Yamaha 100 - Manuals

• Do not rest your weight on, or place heavy objects on the instrument, and do not use excessive force on the buttons, switches or connectors. • Take care that the key cover does not pinch your fingers, and do not insert a finger or hand in the key cover gap. • Never insert or drop paper or metallic...

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Yamaha AR-100 Electone! The AR-100 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 ...

2 ) MENU buttons ............................P. 11 ! PAGE buttons ..............................P. 11 @ CONTRAST dial ..........................P. 14 # Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) ......P. 11 $ BAR/BEAT DISPLAY ..................P. 46 % TEMPO buttons ..........................P. 46 ^ LEAD VOICE ......

4 Main Features Your Yamaha AR-100 Electone is packed with many sophisticated functions, yetis amazingly easy to use. The main features are briefly described here (alongwith page references) so that you can quickly understand the capabilities of theElectone. Astoundingly True-to-life Sounds The new ...

6 1. Introductory Guide Introductory Guide Whether you are an advanced Electone performer or have never touched an electronic keyboard inyour life, we recommend that you take the time to go through this basic section. It shows you in thesimplest possible manner how to start playing your AR-100. It a...

7 1. Introductory Guide 3. Set the MASTER VOLUME control. The MASTER VOLUME control is an overall control which affects the volume of the entireinstrument. 4. Press the Expression pedal down with your foot. Once you have set the MASTER VOLUME control to a suitable level, you can use the Expressionpe...

8 1. Introductory Guide Playing the Demo Songs Before you start playing your new AR-100, you’ll probably want to hear what the instrument is trulycapable of doing. For this purpose, the AR-100 features a variety of special Demo Songs that showcasethe dynamic Voices and Styles of the instrument. Ther...

9 1. Introductory Guide Registration Menu The next place to continue your explorations of the AR-100 is the Registration Menu. This sectionfeatures a total of 384 preset Registrations, created to suit a wide variety of music styles. You’ve alreadyheard some of these Registrations in action when you ...

11 1. Introductory Guide Using the Display and Related Controls As you’ve seen in the sections above, the AR-100 features an exceptionally large and easy-to-understand display. It provides comprehensive at-a-glance information on all current settings, andgives you convenient, intuitive control over ...

12 1. Introductory Guide 2. Let’s take a look at some other ways the Data Control buttons are used.Press the STRINGS button in the UPPER KEYBOARD VOICE 1 sectiontwice (or repeatedly until the display below appears). Use the Data Control buttons below each section in the display to change the corresp...

13 1. Introductory Guide Help Messages Before you go on to use some of the other features of the AR-100, you should explore the Helpmessages. This convenient function provides a comprehensive yet concise “on-line” guide covering allAR-100 operations and features. If there is an operation you’re unfa...

14 1. Introductory Guide 3. Select the desired Help Menu section. Press the MENU button corresponding to the desired subject. Each Menu section covers adifferent subject (or group of functions) of the AR-100, and each has several “screens” You can also scroll through the entire set of Help Menus by ...

15 2. Voice Sections Voice Sections The AR-100 features a total of 205 realistic, high-quality AWM Voices. There are five Voice sectionsfor the Upper keyboard, four Voice sections for the Lower keyboard, and four Voice sections for thePedalboard. Each Voice section has its own Voice Condition page(s...

16 2. Voice Sections 3. Press the Data Control button corresponding to the voice you wish toselect. The name of the selected Voice appears at the top of the display. In this case, Pop Organ isshown.Some Voices (such as Organ and Guitar) have two pages of Voices. To select the desired page,press the ...

17 2. Voice Sections Coarse: Use the touch controls at the right of each Voice section on the panel to set the desired level foreach Voice. The controls have seven volume settings, from a minimum of 0 (MIN) to amaximum of 24 (MAX). (The lamps on the controls light to indicate the volume.) Fine: Fine...

18 2. Voice Sections 6. Now select Voices for the Lower keyboard andPedalboard as you did for the Upper keyboardabove. Also set the volumes of the Voices. 7. Adjust the volume balance between the Upper andLower Voices with the MANUAL BALANCE touchcontrol. Adjust the overall level of the Pedal Voices...

19 2. Voice Sections Selecting Voices from the Dotted Buttons The AR-100 has a wide variety of Voices from which you can choose — far greater than what isimmediately apparent from the front panel controls. You’ve already learned in the section above howto select the different Voices that are availab...

21 2. Voice Sections To select User Voices: Select the USER Voice Menu (by the same method above) when you wish to play Voices thatyou’ve created in Voice Edit (see page 114). Voice Menus / Voice List The following list shows the Voice categories and the available Voices. PAGE DATA CONTROL You can d...

Voice Display The Voice Display is the “home” or default display for the AR-100 and provides at-a-glanceinformation on some of the most important settings for the instrument. These include: • Current Voice selections for each Voice section. (The active Voice sections are highlighted.) For the Flute/...

MANUAL VOLUME Page 1 LOWER 1 and 2 2 UPPER 1 and 2 3 LEAD 4 MANUAL BALANCE This determines the overall balance between the Upper and Lower Keyboard levels.MANUAL BALANCE is shown as a slider graphic; higher slider settings make the UpperVoices relatively louder, while lower settings make the Lower V...

