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S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 1 Contents What is the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor? ........................................ 2 Studio Manager ........................................................................ 2 Studio Connections ................................................................. 2 About Open Plug-in T echnology ................[...]

What is the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor? S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 2 What is the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor? S90 XS/S70 XS Editor is a convenient tool which lets you edit and save the various parameters of your S90 S90 XS/S70 XS Music Synthesizer . These include V oice and Mixing parameters (edited in the V oice or Multi mode of the S90 XS/S70 XS) s[...]

About Open Plug-in Technology S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 3 A udio Integration Plug-in software such as softwar e synthesizers and software samplers are exceptionally convenient in that they let you easily change the various settings and parameters within the host application. However , control over hardwar e is not so easy—with the nee[...]

Data Structure of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 4 Data Structur e of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor The S90 XS/S70 XS Editor lets you cr eate the following data and save them as a single fi le (extension: .X2E). • Global data (latest status of edited global parameters) • Current data in the V oice mode (latest status[...]

Starting the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 5 Star ting the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Install the driver USB-MIDI Driver , Studio Manager and S90 XS/S70 XS Editor by following the respective Installation Guides, then install the host application such as Cubase if necessary . After making the r equired connection and setting t[...]

An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 6 An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use There is no single way to use the many components in the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor . Y our editing needs and prefer ences may differ; however , the following example gives you a simple step-by-step guide in how to use the S90 XS/S7[...]

An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 7 CA UTION Regarding the data transf er for synchronization, the setting here tak es precedence over that specified in Studio Manager . Make sure to set the desired data transf er direction, regardless of the setting on the Studio Manager , in order to av oid data loss[...]

An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 8 5-4 Edit the V oice parameter s as desired. Edit the parameters (EQ, chorus, reverb, etc.) in the “V” r ow by clicking them. To confir m how the parameter edit affects the V oice sound, click any note on the virtual keyboard or the S90 XS/S70 XS keyboard. To make[...]

An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 9 6-4 Click [Store] to store the edited V oice to the selected number in the selected Bank. Perfor ming this operation will store the V oice data to the User V oice Bank in the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument as well as that within the Editor . CA UTION When you e xecute the S[...]

An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 10 7-3 On the “G” ro w of the Global/Multi section, click the Multi name or V oice name to call up the MUL TI LIBRAR Y window . The MUL TI LIBRARY lists the Multi pr ograms which is stored in the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument when the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor is in ONLINE st[...]

