Yamaha EL-87 Owner's Manual - Page 140

Transpose and Pitch Controls

Get Yamaha EL-87 PDF manuals and user guides View all Yamaha EL-87 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 140 highlights

11 Transpose and Pitch Controls There are two pitch-related controls on the Electone: Transpose and Pitch. Transpose allows you to change the key of the instrument and Pitch lets you finely adjust the tuning. These features make it easy to change the key of a song to accommodate a vocalist's range or to precisely match the tuning of another instrument. To select the Pitch page: Press the EXP. PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT section, and select the Pitch page with the Page buttons. PITCH CONTROL Page 1 TRANSPOSE Determines the coarse pitch setting of all the voices, and is adjustable in half-steps (semitones). Range: -6-+6 (one octave) 2 PITCH Determines the fine pitch setting of all the voices. Range: 438.8-444.5Hz (Ca. a quarter semitone) NOTE: The default Pitch is 440.0Hz (=A3). NOTE: The pitch changes cannot be recorded to the Music Disk Recorder. About the Pitch Each voice is tuned with the temperament. NOTE: When matching the pitch with other instrument, use the Clarinet voice on the Lower keyboard. 136

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
136
To select the Pitch page:
Press the EXP. PITCH/MIDI button in the DISPLAY SELECT
section, and select the Pitch page with the Page buttons.
PITCH CONTROL Page
1
TRANSPOSE
Determines the coarse pitch setting of all the voices, and is
adjustable in half-steps (semitones).
Range: -6-+6 (one octave)
2
PITCH
Determines the fine pitch setting of all the voices.
Range: 438.8-444.5Hz (Ca. a quarter semitone)
11
Transpose and Pitch Controls
There are two pitch-related controls on the Electone: Transpose and Pitch.
Transpose allows you to
change the key of the instrument and Pitch lets you finely adjust the tuning.
These features make it
easy to change the key of a song to accommodate a vocalist’s range or to precisely match the tuning
of another instrument.
NOTE:
The default Pitch is 440.0Hz (=A3).
NOTE:
The pitch changes cannot be recorded to
the Music Disk Recorder.
About the Pitch
Each voice is tuned with the temperament.
NOTE:
When matching the pitch with other
instrument, use the Clarinet voice on the
Lower keyboard.