2 PEDAL Controls • 1, 2 These determine the volume of each Pedal Voice section. These can also be set from the re-spective panel touch controls. 3 PEDAL BALANCE This determines the level of the Pedal Voice sections. PEDAL BALANCE is shown as a slidergraphic; higher slider settings make the Pedal Voi...

26 3. Flute/Tibia and Extra Voices Flute/Tibia and Extra Voice The Flute/Tibia and Extra Voice sections provide a variety of popular and traditional organ sounds.Used together or separately, they give you the sounds and the convenient, intuitive control found onconventional organs. Flute/Tibia (Thea...

28 3. Flute/Tibia and Extra Voices 4. Turn the Tremolo effect on or off for the Flute Voices, if desired. Also setthe Flute Volume and Click Volume as needed. EFFECT This turns Tremolo on or off for the Flute/Tibia Voices. (As withthe other Voice sections, this enables Tremolo. To actually turnTremo...

29 3. Flute/Tibia and Extra Voices Setting Attack/Chiff (Upper Keyboard only) Attack/Chiff is a special set of footages for the Upper Keyboard that produces a percussivesound, like that on conventional organs. The length of the percussive sound is also adjustable.To set Attack/Chiff, use the ATTACK/...

30 3. Flute/Tibia and Extra Voices 3. Press one of the buttons in one of the Extra Voice sections. This turns on the selected Voice (the button’s lamp lights) and automatically calls up the FLUTEVOICE and EXTRA VOICE pages. 4. Add other Voices by pressing other buttons in the appropriate EXTRAVOICE ...

32 4. Voice Controls and Effects Voice Controls and Effects The AR-100 features two general kinds of functions that can be used to control or change the soundof the Voices: Voice controls and effects. Voice controls are used to change various basic settings for the Voices, such as volume, octave (Fe...

33 4. Voice Controls and Effects To change the desired Voice control or effect setting, select the appropriatepage: • For Touch Tone, Feet, Effect On/Off/Type (Tremolo, Symphonic, Delay, and Flanger), Pan, Brilliance, Volume, and Vibrato —Select the Voice Condition pages (see below). • For Tremolo, ...

34 4. Voice Controls and Effects • INITIAL Touch Controls volume and timbre according to the velocity at which you play the keys. Theharder you strike the keys, the greater the volume and the brighter the timbre will become.Range: 1 (no Initial Touch effect) – 7 (maximum effect) • AFTER Touch Contro...

35 4. Voice Controls and Effects VIBRATO Page Select the Vibrato page by pressing the corresponding Menu button. The Vibrato page for the Lead Voice section has additional Slide and Tune settings (unlike thatof the Upper and Lower sections). The Pedal Voice sections have no Vibrato page. 1 VIBRATOPR...

36 4. Voice Controls and Effects 4 TUNE (Lead Voices only) Determines the pitch of the Lead Voice. This control lets you detune the Lead Voice relativeto the other Voices of the AR-100, for producing a richer sound. The higher the value, thehigher the pitch. When Vibrato is set to USER: 1 DELAY Dete...

37 4. Voice Controls and Effects Effect Set Pages Turning On the Effects Before you can work with the effects in the Effect Set pages, you must first turn on the desiredeffect in the Voice Condition page. 1. Call up the Voice Condition page by pressing the desired Voice button onthe panel twice (or ...

38 4. Voice Controls and Effects DELAY & FLANGER Page 1 DELAY Delay is a pronounced echo effect, with distinct delayed repeats of the original sound. • Note Value Determines the Delay time as a note value, to ensure that the Delay repeats in sync with theStyle tempo. (The eighth-note setting cor...

39 4. Voice Controls and Effects Panel-selectable Effects — Tremolo,Sustain, and Reverb The Reverb, Sustain, and Tremolo pages are called up by pressing the respective panel buttons, thenselecting the menu with the bottom left Menu button. For example, if you press the TREMOLO button (so that the bu...

40 4. Voice Controls and Effects Setting the Tremolo Effect Settings for the Tremolo effect are made from the TREMOLO & SYMPH. (Symphonic) page. 1 TREMOLO Determines the type of Tremolo effect. These types have been programmed to match thecorresponding type of organ sounds: Jazz, Rock, Theatre (...

41 4. Voice Controls and Effects Reverb Reverb adds an echo-like effect to the sound, giving the impression of a performance in a largeroom or concert hall. The effect can be applied equally and simultaneously to all Voices, or setindividually for each section of the AR-100, even independently for r...

42 4. Voice Controls and Effects REVERB — VOICE GROUP Page Voice Section (LOWER 1, 2; UPPER 1, 2; LEAD; PEDAL 1, 2; ORGAN) Determines the amount of Reverb applied to each of the Voice sections: Lower 1 and 2, Upper 1and 2, Lead, Pedal 1 and 2, and Organ (Flute/Tibia). Range: 0 – 24 REVERB — K.B.P. &...

