Digital Workstation
Reference Manual
This Reference Manual explains advanced features of the PSR-S950/S750 that are not explained in
the Owner’s Manual. Please read the Owner’s Manual first, before reading this Reference Manual.
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Table of Contents
Each chapter in this Reference Manual corresponds to the relevant chapters in the Owner’s Manual.
Panel Button Chart 3
1Voices 5
Voice Types (Characteristics) ............................................ 5
Selecting GM&XG or Other Voices.................................... 7
Effect-Related Settings ...................................................... 8
Pitch-Related Settings ..................................................... 11
Editing Voices (Voice Set) ............................................... 13
Editing Organ Flutes Voices ............................................ 18
2Styles 20
Selecting the Chord Fingering Type ................................ 21
Style Playback Related Settings ...................................... 23
Split Point Settings ........................................................... 25
Memorizing Original Settings to One Touch Setting........ 26
Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator) ............................ 27
3 Songs 43
Editing Music Notation Settings ....................................... 44
Editing Lyrics/Text Display Settings ................................. 46
Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with
Song Playback ................................................................. 47
Song Playback Related Parameters (Repeat settings,
Channel settings, Guide Function)................................... 48
Creating/Editing Songs (Song Creator) ........................... 52
4USB Audio 68
5 Multi Pads 68
Multi Pad Creating (Multi Pad Creator) ............................ 68
Multi Pad Editing .............................................................. 70
6 Music Finder 72
Creating a Set of Favorite Records.................................. 72
Editing Records................................................................ 73
Saving the Records as a Single File ................................ 74
7 Registration Memory 76
Editing the Registration Memory...................................... 76
Disabling Recall of Specific Items (Freeze) ..................... 77
Calling Up Registration Memory Numbers in Order
(Registration Sequence) .................................................. 78
8 Microphone 81
Vocal Harmony and Talk Setting ..................................... 81
Microphone (Vocal/Talk) Settings.................................... 82
Setting up the Vocal Harmony Control Parameters......... 85
Editing the Vocal Harmony Types.................................... 87
9 Mixing Console 92
Editing VOL/VOICE Parameters ...................................... 92
Editing FILTER Parameters ............................................. 93
Editing TUNE Parameters................................................ 94
Editing EFFECT Parameters ........................................... 95
Editing EQ Parameters .................................................... 99
10 Connections 101
Footswitch/Foot Controller Settings ............................... 101
MIDI Settings ................................................................. 104
11 Utility 110
CONFIG 1 ...................................................................... 110
CONFIG 2 ...................................................................... 112
SCREEN OUT ......................................... 112
MEDIA............................................................................ 113
OWNER ......................................................................... 114
SYSTEM RESET ........................................................... 115
Index 117
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Panel Button Chart
No. .................................Indicates the corresponding numbers in the “Panel Controls and Terminals” section of the Owner’s Manual.
Button/Control .............Indicates the button/controller that you should use at first for using or entering the corresponding function.
Display...........................Indicates the display title (and tab title) called up by operating the button/controller.
Page ................................Indicates the corresponding page number for related information in the Reference Manual.
Owner’s Manual...........Indicates the corresponding chapter number in the Owner’s Manual for related information.
No.
1 [ ] (Standby/On) switch Opening display — Starting
2 MASTER VOLUME dial — —
3 [DEMO] Demo display —
4 [MIC SETTING/VOCAL
5 SONG [SELECT] Song Selection display — 3
6 STYLE
7 (TEMPO) [TAP TEMPO] — — 2
8 TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] TRANSPOSE (pop-up) — 1
9 [METRONOME] — — —
) [FADE IN/OUT] —2
! STYLE
CONTROL
@ PITCH BEND wheel — — 1
# MODULATION wheel — — 1
$ PHONES jack — —
% [LCD CONTRAST] knob
^ (LCD related
controls)
& [BALANCE] BALANCE display — 2
* [MIXING CONSOLE] MIXING CONSOLE display VOL/VOICE 92 9
Button/Control Display Page
HARMONY] (PSR-S950)
[SCORE] SCORE display 44
[LYRICS/TEXT] LYRICS or TEXT display 46
[GUIDE] — 50
[REPEAT] — —
[EXTRA TR], [TR 2], [TR 1]
[REC] CHANNEL ON/OFF (SONG) display —
[J] (STOP) — —
[F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE) — —
[G] (REW) / [H] (FF) SONG POSITION (pop-up) —
[POP & ROCK] – [WORLD]
[EXPANSION/USER] Style Selection display (USER) —
TEMPO [-]/[+] TEMPO (pop-up) —
[ACMP] — — 2
[OTS LINK] — —
[AUTO FILL IN] — —
INTRO [I] – [III] — —
MAIN VARIATION [A] –
[D]
[BREAK] — —
ENDING/rit. [I] – [III] — —
[SYNC STOP] — —
[SYNC START] — —
[START/STOP] — —
(PSR-S750)
TAB [E][F]— —
[A] – [J] — —
[DIRECT ACCESS] (message) —
[EXIT] — —
[1 ] – [8 ] buttons — —
DATA ENTRY dial — —
[ENTER] — —
MIC SETTING/VOCAL HARMONY display 81 8
——
Style Selection display (PRESET) — 2
——
——Starting
FILTER 93
TUNE 94
EFFECT 95
EQ 99
Owner’s
Manual
Up
Panel
Controls
and
Ter m in a ls
Up
Basic
Operations
Panel Button Chart
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Panel Button Chart
No.
