Yamaha PSR-S900 owner manual 1 2, 3, 4

Using, Creating and Editing Songs
Recording Your Performance to MIDI
PSR-S900/S700 Owner’s Manual 169
Displaying Specific Types of Events (FILTER)
In the edit 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 edit displays.
1Press the [H] (FILTER) button in the edit displays.
2Select the event type by using the [2 ππ
ππ†† ††
]–[5 ππ
ππ†† ††
] buttons.
3Checkmark (show) or remove the checkmark for the selected item by
using the [6 ππ
ππ†† ††
]/[7 ππ
ππ†† ††
] buttons.
[H](ALL ON)...............Checkmarks for all event types.
[I] (NOTE/CHORD).....Selects only NOTE/CHORD data.
[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.
4Press the [EXIT] button to execute the settings.
Pressing the [C]–[E] buttons calls up the respective Filter displays as shown below.
MAIN .........................Call up the Main Filter display.
CTRL CHG .................Call up the Control Change Filter display.
STYLE......................... Call up the Accompaniment Style Filter Display.
Editing System Exclusive Events (SYS/EX.)
The explanations here apply to the [SYS/EX] tab display in step 4 of the Basic Edit-
ing Operation on page 162.
From this display, you can edit recorded System Exclusive events, which do not
belong to a specific channel, such as tempo and beat (time signature). The opera-
tions here are basically the same as those in the section “Editing Note or Chord
Events” on page 167.
System Events
Press the [I] (SAVE) button to call up the Song Selection display for saving your
data, then save the data in the Song Selection display (page 73). CAUTION
The recorded Song data will
be lost if you select another
Song or turn the power to the
instrument off without exe-
cuting the Save operation
(page 73).
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 set-
ting, for the music score shown on the display.
XGPrm (XG Parameters) Allows you to make various detailed changes to the XG parame-
ters. Refer to the “MIDI Data Format” in the Data List for details.
The Data List is available at the Yamaha website. (See
page 5 .)
SysEx (System Exclusive) 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.
Meta (Meta Event) Displays the SMF meta events 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.