Yamaha PSR-S900 Manual Do Utilizador

PSR-S900/S700 Owner’s Manual

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Using, Creating and Editing 

V

oices

Transpose the pitch of the keyboard up or down (in semitones). 

You can easily set the desired transposition of the overall sound of the instru-
ment by pressing the TRANSPOSE [–]/[+] buttons. 

Change the transpose settings in the MIXING CONSOLE display. You can set the 
transposition for the keyboard pitch (KBD), song playback (SONG), or overall 
sound of the instrument (MASTER), respectively. 

1 Call up the operation display.

[MIXING CONSOLE] 

→ TAB [√][®] TUNE

2 Use the [1π

π

π

π†

†

†

†

]–[3π

π

π

π†

†

†

†

You can fine-tune the pitch of the entire instrument—useful when you play the 
PSR-S900/S700 along with other instruments or CD music. 

1

Call up the operation display.
[FUNCTION] 

→ [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE → TAB [√][®] MASTER 

TUNE

2

Use the [4π

π

π

π†

†

†

†

]/[5π

π

π

π†

†

†

†

Press the 4 or 5’s [π] and [†] buttons simultaneously to reset the value to 
the factory setting of 440.0 Hz. 

You can select various scales for playing in custom tunings for specific historical 
periods or music genres.

1

Call up the operation display. 
[FUNCTION] 

→ [A] MASTER TUNE/SCALE TUNE → TAB [√][®] SCALE 

TUNE

2

Select the desired part for which you want to set the scale by using 
the [6π

π

π

π†

†

†

†

]/[7π

π

π

π†

†

†

†

Checkmark the box by pressing the [8π] button. 

3

Use the [A]/[B] buttons to select the desired scale. 
The tuning of each note for the currently selected scale is indicated in the 
keyboard illustration at the upper right of the display. 

Please note that the Tune func-
tion does not affect the Drum Kit 
or SFX Kit Voices.

Hz (Hertz):
This unit of measurement refers 
to the frequency of a sound and 
represents the number of times a 
sound wave vibrates in a second.