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OWNER’S MANUAL

MUSIC SYNTHESIZER

Basics Section

Quick Guide

Reference

Appendix

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M.D.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Yamaha Corporation

V943760 206MWCP25.2-01A0

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Summary of Contents for S90

Page 1: ...s printed on chlorine free ECF paper with soy ink Yamaha Web Site English only www yamahasynth com Yamaha Manual Library http www2 yamaha co jp manual english M D G Pro Audio Digital Musical Instrument Division Yamaha Corporation 2002 Yamaha Corporation V943760 206MWCP25 2 01A0 Printed in Japan ...

Page 2: ...the spirit of the law we want you to be aware of the following Battery Notice This product MAY contain a small non rechargable battery which if applicable is soldered in place The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years When replacement becomes necessary contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement Warning Do not attempt to recharge disassembl...

Page 3: ...st be assumed that unobstructed ventilation is required 7 Temperature considerations Electronic products should be installed in locations that do not seriously contribute to their operating temperature Placement of this product close to heat sources such as radiators heat registers etc should be avoided 8 This product was NOT designed for use in wet damp locations and should not be used near water...

Page 4: ...ys follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others or damage to the instrument or other property These precautions include but are not limited to the following Always connect the three pin attachment plug to a properly grounded power source For more information about the main power supply see page 14 When removing the electric plug from the in...

Page 5: ...me level since this can cause permanent hearing loss If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears consult a physician Saving and backing up your data DRAM data see page 27 is lost when you turn off the power to the instrument Save the data to the Flash ROM USER memory see page 73 Saved data may be lost due to malfunction or incorrect operation Save important data to a Memory Card Smar...

Page 6: ...ime control with four sliders letting you adjust filter levels effects EG and more while you play page 53 The built in Arpeggio feature not only puts a wealth of hip rhythmic sequences at your fingertips it even has special human patterns such as guitar strumming and woodwind trills page 45 Master mode for using the S90 as a master keyboard controller with independent Zones and for easily reconfig...

Page 7: ...s e g Ref 15 These let you easily and quickly cross reference the corresponding parameters in the Parameter Table on page 93 For more information also see page 96 Copying of commercially available music sequence data and or digital audio files for any purpose other than your own personal use is strictly prohibited This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha...

Page 8: ... Switch Performance Mixing Common Edit F3 SF4 Ref 86 Changing the Arpeggio tempo compared to Song tempo Unit Multiply Voice Performance Mixing Common Edit F3 SF3 Ref 83 Using controllers Connecting controllers Page 18 Setting the Pitch Bend Range PB Upper Lower Voice Common Edit Performance Mixing Part Edit F1 SF5 Ref 14 Using a Foot Controller Footswitch to control parameters Page 54 Using a Foot...

Page 9: ...o other instruments Tune Utility F1 SF1 Ref 216 Setting the all notes keys to the same pitch PitchSens Voice Element Edit F2 SF4 Ref 70 Setting the tuning system for the voice Micro Tuning Voice Common Edit F1 SF2 Ref 5 Setting the volume level Adjusting the total volume MASTER VOLUME slider Page 14 Adjusting the global volume Volume Utility F1 SF1 Ref 43 Adjusting the Performance volume affects a...

Page 10: ...ether or not the S90 s sequencer starts stops when starting stopping an external sequencer SeqCtrl Utility F5 SF3 Ref 187 Determining whether or not Song Arpeggio playback is synchronized to an external MIDI device s clock MIDI Sync Utility F5 SF3 Ref 185 Resetting parameters Initializing Initializing Voice Performance Mixing Master parameters Initialize Page 70 Formatting Memory Card Page 82 Rese...

Page 11: ... What is the Arpeggio function 45 Arpeggio playback 46 Arpeggio Type Tempo and Limit 46 Using as a Master Keyboard 48 What is the Master Mode 48 Playing the Master Demo Selecting Masters 49 Memorize to a Master 50 Using Zones Creating a Layer Split with an external tone generator 51 Using Controllers 53 Pitch Bend Wheel Modulation Wheel 53 Control Sliders CS 53 Foot Controller 54 Footswitch assign...

Page 12: ...MODE PROGRAM SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 DRUM KITS FAVORITES COMMON A PIANO SYN LEAD SYN PAD CHOIR SYN COMP CHROMATIC PERCUSSION DRUM PERCUSSION SE MUSICAL FX COMBI KEYBOARD ORGAN BASS STRINGS BRASS REED PIPE GUITAR PLUCKED PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER PLG 1 PLG 2 PLG 3 A B C D E F G H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 REMOTE CONTROL CATEGORY SEARCH TRACK SELECT MUTE SOLO ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE POWER O...

Page 13: ...itten to Flash ROM while an Executing or Please keep power on message is shown Turning the power off in this state results in loss of all user data and may cause the system to freeze due to corruption of data in the Flash ROM USB USB is an abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus It is a serial interface for connecting a computer with peripheral devices It allows hot swapping connecting peripheral de...

Page 14: ...pter which defeats the grounding conductor Power on Procedure Once you ve made all the necessary connections page 15 between your S90 and any other devices make sure that all volume settings are turned down all the way to zero Then turn on the every device in your setup in the order of MIDI masters senders MIDI slaves receivers then audio equipment mixers amplifiers speakers etc This ensures smoot...

Page 15: ...1 A D input Connecting a microphone or other audio equipment analog input You can import external sounds page 44 When importing from an external audio source connect a microphone or the audio source to the A D INPUT jack n After the above connections are complete you are ready to set up for importing When starting an importing you may need to adjust the input gain of the audio source by using the ...

Page 16: ...I THRU connectors Using an mLAN interface when an optional mLAN8E has been installed n Any one of the following interfaces can be used for MIDI data transmission reception the MIDI connectors the mLAN terminal connector or the USB connector However they cannot be used at the same time Select which connector is used for MIDI data transfer in the Utility mode F2 SF1 AD Source Ref 53 MUSIC SYNTHESIZE...

Page 17: ...ctioning properly Be careful NOT to disrupt the USB connection or turn the power on off in the following operating conditions While the S90 is recognizing the device or while loading the driver While starting or shutting down the operating system While computer operation is suspended with power management controls such as sleep or hibernation While a MIDI application is starting The computer may a...

Page 18: ...en MIDI Echo is disabled on the software computer set the S90 Local Control to on n Although not indicated in the illustration above the S90 actually receives and responds to MIDI data from the computer application sequencer regardless of the Local Sw setting on the S90 MIDI Echo is a function on sequencers that takes any data received via the MIDI IN and echoes it or sends it as is through the MI...

Page 19: ... buttons 3 Press the PLAY STOP or SF5 button to start playback of the Demo song n You can set the song tempo or the song position The operations are the same as the ones in SEQ PLAY mode page 76 4 The PLAY STOP or SF5 button lets you pause playback and then start again from the same point in the song 5 To exit from the Demo mode stop playback then press one of the MODE buttons or EXIT button n Dem...