( [CHANNEL ON/OFF] CHANNEL ON/OFF display SONG — 2
A [FUNCTION] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE MASTER TUNE 11 —
B VOICE [PIANO] –
C [USB AUDIO PLAYER] USB AUDIO PLAYER display — 4
D [USB] SONG, AUDIO, STYLE, VOICE,
E VOICE
CONTROL
F [MUSIC FINDER] MUSIC FINDER display ALL — 6
G PART S E L EC T [LEFT] – [RIGHT 2] — — 1
H PART ON/OFF [LEFT HOLD] — — 1
I REGISTRATION
MEMORY
J MULTI PAD
CONTROL
ONE TOUCH
K
SETTING
L UPPER OCTAVE [-]/[+] UPPER OCTAVE (pop-up) — 1
Button/Control Display Page
STYLE 1/2 or 2/2 (PSR-S950)
STYLE (PSR-S750)
SCALE TUNE 11
SONG SETTING 48
STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT/CHORD
FINGERING
CONTROLLER FOOT PEDAL 101
REGIST SEQUENCE/FREEZE/
VOICE SET
DIGITAL REC MENU SONG CREATOR 52
HARMONY/ECHO 9
MIDI MIDI Setups selection
UTILITY CONFIG 1 110
EXPANSION PACK INSTALLATION Expansion Pack
Voice Selection display (PRESET) — 1
[PERC. & DRUM KIT]
[ORGAN FLUTES] Organ Flutes VOICE SET display FOOTAGE —
EXPANSION/USER Voice Selection display (USER) —
MULTI PAD, REGIST
[HARMONY/ECHO] — — 1
[TOUCH] — —
[SUSTAIN] — —
[MONO] — —
[DSP] — —
[VARI.] — —
[LEFT] – [RIGHT 2] — —
REGIST BANK [-]/[+] REGISTRATION BANK — 7
[FREEZE] — 77 —
[MEMORY] REGISTRATION MEMORY CONTENTS display — 7
[1] – [8] — —
[SELECT] Multi Pad Selection display — 5
[1] – [4] — —
[STOP] — —
[1] – [4] — — 2
STYLE SETTING 23
SPLIT POINT 25
CHORD FINGERING 21
KEYBOARD/PANEL 8
REGISTRATION
SEQUENCE
FREEZE 77
VOICE SET 13
STYLE CREATOR 27
MULTI PAD CREATOR 68
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display
CONFIG 2 112
SCREEN OUT
(PSR-S950)
MEDIA 113
OWNER 114
SYSTEM RESET 115
Selection display
VOLUME/ATTACK 19
EFFECT/EQ 19
Selection display (USB) —
FAVORITE 72 —
SEARCH 1 — 6
SEARCH 2 — 6
Owner’s
Manual
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Operations
Basic
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Voices
Contents
Voice Types (Characteristics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Selecting GM&XG or Other Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Effect-Related Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
• Setting the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
• Selecting the Harmony/Echo type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Pitch-Related Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
• Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
• Scale Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
• Changing the Part Assignment of the TRANSPOSE Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Editing Voices (Voice Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
• Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
• Disabling Automatic Selection of Voice Sets (Effects, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Editing Organ Flutes Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Voice Types (Characteristics)
The particular type of Voice is indicated at the upper left of the Voice name in the Voice Selection display.
The defining characteristics of these Voices and their performance advantages are described below.
S.Art!
(Super Articulation)
These Voices provide many benefits with great playability and expressive control in real time.
For example, with the Saxophone Voice, if you play a C and then a D in a very
legato way, you will hear the note change seamlessly, as though a saxophone
player played it in a single breath.
Similarly with the Concert Guitar Voice and play the D note strongly, the D
note would sound as a “hammer on,” without the string being plucked again.
Depending on how you play, other effects such as “shaking” or breath noises
(for the Trumpet Voice), or finger noises (for the Guitar Voice) are produced.
For details on how to best play each Super Articulation Voice, call up the information window (pressing the [7 ] (INFO.) button in the Voice Selection display).
Live! These acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo, to produce a truly
authentic, rich sound—full of atmosphere and ambience.
Cool! These Voices capture the dynamic textures and subtle nuances of electric
instruments—thanks to a huge amount of memory and some very sophisticated
programming.
Sweet! These acoustic instrument sounds also benefit from Yamaha’s sophisticated
technology—and feature a finely detailed and natural sound.
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Drums Various drum and percussion sounds are assigned to individual keys, letting
you play the sounds from the keyboard.
SFX Various special effect sounds and percussion sounds are assigned to individual
keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard.
Organ Flutes! This authentic organ Voice lets you use the Voice Set to adjust the various foot-
ages and craft your own original organ sounds. See page 18 for details.
MegaVoice These Voices make special use of velocity switching. Each velocity range (the
measure of your playing strength) has a completely different sound.
For example, a guitar MegaVoice includes the sounds of various performance
techniques. In conventional instruments, different Voices having those sounds
would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired
effect. However, now with MegaVoices, a convincing guitar part can be played
with just a single Voice, using specific velocity values to play the desired
sounds. Because of the complex nature of these Voices and the precise velocities need to play the sounds, they’re not intended for playing from the keyboard. They are, however, very useful and convenient when creating MIDI
data—especially when you want to avoid using several different Voices just for
a single instrument part.
The MegaVoices are in the “StyleVoices” folder in the Voice Selection display.
For instructions on selecting MegaVoices, refer to the “Selecting GM&XG or
Other Voices” on page 7.
NOTE Super Articulation and Mega Voices are not compatible with other instrument models. For this reason, any Song or Style you’ve created on this instru-
ment using these Voices will not sound properly when played back on the instruments which do not have these types of Voices.
NOTE Super Articulation and Mega Voices sound differently depending on keyboard range, velocity, touch, etc. Hence, if you apply a HARMONY/ECHO effect,
change the transpose setting or change the Voice Set parameters, unexpected or undesired sounds may result.
For a list of preset Voices of this instrument, refer to the “Voice List” in the Data List. The Data List is
available at the online Yamaha Library.
Using MEGAEnhancer
MEGAEnhancer is a software program that converts XG/GM song data (Standard MIDI File) to song
data specially enhanced to be played back using an instrument or tone generator containing MegaVoices.
With the use of the sophisticated MegaVoices, MEGAEnhancer automatically makes conventional song
files with guitar, bass, and other parts sound much more realistic and authentic. MEGAEnhancer can be
downloaded from the Yamaha website.
http://download.yamaha.com/
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Selecting GM&XG or Other Voices
This instrument features Voices provided specially for Style playback and XG/GM compatibility. These
Voices cannot be called up directly from the VOICE category selection buttons. However, they can be called
up as described below.
1 Press the PART SELECT button corresponding to the Voice you want to call up.
2 Press one of the VOICE category selection buttons (other than the [ORGAN FLUTES]
and [USER/EXPANSION] buttons) to call up the Voice Selection display.
