Yamaha AR-80 Introductory Guide

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Introductory Guide

Whether you are an advanced Electone performer or have never touched an electronic keyboard in

your life, we recommend that you take the time to go through this basic section. It shows you in the

simplest possible manner how to start playing your AR-80. It also introduces you to some of the

basic operations and functions that will come in handy when you later use the AR-80’s more

advanced features.

Getting Started

1. Plug the power cord into an appropriate electrical

outlet.

2. Turn on the Electone by pressing the POWER

switch.

After a brief greeting display, the Voice Display automatically appears.

The Voice Display shows information on many important settings for the instrument, including

all Voice sections, current Style and Transpose settings, and the currently played chord in the

Lower keyboard. It also provides direct access to volume and pan settings. (See page 23 for

more information.)

POWER

Yamaha products are

manufactured specifically for

the supply voltage in the area

where they are to be sold. If you

should move, or if any doubt

exists about the supply voltage,

please consult with a qualified

technician.

CAUTION

A “Recall Panel” Menu briefly

appears at the left side of the

display after you turn on the

AR-80. Selecting this restores

the settings last made to the

Electone before it was turned

off. (For more information, see

page 80.)

Contents

Main SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION CAUTION Model Serial No. Purchase Date IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! 2. IMPORTANT: 3. NOTE: CAUTION: PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. WARNING CAUTION Table of Contents 1. Introductory Guide ..........................6 2. Voice Sections...............................15 3. Flute/Tibia and Extra Voice...........26 4. Voice Controls and Effects...........32 7. Music Disk Recorder.....................83 8. Voice Edit......................................114 Accessory Jacks and Controls 12. 9. Accompaniment Program...........122 Panel Controls PEDAL $ % * 78 4 3 1 4 Main Features Accompaniment Program and Sequence Program Wide Variety of Digital Effects Recording of Performances with the Music Disk Recorder Large Custom Display Introductory Guide Getting Started 1. outlet. 2. Page Playing the Demo Songs To select and play a Demo Song or Songs: 1. 2. button again. Registration Menu To use the Registration Menu presets: 1. the desired style. 2. 3. 4. Using the Display and Related Controls 1. display, press the HELP button again. 1MENU buttons 2PAGE buttons 3DATA CONTROL buttons 2. 1TOUCH TONE 2FEET 3PAN Help Messages 1. SELECT section. 2. 3. 4. the individual screens of the selected Menu. 5. Other Controls Voice Sections Lamp lights to indicate the Voice section is on. Selecting Voices To select Voices: 1. Page Coarse: Fine: 6. Pedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboard above. Also set the volumes of the Voices. 7. PEDAL About TO LOWER Playing Lead and Pedal Voices from the Lower keyboard: 1. 2. 3. 4. To select User Voices: Voice Menus / Voice List The following list shows the Voice categories and the available Voices. SAXOPHONE TUTTI CHORUS HARMONICA ACCORDION ORGAN BASS 24. USER USER VOICE PIANO Voice Display Page Saving and Recalling Panel Settings Flute/Tibia and Extra Voice Flute/Tibia (Theatre) Creating Flute/Tibia Voices Setting Footages 1. 3. each footage volume. 4. Setting the Click and Response Setting Attack/Chiff (Upper Keyboard only) Extra Voice To use the Extra Voice sections: 1. ENSEMBLE section), except the Organ sections. 2. 3. The selected Voices are highlighted in the display and their buttons lamps light. 4. VOICE sections. Selected Voice is highlighted. 5. 6. Voice Controls and Effects Voice Condition Pages 2FEET 3EFFECT 4PAN 5BRILL. (Brilliance) 6VOLUME VIBRATO Page 1VIBRATO PRESET/USER (See next page for detail on USER VIBRATO.) 2TOUCH (Touch Vibrato) 3SLIDE (Lead Voices only) Page Effect Set Pages Turning On the Effects 1. 