Page 20: ...rough the MIDI OUT connector Tone Generator This block plays back sounds according to information received from the keyboard and controllers The following example illustrates the path taken by the signal from an Element in the Voice Mode page 26 Song SMF File Memory Card S90 Data Playback AWM2 Plug in Board Arpeggiator Keyboard Sequencer Controller Tone Generator Load Save Reverb Effect MIDI OUT O...

Page 21: ...n Boards Single Part Plug in Boards let you add a completely different synthesizer or tone generator and play its voices by using a single part of the S90 Analog Physical Modeling Plug in Board PLG150 AN Using Analog Physical Modeling AN synthesis the very latest digital technology is used to accurately reproduce the sound of analog synthesizers With this board installed you have real time control...

Page 22: ... actual note polyphony will vary depending on the type of tone generator unit used the number of Elements in the Voice and the note polyphony of the Plug in Boards In the case of AWM2 Voices the polyphony figure of 62 is divided by the number of Elements in the Voice Part Structure of the Tone Generator Block The S90 plays its sounds with the Tone Generator block in response to MIDI data received ...

Page 23: ... 18 part 30 part 31 part 32 part 33 part 34 part 46 part 47 part 48 Keyboard Controller block Controllers The sequencer block is not available in the Voice mode Parts 1 48 are not used Output Part for Voice mode Tone Generator block Internal Plug in Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 Part 18 Part 30 Part 31 Part 32 Part 33 Part 34 Part 46 Part 4...

Page 24: ...3 46 are not used Part 34 Part 46 Part 47 Part 48 Keyboard Controller block Controllers Tone Generator block example MIDI cables by themselves cannot handle data from multiple ports If a MIDI cable is used to transmit data from an external sequencer only the Port 1 parts are used To take advantage of the multiple ports of the S90 use a USB cable In the Sequence Play Mixing mode the only parts that...

Page 25: ...oice Group A C Number 1 16 Voice GM Preset Voice 128 Normal Voices 1Drum Voice User Voice 128 Normal Voices 16 Drum Voices GM Preset 128 Normal Voices Group A H Number 1 16 Voice GM Preset 1 Drum Voice Voice User 128 Normal Voices Group A H Number 1 16 Voice User 16 Drum Voices Group A Number 1 16 Voice Plug in Voice The maximum amount of Preset and Users Banks is three depending on the number of ...

Page 26: ...ferent Voices or special key splits in which your right and left hands can play separate Voices page 42 n Song playback settings are available in Mixing setup of Sequence Play mode CH16 CH1 C 2 G8 One Voice Up to four elements Element 1 4 One Element One Part One Mixing Template CH1 16 Sequencer Different Voice for each part Song File Playback via MIDI USB MIDI Song File Playback SMF Format 0 MIDI...

Page 27: ...y the original tone generator Internal Memory and File Management In this section how to store the various types of data and use the memory media for storing them This diagram details the relationship among the S90 s functions and the internal memory and memory card Normal Voice Drum Voice Element 1 4 Voice Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 Key 4 Key 5 Key 76 IBM PersonalSystem V PS V PersonalSystem V Recall Buff...

Page 28: ... the system to freeze due to corruption of data in the Flash ROM Edit Buffer DRAM and Recall Buffer DRAM Edit Buffer and User Memory The edit buffer is the memory location for edited data of these types Voice Performance and Master Data edited in this location will be stored to the User Memory If you select another Voice Performance Master or Mixing setup the entire contents of the edit buffer wil...

Page 29: ...nces Mode Status Play EDIT LED lights When comparing it flashes JOB Displayed STORE Displayed Relevant function VOICE LED lights page 36 page 60 page 70 page 73 Play Edit Save the Voice PERFORMANCE LED lights page 41 page 98 page 70 page 73 Play Edit Save the Performance MASTER LED lights page 48 page 51 page 70 page 73 Register Recall the settings that are often used in the Voice Performance and ...

Page 30: ...mode was active before calling up the sub mode n Note that the Mixing settings are memorized with the Put function not Store page 79 To exit to another mode press the respective button for that mode or the EXIT button Functions of the NUMBER 1 16 buttons Use of these buttons differs depending on the on off status of the TRACK SELECT and MUTE buttons Display Indications Here we explain how to read ...

Page 31: ...icator Indicates the current Voice Performance has been modified but not yet stored page 39 In the Compare condition the indicator is shown page 61 Pop up character list page 35 Chain Step number page 75 Settings Song file Mix template Tempo Song position Tempo button page 76 Measure button page 76 º Folder setting button page 75 Press the button to enter the Demo mode page 19 Press the button to ...

Page 32: ...available and can be called up with the SF1 SF5 buttons Keep in mind that the available functions differ depending on the selected mode Some displays may not have any sub functions for these buttons How to leave the current display For most operations especially editing and Job or Store related pressing the EXIT button will let you leave the current display and return you to the next highest level...

Page 33: ...ation Display This convenient function lets you call up relevant details about the selected mode simply by pressing the INFORMATION button For example when the Voice mode is active you can quickly check information about which voice bank is selected what Play mode poly or mono is being used which effects are applied and so on In the Sequence Play mode you can confirm the selected current folder di...

Page 34: ...ta as desired The following data types can be named User voices page 66 User performances page 43 User masters pages 50 52 Mix templates page 79 Files saved to memory card page 85 The example below applies when naming a User voice 1 Move the cursor to the first position of the name by using the cursor buttons 2 Select a character by using the INC YES button DEC NO button or the data dial 3 Move th...

Page 35: ...parameter The value you have set here known as an offset is added to or subtracted from the actual value With Velocity Offset the specified offset value is added to or subtracted from the actual velocity of the notes you play on the keyboard Sometimes these types of relative parameters are set as a percentage LCD Category LCD Category Unassigned Ld Synth Lead Ap Acoustic Piano Pd Synth Pad Kb Keyb...

Page 36: ... 1 CS 1 TEMPO RELEASE ASSIGN 2 MEQ HIGH VOLUME 4 ZONE 4 CS 4 REVERB RESONANCE ASSIGN B MEQ LOW MID VOLUME 2 ZONE 2 CS 2 CHORUS ATTACK ASSIGN 1 MEQ HI MID VOLUME 3 ZONE 3 CS 3 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 INFORMATION DEC NO INC YES EXIT ENTER EXECUTE VOICE PERFORM MASTER UTILITY CARD SEQ PLAY ARPEGGIO EFFECT BYPASS PLAY STOP JOB EDIT COMPARE STORE MODE PROGRAM SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 DRUM KIT...

