Yamaha PSR-9000 Pro User Manual

Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................	3
2. Important! – Backup Before Installation ...................................................................	4
3. Installing Your New Software......................................................................................	8
Installing the Main and Sub Programs ....................................................................	8
4. The New Features........................................................................................................	9
New Split Points ......................................................................................................	9
New Fingerings .....................................................................................................	10
Stop Accompaniment............................................................................................	14
Song Chain ...........................................................................................................	14
Next Song Reservation .........................................................................................	15
HD Sleep Time Control .........................................................................................	15
Panel Sustain Rate Control...................................................................................	16
Sustain Mode (new for the PSR-9000) .................................................................	17
Improved Music Database Display........................................................................	17
Improved Mixing Console Voice Display ...............................................................	18
Improved Mixing Console Effect Type Display ......................................................	18
Disk Direct Style Registration ...............................................................................	19
Style Creator & Disk Direct Styles ........................................................................	20
Style Manager & Preset Styles .............................................................................	21
5. Power Tips..................................................................................................................	22
2-note Chords .......................................................................................................	22
Maintaining Effects When Multitrack Recording....................................................	22
Single-part Activation............................................................................................	23
SMF Song Name Converter..................................................................................	23
Parameter Lock – Reverb Type .............................................................................	24
Reverb Effect Return Level and Parameter Lock ..................................................	24
Selecting an XG Voice ..........................................................................................	25
Selecting a Voice/Style/Song/Reg.Memory via PC Keyboard...............................	25
Program Change Display......................................................................................	25
Song Chord Detection ..........................................................................................	26
Instant Access to Any Function Menu...................................................................	26
Revoice .................................................................................................................	28
Tap Tempo Sound .................................................................................................	28
Reducing Mic Sibilance ........................................................................................	28
Mic Compressor....................................................................................................	29
Vocal Harmony Mode............................................................................................	29
Talk Button ............................................................................................................	30
Password ..............................................................................................................	30
Simultaneous Parameter Change.........................................................................	31
Keyboard Transpose and Song Transpose............................................................	31
Using Multi Pads to Change Scale Tuning ............................................................	32
Song File Directory ...............................................................................................	32
Song Selection via Registration Memory..............................................................	32
Touch Limit for Harmony/Echo..............................................................................	33
Sub Line Out.........................................................................................................	33
Register Bank View...............................................................................................	34
Auto Exit Time.......................................................................................................	34
MIDI Templates .....................................................................................................	35
Using the MFC10 with the 9000 ...........................................................................	35

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1.Introduction

Although the PSR-9000 and 9000Pro are two of the most powerful music workstations available, this software update adds even more features and power.

Before we move on to the installation procedure, make sure that the following floppy disks have been prepared. If you do not have them yet, download the necessary files from the Yamaha PK Club web site (http://www.yamahaPKclub.com/).

PSR-9000

Disk Name	File Name
MAIN PROGRAM 1	p9000m.001
MAIN PROGRAM 2	p9000m.002
MAIN PROGRAM 3	p9000m.003
MAIN PROGRAM 4	p9000m.004
SUB PROGRAM	p9000s.bin

9000Pro

Disk Name	File Name
MAIN PROGRAM 1	p9000pm.001
MAIN PROGRAM 2	p9000pm.002
MAIN PROGRAM 3	p9000pm.003
MAIN PROGRAM 4	p9000pm.004
MAIN PROGRAM 5	p9000pm.005
SUB PROGRAM	p9000ps.bin

About the Example Displays In This Manual ............

Although the PSR-9000 and 9000Pro allow you to select displays in a number of languages, the example displays shown in this manual are all in English.

The illustrations and displays as shown in this owner’s manual are for instructional purposes only, and may be different from your instrument.

Page References ..................................................

In many cases this manual will refer you to specific pages in the PSR-9000 or 9000Pro Owner’s Manual. Such references will be indicated as follows:

page xx

page xx

•If you’re not thoroughly familiar with the handling and use of floppy disks, please refer to the precautions on page 5 of the PSR-9000 or 9000Pro Owner’s Manual.

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2. Important! – Backup Before Installation

If you have made any changes to the Flash Style, OTS, or Music Database contents that you want to keep, we recommend that you back up your data to floppy disk before installing the new software.

You’ll need one or two blank floppy disks for this!

