Yamaha AR100
The AR100 is an instrument that redefines what an electronic organ can be. Every single aspect is designed to put more music under your hands. To put you in complete control of more than any organist has enjoyed before. To make it easier than ever to realize the music within you. Try the AR100 and discover just what a work of art can do for the artist in you.
New tone generation for the most realistic voices you have ever heard. Superbly elegant cabinet for that traditional organ appearance. Easy to operate control panel. Flute volume controls give total flexibility for organ sounds. Additional specialist organ voices. Six tremolo variations. 160 new orchestrated rhythm styles. Full range of professional-quality digital effects.
The AR100 is the perfect marriage of refined styling, ease of use, and advanced music making technology. The beautiful traditionally styled wooden cabinet will match any decor. Extensive, dedicated controls put virtually all of the multiple functions right at your fingertips. The incredible selection of classic organ sounds, lifelike, orchestral voices and dynamic percussion instruments are sure to satisfy the most demanding musician.
With the AR100 you get dedicated organ variations for Theatre, Jazz, Electronic and Classical voicing, so you can enjoy all the classic organ sounds from jazz and pop to church and theatre. There are even extra, specialist organ voices for ultimate realism. Extensive dedicated controls for the upper and lower keyboards let you adjust flute volume, attack / chiff, length and percussive key click to create exactly the organ sound you want.
An enormous selection of other instrument voices, from brass and woodwinds to piano and strings, puts an entire orchestra at your fingertips. They're totally lifelike sounds, thanks to Yamaha's unique AWM tone generation. AWM starts with digital recordings of the actual instrument, and then filters filters them according to your touch on the keyboard. You can express everything from the forceful rasp of an overblown saxophone to the delicate tone of a pianissimo piano.
You want to spend your time making music, not trying to find your way around complicated operating systems. That's why the AR100 has separate, dedicated buttons to control virtually all of its functions from voice selection to tone editing. Instead of scrolling through screen after screen to reach the adjustment you want, in most cases you just press a single control button. It's that easy to take advantage of the full range of of edit functions.
384 preset registration memories, programmed by Electone professionals to match specific instrument combinations and musical styles, allows you to instantly change all the settings as you play. What's more, you can also build your own registrations and save them to the registration memory for one-touch recall. If both hands are busy you can even select registrations from a foot switch.
A total of 160 preprogrammed patterns gives you rhythm accompaniments in almost any style you can think of, allowing you to sound like a professional no matter what your playing level. You also get intros, fills and endings to avoid the mechanical lifelessness of conventional drum machines. You can also play the incredibly lifelike percussion instruments from the keyboard and record your performance, to create your own custom rhythm patterns.
The AR100 also offers sophisticated auto accompaniment functions so you can sound like an ensemble even when you play alone. ABC ( auto bass chord ) automatically adds bass lines and chord voicings to whatever you play - even with as little as just one finger. Melody On Chord automatically harmonizes upper keyboard melodies with the chords you play on the lower keyboard.
The Music Disk Recorder functions like the expensive digital multi-track recorders found in professional recording studios. You can record your music one part at a time ( upper keyboard, lower keyboard, foot pedals, lead and rhythm ) to create finished performances too difficult or complicated to play live. In addition, you can use the Music Disk Recorder to save registration data for instant recall at any time.
The incredibly lifelike voices get high power amplification in full measure, with 340 watts of smooth power. With so much power to spare, the amplifiers are always working comfortably within their capacity, so the sound never sounds harsh or distorted, just beautifully natural and true to life.
SPECIFICATIONS
KEYBOARD
KEYBOARD upper 49 keys, lower 49 keys, pedal 20 keys.
TOUCH TONE initial, after ( upper, lower ).
VOICES
TONE GENERATION AWM ( polyphony 128 ).
VOICES 205 voice menu voices, full set of organ voices ( flute / tibia ) with attack/chiff, extra voices.
VOICES FOR PLAYBACK XG/GM voices, DOC voices ( available only when each sequence data is received / played back ).
ENSEMBLE on/off: upper voice 1,2, lead voice, upper organ ( flute / tibia, extra ); lower voice 1,2, lower organ ( flute / tibia, extra ); pedal voice 1,2, pedal organ ( flute / tibia, extra ).
ORGAN VARIATIONS theatre, jazz, electronic, classical.
VOICES CONTROL / EFFECTS
VOLUME upper voice 1,2, upper flute/extra, lower voice 1,2, lower flute/extra, pedal voice 1,2, pedal flute extra: 0~24.
FEET upper voice 1,2, lower voice 1,2, lead, pedal voice 1,2; 4', 8', 16'; upper extra ( down ), lower extra ( up ).
PAN upper voice 1,2, lower voice 1,2, lead, pedal voice 1,2: 7 positions.