3 Press the [8 ] (UP) button to call up the Voice categories.
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4 Press the [2 ] (P2) button to display Page 2.
5 Press the desired [A]–[J] button to call up the Voice Selection display of GM&XG
Voices, GM2 Voices, etc.
NOTE You can find the “Legacy” folder in this display. This folder contains previous Yamaha keyboards’ Voices (such as PSR-S910, PSR-S710, etc.) for data
compatibility with other models.
NOTE The “StyleVoices” folder contains the MegaVoices (page 6).
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6 Select the desired Voice.
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2
3
Touch Sensitivity is applied to
the checkmarked parts.
Voices
Effect-Related Settings
Setting the Touch Sensitivity of the Keyboard
Touch Sensitivity determines how the sound responds to your playing strength. The touch sensitivity type
becomes the common setting for all Voices.
NOTE Some Voices are purposely designed without touch sensitivity, in order to emulate the true characteristics of the actual instrument (for example, conventional
organs, which have no touch response).
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [D] CONTROLLER TAB [ E][F] KEYBOARD/PANEL
2 Use the [A] button to select “1 TOUCH RESPONSE.”
3 Use the [1 ]–[7 ] buttons to set the touch response.
1 TOUCH RESPONSE
[1 ]/
[2 ]
[4 ] TOUCH OFF
[5 ]–
[7 ]
TOUCH Determines the Touch Sensitivity type.
HARD 2
Requires strong playing to produce high volume. Best for players with a
heavy touch.
HARD 1
Requires moderately strong playing for higher volume.
MEDIUM
Standard Touch Sensitivity.
SOFT 1
Produces high volume with moderate playing strength.
SOFT 2
Produces relatively high volume even with light playing strength. Best for
players with a light touch.
Determines the fixed volume level when Touch is set to “OFF.”
LEVEL
LEFT–RIGHT2 Turns Touch on or off for each keyboard part.
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Selecting the Harmony/Echo type
Harmony Types
Multi Assign Type
Echo Types
Split Point
(for the Voice)
LEFT Voice and chord section
for Harmony effect
Right-hand section
(RIGHT 1 and 2 Voices)
Chord section for Style playback
and Harmony effect
Chord section for
Style playback and
Harmony effect
Split Point
Split Point
(for Style playback)
Split Point
Left-hand section
(LEFT Voice)
Right-hand section
(RIGHT 1 and 2 Voices)
You can select the desired Harmony/Echo effect from a variety of types.
NOTE When the [MONO] button is turned to on or you use the Super Articulation Voices, the Harmony/Echo effect may not work properly.
1 Turn the [HARMONY/ECHO] button on.
2 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [G] HARMONY/ECHO
3 Use the [1 ]–[3 ] buttons to select the Harmony/Echo type.
The Harmony/Echo types are divided into the following groups, depending on the particular effect applied.
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Harmony Types
The harmony effect is applied to the note played in the right-hand section of the keyboard according to the
chord specified in the chord or left-hand section shown below.
NOTE The “1+5” and “Octave” settings are not affected by the chord.
NOTE For details on the sections, see page 25.
Multi Assign Type
The Multi Assign effect automatically assigns notes played simultaneously on the right-hand section of
the keyboard to separate parts (Voices). Both of the keyboard part [RIGHT 1] and [RIGHT 2] should be
turned on when using the Multi Assign effect. The Right 1 and Right 2 Voices are alternately assigned to
the notes in the order you play.
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Echo Types
The Echo, Tremolo or Trill effect is applied to the note played in the right-hand section of the keyboard in
time with the currently set tempo, regardless of the [ACMP] and the LEFT part on/off status. Keep in mind
that Trill works when you hold down two notes on the keyboard simultaneously (or the last two notes, if
more than two notes are held), and it plays those notes alternately.
4 Use the [4 ]–[8 ] buttons to select various Harmony/Echo settings.
The available settings differ depending on the Harmony/Echo type.
[4 ] VOLUME This parameter is available for all types with the exception of “Multi
Assign.” It determines the volume level of the harmony/echo notes generated by the Harmony/Echo effect.
] SPEED This parameter is only available when Echo, Tremolo, or Trill is selected
[5
in Type above. It determines the speed of the Echo, Tremolo, and Trill
effects.
[6
] ASSIGN Determines the keyboard Part that the effect is assigned.
AUTO: Applies the effect to the part for which PART ON/OFF is on.
When the both parts are on, the RIGHT 1 part is given priority over the
RIGHT 2 part.
MULTI: When both parts are on, the note played on the keyboard is
sounded by RIGHT 1 part and the harmonies (effect) are divided to the
RIGHT 1 and RIGHT 2 parts. When only one part is on, the note
played on the keyboard and effect are sounded by that part.
R1, R2: Applies the effect to the selected part (RIGHT 1 or RIGHT 2).
NOTE This parameter is not available for the Multi Assign type.
[7 ] CHORD NOTE
ONLY
This parameter is available when one of the Harmony Types is selected.
When this is set to “ON,” the Harmony effect is applied only to the note
(played in the right-hand section of the keyboard) that belongs to a chord
played in the chord section of the keyboard.
] TOUCH LIMIT This parameter is available for all types with the exception of “Multi
[8
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Assign.” It determines the lowest velocity value at which the harmony
note will sound. This allows you to selectively apply the harmony by your
playing strength, letting you create harmony accents in the melody. The
harmony effect is applied when you play the key strongly (above the set
value).
Pitch-Related Settings
The tuning of each note for the currently selected scale is shown.
Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument
You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument such as keyboard, Style and Song parts (except the
keyboard part played by the Drum Kit or SFX Kit Voices, and audio playback)—a useful feature when
playing the PSR-S950/S750 along with other instruments or CD music.
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE TAB [E][F] MASTER TUNE
2 Use the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons to set the tuning in 0.2 Hz steps.
Press both [] and [] buttons (of 4 and 5) simultaneously to reset the value to the factory setting of
440.0 Hz.
Scale Tuning
You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical periods or music genres.
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE TAB [E][F] SCALE TUNE
2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired scale.
Preset Scale types
EQUAL
The pitch range of each octave is divided equally into twelve parts, with each halfstep evenly spaced in pitch. This is the most commonly used tuning in music today.
