Yamaha EL-500 Owner's Manual - Page 68

7 Keyboard Percussion The Keyboard Percussion function features a total of 120 different drum and percussion sounds, playable from the keyboards and Pedalboard. Keyboard Percussion has two different modes, Preset and User. Preset Keyboard Percussion lets you play 43 different sounds from the Lower keyboard and Pedalboard, while the User Keyboard Percussion lets you freely assign the 120 available sounds to any key or pedal you wish. The two Keyboard Percussion buttons on the panel function as on/off switches for both Keyboard Percussion modes. Rhythm and Accompaniment 1) To use the Preset Keyboard Percussion: 5 NOTE: 1 Turn off the Lower and/or Pedal voices by setting each voice's volume to MIN. 2 Turn on the Keyboard Percussion function by pressing the LOWER/ 1 and/or PEDAL/2 buttons in the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION section Pressing the KEYBOARD PERCUSSION on the left side of the panel. buttons calls up the Menu display. You can select Preset (LK Preset or PK Preset) or User (one of the eight Users you created). If one of the Users is KEYBOARD PERCUSSION LOWER currently active, select "LK PRESET" 1 (Lower Keyboard Preset) or "PK PRESET" (Pedalboard Preset). PEDAL 2 NOTE: When the Rhythm Pattern Program function (page 123) is engaged, different drum and percussion sounds are available on the upper keyboard. 3 Set the volume. The volume of the percussion sounds is set together with that of the rhythm volume. RHYTHM MAX SEQ. 1 SEQ. 2 MARCH WALTZ SWING BOUNCE SLOW ROCK 1 USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 A B SEQ. 3 SEQ. 4 TANGO LATIN 1 LATIN 2 8 BEAT 16 BEAT 2 USER 5 USER 6 USER 7 USER 8 C D MIN 4 Play some notes on the Lower keyboard and/or Pedalboard. The 43 percussion sounds have been assigned to the keyboards as shown in the chart below. 68