43 4. Voice Controls and Effects Sustain The Sustain effect, selectable for the Upper, Lower, and Pedal Voices, causes the sound togradually fade out when the keys are released. The Sustain on/off and length settings areindependent for each keyboard, providing maximum expressive control. Sustain can...

LENGTH (LOWER, UPPER, PEDAL) Determines the length of Sustain applied to each keyboard. The display shows the currentSustain length values for each keyboard. (These settings are the same as those made from thepanel SUSTAIN touch controls.) Range: 0 – 12 Glide The Glide effect lets you “bend” the pit...

45 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) The Style section provides realistic rhythm patterns — with actual drum and percussion sounds —and automatic accompaniment to back your performance. Moreover, the AR-100 has a KeyboardPercussion feature that allows you to play...

46 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) 3. Before starting the Style, make sure that the Volume and Tempo settingsare appropriate. Volume Settings Use the RHYTHM touch control to adjust the drum/percussion volume, and use theBASS/CHORD touch control to adjust the volume of the bass and chord accompa...

48 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) To use Synchro Start: • First, press the SYNCHRO START button. This puts the Style in stand-by. (The BAR/BEAT indicator above the TEMPO display flashes at the current tempo.) • Next, play a note or chord on the Lower keyboard (or a note on the Pedalboard). Thi...

50 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) About the Style Sections Each Style has a total of ten sections, as illustrated below. The FILL TO A button plays a one-measure Fill In and goes to the Main A pattern. The FILL TO Bbutton plays a one-measure Fill In and goes to the Main B pattern. However, you...

52 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Selecting Styles from the Dotted Buttons The Style section, like the Voice sections, also has dotted buttons from which additional Styles can beselected. These dotted buttons function as “wild card” Style selectors; any of the Styles available fromthe panel bu...

54 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) To select User Styles: Select the USER Style Menu (by the same method above) when you wish to play Styles thatyou’ve created in the Accompaniment Program function (see page 122). Style Menus / Style List DATA CONTROL PAGE Page 10 Page 9 Page 8 Page 7 Page 6 Pa...

56 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Selecting “A.B.C. Menu” calls up the following display, from which you can makeA.B.C. settings: Mode Off The Off mode automatically produces chord accompaniment for chords played in the Lowerkeyboard. (Bass lines are not produced; you can play bass lines manua...

57 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Single Finger Mode Chords Chord Cancel Chord Cancel allows you to instantly turn off the chord and bass accompaniment, and have therhythm pattern continue. This lets you create dynamic rhythm “breaks” in your performance.(Chord Cancel cannot be used in the Sin...

Fingered Mode Chords 58 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) C Major* Minor* Seventh* Minor seventh Major seventh flatted fifth Sixth Minor sixth Major seventh* Suspended fourth Augmented Diminished* Seventh suspended fourth Diminished seventh Seventh flatted fifth Minor major seventh* Seventh augme...

59 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Memory Memory allows you to have the bass and/or chord accompaniment continue even after yourelease your fingers from the Lower keyboard and/or Pedalboard.For more information on the Memory settings and how they function with the different A.B.C.modes, refer t...

61 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Disabling Accompaniment Changes (Disable) This function allows you to maintain the same Style and its tempo, even when you changeRegistrations. To do this, press the D. (Disable) button in the AUTO BASS CHORD section (orthe D. button in the Registration Memory...

62 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) 2. Set the volume. The volume of the percussion sounds is set together with that of the rhythm volume from theRHYTHM touch control. 3. Turn off the Lower and/or Pedal Voices by turning each Voice section off inthe ENSEMBLE section. 4. Play some notes on the Lo...

64 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) User Keyboard Percussion A total of 72 different percussion sounds can be assigned to any key or pedal, and your originalsetups can be saved to two memory locations: User 1 and User 2. (For this example, use User1.) To create your own Keyboard Percussion assig...

66 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Clear The Clear function lets you erase one or all instrument/key assignments. To erase a single instrument assignment: Simultaneously hold down the Data Control button corresponding toCLEAR and press the key or pedal corresponding to the instrument youwish to...

67 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Though two User KeyboardPercussion setups can becreated, they cannot bememorized to RegistrationMemory. Only on/off data andthe Keyboard Percussion Modeare memorized to RegistrationMemory. However, User setupscan be saved to and loadedfrom floppy disk. (See pa...

68 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Other User Keyboard Percussion Functions Additional operations in the User Mode include copying of Lower/Pedal Preset KeyboardPercussion to User 1 or 2, and copying from one User location to the other. The copy operations here are convenient for creating a bas...

69 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) 3. At the prompt, select “OK” to copy the data, or “Cancel” to abort theoperation. Use the appropriate Data Control buttons. When the operation is finished, a “Completed”message momentarily appears in the display. The Pedal Preset Keyboard Percussion (PK PRESE...

70 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) Melody On Chord The Melody On Chord (M.O.C.) feature automatically adds a harmony part to the melodies you playon the Upper keyboard. The harmony is derived from the chords you play on the Lower keyboard —or from the chords that you indicate when using Auto Ba...

71 5. Styles (Rhythm and Accompaniment) L.M. Split This function lets you assign different Voices to the left and right sides of the Lower keyboard, split at auser-determined key. This effectively gives you a “third” keyboard, letting you play different Voicesfrom the left and right sides of the key...

