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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Voices—the basic building blocks of the S90 XS/S70 XS
Voices—created in the Voice mode—are the basic sonic building blocks for the other modes of this instrument. The
Performance and Multi programs are made up of different Voices.
This instrument features an exceptionally wide variety of preset Voices for playing in virtually any musical style. Try searching
through the Voices to find your favorites. Once you’ve explored them and feel comfortable with them, try branching out
creatively and use the editing features to make your own original Voices.
Combining several Voices to create a Performance or Multi
If you want to play several different Voices together simultaneously, select a Performance. The 384 Performances are
preprogrammed and be used as such, but can also be changed and customized to suit your own needs. By using the
Performance Creator feature, you can create your own original Performance based on the Voice currently selected in the Voice
mode.
To use this instrument as a multi-timbral tone generator with computer DAW software, select a Multi. With the help of the Multis,
this instrument can be used to play back MIDI song files from a connected USB or internal flash memory device.
Master mode—create a master keyboard setup or instantly call up your desired programs
The Master mode lets you register your favorite Voices, Performances, and Multis together into easy-to-select Master programs. No
matter what mode is used—Voice, Performance or Multi—you can have it instantly and automatically selected when you call up the
appropriate Master. The Master mode can also be used to divide the keyboard into four sections—each with its own Voice—just as if
you were playing four different MIDI keyboards.
Convenient remote control of your computer DAW software
The panel of this instrument also serves as a convenient control surface for your computer music system. Use the buttons and
controllers to control the audio mixer, pan adjustment, song start/stop and the VST instrument’s parameters in your DAW
software. This highly intuitive approach gives you hands-on control over your virtual studio—a level of control that a keyboard
and mouse cannot match.
Global settings and data backup
While the Voice, Performance, and Multi modes provide controls for using and editing the programs of this instrument, the Utility
mode is the place where you make overall settings for this instrument—for example, adjusting the transpose and fine tuning
controls, or switching between MIDI and USB operation. You can also archive your important data created on this instrument to
a USB storage device for safe-keeping.
Basic Instructions
Selecting a preset Voice
page 21
Changing the tonal qualities of the Voice
page 23
Creating a new Performance in the Voice
mode by using your favorite Voices
(Performance Creator)
page 28
Selecting a Performance
page 32
Creating music using a Multi and your
computer
page 38
Playing back a MIDI file
page 41
Making Master mode settings
page 43
Remote-controlling the software
page 38
Making global system settings
page 45
Backing up important data
page 47