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PSR-S950/S750 Reference Manual

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TALK Page

The settings here are for your speech or announcements (NOT your singing performance), and are active
when the TALK (

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MIXING below) are the same as in the VOCAL page. However, the settings are independent from those in
the VOCAL page.

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TALK MIXING (selected by [E] button)

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VOLUME

Determines the output volume of the microphone sound.

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PAN

Determines the stereo pan position of the microphone sound.

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REVERB
DEPTH

Determines the depth of the reverb effects applied to the microphone
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CHORUS
DEPTH

Determines the depth of the chorus effects applied to the microphone
sound.

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REDUCTION
LEVEL

Determines the amount of reduction to be applied to the overall sound
(excepting the microphone input)—allowing you to effectively adjust the
balance between your voice and the overall instrument sound.

Summary of Contents for PSR-S750

Page 1: ...e Manual explains advanced features of the PSR S950 S750 that are not explained in the Owner s Manual Please read the Owner s Manual first before reading this Reference Manual EN Reference Manual Digital Workstation ...

Page 2: ... up the Vocal Harmony Control Parameters 85 Editing the Vocal Harmony Types 87 9 Mixing Console 92 Editing VOL VOICE Parameters 92 Editing FILTER Parameters 93 Editing TUNE Parameters 94 Editing EFFECT Parameters 95 Editing EQ Parameters 99 10 Connections 101 Footswitch Foot Controller Settings 101 MIDI Settings 104 11 Utility 110 CONFIG 1 110 CONFIG 2 112 SCREEN OUT 112 MEDIA 113 OWNER 114 SYSTEM...

Page 3: ...AL HARMONY PSR S950 MIC SETTING VOCAL HARMONY display 81 8 5 SONG SELECT Song Selection display 3 SCORE SCORE display 44 LYRICS TEXT LYRICS or TEXT display 46 GUIDE 50 REPEAT EXTRA TR TR 2 TR 1 REC CHANNEL ON OFF SONG display J STOP F K PLAY PAUSE G REW H FF SONG POSITION pop up 6 STYLE POP ROCK WORLD Style Selection display PRESET 2 EXPANSION USER Style Selection display USER 7 TEMPO TAP TEMPO 2 ...

Page 4: ...N PACK INSTALLATION Expansion Pack Selection display B VOICE PIANO PERC DRUM KIT Voice Selection display PRESET 1 ORGAN FLUTES Organ Flutes VOICE SET display FOOTAGE VOLUME ATTACK 19 EFFECT EQ 19 EXPANSION USER Voice Selection display USER C USB AUDIO PLAYER USB AUDIO PLAYER display 4 D USB SONG AUDIO STYLE VOICE MULTI PAD REGIST Selection display USB Basic Operations E VOICE CONTROL HARMONY ECHO ...

Page 5: ... trol in real time For example with the Saxophone Voice if you play a C and then a D in a very legato way you will hear the note change seamlessly as though a saxophone player played it in a single breath Similarly with the Concert Guitar Voice and play the D note strongly the D note would sound as a hammer on without the string being plucked again Depending on how you play other effects such as s...

Page 6: ...e the measure of your playing strength has a completely different sound For example a guitar MegaVoice includes the sounds of various performance techniques In conventional instruments different Voices having those sounds would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired effect However now with MegaVoices a convincing guitar part can be played with just a single Voice us...

Page 7: ...tons other than the ORGAN FLUTES and USER EXPANSION buttons to call up the Voice Selection display 3 Press the 8 UP button to call up the Voice categories 4 Press the 2 P2 button to display Page 2 5 Press the desired A J button to call up the Voice Selection display of GM XG Voices GM2 Voices etc NOTE You can find the Legacy folder in this display This folder contains previous Yamaha keyboards Voi...

Page 8: ...A button to select 1 TOUCH RESPONSE 3 Use the 1 7 buttons to set the touch response 1 TOUCH RESPONSE Effect Related Settings 1 2 TOUCH Determines the Touch Sensitivity type HARD 2 Requires strong playing to produce high volume Best for players with a heavy touch HARD 1 Requires moderately strong playing for higher volume MEDIUM Standard Touch Sensitivity SOFT 1 Produces high volume with moderate p...

Page 9: ...r left hand section shown below NOTE The 1 5 and Octave settings are not affected by the chord NOTE For details on the sections see page 25 Multi Assign Type The Multi Assign effect automatically assigns notes played simultaneously on the right hand section of the keyboard to separate parts Voices Both of the keyboard part RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 should be turned on when using the Multi Assign effect ...

Page 10: ...Applies the effect to the part for which PART ON OFF is on When the both parts are on the RIGHT 1 part is given priority over the RIGHT 2 part MULTI When both parts are on the note played on the keyboard is sounded by RIGHT 1 part and the harmonies effect are divided to the RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts When only one part is on the note played on the keyboard and effect are sounded by that part R1 R2 ...

Page 11: ...ng in music today PURE MAJOR PURE MINOR These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale especially for triad chords root third fifth You can hear this best in actual vocal harmonies such as choirs and a cappella singing PYTHAGOREAN This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a series of perfect fifths which are collapsed into a single octave The ...

Page 12: ...the keyboard is transposed yet maintains the original pitch relationship between the notes 3 5 TUNE Select the desired note to be tuned by using the 3 buttons and tune it in cents by using the 4 5 buttons NOTE In musical terms a cent is 1 100th of a semitone 100 cents equal one semitone 6 7 PART SELECT Select the part to which the Scale Tune setting is applied by using the 6 7 buttons Then press t...