3. Change the Key Set setting, if needed. To do this, simultaneously hold down the appropriate Data Control button and press thedesired key on the Lower keyboard.You can also use the Data Control buttons corresponding to SPLIT KEY in the display to changethe Split setting: 4. Set the desired Voice s...

73 6. Registration Memory Registration Memory Registration Memory allows you to store virtually all the settings you make on the panel and LCD,providing a convenient way to instantly change all Voice settings and Styles while you’re playing,with the simple touch of a single button on the Registratio...

74 6. Registration Memory Selecting Registrations Simply press the appropriate numbered Registration Memory button. Saving Registration Data to Disk You can save up to 40 sets of your own registrations (each with 16 registrations) on a floppy disk. 1. Insert a formatted disk in the disk slot. Make c...

76 6. Registration Memory Registration Shift The Registration Shift function allows you to change all Registrations —the settings you make on the panel and LCD — without taking yourhands from the keyboards. By using the right footswitch on theexpression pedal, you can “jump” to a specified Registrat...

77 6. Registration Memory 3 JUMP In the Jump mode, pressing the right footswitch selects a specific Registration. With JUMP selected in the display, use the Data Control buttons to select the desired Regis-tration number. 4 USER In the User mode, each press of the right footswitch selects the next R...

78 6. Registration Memory 2. Select the EDIT page with the Menu button. 1 POSITION Moves cursor to the first position.Moves cursor one step to the left.Moves cursor one row up.Moves cursor one row down.Moves cursor to the last position.Moves cursor one step to the right. 3. Use the POSITION controls...

79 6. Registration Memory Select “OK” to clear all data (a “Completed!” message momentarily appears followed by theprevious display), or select “Cancel” to abort.Registration numbers cannot be entered beyond the Registration Shift function’s capacity of 80.A “Data full…!!” message momentarily appear...

80 6. Registration Memory Recall Panel Function Turning the Electone off erases all panel settings you have made. If you have made panelsettings you wish to keep, save them to Registration Memory before turning the Electone off. Youcan, however, recall the panel settings that were made before the El...

81 6. Registration Memory Initial Registration The Initial Registration function lets you reset (initialize) all of the Registration Memory buttons to theoriginal factory settings, without affecting any of the current panel settings. (Power On Reset, on page79, restores the factory settings, but als...

83 7. Music Disk Recorder Music Disk Recorder The Music Disk Recorder (M.D.R.) is a sophisticated recording device built into the AR-100 that letsyou record your performances and Registration settings. The Music Disk Recorder not only recordsthe notes you play; it also remembers the voices and rhyth...

84 7. Music Disk Recorder Cleaning the Disk Drive Read/Write Head Clean the read/write head regularly. Thisinstrument employs a precision magneticread/write head which, after an extended periodof use, will pick up a layer of magnetic particlesfrom the disks used that will eventually causeread and wr...

85 7. Music Disk Recorder Formatting a Disk Before recording your performance to a blank disk, the disk must first be formatted. (A blank 2DDfloppy disk has been included with your AR-100.) To format a disk: 1. Put the disk, label facing up, into the disk slot. If the disk is blank, the following di...

87 7. Music Disk Recorder Overview of M.D.R. Operation Though the M.D.R. is as easy to operate as a cassette tape recorder, it is far move versatile.Since it records all Electone settings and control movements as well as the notes you play asdigital data, it allows you much more flexibility and cont...

88 7. Music Disk Recorder Recording To record a song: 1. Set the desired Registrations on the Electone. Make all the settings necessary for the song you will record. This includes entering all theRegistrations you will need during the performance to Registration Memory. Make sure also toselect the R...

89 7. Music Disk Recorder 4. Use the SONG SELECT buttons (or thecorresponding controls in the display) to select thesong number for recording. 5. Press the REC button (or select the corresponding control in the display). The REC button lamp lights and the PLAY button flashes toindicate that record i...

90 7. Music Disk Recorder 7. After the elapsed recording time appears onboth displays, begin playing. There is a slight pause for setup, during which the M.D.R.records Registration and other data. Once the setupoperation is complete, the elapsed recording time (startingat 00:00) appears in both the ...

91 7. Music Disk Recorder 8. When you finish playing, press the STOP button. The DISK IN USE lamp lights intermittently while the data is being completely recorded. Whenrecording is completed, the M.D.R. returns to normal stop status and the new song isautomatically named “SONG 1.” 9. To hear your n...

92 7. Music Disk Recorder Recording Parts Separately You can also record the parts of your performance independently. For example, you can first recordthe chords and bass to the song (using the Lower and Pedalboard), and after that record the melody.This function also lets you record Keyboard Percus...

93 7. Music Disk Recorder To change the status for each part, press the appropriate Data Control buttonin the upper row, corresponding to the part or parts you wish to record: • ALL RECORD This is available only in record standby. Selecting this instantly sets all parts (except K.B.P.) torecord stan...

94 7. Music Disk Recorder 7. Press the REC button again. The REC lamp lights and the PLAY lamp flashes, indicating that the Music Disk Recorder is readyto record. 8. Press the Data Control button corresponding to CUSTOM PLAY to startrecording of the new part or parts. Playback of the previously reco...

