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This Reference Manual explains advanced features of the PSR-S910/S710 that are not explained in the

Owner’s Manual. Please read the Owner’s Manual first, before reading this Reference Manual.

R e f e r e n c e M a n u a l

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Page 1: ...Manual explains advanced features of the PSR S910 S710 that are not explained in the Owner s Manual Please read the Owner s Manual first before reading this Reference Manual R e fe r e n ce Manual DI...

Page 2: ...Console Editing the Volume and Tonal Balance 72 Editing VOL VOICE Parameters 72 Editing FILTER Parameters 73 Editing TUNE Parameters 74 Editing EFFECT Parameters 75 Editing EQ Parameters 78 9 Interne...

Page 3: ...ese acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo to produce a truly authentic rich sound full of atmosphere and ambience Cool These Voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of elect...

Page 4: ...e VOICE category selection 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 butt...

Page 5: ...TROLLER TAB E F KEYBOARD PANEL 2 Use the A button to select 1 INITIAL TOUCH 3 Use the 1 7 buttons to specify the touch response 1 INITIAL TOUCH Effect Related Settings 1 2 TOUCH Determines the Initial...

Page 6: ...s 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 turn on when using the Multi Assign effect The Right...

Page 7: ...effect 5 SPEED This parameter is only available when Echo Tremolo or Trill is selected in Type above It determines the speed of the Echo Tremolo and Trill effects 6 ASSIGN This parameter is available...

Page 8: ...ning in music today PURE MAJOR PURE MINOR These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale espe cially for triad chords root third fifth You can hear this best in actual vocal harm...

Page 9: ...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 mus...

Page 10: ...ress the 6 VOICE SET button to call up the VOICE SET display 3 Use the TAB E F buttons to call up the relevant setting display For information on the available parameters in each display see the Edita...

Page 11: ...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...

Page 12: ...he Filter 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 whi...

Page 13: ...se Determines 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...

Page 14: ...display explained below 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION E REGIST SEQUENCE FREEZE 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 enable di...

Page 15: ...d increasing or decreasing the response time of the initial swell and release based on the FOOTAGE controls The higher the value the slower the swell and release 3 VIB SPEED Determines the speed of th...

Page 16: ...d by the chords you play in the chord section of the keyboard There are seven types of fingering 1 Call up the operation display FUNCTION C STYLE SETTING SPLIT POINT CHORD FINGERING TAB E F CHORD FING...

Page 17: ...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 han...

Page 18: ...e shown in the display Here you can determine whether the chord played in the chord section will sound or not in the Stop Accompaniment status OFF The chord played in the chord section will not sound...

Page 19: ...ime set here the Synchro Stop func tion works 4 STYLE TOUCH Turns touch response for the Style playback on off When this is set to ON the Style volume changes in response to your playing strength in t...

Page 20: ...button and 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...

Page 21: ...red 3 Press the MEMORY button 4 Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING 1 4 buttons A message appears in the display prompting you to save the panel settings 5 Press F YES button to call up the Style Selec...

Page 22: ...al preset Styles or Styles you have already created See page 26 Call up the operation display FUNCTION F DIGITAL REC MENU B STYLE CREATOR NOTE The Style files created on the PSR S910 S710 can only be...

Page 23: ...ctions directly via the panel operation Realtime Recording Characteristics Loop Recording and Overdub Recording Loop Recording Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of several measures in a loop...

Page 24: ...EXIT button to close the Voice Selection display 8 If necessary delete a channel by simultaneously holding down the J DELETE button and pressing the appropriate numbered button 1 8 You can cancel the...

Page 25: ...n the rhythm channel When you are recording the rhythm channel RHY1 or RHY2 you can delete a specific instrument sound by simultaneously holding down the E RHY CLEAR button and pressing the appropriat...

Page 26: ...le Creator the channel data can be entered and System Exclusive data can be edited delete copy or move You can switch between the two by pressing the F button However Chord Lyrics and System Exclusive...

Page 27: ...the patterns of other channels 7 Press the J SAVE button to execute the Save operation CAUTION The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn the power to the instrument off wit...

Page 28: ...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...

Page 29: ...ve operation CAUTION The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn the power to the instrument off without executing the Save operation 1 2 CHANNEL Selects the desired channel p...

Page 30: ...cted 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 EXECUT...

Page 31: ...Page use the A B buttons to select the edit menu For details of the edit menu see page 32 Source Pattern settings SOURCE PLAY ROOT CHORD page 32 The Style data is appropriately converted depending on...

