Yamaha EL-500 Owner's Manual - Page 41

4 Voice Controls and Effects The Electone is equipped with two general kinds of functions that can be used to change the sound of the voices: Voice Controls and Effects. Voice controls are used to change various aspects of the voices, such as the touch sensitivity, volume, octave (footage), vibrato, pan setting and brilliance. The voice controls, as well as the selection of certain effects, are provided in the Voice Condition pages, described below. Effects are an extremely versatile set of tools through which you can enhance the sound of the voices. They include: Reverb, Sustain, Tremolo, Symphonic, Delay, Flanger and Distortion. Effect settings are controlled from the Reverb, Sustain, Tremolo and Effect Set pages. Each voice has been given certain factory-preset effect settings to best enhance its sound. However, if you wish, you can change the sound to suit your preferences by using the controls described in this section. The chart below shows the various voice controls and effects for the individual voice sections. Available functions are indicated by circles. Upper Touch Feet Tone (Initial/ After) Upper Keyboard Voice 1 Upper Keyboard Voice 2 Lower Keyboard Voice 1 Lower Keyboard Voice 2 Pan Brilliance Sym- Delay Flanger Distortion Vibrato Lead phonic/ Slide *1 Celeste Lead Reverb Sustain Tremolo Tune /Chorus *2 *3 Lead Voice Lower Lead Pedal Voice 1 Pedal Pedal Voice 2 Voice Condition Page 1 Voice Condition Page 2 *4 Voice Condition Page 3 Effect Set Page *4 Reverb Page Related Pages Sustain Page Tremolo Page *1 Although no Brilliance buttons are provided on the EL-500's front panel, the Brilliance values can be adjusted in the Voice Condition page 2 (page 44). *2 The total reverb depth and length are controlled on the reverb page 1, though the different reverb settings can be done for each voice section. *3 Turning tremolo/chorus on/off and switching between tremolo and chorus are common to all voice sections. *4 The contents of the Voice Condition Page 2 and Effect Set Page are the same except for the Brilliance setting. To change the settings and add the effects, display the appropriate page: 1. Voice Condition page by pressing the panel voice button twice (or pressing the Data Control button corresponding to the selected voice). 2. Effect Set page by pressing the EFFECT SET button in the DISPLAY SELECT. 3. Reverb, Sustain or Tremolo page by pressing the corresponding panel button. NOTE: Sustain, Reverb and Tremolo/Chorus can be set for the Upper/Lower Flute Voices (EL-700 only). 41 Voice Controls and Effects 4