Yamaha PSR-S970 User Manual

This Reference Manual explains advanced features of the PSR-S970/S770.
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.

1Voices 3

Voice Types (Characteristics) ............................................ 3

Selecting GM&XG or Other Voices.................................... 5

Touch Response and Effect-Related Settings................... 6

Pitch-Related Settings ....................................................... 9

Editing Parameters Assigned to the LIVE CONTROL

Knobs............................................................................... 11

Editing Voices (Voice Set) ............................................... 15

Editing Organ Flutes Voices ............................................ 20

Adding New Contents—Expansion Packs....................... 22

2Styles 24

Chord Fingering Types .................................................... 25

Style Playback Related Settings ...................................... 27

Memorizing Original Settings to One Touch Setting........ 29

Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator) ............................ 30

3Songs49

Editing Music Notation (Score) Settings .......................... 49

Editing Lyrics/Text Display Settings ................................. 52

Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with Song

Playback .......................................................................... 53

Song Playback Related Parameters (Guide Function,

Channel settings, Repeat settings).................................. 54

Creating/Editing Songs (Song Creator) ........................... 58

4 USB Audio Player/Recorder 75

5 Multi Pads 75

Creating Multi Pads (Multi Pad Creator) .......................... 75

Editing Multi Pads ............................................................ 77

7Registration Memory 83

Editing the Registration Memory...................................... 83

Disabling Recall of Specific Items (Freeze) ..................... 84

Calling Up Registration Memory Numbers in Order

(Registration Sequence) .................................................. 85

8 Microphone/Guitar Input 88

Making and Saving the Microphone/Guitar Settings

(EQ/CMP) ........................................................................ 88

Setting and Editing Vocal Harmony Types (PSR-S970) .. 91

Editing the Synth Vocoder Types (PSR-S970) ................ 98

9 Mixing Console 102

Editing VOL/VOICE Parameters .................................... 102

Editing FILTER Parameters ........................................... 103

Editing TUNE Parameters.............................................. 104

Editing EFFECT Parameters ......................................... 105

Editing EQ Parameters .................................................. 109

Editing Master Compressor (CMP) Parameters ............ 111

Block Diagram................................................................ 113

10 Connections 114

Footswitch/Foot Controller Settings ............................... 114

MIDI Settings ................................................................. 118

Connecting with an iPhone/iPad via Wireless LAN........ 124

11 Other Functions 126

UTILITY.......................................................................... 126

SYSTEM ........................................................................ 130

Index 133

6 Music Finder 79

Creating a Set of Favorite Records.................................. 79

Editing Records................................................................ 80

Saving the Records as a Single File................................ 81

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Contents

Voice Types (Characteristics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Selecting GM&XG or Other Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Touch Response and Effect-Related Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

• Setting the Touch Response of the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

• Making Detailed Settings for Harmony/Arpeggio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Pitch-Related Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

• Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

• Scale Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

• Changing the Part Assignment of the TRANSPOSE Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Editing Parameters Assigned to the LIVE CONTROL Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Editing Voices (Voice Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

• Editable Parameters in the VOICE SET Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

• Disabling Automatic Selection of Voice Sets (Effects, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Editing Organ Flutes Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Adding New Contents—Expansion Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

• Installing the Expansion Pack data from the USB Flash Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

• Uninstalling the Expansion Pack data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

• Saving the Instrument Info File to the USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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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)

Live! These acoustic instrument sounds were sampled in stereo, to produce a truly

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 S.Art! Voice, call up the information win­dow (pressing the [6 ] (INFO) button in the Voice Selection display).

authentic, rich sound—full of atmosphere and ambience.

Cool! These Voices use sophisticated programming to capture the dynamic textures

and subtle nuances of electric instruments.

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. For information about what sound is
assigned to each key, refer to the “Drum/SFX Kit List” in the Data List on the
website.

Live! Drums These are high-quality drum sounds that take full advantage of Stereo Sam-

pling and Dynamic Sampling.

SFX Various special effect sounds and percussion sounds are assigned to individual

keys, letting you play the sounds from the keyboard. For information about
what sound is assigned to each key, refer to the “Drum/SFX Kit List” in the
Data List on the website.

Live! SFX These are various high-quality special effect sounds and percussion sounds that

take full advantage of Stereo Sampling and Dynamic sampling.

Voices

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 20 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 “MegaVoices” folder in the Voice Selection display.
For instructions on selecting MegaVoices, refer to the “Selecting GM&XG or
Other Voices” on page 5.

NOTE S.Art! and MegaVoices are not compatible with other instrument models. For this reason, any Song or Style you’ve created on this instrument using these

Voices will not sound properly when played back on the instruments which do not have these types of Voices.

NOTE S.Art! and MegaVoices sound differently depending on keyboard range, velocity, touch, etc. Hence, if you turn on the [HARMONY/ARPEGGIO] button,

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 on the website.

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Selecting GM&XG or Other Voices

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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 Turn on the PART SELECT button corresponding to the part you want to use.

2 Press one of the VOICE category selection buttons (other than the [ORGAN FLUTES]

and [EXPANSION/USER] buttons) to call up the Voice Selection display.

3 Press the [8 ] (UP) button to call up the Voice categories.

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-S950, PSR-S750, etc.) for data

compatibility with other models.

NOTE The “MegaVoices” folder contains the MegaVoices (page 4).

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6 Select the desired Voice.

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To uch Response is applied to
the checkmarked parts.

Voices

Touch Response and Effect-Related Settings

Setting the Touch Response of the Keyboard

Touch Response determines how the sound responds to your playing strength. The selected Touch Response
type becomes the common setting for all Voices.

NOTE Some Voices are purposely designed without Touch Response, 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]  TAB [ E] MENU 1  [D] CONTROLLER  TA B [F] KEYBOARD/PANEL

2 Use the [A] button to select “1 TOUCH RESPONSE.”

3 Use the [1 ], [2 ] and [4 ]–[7 ] buttons to set the Touch Response.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[4 ] TOUCH OFF

[5 ]–
[7 ]

TOUCH Determines the Touch Response type.

HARD 2: Requires strong playing to produce high volume. Best for play-

ers with a heavy touch.

HARD 1: Requires moderately strong playing for higher volume.

MEDIUM: Standard Touch Response.

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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Making Detailed Settings for Harmony/Arpeggio

This lets you make detailed settings, including volume level.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [E] MENU 1  [B] HARMONY/ARPEGGIO

2 Select the desired Harmony/Arpeggio category and type by using the [1 ]–[6 ]

buttons.

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3 Use the [7 ] (DETAIL) buttons to call up the detailed setting window.
4 Use the [3 ]–[8 ] buttons to make various Harmony/Arpeggio settings.

When any one of the Arpeggio types is selected, only the parameters indicated by “*” in the list below can
be set. None of the parameters in the list below are available when the Harmony category “Multi Assign”
type is selected.

[3 ] VOLUME* Determines the volume level of the Harmony/Arpeggio notes generated

by the Harmony/Arpeggio function.

NOTE When you are using certain Voices, such as Organ Voices, in which the TOUCH SENSE DEPTH is

set to 0 in the VOICE SET display (page 16), the volume does not change.

[4 ]/
[5 ]

ASSIGN* Determines the keyboard part to which the effect is assigned.

AUTO: Applies the effect to the part (RIGHT 1/2) for which PART ON/

OFF is on. If the Harmony/Echo category is selected, the RIGHT 1
part is given priority over the RIGHT 2 part when both parts are on.

MULTI: This parameter is available when the Harmony/Echo category is

selected. When both parts are on, the note played on the keyboard is
sounded by the 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.

RIGHT 1, RIGHT 2: Applies the effect to the selected part (RIGHT 1 or

RIGHT 2).

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[6 ] SPEED This parameter is only available when the “Echo” category (Echo, Trem-

olo, or Trill) is selected. It determines the speed of the Echo, Tremolo, and
Trill effects.

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[7 ] CHORD NOTE

ONLY

[8 ] TOUCH LIMIT It determines the lowest velocity value at which the Harmony, Echo,

NOTE The settings for the Arpeggio Quantize function and the Arpeggio Hold function can be made on the display called up via [FUNCTION]  TAB [E]

MENU 1  [J] UTILITY  TAB [ E][F] CONFIG 2 (page 128).

This parameter is only available when the “Harmony” category 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.

Tremolo, or Trill 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).

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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-S970/S770 along with other instruments or CD music.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [E] MENU 1  [E] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE  TAB [E] MASTER TUNE

2 Use the [4 ]/[5 ] buttons to set the tuning in 0.2 Hz steps.

Press both [] and [] buttons (of 4 or 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]  TAB [E] MENU 1  [E] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE  TAB [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 ]/
[4 ]

TUNE Select the desired note to be tuned by using the [3 ] buttons and tune

it in cents by using the [4 ] buttons.

NOTE In musical terms a “cent” is 1/100th of a semitone. (100 cents equal one semitone.)

[5 ]–
[8 ]

NOTE To register the Scale Tune settings to Registration Memory, be sure to checkmark the SCALE item in the REGISTRATION MEMORY CONTENTS display

called up via the [MEMORY] button.

PART SELECT Determines whether the Scale Tune setting is applied to each part or not.

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]  TAB [ E] MENU 1  [D] CONTROLLER  TA B [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 display called up via the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons.

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Editing Parameters Assigned to the LIVE CONTROL Knobs

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The eight combinations of functions assigned to the LIVE CONTROL knobs are provided by default,
however, you can change the functions as desired from a variety of options.

1 Press the [ASSIGN] button to call up the LIVE CONTROL display.

2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons or the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons to select the number of the

functions you want to change.

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3 Press the [I] (ASSIGN) button to call up the PARAMETER ASSIGN window.

4 Use the [2 ]–[4 ] buttons (for knob 1) and the [5 ]–[7 ] buttons (for

knob 2) to select the functions to be assigned.

For information on available functions, see pages 12–14.

5 Press the [EXIT] button to close the PARAMETER ASSIGN window.

6 If necessary, repeat steps 2–5 to change the functions for other numbers.

NOTE The settings here are maintained even when you turn off the power.
NOTE Depending on the panel settings or how you move the knob, you may not notice any change to the parameter value, or the knob may not work as

expected, even if you rotate it.

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 Assignable Knob Functions

Voice/Filter/Cut/R1,R2 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter for the RIGHT 1 and 2 parts.

Rotating the knob to the right makes the sound brighter.

Voice/Filter/Res/R1,R2 Adjusts the resonance of the filter for the RIGHT 1 and 2 parts. Rotating

the knob to the right makes the sound more pronounced.

Voice/Filter/R1,R2 Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter and the resonance for the RIGHT

Voice/Filter/R1

Voice/Filter/R2

Voice/Attack/R1,R2 Adjusts the length of time until the RIGHT 1 and/or 2 parts reach their

Voice/Attack/R1

Voice/Attack/R2

Voice/Release/R1,R2 Adjusts the length of time until the RIGHT 1 and/or 2 parts decay to

Voice/Release/R1

Voice/Release/R2

Voice/Effect/Rev/R1,R2 Adjusts the Reverb depth for the RIGHT 1 and 2 parts. Rotating the knob

1 and/or 2 parts to change the timbre or tone of the sound.

maximum level after the key is played. Rotating the knob to the right
increases it.

silence after the key is released. Rotating the knob to the right increases it.

to the right makes it deeper.

Voice/Effect/Cho/R1,R2 Adjusts the Chorus depth for the RIGHT 1 and 2 parts. Rotating the knob

to the right makes it deeper.

Voice/Effect/Rev,Cho/R1 Adjusts both the Reverb depth and Chorus depth for the RIGHT 1 or 2

Voice/Effect/Rev,Cho/R2

Voice/Balance/R1,R2 Adjusts the volume balance between the RIGHT 1 and 2 parts. Rotating

Voice/Arp/Velocity Adjusts the volume of Arpeggio. Rotating the knob to the right increases

Voice/Arp/GateTime Adjusts the length of each note of Arpeggio. Rotating the knob to the

Voice/Arp/UnitMultiply Adjust the speed of Arpeggio. Rotating the knob to the right makes it

Style/Filter/Cutoff Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter for the Style. Rotating the knob

Style/Filter/Resonance Adjusts the resonance of the filter for the Style. Rotating the knob to the

Style/Filter/Cutoff,Res Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter and the resonance for the Style to

part. Rotating the knob to the right makes it deeper.

the knob to the left increases the RIGHT 1 volume, while rotating it to the
right increases the RIGHT 2 volume.

it.

right increases it.

faster.

to the right makes the sound brighter.

right makes the sound more pronounced.

change the timbre or tone of the sound.

Style/Effect/Reverb Adjusts the Reverb depth for the Style. Rotating the knob to the right

Style/Effect/Chorus Adjusts the Chorus depth for the Style. Rotating the knob to the right

Style/Effect/Rev,Cho Adjusts both the Reverb and Chorus depth for the Style. Rotating the

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makes it deeper.

makes it deeper.

knob to the right makes it deeper.

Style/Retrig/Rate Adjusts the Style Retrigger length. The first part of the current Style is

repeated in the specified length. Rotating the knob to the right decreases
it.

Style/Retrig/OnOff Turns the Style Retrigger function on/off. Rotating the knob to the right

turns it on, while rotating it to the left turns it off.

Style/Retrig/OnOff,Rate Turns the Style Retrigger function on/off and adjusts its length. Rotating

the knob to the left-most turns the function off; rotating it to the right
turns the function on and decreases the length.

Style/Track-Mute A Turns playback of the Style channels on/off. Rotating the knob to the left-

most position turns on only the Rhythm 2 channel, and the other channels
are turned off. By rotating the knob clockwise from that position, chan­nels are turned on in the order of Rhythm 1, Bass, Chord 1, Chord 2, Pad,
Phrase 1, Phrase 2, and all channels are turned on when the knob reaches
to the right-most position. Turning the channels on/off lets you easily
change the rhythmic feel.

Style/Track-Mute B Turns playback of the Style channels on/off. Rotating the knob to the left-

most position turns on only the Chord 1 channel, and the other channels
are turned off. By rotating the knob clockwise from that position, chan­nels are turned on in the order of Chord 2, Pad, Bass, Phrase 1, Phrase 2,
Rhythm 1, Rhythm 2, and all channels are turned on when the knob
reaches to the right-most position. Turning on/off the channels lets you
easily change the rhythmic feel.

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MIC(Gt)/Effect/Reverb Adjusts the Reverb depth for the microphone or the guitar input sound.

Rotating the knob to the right makes it deeper.

MIC(Gt)/Effect/Chorus Adjusts the Chorus depth for the microphone or the guitar input sound.

Rotating the knob to the right makes it deeper.

MIC(Gt)/Effect/DSP Adjusts the DSP effect depth for the microphone or the guitar input

sound. Rotating the knob to the right makes it deeper.

NOTE Depending on the selected DSP type or how the microphone or the guitar is connected, the sound

may not be changed.

MIC(Gt)/Volume Adjusts the volume of the microphone or guitar sound input from the

[MIC/GUITAR INPUT] jack. Rotating the knob to the right increases it.

MIC/VH-Balance
(PSR-S970)

Audio/Volume Controls the Audio playback volume. As you rotate the knob to the right,

AUX/Volume Controls the input volume from the [AUX IN] jack. Rotating the knob to

Balance/Voice,Style Adjusts the volume balance between the Voice and Style playback. Rotat-

Adjusts the volume balance between the lead vocal (your own voice) and
Vocal Harmony. Rotating the knob to the left increases the lead vocal vol­ume, while rotating it to the right increases the Vocal Harmony volume.

it increases.

the right increases it.

ing the knob to the left increases the Style volume, while rotating it to the
right increases the Voice volume.

Balance/Style,M.Pad Adjusts the volume balance between the Style and Multi Pad playback.

Rotating the knob to the left increases the Style volume, while rotating it
to the right increases the Multi Pad volume.

Balance/Audio,AUX Adjusts the volume balance between the Audio playback and sound input

from the [AUX IN] jack. Rotating the knob to the left increases the Audio
playback volume, while rotating it to the right increases the input volume
from the [AUX IN] jack.

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Balance/Song,Audio Adjusts the volume balance between the Song and Audio playback.

Rotating the knob to the left increases the Song volume, while rotating it
to the right increases the Audio (USB Audio Player) volume.

Balance/Song,AUX Adjusts the volume balance between the Song playback and sound input

from the [AUX IN] jack. Rotating the knob to the left increases the Song
playback volume, while rotating it to the right increases the input volume
from the [AUX IN] jack.

Balance/MIDI,AudioAUX Adjusts the volume balance between the playback of MIDI data (Song,

Style, Multi Pad) and Audio (USB Audio Player and input from the
[AUX IN] jack). Rotating the knob to the left increases the MIDI volume,
while rotating it to the right increases the Audio volume.

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Filter/Voice,Style Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter and the resonance for all key-

board parts and the Style to change the timbre or tone of the sound.

Reverb/Voice,Style Adjusts the Reverb depth for all keyboard parts and the Style. Rotating

the knob to the right makes it deeper.