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PURE MAJOR, PURE
MINOR
PYTHAGOREAN
MEAN-TONE
WERCKMEISTER,
KIRNBERGER
ARABIC1, ARABIC2
These tunings preserve the pure mathematical intervals of each scale, especially for
triad chords (root, third, fifth). You can hear this best in actual vocal harmonies—
such as choirs and a cappella singing.
This scale was devised by the famous Greek philosopher and is created from a
series of perfect fifths, which are collapsed into a single octave. The 3rd in this tuning are slightly unstable, but the 4th and 5th are beautiful and suitable for some
leads.
This scale was created as an improvement on the Pythagorean scale, by making the
major third interval more “in tune.” It was especially popular from the 16th century
to the 18th century. Handel, among others, used this scale.
This composite scale combines the Werckmeister and Kirnberger systems, which
were themselves improvements on the mean-tone and Pythagorean scales. The
main feature of this scale is that each key has its own unique character. The scale
was used extensively during the time of Bach and Beethoven, and even now it is
often used when performing period music on the harpsichord.
Use these tunings when playing Arabic music.
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3 Change the following settings as necessary.
[2 ] BASE NOTE Determines the base note for each scale. When the base note is changed,
the pitch of the keyboard is transposed, yet maintains the original pitch
relationship between the notes.
[3 ]–
[5 ]
TUNE Select the desired note to be tuned by using the [3 ] buttons and tune
it in cents by using the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons.
NOTE In musical terms a “cent” is 1/100th of a semitone. (100 cents equal one semitone.)
[6 ]/
[7 ]
[8 ] MARK ON/OFF
NOTE To register the Scale Tune settings to Registration Memory, be sure to checkmark the SCALE item in the REGISTRATION MEMORY CONTENTS display.
PART SELECT Select the part to which the Scale Tune setting is applied by using the
[6 ]/[7 ] buttons. Then press the [8 ] button to add a checkmark or press the [8 ] button to remove the checkmark.
Changing the Part Assignment of the TRANSPOSE Buttons
You can determine to which parts the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons are applied.
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [D] CONTROLLER TAB [ E][F] KEYBOARD/PANEL
2 Use the [B] button to select “3 TRANSPOSE ASSIGN.”
3 Press the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons to select the desired part assignment.
KEYBOARD The TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons affect the pitch of keyboard played Voices,
Style playback (controlled by the performance in the chord section of the keyboard), and Multi Pad playback (when Chord Match is on, and left-hand chords
are indicated)—but they do not affect Song playback.
SONG The TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons affect only the pitch of Song playback.
MASTER The TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons affect the overall pitch of the instrument,
except audio playback.
The assignment can be confirmed by the pop-up window called up via the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons.
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NOTICE
Editing Voices (Voice Set)
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The Voice Set function allows you to create your own Voices by editing some parameters of the existing
Voices. Once you’ve created a Voice, you can save it as a file to internal memory (User drive) or a USB flash
memory for future recall.
1 Select the desired Voice (other than an Organ Flutes Voice).
Organ Flutes Voices have a different editing method than described here. For instructions on editing the
Organ Flutes Voices, see page 18.
2 Press the [6 ] (VOICE SET) button to call up the VOICE SET display.
3 Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to call up the relevant setting page.
For information on the available parameters in each page, see the “Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET
Displays” on page 14.
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4
4 As necessary, use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the item (parameter) to be edited and
edit the Voice by using the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons.
By pressing the [D] (COMPARE) button, you can compare the sound of the edited Voice with the original
(unedited) Voice.
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5 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save your edited Voice.
For details on the Save operation, refer to the Owner’s Manual, Basic Operations.
The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn the power to the instrument off without executing the Save operation.
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Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays
0
64 127
64
127
0
64 127
64
127
Actual Velocity for
tone generator
Depth = 127 (twice)
Depth = 64 (normal)
Depth = 32 (half)
Depth = 0
TOUCH SENSE DEPTH
Changes to velocity curve according to
VelDepth (with Offset set to 64)
Received Velocity
(Actual KeyOn speed)
TOUCH SENSE OFFSET
Changes to velocity curve according to
VelOffset (with Depth set to 64)
Actual Velocity for
tone generator
Received Velocity
(Actual KeyOn
speed)
Offset = 96 (+64)
Offset = 127 (+127)
Offset = 64 (normal)
Offset = 32 (-64)
Offset = 0 (-127)
Depends
on offset
Depends
on offset
The Voice Set parameters are organized into five different pages. The parameters in each page are described
separately, below.
NOTE The available parameters differ depending on the Voice.
COMMON Page
[1 ] VOLUME Adjusts the volume of the current edited Voice.
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[2 ]/
[3 ]
TOUCH SENSE Adjusts the touch sensitivity (velocity sensitivity), or how greatly the vol-
ume responds to your playing strength.
DEPTH
Determines the velocity sensitivity, or how much the level of the Voice
changes in response to your playing strength (velocity).
OFFSET
Determines the amount by which received velocities are adjusted for the
actual velocity effect.
[4 ]/
[5 ]
PART OCTAVE Shifts the octave range of the edited Voice up or down in octaves. When
the edited Voice is used as any of the RIGHT 1–2 parts, the R1/R2 parameter is available; when the edited Voice is used as the LEFT part, the
LEFT parameter is available.
[6 ] MONO/POLY Determines whether the edited Voice is played monophonically or poly-
phonically. This setting can also be made from the VOICE CONTROL
[MONO] button on the panel.
[7 ] PORTAMENTO
TIME
Determines the pitch transition time when the edited Voice is set to
MONO above.
NOTE Portamento is a function that creates a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the
keyboard to the next.
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CONTROLLER Page
Vol ume
These frequencies are
“passed” by the filter.
Cutoff
range
Frequency
(pitch)
Cutoff Frequency
Vol ume
Frequency (pitch)
Resonance
MODULATION
The MODULATION wheel can be used to modulate the parameters below as well as the pitch (vibrato).
Here, you can set the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates each of the following
parameters.
[2 ] FILTER Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the
Filter Cutoff Frequency. For details about the filter, see below.
[3 ] AMPLITUDE Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the
amplitude (volume).