96 7. Music Disk Recorder Recalling Recorded Registrations (andBulk Data) The Registrations (and bulk data) recorded to song numbers in the above operation can be easilyloaded back to the AR-100. To recall Registration data: 1. Insert the proper disk and select the appropriate song number. Use the S...

97 7. Music Disk Recorder Naming Your Song Once you have recorded a song, you can give that song a name by using the Input Name function. To name your newly recorded song: 1. Call up the UTILITY page with the appropriate Menu button. 2. Select “INPUT NAME” with the appropriate Data Control buttons. ...

98 7. Music Disk Recorder 4. Use the Data Control buttons corresponding to the cursor arrows to movethe cursor position in the name. 5. Enter the desired character with the appropriate Data Control button. To enter lowercase letters (or the lower characters in each box), simultaneously hold down the...

99 7. Music Disk Recorder Playback You can play back your recorded performance by simply pressing the PLAY button. Registrations andother data are automatically recalled to the AR-100 before playback. Song Playback To play back a song: 1. Insert the disk containing your recorded song. 2. Select the ...

100 7. Music Disk Recorder 3. Start playback by pressing the PLAY button. The PLAY lamp lights up and small dashes move across the display, indicating that the M.D.R. isresetting Registrations on the AR-100. Playback of the song begins after the AR-100 data is reset and the song time is shown on bot...

101 7. Music Disk Recorder Repeat Play This function allows you to repeatedly play back all songs on a disk (either in order or atrandom), or play back one specific song. To use Repeat Play: 1. Call up the REPEAT PLAY page. Press the appropriate Menu button. 2. Select the song number you wish to pla...

103 7. Music Disk Recorder PLAY PART Page Press the Data Control button corresponding to the part you wish to turn on or off. (Parts thatare on are highlighted.) 4. Start playback by pressing the PLAY button. The elapsed song time is shown on both the M.D.R. display and the main display. Playbackaut...

104 7. Music Disk Recorder Playback of DOC Disks (optional) The M.D.R. is compatible with Clavinova DOC (Disk Orchestra Collection) format song data.The Part Select function is available when disks containing DOC song data are used. 1. Insert an DOC song disk in the M.D.R. disk slot. The following C...

106 7. Music Disk Recorder To use Phrase Repeat: 1. Select the desired Phrase Number with the appropriate Data Controlbuttons. 2. To repeatedly play back the selected Phrase, press the PLAY button (orselect PLAY in the display). Playback of the selected Phrase continues indefinitely. To stop playbac...

107 7. Music Disk Recorder Loading Styles from Style File Disks Many additional Styles are available for the AR-100 on disk, and these can be loaded to the eight UserStyle locations. To load a Style from a Style File disk (optional): 1. Insert a Style File disk in the disk slot. The following displa...

108 7. Music Disk Recorder Other M.D.R. Functions Custom Play Custom Play allows you to play back the song without resetting the Registrations and other data.Custom Play can be used from either the CONTROL PANEL page or the REPEAT PLAY page. To use Custom Play: Press one of the Data Control buttons ...

109 7. Music Disk Recorder Changing the Tempo You can change the tempo of the song — either before song playback or as the song is playing— from the CONTROL PANEL page. To change the tempo: Use the Data Control buttons corresponding to TEMPO +/- in the display. Each press of the corresponding button...

110 7. Music Disk Recorder Song Copy This function lets you copy the data recorded at one song number to another song number. To use the Song Copy function: 1. Call up the UTILITY page by pressing the appropriate Menu button. 2. Select the song number to be copied by using the SONG SELECT buttonsor ...

111 7. Music Disk Recorder 5. Select “COPY OK” in the display by pressing the appropriate Data Controlbutton. 6. To actually execute the operation, select “OK” at the prompt, or select“CANCEL” to abort the operation. When the song has been completely copied, the display returns to the original UTILI...

112 7. Music Disk Recorder 2. Insert the source disk in the disk slot. 3. Call up the UTILITY page by pressing the appropriate Menu button. 4. Select “DISK COPY” in the display by pressing the appropriate DataControl button. 5. At the prompt, select “OK” to initiate the disk copy operation, or “Canc...

113 7. Music Disk Recorder 9. Repeat steps #6 through #8 above as many times as necessary, followingthe prompts on the display. The number of times the above steps need to be repeated dependson the amount of data to be copied and the disk type. (2DD typedisks may take 2 to 16 repetitions; 2HD disks ...

114 8. Voice Edit Voice Edit In addition to the versatile Flute/Tibia section, the AR-100 has a Voice Edit feature that allows you tocreate your own Voices. Voice Edit uses sophisticated sound-shaping tools that make it possible totake existing Voices and craft a virtually endless variety of origina...

115 8. Voice Edit After you have selected a Voice, the following display (or one similar) will appear: 3. Use the Menu buttons to select the desired Voice Edit page, and edit theVoice according to the instructions that follow. VOICE EDIT — NAME REP. OL (Name/Repeat/OL) Page 1 NAME • INPUT NAME This ...

