Yamaha S08 Owner's Manual page 79

Relevant Settings in the Song Data and on Connected MIDI Devices
● When playing Multis using a MIDI sequencer, have the transmit channels for each sequencer track and the receive
channels for each Part in the Multi been set correctly? (Page 64)
● Has the computer's "MIDI Echo" or "MIDI Thru" been set appropriately? (Page 15)
● When playing back a song using a MIDI sequencer, have the volume and expression (page 73) parameters been set
appropriately?
Cable and Connection Problems
● Has the audio equipment been connected correctly? (Page 13)
● Is the MIDI cable intact and connected properly? (Pages 13, 14, 15, 81)
The sound is distorted.
● Have the effects been set appropriately? (Pages 46, 58 and 63)
● Has the volume been set too high? (Pages 11 and 12)
The sound is too soft.
● Has MIDI volume or MIDI expression (page 73) been set too low?
● Has the filter cutoff frequency been set too low? (Pages 60, 62, 64)
The pitch is wrong.
● Has the Master Tune parameter in Utility Mode been set correctly? (Page 66)
● Has the KbdTrans parameter in Controller Mode been set correctly? (Page 67)
● Have the pitch related parameters in PITCH menu been set appropriately? (Page 59)
● Has the Pitch Modulation Depth in the LFO screen (Voice Edit Mode) been set too high? (Page 61)
● For Parts or Voices, has the Note Shift parameter been set to a value other than 0? (Pages 59 and 64)
● Has the Detune parameter for each Part or Voice been set to a value other than 0? (Pages 59 and 64)
Sound is choppy and intermittent.
● Has the maximum polyphony been exceeded? (Page 17)
Only one note sounds at a time.
● Has the Mono/Poly parameter been set to "mono"? (Pages 58 and 64)
No effects are applied.
● Has the V EfBypass (Voice Effect Bypass) been set to off? (Page 67)
● In the case of a Multi, has Var Send in Part Edit been set to off or a value too close to 0? (Page 65)
● Has the effect type been set to something other than "Thru" or "No Effect" ? (Page 63)
● In the case of a Multi, have the Insertion Effect Parts been specified? (Page 65)
Edits related to Scaling Sensitivity, Velocity Sensitivity and Scale (of
Pan setting parameter) made to the Voice have no effect.
● Has the Sensitivity been set too low? (Page 39)
● Depending on the selected Voice or the settings of related parameters, changes to these parameters may have little or no
audible effect.
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Troubleshooting