Page 37: ... E 1 002 A 2 066 E 2 003 A 3 067 E 3 004 A 4 068 E 4 005 A 5 069 E 5 006 A 6 070 E 6 007 A 7 071 E 7 008 A 8 072 E 8 009 A 9 073 E 9 010 A 10 074 E 10 011 A 11 075 E 11 012 A 12 076 E 12 013 A 13 077 E 13 014 A 14 078 E 14 015 A 15 079 E 15 016 A 16 080 E 16 017 B 1 081 F 1 018 B 2 082 F 2 019 B 3 083 F 3 020 B 4 084 F 4 021 B 5 085 F 5 022 B 6 086 F 6 023 B 7 087 F 7 024 B 8 088 F 8 025 B 9 089 F...

Page 38: ...ch function PITCH MODULATION PAN CONTROL FUNCTION MASTER VOLUME CUTOFF ASSIGN A MEQ LOW VOLUME 1 ZONE 1 CS 1 TEMPO RELEASE ASSIGN 2 MEQ HIGH VOLUME 4 ZONE 4 CS 4 REVERB RESONANCE ASSIGN B MEQ LOW MID VOLUME 2 ZONE 2 CS 2 CHORUS ATTACK ASSIGN 1 MEQ HI MID VOLUME 3 ZONE 3 CS 3 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 INFORMATION DEC NO INC YES EXIT ENTER EXECUTE VOICE PERFORM MASTER UTILITY CARD SEQ PL...

Page 39: ...e keep power on message is shown Turning the power off in this state results in loss of all user data and may cause the system to freeze due to corruption of data in the Flash ROM Voice editing in the Voice Play mode Quick Edit The Voice Play mode lets you perform a variety of general editing operations on the selected voice For more detailed and comprehensive editing operations use the Voice Edit...

Page 40: ...the Edit mode pages 65 66 The full names of the available parameters are shown in the chart below as they appear in the display F6 Voice Play Arpeggio This display contains the basic settings for Arpeggio playback including Type and Tempo page 45 About Plug in voices and Board voices The voices of a Plug in Board installed to the S90 can be divided into two types Board voices and Plug in voices Bo...

Page 41: ... 4 CS 4 REVERB RESONANCE ASSIGN B MEQ LOW MID VOLUME 2 ZONE 2 CS 2 CHORUS ATTACK ASSIGN 1 MEQ HI MID VOLUME 3 ZONE 3 CS 3 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 INFORMATION DEC NO INC YES EXIT ENTER EXECUTE VOICE PERFORM MASTER UTILITY CARD SEQ PLAY ARPEGGIO EFFECT BYPASS PLAY STOP JOB EDIT COMPARE STORE MODE PROGRAM SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 DRUM KITS FAVORITES COMMON A PIANO SYN LEAD SYN PAD CHOIR SYN...

Page 42: ...dicating the Solo function is active While Solo is active you can change the soloed track simply by pressing the corresponding NUMBER button 1 to 4 To exit from the Solo function press the MUTE button again Layering Voices Parts Together Layer Splitting the Keyboard Split Performances can be made up of a maximum of four parts voices selected from the internal tone generator Parts 1 4 and Plug in b...

Page 43: ...ange the volume of each part and adjust the relative balance among the four parts When the CONTROL FUNCTION is set to VOLUME you can adjust the volume of each part by using the Control sliders n The Portamento EG Envelope Generator and Arpeggio parameters can be edited by calling up the corresponding display via the F4 F6 buttons in the same way as in the Voice mode A wider variety of detailed edi...

Page 44: ...y the System Effects Reverb Chorus Variation Utility F1 SF3 Ref 21 Mono Stereo mLAN Input Determines the signal configuration for the mLAN audio input or how the signal or signals are routed stereo or mono This parameter can be set only when the mLAN terminal with the optional mLAN8E installed is set as the input source for the A D part Settings stereo Audio received via mLAN terminal is processed...

Page 45: ...ying Arpeggios manually from the keyboard this inserts Arpeggios in the playback of Song sequence data page 79 Four playback categories of Arpeggio Arpeggio types are divided into the four following categories Sq Sequence Creates a general arpeggio phrase Mainly octave up down phrases Ph Phrase Creates phrases that are more musical and rhythmically varied than Sequence Starting with Techno there a...

Page 46: ...Arpeggio is played back via the selected voice n In the Performance Mixing mode the Arpeggio is played back via the voice assigned to the selected part when the Arpeggio Switch Part Edit F1 SF2 Ref 77 of the selected part is set to on page 47 Arpeggio Type Tempo and Limit A variety of Arpeggio types are provided with the S90 You can change the tempo of Arpeggio as desired The Arpeggio function is ...

Page 47: ...imit parameter and set it 6 Set the Arpeggio part switch Performance only You can set the Arpeggio playback on or off for each part Move the cursor to the box of the desired part and checkmark the box to turn the part on 7 Store the Arpeggio settings to the desired User Performance page 73 0 127 Low Limit High Limit Low Limit High Limit The Arpeggio is played back only when the key is played at a ...

Page 48: ... internal tone generator including plug in board is available only when the Mode is set to Sequence Play SeqPlay from the MEMORY display The four Zones can also be configured as Voice layers letting you have more than one Voice sound at the same time when you play within a single Zone See the example below Master number Setting examples Master 001 Voice mode Voice number 102 Master 002 Voice mode ...

Page 49: ... may seem difficult to understand them all and grasp how they work together One good place to start learning about the various pieces in the S90 puzzle is the Master mode We ve programmed a variety of Master programs to show you how this powerful feature can be used Try some of these out now You ll be setting up your own Master programs later in this Guide 1 Enter the Master mode 2 Select a Master...

Page 50: ...aster You can name the Master in the Master Edit mode page 34 You can also set the functions assigned to the Control Sliders Common F2 Ref 58 Zone F5 Ref 134 6 Store the settings as a User Master page 73 F2 F1 F3 F4 F5 F6 SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 INFORMATION DEC NO INC YES Mode DEC NO INC YES DRUM KITS FAVORITES COMMON A PIANO SYN LEAD SYN PAD CHOIR SYN COMP CHROMATIC PERCUSSION DRUM PERCUSSION SE MUSI...

Page 51: ...e Master Play mode Set the Mode to Voice then select the PRE1 bank and voice 123 2 Set the Zone Switch to on 3 Enter the Master Edit mode Common Edit and Individual zone Edit To edit parameters common to all of the zones press the DRUM KITS button which serves as a COMMON button here To edit parameters of the individual zones select the desired zone with the corresponding NUMBER button 1 4 n This ...

Page 52: ... MIDI channels you set in 3 above 6 Call up the NOTE display 1 Set the Note Limit H High of Zone 1 to B2 Set the Note Limit L Low of Zone 1 to C 2 2 Set the Note Limit H High of Zones 2 and 3 to G8 Set the Note Limit L Low of Zones 2 and 3 to C3 Each Zone will sound the assigned voice within the note range set above n You can also set other parameters if necessary 7 Store the settings to a Master ...

