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Yamaha Tyros4 Owner's Manual

Manual is about: DIGITAL WORKSTATION / OPTION SPEAKER

Summary of Tyros4

  • Page 1

    En owner’s manual before using the instrument, be sure to read “precautions” on pages 4–5..

  • Page 2: Special Message Section

    2 tyros4 owner’s manual product safety markings: yamaha electronic products may have either labels similar to the graphics shown below or molded/stamped facsimiles of these graph- ics on the enclosure. The explanation of these graphics appears on this page. Please observe all cautions indicated on t...

  • Page 3

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 3 1 read these instructions. 2 keep these instructions. 3 heed all warnings. 4 follow all instructions. 5 do not use this apparatus near water. 6 clean only with dry cloth. 7 do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accor- dance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8 ...

  • Page 4: Precautions

    4 tyros4 owner’s manual precautions please read carefully before proceeding * please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. Warning always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of serious injury or even death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, damag...

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    Tyros4 owner’s manual 5 • before connecting the instrument to other electronic components, turn off the power for all components. Before turning the power on or off for all components, set all volume levels to minimum. • be sure to set the volumes of all components at their minimum levels and gradua...

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    6 tyros4 owner’s manual information about copyrights • copying of the commercially available musical data including but not limited to midi data and/or audio data is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. • this product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which yama...

  • Page 7: Congratulations!

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 7 congratulations! You are the proud owner of an extraordinary electronic keyboard. The yamaha tyros4 combines the most advanced tone generation technology with state-of-the-art digital electronics and features to give you stunning sound quality with maximum musical versatility...

  • Page 8

    8 tyros4 owner’s manual about the manuals this instrument has the following documents and instructional materials. Included documents owner’s manual (this book) provides overall explanations of the tyros4 basic functions. See “how to use this owner’s manual” below. Installation guide explains how to...

  • Page 9

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 9 main features extraordinarily expressive and realistic voices the tyros4 has an expanded and enhanced set of exceptionally authentic voices, and gives you the means to play these voices more naturally and with greater expressiveness. In particular, the instrument has many new...

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    10 tyros4 owner’s manual contents included accessories ............................................................................................................................... 7 about the manuals ....................................................................................................

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    Tyros4 owner’s manual 11 contents 5 music finder – calling up ideal panel settings (voice, style, etc.) for each song – 66 selecting the desired song from among the panel settings ................................................................. 68 searching the panel settings..........................

  • Page 12: Top Panel

    12 tyros4 owner’s manual panel controls and terminals top panel q mic gain control........................................... Page 94 adjust the input sensitivity from the mic jack. W master volume control ......................... Page 16 adjusts the overall volume. E demo button......................

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    Tyros4 owner’s manual 13 panel controls a nd t er minals !7 mixing console button ........................... Page 86 controls over aspects of keyboard, style and song parts. !8 channel on/off button ................... Pages 52, 62 turns channels of style/song on or off. !9 balance button.............

  • Page 14: Rear Panel

    14 tyros4 owner’s manual rear panel q to right speaker jack ......................... Page 106 for connecting an optional set of speakers. W lan terminal ................................................... Page 91 for connecting a lan cable. E usb to host terminal ............................... Pag...

  • Page 15

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 15 panel controls a nd t er minals o line out jacks .............................................. Page 96 for connecting external audio devices. !0 aux in/loop return jacks ..................... Page 97 for connecting external audio devices. !1 aux out/loop send jacks ...........

  • Page 16

    16 tyros4 owner’s manual starting up this section contains information about setting up your tyros4 and preparing to play. Be sure to read through this section carefully before turning the power on. 1 make sure the power on/off switch on the tyros4 is set to off. 2 connect the supplied power cord to...

  • Page 17

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 17 star ting up unfasten the lock located at the back of the display panel. Then lift the panel and tilt it toward you. The panel will click as you tilt in back; these clicks are the four latched positions. Once you’ve set it to a satisfactory position, release the panel. It wi...

  • Page 18

    18 tyros4 owner’s manual overview demo will play back continuously, calling up the various displays in sequence. 1 press the [demo] button to start the demo. 2 press the [exit] button to exit from the demo. Playing the demo.

  • Page 19: [A]–[J] Buttons

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 19 bas ic oper at ions basic operations the lcd provides comprehensive at-a-glance information on all current settings. The displayed menu can be selected or changed by the controls around the lcd. [a]–[j] buttons the [a]–[j] buttons are used to select the corresponding menu. D...

  • Page 20: Tab [

    20 tyros4 owner’s manual tab [ ][ ] buttons these buttons are used mainly to change the pages of displays that have “tabs” at the top. [assign] slider when the footage page of the organ flutes voice is shown, this slider is used to adjust the footage lever of 16’ (page 44). When other displays are s...

  • Page 21: [Exit] Button

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 21 bas ic oper at ions [data entry] dial and [enter] button depending on the selected lcd display, the [data entry] dial can be used in the following two ways. Selecting files (voice, style, song, and so on) when one of the file selection displays (page 24) is shown, you can us...

  • Page 22

    22 tyros4 owner’s manual a message (information or confirmation dialog) sometimes appears on the screen to facilitate operation. When the mes- sage appears, simply press the appropriate button. With the convenient direct access function, you can instantly call up the desired display—with just a sing...

  • Page 23

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 23 bas ic oper at ions the display that appears when the power is turned on is the main display. The main display shows the current basic settings such as the currently selected voice and style, allowing you to see them at a single glance. The main display is the one you’ll usu...

  • Page 24

    24 tyros4 owner’s manual !0 audio song information displays information for the selected audio file (mode, file name and time). !1 upper octave displays the amount that the octave value is shifted (page 39). !2 registration sequence appears when the registration sequence is active. !3 assign slider ...

  • Page 25

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 25 bas ic oper at ions q location (drive) of data • preset ......................Location where pre-programmed (preset) data is stored. • user ...........................Location where recorded or edited data is saved. • hd ................................Location where data is...

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    26 tyros4 owner’s manual changing the file selection display view the file selection display actually has two different view types. One is normal view, which we’ve seen up until this point. The other is list view, which lets you open files according to their numbers. Since the tyros4 has many files ...

  • Page 27

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 27 bas ic oper at ions memorizing song/style paths the file selection display for songs and styles lets you memorize the path of specific song/style to one of the panel buttons. Even if your data is scattered across the drive in a complex hierarchy of folders and paths, you can...

  • Page 28: Creating A New Folder

    28 tyros4 owner’s manual if you’ve saved a lot of files to a user, hd or usb drive, it may be difficult to find the desired file quickly. To make it easier to find the files you want, you can organize your files in folders, rename the files, delete unnecessary files, etc. These operations are done i...

  • Page 29: Renaming Files/folders

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 29 bas ic oper at ions renaming files/folders this operation lets you rename files/folders. 1 call up the display containing the file/folder you want to rename. 2 press the [1 ] (name) button. The pop-up window for the rename operation appears at the bottom of the dis- play. 3 ...

  • Page 30: Deleting Files/folders

    30 tyros4 owner’s manual 3 press one of the [a]–[j] buttons corresponding to the desired file/folder. To cancel the selection, press the same [a]–[j] button again. Press the [6 ] (all) button to select all files/folders indicated on the current dis- play including the other pages. To cancel the sele...

  • Page 31

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 31 bas ic oper at ions the instructions that follow show you how to enter characters for naming your files/folders, inputting keywords, etc. Entering characters should be done in the display shown below. 1 change the type of character by pressing the [1 ] button. • case ..........

  • Page 32

    32 tyros4 owner’s manual while holding the c6 key (right-most key on the keyboard), turn the power switch on. This restores the all settings (except internet settings) to the factory default. You can also restore a specified setting to the factory default value, or save/load your own reset settings....

  • Page 33: – Playing The Keyboard –

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 33 1 1 1 vo ices – playing the k eyboar d – voices – playing the keyboard – the tyros4 features a wide variety of exceptionally realistic instrumen- tal voices, including piano, guitar, strings, brass, wind instruments and more. Selecting a voice (right 1) and playing the keybo...