Chorus/Voice,Style Adjusts the Chorus depth for all keyboard parts and the Style. Rotating

the knob to the right makes it deeper.

Master Tempo Changes the tempo of the currently selected Style or Song. Rotating the

knob to the left makes it slower, while rotating it to the right makes it
faster. Setting range is from 50% of the default tempo value to 150%.

<No Assign> No function is assigned.

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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 drive 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 20.

2 In the Voice Selection display, press the [5 ] (VOICE SET) button of MENU 1 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 16.

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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.

5 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save your edited Voice.

For details on the Save operation, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out 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
Vel O ff s e t (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 EFFECT
[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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[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 ] 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 EFFECT [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 19.

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[7 ] PANEL

SUSTAIN

Determines the sustain level applied to the edited Voice when the VOICE
EFFECT [SUSTAIN] button on the panel is turned on.

2 DSP

[1 ]/
[2 ]

CATEGORY Selects the DSP effect category and type. Select a type after selecting a

category.

[3 ]/
[4 ]

[6 ] VARIATION

[5 ]/
[7 ]

[2 ]

–[4 ]

[5 ]

–[6 ]

3 EQ

Determines the Frequency and Gain of the low and high EQ bands. Use the [2 ]–[4 ] buttons for
the low EQ band, and the [5 ]–[7 ] buttons for the high EQ band.

 HARMONY/ARP Page

Same as the display called up via [FUNCTION]  TAB [E] MENU 1  [B] HARMONY/ARPEGGIO
(pages 7–8), with the exception of the following points:

• The details set via the [7 ] (DETAIL) buttons are shown on the top of the display.

• The [D] (COMPARE) and [I] (SAVE) buttons are available (see steps 4–5 on page 15).

TYPE

Turns the DSP Variation on or off for the selected Voice. This setting

ON/OFF

DETAIL Calls up a detailed setting display. Press the [5 ] button for editing

PARAMETER Selects the DSP variation parameter to be set.

VALUE Adjusts the value of the DSP variation parameter.

can also be made from the VOICE EFFECT [DSP VARI.] button on the
panel.

the standard parameter value, and the [7 ] button for editing the
Variation parameter value.

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Disabling Automatic Selection of Voice Sets (Effects, etc.)

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 effect, set the
EFFECT parameter to OFF (in the display explained below).

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [E] MENU 1  [F] VOICE SET FILTER

2 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select a keyboard part.

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3

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3 Use the [4 ]–[7 ] buttons to turn each item for the selected Part on or off.

NOTICE

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.

[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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[7 ] HARMONY/

ARPEGGIO

Corresponds to the HARMONY/ARP 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 [5 ] (VOICE SET) 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 20–21.

4 Edit the Organ Flutes Voice.

5 Press the [I] (PRESET) button to call up the Organ Flutes Voice Selection display.

6 Save your edited Voice.

For instructions on the Save operation, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

The settings will be lost if you select another Voice or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation.

 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 ] VOLUME Adjusts the overall volume of the Organ Flutes. The longer the graphic

bar, the greater the volume.

[2 ]RESP.

(Response)

[3 ]VIBRATO

SPEED

[4 ] MODE The MODE control selects between two modes: FIRST and EACH. In the

[5 ]–
[7 ]

[8 ] 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

Affects both the attack and release (page 18) 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.

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 18, except that PANEL
SUSTAIN is not available for the Organ Flutes Voices.

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NOTICE

NOTICE

Voices

Adding New Contents—Expansion Packs

Installing Expansion Packs lets you add a variety of optional Voices and Styles to the “Expansion” folder in
the USER drive. This section covers the operations which may be necessary to add new contents to the
instrument.

Installing the Expansion Pack data from the USB Flash Drive

The file which contains the bundled Expansion Packs (“***.ppi” or “***.cpi”) to be installed to the
instrument is referred to as “Pack Installation file.” Only one Pack Installation file can be installed to the
instrument. If you want to install multiple Expansion Packs, bundle the packs together on your computer
by using the “Yamaha Expansion Manager” software. For information on how to use the software, refer to
the accompanying manual.

You will need to restart the instrument after installation has been completed. Make sure to save all data currently being edited before­hand, otherwise it will be lost.

1 Connect the USB flash drive in which the desired Pack Installation file (“***.ppi” or

“***.cpi”) is saved to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ F] MENU 2  [F] PACK INSTALLATION

3 Use the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Pack Installation file.

4 Press the [6 ] (INSTALL) button.

5 Follow the on-display instructions.

This installs the selected Pack data to the “Expansion” folder in the USER drive.

Song, Style or Registration Memory containing Expansion Voices or Styles

Song, Style or Registration Memory containing any Expansion Voices or Styles will not sound properly
or cannot be called up, if the Expansion Pack data does not exist in the instrument.
We recommend that you write down the name of the Expansion Pack when you create the data (Song,
Style or Registration Memory) using Expansion Voices or Styles, so that you can easily find and install
the Expansion Pack when necessary.

Uninstalling the Expansion Pack data

You can uninstall the Expansion Pack data by carrying out the Reset operation for FILES & FOLDERS (see

page 132).

When you reset FILES & FOLDERS, not only the Expansion Pack data, but all other files and folders in the USER drive are deleted.

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Saving the Instrument Info File to the USB Flash Drive

If you use the “Yamaha Expansion Manager” software to manage the Pack data, you may need to retrieve the
Instrument Info file from the instrument as described below. For information on how to use the software,
refer to the accompanying manual.

1 Connect the USB flash memory to the [USB TO DEVICE] terminal.

NOTE Before using a USB flash drive, be sure to read “Connecting USB Devices” in the Owner’s Manual, chapter 10.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [F] MENU 2  [G] SYSTEM  TA B [E] OWNER

1

3

3 Press the [D] (EXPORT INSTRUMENT INFO) button.

4 Follow the on-display instructions.

This saves the Instrument Info file to the root directory in the USB flash drive. The saved file is named
“PSR-S970_InstrumentInfo.n27” or “PSR-S770_InstrumentInfo.n27.”

Voices

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Styles

Contents

Chord Fingering Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

• Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Style Playback Related Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Memorizing Original Settings to One Touch Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

• Basic Procedure for Creating a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

• Realtime Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

• Step Recording (EDIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

• Style Assembly (ASSEMBLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

• Editing the Rhythmic Feel (GROOVE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

• Editing Data for Each Channel (CHANNEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

• Making Style File Format Settings (PARAMETER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

• Editing the Rhythm Part of a Style (Drum Setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

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.

• Free Play: These Styles are characterized by rubato performance. You can perform freely with remarkably
expressive accompaniment, without being constrained by a strict tempo.

• DJ: Indicates the DJ Style. For more information on DJ Styles, refer to the Owner’s Manual.

• +Audio (PSR-S970): 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 on the website.

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Chord Fingering Types

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.

The Chord Fingering type determines how chords are specified for Style playback. The type can be changed
from: [FUNCTION]  TAB [E] MENU 1  [A] SPLIT POINT/CHORD FINGERING  TA B [F]
CHORD FINGERING.

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

page 26, or use the Chord Tutor function on the right-half of this display.

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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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Chord Types Recognized in the Fingered Mode

Chord Name [Abbreviation] Normal Voicing* Display for root “C”

1+8 1+8 C1+8
1+5 1+5 C1+5
Major [M] 1+3+5 C
Sixth [6] 1+(3)+5+6 C6
Major seventh [M7] 1+3+(5)+7 CM7
Major seventh flatted fifth [M7b5] 1+3+b5+7 CM7(b5)
Major seventh add sharp eleventh [M7(#11)] 1+(2)+3+#4+5+7 CM7(#11 )
Add ninth [(add9)] 1+2+3+5 Cadd9
Major seventh ninth [M7_9] 1+2+3+(5)+7 CM7(9)
Sixth ninth [6_9] 1+2+3+(5)+6 C6(9)
Flatted fifth [(b5)] 1+3+b5Cb5
Augmented [aug] 1+3+#5Caug
Seventh augmented [7aug] 1+3+#5+b7C7aug
Major seventh augmented [M7aug] 1+(3)+#5+7 CM7aug
Minor [m] 1+b3+5 Cm
Minor sixth [m6] 1+b3+5+6 Cm6
Minor seventh [m7] 1+b3+(5)+b7Cm7
Minor seventh flatted fifth [m7b5] 1+b3+b5+b7Cm7(b5)
Minor add ninth [m(9)] 1+2+b3
Minor seventh ninth [m7(9)] 1+2+b3+(5)+b7 Cm7(9)
Minor seventh eleventh [m7(11)] 1+(2)+b3+4+5+(b7) Cm7(11)
Minor major seventh flatted fifth [mM7b5] 1+b3+b5+7 CmM7(b5)
Minor major seventh [mM7] 1+b3+(5)+7 CmM7
Minor major seventh ninth [mM7(9)] 1+2+b3+(5)+7 CmM7(9)
Diminished [dim] 1+b3+b5Cdim
Diminished seventh [dim7] 1+b3+b5+6 Cdim7
Seventh [7] 1+3+(5)+b7C7
Seventh suspended fourth [7sus4] 1+4+5+b7C7sus4
Seventh ninth [7(9)] 1+2+3+(5)+b7C7(9)
Seventh add sharp eleventh [7(#11)] 1+(2)+3+#4+5+b7C7(#11)
Seventh add thirteenth [7(13)] 1+3+(5)+6+b7C7(13)
Seventh flatted fifth [7b5] 1+3+b5+b7C7(b5)

th flatted ninth [7(b9)] 1+b2+3+(5)+b7C7(b9)

Seven
Seventh add flatted thirteenth [7(b13)] 1+3+5+b6+b7C7(b13)
Seventh sharp ninth [7(#9)] 1+#2+3+(5)+b7C7(#9)
Suspended fourth [sus4] 1+4+5 Csus4
One plus two plus five [sus2] 1+2+5 Csus2
cancel 1+b2+2 Cancel

* Notes in parentheses can be omitted.

+5 Cm add9

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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]  TA B [E] MENU 1  [G] STYLE SETTING

2 Use the [B]/[C] and [1 ]–[8 ] buttons for each setting.

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Styles

[B] OTS LINK

TIMING

[C] STOP ACMP When [ACMP] is turned on and [SYNC START] is off, you can play

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.

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 channel and the Bass channel of the selected Style.

FIXED: The chord played in the chord section will sound via the speci-

fied 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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[1 ]/
[2 ]

DYNAMICS
CONTROL

This determines how the Style playback volume changes depending on
the playing strength.

OFF: The volume is kept the same regardless of playing strength.

NARROW: The volume changes over a narrow range.

MEDIUM: The volume changes over a medium range.

WIDE: The volume changes over a wide range.

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[3 ]/
[4 ]

[5 ]/
[6 ]

[7 ] TEMPO This determines whether the tempo setting of the Style changes or not

SYNCHRO
STOP WINDOW

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.

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
default tempo for the selected Style.

RESET: The tempo always changes to that of the 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 main-

tained.

HOLD: During Style playback, the Channel On/Off status of the previ-

ous 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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NOTICE

Memorizing Original Settings to One Touch Setting

You can memorize your original panel settings to a One Touch Setting. The newly created One Touch Setting
will be saved in the USER drive or a USB flash 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 make any
settings here, since the On/Off settings in this display do not affect the One Touch Setting function.

4 Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4] buttons to which you wish to memorize

your panel settings.

A message appears. If you are sure you want to memorize the current settings to the selected button, press
the [F] (YES) button. If you want to change the settings, press the [G] (NO) button, then repeat steps 2–4
as necessary.

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NOTE For ONE TOUCH SETTING buttons to which your original panel settings have not been memorized, the OTS settings of the original Style will be main-

tained.

5 Press the [F] (YES) button to call up the Style Selection display and save the One

Touch Settin g as a Style.

For instructions on the Save operation, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

The memorized panel settings (One Touch Settings) will be lost if you change the Style or turn the power off without carrying out the Save
operation.

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Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator)

A Style is made up of the different Sections (Intro, Main, Ending, etc.) and each Section has separate
channels (rhythm pattern, bass line, chord backing, pad, or phrase, each of which is referred to as a “Source
Pattern”). With the Style Creator function, you can create an original Style by separately recording the
channels, or by copying pattern data from other existing Styles.

(PSR-S970) 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 can-

not 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 ASSEMBLY 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.

Basic Procedure for Creating a Style

1 Select the desired Style to be used as the basis for the new Style.

2 Call up the Style Creator display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ F] MENU 2  [A] STYLE CREATOR

3 From the BASIC page, select a Section.

(If the RECORD display is shown in the lower half section of the display, press the [EXIT] button.) Press
the [A] button to select “1 SECTION,” then use the [3 ]/[4 ] buttons to select a Section.
Carry out the following operations as necessary.

• 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 the basic data (PSR-S970), changing the pattern length deletes
the corresponding Audio part.

• For the entire current Style, use the [A]/[B] buttons to select “2 TEMPO/BEAT,” then set the Tempo via
the [3 ]/[4 ] buttons, and the Time Signature via the [5 ]/[6 ] buttons.

NOTE Even when you are editing an existing Style, changing the Time Signature (BEAT) clears the data from all sections, and you will need to create the Style

from scratch.

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4 Create the Source Pattern for each channel.

NOTICE

• Realtime Recording on the BASIC page (page 32)

Lets you record the Style by simply playing the keyboard.

• Step Recording on the EDIT page (page 36)

Lets you enter each note individually.

• Style Assembly on the ASSEMBLY page (page 36)

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 38), CHANNEL (page 40), and EDIT (page 36)
pages

Lets you change the rhythmic feel, quantizing and velocity, etc.

• Editing the SFF parameters on the PARAMETER page (page 41)

Lets you edit the SFF (Style File Format) related parameters of the already recorded channels.

• Editing the rhythm part on the BASIC page by using the Drum Setup function (page 46)

Lets you edit the rhythm part of the Style, such as changing the sounds of the individual instruments.

6 Repeat steps 3–5 as desired.

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7 Press the [I] or [J] (SAVE) button on any of the pages to save the created Style.

For instructions, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

The created Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save opera­tion.

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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 33) and Delete (pages 33, 35). For example, if you start recording with a two­measure 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.

 Recording Rhythm Channels 1–2

The procedure below applies to step 4 in the Basic Procedure on page 31.

• (PSR-S970) If you select an Audio Style as the basic data:

Playback of the Audio part can be turned on or off via the [H] (AUDIO PART) 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 CHANNEL) button, press the

[1 ] or [2 ] button to select the desired channel as the recording target.

A Rhythm channel can be selected as the recording 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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2 If necessary, select a Voice then practice the rhythm pattern to be recorded.

NOTICE

Loop 1st round

Bass Drum

Loop 3rd round

Bass Drum

Snare Drum

Hi-Hat

Loop 2nd round

Bass Drum

Snare Drum

Press the [1 ] or [2 ] button (selected channel) to call up the Voice Selection display then select the
desired Voice such as a Drum Kit. After selecting, press the [EXIT] button to return to the original Style
Creator 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.

NOTE For information on which key to play for each Drum/SFX sound, refer to the “Drum/SFX Kit List” in the Data List on the website.

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 (PSR-S970), turn the Audio part on or off via the
[H] button.
If necessary, you can delete channel data. While holding down the [J] (DELETE) button, press one of the
[1 ]–[8 ] (desired channel) buttons.

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.

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Deleting mistakenly recorded notes (Rhythm Clear)
If you make a mistake or play any wrong notes, you can delete those specific notes. 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 appropriate [1 ] or [2 ] button to disable recording.

The created Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation
(step 7 on page 31).

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CRC CRC

C = Chord note
C, R = Recommended note

Styles

 Recording to the Bass, Chord 1–2, Pad and Phrase 1–2 Channels

The procedure below applies to step 4 in the Basic Procedure on page 31.

1 From the BASIC page, while holding down the [F] (REC CHANNEL) button, press one

of the [3 ]–[8 ] buttons to select the desired channel as the recording target.

If a preset Style is selected, a confirmation message appears, prompting you whether or not to delete the
already recorded data of the selected channel. Press the [G] (YES) button to delete data and the selected
channel is specified as the recording target. Note that channel data other than the Rhythm channels of the
preset Style cannot be overdubbed.

2 If necessary, select a Voice then practice the bass line, chord backing, or phrase to be

recorded.

Press one of the [3 ]–[8 ] buttons (selected channel) to call up the Voice Selection display then select
the desired Voice. After selecting, press the [EXIT] button to return to the original display. With the
selected Voice, practice the phrase or chord backing to be recorded.

• Available Voices for recording

Any except for the Organ Flutes Voice/Drum Kit/SFX kit Voices can be used for recording.

• Record a phrase in CM7 (for playing appropriate notes while chords change during performance)

Rules when recording a Main or Fill
With the default initial settings, the Source Root/Chord (page 42) is set to CM7. This means that you
should record a Source Pattern using a CM7 scale, which will change according to the chords you
specify during normal performance. Record a bass line, phrase or chord backing which you want to hear
when CM7 is specified. See below for details.