Page 32: ...ord from the default CM7 to another chord the chord notes and recommended notes will also change depending on the newly selected chord type NOTE When NTR is set to Root Fixed NTT is set to Bypass and...

Page 33: ...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 conv...

Page 34: ...or minor chord such as 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 cove...

Page 35: ...SHIFT The pitch 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 chor...

Page 36: ...notation of the selected Song press the SCORE button You can change the notation display as desired to suit your personal preferences The settings here are maintained even when the power is turned of...

Page 37: ...the display appear in color C red D yellow E green F orange G blue A purple and B gray 7 SIZE Determines the display resolution or zoom level of the notation 8 SET UP See below 1 LEFT CH Determines w...

Page 38: ...eter above is set to ON A B C Note names are indicated as letters C D E F G A B FIXED DO Note names are indicated in solfeggio and differ depending on the selected lan guage MOVABLE DO Note names are...

Page 39: ...mputer is shown 2 CLEAR Text display only Clears the text from the screen the text data itself is not erased 3 4 F 11 P 16 Text display only Determines the text type fixed or proportional and font siz...

Page 40: ...START button to enable standby letting you simultaneously start the accompaniment as soon as you start playing 5 While holding down the SONG STOP button press the PLAY PAUSE button to enable synchron...

Page 41: ...rough all the Songs in the specified folder repeat edly RANDOM Continues playback at random through all the Songs in the specified folder repeatedly I PHRASE MARK REPEAT Phrase Mark is a pre programme...

Page 42: ...ect the desired Guide function type 5 6 LYRICS LAN GUAGE Determines the language of the displayed lyrics AUTO When the language is specified in the Song data the lyrics are displayed accordingly When...

Page 43: ...ime with the music and Song playback continues 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 sin...

Page 44: ...8 button to turn the P A T performance assistant technology on 4 Press the SONG PLAY PAUSE button to start playback 5 Play the keyboard The instrument automatically matches your performance on the key...

Page 45: ...Re records the Song See page 52 CHANNEL Edits the Channel events See page 54 CHORD Records the Chords and Sections with timing page 49 or edits them page 58 1 16 Records the melodies Step Recording s...

Page 46: ...he velocity value the louder the sound becomes KBD VEL Actual resulting velocity fff 127 ff 111 f 95 mf 79 mp 63 p 47 pp 31 ppp 15 H Determines the gate time note length of the note to be entered Norm...

Page 47: ...dotted quarter note by using the 6 buttons 1 5 Play the C3 key The first note is entered 1 6 Press the I button to select the normal note type 1 7 Press the 7 button to select the eight note length 1...

Page 48: ...ase the G3 and C4 keys yet Keep holding the notes while executing the following step 4 5 While holding the keys G3 and C4 press the 5 button After pressing the button release the keys 5 Press the SONG...

Page 49: ...anges using the Step Record function 1 Press the SONG REC and SONG STOP buttons simultaneously A blank Song New Song is called up for recording NOTE Selecting a blank Song initializes the panel settin...

Page 50: ...te length 1 3 Play the chord C F and G in the chord section of the keyboard 2 Enter the chords for the Break section 2 1 Press the STYLE CONTROL BREAK button 2 2 Press the 6 button to select the quart...

Page 51: ...STOP button or press the C button to return to the top of the Song then hear the newly entered Song by pressing the PLAY PAUSE button 5 Press the EXIT button to exit from the Step Recording display 6...

Page 52: ...lay 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 t...

Page 53: ...Pedal Punch In Out operation may be reversed depending on the particular pedal you ve connected to the instrument If necessary change the pedal polarity to reverse the control page 90 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 54: ...ute 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 satisfi...

Page 55: ...wo different note values at the 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 i...

Page 56: ...kits are assigned to 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...

Page 57: ...to the top position of the Song except for the KEYBOARD VOICE SONG Records the tempo setting and all settings made from the Mixing Con sole KEYBOARD VOICE Records the panel settings including the Voi...

Page 58: ...f the Song D E Moves the cursor left right and select the desired parameter of the high lighted event H FILTER Calls up the Filter display page 60 letting you select only the events you wish to be sho...

Page 59: ...is generated by controlling 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...

Page 60: ...ress the EXIT button to execute the settings C MAIN Displays all main types of events D CTRL CHG Displays all specific Control Change message events E STYLE Displays all types of Style playback relate...

Page 61: ...dited or created from the display called up when you press the MULTI PAD CONTROL SELECT button 2 Call up the operation display FUNCTION F DIGITAL REC MENU C MULTI PAD CREATOR 3 If necessary select the...

