Yamaha EL-900m owner manual

Upgrade Kit

OWNER’S MANUAL

Contents

Main Model Serial No. Purchase Date SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION CAUTION USING THE BENCH SAVING USER DATA PRECAUTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING * Please keep these precautions in a safe place for future reference. WARNING CAUTION Congratulations! Table of Contents BASIC REGIST. UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 M. 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 Panel Layout EL-900m Panel Layout 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 D. POWER MUSIC DISK RECORDER LEAD VOICE 1, 2LCD Display DISPLAY SELECT PEDAL VOICE 1, 2 MASTER VOLUME Floppy Disk Slot POWER MUSIC DISK RECORDER LCD Display/Display Select Others 1 To use the Registration Menu: 1 2 3 Page Registration Menu List Page 1: Symphonic Orchestra Page 2: Twilight Illumination ~ Jazz Time Page 3: Latin Page 4: Dance & Fusion Page 5: Black & White ~ Organ Sounds Voice Category List A variety of voices can be divided into the following categories. ORCHESTRAL LEAD The Preset Voices for Upper/Lower Flute Voices BASS Jazz Organ 1 Pop Organ 1 2 Strings Page Brass Page Trumpet Page Tuba Page Flute Page Oboe Page Clarinet Page Saxophone Page Tutti Page Chorus Page Piano Page Electric Bass Page New Voices STRINGS STRINGS Upper/Lower GUITAR Upper/Lower OBOE Lead Voice Menu The following chart lists the voices available and their button/page assignment. VIBRAPHONE VIBRAPHONE Upper/Lower Page 4 5 61 2 3 7 8 9 1011 1213141516 17 18 19 20 21 22 VA VIRTUAL ELECTRIC BASS Additional Changes on Voice Display Pages Voice Display, Page 1 Voice Display, Page 2 Tempo Page Page Voice Display, Page 3 Let's check each section in the Voice Display. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Basic Operation UNIFORM and REGISTRATION SELECT 214 35 Page Page Page Setting Examples Panning Parameter 4 5 Let's check VA Shakuhachi voice. 1 2 3 VOICE NAME Page 6 Registration Shift: Mode Page Registration Shift: User Edit IMPORTANT 7 Disk Copy 2 1 + 3 4 Error Messages Page 8 The Messages to be filtered: Details on Each Voice STRINGS VIOLIN 9 FLUTE OBOE CLARINET SAXOPHONE TUTTI ORGAN BASS PIANO GUITAR VIBRAPHONE ELECTRIC BASS Page MIDI Data Format 1. Channel Messages 1.1 EL Mode 1.2 XG Mode 2. Realtime Messages 3. System Exclusive Messages 3.1 Format *1 Data Codes to Send *2 Data Codes to Receive *3 Switches *4 Switch Codes Selectors Volume Flute Voice To Lower Solo Mode Page *5 EL MIDI Parameters Voice Section Parameters Panel Voice Parameters Flute Voice Parameters Effect Parameters (Voice Sections) Keyboard Parameters Sustain Parameters Rhythm Sequence Parameters Rhythm Parameters Rhythm Accompaniment Parameters A.B.C. Parameters M.O.C. Parameters *6 External MDR Overall Effect Parameters (Overall) System Parameters MIDI Implementation Chart YAMAHA [Electone-EL mode] / Model: EL-900m YAMAHA [Electone-XG mode] / Model: EL-900m Specifications Page Page IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM Connecting the Plug and Cord EUROPE CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA