Page 2 - Studio Manager; Recall
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 Voice and Mixing parameters (edited in th...
Page 3 - Audio Integration; and MIDI port connections.; About Open Plug-in Technology; About the OPT 2 Overview
About Open Plug-in Technology S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 3 Audio Integration Plug-in software such as software 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...
Page 4 - Data Structure of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor
Data Structure of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 4 Data Structure of the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor The S90 XS/S70 XS Editor lets you create the following data and save them as a single file (extension: .X2E). • Global data (latest status of edited global parameters) • Curren...
Page 5 - Starting the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor; Start the Studio Manager.; When starting Studio Manager as a plug-in:; Start the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor from the window of the Studio Manager.
Starting the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 5 Starting 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 ...
Page 6 - An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use; and save the final results of your editing to a file.; CAUTION
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. Your editing needs and preferences may differ; however, the following example gives you a simple st...
Page 7 - Edit the Voice in the Voice mode.
An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 7 CAUTION Regarding the data transfer for synchronization, the setting here takes precedence over that specified in Studio Manager. Make sure to set the desired data transfer direction, regardless of the setting on the Stu...
Page 8 - Edit the Voice parameters as desired.; Store the edited settings as a User Voice, as necessary.; Select a Voice Bank from the following list:
An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 8 5-4 Edit the Voice parameters as desired. Edit the parameters (EQ, chorus, reverb, etc.) in the “V” row by clicking them. To confirm how the parameter edit affects the Voice sound, click any note on the virtual keyboard ...
Page 9 - Edit the Mixing parameters in the Multi mode.
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 Voice to the selected number in the selected Bank. Performing this operation will store the Voice data to the User Voice Bank in the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument as well as that within t...
Page 10 - Edit the parameters of the Mixing and Voice assigned to each Part.
An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 10 7-3 On the “G” row of the Global/Multi section, click the Multi name or Voice name to call up the MULTI LIBRARY window. The MULTI LIBRARY lists the Multi programs which is stored in the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument when the...
Page 11 - Store the edited Voice or a Multi, as necessary.; ) then store the Voice via the same
An Example of S90 XS/S70 XS Editor in Use S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 11 8. Store the edited Voice or a Multi, as necessary. 8-1 Select the [Store Mixing] under the [Edit] menu to store the edited Multi. n You can also store the edited Multi with the Store operation on the S90 XS/S70 XS inst...
Page 12 - S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Window; Overall section
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 Voice/Multi mode Determines the mode of the S90 XS/S70 XS, Voice or Multi. As soon as “Voice” or “Multi” is selected here, the...
Page 13 - Global; Chorus; Reverb; Volume
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 Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) 1 Global This strip lets you edit the main parameters in the Voice mode, such as effect-related ones. Clicking “G” turns t...
Page 14 - Voice; VOICE LIBRARY
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 Voice When the [Voice] is selected: Edits the Voice parameters. Clicking the “V” row turns this section on as illustrated below. n When editing any of the Voice parameters des...
Page 15 - Voices; Search Box
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 Voices appear in all folders. Click the [–] button to close all folders. 4 Folder (Category or Bank) C...
Page 18 - Multi program; MULTI LIBRARY
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 Parts 1 – 16 is shown when the [Par t 1-16] ta...
Page 19 - Part; Mute
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 [Part 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 Part When [Pa...
Page 20 - Output Select
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 ...
Page 21 - Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”); button (located near the top right of
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 Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) You can edit detailed parameters for the current Part by clicking the button (located near the t...
Page 22 - Global Settings
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...
Page 23 - Element or Drum Key; Drum Key (available when the Drum Voice is selected)
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 Key This is shown when the “V” row is selected in the Mixer section. When a Normal Voice is selected (“Element” is shown in the Parameter Category...
Page 24 - Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”)
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 Parameter Category section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) You can edit detailed parameters for the current Part by clicking the button (located near the t...
Page 26 - Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”); about each parameter, refer to the Owner’s Manual of the S90 XS/S70 XS.; Three Indicators showing the Editing Status
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 Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Voice”) This section indicates the detailed parameters of the selected category for the current Voice or...
Page 27 - following sub categories.; Controller Assign; Voice Common; The following sub categories are included.; General
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 (Mas...
