Yamaha S90 ES - page 16

16 Owner’s Manual

The Controls & Connectors

Front Panel

nWhen setting the following parameter to “0,” each key corresponds to the note name shown in the illustrations. [UTILITY] → [F1] GENERAL → [SF2]

KBD → Octave. Refer to this illustration when setting parameters having note name values, such as Note Limit.

1Keyboard

The keyboard is equipped with a touch response

feature (both initial touch and aftertouch). With initial

touch, the instrument senses how strongly or softly you

play the keys, and uses that playing strength to affect

the sound in various ways, depending on the selected

voice. With aftertouch, the instrument senses how much

pressure you apply to the keys while playing, and uses

that pressure to affect the sound in various ways,

depending on the selected voice.

Moreover, any of a variety of functions can be assigned

to aftertouch for each voice (page 62).

2Pitch bend wheel Page 41

Controls the pitch bend effect. You can also assign

other functions to this controller.

3Modulation wheel Page 41

Controls the modulation effect. You can also assign

other functions to this controller.

4[MASTER VOLUME] slider

Adjusts the master volume. Move the slider upwards to

raise the output level from the OUTPUT L/R jacks and

the PHONES jack.

5Control sliders 1 - 4 Page 42

These four highly versatile sliders let you adjust various

aspects or parameters of the current Voice. Use the

Control function buttons above to change the parameter

set for the Control sliders.

nIf all of the Control sliders are set to the minimum, you may not hear

any sound from the instrument, even when playing the keyboard. If

this is the case, raise all the sliders to a suitable level.

nThe [MASTER VOLUME] slider adjusts the output level from this

instrument. On the other hand, the volume adjustment by Control

slider adjusts the MIDI volume value for the corresponding Element

or Part.

6Control function buttons Page 43

Use the Control function buttons to change the

parameter set for the Control sliders.

7LCD Contrast control Page 10

Use this control to set the LCD display for optimum

legibility.

8[F1] - [F6] (Function) buttons Page 23

These buttons located directly below the LCD display

call up the corresponding functions indicated in the

display. In the display hierarchy, these functions [F] rank

just below the modes.

PAN/SEND PAN

ASSIGN A ASSIGN BASSIGN 1ASSIGN 2

REVERB CHORUS TEMPO

RELEASE

ASSIGN

MEF

TONE

ARP FX

CUTOFFRESONANCE ATTACK

SWING

MEF 1

LOW

MEF 2MEF 3MEF 4

GATETIMEVELOCITY

UNITMULTIPLY

LOW MID HIGH MID HIGH

VOLUME

VOLUME 1VOLUME 2VOLUME 3VOLUME 4

ZONE 1 ZONE 2ZONE 3ZONE 4

MASTER VOLUME

SF1

SF2

F2F3F4F5F6

SF3SF4SF5

INFORMATION

DEC/NO INC/YES

EXIT ENTER

EXECUTE

VOICE MASTER

PERFORM

MULTI/

SEQ PLAY

FILE UTILITY

EDIT JOB STORE

COMPARE

REMOTEEFFECT

BYPASSARPEGGIO

MODE PROGRAM

COMMON ELEMENT/PERF. PART/ZONE

FAVORITES

DRUM

KITS

A. PIANOKEYBOARD ORGAN

PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4

USER 1

GUITAR/

PLUCKED

SYN LEAD

ABCDEFGH

12 13

SYN PAD/

CHOIRSYN COMP CHROMATIC

PERCUSSION

DRUM/

PERCUSSION

MUSICAL FX

COMBI

USER 2

STRINGS

PLG 1

SLOT 1SLOT 2SLOT 3

BRASS

PLG 2

REED/PIPE

PLG 3

BASS

MUTE

TRACK

SELECT