Page 13: ...ET display 3 Use the TAB E F buttons to call up the relevant setting page For information on the available parameters in each page see the Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays on page 14 4 As necessary use the A B buttons to select the item parameter to be edited and edit the Voice by using the 1 8 buttons By pressing the D COMPARE button you can compare the sound of the edited Voice with...

Page 14: ...T 1 2 parts the R1 R2 param eter is available when the edited Voice is used as the LEFT part the LEFT parameter is available 6 MONO POLY Determines whether the edited Voice is played monophonically or poly phonically This setting can also be made from the VOICE CONTROL MONO button on the panel 7 PORTAMENTO TIME Determines the pitch transition time when the edited Voice is set to MONO above NOTE Po...

Page 15: ...Cutoff Frequency For details about the filter see below 3 AMPLITUDE Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the amplitude volume 5 LFO PMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the pitch or the vibrato effect 6 LFO FMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the Filter modulation or the wah effect 7 LFO AMOD Determines the degre...

Page 16: ... how quickly the sound decays to silence after the key is released The lower the value the quicker the decay 6 DEPTH Determines the intensity of the Vibrato effect Higher settings result in a more pronounced Vibrato 7 SPEED Determines the speed of the Vibrato effect 8 DELAY Determines the amount of time that elapses between the playing of a key and the start of the Vibrato effect Higher settings i...

Page 17: ...EEZE VOICE SET TAB E F VOICE SET 2 Use the A B buttons to select a keyboard part 3 Use the 4 7 buttons to turn on or off of each item for the selected Part When the button is set to ON the corresponding parameter settings are called up automatically together with the Voice selection For information on which parameters are linked to each item see below 1 4 DSP TYPE Selects the DSP effect category a...

Page 18: ...ge see pages 18 19 4 Save your edited Voice NOTICE The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn the power of the instrument off without executing the Save operation 4 1 Press the I PRESET button 4 2 Select the appropriate page USER or USB to which you want to save the data by using the TAB E F buttons 4 3 Press the 6 SAVE button For details on the Save operation refer to the Owner...

Page 19: ...ff F G buttons and Vibrato Depth H button 4 MODE The MODE control selects between two modes FIRST and EACH In the FIRST mode attack percussive sound is applied only to the first notes played and held simultaneously while the first notes are held any subse quently played notes have no attack applied In the EACH mode attack is applied equally to all notes 5 7 4 2 2 3 2 These determine the attack sou...

Page 20: ... realism and authentic backing by mixing in original chord types and changes as well as special riffs with chord changes with the Main sections These have been programmed to add spice and a professional touch to your performances of certain songs and in certain genres Keep in mind however that the Styles may not necessarily be appropriate or even harmonically correct for all songs and for all chor...

Page 21: ... the Chord Fingering Type Chord Tutor Function With this function shown in the right half of this display you can see which notes to press for specifying the chord If you know a chord name but don t know how to play it use this function Although this function shows how to play a chord only in case of Fingered the indication is useful also when a type other than Single Finger is selected Use the 6 ...

Page 22: ... keyboard is used as the bass note allowing you to play on bass chords In the Fingered type the root of the chord is always used as the bass note FULL KEYBOARD Detects chords in the entire key range Chords are detected in a way similar to Fingered even if you split the notes between your left and right hands for example playing a bass note with your left hand and a chord with your right or by play...

Page 23: ...own in the display Here you can determine whether the chord played in the chord section will sound or not in the Stop Accom paniment status OFF The chord played in the chord section will not sound STYLE The chord played in the chord section will sound via the Voices for the Pad part and the Bass channel of the selected Style FIXED The chord played in the chord section will sound via the specified ...

Page 24: ...ing strength in the chord section of the keyboard 5 6 SECTION SET Determines the default section that is automatically called up when select ing different Styles when Style playback is stopped When set to OFF and Style playback is stopped the active section is maintained even if the different Style is selected When any of the MAIN A D sections is not included in the Style data the nearest section ...

Page 25: ...rotate the DATA ENTRY dial You can also specify the Split Point directly from the keyboard by pressing the desired key on the key board while holding the F button G Split Point S Sets each Split Point Press one of the desired buttons and rotate the DATA ENTRY dial You can also specify the Split Point directly from the keyboard by pressing the desired key on the keyboard while holding the G or H bu...

Page 26: ...is display do not affect to the One Touch Setting 4 Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING 1 4 buttons to which you wish to memorize your panel settings A message appears To memorize various panel settings to other buttons press the G NO button then repeat steps 2 4 NOTE For OTS buttons to which your original panel settings have not been memorized the OTS settings of the original Style will be maintai...

Page 27: ...u select a preset Audio Style as starting data the Audio part is to be used as is The Audio part can not be deleted edited and created from scratch The created Style containing the Audio part can be used only via an instrument that supports Audio Styles as well as the SFF GE format The Audio part cannot be copied from another Style or Section in the ASSEMBLE page If you want to use a specific Audi...

Page 28: ...elected as starting data changing the pattern length deletes the corresponding Audio part For the entire current Style set the Tempo and Time Signature in the display called up via the B button 4 Create the Source Pattern for each channel Realtime Recording on the BASIC page page 29 Lets you record the Style by simply playing the keyboard Step Recording on the EDIT page page 33 Lets you enter each...

