Yamaha PSR-S900 Owner's Manual - Page 87

Using, Creating and Editing Voices Changing Pitch Transpose Transpose the pitch of the keyboard up or down (in semitones). • Transposing during performance You can easily set the desired transposition of the overall sound of the instrument by pressing the TRANSPOSE [-]/[+] buttons. • Transposing before performance 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†]-[3π†] buttons to set the transposition. Changing Pitch Fine-tuning the Pitch of the Entire Instrument 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†]/[5π†] buttons to set the tuning. Press the 4 or 5's [π] and [†] buttons simultaneously to reset the value to the factory setting of 440.0 Hz. Please note that the Tune function 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. Scale Tuning 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†]/[7π†] buttons. 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. PSR-S900/S700 Owner's Manual 87