User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome
- Accessories
- About the accessory disk
- S90 XS/S70 XS Main Features
- About this Manual
- Contents
- Controls and Functions
- Setting Up
- Start Guide
- Modes
- Basic Instructions
- Playing the Keyboard in the Voice mode
- Creating a New Performance by Using Your Favorite Voice (Performance Creator)
- Playing the Keyboard in the Performance Mode
- Singing with a Connected Microphone
- Recording/Playing Back with a USB Storage Device (Audio Record/Play Mode)
- Using a Connected Computer
- Playing the Keyboard Along with Playback of the MIDI File
- Using as a Master Keyboard (Master Mode)
- Making Global System Settings (Utility Mode)
- Saving/Loading Data (File Mode)
- Appendix
- Display Messages
- Troubleshooting
- No Sound
- No sound from the MIC INPUT jack
- Split does not work via the external MIDI device
- Playback continues without stopping
- The sound is distorted
- Sound is cut off
- Only one note sounds at a time
- Wrong pitch or unexpected pitch
- No effect is applied
- Vocoder does not work when selecting a Vocoder Voice
- The Edit Indicator appears, even when parameters are not being edited
- Cannot start the Arpeggio
- Cannot stop the Arpeggio
- The Voice assigned to the Performance produces a different sound from the one in the Voice mode
- Data communication between the computer and the S90 XS/S70 XS does not work properly
- The S90 XS/S70 XS does not sound properly even when playing back the song data on the computer or the MIDI instrument connected to the S90 XS/S70 XS
- MIDI bulk data transmission/reception does not work properly
- Cannot save data to the external USB storage device
- Cannot play an audio file
- Cannot enter the Edit mode
- Specifications
- Index
S90 XS/S70 XS Owner’s Manual
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Using a Connected Computer
Setting up for Remote Control
NOTE Before making the setup of DAW Remote, make sure to install
the USB-MIDI Driver and the S90 XS/S70 XS Remote Tools
correctly.
1 Connect this instrument to the computer via
a USB cable (page 36).
2 Press the [DAW REMOTE] button to enter the
Remote mode.
3 Press the [UTILITY] button to call up the
Remote display of the Utility mode.
4 Set the “DAW Select” to the desired DAW.
5 Press the [STORE] button to store this
setting.
6 Start the DAW software on the computer
connected to this instrument.
This section explains how to set up after starting each
application.
NOTE When the cable between the S90 XS/S70 XS and the Windows
computer is disconnected or the S90 XS/S70 XS is turned off
accidentally, the DAW will not recognize the S90 XS/S70 XS
again even if you connect the cable again or turn the S90 XS/S70
XS on. If this occurs, exit the DAW software, then restart it after
setting up the S90 XS/S70 XS and making sure the connection is
secure.
Cubase
The settings will be completed by installing S90 XS/S70
XS Remote Tools.
SONAR
1 Pull down the [Options] menu and select [MIDI
Devices] to call up the “MIDI Devices” window.
2 Add “Yamaha S90 XS (S70 XS)-2” to the Input Device,
then add “Yamaha S90 XS (S70 XS)-2” to the Output
Device.
3 Pull down the [Options] menu and select [Control
Surfaces] to call up the Control Surface window.
4 Click the [+] button, select “Mackie Control,” then set
the Input Port to “Yamaha S90 XS (S70 XS)-2” and set
the Output Port to “Yamaha S90 XS (S70 XS)-2.”
Digital Performer
1 In the Audio/MIDI setup of a Macintosh computer,
connect Port 2 of the interface of the S90 XS/S70 XS
to Port 2 of the tone generator. When there is only one
Port for the tone generator, add the new Port, then
connect it to the interface.
2 Pull down the [Setup] menu and select [Control
Surfaces] to call up the Control Surface window.
3 Click the [+] button.
4 Select “Mackie Control” in the Driver section.
5 In the box for setting “Unit” and “MIDI,” select “Mackie
Control” in the “Unit” section and select “S90 XS (S70
XS) New Port 2” in the “MIDI” section.
Logic Pro
1 Select the [Preference] menu [Control Surfaces]
[Settings] to call up the Settings window.
2 Select the [New] menu [Install].
3 Select “Mackie Control” in the model, then add it as a
control surface.
4 Set the MIDI Output Port to “Yamaha S90 XS (S70
XS)-2.”
5 Set the MIDI Input Port to “Yamaha S90 XS (S70 XS)-
2.”
NOTE Mackie Control is the trademark of Mackie Designs, Inc.
NOTE For details about the button operations and functions, refer to the
separate PDF manual.
Setting up the S90 XS/S70 XS
Setting up the DAW of the computer