Playing The S90 Es; Voice Play Mode - Yamaha S90 ES Owner's Manual

Voice Play mode

Voice Play mode
The Voice Play mode is where you select and play the instrument sounds (voices) of this synthesizer.
Selecting a Normal Voice
Internally, there are two Voice Types: Normal Voices and Drum Voices. Normal Voices are mainly pitched musical instrument-
type sounds that can be played over the range of the keyboard. Drum Voices are mainly percussion/drum sounds that are
assigned to individual notes on the keyboard. In this section, we'll show you how to select a Normal Voice.
You can select the desired Voice from various Voice Banks (Preset 1 - 4, User 1 - 2, GM preset, Plug-in 1 - 3) as shown
below.
Voice Bank
User Bank
Contains the voices you've
created in the Voice Edit mode.
Preset Bank
Contains the Voices
built into this
instrument.
1
Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play mode.
In this condition, playing the keyboard sounds the Voice indicated in the display.
The parameters shown in the Voice Play mode are briefly explained below.
Bank and Voice Program number
USR1 : 001 (A01)
Bank
(selected via the
buttons)
n
Keep in mind that the example displays shown in this manual are for instruction purposes only, and the contents (for example, the Voice name here)
may differ slightly from those on your instrument.
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GM Preset Bank
Contains the voices allocated according to the
GM standard. For details, see page 112.
USER 1 USER 2
PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3
A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR/
PLUCKED
VOICE
Indicates the functions assigned to the respective Control
sliders. See page 47.
Indicates the currently selected voice.
Number
(selected via the Number
[1] - [16] buttons)
Group
(selected via the Group [A] - [H] buttons)
Voice Program number
(corresponding to Groups A to H and Numbers 01 to 16)
SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT
PRE 4 GM PLG 1 PLG 2 PLG 3
BASS STRINGS BRASS REED/PIPE
PERFORM MASTER
Category and Voice name
Gt : Unplugged
Category Voice name
3
Plug-in Bank
Available when Plug-in Boards have
been installed. See page 99.
Indicates the Keyboard MIDI
transmit channel. See page 105
for details.
Indicates the Keyboard Octave
setting. See page 105 for details.
ARP1-ARP5
Use the [SF1] - [SF5] buttons
to call up the Arpeggio type
assigned to each button (page
39).