• Use only the CM7 scale tones when recording the BASS and PHRASE channels (i.e., C, D, E, G, A,
and B).

• Use only the chord tones when recording the CHORD and PAD channels (i.e., C, E, G, and B).

If you observe this rule, Style playback notes are appropriately converted depending on the chord
changes you make during your performance.

Rules when recording an Intro or Ending
These Sections are designed assuming that the chord is not changed during playback. This is why you
need not observe the rule for Main and Fill-in Sections described above, and you can create special
chord progressions when recording. However, follow the rules below since the Source Root/Chord is set
to CM7.

• When recording the Intro, make sure that the recorded phrase leads properly into a C scale.

• When recording the Ending, make sure that the recorded phrase begins with or properly follows a C
scale.

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• Set the Source Root/Chord if necessary

NOTICE

Although the Source Root/Chord is set to CM7 as described above, you can change this to any desired
key or chord. Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to call up the PARAMETER page, and set the PLAY ROOT
and CHORD to the favorite or desired Root and Chord type. Keep in mind that when you change the
Source Chord from the default CM7 to another chord, the chord notes and recommended notes will also
change. For details, refer to page 42.

3 Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button to start recording.

Since already recorded data plays back, use the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons to turn on or off each channel as
desired. If you selected an Audio Style as starting data (PSR-S970), turn on or off the Audio part via the
[H] button.
If necessary, you can delete channel data. While holding down the [J] (DELETE) button, press one of the
[1 ]–[8 ] (desired channel) buttons.

4 As soon as loop playback returns to the first beat in the first measure, start playing

the bass line, chord backing or phrase to be recorded.

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.

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• To hear the playback sound of the already recorded channels with another Source Root/Chord:

1) Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to call up the PARAMETER page.

2) Press the [F] (REC CHANNEL) button to call up the RECORD display, then use the [1 ]–[8 ]

buttons to turn the desired channel ON/OFF.

3) Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button to start playback.

4) On the PARAMETER page, set the PLAY ROOT and CHORD to the desired Chord root and Chord
type.

The above operation lets you hear how the Source Pattern is played back via chord changes during normal
performance.

6 Press the appropriate [3 ]–[8 ] button to disable recording.

The created Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation
(step 7 on page 31).

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Step Recording (EDIT)

This section applies to step 4 of the Basic Procedure on page 31. After selecting a Section and make other
settings on the BASIC page, call up the STEP RECORD display via the instructions below, then carry out
Step Recording.

1) From the BASIC page, while holding down the [F] (REC CHANNEL) button, press one of the [1 ]–

[8 ] buttons to select the desired channel as the recording target.

2) Use the TAB [F] button to call up the EDIT page.

3) If “SYS/EX.” is shown at the position corresponding to the [F] button, press the [F] button to call up the

Channel Edit display.

4) Press the [G] (STEP REC) button to call up the STEP RECORD display.

The Step Recording procedure in the Style Creator is essentially same as that in Song Creator (pages 59–62),
with the exception of the following points:

• Unlike in Song Creator, the “End” mark position cannot be changed in the Style Creator. This is because set-

ting the Pattern Length on the BASIC page determines the “End” mark position. For example, if you select a
Section of four measures or you set the Pattern Length to “4” on the BASIC page, the “End” mark position is
automatically set to the end of the fourth measure, and cannot be changed.

• Unlike in Song Creator, a Recording channel can be set on the BASIC page. It cannot be set on the EDIT

page.

• Unlike in Song Creator, Chord and Lyrics data cannot be entered. This is because such data is not necessary

for Style playback.

For instructions on Step Recording, refer to pages 59–62. For information on the EDIT page (called as Event
List display in Song Creator), refer to page 72.

Style Assembly (ASSEMBLY)

This allows you to copy channel data as a Source Pattern from another preset Style to the currently created
Style. Use this function if you find a favorite rhythm pattern, bass line, chord backing or phrase from another
Style.
The instructions below apply to step 4 of the Basic Procedure on page 31. After selecting a Section and make
other settings on the BASIC page, carry out the instructions below.

NOTE (PSR-S970) An Audio part cannot be copied from another Style.
NOTE (PSR-S970) If you select an Audio Style as starting data, the Audio part cannot be replaced with different data.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ F] MENU 2  [A] STYLE CREATOR  TAB [ E][F] ASSEMBLY

2 If necessary, select the Section to be edited.

Even if the Section to be edited has already been selected on the BASIC page, you can change the Section
also on this page. Press the desired Section button on the panel to call up the SECTION window, then
press the [8 ] (OK) button to actually enter the selection. If you want to select a fill-in section (which has
no panel button), press any one of the Section buttons and use the [6 ]/[7 ] buttons to select a fill­in, then press the [8 ] (OK) button.

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NOTE Intro 4 and Ending 4 can be selected on the display then created as your original Style although they are not available on the panel.

NOTICE

3-1,
3-2

3-4

3-3

[A]–[D],
[F]–[I]
buttons

3 Replace the Source Pattern of the specific channel with that of another Style.

3-1 Select the desired channel to be replaced via the [A]–[D] and [F]–[I] buttons.
3-2 Press the same button of the selected channel to call up the Style Selection display.
3-3 Select the desired Style, then press the [EXIT] button to return to the original display.
3-4 Select the Section and Channel of the selected Style via the [2 ]–[5 ] buttons.
3-5 Confirm the sound with the newly assigned Source Pattern by pressing the STYLE CON-

TROL [START/STOP] button to play back the Style.

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Playing the Style During Style Assembly

You can play back the Style while you are assembling a Style, and the playback method can be selected.
In the ASSEMBLY page, use the [6 ]/[7 ] (PLAY TYPE) buttons to select the type.

•SOLO: Plays back the selected channel in the ASSEMBLY page. Any channels set to REC in the

RECORD display on the BASIC page are played back simultaneously.

•ON: Plays back the selected channel in the ASSEMBLY page. Any channels set to other than OFF in

the RECORD display on the BASIC page are played back simultaneously.

• OFF: Mutes the selected channel in the ASSEMBLY page.

4 As desired, repeat step 3 for another channel.

The created Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation
(step 7 on page 31).

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Editing the Rhythmic Feel (GROOVE)

By changing the timing of all the notes and velocities, you can edit the rhythmic feel for each channel of the
current Section selected on the BASIC page or the panel button. The instructions below apply to step 5 of the
Basic Procedure on page 31.

1 In the GROOVE page, use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the edit menu, then edit the

data by using the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons.

1 GROOVE

This lets you add swing to the music or change the “feel” of the beat by making subtle shifts in the timing
(clock) of the Style. The Groove settings are applied to all channels of the Section selected on the BASIC
page.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ]/
[4 ]

[5 ]/
[6 ]

[7 ]/
[8 ]

ORIGINAL
BEAT

BEAT
CONVERTER

SWING Produces a “swing” feel by shifting the timing of the back beats, depend-

FINE Selects a variety of Groove “templates” to be applied to the selected sec-

Specifies the beats to which Groove timing is to be applied. In other
words, if “8 BEAT” is selected, Groove timing is applied to 8th notes; if
“12 BEAT” is selected, Groove timing is applied to 8th-note triplets.

Actually changes the timing of the beats (specified in the ORIGINAL
BEAT parameter above) to the selected value. For example, when ORIGI­NAL BEAT is set to “8 BEAT” and BEAT CONVERTER is set to “12,”
all 8th notes in the section are shifted to 8th-note triplet timing. The
“16A” and “16B” Beat Converter which appear when ORIGINAL BEAT
is set to “12 BEAT” are variations on a basic 16th-note setting.

ing on the ORIGINAL BEAT parameter above. For example, if the speci­fied ORIGINAL BEAT value is “8 BEAT”, the Swing parameter will
selectively delay the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th beats of each measure to create
a swing feel. The settings “A” through “E” produce different degrees of
swing, with “A” being the most subtle and “E” being the most pro­nounced.

tion. The “PUSH” settings cause certain beats to be played early, while
“HEAVY” settings delay the timing of certain beats. The numbered set­tings (2, 3, 4, 5) determine which beats are to be affected. All beats up to
the specified beat—but not including the first beat—will be played early
or delayed (for example, the 2nd and 3rd beats, if “3” is selected). In all
cases, “A” types produce minimum effect, “B” types produce medium
effect, and “C” types produce maximum effect.

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2 DYNAMICS

NOTICE

This changes the velocity/volume (or accent) of certain notes in the Style playback. The Dynamics settings
are applied to each channel or all channels of the Section selected on the BASIC page.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ]/
[4 ]

[6 ] STRENGTH Determines how strongly the selected Accent Type (above) will be

[7 ] EXPAND/CMP. Expands or compresses the range of velocity values. Values higher than

[8 ] BOOST/CUT Boosts or cuts all velocity values in the selected section/channel. Values

CHANNEL Selects the desired channel (part) to which Dynamics is to be applied. The

selected channel is shown at the upper left of the display.

ACCENT TYPE Determines the type of accent applied—in other words, which notes in the

part(s) are emphasized with the Dynamics settings.

applied. The higher the value, the stronger the effect.

100% expand the dynamic range, while values lower than 100% compress
it.

above 100% boost the overall velocity, while values below 100% reduce
it.

2 Press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to actually enter the edits for each display.

The values which are shown in the STRENGTH, EXPAND/CMP. and BOOST/CUT parameters are
expressed as a percentage of the last set value.
After the operation is completed, this button changes to “UNDO,” letting you restore the original data if
you are not satisfied with the Groove or Dynamics results. The Undo function only has one level; only the
previous operation can be undone.

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The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation
(step 7 on page 31).

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Editing Data for Each Channel (CHANNEL)

NOTICE

Eighth notes with swing

Sixteenth notes with swing

You can edit recorded data for each channel of the current Section selected on the BASIC page or via the
panel buttons. The instructions below apply to step 5 of the Basic Procedure on page 31.

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1 In the CHANNEL page, use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the edit menu.

1 QUANTIZE

Same as in the Song Creator (page 70), with the exception of the two additional available parameters
below.

2 VELOCITY CHANGE

Boosts or cuts the velocity of all notes in the specified channel, according to the percentage specified here.

3 BAR COPY

This function allows data to be copied from one measure or group of measures to another location within
the specified channel.

[4 ] TOP Specifies the first (TOP) and last (LAST) measures in the region to be

[5 ]LAST

[6 ] DEST Specifies the first measure of the destination location, to which the data is

4 BAR CLEAR

This function clears all data from the specified range of measures within the selected channel.

5 REMOVE EVENT

This function lets you remove specific events from the selected channel.

copied.

to be copied.

2 Use the [1 ]/[2 ] (CHANNEL) buttons to select the channel to be edited.

The selected channel is shown at the upper left of the display.

3 Use the [4 ]–[8 ] buttons to edit the data.
4 Press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to actually enter the edits for each display.

After the operation is completed, this button changes to “UNDO,” letting you restore the original data if
you are not satisfied with the results of the edit. The Undo function only has one level; only the previous
operation can be undone.

The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation
(step 7 on page 31).

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Making Style File Format Settings (PARAMETER)

Set these parameters
before recording.

Set these parameters
after recording.

Source Pattern settings

• Source Root

• Source Chord
Determines what key and what chord type are used for playing.

Note Conversion from the Source Pattern

• NTR (Conversion via Chord Root change) …page 43

• NTT (Conversion via Chord Type change) … page 43

Chord changes during normal performance

Octave Setting of the Converted Notes

• High Key (Upper octave limit of Note Transposition)

• Note Limit (Note range between the highest and lowest notes)

Others

• RTR (How the note pitch changes in response to chord changes)

Actual Sounded Notes

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1

The Style File Format (SFF) combines all of Yamaha’s auto accompaniment (Style playback) know-how into
a single unified format. Setting the SFF related parameters determines how the original notes are converted to
the actual sounded notes based on the chord you specify in the Chord area of the keyboard. The conversion
flow is shown below.

2

Styles

The instructions below apply to step 5 of the Basic Procedure on page 31.

NOTE The parameters you can set here are compatible with the SFF GE format. This is why the Style files created on this instrument can be played back only on

1 In the PARAMETER page, use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the edit menu.

instruments which are compatible with SFF GE.

For details of the edit menu, see page 42.

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2 Use the [1 ]/[2 ] (CHANNEL) buttons to select the channel to be edited.

NOTICE

IMPORTANT

When the Source Root is C:

C = Chord notes
C, R = Recommended notes

The selected channel is shown at the upper left of the display.

3 Use the [3 ]–[8 ] buttons to edit the data.

For details on editable parameters, see pages 42–45.

The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation
(step 7 on page 31).

1 SOURCE (PLAY) ROOT/CHORD

The parameters here should be set before recording. If you change the settings after recording, the appropriate note conversion cannot
be done even when you specify various chord types.

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Styles

Before recording, you should set these parameters which determine what key is used for playing when you
record the Source Pattern to the Bass, Chord, Pad or Phrase channel. If you set this to “Fm7,” your
recorded original phrase (Source Pattern) will be triggered by specifying Fm7 during normal performance.
CM7 (Source Chord Root = C and Source Chord Type = M7) is set by default. Depending on the settings
here, the playable notes (chord notes and recommended scale notes) will differ. For details, see below.

NOTE When the parameters for the selected channel are set to NTR: ROOT FIXED, NTT: BYPASS, and NTT BASS: OFF, the parameters here are changed to

“PLAY ROOT” instead of “SOURCE ROOT.” In this case, you can hear the resulting sound while you change the Chord Root/Type during playback.

NOTE The settings here are not applied when NTR is set to GUITAR.

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2 NTR/NTT

When playing
a C major
chord.

When playing
an F major
chord.

When playing
a C major
chord.

When playing
an F major
chord.

The settings here determine how the original notes of the Source Pattern are converted in response to the
Chord change during normal performance.

[3 ]/
[4 ]

[5 ]–
[7 ]

NTR (Note
Transposition
Rule)

NTT (Note
Transposition

Determines the relative position of the root note in the chord, when con­verted from the Source Pattern in response to chord changes. Refer to the
list below.

Sets the note transposition table for the source pattern. Refer to the list
below.

Table )

[8 ]NTT BASS ON/

OFF

The channel for which this is set to ON will be played back by the bass
root note, when the on-bass chord is recognized by the instrument. When
NTR is set to GUITAR and this parameter is set to ON, only the note
which is assigned to bass will be played back by the bass root note.

NOTE Since the Rhythm channels should not be affected by chord changes, make sure that the parameters are set to NTR: ROOT FIXED, NTT: BYPASS, and NTT

BASS: OFF. In this case, “SOURCE ROOT” is changed to “PLAY ROOT.”

NTR (Note Transposition Rule)

ROOT TRANS
(Root Transpose)

When the root note is transposed, the interval
between notes is maintained. For example, the
notes C3, E3 and G3 in the key of C become F3,
A3 and C4 when they are transposed to F. Use this
setting for channels that contain melody lines.

ROOT FIXED The note is kept as close as possible to the previ-

ous note range. For example, the notes C3, E3 and
G3 in the key of C become C3, F3 and A3 when
they are transposed to F. Use this setting for chan­nels that contain chord parts.

2

Styles

GUITAR This is exclusively for transposing guitar accompaniment. Notes are trans-

posed to approximate the chords played with natural guitar fingering.

NTT (Note Transposition Table)

When NTR is set to ROOT TRANS or ROOT FIXED

BYPASS When NTR is set to ROOT FIXED, the transposition table used does not do

any note conversion. When NTR is set to ROOT TRANS, the table used
only converts the notes by maintaining the pitch relationship between notes.

MELODY Suitable for melody line transposition. Use this for melody channels such as

Phrase 1 and Phrase 2.

CHORD Suitable for chordal parts transposition. Use this for the Chord 1 and Chord

2 channels, especially when they contain piano or guitar-like chordal parts.

MELODIC MINOR When the played chord changes from a major to a minor chord, this table

lowers the third interval in the scale by a semitone. When the chord changes
from a minor to a major chord, the minor third interval is raised by a semi­tone. Other notes are not changed. Use this for melody channels of Sections
which respond only to major/minor chords, such as Intros and Endings.

MELODIC MINOR 5th In addition to the Melodic Minor transposition above, augmented and

diminished chords affect the 5th note of the Source Pattern.

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HARMONIC MINOR When the played chord changes from a major to a minor chord, this table

lowers the third and sixth intervals in the scale by a semitone. When the
chord changes from a minor to a major chord, the minor third and flatted
sixth intervals are raised by a semitone. Other notes are not changed. Use
this for chord channels of Sections which respond only to major/minor
chords, such as Intros and Endings.