Page 29: ...e Recording Characteristics in the Style Creator Loop Recording Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of several measures in a loop and Style recording is also done using loops For example if you start recording with a two measure MAIN section the two measures are repeatedly recorded Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition loop letting you record while hearing previously...

Page 30: ...ons to turn each channel on or off as desired If you selected an Audio Style as starting data turn the Audio part on or off via the H button 4 As soon as loop playback returns to the first beat in the first measure start playing the rhythm pattern to be recorded If the rhythm is difficult to play in real time break it up into individual parts and play each separately as the playback loops as shown...

Page 31: ...as change chords during performance Rules when recording a Main or Fill With the default initial settings the Source Root Chord is set to CMaj7 This means that you should record a Source Pattern using a CMaj7 scale which will change according to the chords you specify during normal performance Record a bass line phrase or chord backing which you want to hear when CMaj7 is specified See below for d...

Page 32: ...tyle as starting data turn on or off the Audio part via the H button 4 As soon as loop playback returns to the first beat in the first measure start playing the bass line chord backing or phrase to be recorded 5 Press the START STOP button to stop playback If you want to add more notes press the START STOP button again to continue recording To hear the playback sound of the already recorded channe...

Page 33: ...n Song Creator a Recording channel can be set on the BASIC page It cannot be set on the EDIT page Unlike in Song Creator Chord and Lyrics data cannot be entered This is because such data is not necessary for Style playback For instructions on Step Recording refer to pages 52 55 For information on the EDIT page called as Event List display in Song Creator refer to page 65 Style Assembly This allows...

Page 34: ...th the newly assigned Source Pattern via the 6 7 buttons For details see Playing the Style During Style Assembly below 4 As desired execute the same operations for another channel Playing the Style During Style Assembly While you are assembling a Style you can play back the Style and select the method of playback Use the 6 7 PLAY TYPE buttons in the Style Assembly display to select the playback me...

Page 35: ...mple when ORIGI NAL BEAT is set to 8 Beat and BEAT CONVERTER is set to 12 all 8th notes in the section are shifted to 8th note triplet timing The 16A and 16B Beat Converter which appear when ORIGINAL BEAT is set to 12 Beat are variations on a basic 16th note setting 5 6 SWING Produces a swing feel by shifting the timing of the back beats depend ing on the ORIGINAL BEAT parameter above For example ...

Page 36: ... results The Undo function only has one level only the previous operation can be undone 1 2 CHANNEL Selects the desired channel part to which Dynamics is to be applied The selected channel is shown at the upper left of the display 3 4 ACCENT TYPE Determines the type of accent applied in other words which notes in the part s are emphasized with the Dynamics settings 6 STRENGTH Determines how strong...

Page 37: ...ed channel 5 REMOVE EVENT This function lets you remove specific events from the selected channel 2 Use the 1 2 CHANNEL buttons to select the channel to be edited The selected channel is shown at the upper left of the display 3 Use the 4 8 buttons to edit the data 4 Press the D EXECUTE button to actually enter the edits for each display After the operation is completed this button changes to UNDO ...

Page 38: ...ed on this instrument can be played back only on instruments which are compatible with SFF GE 1 In the PARAMETER Page use the A B buttons to select the edit menu For details of the edit menu see page 39 Set these parameters before recording Set these parameters after recording Source Pattern settings Source Root Source Chord Determines what key and what chord type are used for playing Note Convers...

Page 39: ...r For details see below IMPORTANT The parameters here should be set before recording If you change the settings after recording the appropriate note conversion cannot be done even when you specify various chord types NOTE When Rhy1 or Rhy2 is selected as Record target the parameter name here is shown as PLAY ROOT instead of CHORD ROOT In this situation you can confirm the actual sound in response ...

Page 40: ...itar accompaniment Notes are trans posed to approximate the chords played with natural guitar fingering BYPASS When NTR is set to ROOT FIXED the transposition table used does not do any note conversion When NTR is set to ROOT TRANS the table used only converts the notes by maintaining the pitch relationship between notes MELODY Suitable for melody line transposition Use this for melody channels su...

Page 41: ... of Sections which respond only to major minor chords such as in Intros and Endings DORIAN 5th In addition to the Dorian transposition above augmented and diminished chords affect the 5th note of the Source pattern ALL PURPOSE This table covers both strummed and arpeggio played sounds STROKE Suitable for stroke played sound of the guitar Some notes may sound as if it is muted this is normal condit...

Page 42: ...of the note will bend without a new attack to match the type of the new chord PITCH SHIFT TO ROOT The pitch of the note will bend without a new attack to match the root of the new chord RETRIGGER The note is retriggered with a new attack at a new pitch corresponding to the next chord RETRIGGER TO ROOT The note is retriggered with a new attack at the root note of the next chord However the octave o...

Page 43: ...arked at the upper left of the protected Song name on the display Prot 1 Indicates that the Preset Song is saved to the User drive This type of Song cannot be copied moved and transferred to external devices such as a USB flash memory and a computer Prot 2 Orig Indicates Yamaha protection formatted Songs commercially available Songs This type of Song which cannot be copied can be only moved and sa...

Page 44: ... channel except OFF page 48 RIGHT next parameter and LEFT cannot be turned off at the same time 2 RIGHT ON OFF Enables disables display of the right hand notation RIGHT and LEFT above cannot be turned off at the same time 3 CHORD ON OFF Enables disables display of the chords If the selected Song does not contain chord data chords are not displayed 4 LYRICS ON OFF Enables disables display of the ly...