Also, the new operating system allots 30 kilobytes more Custom Voice memory than preceding operating system software. We recommend that you back up the Custom Voice data if you’re upgrading from a previous operating, but in the case that you want to re-install a previous operating system after upgrading, you will definitely need to use the Save To Disk function to save any Custom Voice data you want to keep to disk (the amount of Custom Voice memory will be reduced and thus the Custom Voice memory will be initialized).

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If you haven’t made any changes to the settings listed above, or don’t want to keep any changes you’ve made, you can skip straight ahead to “Installing Your New Software” on page 8.

Backing Up Your Data............................................

There are several ways to back up your data, depending on the types of changes you have made and the data you want to keep. Look over the options presented below and choose the one that best suits your backup requirements.

All Data

This method will let you back up any combination of Setup, Style, OTS, Music Database, Registration, and Multi Pad data. This backup option uses the Disk/SCSI Backup function.

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1. Press the [DISK/SCSI] button.

2. Press the LCD [D] button (BACKUP/RESTORE).

3. Press the LCD [A] button (BACKUP).

MENU

DISK/

SCSI FUNCTION MIDI

2.	3.
A	A
B	B
C	C
D	D
E	E

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4.

5.

Use the LCD [2] ~ [7] buttons to select the types of data you want to back up. Press the [NEXT] button and, when applicable, use the LCD [1]/[2] buttons to select the disk you want to back up to (if you’re backing up to floppies a blank floppy disk

which is not write protected must be present in the floppy disk drive). If you choose to back up to hard disk, you may also need to select the directory to which the data will be saved.

4.

5.

PAGE CONTROL

BACK NEXT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

6.

7.

Press the [NEXT] button and enter an appropriate name for your backup file.

Press the [NEXT] button and then the LCD [G] button (OK) to save the selected data to the specified disk.

	6.		7.
			F
			G
			H
			I
PAGE CONTROL		PAGE CONTROL
			J
BACK	NEXT	BACK	NEXT

After installing the new software you can use the Restore function to reload the saved data.

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Individual Flash Styles

If you only have a few Flash Styles you need to back up, the “All Data” method described above might not be what you need. Here’s how you can backup individual Flash Styles, or a group of Flash Styles as required.

This backup option uses the Save Style From Flash ROM function.

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1.

2.

3.

Press any FLASH STYLE button.

Press the LCD [7] or [8] button to go to the STYLE MANAGER.

Press the LCD [B] button to select the SAVE STYLE FROM FLASH ROM function.

2.

3.

A

B

C

D

E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

4. Use the LCD [3]/[4] buttons to select the Flash Style category containing the styles you want to back up.

	A	F
	B	G
5.	C	H	6.
	D	I
	E	J

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

4.5.

5.Use the LCD [C] button to choose whether you want to back up a single style (SINGLE), a group of adjacent styles in the style list (MULTI), or all styles in the selected category (ALL). If you selected “SINGLE” use the LCD [5]/[6] buttons to select the style you want to back up. If you selected “MULTI” use the LCD [5]/[6] buttons to expand the highlighted region in the STYLE list to include all the styles you want to back up. If you selected “ALL” all styles in the list will automatically be highlighted.

6.Use the LCD [H] button to choose whether you want to save the selected styles with or without OTS data.

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7. Press the [NEXT] button and, when applicable, use the LCD [1]/[2] buttons to select the disk you want to back up to (if you’re backing up to floppies a blank floppy disk which is not write protected must be present in the floppy disk drive). If you choose to back up to hard disk, you may also need to select the directory to which the data will be saved.

PAGE CONTROL

BACK

NEXT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

8. Press the [NEXT] button and then the LCD [G] button (YES) to save the selected data to the specified disk

F

G

H

I

PAGE CONTROL

J

BACK

NEXT

After installing the new software you can use the Load Style Into Flash ROM function to reload the saved data.

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Using the Registration Memory To Save Music Database Settings

Although all Music Database data can be saved by using the “All Data” method described above, individual Music Database settings cannot be saved to disk. A convenient way to backup Music Database settings is to save them to the Registration Memory.

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3.Installing Your New Software

Once you’ve backed up any personal data you want to keep, as described in the preceding section, you can go ahead and install the new operating system.

Installing the Main and Sub Programs

•Don’t turn off the power during the software installation process! Also, don’t eject any of the program disks while they are loading! Doing so can result in incomplete and/or corrupted data, requiring complete system re-installation.