116 8. Voice Edit • SPEED Determines the speed of the Repeat function. The higher thevalue, the faster the speed. Range:0 – 100 3 OL (Output Level) Determines the level of the Voice. Range: 0 – 100 VOICE EDIT — FILTER / EG RATE Page 1 FILTER These settings determine the overall timbre of the sound b...

117 8. Voice Edit 2 EG RATE The EG (Envelope Generator) settings determine how the level of the sound changes in time.This lets you reproduce many sound characteristics of natural acoustic instruments — suchas the quick attack and decay of percussion sounds, or the long release of a sustained pianot...

118 8. Voice Edit Naming Your Voice Once you have created your own Voice, you can give that Voice a name. To name your newly created Voice: 1. Call up the NAME/ REPEAT/ OL page (see “Selecting a Voice for Editing”above for instructions), and select INPUT NAME with the appropriate DataControl buttons...

119 8. Voice Edit Saving the Edited Voice After you have created and named a new Voice, you should save that Voice for future use. 1. Select the Save page. Press the appropriate Menu button. 2. Select the desired User Voice number (1–16) with the appropriate DataControl button. 3. At the prompt, sel...

120 8. Voice Edit Quitting Voice Edit You can quit the Voice Edit function from any of its display pages. To quit: 1. Press the VOICE EDIT button in the DISPLAY SELECT section once again. 2. At the prompt, select “OK” to quit Voice Edit, or “Cancel” to continueediting. Recalling an Edited Voice Once...

121 8. Voice Edit 2. Use the PAGE buttons to scroll through the various Voice categoryselections until “USER VOICE” is shown. 3. Press the Menu button corresponding to “USER VOICE” in the display. 4. Press the Data Control button corresponding to the User Voice you wish toselect. User Voices can als...

122 9. Accompaniment Program Accompaniment Program The AR-100 features two powerful rhythm/accompaniment programming functions:Accompaniment Program and Sequence Program. The Accompaniment Program function lets you create up to eight of your own original User Styles,each of which includes rhythm pat...

123 9. Accompaniment Program Using an Existing Style Any Style in the AR-100 — including the User Styles you’ve created yourself — can be editedand further refined using the Accompaniment Program tools. When you select an existing Style for editing, the following section data is automatically copied...

124 9. Accompaniment Program 2. While holding down the ACCOMP. PROGRAM button, press the samebutton in the STYLE section again. When recording a Style from scratch: Simply press and release the ACCOMP. PROGRAM button. When recording from scratch, “No name” appears as the Style name, indicating that ...

125 9. Accompaniment Program Instrument Group No. Voice Name Instrument Group No. Voice Name Piano 1 GrandPno Reed 65 SprnoSax 2 BritePno 66 Alto Sax 3 E.Grand 67 TenorSax 4 HnkyTonk 68 Bari.Sax 5 E.Piano1 69 Oboe 6 E.Piano2 70 Eng.Horn 7 Harpsi. 71 Bassoon 8 Clavi. 72 Clarinet Chromatic 9 Celesta P...

126 9. Accompaniment Program DRUM MAP ( Part 1) Note# N o t e Key off Alternate assign Standard Kit Standard2 Kit Room Kit Rock Kit Electro Kit Analog Kit Jazz Kit 2 4 C 0 Seq Click H 2 5 C # 0 Brush Tap 2 6 D 0 Ø Brush Swirl L 2 7 D # 0 Brush Slap 2 8 E0 Ø Brush Swirl H Reverse Cymbal Reverse Cymba...

129 9. Accompaniment Program Recording a User Style 1. Set up the AR-100 for recording by turning off all Voice sections in theENSEMBLE section. Turning off all Voice sections allows you to properly hear the parts you will be recording. Alsomake sure that Keyboard Percussion has been turned off (bot...

130 9. Accompaniment Program 1 INPUT NAME This calls up the INPUT NAME pages for assigning an originalname to the created/edited Style. (See “Naming Your UserStyle” on page 140.). 2 SECT (Section) This determines the section that is to be recorded. You canrecord five different sections for each User...

131 9. Accompaniment Program 4. Set up recording for the desired part in the RECORD page. There are eight parts available for recording: Rhythm 1 & 2, Bass, Chord 1 & 2, Pad, and Phrase 1& 2. Record each of these one by one, listening to previously recorded parts as you continue. To do t...

132 9. Accompaniment Program 5. Select the desired Voice(s) for recording. Before you actually record any of the parts for your User Style, you should select which Voices you willuse for each part. A special set of Voices are used for recording in Accompaniment Program. (For a listof the Voices avai...

133 9. Accompaniment Program 7. Record the selected part. Use the START or SYNCHRO START buttons to start and stop recording. Press START to start recording immediately, or press SYNCHRO START to start recording at thefirst press of a key in the Lower keyboard. (Pressing a pedal in the Pedalboard ca...

134 9. Accompaniment Program 8. Record the remaining parts (and sections) as needed. Continue recording in the same fashion (steps #2 – #7 above) for the other parts of the selectedsection, until you’re satisfied with the new Style. Record in the same way for the other sections(Intro, Ending, etc.) ...

