keeping). If you started editing a Preset or you
started editing an Internal Voice, simply point the
Store procedure towards a desirable Internal
location. Press [STORE]; Select a location; press
[ENTER]; then [YES].
Note:
At the end of any editing session you should
make a backup copy of all your new Voice edits. Save
sounds either to an optional USB Drive, in an ALL or
ALL-VOICE files or backup the current set via a S90 ES
Voice Editor
What other things can be assigned?
To answer this question we must recognize that
there are answers for internal
Voices/Performances and answers for external
communication via MIDI Master Keyboard setups.
Let’s first gain an understanding of how the
controllers work. MIDI provides for standard
physical controllers. Some are
fixed
as to what
control change message they send, while others
are
assignable
. We must consider what these
controllers are doing to the internal S90 ES
sounds and what they are doing out via MIDI.
These two things can be quite different, by
design.
First, here is how it works with Voices. S90 ES
Voice banks hold the factory programmer’s best
work. These are your fundamental, playable
sound Library. A Voice can have as many as four
completely independent multi-sampled waveform
sets within it – Yamaha calls these components
Elements
. Each Element can be individually
controlled by S90 ES parameters such as filters,
envelopes, LFOs, etc. You can assign the various
physical controllers to control specific areas within
the sound. The physical controls available are:
PB
– Pitch bend wheel
MW
– Modulation wheel
Assign 1
– Slider 3
Assign 2
– Slider 4
AT
– Aftertouch
FC1
– Foot Volume (Expression)
FC2
– Foot Control
FS
– Foot Switch
BC
– Breath Controller
SUS
– Sustain
Assign A
– Slider 1
Assign B
– Slider 2
Control Sliders
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
RB
– Ribbon Controller
PB (fixed)
– Pitch Bend wheel will always send
information that is Pitch Bend data (its own
category of message) both internally and out via
MIDI. Exactly how the data is interpreted by the
tone generator (receiving device);
is
programmable. For example, it is possible to use
the wheel for something other than just pitch
bend by programming the sound to have a pitch
bend
depth
of 0 and then assigning the PB wheel
to a different parameter. For example, in physical
modeling VL technology (PLG150-VL) the PB
wheel is often used for embouchure (mouth
position/tightness of the lips) – most horns don’t
pitch bend like a synth. It makes a good control
for embouchure because embouchure can be
tightened (wheel up) or loosened (wheel down) or
returned to normal (centered). These VL Voices
are often programmed such that the PB range =
+0. Typically, however, on the internal AWM2
sample-based Voices PB range is set to up/down 2
steps (a whole step; see below).
Pitch Bend range is a COMMON parameter and
can be set per Voice on the following screen:
•
Press [COMMON]
•
Press [F1]: GENERAL
•
Press [F5]: OTHER
The Pitch Bend wheel actually sends out 16,384
different units, how far this bends the pitch is
always determined in the receiving device. While
raising the pitch bend wheel in the screen shot
above will raise the pitch two half steps, out via
MIDI a receiving module might see this as an
octave or a fifth (how far the PB changes is always
determined in the receiving device).
MW (fixed)
– Modulation wheel will always send
control change message 001 and this data is
typically used for vibrato depth both internally and
out via MIDI. Exactly how the data (control
change message 001 – written cc001) is
interpreted by the tone generator (receiving
device);
is
programmable. For example, it is
possible to use the modulation wheel for
something other than just vibrato depth by
programming the sound’s PMD (pitch modulation
depth to 0) and assigning it another parameter.
(PMD is another name for vibrato.)
For example, the mod wheel makes a good mix
control. You can use it to fade one layer
in
(+
depth/level at 0) while a second layer is
programmed to fade
out
(- depth/level at 127).
The assignment to vibrato (Pitch Modulation
Depth) is not automatic. Each Voice that uses the
MW as vibrato has it assigned in a Control Set:
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