An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 11 8. Store the edited V oice or a Multi, as necessary . 8-1 Select the [Store Mixing] under the [Edit] menu to store the edited Multi. n Y ou can also store the edited Multi with the Stor e operation on the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument. For details, refer to the Owner&apos[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Overall section S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 12 S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window Overall section 1 File, Edit, Bulk, Help Refer to page 36 . 2 V oice/Multi mode Determines the mode of the S90 XS/S70 XS, V oice or Multi. As soon as “V oice” or “Multi” is selected here, the mode of the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 13 Mixer section (when the V oice/Multi is set to “V oice”) 1 Global This strip lets you edit the main parameters in the V oice mode, such as effect-related ones. Clicking “G” turns this section on as illustrated bel[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 14 3 V oice When the [V oice] is selected: Edits the V oice parameters. Clicking the “V” r ow turns this section on as illustrated below . n When editing any of the V oice parameters described below, a small square appea[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 15 3 [+]/[–] buttons Click the [+] button to open all the folders so that all V oices appear in all folders. Click the [–] button to close all folders. 4 Folder (Category or Bank) Click each folder to open or close it. 5[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 16 When the [AD P art] is selected: This section lets you edit parameters for the A/D Part in the V oice mode. Clicking “AD” r ow turns this section on as illustrated below . Cho, Rev , P an (Chorus, Reverb, Pan) Adjusts[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 17 Mixer section (when the V oice/Multi is set to “Multi”) 1 Global This strip lets you edit the main parameters in the Multi mode, such as ef fect-related ones. Clicking “G” turns this section on as illustrated belo[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 18 Multi program At the right of the “G” indication, the name of the Multi pr ogram which includes the parameter settings for all the Par ts 1 – 16 is shown when the [Par t 1-16] tab ( page 19 ) is selected. Clicking t[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 19 2 [P art 1-16]/[AD Part] tab Selects the Parts to be edited from [Part 1-16] and [AD Part]. The illustration below indicates that the [Part 1-16] tab is selected. 3 Pa r t When [P art 1-16] is selected: This section lets [...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Mixer section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 20 Rcv Channel (Receive Channel) Determines the MIDI Receive Channel for each Part. Output Select Determines the specific output(s) for the individual Part. The following settings are available. * When a Nor mal V oice is a[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 21 P arameter Categor y section (when the V oice/Multi is set to “V oice”) Y ou can edit detailed parameters for the current Part by clicking the button (located near the top right of the window , just below[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 22 The indicated categories in the Parameter Category section differ depending on the selected row: G, V , or AD Part, as illustrated below . Clicking each of Categories calls up the corresponding parameters in [...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 23 4 Element or Drum Ke y This is shown when the “V” r ow is selected in the Mixer section. When a Normal V oice is selected (“Element” is shown in the Parameter Category section) and you select an Eleme[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 24 P arameter Categor y section (when the V oice/Multi is set to “Multi”) Y ou can edit detailed parameters for the current Part by clicking the button (located near the top right of the window , just below [...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 25 The indicated categories in the Parameter Category section differ depending on the selected Part type: G, Part 1 – 16, or AD Par t. Clicking each of the Categories calls up the corresponding parameters in t[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 26 Detailed P arameter section (when the V oice/Multi is set to “V oice”) This section indicates the detailed parameters of the selected category for the current V oice or Global settings. This section intro[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 27 Global Settings This Parameter category which is called up by selecting the “G” row in the Mixer section consists of the following sub categories. Master FX/EQ (Master Effect/EQ) Clicking this in the Para[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 28 Element or Drum Ke y This Parameter Category is called up by selecting the “V” row in the Mixer section. The “Element” is shown when the Normal V oice is selected while the “Drum Key” is shown whe[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 29 Detailed P arameter section (when the V oice/Multi is set to “Multi”) This section indicates the detailed parameters of the selected category for the current Part and the V oice assigned to the current Pa[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 30 Micro T uning Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Micr o T uning parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument, these parameters ar e the same as those[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 31 Effect Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the parameters r elated to the Insertion Effect for the current Part and System Ef fect applied to all the Parts in the Detailed Parameter secti[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Bottom section S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 32 Bottom section 1 Controller Set status This section indicates which contr oller of the S90 XS/S70 XS (either built-in or connected) is used as the Control Sour ce of the Controller Set edited in the RCV/Contr ol Set window . 1 Pa r t Indicates the current Part. Whe[...]

S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window: Bottom section S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 33 3 Knobs This section lets you adjust various parameters assigned to the Knobs on the fr ont panel of the S90 XS/ S70 XS instrument. 1 [T ONE]/[EG]/[EQ]/[Effect]/[MIC] Same as the Knob Function buttons on the panel of the S90 XS/S70 XS. 2 Knobs 1 – 4 Same as the f[...]

Basic Operations S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 34 Basic Operations This section covers basic operations of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor . Naming a V oice Y ou can assign an original name of your choice to the edited V oice on the VOICE LIBRARY window , GENERAL window in the Part Common General, and the Store window . From the VOICE LIBRAR Y win[...]