2. Calling Up the Effect Set pages DELAY & FLANGER Page 1DELAY 2FLANGER Panel-selectable Effects Tremolo, Sustain, and Reverb Tremolo Enabling the Tremolo Effect Tremolo Page CAPTURE! Page Reverb Page Sustain LENGTH (LOWER, UPPER, PEDAL) Glide Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Selecting and Playing Styles To select and play a Style: 1. numbers). 3. are appropriate. Volume Settings 3 Tempo Settings TEMPO B/Acontrols 4. Straight Start: Start with an introduction, followed by one of the MAIN patterns: Synchro Start: To use Synchro Start: About Automatic Accompaniment and Playing Chords 5. 6. About the Style Sections 7. Page Selecting Styles from the Dotted Buttons To select Styles from the dotted buttons: 1. 2. 3. 4. Data Control buttons. The name of the selected Style appears at the top of the display. To select User Styles: Style Menus / Style List Page 10 Page 6 Page 5 Page 1 Automatic Accompaniment Auto Bass Chord Setting the A.B.C. Mode Mode Single Finger Mode Chords Chord Cancel To use Chord Cancel: Fingered Mode Chords Memory Press the MEMORY button in the AUTO BASS CHORD section to turn Memory on (both Lower and Pedal). 1LOWER 2PEDAL About the A.B.C. Modes and Memory Settings Disabling Accompaniment Changes (Disable) Keyboard Percussion 8 9 10 11 12 D. To use the Preset Keyboard Percussion: 1. PEDAL buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section on the left side of the panel. 2. 3. the ENSEMBLE section. 4. The 49 percussion sounds have been assigned to the keyboards as shown in the chart. Preset Percussion Assignments for the Lower Keyboard Preset Percussion Assignments for the Pedalboard User Keyboard Percussion 1. Page Clear 2. User Keyboard Percussion Categories Other User Keyboard Percussion Functions 1. 2. 3. Copying User Locations Melody On Chord To call up the MELODY ON CHORD page: Press the M.O.C./L.M. SPLIT button. 1MODE 2KNEE L.M. Split 1. appropriate Menu button. 2. 3. 4. Lower keyboard. 5. Registration Memory Storing Registrations 1. 2. Selecting Registrations 1. Using the D. (Disable) button: 2. 3. + Recalling Recorded Registrations (and Bulk Data) M. Registration Shift 1OFF 2SHIFT 1. 2. 3. 4. Resetting the Electone to the Factory Preset (Power On Reset) To reset the all settings: 1. 2. on. Recall Panel Function Startup Settings Initial Registration Initializing All Registration Memory Buttons 1. section. 2. Calling Up Individual Factory Preset Registrations (for each Registration Memory button) 1. REGISTRATION MENU section. 2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Music Disk Recorder M.D.R. Precautions Disk Types Inserting/Ejecting Floppy Disks To insert a floppy disk into the disk drive: To eject a floppy disk: Using Floppy Disks Protecting Your Data (Write-protect Tab) Data Backup Disk Compatibility Formatting a Disk 1. 2. Overview of M.D.R. Operation 1. Registration data (including bulk data) 2. Performance data 3. Control data About the Logos 1. 2. 3. 4. corresponding controls in the display) to select the song number for recording. 01 5. The REC button lamp lights and the PLAY button flashes to indicate that record is set to standby. 7. Retry Function 8. 9. 10 . Recording Parts Separately 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. recording of the new part or parts. Recording Registrations (and Bulk Data) Method #1 1. 2. 3. 4. Method #2 1. 2. 3. Recalling Recorded Registrations (and Bulk Data) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. Replacing Registrations Page 4. 5. 6. 7. Playback 1. 2. 3. Playback of Selected Parts ---- To play back a selected part or parts of a song: 1. 3. Repeat Play 1. 3. 4. Playback of XG/GM Disks (optional) 1. 3. 4. Playback of DOC Disks (optional) 1. 3. 4. Page Page Other M.D.R. Functions Custom Play Playback Controls Pause and Rewind/Fast Forward Changing the Tempo To change the tempo: Use the Data Control buttons corresponding to TEMPO +/- in the display. Song Copy 1. 2. 3. 