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Basic Structure The Seven Functional Blocks The S90 XS/S70 XS system consists of seven main functional blocks: Tone Generator, A/D Input, Sequencer, Arpeggio, Controller, Effect, and Audio Record/Playback. S90 XS/S70 XS MIDI message flow Audio signal flow Controller block (page 13) Keyboard Controllers Sequencer block (page 12) 16 track MIDI Sequencer (playback only) Tone Generator block (page 3) AWM2 Tone Generator 16 Parts Voices, Performances, Multis Arpeggio block (page 7) Arpeggio playback x 4 Reference Manual Effect block (page 14) System Effect Insertion Effect x 3 Element EQ Part EQ Master Effect Master EQ A/D Input block (page 7) MIC Input Basic Structure Audio Record/ Playback block (page 12) MIDI Output MIDI Input A/D Input Audio Output USB, MIDI USB, MIDI MIC INPUT OUTPUT, ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) This instrument is equipped with an AWM2 tone generator block. AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) is a synthesis system based on sampled waves (sound material), and is used in many Yamaha synthesizers. For extra realism, each AWM2 Voice uses multiple samples of a real instrument’s waveform. Furthermore, a wide variety of parameters—envelope generator, filter, modulation, and others—can be applied. Basic Structure Functional Blocks Tone Generator A/D Input Arpeggio Sequencer Audio Record/Play Controller Effect Internal Memory Reference Voice Performance Multi SEQ Play Master Remote File Audio Rec/Play Utility Appendix About MIDI Display Messages Troubleshooting 2
Tone Generator Block The tone generator block is what actually produces sound in response to the MIDI messages received from the Sequencer block, the Controller block, the Arpeggio block and from the external MIDI instrument via the MIDI IN connector or the USB connector. The MIDI messages are assigned to sixteen independent channels, and this synthesizer is capable of simultaneously playing sixteen separate parts, via the sixteen MIDI channels. However, the sixteen-channel limit can be overcome by using separate MIDI “ports,” each supporting sixteen channels. The tone generator block of this instrument can handle MIDI messages over Port 1. The structure of the tone generator block differs depending on the mode. Tone Generator Block in the Voice Mode Part structure in the Voice mode Only one MIDI channel can be recognized in the Voice mode because only one part is available in this mode. This status is referred to as a “single timbre” tone generator. A Voice is played from the keyboard, using a single part. To set the MIDI receive channel for single timbre operation (Voice and Performance modes), use the Basic Receive Ch parameter (page 137) in the Utility MIDI display. In the Voice mode, the instrument recognizes only data over MIDI Port 1. NOTE If you want to play song data on an external MIDI sequencer or computer consisting of multiple MIDI channels, make sure to use the Multi mode (page 6). Voice A program that contains the sonic elements for generating a specific musical instrument sound is referred to as a “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. Each Voice consists of up to eight Elements (Normal Voice) or up to 73 keys (Drum Voice). An Element or Drum Key is the basic and the smallest unit for a Voice. This means that only one Element or key can produce the musical instrument sound. In addition, a Normal Voice can produce the realistic sound or various types of sound by combining multiple Elements. Each Voice is created by editing parameters unique to each element/key (Element Edit parameters/Key Edit parameters) and parameters common to all the elements/keys (Common Edit parameters). In Element Edit and Key Edit, you can edit the parameters only on the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor. NOTE For instructions on editing a Normal Voice, see page 34. For instructions on editing a Drum Voice, see page 58. Normal Voices & Drum Voices Normal Voices This is a Voice which is played conventionally from the keyboard, with standard pitches sounding for each key. A Normal Voice consists of up to eight Velocity Element 2 Element 4 Element 6 Elements. Depending on the settings in the Voice Edit mode, these Elements are sounded simultaneously, or the different Elements are sounded according to the note range, velocity range and the XA (Expanded Articulation) settings. Element 1 Element 3 Element 5 The illustration is an example of a Normal Voice. Since the six Elements here are distributed across both the note range of the keyboard and the velocity range, a different Element sounds depending on which note you play and how strongly you play it. In the note distribution, Elements 1 and 2 sound in the lower range of the keyboard, Elements 3 and 4 sound in the middle range, and Elements 5 and 6 sound in the higher range. In the velocity distribution, Elements 1, 3 and 5 sound when playing the keyboard softly, while Elements 2, 4 and 6 sound when playing it strongly. In a practical example of this in use, a piano Voice could be composed of six different samples. Elements 1, 3 and 5 would be the sounds of the piano played softly, over the respective note ranges, while Elements 2, 4 and 6 would be strongly played sounds, for each respective note range. Actually, the S90 XS/S70 XS is even more flexible than this, since it allows up to eight independent Elements. Reference Manual Basic Structure Basic Structure Functional Blocks Tone Generator A/D Input Arpeggio Sequencer Audio Record/Play Controller Effect Internal Memory Reference Voice Performance Multi SEQ Play Master Remote File Audio Rec/Play Utility Appendix About MIDI Display Messages Troubleshooting 3