1. Turn the 9000 power ON while holding the [START/ STOP] button. The PROGRAM INSTALLER page will appear.

2. Press the LCD [B] button to begin the MAIN PROGRAM load procedure.

A

2. B

5. C

POWER

ON OFF

START/STOP

D

E

3. Insert the MAIN PROGRAM 1 disk and press the [START/

STOP] button. Wait until the first disk is loaded, then follow the instructions on the LCD and insert/load the

remaining MAIN PROGRAM disks in the same way (always be sure to insert the disk specified by the instructions on the LCD).

4. When the main program has been fully loaded “Completed” will appear on the LCD. Press the [EXIT] button to return to the PROGRAM INSTALLER menu.

5.

6.

Press the LCD [C] button to begin the SUB PROGRAM load procedure.

Insert the SUB PROGRAM disk and press the [START/STOP] button, then wait for the SUB PROGRAM is fully loaded.

7. When “Completed” appears on the LCD, press the [EXIT] button twice. The 9000 will restart with the new operating system.

•The display may flicker a little when the 9000 is restarted under the new operating system — this is normal.

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4. The New Features

New Split Points ...................................................

Previous versions of the operating system allowed one split point to be specified to separate the auto-accompaniment/left-hand section and the right-hand section of the keyboard. The new operating system allows three split points:

● ACMP SPLIT POINT

Separates the auto-accompaniment section of the keyboard from the leftand right-hand sections.

● LEFT SPLIT POINT

Separates the leftand right-hand sections of the keyboard.

● RIGHT 3 SPLIT POINT

Allows a separate split point to be specified for the R3 voice. This means that you could, for example, assign only the top octave of the keyboard to a percussion or sound-effect voice.

Access: [FUNCTION] SPLIT POINT/FINGERING

You can set the split points by pressing the desired key while holding the corresponding LCD button.

Use the appropriate LCD buttons to set the split points as required, or use the DIRECT SETTING functions to directly specify the corresponding split point via the keyboard.

•The “A” (ACMP) split point cannot be set higher than the “L” (LEFT) or “R” (RIGHT 3) split point, and vice versa. In the same way the “R” split point cannot be set lower than the “L” or “A” split point.

•When the “L” and “A” split points are set at different keys, the LEFT voice can be played between the “L” and “A” split points when the Auto Accompaniment function is on. When the “L” and “A” split points are set to the same key, the LEFT voice can be played anywhere to the left of the “L” and “A” split points.

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4. The New Features

New Fingerings ....................................................

New fingerings have been added for even greater auto-accompaniment versatility. The available fingering modes are listed below.

● Single Finger

Same as in previous versions.

● Multi Finger

Same as in previous versions.

● Fingered

This is the most standard fingering mode including two-note fingerings as shown in the fingering chart on pages 11 and 12.

● Fingered Advanced

This mode is ideal for jazz-type chord voicings which omit the root and/or 5th. The Fingered Advanced mode also allows two-note fingerings. See the fingering chart on pages 12 and 13 for details.

● Fingered Pro

Chords are only detected (changed) when three or more notes are played. This makes it possible to play oneor two-note lines (e.g. obbligato or riff melody) with the left part without causing a chord change.

● Fingered Pro Advanced

This is a “pro” version of the Fingered Advanced mode — i.e. chords are only detected when three or more notes are played.

● On Bass

The lowest note played becomes the bass note. All other fingerings are the same as in the Fingered mode.

● On Bass Advanced

The lowest note played becomes the bass note. All other fingerings are the same as in the Fingered Advanced mode.

● On Bass Pro

The lowest note played becomes the bass note. All other fingerings are the same as in the Fingered Pro mode.

● On Bass Pro Advanced

The lowest note played becomes the bass note. All other fingerings are the same as in the Fingered Pro Advanced mode.

● Full Keyboard

Fingerings are the same as in the Fingered Advanced mode, but chord detection occurs over the entire keyboard. Arpeggios are not supported in this mode.

● AI Full Keyboard (9000Pro Only)

This Full Keyboard mode is suitable for the piano performance with the both hands (e.g. arpeggios and melody). Chords can be presumed even one or two notes are played. There is a limit to the types of chords that can be detected. See the fingering chart of the Fingered Advanced mode on page 13.

•This fingering mode may not be suitable for some performance.

•Notes in parentheses can be omitted.

•If you play any three adjacent keys (including black keys), the chord sound will be canceled and only the rhythm instruments will continue playing (Chord Cancel function).

•The chord fingerings listed are all in “root” position, but other inversions can be used – with the exceptions described on Note column.