4. Page Page 9. the prompts on the display. Important M.D.R. Error Messages Checking the Remaining Memory Copy Protect Voice Edit If you release VOICE EDIT without selecting a Voice, the display returns to the Voice Display. Selecting a Voice for Editing / Calling Up the Voice Edit Pages 1. 2. 3. 3OL (Output Level) VOICE EDIT FILTER / EG RATE Page 1FILTER 2EG RATE Naming Your Voice 1. 2. Saving the Edited Voice 1. 2. 3. Quitting Voice Edit You can quit the Voice Edit function from any of its display pages. 1. 2. editing. Recalling an Edited Voice Once youve saved a Voice you can assign it to one of the dotted buttons for selecting and playing. 1. 2. 3. 4. Saving User Voices to Disk Loading User Voices from Disk Accompaniment Program Calling Up the Accompaniment Program Function When editing an existing Style: 1. Using an Existing Style 124 2. button in the STYLE section again. When recording a Style from scratch: Simply press and release the ACCOMP. PROGRAM button. About Accompaniment Program Recording Sections, Parts and Measures Accompaniment Program Voice List 126 DRUM MAP Accompaniment Program Drum List DRUM MAP Drum Assignment (Upper Keyboard) Drum Assignment (Lower Keyboard) Drum Assignment (Pedalboard) Recording a User Style 1. ENSEMBLE section. 2. BASIC page. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Recording Rhythm Parts Recording Non-rhythm Parts (Bass, Chord, Pad, and Phrase) 1 8. Mute Page Page Page Part Quantize To quantize the data of a part: 1. button. 2. part. Other Settings Volume, Reverb, Chorus, and Pan To make Volume, Reverb, Chorus, and Pan settings for each part: Naming Your User Style 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. Clear All Data 1. 2. 142 Quitting Accompaniment Program You can quit the Accompaniment Program function from any of its display pages. To quit: 1. again. 2. Program, or Cancel to continue editing. Selecting and Playing User Styles 1. 2. 3. button. This assigns a User Style to the dotted button selected in step #1 above. 4. Saving User Styles to Disk Loading User Styles from Disk Sequence Program Calling Up the Sequence Program Function To call up the Sequence Program function: 1. DISPLAY SELECT section. 2. Use the appropriate Data Control buttons. display. Creating a Sequence Program 1. 2. Page 5. delete or clear the data as needed. Entering Sections to a Sequence 6. Auditioning the Sequence 150 Copying Sequence Data This function allows you to copy the data stored at one Sequence button to another. 1. PROGRAM button, and press the SEQ. (Sequence) button corresponding to the sequence you wish to copy. 2. appropriate Menu button. 3. 4. Saving the Sequence and Quitting Sequence Program Playing Sequences To play any of the Sequences you have created: 1. 2. 1. 2. by playing the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard. Saving Sequence Data to Disk Loading Sequence Data from Disk Footswitches and KneeLever Footswitches To set the footswitch functions: 1. 2. desired settings. FOOT SWITCH LEFT page RHYTHM GLIDE TREMOLO FOOT SWITCH LEFT Page Tremolo Knee Lever Sustain Control 1. been turned on; otherwise the knee lever will have no effect. 2. 3. sustain. Melody On Chord Control To select knee lever control over Melody On Chord: 1. Page Accessory Jacks and Controls Underside of Keyboard Rear Panel Pitch Controls To set Transpose and Pitch: 1. the appropriate Menu button to call up the PITCH page. 2. TRANSPOS E Buttons Transpose can also be set from the panel, with the TRANSPOSE About the Pitch of the Voice Sections MIDI To select the MIDI page: MIDI CONTROL Page 1MODE 2OUTPUT (UPPER, LOWER, PEDAL) 3INT./EXT. (Internal/External) About the Receive Channels Appendix Troubleshooting Page Page Page MIDI Implementation Chart 169 Version: 1.00 YAMAHA [ Electone-EL Mode ] / Model : AR-80 Date: 27-Aug-1996 Function Transmit Receive Remarks MIDI Implementation Chart 170 Version: 1.00 YAMAHA [ Electone-XG/GM/DOC Mode ] / Model : AR-80 Date: 27-Aug-1996 Function Transmit (*1) Receive Remarks Specifications Index A B C D M N O P R NORTH AMERICA CANADA Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. U.S.A. MIDDLE & SOUTH AMERICA MEXICO