Page 53: ...particular group of functions or parameters the sliders are assigned to by pressing the CONTROL FUNCTION button Selecting the ASSIGN group A B 1 2 lets you control a group of user assignable functions n You can also determine which row of Controls is automatically made active when you select a particular program Ref 12 58 n Common system parameters are assigned to Sliders A and B F4 SF2 Ref 128 Vo...

Page 54: ... Yamaha FC4 or FC5 Foot Switch connected to the rear panel FOOT SWITCH ASSIGNABLE jack page 13 can be assigned to a range of parameters It is suited for switch type on off controls such as Portamento Switch increment decrement of a Voice or Performance Number start stop of the Sequencer and holding the Arpeggiator on or off n The parameter assigned to the Footswitch is set in the Utility mode F4 S...

Page 55: ...s For example set the Src Source parameter of Control Set 1 to MW Modulation Wheel and the Dest Destination parameter to ELFO PM Element LFO Pitch Modulation Depth Then set the Src parameter of Control Set 2 also to MW but set the Dest parameter to ELM PAN Element Pan You will also need to specify the Element to be controlled and also the depth amount of control In this example when you move the M...

Page 56: ...These assignments can be set in the Utility Mode n Since Pitch Bend Wheel Modulation Wheel and keyboard aftertouch are pre defined with specific MIDI controls other MIDI Control Change numbers cannot be assigned to them You can also set up a controller such that it sends one kind of Control message to the synthesizer s internal tone generator yet another kind to the MIDI Out For example in a Contr...

Page 57: ... level parameters If you ve ever used a mixing console or a hardware sequencer you ll love being able to finally control your sequencing software with buttons and sliders Setting Up Before you can use the Remote Control function you ll need to set up the system as described below 1 Connect your computer to the S90 via USB cable See page 17 2 Install the setup file Install the USB MIDI driver and t...

Page 58: ...re 3 Control the level of selected track of the sequencer by using the Control sliders page 59 4 Control the transport functions on the sequencer The operations below can be used to control Play Stop Forward and Rewind on the computer sequence software REMOTE CONTROL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TRACK SELECT MUTE SOLO ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TRACK SE...

Page 59: ...Lo Gai EQMidLo Q 4th row PAN EQHi Freq EQ3Hi Gain EQ3Hi Q VOLUME 5th row These control the four tracks selected via the NUMBER 1 16 buttons Selected tracks CS1 CS2 CS3 CS4 1 4 VOLUME 1 VOLUME 2 VOLUME 3 VOLUME 4 5 8 VOLUME 5 VOLUME 6 VOLUME 7 VOLUME 8 9 12 VOLUME 9 VOLUME 10 VOLUME 11 VOLUME 12 13 16 VOLUME 13 VOLUME 14 VOLUME 15 VOLUME 16 SEQ TRANS PORT These control PLAY STOP G H of the computer...

Page 60: ...s the EDIT button while in the Voice Play mode 1 3 4 2 5 6 In Voice Play mode select the Voice you wish to edit Enter the Voice Edit mode Set the parameters common to all Elements in the Voice volume pitch tone etc You can also set parameters related to Arpeggio Controllers Effects and so on Set the common parameters Set the effect parameters Store the edited Voice From the OSC Oscillator screens ...

Page 61: ...g the corresponding NUMBER button 9 to 12 To exit from the Solo function press the MUTE button again Switching Between Screens and Entering Settings 1Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the F1 F6 and SF1 SF5 buttons 2Select the desired parameter by using EF buttons 3Use the INC YES and DEC NO buttons to set each parameter value n For details about the Edit indicator see page 39 Compare Fu...

Page 62: ...n which the Voice is based You can select the Wave used for the Element the volume and note range of each Element and so on ElementSw Element Switch Determines whether each Element sounds or not WaveNo Wave Number Select the Wave for each Element NoteLimit Note Limit Low High VelocityLimit Velocity Limit Low High Set the note range for each Element the range of notes on the keyboard over which the...

Page 63: ...sonance Filters work by allowing the portion of the signal lower than a given frequency to pass and cutting the portion of the signal above that frequency This frequency is referred to as the cutoff frequency You can produce a relatively bright or darker sound by setting the cutoff Resonance on the other hand boosts the level of the signal at the cutoff frequency By emphasizing the overtones in th...

Page 64: ... resonance HPF12 High Pass Filter 12dB oct A 2 pole 12db oct dynamic HPF BPF12D Band Pass Filter 12dB oct Digital BPF12s Band Pass Filter 12dB oct Staggered Basically same as BPF12D but with a shallower frequency curve BPF6 Band Pass Filter 6dB oct BPFw Band Pass Filter Wide Also the combination of 12dB oct HPF and LPF but allows a wider frequency band BEF12 Band Elimination Filter 12dB oct BEF6 B...

Page 65: ...ed As illustrated at right the Filter Envelope consists of five Time transition speed parameters and five Level parameters for the amount of filtering When you press a note on the keyboard the cutoff frequency will change according to these envelope settings This is useful for creating automatic wah effects for example Furthermore different FEG parameters can be set for each Element The full names...

Page 66: ...the proper balance among the Elements Ref 210 215 5 Set the Effect Parameters For an application example showing how to use the effect see page 67 6 Storing Edited Voices Up to 128 new edited Normal Voices and 16 new edited Drum Voices can be stored to internal user memory When storing a Voice any existing data at the storage location will be lost You should always back up important data to Memory...

Page 67: ...t is adjusted by setting the dry wet balance Since an Insertion effect can only be applied to one particular part it should be used for sounds you want to drastically change You can also set the balance so that only the effect sound is heard by setting Wet to 100 The S90 features two Insertion effect systems one with a total of 104 internal effect types and the other with 25 Plug in Insertion Effe...

Page 68: ...he Effect Parameters refer to the separate Data List 6 If you wish to save your new settings store the settings as a single Voice before you leave the Voice Edit mode For details about storing Voices see page 73 Effect connection In the Voice mode Three different Insertion connection types are available as shown below n The parallel connection type is not available for Plug in voices 1 2 2 1 2 1 1...

Page 69: ...ich the Plug in Insertion effect is applied from parts 1 4 Plug in parts 2 3 and A D Input part Insertion Effects Master Equalizer System Effects Output Send Level Return Level Reverb Chorus Select the part to which the Insertion effect is applied from parts 1 4 and Plug in parts 2 3 The connection type depends on the setting of the Voice assigned to the selected part Parts 1 4 Plug in parts 2 3 I...

Page 70: ...n to the Play mode Resetting initializing parameters of a Voice Performance to their default settings F1 This is useful for setting up a blank slate when you want to build a completely new Voice Performance from scratch Keep in mind that this does not return the Performance to its original state prior to editing Select parameter Type to be Initialized Parameters available when the parameter type t...