Page 62: ...s the end of the phrase is reached 10 Turn Chord Match of each pad On or Off by using the 5 8 buttons If the Chord Match parameter is on for the selected pad the corresponding pad is played back accor...

Page 63: ...procedures refer to the Owner s Manual Multi Pad Editing 1 NAME Changes the name of each Multi Pad 3 COPY Copies the Multi Pad s See below 5 DELETE Deletes the selected Multi Pads Copying the Multi Pa...

Page 64: ...y want to create a custom folder of your favorite records so you can quickly call up the panel settings and song data you use frequently 1 Select the desired record from the MUSIC FINDER display 2 Pre...

Page 65: ...ired 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 S...

Page 66: ...ndled as separate files 1 Call up the Save display MUSIC FINDER 7 FILES 2 Press the TAB E F buttons to select the location for saving USER USB 3 Press the 6 SAVE button to save the file All records ar...

Page 67: ...e Internet and press the MUSIC FINDER button to call up the MUSIC FINDER display 2 Select the record whose information you want to view by using the 1 5 buttons or the DATA ENTRY dial 3 Press the J MU...

Page 68: ...ngs while keeping the same accompaniment Style This is where the Freeze function comes in handy It lets you maintain the settings of certain items and leave them unchanged even when selecting other Re...

Page 69: ...ngs specify here how the pedal will be used to advance or to reverse through the sequence Use the C REGIST PEDAL button to select the pedal for advancing through the sequence Use the D REGIST PEDAL bu...

Page 70: ...eration has been set in step 3 on page 69 you can also use a pedal to select the Registration Memory numbers in order To return to the first Sequence press the TAB E and F buttons simultaneously when...

Page 71: ...cluded as part of the Registration Memory Bank file To store your newly programmed Registration Sequence save the current Registration Memory Bank file CAUTION Keep in mind that all Registration Seque...

Page 72: ...ou use the high quality sounds of the instrument to full advantage with XG compatible song data When you play back any commercially available XG song data or that created on other instruments you can...

Page 73: ...elects the Voices used to replace the XG Voices when SONG AUTO REVOICE is set to ON F ALL REVOICE Replaces all of the replaceable XG Voices with the rich and authentic Voices of the PSR S910 S710 I BA...

Page 74: ...Determines the range of the PITCH BEND wheel for each keyboard part The range is from 0 to 12 with each step corresponding to one semitone D I OCTAVE Determines the range of the pitch change in octav...

Page 75: ...the selected block is REVERB CHORUS or DSP1 4 Use the 5 6 buttons to select the effect CATEGORY 5 Use the 7 8 buttons to select the effect TYPE If you want to edit the effect parameters go on to the...

Page 76: ...n NOTE Variation parameter is the one which can be turned on off by pressing the VARIATION button on the panel 3 Select one of the parameters you want to edit by using the 4 5 buttons then adjust the...

Page 77: ...for saving your original effect 5 Use the 3 6 buttons to select the destination for saving the effect The maximum number for effects that can be saved differs depending on the effect block 6 Press the...

Page 78: ...dead and free of echoes The instrument possesses a high grade five band digital EQ With this function a final effect tone control can be added to the output of your instrument You can select one of th...

Page 79: ...ost or cut each of the five bands Use the 8 buttons to boost or cut all the five bands at the same time 4 Adjust the Q bandwidth and the FREQ center frequency of the band selected in step 3 To adjust...

Page 80: ...Editing Bookmarks 82 You can change the home page and delete cookies in the Browser setting display 1 Call up the operation display INTERNET 5 SETTING D BROWSER SETTINGS 2 Press the 7 OK button to cl...

Page 81: ...NOTE For information on Bookmark display see page 82 2 Call up the display for registering bookmarks by pressing the 3 ADD button 3 Select the position of the new bookmark by pressing the 1 button 4...

Page 82: ...aving a bookmark page 81 4 MOVE Changes the order of the bookmarks 1 Select the bookmark you wish to move then press the 4 MOVE button The lower part of the display changes letting you select the new...

Page 83: ...Bass Note for Style Playback via MIDI Receive 98 Setting the Chord Type for Style Playback via MIDI Receive 98 Microphone Overall Settings 1 Call up the operation display MIC SETTING VOCAL HARMONY I...

Page 84: ...ameters determine how the Vocal Harmony is controlled 1 3 5 Hz Adjusts the center frequency of the corresponding band 2 4 6 dB Boosts or cuts the level of the corresponding band by up to 12 dB 1 SW Sw...