  • Page 34

    34 tyros4 owner’s manual 3 press one of the [a]–[j] buttons to select the desired voice. To call up the other display pages, press one of the [1 ]–[4 ] buttons or press the same voice button again. 4 play the keyboard. Playing two or three voices simultaneously 1 make sure that part on/off [right 1]...

  • Page 35

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 35 1 vo ices – playing the k eyboar d – playing different voices with the left and right hands 1 make sure that some of part on/off [right 1]–[right 3] buttons are turned on. 2 press the part on/off [left] button to turn it on. 3 press one of the voice category selection button...

  • Page 36: Voice Types

    36 tyros4 owner’s manual voice types voice characteristics the voice type and its defining characteristics are indicated above the voice name—live!, cool!, sweet!, etc.. For detailed explanation, refer to the reference manual. In this section, only mega voice and super articulation voices (sa and sa...

  • Page 37

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 37 1 vo ices – playing the k eyboar d – super articulation voices the word “articulation” in music usually refers to the transition or continuity between notes. This is often reflected in specific performance techniques, such as staccato, legato and slur. Two types of voices—su...

  • Page 38: License Key Management

    38 tyros4 owner’s manual by accessing the special website with your computer, you can purchase premium voices, songs and styles, etc. (called premium pack data). This data can be installed to the instru- ment and used to expand the creative potential. On your computer, access the following special w...

  • Page 39: Using The Pitch Bend Wheel

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 39 1 vo ices – playing the k eyboar d – the transpose [-]/[+] buttons transpose the overall pitch of the instrument (the key- board sound, style playback, song playback, and so on) in semitone steps. Press the [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously to instantly reset the transpose ...

  • Page 40: Using The Modulation Wheel

    40 tyros4 owner’s manual using the modulation wheel the modulation function applies a vibrato effect to notes played on the keyboard. By default, this is applied to the keyboard parts (right 1–3 and left). Moving the modu- lation wheel down (toward you) decreases the depth of the effect, while movin...

  • Page 41

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 41 1 vo ices – playing the k eyboar d – example 2 playing the keyboard while holding down the available [art] button changes the nature of voice. For example, in the case of the nylonguitar voice in guitar category, holding down the [art. 1] button lets you play harmonics for t...

  • Page 42

    42 tyros4 owner’s manual the tyros4 features a sophisticated multi-processor effect system which can add extraordinary depth and expression to your sound. This effect system can be turned on or off by using the following buttons. Harmony/echo the harmony/echo types are applied to the right-hand voic...

  • Page 43

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 43 1 vo ices – playing the k eyboar d – applying harmony to your right-hand melody (harmony/echo) among the voice effects, harmony is one of the most impressive. It automatically adds harmony parts to the notes you play with your right hand—immediately giving you a more full an...

  • Page 44

    44 tyros4 owner’s manual the tyros4 uses advanced digital technology to recreate the legendary sound of vintage organs. Just as on a traditional organ, you can create your own sound by increasing and decreasing the levels of the flute footages. 1 press the [organ flutes] button. The footage page of ...

  • Page 45

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 45 1 vo ices – playing the k eyboar d – 4 use the tab [ ][ ] buttons to select the location to which your organ flutes voice will be saved. 5 press the [6 ] (save) button to save your edited organ flutes voice (page 57). The settings will be lost if you select another voice or ...

  • Page 46

    46 tyros4 owner’s manual 2 2 styles – playing rhythm and accompaniment – the tyros4 features a variety of accompaniment and rhythmic backing patterns (called “styles”) in a variety of different musical genres including pop, jazz, and many others. The style features auto accom- paniment, letting you ...

  • Page 47

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 47 2 styles – playing rhy thm and accompaniment – 4 press the [sync start] button to enable synchronized start. 5 as soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the selected style starts. Try playing chords with your left hand and play melody with your right hand. 6 press the...

  • Page 48: To Start/stop Playing

    48 tyros4 owner’s manual to start/stop playing [start/stop] button style starts playing back as soon as the [start/stop] button is pressed. To stop play- back, press the button again. [sync start] button this puts the style playback in “standby.” the style starts playing back when you press any note...