Page 1: How to Use This Manual The S90 XS/S
Page 5 and 6: Elements and Drum Keys Elements and
Page 7 and 8: Multi A/D Input Block A program in
Page 9 and 10: How to Use the Arpeggio Type List T
Page 11 and 12: Arpeggio Playback Types The Arpeggi
Page 13 and 14: Controller Block This block consist
Page 15 and 16: Effect Connection in Each Mode Voic
Page 17 and 18: Delay An effect (or device) that de
Page 19 and 20: Effect Parameters VCM (Virtual Circ
Page 21: Parameter name Descriptions Drive R
Page 24 and 25: Internal Memory As you use this ins
Page 27: Voice Mode Voice Play The Voice mod
Page 32: Using the Arpeggio Function The Arp
Page 35 and 36: PB Range Upper (Pitch Bend Range Up
Page 37 and 38: Velocity Rate Determines how much t
Page 39 and 40: Random SFX Some Arpeggio types feat
Page 41 and 42: Phase Determines the starting phase
Page 43 and 44: User LFO Cycle Determines the amoun
Page 45 and 46: Chorus To Reverb Determines the Sen
Page 47 and 48: Tempo Sync (Delay Tempo Sync) Deter
Page 49 and 50: Time Velocity Sens (EG Time Velocit
Page 51 and 52: Cutoff Key Follow (Cutoff Key Follo
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Filter Scale Break Point 1 - 4 Dete
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Segment (EG Time Velocity Sensitivi
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EQ Type (EQ Type) Determines the EQ
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7 Effect Same as the Effect in Norm
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Reverb Send (Key Reverb Send) Deter
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Voice Job The Voice Job mode featur
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Setting examples of the Destination
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Combination Type Filter This type i
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Performance Mode Performance Play T
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Performance Edit Performance Edit c
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Arp Tempo (Arpeggio Tempo) Determin
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Effect Parameter 1 - 16 The effect
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Effect Parameters Switch Determines
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2 Play Mode Volume Adjusts the Volu
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Vel Sens Offset (Velocity Sensitivi
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Velocity Mode Adjusts the velocity
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4 Filter/EG Cutoff Determines the c
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Performance Job The Performance Job
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Supplementary Information Performan
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Arp Tempo (Arpeggio Tempo) Determin
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7 A/D FX (A/D Effect) From this dis
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Part Edit Part Edit lets you edit t
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Velocity Limit Lo/Hi (Velocity Limi
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Gate Time Rate Determines how much
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Random SFX Some Arpeggio types feat
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6 Rcv Sw (Receive Switch) From this
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Voice This convenient operation let
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Master Mode The Master mode offers
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3 Zone Sw (Zone Switch) Zone Switch
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2 Note From this display you can se
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Master Job The Master Job mode feat
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Remote Mode In the Remote mode, you
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File Mode The File mode provides to
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File Job In the File Job display, d
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Utility Mode In the Utility mode, y
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Knob Curve Adjusts the touch respon
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2 MIDI This lets you set the MIDI s
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3 Controller Determines Controller
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Output Select Determines the output
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Master EQ (Voice Master EQ) This di
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8 Panel Lock Determines which butto
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Port 2 This port is used to control
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Brightness (Control #74) Messages w
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System Messages System messages are
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LCD Indication Description Load All
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Are the parameter settings such as
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Wrong pitch or unexpected pitch Is
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