Page 85: ...HORDAL In all other cases the mode is set to VOCODER VOCOD Vocoder The harmony notes are determined by the notes you play on the keyboard and or Song data You can specify whether the Vocoder effect is...

Page 86: ...etup file FUNCTION J UTILITY TAB E F SYSTEM RESET See page 105 1 Talk Setting Parameters 2 DSP Parameters 1 VOLUME This determines the output volume of the microphone sound 2 PAN This sets the stereo...

Page 87: ...pes and lists the detailed parameters for editing Up to ten Vocal Harmony types can be created and saved 1 Press the MIC SETTING VOCAL HARMONY button 2 Press the H VOCAL HARMONY TYPE button to call up...

Page 88: ...s set to VOCODER CHORDAL TYPE Determines how the harmony notes are applied to the microphone sound when the Harmony mode page 85 is set to CHORDAL HARMONY GEN DER TYPE Determines whether the gender of...

Page 89: ...asculine the voice VIBRATO DEPTH Sets the depth of vibrato applied to the harmony sound Also affects the lead vocal sound when the LEAD GENDER TYPE above is set to other than Off VIBRATO RATE Sets the...

Page 90: ...in out of Song Registration Sequence Functions assigned here 4 Use the 2 8 buttons to set the details of the selected functions the part for which the function is applied etc The available parameters...

Page 91: ...es up is raised or down is lowered RANGE Determines the range of the pitch change in semitones ON SPEED Determines the speed of the pitch change when the pedal is pressed OFF SPEED Determines the spee...

Page 92: ...ich 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...

Page 93: ...a pre programmed template from the PRESET Page page 94 If you have already created your original template and saved it to the USER Page you can also select the template from the USER Page 3 Press the...

Page 94: ...ad etc synchronizes 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 MI...

Page 95: ...control external devices If you are using the instrument with an external sequencer MIDI computer or other MIDI device and you want to synchronize it to that device set this parameter to the appropria...

Page 96: ...eyboard from 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...

Page 97: ...he instrument s keyboard performance 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 S910...

Page 98: ...s to select the channel 2 Use the 1 8 button to set the desired channel to ON or OFF You can also set all channels to OFF by pressing the I ALL OFF button Setting the Chord Type for Style Playback via...

Page 99: ...rs determine the behavior when the Style or Song playback is faded in out by the FADE IN OUT button CONFIG1 3 FADE IN TIME Determines the time it takes for the volume to fade in or go from mini mum to...

Page 100: ...r Song and sequence data Use the 1 7 buttons to select the desired parameter then lock it with the 8 MARK ON button 4 Tap This allows you to set the drum sound and the velocity which will sound when t...

Page 101: ...number are shown in the Voice Selection display This is useful 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 ex...

Page 102: ...media see the Owner s Manual F PROPERTY Opens the Property display of the media selected by A B buttons You can check the amount of remaining memory on the media NOTE The displayed remaining memory v...

Page 103: ...a picture from among various pictures provided on the Preset Page After selecting press the EXIT button to close the Selection display You can also use your original picture in the USB storage device...

Page 104: ...factory settings Refer to the Data List for details about which parameters belong to the System Setup MIDI SETUP Restores the MIDI settings including the MIDI templates on the USER tab dis play to the...

Page 105: ...To recall your file press the desired F I buttons in the SYSTEM RESET display then select the desired file F SYSTEM SETUP FILES Parameters set on the various displays such as the FUNCTION J UTILITY an...

Page 106: ...CLOCK 95 COMMON 11 COMPARE 10 COMPRESSOR 84 CONFIG1 99 CONFIG2 101 CONTROLLER 5 9 90 CONTROLLER Voice Set 12 COOKIE 80 Cool 3 Custom Reset 105 D DECAY 13 DELETE Song Creator 56 DELETE Style Creator 2...

Page 107: ...Events 59 NOTE LIMIT 34 NOTE NAME 38 Note Transposition 33 NTR 33 NTT 33 O OCTAVE 74 ON BASS 17 One Touch Setting 21 Organ Flutes 15 Organ Flutes 3 ORIGINAL BEAT 28 OTS LINK TIMING 19 OVERALL SETTING...

Page 108: ...NGERING 16 18 20 STYLE TOUCH 19 Sweet 3 SWING 28 SYNCHRO STOP WINDOW 19 SYS EX MIDI 95 SYS EX Song Creator 45 SYSTEM 93 95 System Exclusive Events 59 SYSTEM RESET 104 SYSTEM SETUP FILES 105 T TALK SET...

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