[5 ] LFO PMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the
pitch, or the vibrato effect.
[6 ] LFO FMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the
Filter modulation, or the wah effect.
[7 ] LFO AMOD Determines the degree to which the MODULATION wheel modulates the
amplitude, or the tremolo effect.
SOUND Page
FILTER
Filter is a processor that changes the timbre or tone of a sound by either blocking or passing a specific
frequency range. The parameters below determine the overall timbre of the sound by boosting or cutting a
certain frequency range. In addition to making the sound either brighter or mellower, Filter can be used to
produce electronic, synthesizer-like effects.
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Voices
[1 ] BRIGHT
(Brightness)
[2 ]HARMO.
(Harmonic Content)
Determines the cutoff frequency or
effective frequency range of the filter (see diagram). Higher values
result in a brighter sound.
Determines the emphasis given to
the cutoff frequency (resonance),
set in BRIGHT. above (see diagram). Higher values result in a
more pronounced effect.
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Time
Level
Key on Key off
Sustain
Level
ATTACK DECAY RELEASE
Pitch
DELAY
SPEED
DEPTH
Time
Voices
EG
The EG (Envelope Generator) settings determine how the level of the
sound changes in time. This lets you reproduce many sound
characteristics of natural acoustic instruments—such as the quick
attack and decay of percussion sounds, or the long release of a
sustained piano tone.
[3 ] ATTACK Determines how quickly the sound reaches its maximum level after the
key is played. The lower the value, the quicker the attack.
[4 ] DECAY Determines how quickly the sound reaches its sustain level (a slightly
lower level than maximum). The lower the value, the quicker the decay.
[5 ] RELES.
(Release)
Determines how quickly the sound decays to silence after the key is
released. The lower the value, the quicker the decay.
VIBRATO
Vibrato is a quavering, vibrating sound effect that is produced by
regularly modulating the pitch of the Voice.
[6 ] DEPTH Determines the intensity of the Vibrato effect. Higher settings result in a
more pronounced Vibrato.
[7 ] SPEED Determines the speed of the Vibrato effect.
[8 ] DELAY Determines the amount of time that elapses between the playing of a key
and the start of the Vibrato effect. Higher settings increase the delay of the
Vibrato onset.
EFFECT/EQ Page
1 REVERB DEPTH/CHORUS DEPTH/DSP DEPTH/PANEL SUSTAIN
[1 ]/
[2 ]
[3 ]/
[4 ]
REVERB
DEPTH
CHORUS
DEPTH
Adjusts the reverb depth.
Adjusts the chorus depth.
[5 ] DSP ON/OFF Determines whether the DSP effect is on or off.
This setting can also be made from the VOICE CONTROL [DSP] button
on the panel.
[6 ] DSP DEPTH Adjusts the DSP depth.
If you want to re-select the DSP type, you can do so in the “2 DSP” menu
explained on page 17.
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[7 ] PANEL SUS-
TAI N
Determines the sustain level applied to the edited Voice when the VOICE
CONTROL [SUSTAIN] button on the panel is turned on.
2 DSP
[1 ]–
[4 ]
DSP TYPE Selects the DSP effect category and type. Select a type after selecting a
category.
[5 ]–
[8 ]
[5 ] ON/OFF Turns the DSP Variation on or off for the selected Voice. This setting
[6 ]
–[8 ]
3 EQ
Determines the Frequency and Gain of the Low and High EQ bands. For information about EQ, refer to
page 99.
HARMONY Page
Same as in the [FUNCTION] [H] HARMONY/ECHO display. See “Selecting the Harmony/Echo
type” on page 9.
VARIATION Two variations are provided for each DSP type. Here, you can edit the
VARIATION on/off status and the variation’s parameter value setting.
can also be made from the VOICE CONTROL [DSP VARI.] button on
the panel. (This button is effective only when the [DSP] button is on.)
PARAMETER Displays the variation parameter. (This differs depending on the effect
type and cannot be changed.)
VALUE Adjusts the value of the DSP variation parameter.
Disabling Automatic Selection of Voice Sets (Effects, etc.)
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Voices
Each Voice is linked to its default VOICE SET parameter settings. Usually these settings are automatically
called up when a Voice is selected. However, you can also disable this feature by the operation in the relevant
display as explained below. For example, if you want to change the Voice yet keep the same Harmony effect,
set the HARMONY/ECHO parameter to OFF (in the display explained below).
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [E] REGIST SEQUENCE/FREEZE/VOICE SET TAB [E][F] VOICE SET
2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select a keyboard part.
2
3
3 Use the [4 ]–[7 ] buttons to turn on or off of each item for the selected Part.
When the button is set to ON, the corresponding parameter settings are called up automatically together
with the Voice selection. For information on which parameters are linked to each item, see below.
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NOTICE
[4 ] VOICE Corresponds to the parameter settings of the COMMON, CONTROL-
LER, and SOUND pages.
[5 ] EFFECT Corresponds to the parameter settings of 1 and 2 in the EFFECT/EQ page.
[6 ] EQ Corresponds to the parameter settings of 3 in the EFFECT/EQ page.
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Voices
[7 ] HARMONY/
ECHO
Corresponds to the HARMONY page.
Editing Organ Flutes Voices
The Organ Flute Voices can be edited by adjusting the footage levers, adding the attack sound, applying
effects and equalizer, etc.
1 Select the desired Organ Flutes Voice.
1-1 Press the [ORGAN FLUTES] button.
1-2 Press the [I] (PRESET) button to call up the Voice Selection display.
1-3 Press one of the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Voice.
2 Press the [6 ] (FOOTAGE) button to call up the VOICE SET display.
3 Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to call up the relevant setting page (FOOTAGE, VOLUME/
ATTACK or EFFECT/EQ).
For information on the available parameters in each page, see pages 18–19.
4 Save your edited Voice.
The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn the power of the instrument off without executing the Save operation.
4-1 Press the [I] (PRESET) button.
4-2 Select the appropriate page (USER or USB) to which you want to save the data by using the
E][F] buttons.
TAB [
4-3 Press the [6 ] (SAVE) button.
For details on the Save operation, refer to the Owner’s Manual, Basic Operations.
FOOTAGE Page
Refer to the Owner’s Manual, chapter 1.