Basic Operations S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 35 Selecting a v alue Clicking inside the value box like such as that shown above calls up the list box, from which you can select the desired value. Y ou can also select the value also by clicking the arr ow at right end of this box. Using a knob Dragging or clicking the knob such as that show[...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 36 Menu [File] menu New Creates and opens a new file containing the default Mixing setup and V oice data. Open... Opens an already saved file of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor . The following file types can be selected and opened. • S90 XS/S70 XS Editor (.X2E) • S90 ES Multi Part Editor (.M6E[...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 37 Import Imports the V oice data (a specific V oice in a specific folder or all V oices in a specific folder) from a dif ferent file to the current file. Click the File Select button ( 3 ), select a file including your desired V oice(s) so that the folders in the selected file are list[...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 38 5 [Import] button Click this to actually import the V oice(s) selected in the Sour ce V oice list ( 8 ) to the specified location in the Destination V oice list ( 9 ). n Y ou can also impor t V oice data without the use of this button by dragging the desir ed V oice or folder from the Sour[...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 39 Setup Determines the basic setup of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor . After setting necessary parameters, click [OK] to actually apply the settings to the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor . 1 [X] (Close) button Click this to close this window without applying the settings. This button is the same as the [Canc[...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 40 5 A uto Sync Setting This section lets you set how the data synchr onization between the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor and the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument is executed when “OFFLINE” is changed to “ONLINE.” Actual data synchronization is executed fr om the Auto Sync window ( page 51 ) called up [...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 41 6 Knob Guide Determines whether or not the Knob Guide (knob editing ar ea) appears when adjusting a knob. Setting this to On conveniently enlarges the knob editing ar ea (as shown), making it much easier to edit a knob’ s parameter . 7 Knob Mouse Control Determines how the knob illustrate[...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 42 ) Inc/Dec Action Determines how the triangular buttons ([ ▲ ]/[ ▼ ]/[ L ]/[ M ]) located at the parameter boxes as illustrated below work. Inc/Inc: When this is selected, clicking the [ ▲ ] button incr eases the value by 1 while clicking the [ L ] button moves the cursor downwar d by [...]

Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 43 Hard ware Utility From the Har dware Utility window called up by selecting this menu, you can make the settings related to the parameters in the Utility mode of the S90 XS/S70 XS. Editing the parameter on this window will affect the parameter having the same name of the S90 XS/S70 XS instru[...]

Menu: [Edit] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 44 [Edit] menu Undo Cancels the changes you made in your most recent editing. [Undo] menu will be black and cannot be selected depending on the most recent edited parameter . Redo Redo is available only after using Undo, and lets you restor e the changes you made before undoing them. Copy Copi[...]

Menu: [Edit] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 45 When a Drum V oice is edited: 1 [X] (Close) button Click this to close the window without executing Initialization. 2 [All]/[Clear] button Clicking [All] turns all the checkboxes in this window on while clicking [Clear] turns them of f. 3 [Common] chec kbo x When this is turned on, clicking[...]

Menu: [Edit] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 46 Initialize Current Mixing (only in the Multi mode) Select this menu to call up the Initialize Current Mixing window , set the parameters as necessary , then click [Start] to initialize the V oice data assigned to the current Part. 1 [X] (Close) button Click this to close the window without [...]

Menu: [Edit] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 47 Store Global Simply selecting this menu will store the Global settings. The Global settings will be stor ed only to the inter nal memory of the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument. Store V oice From the window selected via this menu, you can stor e the edited V oice. The current V oice is stor ed in t[...]

Menu: [Edit] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 48 5 Bank folder This section indicates the following Banks to which you can stor e the edited V oice. • Normal User 1 • Normal User 2 • Normal User 3 • Normal User 4 • Drum User • Mixing Clicking on each Bank folder opens it and all the V oices stored in the Bank appear as illustr[...]

Menu: [Bulk] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 49 [Bulk] menu Data Sync Select this menu to call up the Initialize Data Sync window , set the parameters as necessary , then click [Start] to transmit the specified data from/to the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor to/from the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument. 1 [X] (Close) button Click this to close this windo[...]

Menu: [Help] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 50 4 Progress Bar Shows how much of the data has been transmitted. 5 [Start] button After setup is completed, click the [Start] button to actually execute data transmission. 6 [Stop] button This button is available only when data transmission is being executed and allows you to cancel the tran[...]

Menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 51 A uto Sync window This window is used for changing the status of the Editor fr om “OFFLINE” to “ONLINE.” While editing a parameter on the Editor affects the same parameter on the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument and vice versa in the Online status, you can disable the “mirr oring” of parameter chang[...]

Troubleshooting S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 52 Tr oubleshooting If you encounter problems such as no sound output or abnormal behavior , verify the connections before checking the following. Sound does not change when using the knobs or sliders. • Is “ONLINE” indicated on the Editor window? • Is the lamp at left of “ONLINE” in[...]