Yamaha PSR-S900 Voice, Style

PSR-S900/S700 Owner’s Manual 211

Appendix

The Voice selected from the Voice Selection display

does not sound.

• Check whether or not the selected part is turned on

(page 84).

•To select the Voice for the right-hand key range, press the

PART SELECT [RIGHT 1] button. For the Voice to be lay-

ered in the right-hand range, press the PART SELECT

[RIGHT 2] button. To select the Voice for the left-hand

key range, press the PART SELECT [LEFT] button.

The sound seems strange or different than expected

when changing a rhythm Voice (drum kit, etc.) of the

Style or Song from the Mixer.

• When changing the rhythm/percussion Voices (drum

kits, etc.) of the Style and Song from the VOICE parame-

ter, the detailed settings related to the drum voice are

reset, and in some cases you may be unable to restore

the original sound. In the case of Song playback, you

can restore the original sound by returning to the begin-

ning of the Song and playing back from that point. In the

case of Style play, you can restore the original sound by

selecting the same Style again.

Tremolo/Trill cannot be applied to the Organ Flute

Voice.

•This is normal; Tremolo and Trill settings in the Har-

mony/Echo display are not effective for Organ Flute

Voices.

The Harmony function does not operate.

• Harmony cannot be used with the Full Keyboard or AI

Full Keyboard ﬁngering modes. Select an appropriate

ﬁngering mode (page 107).

When a Voice is changed, the previously selected

effect is changed.

•Each Voice has its own suitable preset settings, which are

automatically recalled when the corresponding Voice

Set parameters are turned on (page 105).

The Voice produces excessive noise.

• Certain Voices may produce noise, depending on the

Harmonic Content and/or Brightness settings in the FIL-

TER page of the Mixing Console display (page 93).

The sound is distorted or noisy.

•The volume may be turned up too high. Make sure all

relevant volume settings are appropriate.

•This may be caused by certain effects. Try canceling all

unnecessary effects, especially distortion-type effects

(page 95).

•Adjust the sound using the [8

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] (TOTAL GAIN ADJ.)

buttons from the display shown in step 6 of “Editing and

Saving the selected EQ” (page 98), if you are using the

Master EQ.

• Some ﬁlter resonance settings in the VOICE SET display

(page 101) can result in distorted sound. Adjust these

settings if necessary.

•Noise may occur depending on the settings made in the

Filter display of the Mixing Console. Adjust the Har-

monic Content or Brightness controls in the Filter display

(page 93).

The sound does not change when replacing Voices

with the Song Auto Revoice feature.

• Depending on the particular Song data, there are some

instances where Song Auto Revoice has no effect, even

when replacing Voices.

The sound of the Voice doesn’t change, even when

editing the Voice.

•Keep in mind that adjustments made to the parameters

may not make much change in the actual sound depend-

ing on the original settings of the Voice.

Voices other than those in the Preset display cannot

be selected for Step recording.

•This is normal.

Style playback does not start.

•Make sure to press the STYLE CONTROL [START/STOP]

button.

•MIDI Clock may be set to “EXTERNAL.” Make sure this is

set to “INTERNAL” (page 207).

Only the rhythm channel plays.

• Make sure the Auto Accompaniment function is turned

on; press the [ACMP] button.

•You may be playing keys in the right hand range of the

keyboard. Make sure to play keys in the chord range of

the keyboard.

Styles cannot be selected.

• If the size of the Style data is large (about 120 KB or

greater), the Style cannot be selected because the data is

too large to be ready by the instrument.

The desired chord is not recognized or output by the

auto accompaniment.

•You may not be playing the correct keys for indicating

the chord. Refer to “Chord Types Recognized in the Fin-

gered Mode” of the Data List. The Data List is available

at the Yamaha website. (See page 5.)

•You may be playing the keys according to a different ﬁn-

gering mode, and not the one currently selected. Check

the accompaniment mode, and play the keys according

to the selected mode (page 107).

Synchro Stop cannot be turned on.

• Synchro Stop cannot be turned on when the ﬁngering

mode is set to “Full Keyboard” or “AI Full Keyboard,” or

when the [ACMP] button is set to off. Make sure the ﬁn-

gering mode is set to something besides “Full Keyboard”

or “Al Full Keyboard” and set the [ACMP] button to on.

Auto accompaniment chords are recognized regard-

less of the split point or where chords are played on

the keyboard.

•This is normal if the ﬁngering mode is set to “Full Key-

board” or “AI Full Keyboard.” If either of these is

selected, chords are recognized over the entire range of

the keyboard, irrespective of the split point setting. If

desired, select a different ﬁngering mode (page 107).

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