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Quick Guide Using the Controllers—Advanced Course
Controllers supported by the S90 ES
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Owner’s Manual
Changing Control Change numbers
The functions assigned to the controllers by the Controller Set and ASSIGN A/B functions are applied only to the internal
tone generator block.
For connected external MIDI instruments, use of the controllers generates MIDI Control Change messages, as assigned in
the chart below.
* The S90 ES does not have a Ribbon Controller. However, keep in mind that if the same MIDI Control Change messages as set here are
received from an external device, the internal tone generator also responds to those messages as if the Ribbon Controller of the
instrument was used.
Conventional controllers, such as Modulation wheel, will affect connected MIDI instruments in their conventional way. For
example, when the pan function is assigned to the Modulation wheel under Controller Set, using the Modulation wheel will
apply the pan function to the internal tone generator, but will transmit the Modulation messages to the external MIDI
instrument.
Keep in mind also that if the same MIDI Control Change messages as set here are received from an external device, the
internal tone generator also responds to those messages as if the controller on the S90 ES itself was used.
Controller Generated MIDI message Display to set the Control Change number
Aftertouch Channel Aftertouch (DnH) -
Pitch Bend wheel Pitch Bend (EnH) -
Modulation wheel Control Change (BnH, 01H) -
Footswitch (connected to the SUSTAIN connector) Control Change (BnH, 40H) -
ASSIGN A, B Control Change (BnH) [UTILITY]
→ [F4] CTL ASN → [SF2] ASSIGN
Footswitch (connected to the ASSIGNABLE jack)* Control Change (BnH) [UTILITY]
→ [F4] CTL ASN → [SF3] FT SW
Ribbon Controller* Control Change (BnH) [VOICE]
→ [UTILITY] → [F3] VOICE → [SF4]
CTL ASN
[PERFORM]
→ Performance selection → [EDIT]
→ [COMMON] → [F4] CTL ASN
[MULTI/SEQ PLAY] (selecting Multi mode)
→ Multi
selection
→ [EDIT] → [COMMON] → [F4] CTL
ASN
ASSIGN 1, 2
Foot Controller 1, 2
Breath Controller
Using the Controllers effectively
You can also set up a controller such that it sends one kind of Control message to the internal tone generator of the S90
ES, yet another kind of message to the MIDI Out. For example, in a Controller Set you could assign Resonance to
ASSIGN 1 (Control slider 3). Then, in the Utility mode, you could assign Control Change number 1 (modulation) to the
same slider. Now, when you move Control slider 3, resonance will be applied to the sound of the internal tone generator
block, while modulation messages will be transmitted to the external MIDI instrument.
External MIDI
instrument
Controller
Tone generator
block
Transmitting the Control Change messages
Affecting the destination (Dest)
TIP