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VOLUME/ATTACK Page
Same as the
FOOTAGE Page.
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[1 ] VOL (Volume) Adjusts the overall volume of the Organ Flutes. The longer the graphic
bar, the greater the volume.
[2 ] RESP (Response) Affects both the attack and release (page 16) portion of the sound, increas-
ing or decreasing the response time of the initial swell and release, based
on the FOOTAGE controls. The higher the value, the slower the swell and
release.
[3 ]VIB. SPEED
(Vibrato Speed)
[4 ] MODE The MODE control selects between two modes: FIRST and EACH. In the
[5 ]–
[7 ]
[8 ] LENG (Length) Affects the attack portion of the sound producing a longer or shorter decay
4’, 2 2/3’, 2’ These determine the attack sound volume of the Organ Flutes Voice. The
Determines the speed of the vibrato effect controlled by the Vibrato On/
Off ([F]/[G] buttons) and Vibrato Depth ([H] button).
FIRST mode, attack (percussive sound) is applied only to the first notes
played and held simultaneously; while the first notes are held, any subsequently played notes have no attack applied. In the EACH mode, attack is
applied equally to all notes.
4’, 2-2/3’ and 2’ controls increase or reduce the volume of attack sound at
the corresponding footages. The longer the graphic bar, the greater the
attack sound volume.
immediately after the initial attack. The longer the graphic bar, the longer
the decay.
Voices
EFFECT/EQ Page
Same parameters as in the VOICE SET “EFFECT/EQ” Page explained on page 16.
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Styles
Styles
Contents
Selecting the Chord Fingering Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Style Playback Related Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Split Point Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Memorizing Original Settings to One Touch Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
• Realtime Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
• Step Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
• Style Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
• Editing the Rhythmic Feel (GROOVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
• Editing Data for Each Channel (CHANNEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
• Making Style File Format Settings (PARAMETER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Style Types (Characteristics)
The particular type of Style is indicated at the upper left of the Style name in the Style Selection display. The
defining characteristics of these Styles and their performance advantages are described below.
Pro: These Styles provide professional and exciting arrangements combined with perfect playability. The
resulting accompaniment exactly follows the chords of the player. As a result, your chord changes and
colorful harmonies are instantly transformed into lifelike musical accompaniment.
Session: These Styles provide even greater realism and authentic backing by mixing in original chord types
and changes, as well as special riffs with chord changes, with the Main sections. These have been
programmed to add “spice” and a professional touch to your performances of certain songs and in certain
genres. Keep in mind, however, that the Styles may not necessarily be appropriate—or even harmonically
correct—for all songs and for all chord playing. In some cases for example, playing a simple major triad for
a country song may result in a “jazzy” seventh chord, or playing an on-bass chord may result in
inappropriate or unexpected accompaniment.
+Audio (PSR-S950): Indicates the Audio Style. For more information on Audio Styles, refer to the Owner’s
Manual.
For the Preset Style List, refer to the Data List downloadable from Yamaha Manual Library.
Style file compatibility
This instrument uses the SFF GE file format. This instrument can play back existing SFF files, however they
will be saved in the SFF GE format when the file is saved (or pasted) in this instrument. Please keep in mind
that the saved file can only be played back on instruments that are compatible with the SFF GE format.
For information about SFF GE, refer to the Owner’s Manual.
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Selecting the Chord Fingering Type
The Chord Fingering type determines how chords are specified for Style playback. You can select desired
one from the seven types.
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [C] STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT/CHORD FINGERING TA B [E][F] CHORD
FINGERING
2 Press the [1 ]–[3 ] buttons to select a fingering.
For information on each fingering type, see page 22.
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Styles
Chord Tutor Function
With this function shown in the right half of this display, you can see which notes to press for specifying
the chord. If you know a chord name but don’t know how to play it, use this function. Although this
function shows how to play a chord only in case of “Fingered,” the indication is useful also when a type
other than “Single Finger” is selected.
Use the [6 ] buttons to select the chord root then use the [7 ]–[8 ] buttons to select the
chord type. The notes you need to play are shown in the display.
NOTE Depending on the chord, some notes may be omitted.
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Cm
C
Cm
7
C
7
For a major chord,
press the root key only.
For a minor chord,
simultaneously press
the root key and a black
key to its left.
For a seventh chord,
simultaneously press the
root key and a white key to
its left.
For a minor-seventh chord,
simultaneously press the root
key and both a white and black
key to its left.
Styles
Chord Fingering Types
SINGLE FINGER Makes it simple to produce orchestrated accompaniment using major, seventh,
minor and minor-seventh chords by pressing only one, two or three keys on the
Chord section of the keyboard.
MULTI FINGER Automatically detects Single Finger or Fingered chord fingerings, so you can
use either type of fingering without having to switch fingering types.
FINGERED Lets you specify the chord by pressing the notes making up a chord in the left
hand section of the keyboard when ACMP is turned on or the Left part is
turned on. For information on which notes to press for each chord, refer to the
Data List (Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode) downloadable from
Yamaha Manual Library, or use the Chord Tutor function on the right-half of
this display.
FINGERED ON BASS Accepts the same fingerings as Fingered, but the lowest note played in the
Chord section of the keyboard is used as the bass note, allowing you to play
“on bass” chords. (In the Fingered type, the root of the chord is always used as
the bass note.)
FULL KEYBOARD Detects chords in the entire key range. Chords are detected in a way similar to
Fingered, even if you split the notes between your left and right hands—for
example, playing a bass note with your left hand and a chord with your right, or
by playing a chord with your left hand and a melody note with your right.
AI FINGERED Basically the same as Fingered, with the exception that less than three notes
can be played to indicate the chords (based on the previously played chord,
etc.).
AI FULL KEYBOARD This type is similar to Full Keyboard, with the exception that less than three
notes can be played to indicate the chords (based on the previously played
chord, etc.). 9th, 11th and 13th chords cannot be played.
NOTE “AI” stands for “Artificial Intelligence.”
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Style Playback Related Settings
The instrument has a variety of settings for Style playback which can be accessed in the display below.