Page 71: ...rs Data type of Destination voice currently selected voice If the source is a Normal or Drum Voice and data type is set to Element or Drum Key you can set the data type of the destination Voice Data type When a Normal voice is selected Common Element 1 4 When a Drum voice is selected Common Drum key C0 C6 n If you choose to copy Common parameters from the source this display will change to Common ...

Page 72: ...f parameters for copying checkmark the appropriate box in the display Factory Set Restore Factory Defaults This lets you restore the synthesizer s default Internal Voices User Memory and Performances as well as its System and other settings Once you edit any settings the corresponding factory defaults will be overwritten and lost Use the procedure below to restore the factory default settings When...

Page 73: ... cause the system to freeze due to corruption of data in the Flash ROM Plug in Voices Up to three Plug in boards can be installed to the S90 If the Plug in Board has been correctly installed the corresponding SLOT lamp will light The Plug in voices can be edited via the S90 s panel operation in much the same way as User voices After editing up to 64 Plug in voices for each Plug in slot can be stor...

Page 74: ...mory card 4 If necessary set Auto Load to on in the Utility mode page 84 5 When turning the power on next time the Board Custom voice data saved to the memory card is automatically loaded to the memory on the Plug in board S90 MUSIC SYNTHESIZER Modular Synthesis Plug in System 3 Memory card Plug in board Set this to on ...

Page 75: ...tep If you choose to skip the 100th Chain Step playback will jump back to the first Chain Step after the 99th Chain Step If you select end when the Song reaches this Chain Step chained playback is stopped and you are returned to the first Chain Step If you select stop the Song stops when it reaches this Chain Step Settings skip end stop song file mix template n You need to have already specified i...

Page 76: ...en the Song is played back the tempo setting made here automatically takes precedence over the original tempo setting of the Song Song track on off Solo and Mute To mute a track 1 Press the MUTE button so that its lamp lights 2 Press any of the NUMBER 1 16 buttons to select the track number to be muted To solo a track Simultaneously hold down the MUTE button and press one of the NUMBER buttons 1 t...

Page 77: ...u can set up mixing data and set various parameters for the tone generator parts including the desired voice as well as its level pan EQ effect and other settings How the Mixing mode affects the tone generator parts and how it is affected by other elements is made clear by the following diagram Mixing parameters are not actually part of the song data but rather are settings for the tone generator ...

Page 78: ... by using the NUMBER buttons while the TRACK SELECT indicator is on page 76 n You can also adjust the Volume Pan by using the Control Sliders See page 53 for details PAN Determines the stereo pan position for each part VOLUME Determines the volume for each part F2 AD From this display you can set various mixing parameters for the A D part input via the A D INPUT jack or the mLAN terminal when the ...

Page 79: ...plate number Up to 50 templates can be created Template name Determines the name of the template For details about naming see page 34 in the Basic Operations section Mixing Edit mode Detailed Mixer functions Common edit and Part edit Use Common Edit to edit the settings common to all parts There are two types of Mixing displays those for Common Edit and those for editing individual parts n Common ...

Page 80: ...s in a Mixing setup can be each assigned to those MIDI channels correspondingly Therefore you can play back a song file on an external sequencer and have different Voices playing on different tracks simultaneously In the following example we will create a Mixing setup suited to playing back a song file consisting of three Parts piano bass and drums The piano track is assigned to MIDI channel 1 the...

Page 81: ...arameters to the appropriate values 1 2 and 10 7 Use the and buttons and switch to the Mono Poly setting Set the parameter to Poly polyphonic n For Parts that have single note passages only and do not require polyphony the Mode parameter can be set to mono monophonic 8 Press the F1 SF3 to call up the NoteLimit Note Limit and VelLimit Velocity Limit settings and check whether or not the Part of eac...

Page 82: ...ng Doing so can damage the data on the instrument Memory Card and possibly the Memory Card itself Formatting Memory Cards Before using a Memory Card with your instrument it must first be formatted Once it is formatted all data on it will be erased Be sure to check if the data is unnecessary or not beforehand n The Memory Cards formatted with this instrument may become unusable with other instrumen...

Page 83: ...ension Explanation All W4A All data in the S90 s internal User Memory are treated as a single file and can be saved to a Memory Card All Voice W4V All the User Voice data in the S90 s internal User Memory are treated as a single file and can be saved to a Memory Card Plugin All Bulk1 2 3 W2B All the data in a Plug in board are treated as a single file and can be saved to a Memory Card Chain Sequen...

Page 84: ...n the power on The S90 searches the specified folder for the auto load files the files you named and saved in step 1 and automatically loads them to User memory n Any files in the folder registered in step 4 that do not have appropriate auto load names are ignored File names Files are named according to the MS DOS naming convention If the file name contains spaces and other characters unrecognized...

Page 85: ...When the file type is set to All All Voice Plugin All Bank 1 3 Usr ARP Chain or Voice Editor go to step 3 For any other file types go to step 2 n When All is selected as a file type to be loaded without System appears in the display If this box is checked and the Load is executed all data with the exception of the system settings in the Utility mode are loaded 2 Specify the data to be loaded and t...

Page 86: ...r specified files when you turn the power on For details see page 84 F4 Renaming the Files RENAME From this display you can rename files in the selected memory card using up to eight alphabetic and numeric characters n Files are named according to the MS DOS naming convention page 84 F5 Deleting the Files DELETE From this display you can delete files from the selected memory card Select the desire...

Page 87: ...y for lower velocities In other words playing softly results in higher response than the norm curve Use this curve if you want greater control in the low velocity range hard This curve effectively lessens the overall response compared to the norm curve Use this curve if you tend to play strongly and want the sound change to be less sensitive wide This setting provides opposite response curves for ...

Page 88: ...107 SF4 REVERB Effect Parameters 205 107 SF5 CHORUS Effect Parameters 205 107 Element Settings of individual four Elements VOICE Normal Voice Selection page 36 EDIT 1 4 Settings MIDI Data Table 8 2 in the separate Data List F1 OSC SF1 WAVE ElementSw 28 99 WaveNo 29 99 WaveCtgry 29 99 SF2 OUTPUT KeyOnDelay 30 99 InsEffectOut 31 99 SF3 LIMIT NoteLimit 32 99 VelocityLimit 33 99 VelCrossFade 34 99 F2 ...

Page 89: ...OFS MEQ OFFSET LOW LOWMID HIGHMID HIGH 6 98 SF4 PORTA Switch 7 98 Time 8 98 SF5 OTHER CSAssign 12 98 ChoCtrl 13 98 PB Range 14 98 AssignA 15 98 AssignB 15 98 Assign1 15 98 Assign2 15 98 F2 OUTPUT Volume 43 100 Pan 44 100 RevSend 46 100 ChoSend 47 100 F3 ARP SF1 TYPE Bank 74 101 Type 75 101 Tempo 76 101 Switch 77 101 Hold 78 101 KeyMode 79 101 VelMode 80 101 SF2 LIMIT NoteLimit 81 101 VelocityLimit...