2

Styles

HARMONIC MINOR
5th

NATURAL MINOR When the played chord changes from a major to a minor chord, this table

NATURAL MINOR
5th

DORIAN When the played chord changes from a major to a minor chord, this table

DORIAN 5th In addition to the Dorian transposition above, augmented and diminished

When NTR is set to GUITAR

In addition to the Harmonic Minor transposition above, augmented and
diminished chords affect the 5th note of the Source pattern.

lowers the third, sixth and seventh intervals in the scale by a semitone.
When the chord changes from a minor to a major chord, the minor third,
flatted sixth and flatted seventh intervals are raised by a semitone. Other
notes are not changed. Use this for chord channels of Sections which
respond only to major/minor chords such as in Intros and Endings.

In addition to the Natural Minor transposition above, augmented and dimin­ished chords affect the 5th note of the Source pattern.

lowers the third and seventh intervals in the scale by a semitone. When the
chord changes from a minor to a major chord, the minor third and flatted
seventh intervals are raised by a semitone. Other notes are not changed. Use
this for chord channels of Sections which respond only to major/minor
chords such as in Intros and Endings.

chords affect the 5th note of the Source pattern.

ALL-PURPOSE This table covers both stroke- and arpeggio-played sounds.

STROKE Suitable for strumming sounds of the guitar. Some notes may sound as if

they are muted—this is the normal condition when chords are played on
guitar by strumming.

ARPEGGIO Suitable for arpeggio-played sound of the guitar, resulting in beautiful four-

note arpeggio sounds.

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3 HIGH KEY / NOTE LIMIT

Example—When the highest key is F.

Root changes

Notes played

Example—When the lowest note is C3 and the highest is D4.

Root changes

Notes played

High Limit

Low Limit

The settings here adjust the Octave of the notes converted from the original ones through NTT and NTR.

[4 ]/

HIGH KEY This sets the highest key (upper octave limit) of the note transposition for

[5 ]

[6 ] NOTE LIMIT

LOW

[7 ] NOTE LIMIT

HIGH

the chord root change. Any notes calculated to be higher than the highest
key are transposed down to the next lowest octave. This setting is avail­able only when the NTR parameter (page 43) is set to “Root Trans.”

These set the note range (highest and lowest notes) for Voices recorded to
the Style channels. By judicious setting of this range, you can ensure that
the Voices sound as realistic as possible—in other words, that no notes
outside the natural range are sounded (e.g., high bass sounds or low pic­colo sounds).

2

Styles

4 RTR (Retrigger Rule)

These settings determine whether notes stop sounding or not and how they change pitch in response to
chord changes.

STOP The notes stop sounding.

PITCH SHIFT The pitch of the note will bend without a new attack to match the type of the

new chord.

PITCH SHIFT TO
ROOT

The pitch of the note will bend without a new attack to match the root of the
new chord. However, the octave of the new note remains the same.

RETRIGGER The note is retriggered with a new attack at a new pitch corresponding to the

next chord.

RETRIGGER TO
ROOT

The note is retriggered with a new attack at the root note of the next chord.
However, the octave of the new note remains the same.

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5-2

Styles

Editing the Rhythm Part of a Style (Drum Setup)

The Drum Setup function allows you to edit the rhythm part of the current Style, such as changing the drum
instruments and make various settings. The procedure below applies to step 5 in the Basic Procedure on

page 31.

1 From the BASIC page, while holding down the [F] (REC CHANNEL) button, press the

[1 ] or [2 ] button to select the desired channel to be edited.

NOTE If the different drum sounds are assigned to each section of the selected channel, the sounds are set to that of the current section in order to use the Drum

Setup function.

2 Press the [G] (DRUM SETUP) button to call up the DRUM SETUP window.

3 If necessary, press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button to start playback of

the rhythm part.

The sounds played back are indicated on the display keyboard, letting you to check the note to edit.

4 Use the [1 ]/[2 ] (NOTE) buttons to select the note to edit.

NOTE You can also select the note by pressing the note on the keyboard.

5 Select the desired instrument to be used.

5-1 Use the [3 ]/[4 ] (INSTRUMENT) buttons to call up the window to select the instru-

ment.

5-2 Use the [2 ]–[7 ] buttons to select the Kit, Category and instrument in order.
5-3 Press the [EXIT] button to close the window.

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6 If necessary, set the volume level, pan or pitch by using the [5 ]–[7 ] buttons.

7 If necessary, make more detailed settings.

7-1 Press the [8 ] (DETAIL) button to call up the detailed settings window.

7-2

7-2 Use the [3 ]–[5 ] buttons to select the parameter, then use the [6 ]/ [7 ] but-

tons to set the value.

The parameters with “*” in the list below indicates that the settings here affect the settings in step 6.

Pitch Coarse* For coarse tuning of the pitch in semitone increments.

Pitch Fine* For fine tuning of the pitch in cent increments.

NOTE In musical terms a “cent” is 1/100th of a semitone. (100 cents equal one semitone.)

Level* For adjusting the volume level.

Alternate Group Determines the Alternate Group. Any instruments in the same group number can-

not sound at the same time. Playing any instrument within a numbered group will
immediately stop the sound of any other instrument in the same group of the same
number. If this is set to 0, the instruments in the group can sound at the same time.

Pan* Determines the stereo position.

Reverb Send For adjusting the reverb depth.

Chorus Send For adjusting the chorus depth

Variation Send For adjusting the variation effect (DSP1) depth.

When the “Connection” parameter is set to “Insertion” on the Mixing Console dis­play and this rhythm channel is selected as the assign part, this parameter affects as
below.

• When Variation Send is set to 0: No effects are applied to the instrument (Inser-
tion Off).

• When Variation Send is set to 1–127: Effects are applied to the instrument
(Insertion On).

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Styles

Key Assign Determines the Key Assign mode. This parameter is effective only when the kit’s

XG parameter “SAME NOTE NUMBER KEY ON ASSIGN” (see the Data List
on the website) is set to “INST.”

• Single: Each successive playing of the same sound results in the previous being
cut off or muted.

• Multi: Each sound continues to its full decay, even when played successively
multiple times.

Rcv Note Off Determines whether note-off messages are received or not.

Rcv Note On Determines whether note-on messages are received or not.

Filter Cutoff Determines the cutoff frequency or effective frequency range of the filter. Higher

values result in a brighter sound.

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NOTICE

Styles

Filter Resonance Determines the emphasis given to the cutoff frequency (resonance), set in Filter

Cutoff above. Higher values result in a more pronounced effect.

EG Attack Determines how quickly the sound reaches its maximum level after the key is

played. The higher the value, the quicker the attack.

EG Decay 1 Determines how quickly the sound reaches its sustain level (a slightly lower level

than maximum). The higher the value, the quicker the decay.

EG Decay 2 Determines how quickly the sound decays to silence after the key is released. The

higher the value, the quicker the decay.

7-3 Press the [EXIT] button to close the window.

8 Press the [EXIT] button to return to close the DRUM SETUP window.

The edited Style will be lost if you change to another Style or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save operation
(step 7 on page 31).

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Songs

Contents

Editing Music Notation (Score) Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Editing Lyrics/Text Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with Song Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Song Playback Related Parameters (Guide Function, Channel settings, Repeat settings). . . 54

• Keyboard and Vocal Practice Using the Guide Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

• Playing Backing Parts with the Performance Assistant Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Creating/Editing Songs (Song Creator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

• Recording Melodies (Step Recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

• Recording Chords (Step Recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

• Selecting the Setup Data to be Recorded to the Top Position of the Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

• Re-recording a Specific Section—Punch In/Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

• Editing Channel Events of Existing Song Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

• Editing Chord Events, Notes, System Exclusive Events and Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Editing Music Notation (Score) Settings

3

Songs

To view the music notation of the selected Song, press the [SCORE] button. You can change the Score
display as desired to suit your personal preferences. The settings here are maintained even when the power is
turned off.

NOTE You can save the settings here as a part of a Song by accessing [FUNCTION]  TAB [F] MENU 2  [B] SONG CREATOR  TAB [E][F] SETUP. See

page 65.

NOTE Depending on the particular commercially available Song, Score display may not be possible.
NOTE The score of an audio file cannot be shown because the score is created based only on MIDI events.

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[1 ] LEFT ON/

OFF

Enables/disables display of the left-hand notation. Depending on other settings,
this parameter may be unavailable and may appear grayed out. If this is the case,
go to the detailed setting display (see below) and set the LEFT CH parameter to
any channel except “AUTO.” Or, go to the display [FUNCTION]  TAB [ E]
MENU 1  [H] SONG SETTING  TAB [E] GUIDE/CHANNEL and set the
TRACK 2 parameter to any channel except “OFF” (page 54). RIGHT (next param­eter) and LEFT cannot be turned off at the same time.

3

Songs

[2 ] RIGHT ON/

OFF

[3 ] CHORD ON/

OFF

[4 ] LYRICS ON/

OFF

[5 ]NOTE ON/

OFF

[6 ] COLOR ON/

OFF

[7 ] SIZE Determines the display zoom level of the notation.

[8 ] SET UP Calls up the detailed setting display. See below.

Enables/disables display of the right-hand notation. RIGHT and LEFT (above)
cannot be turned off at the same time.

Enables/disables display of the chords. If the selected Song does not contain chord
data, chords are not displayed.

Enables/disables display of the lyrics. If the selected Song does not contain lyric
data, lyrics are not displayed. When the Song contains Pedal events, pressing these
buttons can display the Pedal events, instead of displaying Lyrics.

Enables/disables display of the note name (pitch). The note name is indicated at the
left of the note. When the space between the notes is too small, the indication may
be moved to the top left of the note. When the Song contains Fingering events,
pressing these buttons can display the fingering, instead of displaying note names.

When this is set to ON, the notes in the display appear in color (C: red, D: yellow,
E: green, F: orange, G: blue, A: purple, and B: gray).

Pressing the [8 ] (SET UP) button calls up the detailed setting display. You can set the
view type by using the [1 ]–[6 ] buttons, then press the [8 ] (OK) button.

[1 ] LEFT CH Determines which MIDI channel in the Song data is used for the left-hand/right-

[2 ]RIGHT CH

hand part. This setting returns to AUTO when a different Song is selected.

AUTO: The MIDI channels in the Song data for the right- and left-hand parts are

assigned automatically—setting the parts to the same channel as the channel
which is specified in the [FUNCTION]  TAB [E] MENU 1  [H] SONG
SETTING  TAB [ E] GUIDE/CHANNEL (page 54).

1–16: Assigns the specified MIDI channel (1–16) to each of the left- and right-

hand parts.

OFF (Available setting only for LEFT CH): Assigns no channel to the left-

hand part. This disables display of the left-hand key range.

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[3 ]/
[4 ]

[5 ] QUANTIZE This gives you control over the note resolution in the notation, letting you shift or

[6 ] NOTE NAME Selects the type of the note name indicated at the left of the note in the notation

KEY
SIGNATURE

This lets you enter key signature changes in the middle of a Song, at the stopped
position. This menu is useful when the selected Song contains no key signature set­tings for displaying notation.

correct the timing of all displayed notes so that they line up to a particular note
value. Make sure to select the smallest note value used in the Song.

from among the following three types. The settings here are available when the
NOTE ON/OFF parameter above is set to ON.

A, B, C: Note names are indicated as letters (C, D, E, F, G, A, B).

Fixed DO: Note names are indicated in solfeggio, with the note of C fixed to DO.

The notes “C, D, E, F, G, A, B” are always indicated as “Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La,
Ti” when the language is set to English. Note that the note name indication dif­fers depending on the current language (page 55).

Movable DO: Note names are indicated in solfeggio according to the key of the

current Song. When a Song in the key of D Major is selected, for example, the
notes “D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#” are indicated as “Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti”
when the language is set to English. Note that the note name indication differs
depending on the current language (page 55).

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Songs

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Press [1 ]
buttons

Lyrics display

The lyrics in the Song data are shown.

Text display

The texts created on a computer are shown.

Press the [5 ]/[6 ] button
to actually call up desired text file.

Songs

Editing Lyrics/Text Display Settings

To view the lyrics of the selected Song or the text, press the [LYRICS/TEXT] button. You can change the
Lyrics/Text display settings, such as background color, as desired.

NOTE When the lyrics are garbled or unreadable, you may need to change the Lyrics Language setting from the [FUNCTION]  TAB [E] MENU 1  [H] SONG

SETTING  TAB [F] OTHERS (page 55).

NOTE When you create a text file on a computer, make sure to enter line breaks manually. This is necessary because the auto line breaks cannot be entered on this

instrument. If a sentence extends beyond the display and cannot be shown properly, revise the text data by manually entering appropriate line breaks.

[1 ] TEXT/LYRICS Switches the screen between the Lyrics display (lyrics data in the Song is

[2 ]CLEAR

(only when a text
file is selected)

[3 ]/
[4 ]

FIXED-16–28,
PROPORTIONAL
16–28
(only when a text
file is selected)

[5 ]/

TEXT FILES Calls up the text File Selection display. After selecting, press the [EXIT] button

[6 ]

[7 ]/

BACKGROUND Allows changing of the background picture of the Lyrics/Text display. After

[8 ]

shown) and the Text display (a text file selected via the [5 ]/[6 ] but-
tons).

Clears the text from the display. This operation does not delete the text file
itself, but results in no text file being selected. If you want to restore the text
indication, select the text file again via the [5 ]/[6 ] buttons.

Determines the text type (fixed or proportional) and font size. Fixed is suitable

-

for displaying lyrics with chord names, since the positions of chord names are
“fixed” to the corresponding lyrics. Proportional is suitable for displaying lyrics
without chord names or explanatory notes. The numbers 16–28 indicate font
sizes.

to return back to the Lyrics/Text display.

making the setting, press the [EXIT] button to return back to the Lyrics/Text
display.

NOTE When the background picture is specified in the Song data, the BACKGROUND setting cannot be changed.
NOTE For information on available image files, refer to the MAIN PICTURE parameter on page 130.

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Using the Auto Accompaniment Features with Song Playback

When playing back a Song and a Style at the same time, channels 9-16 in the Song data are replaced with
Style channels—allowing you to play the accompaniment parts of the Song yourself. Try playing chords
along with the Song playback as shown in the instructions below.

1 Select a Song.

2 Select a Style.

3 While holding down the SONG [J] (STOP) button, press the [F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE)

button to enable synchronized start of the Song.

4 Press the STYLE CONTROL [ACMP] button to turn on the auto accompaniment

function, then press the [SYNC START] button to enable synchronized start of the
accompaniment.

5 Press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] button or play chords in the chord section.

The Song and Style starts playing. When you play chords, pressing the [SCORE] button and turning
CHORD on (page 49) allows you to see the chord information.

NOTE When playing back a Song and a Style at the same time, the tempo value set in the Song is automatically used.
NOTE The Style Retrigger function (page 13) cannot be used during Song playback.

When the Song playback is stopped, Style playback is also stopped at the same time.

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Songs

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Songs

Song Playback Related Parameters (Guide Function, Channel settings, Repeat settings)

The instrument has a variety of Song playback functions—repeat playback, various guide settings, etc.—
which can be accessed in the display below.

Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ E] MENU 1  [H] SONG SETTING  TAB [E][F] GUIDE/CHANNEL or
OTHERS

 GUIDE/CHANNEL Page

[A]/[B] GUIDE MODE See page 55.

[I] PHRASE MARK

REPEAT

[2 ]/
[3 ]

[4 ]/
[5 ]

[6 ]/
[7 ]

TRACK 2 These parameters determine which MIDI channel in the Song data is

TRACK 1

AUTO CH SET When set to “ON,” this automatically sets the proper MIDI channels for

This parameter is available only when the current Song contains Phrase
Marks, which specify certain locations (of several measures each) in the
Song. When this is set to ON, the section corresponding to the Phrase
Mark (specified via the SONG [G] (REW) and [H] (FF) buttons) is
played back repeatedly. Note that this parameter can be set only when the
Song playback is stopped.

assigned to the left- or right-hand part of the Guide function and the Song
Score function. In addition, the setting here also determines which chan­nels are assigned to the [TR1] (TRACK 1) and [TR2] (TRACK 2) buttons.

the Right- and Left hand parts pre-programmed in the commercially avail­able Song data. Normally, this should be set to “ON.”

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 OTHERS Page

[G] REPEAT MODE Determines the method of repeat playback.

OFF: Plays through the selected Song, then stops.

SINGLE: Plays through the selected Song repeatedly.

ALL: Continues playback through all the Songs in the specified folder

repeatedly.

RANDOM: Continues playback at random through all the Songs in the

specified folder repeatedly.

[I] FAST

FORWARD
TYPE

[2 ]/
[3 ]

[4 ]/
[5 ]

LYRICS
LANGUAGE

QUICK START On some commercially available Song data, certain settings related to the

Determines the fast forward type of when pressing [H] (FF) button dur­ing Song playback.

JUMP: Pressing [H] button once instantly sets the playback position to

the next measure without sounding. Holding [H] button scrolls for­ward continuously.

SCRUB: Pressing and holding [H] plays and sounds the Song at high

speed.

Determines the language displayed in the Lyrics display.

AUTO: When the language is specified in the Song data, the lyrics are

displayed accordingly. When the language is not specified in the Song
data, the lyrics language is regarded as INTERNATIONAL below.