Page 45: ...gnature set tings for displaying notation 5 QUANTIZE This gives you control over the note resolution in the notation letting you shift or correct the timing of all displayed notes so that they line up to a particular note value Make sure to select the smallest note value used in the Song 6 NOTE NAME Selects the type of the note name indicated at the left of the note in the notation from among the ...

Page 46: ...oes not delete the text file itself but results in no text file being selected If you want to restore the text indication select the text file again via the 5 6 buttons 3 4 F 11pt P 16pt Text display only Determines the text type fixed or proportional and font size Fixed is suitable for displaying lyrics with chord names since the positions of chord names are fixed to the corresponding lyrics Prop...

Page 47: ...he Song 4 Press the STYLE CONTROL ACMP button to turn on the auto accompaniment function then press the SYNC START button to enable synchronized start of the accompaniment 5 Press the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button or play chords in the chord section The Song and Style starts playing When you play chords pressing the SCORE button and turning CHORD on page 44 allows you to see the chord informatio...

Page 48: ...eatedly I PHRASE MARK REPEAT This parameter is available only when the current Song contains Phrase Marks which specify certain locations of several measures each in the Song When this is set to ON the section corresponding to the Phrase Mark specified via the SONG G REW and H FF buttons is played back repeatedly Note that this parameter can be set only when the Song playback is stopped 1 TRACK 2 ...

Page 49: ...O When the language is specified in the Song data the lyrics are displayed accordingly When the language is not specified in the Song data the lyr ics language is regarded as INTERNATIONAL below INTERNATIONAL Handles the displayed lyrics as a western language JAPANESE Handles the displayed lyrics as Japanese 7 QUICK START On some commercially available Song data certain settings related to the Son...

Page 50: ...d in time with the music and Song playback continues Your Tempo The same as Follow Lights except that Song playback matches the speed at which you play Guide menu for singing Karao Key This function lets you control the Song playback timing with just one finger while you sing along This is useful for singing to your own performance Song playback pauses waiting for you to sing Simply play any key o...

Page 51: ...s the current chord type After stopping playback go to the next step 2 Call up the operation display FUNCTION B SONG SETTING 3 Press the 8 button to turn the P A T performance assistant technology on 4 Press the SONG F K PLAY PAUSE button to start playback 5 Play the keyboard Along with Song playback try playing the bass line with the left hand area while playing various phrases or chords with the...

Page 52: ... display REC MODE Re records the Song See page 59 CHANNEL Edits Channel events See page 61 CHORD Records chords and Sections with precise timing page 56 or edits them page 65 1 16 Records melodies Step Recording see below or edits the recorded melodies page 65 SYS EX Edits System Exclusive events tempo time signature etc See page 65 LYRICS Inputs edits the Song name and lyrics See page 65 Recordin...

Page 53: ...al resulting velocity fff 127 ff 111 f 95 mf 79 mp 63 p 47 pp 31 ppp 15 H Determines the gate time actual length of the note to be entered Normal 80 Tenuto 99 Staccato 40 Staccatissimo 20 Manual The gate time can be set to any desired percentage by using the DATA ENTRY dial I Determines the note type to be entered normal dotted or triplet J DELETE Deletes the data of the current line 1 BAR Sets th...

Page 54: ...ing the instructions below select the desired Voice on the STEP RECORD display Note that only the Voice selection and Note input are possible during Step Recording NOTE Since the actual note length determined via the Gate Time may differ from the note length on the notation the Score of the Song recorded here may be different from the notation above 1 Enter the first and second notes with a slur 1...

Page 55: ... the specified note length has been entered 4 Enter the next notes and apply a tie 4 1 Press the G button to select mp 4 2 Press the H button to select Normal 4 3 While holding G3 key on the keyboard press the 6 button This operation advances the input position from the current 2nd beat to the next 3rd beat Do not release the G3 key yet Keep holding it while executing the following steps 4 4 While...

Page 56: ...ank Song New Song is called up for recording NOTE Selecting a blank Song initializes the panel settings 2 Select the Style you want to use in the Song 3 Call up the operation display FUNCTION F DIGITAL REC MENU A SONG CREATOR TAB E F CHORD 4 Press the G STEP REC button to call up the STEP RECORD display 5 Start Step Recording by using the A J buttons and 1 8 buttons Refer to the example on page 57...

Page 57: ...e of Step Recording Chord detailed instructions of Step 5 on page 56 NOTE This example uses a Style in 4 4 time Before executing the instructions below make sure that AUTO FILL IN button is turned off since no Fill in is included in the notation example above 1 Enter the chords for the Main A section 1 1 Press the STYLE CONTROL MAIN A button 1 2 Press the 5 button to select the half note length 1 ...

Page 58: ... F and G7 in the chord section of the keyboard NOTE If you want to record the Fill In Section turn on the AUTO FILL IN button then press one of the MAIN VARIATION A D buttons 3 Enter the chords for the Main B section 3 1 Press the STYLE CONTROL MAIN B button 3 2 Press the 4 button to select the whole note length 3 3 Play the chord C in the chord section of the keyboard 2 2 2 3 2 1 F G7 3 2 3 1 3 3...

Page 59: ...or when you play the keyboard in the Synchro Standby mode FIRST KEY ON The Song plays back normally then starts overwrite recording as soon as you play the keyboard PUNCH IN AT The Song plays back normally up to the beginning of the indicated Punch In measure then starts overwrite recording at that point You can set the Punch In measure by pressing the 3 button 4 6 REC END Punch Out Determines the...

