Yamaha S90 ES - page 32

Voice Play mode

32 Owner’s Manual

Quick Guide Playing the S90 ES

Selecting a Drum Voice

While holding the [DRUM KITS] button, press one of the

following buttons: [PRE 1] (Preset Drum), [USER 1] (User

Drum), or [GM] (GM Drum).

This operation is basically the same as in selecting a

Normal Voice. The numbers of Groups that you can select

depends on the Bank you’ve selected in step 2.

This is the same as in selecting a Normal Voice.

nFor details about the instrument assignments for each key, refer to

the separate Data List.

Using the Category Search function

You’ll probably have a lot of fun and inspiration going through the Voices one-by-one, listening to each in order—but it will

take you a long time to get through all of them, since the S90 ES has so many. This is where the Category Search function

comes in handy. It’s a powerful and easy-to-use way to quickly ﬁnd the Voices you want. Let’s try out the feature below,

searching for a Voice in the Pipe Organ category.

nPress the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button again to turn this function

off.

Press the [PRE 3] ORGAN button of the Bank buttons and

Group buttons. The Voices in the Organ Category are

displayed in a list.

1Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice

Play mode.

2Select a Drum Voice Bank.

3Select a Drum Voice Group.

FAVORITES

DRUM

KITS

A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN

PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4

USER 1

GUITAR/

PLUCKED

USER 2

BASS

4Select a Drum Voice Number.

5Play the keyboard and check which

instrument is assigned to each key.

Using the [INC/YES], [DEC/NO] buttons and

data dial

In steps 3 and 4 above, you can select a Voice

Number by using the [INC/YES], [DEC/NO] buttons

and data dial.

DEC/NO INC/YES

Increases number

Decreases number Increases number

Decreases number

1Turn the Category Search function on by

pressing the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button.

SYN LEAD

ABCDEFGH

SYN PAD/

CHOIR SYN COMPCHROMATIC

PERCUSSION

DRUM/

PERCUSSION

MUSICAL FX

COMBI