INTERNATIONAL: Handles the displayed lyrics as a western lan-

guage.

JAPANESE: Handles the displayed lyrics as Japanese.

Song (such as Voice selection, volume, etc.) are recorded to the first mea­sure, before the actual note data. When Quick Start is set to “ON,” the
instrument reads all initial non-note data of the Song at the highest possi­ble speed, then automatically slows down to the appropriate tempo at the
first note. This allows you to start playback as quickly as possible, with a
minimum pause for reading of data.

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Songs

[6 ]/
[7 ]

P.A.T. (Perfor­mance Assistant
Technology)

See page 57.

Keyboard and Vocal Practice Using the Guide Function

With the Guide function, the instrument indicates the timing you need to play notes in the Score display for
ease in learning. This instrument also features convenient vocal practice tools that let you adjust the timing of
Song playback to match your vocal performance.

1 Select the desired Song for practicing the keyboard or singing.

2 Call up the setting display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [E] MENU 1  [H] SONG SETTING  TAB [E] GUIDE/CHANNEL

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Songs

3 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired Guide mode.

Guide modes for keyboard practice

• Follow Lights

When this is selected, Song playback pauses, waiting for you to play the notes correctly. When you play
the correct notes, Song playback continues. Follow Lights was developed for the Yamaha Clavinova
series. This function is used for practicing purposes, with built-in lamps on the keyboard indicating the
notes to be played. Even though the PSR-S970/S770 does not have these lamps, you can use the same
function by following the indications in the displayed notation with the Song Score function.

• Any Key

With this function, you can play the melody of a Song just by pressing a single key (any key is OK) in time
with the rhythm. Song playback pauses and waits for you to play any key. Simply play a key on the
keyboard in time with the music and Song playback continues.

• Your Tempo

The same as Follow Lights, except that Song playback matches the speed at which you play.

Guide mode for singing

• Karao-Key

This function lets you control the Song playback timing with just one finger, while you sing along. This is
useful for singing to your own performance. Song playback pauses, waiting for you to sing. Simply play
any key on the keyboard (playing the keyboard produces no sound) and Song playback continues.

4 Turn the [GUIDE] button on.

5 Call up the Score display by pressing the [SCORE] button.

6 Press the SONG [F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button to start playback.

Practice playing the keyboard or singing, along with the Guide mode selected in step 3.

7 Press the [J] (STOP) button to stop playback.

NOTE You can save the Guide settings as a part of the Song data (page 65). For Songs to which the Guide settings have been saved, the Guide function will be

automatically turned on and the related settings will be recalled when the Song is selected.

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Playing Backing Parts with the Performance Assistant Technology

Current chord

This feature lets you play your own backing parts on the keyboard along with Song playback, and have them
sound perfectly appropriate (even though you might be playing wrong notes).

1 Select a Song containing chord data.

The Performance assistant technology is applied only to a Song containing chord data. To confirm whether
the selected Song contains chord data or not, return to the Main display then start playback. If the current
Song contains chord data, the Main display shows the current chord type. After stopping playback, go to
the next step.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [E] MENU 1  [H] SONG SETTING  TAB [F] OTHERS

3 Use the [6 ]/[7 ] buttons to turn “P.A.T.” (performance assistant technology) on.

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4 Press the SONG [F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button to start playback.

5 Play the keyboard.

Along with Song playback, try playing the bass line with the left hand area while playing various phrases
or chords with the right hand area. Even if you do not know what notes should be played, don’t worry and
play any keys as desired! Only the harmonically “correct” notes matching the current chord are sounded,
regardless of the notes you actually play.

Songs

6 Press the [J] (STOP) button to stop playback.

After you finish playing, make sure to turn P.A.T. off.

NOTE Selecting another Song resets P.A.T. to OFF.

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Channel 1

Song

Channel 2

Channel 3

Channel 4

Channel 5

Channel 6

Channel 7

Channel 8

Channel 9

Channel 10

Channel 11

Channel 12

Channel 13

Channel 14

Channel 15

Channel 16

System Exclusive

Lyric s

Right 1

Left

Right 2

-

Multi Pad 1

Multi Pad 2

Multi Pad 3

Multi Pad 4

Rhythm 1

Rhythm 2

Bass

Chord 1

Chord 2

Pad

Phrase 1

Phrase 2

Keyboard Performance

 Realtime Recording:

By default, your keyboard performance will be recorded to MIDI channels 1–3.

 Step Recording:

Withou t specifying the keyboard part, you can input the melodies or notes on the
music notation sheet one by one to the desired channel.

Recording Part

(Default settings)

Style playback

 Realtime Recording:

By default, Style playback will be recorded to MIDI channels 9–16.

 Step Recording:

After inputting the Chord change/Section change events, press the [F] (EXPAND)
button to actually record the note data to MIDI channels 9–16.

Multi Pad playback

 Realtime Recording:

By default, Multi Pad playback will be recorded to MIDI channels 5–8.

 Step Recording:

Multi Pad playback events cannot be input via Step Recording.

Songs

Creating/Editing Songs (Song Creator)

The Owner’s Manual covers how to create an original Song by recording your keyboard performance (called
“Realtime Recording”). This Reference Manual shows how to create an original Song by entering notes one
by one (called “Step Recording”) and how to improve an already created Song by editing the detailed
parameters.

 Realtime Recording and Step Recording

When creating a Song, these two Recording methods are available. With Realtime Recording, this instrument
records the performance data as it is played. With Step Recording, you can compose your performance by
“writing” it down one event at a time.
This chapter primarily covers the instructions for Step Recording.

 Song Data Structure

A Song consists of 16 MIDI channels. You can create data of a Song by recording your performance to a
specific channel or channels in realtime, or by executing the Step Recording.

 Song Creator Display Structure

The Song Creator display can be called up via [FUNCTION]  TA B [F] MENU 2  [B] SONG
CREATOR

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There are seven pages (tabs) in the Song Creator display.

• REC MODE..... For re-recording a Song. See page 66.

• SETUP............. For selecting the panel setups to be recorded to the top position of the Song. See page 65.

• CHANNEL....... For editing Channel events. See page 69.

• CHORD ............For recording chords and Sections with precise timing (page 62) or editing them (page 72).

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4

When a note is input, the
location (bar: beat: clock),
note name, velocity and
length listed in succes-
sion.

• 1-16...................For recording melodies (Step Recording; see below) or editing the recorded melodies

(page 72).

• SYS/EX. ............For editing System Exclusive events (tempo, time signature, etc.). See page 72.

• LYRICS.............For inputting/editing a Song name and lyrics. See page 72.

Recording Melodies (Step Recording)

1 Press the SONG [REC] and SONG [J] (STOP) buttons simultaneously.

A blank Song (“New Song”) is called up for recording.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [F] MENU 2  [B] SONG CREATOR  TA B [E][F] 1-16

3 Press the [F] button to select the channel for recording.

4 Press the [G] (STEP REC) button to call up the STEP RECORD display.

5 Start Step Recording by using the [A]–[J] buttons and [1 ]–[8 ] buttons, as

well as the keyboard.

Refer to the example on page 61 for specific instructions.

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NOTICE

Songs

[A]/[B]/
[C]

[G] Determines the velocity (loudness) of the note to be entered. The velocity

[H] Determines the gate time (actual length) of the note to be entered.

Moves the cursor in the list.

value can be specified within a range from 1 to 127. The higher the velocity
value, the louder the actual sound.

KBD.VEL: Actual resulting velocity

fff: 127
ff: 111
f: 95
mf: 79
mp: 63
p: 47
pp: 31
ppp: 15

Normal: 80%
Ten ut o: 99%
Staccato: 40%
Staccatissimo: 20%
Manual: The gate time can be set to any desired percentage by using the

Data dial.

[I] Determines the note type to be entered: normal, dotted or triplet.

[J] DELETE Deletes the data of the current line.

[1 ] BAR Sets the position of the note to be entered. Note that a quarter note has a reso-

[2 ]BEAT

[3 ]CLOCK

[4 ]–
[8 ]

lution of 1,920 clocks.

Determines the note length to be entered: whole-note, half-note, quarter-note,
eighth-note or sixteenth-note.

6 Press the SONG [J] (STOP) button (or press the [C] button) to return to the top of the

Song, then hear the newly entered Song by pressing the [F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button.

7 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Step Recording display.

8 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to carry out the Save operation.

For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save oper­ation.

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Example of Step Recording—Melodies (detailed instructions of step 5 on

1234

* The numbers shown in the illustration correspond to

the following operation step numbers.

page59)

In this example, keep in mind that one of the steps involves holding down a key on the keyboard while
carrying out the operation.
Before carrying out the instructions below, select the desired Voice on the STEP RECORD display. Note
that only the Voice selection and Note input operations are possible during Step Recording.

NOTE Since the actual note length (determined via the Gate Time) may differ from the note length on the notation, the Score of the Song recorded here may be

different from the notation above.

1 Enter the first and second notes with a slur.

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1-1 Press the [G] button to select “f.”

1-2 Press the [H] button to select “Tenuto.”

1-3 Press the [I] button to select the “dotted” note type.

1-4 Select the dotted quarter-note length by using the [6 ] buttons.

1-5 Play the C3 key.

This enters the first note.

1-6 Press the [I] button to select the “normal” note type.

1-7 Press the [7 ] button to select the eight-note length.

1-8 Play the D3 key.

This enters the second note.

2 Enter the next notes and apply staccato.

2-1 Press the [H] button to select “Staccato.”

2-2 Press the [6 ] button to select the quarter-note length.

2-3 Play the keys E3 and F3 in order.

Songs

This completes the first measure.

3 To enter a quarter-note rest, press the [6 ] button again.

To enter the rest, use the [4 ]–[8 ] buttons. (Press the button once to select the rest value, and
once again to actually enter it.) The BAR:BEAT:CLOCK indication lets you confirm that a rest having
the specified note length has been entered.

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4 Enter the next notes and apply a tie.

4-1 Press the [G] button to select “mp.”

4-2 Press the [H] button to select “Normal.”

4-3 While holding G3 key on the keyboard, press the [6 ] button.

This operation advances the input position from the current 2nd beat to the next 3rd beat. Do not
release the G3 key yet. Keep holding it while executing the following steps.

4-4 While holding the G3 key, press the C4 key.

Do not release the G3 and C4 keys yet. Keep holding the notes while carrying out the following
step.

4-5 While holding the keys G3 and C4, press the [5 ] button.

After pressing the button, release the keys.

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Songs

This enters the notes G3 and C4 notes have been entered as shown in the notation on the previous
page.

Recording Chords (Step Recording)

In Step Recording, you can record the precise change timing of chords and Sections (such as Intro, Main and
Ending) of the current Style on the single display. After the operations are finished, the recorded information
or events will be converted to the actual MIDI notes or Song data.

1 Press the SONG [REC] and SONG [J] (STOP) buttons simultaneously.

A blank Song (“New Song”) is called up for recording.

NOTE Selecting a blank Song initializes the panel settings.

2 Select the Style you want to use in the Song.

3 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ F] MENU 2  [B] SONG CREATOR  TAB [ E][F] CHORD

4 Press the [G] (STEP REC) button to call up the STEP RECORD display.

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5 Start Step Recording by using the [A]–[J] buttons and [1 ]–[8 ] buttons, as

NOTICE

For details on these
buttons, refer to

page 60.

C F G F G7 C

1 2 3

* The numbers shown in the illustration correspond to

the following operation step numbers.

MAIN A BREAK MAIN B

well as the keyboard.

Refer to the example below for specific instructions.

6 Press the SONG [J] (STOP) button (or press the [C] button) to return to the top of the

Song, then hear the newly entered Song by pressing the [F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button.

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7 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Step Recording display.

8 Press the [F] (EXPAND) button to convert the recorded data to the actual MIDI notes

(Song data).

9 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to carry out the Save operation.

For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save oper­ation.

Example of Step Recording—Chord (detailed instructions of step 5 above)

NOTE This example uses a Style in 4/4 time.

Songs

Before executing the instructions below, make sure that [AUTO FILL IN] button is turned off since no Fill
in is included in the notation example above.

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2-2

2-3

2-1

F

G7

Songs

1 Enter the chords for the Main A section.

1-1 Press the STYLE CONTROL MAIN VARIATION [A] button.

1-2 Press the [5 ] button to select the half-note length.

1-3 Play the chords C, F and G in the chord section of the keyboard.

C

F

G

1-1

1-2

1-3

2 Enter the chords for the Break section.

2-1 Press the STYLE CONTROL [BREAK] button.

2-2 Press the [6 ] button to select the quarter-note length.

2-3 Play the chords F and G7 in the chord section of the keyboard.

NOTE If you want to record the Fill In Section, turn on the [AUTO FILL IN] button, then press one of the MAIN VARIATION [A]–[D] buttons.

3 Enter the chords for the Main B section.

3-1 Press the STYLE CONTROL MAIN VARIATION [B] button.

3-2 Press the [4 ] button to select the whole-note length.

3-3 Play the chord C in the chord section of the keyboard.

C

3-1

3-2

3-3

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Selecting the Setup Data to be Recorded to the Top Position of the

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Song

The current settings of the Mixing Console display and other panel settings you made can be recorded to the
top position of the Song as Setup data. The panel settings recorded here are automatically recalled when the
Song starts.

1 Select the Song to which you want to record the Setup data.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [F] MENU 2  [B] SONG CREATOR  TA B [E][F] SETUP

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3 Press the SONG [J] (STOP) button to move the Song position to the top of the Song.

4 Determine the Setup data to be recorded.

[1 ]–
[3 ]

SELECT Determines which playback features and functions will be automatically

called up along with the selected Song. The items selected here can be
recorded only to the top position of the Song, except for the KEYBOARD
VOICE.

VOICE, VOLUME, PAN, FILTER, EFFECT, TEMPO, EQ:

Records the tempo setting and all settings made from the Mixing Con­sole.

KEYBOARD VOICE: Records the panel settings, including the Voice

selection of the keyboard parts (RIGHT 1, 2, and LEFT) and their on/
off status. Panel settings recorded here are same as the ones memo­rized to the One Touch Setting. This can be recorded at any point in a
Song, letting you change Voices in the middle of a Song.

Songs

LYRICS SETTING: Records the settings in the Lyrics display.

SCORE SETTING: Records the settings in the Score display.

MIC/VOCAL HARMONY (PSR-S970), MIC SETTING (PSR-

S770):

parameters, refer to the “Parameter Chart” in the Data List on the web­site.

GUIDE SETTING: Records the settings of the Guide functions includ-

ing the Guide ON/OFF setting.

Records the microphone/guitar settings. For details about the

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NOTICE

[4 ]/
[5 ]

MARK ON Add or remove a checkmark to the selected item. Checked items are

recorded to the Song.

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Songs

[4 ]/
[5 ]

MARK OFF

5 Press the [8 ] (APPLY) button to record the data.

6 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to carry out the Save operation.

For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

The edited Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save opera­tion.

Re-recording a Specific Section—Punch In/Out

When re-recording a specific section of an already-recorded Song, use the Punch IN/OUT function. In this
method, only the data between the Punch In point and the Punch Out point is overwritten with the newly
recorded data. Keep in mind that the notes before and after the Punch In/Out points are not recorded over,
although you will hear them play back normally to guide you in the Punch In/Out timing.

NOTE The Style Retrigger function (page 13) cannot be used when recording over existing data (overdubbing).

1 Select the desired Song for re-recording.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ F] MENU 2  [B] SONG CREATOR  TAB [ E] REC MODE

3 Determine the settings for recording.

[1 ]–
[3 ]

REC START
(Punch In)

Determines the Punch In timing.

NORMAL: Overwrite recording starts when the Song playback is started

via the SONG [F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button or when you play the
keyboard in the Synchro Standby mode.

FIRST KEY ON: The Song plays back normally, then starts overwrite

recording as soon as you play the keyboard.

PUNCH IN AT: The Song plays back normally up to the beginning of

the indicated Punch In measure, then starts overwrite recording at that
point. You can set the Punch In measure by pressing the [3 ] but­ton.

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NOTICE

[4 ]–
[6 ]

REC END
(Punch Out)

Determines the Punch Out timing.

REPLACE ALL: This deletes all data after the point at which recording

is stopped.

PUNCH OUT: The Song position at which recording is stopped is

regarded as the Punch Out point. This setting maintains all data after
the point at which recording is stopped.

PUNCH OUT AT: Actual overwrite recording continues until the begin-

ning of the specified Punch Out measure (set with the corresponding
display button), at which point recording stops and normal playback
continues. This setting maintains all data after the point at which
recording is stopped. You can set the Punch Out measure by pressing
the [6 ] buttons.

[7 ]/
[8 ]

PEDAL PUNCH
IN/OUT

When this is set to ON, you can use Foot Pedal 2 to control the Punch In
and Punch Out points. While a Song is playing back, pressing (and hold­ing) Foot Pedal 2 instantly enables Punch In recording, while releasing the
pedal stops recording (Punch Out). You can press and release Foot Pedal 2
as often as you want during playback to punch in/out of overwrite record­ing. Note that the current function assignment of the Foot Pedal 2 is can­celled when the Pedal Punch In/Out function is set to ON.

