button does as its name indicates; the rhythm begins assoon a

515Set the tempo.1TEMPO DialFor adjusting the speed of the rhythm. Turn the dial clockwiseto increase the tempo, and counter-clock wise to decrease i

522Rhythm Condition PageThe Rhythm Condition page includes Auto Variation, Percussion,and Accompaniment Volume Controls.To select the Rhythm Condition

533Dotted Buttons and User RhythmsThe Rhythm section also has, like the voice sections, dotted buttonsfrom which rhythms can be selected. These dotte

54(2) To call up the User rhythms:You can select the User page and rhythm when you wish to playrhythms you've created with the Rhythm Pattern Pro

55 NOTE:The Baroque on the March page isconfigured with accompaniment only; itdoes not contain any drum or percussion.

2Panel LayoutFront Panel

565Automatic Accompaniment - AutoBass Chord (A.B.C.)The Auto Bass Chord (A.B.C.) function works with the Rhythm sectionof the Electone to automatical

57(2) To select the A.B.C. function, call up the A.B.C./M.O.C. page:The Auto Bass Chord page can be called up by pressing the A.B.C./M.O.C. button in

58Rhythm Menu PageACCOMPANI. (Accompaniment)1 Type 1-Type 4These settings provide various types of rhythmic and melodicaccompaniment, and generally be

597Keyboard PercussionThe various drum and percussion sounds (a total of 43 are available)have been assigned to the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard fory

60Keyboard PercussionPercussion Assignments for the Lower KeyboardPercussion Assignments for the Pedalboard

618Melody On Chord (M.O.C)The Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) feature automatically adds aharmony part to the melodies you play on the Upper keyboard.The har

622Selecting RegistrationsSimply press the numbered button that corresponds to theregistration you wish to select.Using the D (Disable) button:Rhythm

633Saving the Registration Data to Disk1Insert a formatted disk into the disk slot under the Music DiskRecorder (M.D.R.).Make certain that the disk is

644Registration ShiftThe Registration Shift function allows you to change registrations,all the settings you make on the panel and LCD, without taking

654USERSelects the User mode. In the User mode, each press of theright footswitch selects registrations according to the order youspecify.To set the

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662DATA (Data Controls)The data controls are used to enter and delete registrationnumbers in the registration row. Move the cursor to thedesired posi

67Registration numbers cannot be entered beyond the theRegistration Shift function's capacity of 80. Thefollowing message momentarily appears wh

68Compatible Disk Type3.5” 2DD and 2HD type floppy disks can beused. A blank 2DD floppy disk has beenincluded with your Electone for you to recordyour

69Å° To protect your data (Write-protect Tab):To prevent accidental erasure of important data,slide the disk’s write-protect tab to the “protect”posit

70If you format a disk that contains previously recordeddata, all data on the disk will be erased. To avoidinadvertently formatting a disk after this

713Recording(1) To record a song:1Set the desired registrations on the Electone.Make all the Electone settings necessary for the songyou will record.

72If you make a mistake during recording:1. Press the PLAY button while the M.D.R. is stillrunning.This stops the recording and returns you to the sta

73Outline of M.D.R. OperationThough the M.D.R. is as easy to operate as a cassette tape recorder, it is far move versatil. Since itrecords all Electo

74(2) To record each part separately:You can also record the parts of your performanceindependently; for example, first recording the chords andbass t

75Separate recording for Lead and/or Keyboard Percussion parts:Hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously pressthe appropriate button in the top ro

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768Press the CUSTOMPLAY button to start recordingof the new part or parts. (Upper part.)Playback of the previously recorded parts startsimmediately.T

77[2] To record only the registrations and bulk data:1Set up the registrations and select the song numberas you did in steps #1 and #2 above.2Press th

785Recalling RecordedRegistrations (and Bulk Data)The registrations (and bulk data) recorded to songnumbers in the above operation can be loaded back

797PlaybackYou can play back your recorded performance by simplypressing the PLAY button. Registrations and other datawill be recalled to the Electon

80(3) To repeat playback of a song or songs:This feature allows you to repeatedly play back either allsongs on a disk or only one specific song.1Selec

81(3) Fast Forward and Fast ReverseDuring playback, these buttons function as fast forward andfast reverse buttons, much like those of a tape recorder

82(4) Changing the TempoYou can change the tempo of the song as the song is playingon the M.D.R. by holding down the SHIFT button andpressing the TEMP

83(5) Song CopyThis function lets you copy the data recorded at one songnumber to another song number.To use the Song Copy function:1Select the song n

84(6) Song DeleteYou can delete a song on disk by performing this function.To use Song Delete:1Use the SONG SELECT buttons to select the numberof the

85 NOTE:If you want to cancel the Disk Copy operation in themiddle of procedures, eject the disk and turn the poweroff. In this case, you are require

5 Main FeaturesYour Yamaha Electone is packed with many sophisticated functions. Yet is amazinglyeasy to use. The main features are briefly describe

86(8) Checking the Remaining MemoryWhile plaback is stopped, you can check the amount ofmemory available for additional recording. To do this,simulta

87Messages on the M.D.R. LED DisplayDisplay Description of the MessagesNo disk is installed. Install a disk.1) The installed disk is write-protected,

88In addition to the versatile Flute Voices section, the EL-87 Electone has a Voice Edit feature thatallows you to create your own voices. The Voice

89 EDIT PageAt the left side of the display is the Algorithm used for thisvoice. An algorithm is a kind of "map" that shows how thesound

90 NOTE:The parameter value can be changedquickly when you press the Data Controlbutton with the COARSE button held.Adjust the AR (Attack Rate) param

913Turn off Operators 1 and 2, and turn on Operators 3 and 4.Make some changes to their parameters, as you did withOperators 1 and 2 in steps #1 and #

92(3) To edit the AWM Operator:Next, we'll make some changes in the sound of the AWM Operator.The AWM Operator is a specially recorded waveform w

932Saving Your New VoiceOnce you have created a sound you are satisfied with, you'll want tosave that sound for future use.To save your newly cre

943Quitting Voice EditYou can quit the Voice Edit function from any of its display pages.To quit:1Press the VOICE EDIT button in the DISPLAY SELECTsec

955Selecting Voices From a Voice Disk(Optional)You can also load voices from optional Voice Disks to the 16 Uservoices in the Voice Menu.To do this:1H