135 9. Accompaniment Program Delete The Delete function erases all data recorded for the part. When DELETE is selected, thefollowing prompt appears: Select “OK” to delete the part, or “Cancel” to abort the operation. 9. Once you’ve recorded your new User Style, you can edit it as needed, assigna nam...

136 9. Accompaniment Program Editing Recorded Parts — Copy andQuantize Copy and Quantize are convenient editing functions you can perform on recorded parts. Copy allowsyou to copy recorded data within a part. Quantize lets you “clean up” your recorded data, makingsure that all parts are rhythmically...

137 9. Accompaniment Program Part Copy The Copy function allows you to copy the data from a specified range of measures in the part toanother measure(s) in the part. To copy the data of a part: 1. Set the TOP and LAST measures. The “up” Data Control button increases the value, the “down” button decr...

138 9. Accompaniment Program Part Quantize The Quantize function allows you to “clean up” your recorded data, making sure that the part isrhythmically accurate. Quantize aligns all notes in the part to the nearest specified beat — up to1/32 note resolution. To quantize the data of a part: 1. Select ...

139 9. Accompaniment Program Other Settings — Volume, Reverb, Chorus,and Pan These functions allow you to change and enhance the sound of the various parts. Each function foreach part is completely independent, giving you enormous flexibility in mixing the parts. Forexample, you could put Reverb on ...

140 9. Accompaniment Program Naming Your User Style Once you have created your own Style, you can give that Style a name. To name your newly created or edited Style: 1. Call up the BASIC page (with the appropriate Menu button), and selectINPUT NAME (with the appropriate Data Control buttons). 2. Fol...

141 9. Accompaniment Program 2. Select the desired User location (1 – 8). Use the appropriate Data Control buttons. 3. At the prompt, select “OK” to save the User Style or“Cancel” to abort the operation. Clear All Data This function deletes all User Styles from memory. 1. Press the Data Control butt...

142 9. Accompaniment Program Quitting Accompaniment Program You can quit the Accompaniment Program function from any of its display pages. To quit: 1. Press the ACCOMP. PROGRAM button in the DISPLAY SELECT section onceagain. 2. At the prompt, select “OK” to quit AccompanimentProgram, or “Cancel” to ...

143 9. Accompaniment Program Selecting and Playing User Styles The User Styles you have created in Accompaniment Program can be selected and played from thepanel Style buttons. To select a User Style: 1. Press one of the dotted buttons in the STYLE section. 2. Select the USER page with the PAGE and ...

145 10. Sequence Program Sequence Program The Sequence Program function lets you connect any of the AR-100’s Styles — as well as your ownoriginal User Styles, created in Accompaniment Program (page 122) — to create completerhythm/accompaniment compositions. Individual sections, such as Intro, Fill I...

146 10. Sequence Program 2. Press one of the numbered Sequence buttons to call up the Sequencedisplay. Creating a Sequence Program 1. Select the EDIT page. 2. Select PRESET or USER, for the type of Style to be entered. Use the appropriate Data Control buttons. PAGE DATA CONTROL 3 SEQ. 1 4 2 POPR&...

147 10. Sequence Program 3. Select the STYLE SELECT page. Use the corresponding Menu button. 4. Press a Style button, and select a Style from the Style menu, if desired. Pressing a Data Control button in this situation selects the corresponding Style andautomatically returns to the EDIT page. DATA C...

148 10. Sequence Program 5. From the EDIT page, press the appropriate Data controls to set, insert,delete or clear the data as needed. In this display, different Styles and sections can be entered in sequence along the pattern row inthe middle of the display. Entered Styles/sections are shown in box...

149 10. Sequence Program 1 SET This enters the selected Style to the current cursor position, replacing the previous entry, andautomatically moves the cursor arrow to the next position. 2 INS. (Insert) Inserts the selected Style to the current cursor position, and displaces all other Styles(includin...

150 10. Sequence Program Copying Sequence Data This function allows you to copy the data stored at one Sequence button to another. 1. Call up the Sequence Program function by pressing the SEQUENCEPROGRAM button, and press the SEQ. (Sequence) button correspondingto the sequence you wish to copy. 2. F...

151 10. Sequence Program 4. At the prompt, select "OK" to copy, or "Cancel" to abort the operation. Saving the Sequence and QuittingSequence Program The edited Sequence is automatically saved when you quit the Sequence Program function. To saveand quit, simply press the SEQUENCE PROG...

152 10. Sequence Program Playing All Sequences in Order You can also automatically play back up to all four Sequences in order, one after the other. To do this: 1. Press the desired Sequence buttons, making sure that their LEDs are all lit. 2. Press the START button, or press SYNCHRO START and start...

153 11. Footswitches and Knee Lever Footswitches and Knee Lever These leg- and foot-operated controls allow you to turn on and execute various performancefunctions without taking your hands from the keyboards. Footswitches The AR-100 has two footswitches on the expression pedal that can be used to c...

154 11. Footswitches and Knee Lever RHYTHM Selection of left footswitch control over Style functions. When this is chosen, the followingdisplay appears: FOOT SWITCH LEFT Page — Rhythm One of the four Accompaniment Control functions can be selected. Pressing the footswitchduring accompaniment (Style)...

