Yamaha PSR-S770 PSR-S970/PSR-S770 Owners Manual - Page 10

Welcome to Digital Workstation Extraordinarily expressive and realistic Voices The PSR-S970/S770 has a comprehensive and sonically stunning set of authentic Voices, and gives you the tools to play these Voices more naturally and with greater expressiveness. page 35 Play along with a backing band The Styles of the PSR-S970/S770 make it possible to perform in a wide variety of music genres with full instrumental accompaniment, just by playing chords. Moreover, the PSRS970 features Audio Styles which bring a fresh level of realism and expressiveness, featuring actual audio recordings of topclass studio musicians. These impart all the original feel, ambience and excitement to the drums and percussion parts of the Style, and retain the subtle nuances and grooves that are difficult to reproduce using the preset drum kits. page 48 Voice and Style expandability page 46 The PSR-S970/S770 is an open-ended instrument that lets you continually expand the available content for your creative explorations. Featured on our special website (http://www.yamaha.com/awk/) are many Voices and Styles (called Expansion Pack data) that you can get and load to the PSR-S970/S770. By using the "Yamaha Expansion Manager" software, you can manage the variety of Expansion Packs and create your own custom Pack for installing on your instrument. Powerful DSP effect for enhancing the sound page 42 The PSR-S970/S770 has new and high-quality effect types, including Real Distortion and Real Reverb. On the PSR-S970, these also include VCM effects that use the same technology as the professional-level processing on Yamaha's high-end mixers. It is provided with beautifully designed virtual panel displays, with highly intuitive controls-just like actual effect devices. Audio playing and recording with a USB flash drive Audio files (WAV or MP3 format) saved to a USB flash drive can be played back on the instrument. You can also record your performance as audio files (WAV format) to a USB flash drive- making it easy to edit your recordings on computer as desired, and share them over the Internet, or burn your own original CDs. The instrument also provides a variety of advanced, convenient audio playback and processing functions, including Time Stretch, which lets you slow down or speed up an audio file without changing the pitch, and Pitch Shift, which allows you to change the pitch without affecting the time. Moreover, a Vocal Cancel function effectively attenuates the vocals which may be positioned in the center of a file, allowing you to sing "karaoke" style with just instrumental backing. page 71 10 PSR-S970/S770 Owner's Manual