  • Page 49: Adjusting The Tempo

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 49 2 styles – playing rhy thm and accompaniment – changing pattern variation (sections) during style playback each style features four different main sections, four fill-in sections and a break section. By using these sections effec- tively, you can easily make your performance...

  • Page 50

    50 tyros4 owner’s manual the convenient repertoire function automatically calls up the most appropriate panel settings (voice number, etc.) for the currently selected style. 1 select the desired style on style selection display (steps 1–2 on page 46). 2 press the [4 ] (repertoire) button. Various ap...

  • Page 51

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 51 2 styles – playing rhy thm and accompaniment – one touch setting is a powerful and convenient feature that automatically calls up the most appropriate panel settings (voices or effects, etc.) for the currently selected style, with the touch of a single button. If you’ve alre...

  • Page 52

    52 tyros4 owner’s manual a style contains eight channels: rhy1 (rhythm 1)–phr2 (phrase 2) below. You can add variations and change the feel- ing of a style by selectively turning channels on/off as the style plays. Style channels • rhy1/2 (rhythm 1/2) .....These are the basic parts of the style, con...

  • Page 53

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 53 2 styles – playing rhy thm and accompaniment – you can adjust the volume balance between style playback and the sound you play on the keyboard. 1 press the [balance] button to call up the balance (1/2) dis- play. 2 adjust the style volume by using the [2 ] slider or buttons....

  • Page 54

    54 tyros4 owner’s manual advanced features refer to the reference manual on the website, chapter 2. Selecting the chord fingering type: [function] [c] style setting/split point/chord fingering tab [ ][ ] chord fingering style playback related settings: [function] [c] style setting/split point/chord ...

  • Page 55

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 55 3 songs – rec o rding y o ur per for mances and crea ting songs – 3 3 songs – recording your performances and creating songs – the tyros4 not only lets you play back commercially available midi songs, but also allows you to create your original songs by recording your perfor...

  • Page 56

    56 tyros4 owner’s manual 5 press the song [play/pause] button to play back the recorded performance. 6 save the recorded performance as a song. Press one of the song [i]–[iv] buttons and call up the song selection display. The recorded song can be saved in the song selection display. Refer to “savin...

  • Page 57

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 57 3 songs – rec o rding y o ur per for mances and crea ting songs – this operation lets you save your original data (such as songs you’ve recorded and voices you’ve edited) to a file. The explanations here apply when you save your recorded performance as a song file. 1 in the ...

  • Page 58

    58 tyros4 owner’s manual you can play back the following types of songs. • preset songs (in the preset page of the song selection display) • your own recorded songs (saved to the user/hd/usb page) • commercially available song data: smf (standard midi file) or eseq 1 press any of the song [i]–[iv] b...

  • Page 59: Operations During Playback

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 59 3 songs – rec o rding y o ur per for mances and crea ting songs – operations during playback • synchro start .....You can start playback as soon as you start playing the key- board. While playback is stopped, hold down the song [stop] button and press the [play/pause] button...

  • Page 60

    60 tyros4 owner’s manual you can view the music notation (score) of the selected song. 1 select a song (steps 1–3 on page 58). 2 press the [score] button to call up the score display. You can look through the entire notation by using the tab [ ][ ] buttons when the song playback is stopped. As start...

  • Page 61

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 61 3 songs – rec o rding y o ur per for mances and crea ting songs – song position markers (sp 1–sp 4) can be placed in the song data. This not only lets you navigate quickly and easily through the song data, but also lets you set up convenient playback loops—allowing you to cr...

  • Page 62

    62 tyros4 owner’s manual using markers in loop playback in this section, the loop playback method is explained as an example of loop playback between sp 1 and sp 2. 1 press the [play/pause] button to start playback from the top of the song. 2 after passing the [sp 1] point, press the [loop] button t...