Page 60: ...y be reversed depending on the particular pedal you ve connected to the instrument If necessary change the pedal polarity to reverse the control page 102 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 8 1 2 3 4 5 7 REC START setting REC END setting NORMAL REPLACE ALL NORMAL PUNCH OUT NORMAL PUNCH OUT AT 006 FIRST KEY ...

Page 61: ... details of the edit menu and available settings see page 62 4 Press the D EXECUTE button to execute the operation for the current display After the operation with the exception of the SETUP menu is completed this button changes to UNDO letting you restore the original data if you are not satisfied with the operation results The Undo function only has one level only the previous operation can be u...

Page 62: ...same time For example when the straight eighth notes and eighth notes triplet are contained in the same channel if you quantize by the straight eighth notes all notes in the channel are quantized to straight eighth notes completely eliminating any triplet feel However if you use the eighth note eighth note triplet setting both the straight and triplet notes will be quantized correctly 7 8 STRENGTH...

Page 63: ...these channels If you transpose the channels of Drum Kits the instruments assigned to each key will be changed 2 3 SOURCE 1 Determines the MIDI channel 1 16 to be mixed All MIDI events of the channel specified here are copied to the destination channel 4 5 SOURCE 2 Determines the MIDI channel 1 16 to be mixed Only note events of the channel specified here are copied to the destination channel Besi...

Page 64: ...the KEYBOARD VOICE SONG Records the tempo setting and all settings made from the Mixing Console KEYBOARD VOICE Records the panel settings including the Voice selection of the keyboard parts RIGHT 1 2 and LEFT and their on off status Panel settings recorded here are same as the ones memorized to the One Touch Setting This can be recorded at any point in a Song SCORE SETTING Records the settings in ...

Page 65: ...r left right and select the desired parameter of the high lighted event H FILTER Calls up the Filter display page 67 letting you select only the events you wish to be shown in the event list I SAVE Press to save the edited Song J MULTI SELECT Holding this button while using the A B buttons lets you select multi ple events 1 BAR Determines the position bar beat clock of the data One clock is equal ...

Page 66: ...lling the PITCH BEND wheel A T Aftertouch This event is generated when pressure is applied to a key after the note is played ScBar Score Start Bar Determines the top measure of a Song Tempo Determines the tempo value Time Time signature Determines the time signature Key Key signature Determines the key signature as well as the major minor setting for the music score shown on the display XGPrm XG p...

Page 67: ...pes of events D CTRL CHG Displays all specific Control Change message events E STYLE Displays all types of Style playback related events H ALL ON Checkmarks all event types I NOTE ALL OFF CHORD NOTE shown when C MAIN is on selects only the NOTE data CHORD shown when E STYLE is on selects only the CHORD data ALL OFF shown when D CTRL CHG is on removes all checkmarks J INVERT Reverses the checkmark ...

Page 68: ...h as Punch In Out are not available Multi Pad Realtime Recording via MIDI Before starting operation note the following points Since only the Right 1 part performance will be recorded as Multi Pad phrases you should select the desired Voice for the Right 1 part beforehand The Super Articulation Voices and the Organ Flutes Voices cannot be used for Multi Pad Recording If one of these Voices is set f...

Page 69: ...intend to create a Chord Match phrase use the notes of C D E G A and B or in other words play the phrase in the key of C major This ensures that the phrase will stay harmonically constant and match whichever chord you play in the left hand section of the keyboard 8 Stop recording Press the H STOP button or the panel MULTI PAD CONTROL STOP button or the STYLE CONTROL START STOP button to stop recor...

Page 70: ...tes with absolutely precise timing This Step Recording procedure is essentially the same as that for Song Recording pages 52 55 with the exception of the points listed below There is no LCD button for switching channels since Multi Pads contain data for only a single channel In the Multi Pad Creator only channel events and System Exclusive messages can be entered Chord and Lyrics events are not av...

Page 71: ...low 4 PASTE Pastes the Multi Pad s copied by the 3 button 5 DELETE Deletes the selected Multi Pads Copying the Multi Pad 1 Press the 3 button in step 4 above 2 Select the Multi Pads to be copied by using the A B F and G buttons then press the 7 OK button The selected Multi Pad s is copied to the clipboard 3 Select the destination location by using the A B F and G buttons If you want to copy the se...

Page 72: ...g data and Style data you use frequently 1 Select the desired Record from the MUSIC FINDER display 2 Press the H ADD TO FAVORITE button then press the G YES button to add the selected Record to the FAVORITE page 3 Select the FAVORITE page by using the TAB E F buttons and check to see if the Record has been added As with the ALL page you can select the Record in the FAVORITE page then start your pe...

Page 73: ...is play After selecting the desired Style press the EXIT button to return back to the EDIT display For SONG or AUDIO Records this field cannot be edited D BEAT Changes the beat time signature of the Record for search purposes For SONG or AUDIO Records this field cannot be edited NOTE Keep in mind that the Beat setting made here is only for the Music Finder search function this does not affect the ...

Page 74: ... display 3 Press the I DELETE RECORD button 4 Press the F YES button to delete the current Record The Record is deleted from all pages The Music Finder feature handles all the Records including the presets and additionally created Records as a single file Keep in mind that individual Records panel settings Song audio and Style files cannot be handled as separate files 1 Press the 7 FILES button in...

