Yamaha S30 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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Basics
Section
Playing a Performance
In Performance Play Mode, you can select and play any of 128 internal and 64 external (Memory
Card) Performances.
A Performance is a set of Voices used with the built-in (or an external) sequencer. Performances also
let you set the synthesizer up for multitimbral operation.
Each Performance can contain up to 16 Parts assigned to different Voices, plus an extra Part for a
Plug-in Board. If the Layer Switch (Page 117) parameter is switched on for any Parts, those Parts can
be play in unison. Also, you can assign multiple Parts to different MIDI channels so that they can be
played or be controlled individually using the built-in (or an external) sequencer. Up to 128
Performances can be stored in the internal memory and up to 64 on Memory Card. These
Performance settings are available in Performance Edit Mode (Page 106). Here, we will show how to
get started with Performance Play after selecting a Performance.
SHIFT
PART/ELEMENT
ASSIGNABLE NKOB
PAGE
DATA
EF
BYPASS
MASTER
KEYBOARD
EXIT ENTER
COMPARE
EDIT JOB
UTILITY CARD
DEC/NO INC/YES
A B C 1 2
MODE
VOICE STORE
SEQ
PLAY
PLAY/
STOP
PERFORM
PLGEXT
DRUMDRUM
QUICK
ACCESS
INTPRE2PRE1
A B
A. PIANO E. PIANO ORGAN GTR
/
BASS STRINGS BRASS SYNTH OTHER
C D E F G H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 [PERFORM] key
2 MEMORY key
3 [DATA] knob
3 [DEC/NO] and [INC/YES] keys
1
Press the [PERFORM] key
The [PERFORM] key LED will light, showing
that you are now in Performance Play Mode. The
following appears in the display.
At this point, you can play the Performance
(named on the screen) via keyboard.
PFM Play) INT:001(A01)[--:Init Perf ]
EQ Low EQ Mid EQ Hi -1 +0
STOREVOICE
M
ODE
UTILITY
EDIT JOB
PLAY
/
STOP
CARD
SEQ
PLAY
PERFORM
COMPARE
2 Press a MEMORY key
to select a Performance
Memory
There are two Performance Memories: INT
(internal) and EXT (External). INT consists of
128 Performances divided into eight Banks (A to
H). EXT consists of 64 Performances divided into
four Banks (A to D).
INT (internal) is stored in internal Random Access
Memory (RAM) and contains factory default
Performances. These can be overwritten but can
recalled at any time.
EXT (external) is stored on a Memory Card (RAM)
inserted in the CARD slot. If there is no Memory
Card inserted and you attempt to select an EXT
Performance, “-----” will be displayed and no sound
will be produced. With a Memory Card inserted,
you can select and play EXT Performances.
PLGEXT
DRUMDRUM
INTPRE2PRE1
EXT (External)
Bank A~D
INT (Internal)
Bank A~H
1~16
Performance
1~16
Performance