Basic Operations; Modes; Mode Table - Yamaha S90 Owner's Manual

In this section, you'll learn about the structure of the modes of the S90, its panel display indications and its
fundamental operations.

Modes

The S90 is organized into various modes, each covering a different set of operations and functions.
Voice Mode
Voice Play Mode
Voice Edit Mode
Voice Job Mode
Voice Store Mode
Performance Mode
Performance Play Mode
Performance Edit Mode
Performance Job Mode
Performance Store Mode
Utility Mode
Edit Mode

Mode Table

Mode (Status)
VOICE (LED lights)
PERFORMANCE (LED lights)
MASTER (LED lights)
SEQ PLAY (LED lights)
SEQ PLAY MIXING (Displayed)
UTILITY (LED lights)
CARD (LED lights)
n You need to select the Voice/Performance/Master before entering Edit mode. All parameters can be set and stored per Voice/
Performance/Master.
n Utility mode is a sub-mode of the Voice/Performance/Sequence Play mode. For example, if you press the [UTILITY] button while
in the Performance mode, you enter the Utility mode as a sub-mode of the Performance mode — allowing you to select and play
performances while in the Utility mode.
Parameters are divided into two basic groups: 1) functions that are related to each Voice, Performance etc., and 2)
functions that affect all Voices, Performances etc. The former are set in the Edit mode and latter in the Utility mode.
Utility mode settings can be saved to memory card along with the Voices and Performances.

Basic Operations

VOICE
UTILITY
EDIT
COMPARE
EDIT (LED lights.
Play When comparing,
it flashes.)
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Master Mode
MODE
Master Play Mode
Master Edit Mode
Master Job Mode
Master Store Mode
PERFORM MASTER
Sequence Play Mode
Sequence Play Mixing Mode
Sequence Play Mixing
Edit Mode
CARD SEQ PLAY
Sequence Play Mixing
Job Mode
Card Mode
JOB STORE
Store Mode
Job Mode
JOB (Displayed) STORE (Displayed)
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Relevant function
Play/Edit/Save the Voice
Play/Edit/Save the Performance
Register/Recall the settings that are often
used in the Voice, Performance and
Sequence Play mode to User Master.
Make/Register Master Keyboard
function settings.
Song playback (from memory card)
Set the tone generation parameters of
each part in Sequence Play mode
(page 77).
Global settings for the entire system
(page 98)
Save/Load the S90 data (page 82)
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Basic Operations