Page 75: ...aved 3 Press the A J buttons to select the desired Music Finder file A message appears prompting you to select one of the following options F REPLACE All Music Finder Records currently in the instrument are deleted and replaced with the Records of the selected file NOTICE Selecting REPLACE automatically deletes all your original Records from internal memory Make sure that all important data has be...

Page 76: ...o call up the Registration Bank Selection display then press one of the A J buttons to select the desired Bank 2 Press the 8 EDIT button to call up the REGISTRATION EDIT display 3 Select a particular Registration Memory to be edited by pressing any of the A D and F I buttons 4 Press the 1 button to rename or the 5 button to delete the selected Registration Memory For details on the Rename and Dele...

Page 77: ...ICE SET TAB E F FREEZE 2 Use the 2 7 buttons to select the desired item then use the 8 buttons to enter or remove the checkmark Items having checkmarks will be frozen when FREEZE is turned on 3 Press the EXIT button to exit from the operation display NOTICE Settings in the REGISTRATION FREEZE display are automatically saved to the instrument when you exit from this display However if you turn the ...

Page 78: ...RATION SEQUENCE 4 If you use a pedal specify here how the pedal will be used to advance or to reverse through the sequence Use the C or D button to select the pedal for advancing or reversing through the Registration Sequence For example if two pedals are connected Pedal 1 is used for advancing while Pedal 2 is used for reversing Note that the pedal settings here other than OFF will take priority ...

Page 79: ...s press the G YES button to store the Registration Sequence program temporarily 9 Press the REGIST BANK and buttons simultaneously to call up the REGISTRATION BANK display then press the 6 Save button to save the current Registration Bank This operation is necessary because the Registration Sequence program can be saved to a Registration Bank NOTICE For future recall make sure to execute the Save ...

Page 80: ...t number indicating that this Registration Memory number is currently selected 4 Use the TAB buttons or Foot Pedal during your keyboard performance To return to the status in which no Registration Memory number is selected press the E and F buttons simultaneously in the Main display NOTE The pedal can be used for Registration Sequence no matter which display is called up except for the REGIST SEQU...

Page 81: ...hone performance and Talk setup used during talk or between a certain performance and the next performance When set to ON only the Talk settings are active When set to OFF only the Vocal Harmony settings are active e Vocal Harmony on off HARMONY ON OFF Turns on or off the Vocal Harmony r Vocal Harmony Type TYPE SELECT Lets you select the desired one from a wide variety of Vocal Harmony Types t Voc...

Page 82: ...e Mic Setting Memory display by pressing the H USER MEMORY button and save the settings see page 83 The settings will be lost if you exit from this display or turn the power to the instrument off without executing the Save operation Saving the Microphone Settings All the settings VOCAL TALK pages are saved together as a single file Up to ten files can be saved 1 On the MIC SETTING display in step ...

Page 83: ...nd 2 4 6 dB Boosts or cuts the level of the corresponding band by up to 12 dB 1 SW Switch Turns the Noise Gate on or off 2 TH Threshold Adjusts the input level at which the gate begins to open 3 SW Switch Turns the Compressor on or off 4 TH Threshold Adjusts the input level above which the Compressor is applied 5 RATIO Adjusts the compression ratio Higher ratios result in a more compressed sound w...

Page 84: ...e TALK MIXING selected by E button 1 VOLUME Determines the output volume of the microphone sound 2 PAN Determines the stereo pan position of the microphone sound 3 REVERB DEPTH Determines the depth of the reverb effects applied to the microphone sound 4 CHORUS DEPTH Determines the depth of the chorus effects applied to the microphone sound 5 6 REDUCTION LEVEL Determines the amount of reduction to ...

Page 85: ...ophone is properly connected Owner s Manual chapter 8 and the settings Reference Manual page 82 are adjusted correctly before setting the Vocal Harmony Control parameters here 2 Press the 8 SETUP button to call up the Setup display then set the value by using the 2 5 and 7 buttons For information on each parameter see page 86 3 After you finish setting the value press the EXIT button to close the ...

Page 86: ...mance does not affect the Vocal Harmony UPPER Notes played to the right of the Split Point control the har mony LOWER Notes played to the left of the Split Point control the har mony NOTE The separate point of the Keyboard settings OFF UPPER LOWER is Split Point L For details on Split Point Settings refer to page 25 NOTE When the settings of both keyboard performance and Song data are applied thos...

Page 87: ...the Vocal Harmony Edit display refer to pages 88 91 for editing each tab OVERVIEW Edits basic parameters for Vocal Harmony type including mode Chordal Type and Vocal Effect etc PART Adjusts volume and panning etc for each of the harmony notes Harm 1 2 3 and Lead DETAIL Detailed editing for Vocal Harmony type NOTICE The settings here will be lost if you change to another Vocal Harmony type or you t...

Page 88: ...ging voice For information on each parameter see page 89 3 Press the G VOCAL EFFECT EDIT button to edit the Vocal Effect On the display called up via this operation use the 3 5 buttons to select the parameter then use the 6 7 buttons to set the value If necessary you can change the Effect Type from the one selected in Step 1 also on this display via the 1 2 buttons For information on each paramete...

Page 89: ...d har mony vocal sounds A wide range of reverb delay modulation distor tion and other special effects are available For a list of the effect types refer to the Data List Vocal Harmony Parameter List on the website 5 LEAD Determines the amount of Vocal Effect that is applied to the lead vocal sound 6 HARM Harmony Determines the amount of Vocal Effect that is applied to the harmony vocal sound 7 REV...