Page 90: ...Step settings page 75 DEMO EXIT PLAY STOP F1 CHAIN Sequence Chain 75 SF5 DEMO PLAY STOP 19 75 F2 OUTPUT F3 TEMPO 76 F4 MEAS 76 F5 GET FOLDER 75 F6 MIX Press F6 to enter the Mixing mode below 77 Sequence Play Mixing Mode Mixing Settings of the tone generation parameters of each part in Sequence Play mode SEQ PLAY Chain Step settings page 75 F6 MIX F1 VOL PAN Volume 43 100 Pan 44 100 F2 AD Volume 78...

Page 91: ...nction Sub Function Parameter Name Display Ref Page Vol 89 101 Pan 89 101 Sus 89 101 FS 89 101 SF5 1ZONE 4ZONE 89 101 F4 PRESET Bank MSB 132 103 Bank LSB 132 103 PgmChange 133 103 Volume 43 100 Pan 44 100 F5 CS CtrlSlider 134 103 Utility Mode UTILITY Settings MIDI Data Table 4 in the separate Data List F1 GENERAL SF1 TG Volume 43 100 NoteShift 41 99 Tune 216 107 BCCurve 16 98 SF2 KBD Octave 17 98 ...

Page 92: ...ter is not available in for the corresponding Function button but can be found at another Function button For example the ArpSwitch parameter entry near the bottom of the F1 section reads F3 SF1 indicating that for the Voice Edit Common mode it can be called up by pressing F3 followed by SF1 When a similar effect can be gained or different parameters share a common aspect an entry is put in parent...

Page 93: ... Direct F5 SF1 25 99 TGSwitch Direct F5 SF2 26 99 MIDISwitch Direct 27 99 ElementSw PartSw SF1 SF1 SF1 28 99 WaveNo Ctgry Number SF1 SF1 SF1 SF1 SF1 29 99 KeyOnDelay SF2 30 99 InsEffect Eff Out SF2 SF2 31 99 NoteLimit L H SF3 SF3 SF3 F2 Direct 32 99 VelocityLimit L H SF3 SF3 SF3 33 99 VelCrossFade SF3 34 99 Type SF1 35 99 Bank SF1 SF1 SF1 SF1 36 99 RevSend F2 Direct F2 Direct SF2 46 100 ChoSend F2...

Page 94: ...ITY UTILITY UTILITY SF4 SF4 SF2 87 101 SHAPE FREQ GAIN Q UTILITY UTILITY UTILITY F2 SF2 F2 Direct SF1 51 100 BC AS1 AS2 FC1 FC2 UTILITY UTILITY UTILITY F4 Direct F5 Direct SF3 88 101 Transmit Switch Selected by F5 SF2 89 101 Type SF1 90 101 Gain SF1 91 102 Cutoff SF1 SF1 F4 SF2 F4 SF2 92 102 Resonance SF1 SF1 F4 SF2 F4 SF2 93 102 Width SF1 94 102 Distance SF1 95 102 HPFCutoff SF1 SF1 SF1 96 102 HP...

Page 95: ... Level VEL SENS SF2 151 104 Native Parameters Direct or selected by E F 152 104 NoteShift F1 SF5 SF1 SF1 F1 SF1 41 99 Detune F2 SF1 F2 SF1 SF1 SF1 F1 SF1 153 104 Cutoff F3 SF1 F3 SF1 SF2 SF2 92 102 Resonance F3 SF1 F3 SF1 SF2 SF2 93 102 FEGDepth F3 SF3 SF2 SF2 154 104 FEG Attack Decay Release Time F3 SF3 SF3 SF3 155 105 FEG Sustain Level F3 SF3 SF3 SF3 156 105 AEG Attack Decay Release Time F4 SF3 ...

Page 96: ... ClockOut SF3 186 106 SeqCtrl SF3 187 106 MIDI IN OUT SF4 188 106 ThruPort SF4 189 106 CtrlSlider F4 Direct Direct F3 SF3 F4 SF2 134 103 F6 Tab Name EFFECT EQ EFFECT 1 4 PLG1 3 EFFECT 1 4 PLG1 3 PLUG EL OUT 1 4 KEY OUT SF1 SF1 190 106 InsEF Connect SF1 SF1 SF1 191 106 Ins1 Ctgry Type SF1 SF1 SF1 192 106 Ins2 Ctgry Type SF1 SF1 SF1 193 106 Reverb Chorus Type SF1 SF1 SF1 SF1 SF1 194 106 Reverb Choru...

Page 97: ... Ins1 Ctgry Type F6 Ins2 Ctgry Type F6 InsChoSend F2 InsEF F3 InsEF Connect F6 InsEffect Eff Out F1 InsRevSend F2 K KBDTransCh F5 KeyAsgnMode F1 KeyMode F3 KeyOnDelay LFO F5 KeyOnDelay OSC F1 KeyOnReset F5 L L RGain F2 L Freq Gain F6 Level F4 LEVEL AEG F4 LEVEL FEG F3 LEVEL PEG F2 Level VEL SENS F4 LevelSens F4 LocalCtrl F5 LPFCutoff F3 LPFCutoff VEL SENS F3 LPFReso F3 M M TuningNo F1 MainCtgry F1...

Page 98: ...ues result in longer transition times Higher values result in longer transition times The effect is applied according to the TimeMode setting 9 PORTA PartSwitch Part Switch Determines whether Portamento is on or off for each individual part 10 PORTA Mode Portamento Mode With the fingered fingr setting Portamento is only applied when you play legato playing the next note before releasing the previo...

Page 99: ... delay between the moment you press a note on the keyboard and the point at which the sound is played 31 InsEffect Eff Out Insertion Effect Out Determines which Insertion effect 1 or 2 is used to process each individual element key The thru setting lets you bypass the Insertion effects for the specific element key This parameter is the same as EL KEY OUT F6 SF1 in Normal Common Edit Making a setti...

Page 100: ... be set the two cannot be used at the same time 44 54 Mic Line Mic Line When using the A D INPUT jacks this determines the input source microphone mic or line 55 L RGain OUTPUT L R Gain Set the output gain of each jack When this is set to a lower value you can control the fine volume by using the MASTER VOLUME 56 AssignL RGain ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT L R Gain 57 MLAN mLAN Settings Set parameters related...

Page 101: ...eggio Key Mode Determines how the Arpeggio plays back when playing the keyboard 32 33 34 80 VelMode Arpeggio Velocity Mode Determines the playback velocity of the Arpeggio or how it responds to your own playing strength 35 81 NoteLimit Arpeggio Note Limit Low High Determines the lowest and highest notes in the Arpeggio s note range 36 12 82 VelocityLimit Arpeggio Velocity Limit Low High Determines...