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [C] STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT/CHORD FINGERING TA B [E][F] STYLE
SETTING
2 Use the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons for each setting.
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Styles
[1 ] STOP ACMP When [ACMP] is turned on and [SYNC START] is off, you can play
chords in the chord section of the keyboard with the Style stopped, and
still hear the accompaniment chord. In this condition—called “Stop
Accompaniment”—any valid chord fingerings are recognized and the
chord root/type are shown in the display. Here, you can determine whether
the chord played in the chord section will sound or not in the Stop Accompaniment status.
OFF
The chord played in the chord section will not sound.
STYLE
The chord played in the chord section will sound via the Voices for the
Pad part and the Bass channel of the selected Style.
FIXED
The chord played in the chord section will sound via the specified Voice,
regardless of the selected Style.
NOTE When the selected Style contains MegaVoices, unexpected sounds may result when this is set to
“STYLE.”
NOTE When you record a Song, the chord detected by playing the Stop Accompaniment can be recorded
regardless of the setting here. Please note that both the sounding Voice and chord data is recorded
when set to “STYLE,” and only the chord data is recorded when set to “OFF” or “FIXED.”
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[2 ] OTS LINK TIM-
ING
This applies to the OTS Link function. This parameter determines the timing in which the One Touch Settings change with the MAIN VARIATION
[A]–[D] change. (The [OTS LINK] button must be on.)
REAL TIME
One Touch Setting is immediately called up when you press a MAIN
VARIATION button.
NEXT BAR
One Touch Setting is called up at the next measure, after you press a
MAIN VARIATION button.
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[3 ]SYNCHRO
STOP WINDOW
[4 ] STYLE TOUCH Turns touch response for the Style playback on/off. When this is set to
[5 ]/
[6 ]
[7 ] TEMPO This determines whether the tempo setting of the Style changes or not
SECTION SET Determines the default section that is automatically called up when select-
This determines how long you can hold a chord before the Synchro Stop
function is automatically cancelled. When the [SYNC STOP] button is
turned on and this is set to a value other than “OFF,” this automatically
cancels the Synchro Stop function if you hold a chord for longer than the
time set here. This conveniently resets Style playback control to normal,
letting you release the keys and still have the Style play. In other words, if
you release the keys sooner than the time set here, the Synchro Stop function works.
“ON,” the Style volume changes in response to your playing strength in
the chord section of the keyboard.
ing different Styles (when Style playback is stopped). When set to “OFF”
and Style playback is stopped, the active section is maintained even if the
different Style is selected. When any of the MAIN A–D sections is not
included in the Style data, the nearest section is automatically selected.
For example, when MAIN D is not contained in the selected Style, MAIN
C will be called up.
when you change Styles.
LOCK
The previous tempo setting is always maintained.
HOLD
During Style playback, the previous tempo setting is maintained. When
Style playback is stopped, the tempo changes to that of the initial default
tempo for the selected Style.
RESET
The tempo always changes to that of the initial default tempo for the
selected Style.
[8 ] PART ON/OFF This determines whether the Style Channel On/Off status changes or not
when you change Styles.
LOCK
The Channel On/Off status of the previous Style is always maintained.
HOLD
During Style playback, the Channel On/Off status of the previous Style is
maintained. When Style playback is stopped, all Style Channels are set to
On.
RESET
All Style Channels are set to On.
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Split Point Settings
Split Point (S)
Chord section
Right-hand section
(RIGHT 1 and 2 Voices)
Split Point (L)
Left-hand
section
(LEFT Voice)
Split Point (S+L)
Chord + Left-
hand (LEFT
Voice) section
Right-hand section
(RIGHT 1 and 2 Voices)
The key which divides the keyboard into two or three sections is referred to as “Split Point.” There are two
types of Split Point: “Split Point (L)” and “Split Point (S).” The “Split Point (L)” divides the keyboard into
the left-hand and right-hand sections while the “Split Point (S)” divides the keyboard into chord and melody
sections.
1 Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] [C] STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT/CHORD FINGERING TA B [E][F] SPLIT
POINT
2 Set the Split Point.
[F] Split Point (S+L) Sets the Split Point (S) and Split Point (L) to the same note. Press the [F]
button and rotate the [DATA ENTRY] dial. You can also specify the Split
Point directly from the keyboard by pressing the desired key on the keyboard while holding the [F] button.
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Styles
[G] Split Point (S) Sets each Split Point. Press one of the desired buttons and rotate the
[DATA ENTRY] dial. You can also specify the Split Point directly from
[H] Split Point (L)
[1 ]/
STYLE You can specify each Split Point by note name. “STYLE” indicates Split
[2 ]
[3 ]/
[4 ]
LEFT
the keyboard by pressing the desired key on the keyboard while holding
the [G] or [H] button.
NOTE Split Point (L) cannot be set lower than Split Point (S).
Point (S) and “LEFT” indicates Split Point (L).
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NOTICE
Styles
Memorizing Original Settings to One Touch Setting
You can memorize your original panel settings to the One Touch Setting. The newly created One Touch
Setting will be saved in the User drive as a Style, and you can call up the One Touch Setting as a part of the
Style.
1 Select the desired Style to memorize your One Touch Setting.
2 Make the desired panel settings, such as those for Voices and effects.
3 Press the [MEMORY] button in the REGISTRATION MEMORY section.
The REGISTRATION MEMORY CONTENTS display appears, however you do not need to determine
the items because the On/Off settings in this display do not affect to the One Touch Setting.
4 Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4] buttons to which you wish to memorize
your panel settings.
A message appears. To memorize various panel settings to other buttons, press the [G] (NO) button, then
repeat steps 2–4.
NOTE For OTS buttons to which your original panel settings have not been memorized, the OTS settings of the original Style will be maintained.
5 Press the [F] (YES) button to call up the Style Selection display and save the One
Touch Setting as a Style.
For instructions on saving, refer to the Owner’s Manual, Basic Operations.
The memorized panel settings (One Touch Settings) will be lost if you change the Style or turn the power off without executing the Save
operation.
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Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator)
Phrase 2
Phrase 1
Pad
Chord 2
Chord 1
Bass
Rhythm 2
Rhythm 1
Audio Part
Recording or copying from another Style
Recording or copying from another Style
Recording or copying from another Style
Recording or copying from another Style
Recording or copying from another Style
Recording or copying from another Style
Recording or copying from another Style
Recording or copying from another Style
(Only for PSR-S950)
Used as is when selecting an Audio Style as star ting
data. This cannot be edited or deleted.