Page 90: ... semitones DEGREE Settings Lead 3 octaves 3 octaves Harmony 1 2 3 3 octaves 22 scale degrees Unison 3 octaves 22 scale degrees DETUNE selected by B button Determines the fine pitch setting for each part Adjust this to produce a warm chorusing effect or to achieve a natural less than perfect vocal sound When the Pitch Correct is set to Off the Lead part is not available Settings 50 cents 50 cents F...

Page 91: ...art Use this to adjust the relative level balance among the vocal parts Settings 0 127 PITCH CORRECT MODE set by 7 8 buttons Determines how the Pitch Correct affects your voice For information on each parameter refer to the Data List Vocal Harmony Parameter List on the website Settings OFF SOFT1 SOFT2 HARD Editing the Detail Tab Parameters Use the 2 5 buttons to select the desired parameter then s...

Page 92: ... VOICE Allows you to re select the Voices for each part NOTE Note the following operation limitations For each Style channel you can select only the Voices for recording on pages 30 and 31 For each Style or Song channel you cannot select Voices in the User drive For each Multi Pad you cannot change the Voice When a GM Song is selected only a Drum Kit Voice can be selected for channel 10 in the SON...

Page 93: ...3 9 Mixing Console Editing FILTER Parameters D I HARMONIC CONTENT Allows you to adjust the Resonance page 15 for each part E J BRIGHTNESS Determines the brightness of the sound for each part by adjusting the Cut off Frequency page 15 ...

Page 94: ...d part The range is from 0 to 12 with each step corresponding to one semi tone D I OCTAVE Determines the range of the pitch change in octaves over two octaves up or down for each keyboard part The value set here is added to the setting made via the OCTAVE buttons E J TUNING Determines the pitch of each keyboard part in cents NOTE In musical terms a cent is 1 100th of a semitone 100 cents equal one...

Page 95: ...e and adjust the Send Level Depth for each Part as well as Return Level for all Parts When the Connection is set to Insertion on the EFFECT PARAMETER EDIT display the Effect of this Block is applied to a specific channel of the Style and Song DSP2 4 The Effects of these Blocks are applied to a specific Part or Channel with the exception of the Multi Pads and microphone input Different Effect Types...

Page 96: ... richly textured sound as if several parts are being played simultaneously In addition other type effects such as reverb delay etc can also be selected in this effect block DSP1 STYLE PART SONG CHANNEL 1 16 In addition to Reverb and Chorus a wide variety of Effect Types are provided such as Distortion and Wah When the Connection is set to System in the EFFECT PARAMETER EDIT display page 97 the DSP...

Page 97: ...utton to call up the display for editing the effect parameters 2 Use the 4 5 buttons to select a parameter then use the 6 7 buttons to edit the value When Reverb Chorus or DSP1 is selected as the Effect Block you can adjust the Return Level via the 8 button If you want to change the Effect Block and Type use the 1 3 buttons 3 If DSP2 3 or 4 is selected as the Effect Block edit the Variation parame...

Page 98: ...nt of User Effect Types differs depending on the Effect Block 6 Press the I SAVE button again to execute the Save operation In the Naming window called up via this operation assign the name to the User Effect Type then press the 8 OK button to save the User Effect Type If you want to call up the User Effect Type saved here select the corresponding Effect Block and USER Category in the Effect Type ...

Page 99: ...ting EQ Parameters B C TYPE Selects the desired Master EQ type This affects the overall sound of the instrument SOFT Relatively soft mellow EQ settings in which the mid and high frequency bands are reduced slightly HOME Standard EQ settings for optimum sound in the home POWERFUL Relatively strong and punchy EQ settings in which the low frequency sounds of bass drum and percussion instruments are e...

Page 100: ... all the five bands at the same time 4 If desired adjust the Q bandwidth and the FREQ center frequency of the band selected in step 3 To adjust the bandwidth also called Shape or Q use the 1 buttons The higher the value of Q the narrower the band width To adjust the FREQ center frequency use the 2 buttons The available FREQ range is different for each band 5 Press the H or I STORE 1 or 2 button to...

Page 101: ... can be connected refer to the Owner s Manual chapter 10 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION D CONTROLLER TAB E F FOOT PEDAL 2 Use the A B buttons to select one of the two foot pedals to which the function is to be assigned On the display 1 corresponds to the FOOT PEDAL 1 jack while 2 corresponds to the FOOT PEDAL 2 jack 3 Use the 1 buttons to select the function to be assigned to the pedal s...

Page 102: ...r Articulation Voices even if this has been assigned to the Foot Pedals SOFT Allows you to use a pedal to control the Soft effect Pressing this pedal reduces the volume and changes the timbre of the notes you play This is effective only for certain appropriate Voices GLIDE When the pedal is pressed the pitch changes and then returns to normal pitch when the pedal is released UP DOWN Determines whe...

Page 103: ...N A D buttons FILL DOWN Plays a fill in which is automatically followed by the Main section of the but ton on the immediate left FILL SELF Plays a fill in FILL BREAK Plays a break FILL UP Plays a fill in which is automatically followed by the Main section of the but ton on the immediate right ENDING1 3 Same as the ENDING rit I III buttons FADE IN OUT Same as the FADE IN OUT button FINGERD FING ON ...

Page 104: ... programmed template from the Preset page page 105 If you have already created your original template and saved it to the User page you can also select that template from the User page 3 To edit the template press the 8 EDIT button to call up the MIDI display 4 Use the TAB E F buttons to call up the relevant page then set various parameters to edit the current MIDI template SYSTEM MIDI System Sett...