BRILLIANCE upper voice 1,2, lower voice 1,2, lead, pedal voice 1, 2: -3 ~ +3.
VIBRATO upper voice 1,2, lower voice 1,2 lead: preset / user ( delay*, depth, speed* ); touch vib*. * for lead.
LEAD SLIDE on, knee, off; time.
LEAD TUNE lead.
SYMPHONIC / CELESTE upper voice 1,2, upper extra, lower voice 1,2, lower extra, lead, pedal voice 1,2: mode.
DELAY upper voice 1,2, lower voice 1,2, lead, pedal voice 1,2: speed, feedback, balance.
FLANGER upper voice 1,2, lower voice 1,2, lead, pedal voice 1,2: speed, feedback, depth.
REVERB upper voice 1,2, lower voice 1,2; lead; pedal voice 1,2; organ, K.B.P., effects: mode, length, depth.
SUSTAIN upper, lower, pedal.
TREMOLO upper voice 1,2, upper flute/extra; lower voice 1,2, lower flute/extra; lead, pedal voice 1,2: type, speed, chorus.
VOICE EDIT
repeat: all, twin, off; speed; output level; filter: cutoff, resonance; EG rate: attack, decay, release; name; save; user voice 1 ~ 16.
MELODY ON CHORD
mode: off, 1,2,3; knee: on/off.
LOWER MANUAL SPLIT
on/off; left ( lower 1,2 lower organ; octave up ); right ( lower 1,2, lower organ ); key set.
ACCOMPANIMENT
ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES 160 styles.
ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS intro A, B, main A, B, fill in AA, AB, BA, BB, ending A,B.
ACCOMPANIMENT PARTS rhythm 1,2, bass, chord 1,2, pad, phrase 1,2.
ACCOMPANIMENT AUTO BASS CHORD mode: off, single finger, fingered, custom ABC; memory: lower / pedal.
ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROLS start, synchro start; tempo; bar/beat LED; rhythm volume, accompaniment volume; part: on / off.
KEYBOARD PERCUSSION
72 assignable drum / percussion sounds; on/off; lower ( LK preset/user 1 ), pedal ( PK preset/user 2 ); assign, copy, clear.
ACCOMPANIMENT PROGRAM
basic: section ( intro, main A, main B, fill in, ending ), beat ( 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, other ), measure ( 1-8, other ), name, metronome ( on/off ); record ( real time recording ): mode ( rec., play, mute, delete ), part ( rhythm 1,2, bass, chord 1,2, pad, phrase 1,2 ); edit: part copy, part quantize; save: user style 1-8, data all clear; voice, volume; reverb; chorus; pan.
SEQUENCE PROGRAM
sequence 1-4; 120 positions ( measures ); edit: cursor controls, set, insert,delete, clear; copy.
DEMONSTRATION SONGS
24 songs; repeat: all, random, single, off.
REGISTRATION MENU 384 menus ( organ preset, orchestral preset ).
REGISTRATION MEMORY M. / to disk, 1-16; disable button; initial registration;registration shift: off, shift, jump, user ( 80 positions, cursor controls, set, insert, delete, clear ).
MUSIC DISK RECORDER disk type: Electone XG/GM, DOC; LED display; eject; page up/down; control panel: play / record part ( all, lower, upper, pedal, K.B.P., control ), stop, play, song select,record, custom play, retry, pause, rewind, fast forward, tempo; repeat play: off, all repeat, random repeat, single repeat; utility: disk format, disk copy, song copy, song delete, name, remaining memory.
PITCH
pitch, transpose.
MIDI
mode: Electone, XG/GM, DOC; output: upper, lower, pedal; internal / external: lead, sync, exp.
FOOT SWITCH
[left] mode: off, rhythm ( stop, ending, fill to A, fill to B ), glide ( upper 1,2, lead, lower 1,2; time ); tremolo; [right] regist. shift: off, shift, jump, user.
KNEE LEVER
on/off: sustain ( upper, lower ); MOC; lead slide.
LCD DISPLAY
320 x 240 dots.
OTHER CONTROLS
power on/off, console light on/off, expression pedal, master volume, LCD contrast, display select, data control, menu, page, coarse, hold, manual balance, pedal balance.
OTHER FITTINGS
owner's manual, matching bench, music stand, MIDI in/out, phones, aux in/out ( RCA, R/L ); mic, mic volume, mic reverb.
SOUND SYSTEM
power amplifiers: 340W; speakers 30 cm ( 11 3/16" ) x 2; 2.5 cm ( 1" ) x 2; monitor 5 cm ( 2" ) x 2.
DIMENSIONS
width 1235 mm ( 48 5/8" ) x depth 614 mm ( 24 3/16" ) x height 1086 mm ( 42 3/4" ).
WEIGHT 119 kg ( 262 3/8 lbs ).
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