155 11. Footswitches and Knee Lever GLIDE Selection of footswitch control over Glide. Press the footswitch to immediately lower the pitchof the selected Voice or Voices by a halfstep, and release it to slowly return the pitch to normal.When the Glide setting is chosen, the following display appears:...

156 11. Footswitches and Knee Lever TREMOLO This enables footswitch control over the Tremolo effect. When TREMOLO is selected here,pressing the footswitch turns the Tremolo effect on and off, performing the same function as theTREMOLO button. To use this function, the Tremolo effect must be properly...

157 11. Footswitches and Knee Lever 3. Press the knee lever to the right with your knee when you want to havesustain. 1 When the knee lever is folded up, Sustain is applied constantly, as long as the front panelSUSTAIN buttons are on. 2 When the knee lever is vertical, Sustain is off. 3 When the kne...

158 11. Footswitches and Knee Lever Lead Slide Control To select knee lever control over Lead Slide: 1. Call up the LEAD VOICE - VIBRATO Page. To do this, press the desired Lead Voice button twice (to call up the Lead Voice Condition page),then select the VIBRATO page with the appropriate Menu butto...

159 12. Accessory Jacks and Controls Accessory Jacks and Controls The AR-100 is equipped with various input/output terminals and miscellaneous controls, thefunctions of which are described below. Underside of Keyboard 1 AUX IN jacks (RCA) For connection of another sound source (CD player, tone gener...

160 13. Pitch Controls Pitch Controls There are two overall pitch-related controls on the AR-100: Transpose and Pitch. Transpose allowsyou to change the key of the instrument and Pitch lets you finely adjust the tuning. These featuresmake it easy to change the key of a song to accommodate a vocalist...

161 13. Pitch Controls TRANSPOSE Buttons Transpose can also be set from the panel, with the TRANSPOSE ´ / Ï buttons. Press TRANSPOSE Ï to raise the Transpose setting by a half-step, and press TRANSPOSE ´ to lower it. The current Transpose setting is shown in the Voice Display. Current Transpose sett...

162 14. MIDI M I DI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a worldwide standard that allows virtually allmodern electronic instruments to communicate with each other and control each other’s functions.For example, you could play different sounds on a connected synthesizer from the keyboards ...

163 14. MIDI To select the MIDI page: Press the PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, and select the MIDI page bypressing the appropriate Menu button. MIDI CONTROL Page 1 MODE Determines the MIDI operating mode of the AR-100. This should be set to match theconnected MIDI device to ensure ...

3 INT./EXT. (Internal/External) • LEAD Determines internal or external control of the Lead Voice. When set to Internal, the Upperkeyboard plays the Lead Voice. When this is set to External, a connected MIDI instrumentcan play the Lead Voice (over channel 4). • SYNC. Determines the timing control sou...

Appendix Troubleshooting GENERAL OPERATION • No sound is produced from the Electone’s speakers. The plug of the cable from the speaker unit is disconnected. Refer to the separate“Assembly Instructions,” and reconnect the plug securely. • A cracking noise is sometimes heard. Noise may be produced whe...

• When playing a Pedal Voice from the Lower Keyboard (using the ToLower function), pressing the Lower Keyboard’s Sustain button doesnot turn on Sustain. Even though the Pedal Voice is being played from the Lower Keyboard, it is still a PedalVoice; turn the Sustain on with the Pedal Sustain button. •...

• The accompaniment and/or rhythm suddenly stops when releasingkeys on the Lower keyboard or Pedalboard. Depending on the A.B.C. mode and Memory settings, you can stop the accompanimentand/or rhythm by releasing the keys. (See page 60.) • While an Intro or Ending pattern is automatically playing, th...

REGISTRATION MEMORY • Certain functions have not been memorized to Registration Memory. Transposition and Pitch control data, among others, cannot be memorized (except assong data). (See page 73.) VOICE EDITING • During Voice editing, the specified Voice isn’t heard, even when thekeyboard is played....

169 15. Appendix Ø 0–15, 32–47, 64–71******************** Ø ˛ ˛ ˛ Ø Ø ˛ ˛ Ø ˛ Ø 0–15, 32–47, 64–71******************** Ø ˛ ˛ ˛ Ø Ø ˛ ˛Ø ˛ (*6) (*5)(FAH, FCH) : True number : Song Position: Song Select: Tune : Clock: Commands : Local On/Off: All Notes Off: Active Sense: Reset ProgramChange System Exc...

171 15. Appendix Specifications KEYBOARD Keyboards Touch Tone VOICE Tone Generation Voices Voices for Playback Ensemble Organ Variation VOICE CONTROL/EFFECT Volume Feet Pan Brilliance Vibrato Lead Slide Lead Tune Symphonic/Celeste Delay Flanger Reverb Sustain Tremolo VOICE EDIT MELODY ON CHORD LOWER...

Index 172 15. Appendix A A.B.C. (Auto Bass Chord) ................................55Accomp. Part ...................................................51Accompaniment Control ......................47, 49, 50Accompaniment Program Drum List ..............126Accompaniment Program Voice List .................