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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Playing the Keyboard in the Voice mode
Using the Category Search
function
The Voices are conveniently divided into specific
Categories, irrespective of their bank locations. The
categories are divided based on the general instrument
type or sound characteristics. The Category Search
function gives you quick access to the sounds you want.
1 Press the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button in the
Voice Play display.
The Category Search dialog appears.
2 Move the cursor position to “Main” (Main
Category) with the Cursor [U] button, and
use the data dial to select the Main Category.
3 Move the cursor position to “Sub” (Sub
Category) with the Cursor [D] button, and
use the data dial to select the Sub Category.
4 Press the [ENTER] button, or Cursor [R]
button to actually call up the selected
Category.
The Voice List of the selected category is shown.
5 Select the Voice with the Cursor [U]/[D]
buttons or data dial.
If you want to change the Category, press the Cursor [L]
button or [EXIT] button and go back to step 2.
6 Press the [ENTER] button to actually call up
the Voice.
This closes the Category Search dialog.
Grouping your most-used
Voices together—Favorite
Category
Category Search also has a convenient Favorite
Category that lets you collect your most often used and
favorite Voices for easy selection. This is one more useful
way you can quickly select the Voices you need from the
huge number available on the instrument.
Registering your favorite Voices to the
Favorite Category
1 Perform steps 1 through 4 of the “Using the
Category Search Function” to call up the
Voice List of the selected Category.
2 Press the Cursor [R] button to move the
cursor position to the Favorite check box
column.
3 Select the desired Voice with the Cursor [U]/
[D] buttons or data dial.
4 Press the [ENTER] button to place a check in
the Favorite check box.
The checkmark will be entered in the box, and the selected
Voice will be registered to the Favorite Category. To remove
the checkmark from the box, press the [ENTER] button once
again.
To register other Voices, repeat steps 3 through 4.
NOTE
The Favorite Category is automatically stored immediately
after checking the box.
5 When you complete registering Voices to the
Favorite Category, press the [VOICE] button
to return to the Voice Play display.
The Voice selected in the Category Search dialog is shown.
To register/remove the current Voice to/from the Favorite
Category, simply hold the [SHIFT] button then press the
[FAVORITE] button.
Main Category
Sub Category
Currently selected Main Category
and Sub Category Favorite check box
Voice list of currently selected category.
Favorite check box column