NOTE Pedal Punch In/Out operation may be reversed depending on the particular pedal you’ve connected

to the instrument. If necessary, change the pedal polarity to reverse the control (page 115).

4 While holding the SONG [REC] button, press the desired track button.

5 Press the SONG [F/ K] (PLAY/PAUSE) button to start Punch In/Out recording.

According to the settings in step 3, play the keyboard between the Punch In and Punch Out points. Refer to
the examples of various settings illustrated below.

6 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to carry out the Save operation.

For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

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Songs

The recorded Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save oper­ation.

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12345678

12345

12345678

12345678

12345

12345678

12345678

12345

12345678

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12345 7

REC START setting
REC END setting

NORMAL
REPLACE ALL

NORMAL
PUNCH OUT

NORMAL
PUNCH OUT AT=006

FIRST KEY ON
REPLACE ALL

FIRST KEY ON
PUNCH OUT

FIRST KEY ON
PUNCH OUT AT=006

PUNCH IN AT=003
REPLACE ALL

PUNCH IN AT=003
PUNCH OUT

PUNCH IN AT=003
PUNCH OUT AT=006

Original data

Start overwrite recording *1

Start overwrite recording *1

Start overwrite recording *1

Play back
original data

Play back
original data

Play back
original data

Play back
original data

Play back
original data

Play back
original data

Play the keyboard to start
overwrite recording

Play the keyboard to start
overwrite recording

Play the keyboard to start
overwrite recording

Start overwrite recording

Start overwrite recordi ng

Start overwrite recordi ng

Stop recording *2

Stop recording *2

Stop overwrite recording/play original data

Stop recording *2

Stop recording *2

Stop overwrite recording/play original data

Stop recording *2

Stop recording *2

Stop overwrite recording/play original data

Deleted

Deleted

*1 If you want to re-record from the 3rd

measure in this setting, move the
Song position to the 3rd measure
then start recording to avoid over-
writing measures 1–2.

*2 To stop recording, press the [REC]

button at the end of measure 5.

Previously recorded data
Newly recorded data
Deleted data

Deleted

Songs

 Examples of re-recording with various Punch In/Out settings

This instrument features several different ways you use the Punch In/Out function. The illustrations below
indicate a variety of situations in which selected measures in an eight-measure phrase are re-recorded.

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Editing Channel Events of Existing Song Data

NOTICE

You can apply various useful functions to already recorded data, such as Quantize and Transpose, on the
CHANNEL page.

1 Select a Song to be edited.

2 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [F] MENU 2  [B] SONG CREATOR  TA B [E][F] CHANNEL

3

4

3

5

3 Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the edit menu, then edit the data by using the

[1 ]–[8 ] buttons.

For details of the edit menu and available settings, see pages 70–71.

4 Press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to carry out the operation for the current display.

After the operation is completed, this button changes to “UNDO,” letting you restore the original data if
you are not satisfied with the operation results. The Undo function only has one level; only the previous
operation can be undone.

5 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to carry out the Save operation.

For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

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Songs

The edited Song data will be lost if you select another Song or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save opera­tion.

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1 QUANTIZE

After 1/8 note quantization

1/4 note

1/4 note
triplet

1/16 note

1/16 note
triplet

1/32 note

1/8 note+
1/8 note triplet*

1/16 note+
1/8 note triplet*

1/16 note+
1/16 note triplet*

1/8 note

1/8 note
triplet

Settings:

Quarter-note length

Original data
(assuming 4/4 meter)

Quantizing
strength =100

Quantizing
strength =50

Quarter-note length

The Quantize function allows you to align the timing of all the notes in a channel. For example, if you
record the musical phrase shown below, you may not play it with absolute precision, and your
performance may have been slightly ahead of or behind the precise timing. Quantize is a convenient way
of correcting for this.

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Songs

[2 ]/
[3 ]

[4 ]–
[6 ]

CHANNEL Determines which MIDI channel in the Song data is to be quantized.

SIZE Selects the quantize size (resolution). For optimum results, you should set

the Quantize size to the shortest note value in the channel. For example, if
eighth notes are the shortest in the channel, you should use eighth note as
the Quantize size.

The three Quantize settings marked with asterisks (*) are exceptionally
convenient, since they allow you to quantize two different note values at
the same time. For example, when the straight eighth notes and eighth­note triplets are contained in the same channel, if you quantize by the
straight eighth notes, all notes in the channel are quantized to straight
eighth notes—completely eliminating any triplet feel. However, if you use
the eighth note + eighth note triplet setting, both the straight and triplet
notes will be quantized correctly.

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[7 ]/

STRENGTH Determines how strongly the notes will be quantized. A setting of 100%

[8 ]

produces exact timing. If a value less than 100% is selected, notes will be
moved toward the specified quantization beats according to the specified
percentage. Applying less than 100% quantization lets you preserve some
of the “human” feel in the recording.

2 DELETE

You can delete the data of the specified channel in the Song. Select the channel whose data to be deleted
by using the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons, then press the [D] (EXECUTE) button to carry out the operation.

3 MIX

This function lets you mix the data of two channels and place the results in a different channel. It also lets
you copy the data from one channel to another.

[2 ]/
[3 ]

[4 ]/
[5 ]

[6 ]/
[7 ]

SOURCE 1 Determines the MIDI channel (1–16) to be mixed. All MIDI events of the

channel specified here are copied to the destination channel.

SOURCE 2 Determines the MIDI channel (1–16) to be mixed. Only note events of the

channel specified here are copied to the destination channel. Besides the
values 1–16, there is a “COPY” setting that allows you to copy the data
from Source 1 to the destination channel.

DESTINATION Determines the channel into which the mix or copy results will be placed.

4 CHANNEL TRANSPOSE

This allows you to transpose the recorded data of individual channels up or down by a maximum of two
octaves in semitone increments.

NOTE Make sure not to transpose channels 9 and 10. In general, Drum Kits are assigned to these channels. If you transpose the channels of Drum Kits, the

instruments assigned to each key will be changed.

[F] CH 1–8/CH 9–16 Toggles between the two channel displays: Channels 1–8, and Channels

9–16.

[G] ALL CH To simultaneously set all channels to the same value, adjust the Channel

Transpose for one of the channels while holding down this button.

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Indicates the
event value.

Indicates the location
(position) of the cor­responding event.

Indicates the event
type.
See page 73.

Event List display

Editing Chord Events, Notes, System Exclusive Events and Lyrics

You can edit chord events, note events, System Exclusive events and lyrics in the same manner on the
corresponding displays: CHORD, 1-16, SYS/EX and LYRICS. These are called “Event List” displays
because some events are shown in a list view.

Songs

[A]/[B] Moves the cursor up/down and selects the desired event.

[C] Moves the cursor to the top (beginning of the Song).

[D]/[E] Moves the cursor left/right and selects the desired parameter of the high-

lighted event.

[H] FILTER Calls up the Filter display (page 74), letting you select only the events you

wish to be shown in the event list.

[I] SAVE Press to save the edited Song.

[J] MULTI SELECT Holding this button while using the [A]/[B] buttons lets you select multi-

ple events.

[1 ] BAR Determines the position (bar/beat/clock) of the data. One clock is equal to

1/1920th of a quarter note.

[2 ]BEAT

[3 ]CLOCK

[4 ]/
[5 ]

DATA ENTRY Adjusts the event value. For coarse adjustment, use the [4 ] buttons.

For fine adjustment, use the [5 ] buttons or the Data dial.

[6 ] CUT Carries out the cut/copy/delete/paste operation.

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[7 ]COPY

[7 ] DELETE

[8 ]PASTE

[6 ] INSERT Adds a new event.

[8 ] CANCEL Cancels editing and restores the original value.

NOTE After you edit events in the CHORD display, press the [F] (EXPAND) button to convert the data into Song data.
NOTE Chord section data recorded with Realtime Recording cannot be indicated and edited on this display.

 Chord Events (CHORD Page)

Style Style

Tempo Tempo

Chord Chord root, Chord type, On Bass Chord

Sect Style Section (Intro, Main, Fill In, Break, Ending)

OnOff On/off status for each part (channel) of the Accompaniment Style

CH.Vol Volume for each part (channel) of the Accompaniment Style

S.Vol Overall volume of the Accompaniment Style

 Note Events (1-16 Page)

Note An individual note within a Song. Includes the note number which corresponds

to the key which was played, plus a velocity value based on how hard the key is
played, and the gate time value (the length of a note).

Ctrl (Control Change) Settings for controlling the Voice, such as volume, pan, filter and effect depth

(edited via the Mixing Console described in chapter 8), etc.

Prog (Program Change) MIDI program change number for selecting a Voice.

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P.Bnd (Pitch Bend) Data for changing the pitch of a Voice continuously. This event is generated by

controlling the [PITCH BEND] wheel.

A.T. (Aftertouch) This event is generated when pressure is applied to a key after the note is

played. Note that the keyboard of this instrument does not feature Aftertouch.

 System Exclusive Events (SYS/EX. Page)

ScBar (Score Start Bar) Determines the top measure of a Song.

Tempo Determines the tempo value.

Time (Time signature) Determines the time signature.

Key (Key signature) Determines the key signature, as well as the major/minor setting, for the music

score shown on the display.

XGPrm (XG parame­ters)

SYS/EX. (System
Exclusive)

Meta (Meta event) Displays the SMF meta events in the Song. Keep in mind that you cannot cre-

Allows you to make various detailed changes to the XG parameters. For
details, refer to “MIDI Data Format” in the Data List on the website.

Displays the System Exclusive data in the Song. Keep in mind that you cannot
create new data or change the contents of the data here; however, you can
delete, cut, copy, and paste the data.

ate new data or change the contents of the data here; however, you can delete,
cut, copy, and paste the data.

Songs

 Lyrics Events (LYRICS Page)

Name Allows you to enter the Song name.

Lyrics Allows you to enter lyrics.

Code CR: Enters a line break in the lyrics text.

LF: Clears the currently displayed lyrics and displays the next set of lyrics.

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[C] MAIN Displays all main types of events.

[D] CC Displays all specific Control Change message events.

[E] STYLE Displays all types of Style playback related events.

[H] ALL ON Checkmarks all event types.

[I] NOTE/ALL

OFF/CHORD

“NOTE” (shown when [C] (MAIN) is on) selects only the
NOTE data. “CHORD” (shown when [E] (STYLE) is on)
selects only the CHORD data. “ALL OFF” (shown when [D]
(CC) is on) removes all checkmarks.

[J] INVERT Reverses the checkmark settings for all boxes. In other words,

this enters checkmarks to all boxes that were previously
unchecked and vice versa.

[2 ]–
[5 ]

Select and event type to be checked or unchecked.

[6 ]/
[7 ]

MARK ON Enters/removes the checkmark for the selected event type. The

checked event types can be shown on the CHORD, 1-16, SYS/
EX. or LYRICS page.

[6 ]/
[7 ]

MARK OFF

Songs

Displaying Specific Types of Events

In the Event List displays, various types of events are shown. It may sometimes be difficult to pinpoint
the ones you want to edit. This is where the Filter function comes in handy. It lets you determine which
event types will be shown in the Event List displays.

1 Press the [H] (FILTER) button in the CHORD, 1-16, SYS/EX. or LYRICS displays.
2 Checkmark the desired item to be displayed.

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3 Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Event List display in which only unfiltered Events are

shown.

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This function is fully explained in the Owner’s Manual. Refer to the corresponding chapter in the Owner’s Man­ual.

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Multi Pads

Contents

Creating Multi Pads (Multi Pad Creator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

• Multi Pad—Realtime Recording via MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

• Multi Pad—Step Recording via MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Editing Multi Pads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Creating Multi Pads (Multi Pad Creator)

This feature lets you create your original Multi Pad phrases, and also allows you to edit existing Multi Pad
phrases to create your own. As with Song Creator, Multi Pad Creator features Realtime Recording and Step
Recording. However, each Multi Pad consists of only one channel and convenient functions such as Punch
In/Out are not available.

Multi Pad—Realtime Recording via MIDI

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Before starting operation, note the following points:

• Since only the RIGHT 1 part performance will be recorded as Multi Pad phrases, you should select the
desired Voice for the RIGHT 1 part beforehand.

• The Super Articulation Voices and the Organ Flutes Voices cannot be used for Multi Pad Recording. If one of
these Voices is set for RIGHT 1 part, it will be replaced with the Grand Piano Voice when recording.

• Since recording can be done along with and synchronized to Style playback, you should select the desired
Style beforehand. However, keep in mind that the Style is not recorded.

1 If you want to create a new Multi Pad in the existing Bank, select the desired Multi Pad

Bank via the MULTI PAD CONTROL [SELECT] button.

If you want to create a new Multi Pad in an empty new Bank, this step is unnecessary.

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2 Call up the operation display.

CRC CRC

C = Chord note
C, R = Recommended note

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ F] MENU 2  [C] MULTI PAD CREATOR  TAB [ E] RECORD

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3

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1110

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3 If you want to create a new Multi Pad in an empty new Bank, press the [C] (NEW

BANK) button.

4 Select a particular Multi Pad for recording by pressing the corresponding [A], [B], [F]

and [G] button.

5 If necessary, select the desired Voice with the VOICE category selection buttons.

After selecting the Voice, press the [EXIT] button to return to the previous display.

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6 Press the [H] (REC) button to enter recording standby status for the Multi Pad selected

in step 4.

7 Play the keyboard to start recording.

To ensure that your recording will be in sync with the tempo, press the [METRONOME] button to turn on
the metronome.
If you want to insert silence before the actual phrase, press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP] to
start both the Recording and rhythm playback (of the current Style). Keep in mind that the rhythm part of
the current Style plays back during recording although it is not recorded.

Recommended notes for the Chord Match phrase

If you intend to create a Chord Match phrase, use the notes of C, D, E, G, A and B, or in other words, play
the phrase in the key of C major. This ensures that the phrase will stay harmonically constant and match
whichever chord you play in the left hand section of the keyboard.

8 Stop recording.

Press the [H] (STOP) button or the panel MULTI PAD CONTROL [STOP] button or the STYLE
CONTROL [START/STOP] button to stop recording when you’ve finished playing the phrase.

9 Listen back to your newly recorded phrase, by pressing the appropriate MULTI PAD

button, [1]–[4]. To re-record the phrase, repeat steps 6–8.

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Turn the Repeat parameter of each pad On or Off by using the [1

If the Repeat parameter is on for the selected pad, playback of the corresponding pad will continue until
the MULTI PAD CONTROL [STOP] button is pressed. When you press a Multi Pad for which Repeat is
turned on during Song or Style playback, playback will start and repeat in sync with the beat.
If the Repeat parameter is off for the selected pad, playback will end automatically as soon as the end of
the phrase is reached.



]–[4



] buttons.

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Turn Chord Match of each pad On or Off by using the [5 ]–[8 ] buttons.

If the Chord Match parameter is on for the selected pad, the corresponding pad is played back according to
the chord specified in the chord section of the keyboard generated by turning [ACMP] on, or specified in
the LEFT part of the keyboard generated by turning [LEFT] on (when turning the [ACMP] off).

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Press the [D] (NAME) button, then enter the desired name for each Multi Pad.

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If you want to record other Multi Pads, repeat steps 4–12.

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Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save the Multi Pad, then save the Multi Pad data as a
Bank containing a set of four Pads.

The edited Multi Pad data will be lost if you select another Multi Pad Bank or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the
Save operation.

Multi Pad—Step Recording via MIDI

Step Recording can be carried out in the EDIT page. After selecting a Multi Pad in step 4 on page 76, press
the TAB [F] button to select the EDIT page.
The EDIT page indicates the Event list, which lets you record notes with absolutely precise timing. This Step
Recording procedure is essentially the same as that for Song Recording (pages 59–62), with the exception of
the points listed below:

• There is no LCD button for selecting channels, since Multi Pads contain data for only a single channel.

• In the Multi Pad Creator, only channel events and System Exclusive messages can be entered. Chord and
Lyrics events are not available. You can switch between the two types of Event Lists by pressing the [F] but­ton.

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Editing Multi Pads

You can manage (rename, copy, paste and delete) your created Multi Pad Bank and each of the Multi Pads
belonging to the Bank. For instructions on managing the Multi Pad Bank file, refer to “Basic Operations” in
the Owner’s Manual. This section covers how to manage each Multi Pad.

1 Select the Multi Pad Bank containing the Multi Pad to be edited.

Press the MULTI PAD CONTROL [SELECT] button to call up the Multi Pad Bank Selection display, use
the TAB [E][F] buttons to call up “PRESET,” “USER” or “USB” (when USB flash drive is connected),
then use the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Multi Pad Bank.

NOTE If you select a Preset Multi Pad Bank then edit the Multi Pads, save your edits to “USER” or “USB” (when USB flash drive is connected) as a User Bank.