Main A
Main B
Fill In
Intro
Ending 2
Ending 3
Creating a Source Pattern
for each channel separately
The Style Creator function lets you create your original Style by recording the rhythm pattern via the
keyboard performance and using the already-recorded Style data. Basically, select a preset Style that is
closest to the type you want to create, then record the rhythm pattern, bass line, chord backing, or phrase
(referred to as “Source Pattern” in the Style Creator) for each channel of each Section.
Style Data Structure—Consisting of Source Patterns
A Style is made up of the different Sections (Intro, Main, Ending, etc.) and each Section has eight separate
channels, each of which is referred to as “Source Pattern.” With the Style Creator feature, you can create a
Style by separately recording the Source Pattern for each channel, or by importing pattern data from other
existing Styles.
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Styles
(PSR-S950) Limitations on the Audio part:
• If you select a preset Audio Style as starting data, the Audio part is to be used as is. The Audio part cannot be deleted, edited and created from scratch.
• The created Style containing the Audio part can be used only via an instrument that supports Audio
Styles as well as the SFF GE format.
• The Audio part cannot be copied from another Style or Section in the ASSEMBLE page. If you want to
use a specific Audio part, make sure to select the corresponding Audio Style before calling up the Style
Creator display.
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Styles
Basic Procedure for creating a Style
1 Select the desired Style as starting data.
2 Press the [FUNCTION] button, [F] (DIGITAL REC MENU) button, then [B] (STYLE
CREATOR) button to call up the Style Creator display.
3 From the BASIC page, select a Section then make the other settings as necessary.
• Select a Section to be edited or recorded. If the REC CHANNEL indication is shown in the lower half
section of the display, press the [EXIT] button, press the [A] to select “1 SECTION,” then use the
[3 ]–[4 ] buttons to select a Section.
• If you create a Style entirely from scratch, press the [C] (NEW STYLE) button to call up an empty new
Style.
• For the current Section, select the pattern length via the [5 ]–[6 ] buttons. After selecting, press
the [D] (EXECUTE) button to actually enter the specified length.
Note that if an Audio Style is selected as starting data, changing the pattern length deletes the
corresponding Audio part.
• For the entire current Style, set the Tempo and Time Signature in the display called up via the [B] button.
4 Create the Source Pattern for each channel.
• Realtime Recording on the BASIC page (page 29)
Lets you record the Style by simply playing the keyboard.
• Step Recording on the EDIT page (page 33)
Lets you enter each note individually.
• Style Assembly on the ASSEMBLY page (page 33)
Lets you copy various patterns from other preset Styles or Styles you have already created.
5 Edit the already recorded channel data.
• Editing the channel data on the GROOVE (page 35), CHANNEL (page 37), and EDIT (page 33)
pages
Lets you change the rhythmic feel, quantizing and velocity, etc.
• Editing the SFF parameters on the PARAMETER page (page 38)
Lets you copy various patterns from another preset Styles or Styles you have already created.
6 Repeat steps 3–5 as desired.
7 Press the [J] (SAVE) button to save the created Style.
For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.
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Realtime Recording
In the BASIC page, you can record your original rhythm pattern from the keyboard.
Realtime Recording Characteristics in the Style Creator
• Loop Recording
Style playback repeats the rhythm patterns of several measures in a “loop,” and Style recording is also
done using loops. For example, if you start recording with a two-measure MAIN section, the two
measures are repeatedly recorded. Notes that you record will play back from the next repetition (loop),
letting you record while hearing previously recorded material.
• Overdub Recording
This method records new material to a channel already containing recorded data, without deleting the
original data. In Style recording, the recorded data is not deleted, except when using functions such as
Rhythm Clear (page 30) and Delete (page 31). For example, if you start recording with a two-measure
MAIN section, the two measures are repeated many times. Notes that you record will play back from
the next repetition, letting you overdub new material to the loop while hearing previously recorded
material. When creating a Style based on an existing internal Style, overdub recording is applied only
to the rhythm channels. For all other channels (except rhythm), you need to delete the original data
before recording.
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Styles
Recording Rhythm Channels 1–2
The procedure below applies to Step 4 in the Basic Procedure on page 28.
• If you select an Audio Style as starting data:
Playback of the Audio part can be turned on or off via the [H] button, but it cannot be edited or deleted.
Note that the rhythm pattern of this part will be used in the new Style you intend to create. If you want to
create a rhythm phrase in addition to the Audio part, follow the steps below.
1 From the BASIC page, while holding down the [F] (REC CH) button, press the [1 ] or
[2 ] button to select the desired channel as Record target.
A Rhythm channel can be selected as Record target no matter whether already recorded data is included or
not. If already recorded data is included in the selected channel, you can record notes additionally to the
existing data.
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Loop 1st round
Bass Drum
Loop 3rd round
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Hi-Hat
Loop 2nd round
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Styles
2 If necessary, select a Voice then practice the rhythm pattern to be recorded.
Press the [1 ] or [2 ] button (selected channel) to call up the Voice Selection display then select the
desired Voice such as Drum Kit. After selecting, press the [EXIT] button to return to the original display.
With the selected Voice, practice the rhythm pattern to be recorded.
• Available Voices for recording
For the RHY1 channel, any except the Organ Flutes Voices can be used for recording.
For the RHY2 channel, only drum/SFX kits can be used for recording.
3 Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button to start recording.
As the already recorded data plays back, use the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons to turn each channel on or off as
desired. If you selected an Audio Style as starting data, turn the Audio part on or off via the [H] button.
4 As soon as loop playback returns to the first beat in the first measure, start playing
the rhythm pattern to be recorded.
If the rhythm is difficult to play in real time, break it up into individual parts and play each separately as
the playback loops, as shown in the example below.
If you make a mistake or play any wrong notes:
You can delete notes of a specific drum instrument. While holding down the [E] (RHY CLEAR) button,
press the corresponding key on the keyboard.
5 Press the [START/STOP] button to stop playback.
If you want to add more notes, press the [START/STOP] button again to continue recording.
6 Press the [1 ] or [2 ] button to disengage Record.
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