Page 102: ...cts the Filter EG 27 101 Cutoff VEL SENS Filter Cutoff Velocity Sensitivity Determines the sensitivity of the Cutoff frequency to velocity 102 Resonance VEL SENS Filter Resonance Velocity Sensitivity Determines the sensitivity of the Resonance to velocity 103 FEG TIME FEG Time Determines the transition in tone cutoff frequency from the moment a note is pressed on the keyboard to the point at which...

Page 103: ...ulation Depth Determines the depth of control of the Modulation Wheel SF2 Aftertouch SF3 Assignable Controller SF4 has over amplitude modulation tremolo effect 125 Pitch AT AT CAT Pitch Control Determines the depth of control of keyboard aftertouch over pitch You can set a value in semitones of up to two octaves 126 Src AC Source AC1 Control Number Determines the MIDI Control number used to contro...

Page 104: ...in 66 144 AEG LEVEL AEG Level 66 145 LevelSens Amplitude Level Key Follow Sensitivity Determines the Level Key Follow Level Scaling Sensitivity or how much the volume changes in response to the particular notes played on the keyboard 28 146 CenterKey Amplitude Key Follow Center Key Indicates that the central note for Level Sensitivity above is C3 At C3 the volume behaves according to its actual se...

Page 105: ... of time during which the LFO is held at its maximum level 168 FadeOut LFO Fade out Time Determines the amount of time for the LFO effect to fade out after the Delay time has elapsed 169 ElementSw LFO Destination Element Switch Determines whether or not each element is to be affected by the LFO The element number 1 4 is shown when the LFO is enabled a dash indicates the LFO is disabled for that el...

Page 106: ...an be passed through the MIDI OUT connector of the S90 to other connected devices Set the port number here This is available when the MIDI IN OUT is set to USB 22 190 EL OUT 1 4 KEY OUT EL 1 4 KEY Insertion Effect Out Determines which Insertion effect 1 or 2 is used to process each individual element key The thru setting lets you bypass the Insertion effects for the specific element key This param...

Page 107: ... board and two ports can be set for the Single part Plug in board The Port number for the Effect Plug in board VH is fixed to 1 208 GM XG GM XG Determines whether GM on and XG on messages are recognized on or not off This parameter is available only when the Multi part Plug in board has been installed to slot 3 209 Native System Parameters Set the Native System parameters of the Plug in board inst...

Page 108: ...arameter is effective for Waves pre wav selected in the F1 SF1 Drum Key Oscillator Wave display Drum Key edit 18 If a Normal voice has been assigned to the key this parameter adjusts the position of its note not its pitch relative to note C3 For example let s assume the original Voice consists of a two Element piano like sound up to note C3 and a two Element string like sound from note C 3 upwards...

Page 109: ...display is available only when the optional mLAN8E has been installed All mLAN8E related settings in the Utility mode are stored only to the memory on the mLAN8E itself and not to the User memory of the S90 To initialize all the mLAN settings above use the following procedure 26 27 Element control according to Velocity ex PEG Received Velocity Actual KeyOn speed Actual Velocity for tone generator ...

Page 110: ...otes are played back will depend on the Arpeggio sequence data 34 If the Arpeggio Category is set to Ct you will not hear any sounds unless you select direct here 35 original The Arpeggio plays back at the preset velocities thru The Arpeggio plays back according to the velocity of your playing For example if you play the notes strongly the playback volume of the Arpeggio increases 36 You can also ...

Page 111: ...estination settings for each Drum key are enabled as1 2 OUTPUT 1 2 on the mLAN8E as3 4 OUTPUT 3 4 on the mLAN8E as1 2 3 4 OUTPUT 1 2 3 4 on the mLAN8E 47 This parameter is disabled if the Destination parameter below is set to a value from 00 to 33 48 49 The ASSIGN A and B sliders can each be assigned to one common function for the entire Voice mode and not to different functions for each individua...

Page 112: ...h on Common Edit The LFO resets with each note you play and starts a waveform at the phase specified by the Phase parameter 1st on Common Edit The LFO resets with every note you play and starts the waveform at the phase specified by the Phase parameter below However if you play a second note while the first is being held the LFO continues cycling according to the same phase as triggered by the fir...

Page 113: ...gnized in out Transmitted recognized 67 MIDI IN OUT MIDI MIDI IN OUT USB 68 The para parallel parameter is not available for the Plug in voice 69 EQ Equalizer EQ L H Low High Plug in Element EQ This is a shelving equalizer which combines separate high and low frequency bands P EQ Parametric EQ The Parametric EQ is used to attenuate or boost signal levels gain around the Frequency This type feature...

Page 114: ...ates the currently selected effect type for each effect block page 67 Performance mode Bank Indicates the Bank MSB LSB of the currently selected Performance 1 Plug in board 1 2 Plug in board 2 3 Plug in board 3 Indicates the installation status of the respective Plug in board The Plug in board name is displayed at the right of the corresponding slot number When PolyExpand Ref 206 is set to on in t...

Page 115: ...ard name and its MIDI port number Ref 207 page 77 at the right of the slot number When PolyExpand Ref 206 is set to on in the Utility mode P is indicated at the left of the slot number MIDI IN OUT Indicates which physical output terminal s will be used for transmitting receiving MIDI data MIDI IN OUT THRU USB or mLAN when the optional mLAN8E has been installed USB firm Ver Indicates the USB interf...

Page 116: ...nnot be accessed Illegal Card The format type of the Memory card is wrong Illegal file The file specified for loading is unusable by the S90 Illegal file name The specified file name is unacceptable Try entering a different name MIDI buffer full Failed to process the MIDI data because too much data was received at one time MIDI checksum error An error occurred when receiving bulk data MIDI data er...

Page 117: ...alled to slot 2 but now removed from slot 2 has been selected Plug in 3 type mismatch The User Voice created by using the Plug in board previously installed to slot 3 but now removed from slot 3 has been selected Read only file You have attempted to delete rename or overwrite a read only file Receiving MIDI bulk The S90 is receiving MIDI bulk data System memory crashed Writing data to Flash ROM ha...

Page 118: ... on a specific MIDI channel MIDI Transmit Channel via a single MIDI cable to the receiving instrument If the receiving instrument s MIDI channel MIDI Receive Channel matches the Transmit Channel the receiving instrument will sound according to the data sent by the transmitting instrument Decimal Hexadecimal Binary 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3...

Page 119: ...ntil the next Program Change message is received n When only the Program Change is received after entering any of the mode the corresponding voice in the currently selected Type Memory is called up n The Master number and the Performance Mixing Voice mode can be changed only via the Parameter Change n In the Performance mode the Part Voice cannot be changed via the Program Change Modulation Contro...