2 Press the [7 ] (EDIT) button of MENU 1 to call up the MULTI PAD EDIT display.

3 Select a particular Multi Pad to be edited by pressing any of the [A], [B], [F] and [G]

buttons.

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4 Edit the selected Pad.

[1 ] NAME Changes the name of each Multi Pad.

[3 ] COPY Copies the Multi Pad(s). See below.

[4 ] PASTE Pastes the Multi Pad(s) copied by the [3 ] button.

[5 ] DELETE Deletes the selected Multi Pads.

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Copying the Multi Pad

1 Press the [3 ] (COPY) button in step 4 above.
2 Select the Multi Pads to be copied by using the [A], [B], [F] and [G] buttons, then press the [7 ]

(OK) button.
The selected Multi Pad(s) is copied to the clipboard.

3 Select the destination location by using the [A], [B], [F] and [G] buttons. If you want to copy the

selected Pad(s) to another bank, press the [8 ] (UP) button to call up the Multi Pad Bank Selec­tion display, select the desired bank, press the [7 ] (EDIT) button of MENU 1, then select the
destination.

4 Press the [4 ] (PASTE) button to carry out the Copy operation.

5 Save the current Bank containing the edited Multi Pads.

Press the [8 ] button to call up the confirmation window, press the [F] (YES) button to call up the USER
page, then press the [6 ] (SAVE) button to carry out the Save operation. For details, refer to “Basic
Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

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Music Finder

Contents

Creating a Set of Favorite Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Editing Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

• Deleting the Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Saving the Records as a Single File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

• Calling up the Records from a Music Finder file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creating a Set of Favorite Records

Even though the Search function lets you efficiently look for Music Finder Records, you may want to create a
custom “folder” of your favorite Records—so you can quickly call up the panel settings, song data and Style
data you use frequently.

1 Select the desired Record from the MUSIC FINDER display.

2 Press the [H] (ADD TO FAVORITE) button, then press the [G] (YES) button to add the

selected Record to the FAVORITE page.

3 Select the FAVORITE page by using the TAB [E][F] buttons, and check to see if the

Record has been added.

As with the ALL page, you can select the Record in the FAVORITE page then start your performance.

Deleting Records from the FAVORITE Page

1 Select the Record you want to delete from the FAVORITE page.
2 Press the [H] (DELETE FROM FAVORITE) button, then press the [G] (YES) button to actually

delete the Record.

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Editing Records

You can create your original Record by editing an existing Record. Your edits can be replaced with those of the
current Record, or can be saved as a new separate Record.

1 Select the desired Record to be edited in the MUSIC FINDER display.
2 Press the [8 ] (RECORD EDIT) button to call up the EDIT display.
3 Edit the Record.

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[A]

[B]

[C]

[D] BEAT Changes the beat (time signature) of the Record for search purposes.

[E]

[1 ]

[2 ]

[4 ]

MUSIC For entering the music title. Pressing the [A] button calls up the display for

entering the music title.

KEYWORD For entering the keyword to be used when executing the Search operation.

Pressing the [B] button calls up the display for entering the keyword.

STYLE/SONG/
AUDIO

FAVORITE Selects whether the edited Record is added to the FAVORITE page or not.

TEMPO Changes the Tempo. For SONG or AUDIO Records, this field cannot be

SECTION Selects the sections of Style that are called up as a set when the Record is

Changes the Style. Pressing the [C] button calls up the Style Selection dis­play. After selecting the desired Style, press the [EXIT] button to return back
to the EDIT display.
For SONG or AUDIO Records, this field cannot be edited.

For SONG or AUDIO Records, this field cannot be edited.

NOTE Keep in mind that the Beat setting made here is only for the Music Finder search function; this does

not affect the actual Beat setting of the Style itself.

edited.

selected. You can start the Record with the section selected by the [2 ]
buttons. When the section finishes, Style playback automatically shifts to the
section selected by the [4 ] buttons. For SONG or AUDIO Records, this
field cannot be edited.

[5 ]/
[6 ]

[7 ]

To cancel and quit the Edit operation, press the [8 ] (CANCEL) button.

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GENRE Selects the desired genre.

GENRE NAME Creates a new genre.

4 Save the edited Record.

When creating a new Record

Press the [J] (NEW RECORD) button. The Record is added to the ALL page.

When overwriting an existing Record

Press the [8 ] (OK) button.

Deleting the Record

By carrying out the Delete operation, the Record is deleted from all pages (ALL, FAVORITE and SEARCH
1/2).

1 Select the Record to be deleted from the MUSIC FINDER display.

2 Press the [8 ] (RECORD EDIT) button to call up the EDIT display.

3 Press the [I] (DELETE RECORD) button.

To cancel the Delete operation and return to the MUSIC FINDER display in step 1, press [H] (NO); to
return to the EDIT display in step 2, press [I] (CANCEL).

4 Press the [G] (YES) button to delete the current Record.

Saving the Records as a Single File

The Music Finder feature handles all the Records including the presets and additionally created Records as a
single file. Keep in mind that individual Records (panel settings, Song, audio and Style files) cannot be handled
as separate files.

1 Press the [7 ] (FILES) button in the MUSIC FINDER display to call up the File

Selection display.

2 Press the TAB [E][F] buttons to select the location for saving (USER/USB).

3 Press the [6 ] (SAVE) button.

The Character Entry window is called up. If necessary, rename the file. For instructions, refer to “Basic
Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

4 Press the [8 ] (OK) button to save the file.

All Records are saved together as a single Music Finder file.

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Calling up the Records from a Music Finder file

NOTICE

By selecting a Music Finder file, you can recall the Records saved to the USER or USB drive as a file.

1 Press the [7 ] (FILES) button in the MUSIC FINDER display to call up the File

Selection display.

2 Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to select the location to which the file is saved.

3 Press the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Music Finder file.

A message appears, prompting you to select one of the following options.

[G] REPLACE All Music Finder Records currently in the instrument are deleted and

replaced with the Records of the selected file.

Selecting “REPLACE” automatically deletes all your original Records from internal memory.
Make sure that all important data has been archived to another location beforehand.

[H] APPEND The Records called up are added to the Records currently in the instru-

ment.

[I] CANCEL Cancels the file selection operation.

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Registration Memory

Contents

Editing the Registration Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Disabling Recall of Specific Items (Freeze) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Calling Up Registration Memory Numbers in Order (Registration Sequence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

• Saving the Registration Sequence Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

• Using the Registration Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Editing the Registration Memory

You can edit (rename and delete) each of Registration Memories contained in the Bank.

1 Select the Registration Memory Bank containing the Registration Memory to be

edited.

Press the REGISTRATION BANK [+]/[-] buttons simultaneously to call up the Registration Bank
Selection display, then press one of the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired Bank.

2 Press the [7 ] (EDIT) button of MENU 1 to call up the REGISTRATION EDIT display.

3 Select a particular Registration Memory to be edited by pressing any of the [A]–[D]

and [F]–[I] buttons.

4 Press the [1 ] button to rename or the [5 ] button to delete the selected

Registration Memory.

For details on the Rename and Delete operations, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

5 Save the current Bank containing the edited Registration Memories.

Press the [8 ] (UP) button to call up the Registration Memory Selection display, then press the [6 ]
(SAVE) button of MENU 2 to carry out the Save operation. For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the
Owner’s Manual.

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NOTICE

Disabling Recall of Specific Items (Freeze)

Registration Memory lets you recall all the panel setups you made with a single button press. However, there
may be times that you want certain items to remain the same, even when switching Registration Memory
setups. When you want to switch the Voice settings but still maintain the Style settings, for example, you can
“freeze” only the Style settings and have those Style settings remain, even when you select another
Registration Memory number.

1 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TAB [ E] MENU 1  [C] REGIST SEQUENCE/FREEZE  TAB [F] FREEZE

2 Use the [1 ]–[3 ] buttons to select the desired item, then use the [4 ]/

[5 ] buttons to enter or remove the checkmark.

Items having checkmarks will be frozen when the [FREEZE] button on the panel is turned on.

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3 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the operation display.

Settings in the FREEZE display are automatically saved to the instrument when you exit from this display. However, if you turn the power
off without exiting from this display, the settings will be lost.

4 Press the [FREEZE] button on the panel to turn the Freeze function on.

With this operation, you can “freeze” or maintain checkmarked items, even when you select another
Registration Memory number. To turn off the Freeze function, press the [FREEZE] button again.

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Calling Up Registration Memory Numbers in Order (Registration Sequence)

4
6

7

Indicates the name of the currently
selected Registration Memory Bank.

Indicates the Registration Memory
numbers, in the order of the current
Registration Sequence.

As convenient as the Registration Memory buttons are, there may be times during a performance when you
want to quickly switch between settings. The convenient Registration Sequence function lets you call up the
eight setups in any order you specify, by simply using the TAB [E][F] buttons (in the Main display) or the
pedal as you play.

1 If you intend to use a pedal or pedals to switch the Registration Memory number,

connect the optional pedals to the appropriate FOOT PEDAL jacks.

For instructions, refer to chapter 10 of the Owner’s Manual.

2 In the REGISTRATION BANK display, select the desired Bank to be programmed.

3 Call up the operation display.

[FUNCTION]  TA B [E] MENU 1  [C] REGIST SEQUENCE/FREEZE  TAB [ E]
REGISTRATION SEQUENCE

4 If you use a pedal, specify here how the pedal will be used—to advance or to reverse

through the sequence.

Use the [B] or [C] button to select the pedal for advancing or reversing through the Registration Sequence.
For example, if two pedals are connected, Pedal 1 is used for advancing while Pedal 2 is used for
reversing. Note that the pedal settings here (other than OFF) will take priority over the settings in the
FOOT PEDAL display (page 114). If you want to use the pedal for a function other than Registration
Sequence, make sure to set this to OFF.

5 Program the Sequence order, from left to right.

Press one of the REGISTRATION MEMORY [1]–[8] buttons on the panel, then press the [6 ]
(INSERT) button to input the number.

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NOTICE

[1 ]–
[4 ]

[5 ] REPLACE Replaces the number at the cursor position with the currently selected Registra-

[6 ] INSERT Inserts the number of the currently selected Registration Memory number to the

[7 ] DELETE Deletes the number at the cursor position.

[8 ] CLEAR Deletes all numbers in the sequence.

Moves the cursor.

tion Memory number.

cursor position.

6 Use the [D] (SEQUENCE END) button to determine how Registration Sequence

behaves when reaching the end of the sequence.

• STOP ............... Pressing the TAB [F] button or the “advance” pedal has no effect. The sequence is

“stopped.”

• TOP.................. The sequence starts again at the beginning.

• NEXT BANK ... The sequence automatically moves to the beginning of the next Registration Memory Bank

in the same folder.

7 Press the [F] (REGIST SEQ. ENABLE) button to turn the Registration Sequence

function on.

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8 Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the operation display.

After the confirmation message appears, press the [G] (YES) button to store the Registration Sequence
program temporarily.

Keep in mind that all Registration Sequence data is lost when changing Registration Memory Banks, unless you’ve saved it with the Reg­istration Memory Bank file. For instructions on saving, see the section below.

Saving the Registration Sequence Settings

The settings for the Sequence order and how Registration Sequence behaves when reaching the end of the
sequence (SEQUENCE END) are included as part of the Registration Memory Bank file. To store your
newly programmed Registration Sequence, save the current Registration Memory Bank file.

1 Press the REGIST BANK [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously to call up the

REGISTRATION BANK Selection display.

2 Press the [6 ] button of MENU 2 to save the Bank file.

For details, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

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Using the Registration Sequence

1 Select the desired Registration Bank.

2 At the upper right of the Main display, confirm the Registration Sequence.

3 Press the TAB [E] or [F] button, or press the Foot Pedal to select the first Registration

Memory number.

The box appears around the left-most number, indicating that this Registration Memory number is
currently selected.

4 Use the TAB buttons or Foot Pedal during your keyboard performance.

To return to the status in which no Registration Memory number is selected, press the TAB [E] and [F]
buttons simultaneously while the Main display is called up.

NOTE The pedal can be used for Registration Sequence no matter which display is called up (except for the REGIST SEQUENCE display).

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Contents

Making and Saving the Microphone/Guitar Settings (EQ/CMP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

• Saving the Microphone/Guitar Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

• MIC/GUITAR Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

• TALK Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Setting and Editing Vocal Harmony Types (PSR-S970) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

• Setting up the Vocal Harmony Control Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

• Editing the Vocal Harmony Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Editing the Synth Vocoder Types (PSR-S970). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

• Editing the OVERVIEW Tab Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

• Editing the DETAIL Tab Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Making and Saving the Microphone/Guitar Settings (EQ/CMP)

This section explains how to make and save the detailed settings for the microphone/guitar.

1 Connect a microphone or guitar, press the [MIC SETTING/VOCAL HARMONY] button

(PSR-S970) or [MIC SETTING] (PSR-S770) button to call up the operation display, then
press the [A] (MIC/GUITAR) button to set it to ON.

This lets you talk into the microphone or play the guitar and hear the changes made while setting the
parameters.

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2 Press the [B] (EQ/CMP) button to call up the EQ/CMP SETTING display.

3 Select the desired page, MIC/GUITAR or TALK, by using the TAB [E][F] buttons.

NOTE The settings on the TALK page are the settings that are active when the [F] (TALK) button is on.

4 Use the [A]–[E] buttons to select the specific row (or group) of parameters to be

adjusted.

5 Set the value of specific parameters in the row by using the [1 ]–[6 ] buttons.

For information on each parameter, see pages 89–90.

After setting, go to the EQ/CMP SETTING MEMORY display by pressing the [I] (USER MEMORY) button and save the settings (see

page 89). The settings will be lost if you exit from this display or turn off the power to the instrument without carrying out the Save oper-

ation.

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Saving the Microphone/Guitar Settings

All the settings (MIC/GUITAR and TALK pages) are saved together as a single file. Up to ten files can be
saved.

1 On the EQ/CMP SETTING display (in step 3 on page88), press the [I] (USER MEMORY)

button.

2 Press the [6 ] (SAVE) button to save the file to the USER drive.

For details on the naming and saving procedures, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

NOTE The microphone/guitar setting file can be saved only to internal USER drive. If you want to save this setting on the USB flash drive, save the User Effect

file on the display called up via [FUNCTION]  TAB [ F] MENU 2  [G] SYSTEM  TAB [E][F] SETUP FILES  [H] USER EFFECT FILES.

Calling Up the Microphone/Guitar Settings Saved to USER

1 Call up the EQ/CMP SETTING MEMORY display.

[MIC SETTING/VOCAL HARMONY] (PSR-S970) or [MIC SETTING] (PSR-S770) button 
[B] EQ/CMP SETTING  [I] USER MEMORY

2 Press the [A]–[J] buttons to select the desired setting file.

MIC/GUITAR Page

 3BAND EQ (selected by [A]/[B] buttons)

EQ (Equalizer) is a processor that divides the frequency spectrum into multiple bands which can be
boosted or cut as required to tailor the overall frequency response. This instrument features a high-grade
three-band (LOW, MID and HIGH) digital equalizer function for the microphone/guitar sound.

[1 ]/
[3 ]/
[5 ]

[2 ]/
[4 ]/
[6 ]

 NOISE GATE (selected by [C]/[D] buttons)

This effect mutes the input signal when the input from the microphone/guitar falls below a specified level.
This effectively cuts off extraneous noise, allowing the desired signal (vocal, etc.) to pass.

[1 ] SW (Switch) Turns the Noise Gate on or off.

[2 ] TH. (Threshold) Adjusts the input level at which the gate begins to open.

 COMPRESSOR (selected by [C]/[D] buttons)

This effect holds down the output when the input signal from the microphone/guitar exceeds a specified
level. This is especially useful for smoothing out vocals that have widely varying dynamics. It effectively
“compresses” the signal, making soft parts louder and loud parts softer. For a maximum compression
effect, set RATIO to a high setting and adjust the OUT parameter for optimum volume.

Hz Adjusts the center frequency of the corresponding band.

dB Boosts or cuts the level of the corresponding band by up to 12 dB.

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[3 ] SW (Switch) Turns the Compressor on or off.

[4 ] TH. (Threshold) Adjusts the input level above which the Compressor is applied.

[5 ] RATIO Adjusts the compression ratio. Higher ratios result in a more compressed

sound, with a reduced dynamic range.

[6 ] OUT Adjusts the final output level.

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 (PSR-S970) PITCH DETECT (selected by [E] button)

Determines how this instrument detects or recognizes the pitch of the microphone sound you input during
performance.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ]/
[4 ]

[5 ]/
[6 ]

TAL K Page

VOCAL TYPE Set this to obtain the most natural vocal harmony, depending on your

voice.

LOW: Setting for lower voices. This setting is also appropriate for growl-

ing and shouting.

MID: Setting for mid-range voices.

HIGH: Setting for higher voices. This setting is also appropriate for sing-

ing close to the microphone.

