Using As A Master Keyboard; What Is The Master Mode - Yamaha S90 Owner's Manual

Using as a Master Keyboard

What is the Master
Mode?
The S90 is loaded with such a wealth of different
features, functions and operations, you may find it
difficult to locate and call up the particular feature you
need. This is where the Master mode comes in handy.
You can use it to memorize the operations you use
most often in each mode, and call them up instantly
anytime you need them with a single button press.
The S90 has space for a total of 128 of your own User
Master settings.
Master number Setting examples
Master 001 Voice mode Voice number 102
Master 002 Voice mode Voice number 88
Master 003 Performance mode Performance number 043 *Zone Switch Off
Master 004 Performance mode Performance number 059 *Zone Switch Off
Performance mode Performance number 077 *Zone Switch On
MIDI ch1 MIDI ch2 MIDI ch3 MIDI ch4
Master 005
Tone Generator block
Performance mode Performance number 093 *Zone Switch On
MIDI ch8
Master 006
Tone Generator block
Master 007 Sequence Play mode Mix template number 7
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Master 128 Sequence Play mode Mix template number 24
* Parameters other than those shown above (e.g., Slider settings) can be stored
(Master Common Edit [F2] Ref. #58).
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Using as a Master Keyboard
MIDI ch9
Four Zones
In the Master mode, the keyboard can be divided into a
maximum of four separate Zones (as shown below) —
each with its own MIDI channel setting. In this way,
you can use just a single keyboard to control several
different instrument parts independently. Moreover,
you can have these independent Zones control
different channels on connected MIDI devices as well.
You can set these four Zones and store them as a User
Master in the Master mode.
n MIDI channel of each Zone for internal tone generator
(including plug-in board) is available only when the
Mode is set to Sequence Play (SeqPlay) from the
MEMORY display.
External Tone Generator
MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI OUT
Keyboard (Max 4 zones)
MIDI ch1 MIDI ch2 MIDI ch3
Tone Generator block (Internal/Plug-in)
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.)
External Tone Generator
MIDI OUT MIDI OUT
ZONE1 ZONE2
MIDI ch1 MIDI ch2
Tone Generator block (Internal/Plug-in)
Master Zone Edit
MIDI Switch
(Ref. #27)
MIDI OUT
MIDI ch4
Master Zone Edit
TG Switch
(Ref. #26)
Master Zone Edit
MIDI Switch
(Ref. #27)
MIDI OUT
ZONE4
MIDI ch4
ZONE3
MIDI OUT
MIDI ch3
Master Zone Edit
TG Switch
(Ref. #26)