Page 120: ...range available for adjustment Decay Time Control 075 Messages which adjust the AEG decay time set for each Part The value set here is an offset value which will be added to or subtracted from the voice data Effect1 Depth Reverb Send Level Control 091 Messages which adjust the send level for the Reverb effect Effect3 Depth Chorus Send Level Control 093 Messages which adjust the send level for the ...

Page 121: ...ers Control 121 The values of the following controllers will be reset to the defaults All Notes Off Control 123 Clears all notes currently on for the specified channel However if Hold1 or Sostenuto is on notes will continue sounding until these are turned off Mono Control 126 Performs the same function as when an All Sounds Off message is received and if the 3rd byte mono number is in the range of...

Page 122: ...master volume and master tuning tone generator mode effect type and various other parameters General MIDI GM System On Sequence Play mode only When General MIDI system on is received the S90 will receive the MIDI messages which are compatible with GM System Level 1 and consequently will not receive NRPN and Bank Select messages F0 7E 7F 09 01 F7 Hexadecimal n Make sure that the interval between th...

Page 123: ...with boards and connectors may lead to electric shock fire or equipment failures Before handling the optional units you should briefly touch the metal surface to which the optional unit cover is attached or other such metallic area be careful of any sharp edges with your bare hand so as to drain off any static charge from your body Note that even a slight amount of electrostatic discharge may caus...

Page 124: ...ew in a safe place It will be used when attaching the cover to the S90 again 3 Remove the ribbon cables that are to be connected to the Plug in board from the inside of the S90 The slots are assigned to the color coded cables as follows Slot 1 Orange Slot 2 Yellow Slot 3 Green 4 Insert the board along the guide rails with the connector side face up and toward you n The Vocal Harmony Plug in board ...

Page 125: ...perly Turn on the power A message appears indicating that the installed Plug in Board is being checked The main display then appears and the corresponding slot indicator at the right top of the front panel lights This indicates that the board has been successfully installed If an error message appears the S90 freezes after a while indicating that the installation was not successful If this happens...

Page 126: ...panel Unscrew the four screws as shown below and remove the cover from the instrument Keep the removed screws in a safe place They will be used when attaching the cover to the S90 again after installing the mLAN8E 4 Remove the three screws from the rear cover while holding it from inside the S90 with your left hand Keep the removed screws in a safe place They will be used when attaching the cover ...

Page 127: ...will be easier to replace the remaining screws 7 Fasten the ribbon cable on the top of mLAN8E by using one of the tapes that came with mLAN8E 8 Hold the mLAN8E upside down and insert the connector on the other end of the flat ribbon cable to the circuit board of the S90 9 Re install the cover with the affixed mLAN8E to the S90 2 1 3 Align the connectors as shown Underside of the S90 Rear panel of ...

Page 128: ...67 When the performance produces no sound has a voice been assigned to each part Ref 29 36 When the performance produces no sound is the note limit of each part set appropriately Ref 32 When the performance produces no sound is the volume of each part set appropriately Ref 43 135 When the performance produces little or no sound have you changed any of the CS slider settings The CS 1 4 sliders can ...

Page 129: ...Note Shift parameter of each part set at a value other than 0 Ref 41 When the performance produces a wrong pitch is the Detune parameter of each part set at a value other than 0 Ref 153 Only one note sounds at a time Is the Mono Poly parameter in the Voice mode set to mono Ref 3 No effect is applied Is the EFFECT BYPASS button turned off Page 12 Have any or all of the elements Effect Output parame...

Page 130: ...Has the Vocal Harmony Plug in board been installed to slot 2 or 3 The VH board should be installed to slot 1 Page 124 Has the Multi part Plug in board been installed to slot 1 or 2 The Multi part Plug in board should be installed to slot 3 Page 124 S90 hangs up or freezes during start up because of a malfunction or incorrect operation While data is being written to Flash ROM while an Executing or ...

Page 131: ...1 types Effect System Reverb x 12 types Chorus x 25 types Insertion 1 x 25 types Insertion 2 x 104 types Variation x 25 types available for Performance Song Master Equalizer 5 bands Plug in Insertion available when the PLG100 VH has been installed to slot 1 Expandability 3 Slots for Modular Synthesis Plug in Boards Sequencer block Sequence Play SMF Format 0 Direct Play only Tempo 1 300 Number of S...

Page 132: ...icRcvCh 105 BC 101 BC Breath Controller Curve 98 BC Control Number 101 BCCurve 98 Board Custom Voice 66 Board voices 40 Board voices Save 73 Break Point 102 BREAKPOINT 102 104 Breath Controller 54 BREATH Controller jack 13 Brightness Control 074 120 Bulk Dump 72 C Cakewalk ProAudio Ver9 0 Remote Control 59 Card Drive 24 Card mode 115 CARD slot 13 Category 38 99 Category Search 38 CATEGORY SEARCH b...

Page 133: ...NFORMATION button 12 Information Display Basic Operations 33 Information Displays Appendix 114 initializing Job 70 Ins1 Ctgry Type 106 Ins2 Ctgry Type 106 InsChoSend 100 InsEF 103 InsEF Connect 106 InsEffect Eff Out 99 Insertion 1 Category Type 106 Insertion 2 Category Type 106 Insertion Chorus Send 100 Insertion Effect 103 Insertion Effect Connection Type 106 Insertion Effect Out 99 Insertion Eff...

Page 134: ...8 Playing Performances 41 Playing the Songs 75 Playing Voices 36 PlugEF Type 106 Plug in Bank Voice Play 40 Plug in Board Install 124 Plug in Board cover 13 Plug in board line up 21 Plug in Boards 21 Plug in Insertion Effect Part Type 106 Plug in Insertion Effects 67 Plug in Native Parameters 104 Plug in voices Quick Guide 40 Plug in Voices Store 73 PMod 103 PMod LFO 105 Poly 98 Poly Control 127 1...

Page 135: ...ion Return 107 Variation Send 100 Variation to Chorus 107 Variation to Reverb 107 Variation Type 107 VarSend 100 VelCrossFade 99 VelCurve 98 VelMode 101 Velocity Curve 98 Velocity Limit Arpeggio 47 Velocity Limit Cross Fade 99 Velocity Limit Low High 99 Velocity Limit Low High Voice Element 62 Velocity Sensitivity 102 Velocity Sensitivity Curve 100 104 Velocity Sensitivity Depth 99 Velocity Sensit...

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Page 138: ...interference Utilize power outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate reorient the antenna If the antenna lead in is 300 ohm ribbon lead change the lead in to co axial type cable If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results please contact the local retailer authorized to dist...

Page 139: ...paper with soy ink Yamaha Web Site English only www yamahasynth com Yamaha Manual Library http www2 yamaha co jp manual english M D G Pro Audio Digital Musical Instrument Division Yamaha Corporation 2002 Yamaha Corporation V943760 210MWCP2 3 02B0 Printed in Japan ...

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