Page 105: ... with an external MIDI clock instead of the instrument s internal clock This template should be used when you wish to set the tempo on the MIDI device connected to the instrument MIDI Accord 1 MIDI accordions allow you to transmit MIDI data and play connected tone generators from the keyboard and bass chord buttons of the accordion This template lets you play melodies from the keyboard and control...

Page 106: ... want to synchronize it to that device set this parameter to the appropriate setting MIDI USB 1 or USB 2 In this case make sure that the external device is connected properly e g to the instrument s MIDI IN terminal and that it is properly transmitting a MIDI clock signal NOTE When CLOCK is set to a value other than INTERNAL the tempo is indicated as EXT on the Main display This means that playbac...

Page 107: ...om the Split Point for the Voices This is not affected by the on off status of the ACMP button 2 Use the 3 buttons to select a channel via which the selected part will be transmitted NOTE If the same transmit channel is assigned to several different parts the transmitted MIDI messages are merged to a single channel resulting in unex pected sounds and possible glitches in the connected MIDI device ...

Page 108: ...ce EXTRA PART 1 5 There are five parts specially reserved for receiving and playing MIDI data Normally these parts are not used by the instrument itself The PSR S950 S750 can be used as a 32 channel multi timbral tone generator by using these five parts in addition to the parts except for the microphone sound 3 Use the 4 8 button to determine the types of data to be received MIDI transmission rece...

Page 109: ...utton to set the desired channel to ON or OFF You can also set all channels to OFF by pressing the I ALL OFF button Chord Type Settings for Style Playback via MIDI Receive The explanations here apply to the CHORD DETECT page in step 4 on page 104 This page lets you select the MIDI channels over which the MIDI data from the external device will be used to detect the Chord Type for Style playback Th...

Page 110: ... or Song playback is faded in out when using the FADE IN OUT button CONFIG 1 3 FADE IN TIME Determines the time it takes for the volume to fade in or go from mini mum to maximum range of 0 20 0 seconds 4 FADE OUT TIME Determines the time it takes for the volume to fade out or go from maxi mum to minimum range of 0 20 0 seconds 5 FADE OUT HOLD TIME Determines the time the volume is held at 0 follow...

Page 111: ...ff This sets the amount of time that elapses before the power is automatically turned off Press the 4 5 AUTO POWER OFF buttons to set the time NOTICE Depending on the instrument status the power may not turn off automatically even after the elapse of the specified period of time Always turn off the power manually when the instrument is not in use NOTICE Data which is not saved to the USER or USB d...

Page 112: ...oice Selection display Displaying these is helpful when you want to check which bank select MSB LSB values and program change number you need to specify when selecting the Voice from an external MIDI device NOTE The numbers displayed here start from 1 Accordingly the actual MIDI program change numbers are one lower since that number system starts from 0 NOTE For the GS Voices the program change nu...

Page 113: ... to be checked for remaining memory F PROPERTY Opens the Property display of the device selected by A B buttons You can check the amount of remaining memory on the device NOTE The displayed remaining memory value is an approximate value H FORMAT Formats the device selected by A B buttons For instructions refer to Chapter 10 in the Owner s Manual 3 4 SONG AUTO OPEN Turns the Song Auto Open function...

Page 114: ... can select a picture from among various pictures provided on the Preset Page After selecting press the EXIT button to close the Selection display If you want to use an original picture prepare the desired file a bitmap BMP file no greater than 320 x 240 pixels in the USB flash memory copy it from the USB flash memory to the USER page then select it from the USER page Due to access speed limitatio...

Page 115: ... about which parameters belong to System Setup MIDI SETUP Resets the MIDI settings including the MIDI Setups on the USER tab display to the original factory status USER EFFECT Resets the current Effect settings and the following data User Effect Types page 97 User Master EQ Types page 100 User Vocal Harmony Types PSR S950 only page 87 User Microphone Setting Memories PSR S950 only page 82 MUSIC FI...

Page 116: ...y then select the desired file When the file is selected a message is displayed according to the content of the file Press the desired button F SYSTEM SETUP FILES Parameters set on the various displays such as the FUNCTION I UTILITY and microphone setting display PSR S950 are handled as a single System Setup file Refer to the Data List Parameter Chart for details on which parameters belong to Syst...

Page 117: ...ony Echo 10 EDIT Mixing Console 100 Multi Pad 70 Music Finder 73 Style Creator 33 EFFECT Mixing Console 95 Vocal Harmony 81 EFFECT EQ Organ Flutes Voice 19 Voice Set 16 EG Voice Set 16 Envelope Generator 16 EQ Mixing Console 99 Voice Set 17 EQUAL SCALE TUNE 11 F Factory Reset 115 Fade In Out 110 FAVORITE Music Finder 72 FILTER Mixing Console 93 Song Creator 67 Voice Set 15 Fine tuning 11 Fixed DO ...

Page 118: ... Registration Memory 76 Registration Sequence 78 REMOVE EVENT Style Creator 37 REPEAT MODE Song 48 REVERB DEPTH Voice Set 16 RTR Style Creator 42 S S Art Voice 5 SCALE TUNE 11 Scale types 11 Session Style Types 20 SET UP Score 45 SETUP Song Creator 64 Vocal Harmony 86 SFF GE file format 20 SFX Voice 6 Song Creator 52 SONG SETTING 48 SOUND Voice Set 15 Source Pattern 27 28 38 SOURCE ROOT 39 Split P...

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