Congratulations and thank you
for purchasing the Yamaha
AR-80 Electone!
The AR-80 combines the most advanced and natural-sounding AWM tone
generation technology with state-of-the-art digital electronics and features to give
you stunning sound quality with maximum musical enjoyment. A large custom
display also makes the AR-80 exceptionally easy to use and operate.
In order to make the most of the Electone and its extensive potential, we urge
you to read the manual thoroughly while trying out the various features
described. Keep the manual in a safe place for later reference.
Table of ContentsPanel Controls....................................................2
Main Features.....................................................4
1. Introductory Guide ..........................6
Getting Started ..................................................6
Playing the Demo Songs...................................8
Registration Menu .............................................9
Using the Display and Related Controls..........11
Help Messages................................................13
Other Controls.................................................14
2. Voice Sections...............................15
Selecting Voices..............................................15
Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons.......19
Voice Menus/Voice List...................................21
Voice Display...................................................23
Saving and Recalling Panel Settings...............25
3. Flute/Tibia and Extra Voice...........26
Flute/Tibia (Theatre)........................................26
Creating Flute/Tibia Voices .............................26
Setting Footages...........................................26
Setting the Click and Response....................28
Setting Attack/Chiff........................................29
Extra Voice......................................................29
4. Voice Controls and Effects...........32
Voice Condition Pages....................................33
Effect Set Pages..............................................37
Turning on the Effects...................................37
Calling Up the Effect Set Pages....................37
TREMOLO & SYMPHONIC Page..............37
DELAY & FLANGER Page.........................38
Panel-selectable Effects — Tremolo, Sustain,
and Reverb......................................................39
Tremolo.........................................................39
Reverb...........................................................41
Sustain..........................................................43
Glide................................................................44
5. Styles (Rhythm and
Accompaniment) ...........................45
Selecting and Playing Styles...........................45
Style Condition Page.......................................51
Selecting Styles from the Dotted Buttons........52
Style Menus/Style List.....................................54
Automatic Accompaniment — Auto Bass
Chord ...................................................55
Setting the A.B.C. Mode................................55
Mode.............................................................56
Single Finger Mode Chords........................57
Chord Cancel..............................................57
Fingered Mode Chords...............................58
Memory.........................................................59
About the A.B.C. Modes and Memory
Settings............................................60
Disabling Accompaniment Changes
(Disable).............................................61
Keyboard Percussion ......................................61
Preset Percussion Assignments for the
Lower Keyboard
...........................................63
Preset Percussion Assignments for the
Pedalboard..................................................63
User Keyboard Percussion...........................64
Clear..............................................................66
User Keyboard Percussion Categories.........67
Other User Keyboard Percussion Functions ....
68
Copying User Locations................................69
Melody On Chord ............................................70
L.M. Split..........................................................71
6. Registration Memory.....................73
Storing Registrations.......................................73
Selecting Registrations....................................74
Saving Registration Data to Disk.....................74
Recalling Recorded Registrations (and Bulk
Data)................................................................75
Registration Shift.............................................76
Resetting the Electone to the Factory Preset
(Power On Reset)............................................79
Recall Panel Function......................................80
Initial Registration............................................81