•The auto accompaniment will sometimes not change when related chords are played in sequence (e.g. some minor chords followed by the minorseventh).

•Two-note fingerings will produce a chord based on the previously played chord.

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4. The New Features

■Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode

●Example for “C” chords

C

C (9)

C6

C 6(9)

CM7

or

CM7 (9)

CM7(#11)

or

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

(

(

(

(

(

(

(

C(b5)

CM7b5

Csus4

Caug

CM7 aug

Cm

Cm(9)

Cm6

Cm7

)

)

(

(

Cm7 (9)

Cm7(11)

CmM7

CmM7 (9) Cm7 b5

)

(

)

)

)

)

(

(

(

(

C7

or

C 7 (b9)

C 7 (b13)

C 7 (9)

CmM7 b5

Cdim

Cdim7

C 7 (#9)

C 7 (#11)

or

C 7 (13)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

(

(

(

(

(

(

(

(

C 7 b5

C7aug

C7sus4

or

C 1+2+5

Chord Name [Abbreviation]

Display for root “C”

Normal Voicing

Note

Major [M]

C

1

- 3 - 5

Add ninth [(9)]

C(9)

1

- 2 - 3 - 5

Sixth [6]

C6

1

- (3) - 5 - 6

Root position only

Sixth ninth [6(9)]

C6(9)

1

- 2 - 3 - (5) - 6

Root position only

Major seventh [M7]

CM7

1

- 3 - (5) - 7

1

- (3) - 5 - 7

Major seventh ninth [M7(9)]

CM7(9)

1

- 2 - 3 - (5) - 7

Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M7(#11)]

CM7#11

1

- (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - 7

1

- 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - 7

Flatted fifth [(b5)]

C(b5)

1

- 3 - b5

Major seventh flatted fifth [M7b5]

CM7b5

1

- 3 - b5 - 7

Suspended fourth [sus4]

Csus4

1

- 4 - 5

Root position only

Augmented [aug]

Caug

1

- 3 - #5

Root position only

Major seventh augmented [M7aug]

CM7aug

1

- (3) - #5 - 7

Minor [m]

Cm

1

- b3 - 5

Minor add ninth [m(9)]

Cm(9)

1

- 2 - b3 - 5

Minor sixth [m6]

Cm6

1

- b3 - 5 - 6

Root position only

Minor seventh [m7]

Cm7

1

- b3 - (5) - b7

Except 1st inversion

Minor seventh ninth [m7(9)]

Cm7(9)

1

- 2 - b3 - (5) - b7

Minor seventh eleventh [m7(11)]

Cm7_11

1

- (2) - b3 - 4 - 5 - (b7)

Except 1st inversion

Minor major seventh [mM7]

CmM7

1

- b3 - (5) - 7

Minor major seventh ninth [mM7(9)]

CmM7_9

1

- 2 - b3 - (5) - 7

Minor seventh flatted fifth [m7b5]

Cm7b5

1

- b3 - b5 - b7

Except 1st inversion

Minor major seventh flatted fifth [mM7b5]

CmM7b5

1

- b3 - b5 - 7

Diminished [dim]

Cdim

1

- b3 - b5

Diminished seventh [dim7]

Cdim7

1

- b3 - b5 - 6

Root position only

Seventh [7]

C7

1

- 3 - (5) - b7

1

- (3) - 5 - b7

Seventh flatted ninth [7(b9)]

C7(b9)

1

- b2 - 3 - (5) - b7

Seventh add flatted thirteenth [7(b13)]

C7b13

1

- 3 - 5 - b6 - b7

Seventh ninth [7(9)]

C7(9)

1

- 2 - 3 - (5) - b7

Seventh add sharp eleventh [7(#11)]

C7#11

1

- (2) - 3 - #4 - 5 - b7

1

- 2 - 3 - #4 - (5) - b7

Seventh add thirteenth [7(13)]

C7(13)

1

- 3 - (5) - 6 - b7

Seventh sharp ninth [7(#9)]

C7(#9)

1

- #2 - 3 - (5) - b7

Seventh flatted fifth [7b5]

C7b5

1

- 3 - b5 - b7

The lowest note can be the

root note or b7th note.

Seventh augmented [7aug]

C7aug

1

- 3 - #5 - b7

Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4]

C7sus4

1

- 4 - 5 - b7

1

- 4 - b7

Root position only

One plus two plus five [1+2+5]

C1+2+5

1

- 2 - 5

Root position only

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