FULL: Setting for vocalists having a wide range, from low to high.

BACKGROUND
NOISE CUT

SPEED 1 (SLOW) – 4 (NORMAL) – 15 (FAST)

THRU, 200Hz, 300Hz, 400Hz, 500Hz

This allows you to filter out low noises that would interfere with the Vocal
Harmony effect. A setting of “THRU” turns the noise filter off.

Adjusts the response of the Vocal Harmony effect, or how quickly harmo­nies are generated in response to your voice.

NOTE When the Vocal Harmony’s Pitch Detect Speed of one or both parts of Lead and Harm. are set to “as

Mic Setting” in the DETAIL tab (page 97), this parameter is effective. In other settings, the setting of
the Vocal Harmony’s Pitch Detect Speed is effective.

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The settings here are for your speech or announcements (NOT your singing performance), and are active
when the [F] (TALK) button is set to ON. All indications and parameters (with the exception of TALK
MIXING below) are the same as in the MIC/GUITAR page. However, the settings are independent from
those in the MIC/GUITAR page.

 TALK MIXING (selected by [E] button)

[1 ] VOLUME Determines the output volume of the microphone sound.

[2 ] PAN Determines the stereo pan position of the microphone sound.

[3 ]REVERB

DEPTH

Determines the depth of the reverb effects applied to the microphone
sound.

[4 ] CHORUS

DEPTH

[5 ]/
[6 ]

REDUCTION
LEVEL

Determines the depth of the chorus effects applied to the microphone
sound.

Determines the amount of reduction to be applied to the overall sound
(excepting the microphone input)—allowing you to effectively adjust the
balance between your voice and the overall instrument sound.

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Setting and Editing Vocal Harmony Types (PSR-S970)

Setting up the Vocal Harmony Control Parameters

You can set which part controls the Vocal Harmony regardless of the current Vocal Harmony Type.

1 Call up the Vocal Harmony Type Selection display.

[MIC SETTING/VOCAL HARMONY]  [E] (TYPE)

NOTE Check that the microphone is properly connected (Owner’s Manual, chapter 8) and the settings (Reference Manual, page 88) are adjusted correctly before

setting the Vocal Harmony Control parameters here.

2 Press the [8 ] (SET UP) button to call up the Setup display, then set the value by

using the [2 ]–[5 ] and [7 ] buttons.

For information on each parameter, see page 92.

3 After you finish setting the value, press the [EXIT] button to close the Setup display.

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 Setup Parameters

[2 ]–
[5 ]

[2 ]

[3 ]

[4 ]

/[5 ]

[7 ] CHORD In Chordal mode, the following parameters determine which data in a

VOCODER
CONTROL

SONG
CHANNEL
MUTE/PLAY

SONG
CHANNEL
OFF/1–16

KEYBOARD

The Vocal Harmony effect in the Vocoder and Vocoder-Mono modes is
controlled by the notes you play on the keyboard and/or Song data.

When set to “MUTE,” the channel selected below (to control Harmony)
is muted (turned off) during Song playback. This enables you to sing a
song with harmony, even without backing or accompaniment.

When set to OFF, Song playback does not affect the Vocal Harmony.
When set to one of the values 1–16, note data (played from a Song on
this instrument or external MIDI sequencer) contained on the corre­sponding channel is used to control the harmony.

OFF: Keyboard performance does not affect the Vocal Harmony.

UPPER: Notes played to the right of the Split Point control the har-

mony.

LOWER: Notes played to the left of the Split Point control the har-

mony.

NOTE The separate point of the Keyboard settings (OFF/UPPER/LOWER) is Split Point (LEFT).

NOTE When the settings of both keyboard performance and Song data are applied, those settings are

merged to control the harmony.

Song is used for chord detection.

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OFF: Chords are not detected from the Song data.

XF: Chords of XF format are used for the Vocal Harmony.

1–16: Chords are detected from note data in the specified Song chan-

nel.

NOTE The Vocal Harmony may not work properly regardless of the setting here depending on the Song

data, since the selected Song may contain no chord data or insufficient note data for chord
detection.

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Editing the Vocal Harmony Types

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This section explains briefly how to create your own Vocal Harmony types, and lists the detailed parameters
for editing. A sum total of sixty types can be created and saved.

1 Call up the Vocal Harmony Type Selection display.

[MIC SETTING/VOCAL HARMONY]  [E] TYPE

2 Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to select the VOCAL HARMONY tab.

3 Select a Vocal Harmony type to be edited by using the [A]–[J] buttons.

To call up the other display pages for further selections, press one of the [1 ]–[5 ] buttons.

4 Press the [8 ] (EDIT) button to call up the VOCAL HARMONY EDIT display.

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NOTE The VOCAL HARMONY EDIT display can also be called up by using the [8 ] buttons on the MIC/GUITAR SETTING display.

5 Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to call up the desired tab, then edit the Vocal Harmony by

using [A]–[G] buttons and [1 ]–[8 ] buttons.

There are three tabs in the VOCAL HARMONY EDIT display; refer to pages 94–97 for editing each tab.

• OVERVIEW ......Edits basic parameters for Vocal Harmony type, including mode, Chordal Type and Vocal

Effect, etc.

• PART ................Adjusts volume and panning, etc. for each of the harmony notes (Harm.1, 2, 3 and Lead).

• DETAIL.............Detailed editing for Vocal Harmony type.

The settings here will be lost if you change to another Vocal Harmony type or you turn the power off without carrying out the Save opera­tion.

6 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save your edited Vocal Harmony type.

For instructions on the Save operation, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

NOTE The edited Vocal Harmony Type can be saved only to internal USER drive as a file. If you want to save this to the USB flash drive, save the User Effect file

on the display called up via [FUNCTION]  TAB [F] MENU 2  [G] SYSTEM  TAB [E][F] SETUP FILES  [H] USER EFFECT FILES.

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 Editing the OVERVIEW Tab Parameters

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1 Set the value by using the [A]–[C] buttons, [1 ] and [3 ]–[8 ] buttons.

For information on each parameter, see page 95.

2 Press the [F] (HARMONY ASSIGN) button to set how the Vocal Harmony is applied to

your singing voice.

For information on each parameter, see page 95.

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3 Press the [G] (VOCAL EFFECT EDIT) button to edit the Vocal Effect.

On the display called up via this operation, use the [3 ]–[5 ] buttons to select the parameter then
use the [6 ]–[7 ] buttons to set the value. If necessary, you can change the Effect Type from the
one selected in step 1 also on this display via the [1 ]/[2 ] buttons.
For information on each parameter, refer to the “Vocal Harmony Parameter List” in the Data List on the
website.

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 OVERVIEW Tab Parameters

[A] MODE Determines the mode of the Vocal Harmony effect: Chordal, Vocoder

or Vocoder-Mono. Chordal is for conventional vocal harmonies, while
Vocoder and Vocoder-Mono are for Vocoder effects. (Vocoder-Mono is
for single-note melodies.) When Vocoder or Vocoder-Mono is selected,
the Chordal Type parameter below is not available.

[B]/[C] CHORDAL

TYPE

[1 ] BALANCE Lets you set the balance between the lead vocal (your own voice) and

[3 ]–
[6 ]

[3 ]

–[4 ]

[5 ]

[6 ]

VOCAL
EFFECT

TYPE

LEAD

HARMONY

Determines the particular notes and voicings used for generating the
vocal harmonies. The harmony and lead notes are also shown as nota­tion in the display. For a list of the Chordal Types, refer to the “Vocal
Harmony Parameter List” in the Data List on the website.

Vocal Harmony. Raising this value increases the volume of the Vocal
Harmony and decreases that of the lead vocal. When this is set to
L<H63 (L: Lead Vocal, H: Vocal Harmony), only the Vocal Harmony is
output; when it is set to L63>H, only the lead vocal is output.

Determines the Vocal Effect type and the amount of the effect applied
to the lead and harmony vocal sounds.

Determines the specific Vocal Effect type applied to the lead and har­mony vocal sounds. A wide range of reverb, delay, modulation, distor­tion and other special effects are available. For a list of the effect types,
refer to the “Vocal Harmony Parameter List” in the Data List on the
website.

Determines the amount of Vocal Effect that is applied to the lead vocal
sound.

Determines the amount of Vocal Effect that is applied to the harmony
vocal sound.

[7 ] REVERB Determines the amount of reverb applied to the overall Vocal Harmony

sound, both lead and harmony.

[8 ] CHORUS Determines the amount of chorus effect applied to the overall Vocal

Harmony sound, both lead and harmony.

 HARMONY ASSIGN

For detailed information on each parameter, refer to the “Vocal Harmony Parameter List” in the Data List
on the website.

[1 ]/
[2 ]

[3 ]/
[4 ]

TRANS
(TRANSPOSE)
MODE

SESSION
TAB LE

Determines the amount by which the harmony parts are transposed. A
setting of “0” results in no transposition, while the “Auto” setting
results in automatic transposition. When the mode is set to Vocoder or
Vocoder-Mono, this parameter is available.

Settings: 0, Auto, -3 – +3

Determines how the harmonies will be voiced, or what type of chord
will be used in creating the harmonies, according to different musical
styles. This parameter is available only when the mode is set to Chordal
and the type is set to something other than ScaleDiatonic or Parallel.

Settings: Normal, Simple, R&R, UrbanA, UrbanB, Blues7, UrbanC

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[5 ]/
[6 ]

KEY ROOT Determines the root key for the transposition. Use this in combination

with Key Type below to enable modal scale harmony transposition.
When the Chordal Type parameter is set to ScaleDiatonic, this parame­ter is available.

Settings: C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B

[7 ]/
[8 ]

 Editing the PART Tab Parameters

The parameters are arranged in a matrix.

KEY TYPE Determines the scale type for the transposition. Use this in combination

with Key Root above to enable modal scale harmony transposition.
When the Chordal Type parameter is set to ScaleDiatonic, this parame­ter is available.

Settings: Maj, min (Natural), min (Harmonic)

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Use the [A]–[E] buttons to select the desired parameter, then edit each of the Vocal
Parts including the Harmony notes (Harm.1, 2, 3) and Lead voice (your own voice) via
the [3 ]–[8 ] buttons.

For information on each parameter, see below.

 TRANSPOSE (selected by [A] button)

Determines the pitch transposition for each part. The range for all parts is the same; however, the lead
vocal sound can only be adjusted in octaves. When the Chordal Type is set to ScaleDiatonic, this
parameter changes to Degree. When Pitch Correct is set to OFF, the Lead part is not available. When the
Vocoder or Vocoder-Mono mode is selected, the Harmony parts are not available.

TRANSPOSE Settings

Lead: -3 octaves – +3 octaves
Harmony 1, 2, 3: -36 semitones – +36 semitones

DEGREE Settings

Lead: -3 octaves – +3 octaves
Harmony 1, 2, 3: -3 octaves (-22 scale degrees) – Unison – +3 octaves (+22 scale degrees)

 DETUNE (selected by [B] button)

Determines the fine pitch setting for each part. Adjust this to produce a warm chorusing effect, or to
achieve a natural, less-than-perfect vocal sound. When Pitch Correct is set to OFF, the Lead part is not
available.
Settings: -50 cents – +50 cents

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 FORMANT (selected by [C] button)

Determines the formant setting for each part. This parameter can be used to finely change the character of
the vocal sound. The higher the value, the more “feminine” the harmony voice becomes. The lower the
value, the more “masculine” the voice. When Pitch Correct is set to Off, the Lead part is not available.
Settings: -62 – +62

 PAN (selected by [D] button)

Determines the pan position setting for each part. Setting each vocal part to a different pan position, with
the lead vocal at center, for example, results in a naturally wide stereo sound.
Settings: L63 (Left) – C (Center) – R63 (Right)

 VOLUME (selected by [E] button)

Determines the volume setting for each part. Use this to adjust the relative level balance among the vocal
parts.
Settings: 0–127

 PITCH CORRECT (set by [7 ]–[8 ] buttons)

Determines how Pitch Correct affects your voice. For information on each parameter, refer to the “Vocal
Harmony Parameter List” in the Data List on the website.
Settings: OFF, SOFT1, SOFT2, HARD

 Ed it i ng t he DETA IL Ta b Pa ra m ete rs

Use the [2 ]–[4 ] buttons to select the desired parameter, then set the value of
the selected parameter by using the [5 ]/[6 ] buttons.

For information on each parameter, refer to the “Vocal Harmony Parameter List” in the Data List on the
website.

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NOTICE

Editing the Synth Vocoder Types (PSR-S970)

This section explains how to create your own Synth Vocoder types, and lists the detailed parameters for
editing. A sum total of sixty types (Synth Vocoder and Vocal Harmony types) can be created and saved.

NOTE For information on “Editing the Vocal Harmony Types,” refer to page 93.

1 Call up the Vocal Harmony Type Selection display.

[MIC SETTING/VOCAL HARMONY]  [E] TYPE

2 Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to select the SYNTH VOCODER tab.

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5

5

3 Select a Synth Vocoder type to be edited by using the [A]–[J] buttons.

4 Press the [8 ] (EDIT) button to call up the SYNTH VOCODER EDIT display.

NOTE The SYNTH VOCODER EDIT display can also be called up by using the [8 ] buttons on the MIC/GUITAR SETTING display.

5 Use the TAB [E][F] buttons to call up the desired tab, then edit the Synth Vocoder by

using [A]–[E], [G] and [J] buttons and [1 ]–[8 ] buttons.

There are two tabs in the SYNTH VOCODER EDIT display; refer to pages 99–101 for editing each tab.

• OVERVIEW ..... Edits basic parameters for Synth Vocoder type, including Carrier, Vocoder Attack/Release

and HPF (High Pass Filter), etc.

• DETAIL ............ Detailed editing for Synth Vocoder type.

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6

The settings here will be lost if you change to another Synth Vocoder type or you turn the power off without carrying out the save opera­tion.

6 Press the [I] (SAVE) button to save your edited Synth Vocoder type.

For instructions on the Save operation, refer to “Basic Operations” in the Owner’s Manual.

NOTE The edited Vocal Harmony Type can be saved only to internal USER drive as a file. If you want to save this to the USB flash drive, save the User Effect file

on the display called up via [FUNCTION]  TAB [F] MENU 2  [G] SYSTEM  TAB [E][F] SETUP FILES  [H] USER EFFECT FILES.

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Editing the OVERVIEW Tab Parameters

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1 Use the [A]–[E] (or [J]) buttons to select the parameter to be adjusted, then set the

value by using the [1 ]–[8 ] buttons or sliders.

For information on each parameter, see pages 100–101.

2 Press the [G] (VOCAL EFFECT EDIT) button to edit the Vocal Effect.

On the display called up via this operation, use the [3 ]–[5 ] buttons to select the parameter then
use the [6 ]–[7 ] buttons to set the value. If necessary, you can change the Effect Type from the
one selected in step 1 also on this display via the [1 ]/[2 ] buttons.
For information on each parameter, refer to the Data List on the website.

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 CARRIER (set by [A]/[B] buttons)

Selects the musical instrument sound used as the source (Carrier) for the Synth Vocoder. (The Carrier
serves as the basic sound over which the vocal characteristics are applied.)

 VOCODER parameters (selected by [C]/[D] buttons)

[1 ] ATTACK Determines the attack time of the Synth Vocoder sound. The higher the

value, the slower the attack.

Settings: 1ms–200ms

[2 ] RELEASE Determines the release time of the Synth Vocoder sound. The higher

the value, the slower the decay.

Settings: 10ms–3000ms

 HPF (High Pass Filter) parameters (selected by [C]/[D] buttons)

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[3 ]FREQ.

(Frequency)

[4 ] LEVEL Determines the level of the microphone sound output from the HPF.

Determines the HPF cutoff frequency for the microphone input sound.
Setting this to a low value results in a minimally processed input
sound—in other words, close to the original. Setting this to higher val­ues emphasizes the higher frequency consonant and sibilant sounds
(making words easier to understand).

Settings: Thru, 500Hz–16kHz

Settings: 0–127

 FORMANT parameters (selected by [C]/[D] buttons)

[5 ] SHIFT Determines the amount (in BPF) by which the cutoff frequency value

of the BPFs (for the Inst Input) is shifted. This parameter can be used to
change the character of the Vocoder sound.

Settings: -2, -1, +0, +1, +2

[6 ] OFFSET Adjusts the cutoff frequencies of all BPFs (for the Inst Input) finely.

This parameter can be used to finely change the character of the
Vocoder sound.

Settings: -63 – +0 – +63

 CARRIER parameters (selected by [E]/[J] buttons)

[1 ] VOLUME Determines the level of the Carrier for the Synth Vocoder sound.

[2 ] OCTAVE Determines the octave setting of the Carrier for the Synth Vocoder

[3 ] NOISE Determines the noise level which is input to the Synth Vocoder. This

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Settings: 0–127

sound.

Settings: -2 – +2

can be used to emphasize sibilant and plosive sounds, and make the
speech-like characteristics more pronounced.

Settings: 0–127