Page 28 - Keys individually. The following sub categories are included.; Filter; AD; sub category is included.; Effect
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 Key This Parameter Category is called up by selecting the “V” row in the Mixer section. The “Element” is shown when the Normal Voice is selected whi...
Page 29 - Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”); Four Indicators showing the Editing Status
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 Parameter section (when the Voice/Multi is set to “Multi”) This section indicates the detailed parameters of the selected category for the current Part and...
Page 30 - Micro Tuning; Multi Common; Part Common; consists of the following sub categories.
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 Tuning Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Micro Tuning parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument...
Page 32 - Bottom section; Controller Set status
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 controller of the S90 XS/S70 XS (either built-in or connected) is used as the Control Source of the Controller Set edited in the RCV/Control Set wind...
Page 33 - Knobs; MIDI monitor; Keyboard
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 front panel of the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument. 1 [TONE]/[EG]/[EQ]/[Effect]/[MIC] Same as the Knob Function buttons on the panel of the...
Page 34 - Basic Operations; Naming a Voice
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 Voice You can assign an original name of your choice to the edited Voice on the VOICE LIBRARY window, GENERAL window in the Part Common General, and the...
Page 35 - Selecting a value; Mouse Control parameter in the Setup window (; Using a slider; Command key and click on the slider.; Using a graph
Basic Operations S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 35 Selecting a value Clicking inside the value box like such as that shown above calls up the list box, from which you can select the desired value. You can also select the value also by clicking the arrow at right end of this box. Using a knob Dr...
Page 36 - Menu; New; Save; Saves the current settings by overwriting the current file.
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 Voice 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 ...
Page 37 - Import; File name; File selection button
Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 37 Import Imports the Voice data (a specific Voice in a specific folder or all Voices in a specific folder) from a different file to the current file. Click the File Select button ( 3 ), select a file including your desired Voice(s) so that the f...
Page 38 - Source Voice list; • Opening/Closing all the folders; Destination Voice list
Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 38 5 [Import] button Click this to actually import the Voice(s) selected in the Source Voice list ( 8 ) to the specified location in the Destination Voice list ( 9 ). n You can also import Voice data without the use of this button by dragging the...
Page 39 - Setup; actually apply the settings to the S90 XS/S70 XS Editor.; MIDI
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 ...
Page 40 - Auto Sync Setting; appropriately reconnecting the devices.
Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 40 5 Auto Sync Setting This section lets you set how the data synchronization 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 from the Au...
Page 42 - Startup Mode
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 increases the value by 1 while clicking the [ ...
Page 43 - Hardware Utility; the bottom of this window to store the settings as Global data.
Menu: [File] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 43 Hardware Utility From the Hardware 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 ha...
Page 44 - Undo; selected depending on the most recent edited parameter.; Redo; LIBRARY window and entire Part setup to the clipboard.; Paste; When a Normal Voice is edited:
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 restore the c...
Page 45 - When a Drum Voice is edited:; with Wave Assignment
Menu: [Edit] menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 45 When a Drum Voice 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 off. 3 [Commo...
Page 46 - Initialize Current Mixing (only in the Multi mode); [Start] to initialize the Voice data assigned to the current Part.; Initialize Template
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 Voice data assigned to the current Part. 1 [X] (Close) b...
Page 47 - Store Global; Voice Name
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 stored only to the internal memory of the S90 XS/S70 XS instrument. Store Voice From the window selected via this menu, you can store the edite...
Page 48 - Bank folder; Voice Compare; Select “Voice Compare” again to return to the original status.
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 store the edited Voice. • 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 Voices stor...
Page 49 - Data Sync; Data type to be transmitted/received
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] ...
Page 50 - Progress Bar; Manual; Selecting this menu calls up this manual in PDF format.; About
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 ...
Page 51 - Auto Sync window; Port
Menu S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 51 Auto Sync window This window is used for changing the status of the Editor from “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 t...
Page 52 - Troubleshooting; checking the following.; Sound does not change when using the knobs or sliders.; • Is “ONLINE” indicated on the Editor window?; Bulk data is not transmitted/received successfully.; application. Check the MIDI Port settings in the host application.
Troubleshooting S90 XS/S70 XS Editor Owner’s Manual 52 Troubleshooting 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? • ...
