Yamaha S90 ES Owner's Manual page 62

Controllers supported by the S90 ES
Changing Control Change numbers
The functions assigned to the controllers by the Controller Set and ASSIGN A/B functions are applied only to the internal
tone generator block.
For connected external MIDI instruments, use of the controllers generates MIDI Control Change messages, as assigned in
the chart below.
Controller
Aftertouch
Pitch Bend wheel
Modulation wheel
Footswitch (connected to the SUSTAIN connector)
ASSIGN A, B
Footswitch (connected to the ASSIGNABLE jack)*
Ribbon Controller*
ASSIGN 1, 2
Foot Controller 1, 2
Breath Controller
* The S90 ES does not have a Ribbon Controller. However, keep in mind that if the same MIDI Control Change messages as set here are
received from an external device, the internal tone generator also responds to those messages as if the Ribbon Controller of the
instrument was used.
Conventional controllers, such as Modulation wheel, will affect connected MIDI instruments in their conventional way. For
example, when the pan function is assigned to the Modulation wheel under Controller Set, using the Modulation wheel will
apply the pan function to the internal tone generator, but will transmit the Modulation messages to the external MIDI
instrument.
Keep in mind also that if the same MIDI Control Change messages as set here are received from an external device, the
internal tone generator also responds to those messages as if the controller on the S90 ES itself was used.
TIP Using the Controllers effectively
You can also set up a controller such that it sends one kind of Control message to the internal tone generator of the S90
ES, yet another kind of message to the MIDI Out. For example, in a Controller Set you could assign Resonance to
ASSIGN 1 (Control slider 3). Then, in the Utility mode, you could assign Control Change number 1 (modulation) to the
same slider. Now, when you move Control slider 3, resonance will be applied to the sound of the internal tone generator
block, while modulation messages will be transmitted to the external MIDI instrument.
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External MIDI
instrument
Transmitting the Control Change messages
Controller
Affecting the destination (Dest)
Generated MIDI message
Channel Aftertouch (DnH)
Pitch Bend (EnH)
Control Change (BnH, 01H)
Control Change (BnH, 40H)
Control Change (BnH)
Control Change (BnH)
Control Change (BnH)
Tone generator
block
Display to set the Control Change number
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[UTILITY] [F4] CTL ASN
[UTILITY] [F4] CTL ASN
[VOICE] [UTILITY] [F3] VOICE
CTL ASN
[PERFORM] Performance selection
[COMMON] [F4] CTL ASN
[MULTI/SEQ PLAY] (selecting Multi mode)
selection [EDIT] [COMMON]
ASN
[SF2] ASSIGN
[SF3] FT SW
[SF4]
[EDIT]
Multi
[F4] CTL