Table Of Contents - Yamaha S90 Owner's Manual

Basics Section ............................. 12
The Controls & Connectors ..................................... 12
Top Panel ...................................................................................12
Rear Panel .................................................................................13
Setting Up ................................................................ 14
Power Supply .............................................................................14
Power-on Procedure ..................................................................14
Turning on the S90 ...................................................................14
Connections .............................................................. 15
Demo Playback ........................................................ 19
Overview of the S90 ................................................ 20
Controller ...................................................................................20
Tone Generator .........................................................................20
Effects ........................................................................................ 24
Card Drive/Sequencer ..............................................................24
Voices & Performance ............................................. 25
Bank (Memory) Structure ........................................................25
Overview of Voice/Element/Performance ..............................26
Normal Voices & Drum Voices ................................................27
GM Voices .................................................................................27
Internal Memory and File Management .................. 27
Basic Operations ...................................................... 29
Modes .........................................................................................29
Mode Table ................................................................................29
Selecting a Mode ........................................................................30
Display Indications ...................................................................30
Selecting Functions and Parameters ........................................32
Display-based Controls .............................................................33
Quick Guide .............................. 36
Playing Voices .......................................................... 36
Selecting a voice ........................................................................36
Using the Category Search function ........................................38
Voice editing in the Voice Play mode (Quick Edit) .................39
Playing Performances .............................................. 41
Selecting a Performance ............................................................41
Layering Voices (Parts) Together (Layer)
Splitting the Keyboard (Split) ...................................................42
Editing Performances in the Performance Play mode
(Quick Edit)................................................................................44
Using the Arpeggio function .................................... 45
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

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Using Controllers ..................................................... 53
Pitch Bend Wheel & Modulation Wheel .................................53
Control Sliders (CS) .................................................................. 53
Foot Controller ..........................................................................54
Footswitch (assignable) ............................................................54
Footswitch (sustain) .................................................................54
Breath Controller ...................................................................... 54
Aftertouch .................................................................................54
Remote Control for external sequencer ................... 57
Setting Up ..................................................................................57
Using the Remote Control function .........................................58
Voice Edit ................................................................. 60
Using Effects ............................................................ 67
Effect structure ..........................................................................67
Effect connection ......................................................................68
Using the Jobs .......................................................... 70
Saving the Settings (Store) ...................................... 73
Playing the Songs ..................................................... 75
Mixing mode ..............................................................................77
Using Memory Cards................................................ 82
Touch Sensitivity ..................................................... 87
Function Tree ........................................................... 88
Parameter Table ....................................................... 92
Parameter/Function List ..........................................................97
Reference ...................................98
Reference (Function List) ........................................ 98
Appendix .................................114
Information Displays ............................................. 114
Display Messages ................................................... 116
About MIDI ............................................................ 118
Installing Optional Hardware ................................ 123
Optional units that can be installed to the S90 .................... 123
Installation locations .............................................................. 123
Installation Precautions ......................................................... 123
Optional Plug-in Board Installation ...................................... 124
Optional mLAN8E Installation ............................................. 126
Troubleshooting ..................................................... 128
Specifications ......................................................... 131
Index ...................................................................... 132
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