  • Page 63

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 63 3 songs – rec o rding y o ur per for mances and crea ting songs – advanced features refer to the reference manual on the website, chapter 3. Editing music notation settings: [score] [1 ]–[8 ] buttons editing lyrics/text display settings: [lyrics/text] [1 ]–[8 ] buttons using...

  • Page 64

    64 tyros4 owner’s manual 4 4 multi pads – adding musical phrases to your performance – the multi pads can be used to play a number of short pre-recorded rhythmic and melodic sequences that can be used to add impact and variety to your keyboard performances. Multi pads are grouped in banks of four ea...

  • Page 65

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 65 4 multi pads – adding musical ph ra se s to y o ur pe rformance – while holding the multi pad control [select] button, press one of the multi pad control [1]–[4] buttons to put the multi pad playback in standby. The corresponding button will flash in red. You can even play t...

  • Page 66

    66 tyros4 owner’s manual 5 5 music finder – calling up ideal panel settings (voice, style, etc.) for each song – if you want to play in a certain genre of music but don’t know which style and voice settings would be appropriate, the convenient music finder function can help you out. Simply select th...

  • Page 67

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 67 5 m usic finder – call ing up ideal panel s etti ngs (v oice, style, etc.) for each song – even after replacing the music finder records, you can restore them to their original factory settings by selecting the “musicfinderpreset” file in preset display of the step. Note 5 u...

  • Page 68

    68 tyros4 owner’s manual 1 press the [music finder] button to call up the music finder display. In the all display, all the records are shown. 2 use the [2 ]/[3 ] buttons to select the desired panel set- tings. You can also use the [data entry] dial and the [enter] button. 3 play the chords in the l...

  • Page 69

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 69 5 m usic finder – call ing up ideal panel s etti ngs (v oice, style, etc.) for each song – you can search the records by specifying a song title or keyword, using the search function of the music finder. 1 from the all page of the music finder display, press the [6 ] (search...

  • Page 70

    70 tyros4 owner’s manual by registering the song (song/audio) data saved in various places (song selection display: page 58; audio (simple) file selection display: page 80) into music finder, the instrument can call up song data easily from the song title. 1 display the song data. Song data (song) i...

  • Page 71

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 71 5 m usic finder – call ing up ideal panel s etti ngs (v oice, style, etc.) for each song – 3 press the [5 ] (add to mf) button to register the selected data to music finder. The display automatically changes to the music finder record edit display. 4 press [8 ] (ok) button t...

  • Page 72

    72 tyros4 owner’s manual 6 6 registration memory – saving and recalling custom panel setups – the registration memory function allows you to save (or “register”) virtually all panel settings to a registration memory button, and then instantly recall your custom panel settings by simply pressing a si...

  • Page 73

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 73 6 re gis tratio n me mor y – saving a nd recalli ng custom panel setups – 4 press one of the registration memory [1]–[8] buttons to which you wish to memorize the panel setup. The memorized button becomes red, which indicates the number button contains data and its number is...

  • Page 74

    74 tyros4 owner’s manual recalling a registered panel setup the saved registration memory bank files can be recalled by using the regist bank [-]/[+] buttons or the following procedure. 1 press the regist bank [+] and [-] buttons simultaneously to call up the registration bank selection display. 2 p...

  • Page 75

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 75 7 7 7 audi o recorder/player – recor d ing and playback audio files – audio recorder/player – recording and playback audio files – the tyros4 lets you record your performances as audio data to internal hard disk drive via the two different recording modes, simple and multi t...

  • Page 76: Simple Recording

    76 tyros4 owner’s manual the following sounds can be recorded. • internal sound of the tyros4 (keyboard parts (right 1, right 2, right 3, left), multi pad, song parts, style parts) • input from a microphone (via the [mic] jack) simple recording 1 set the desired voice, style, etc. For your recording...

  • Page 77: Multi Track Recording

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 77 7 audi o recorder/player – recor d ing and playback audio files – 6 when your performance is finished, press the [stop] button to stop recording. 7 to hear your new recording, press the [play/pause] button. If you want to add a different phrase to the already-recorded data, ...

  • Page 78

    78 tyros4 owner’s manual next, let’s record your singing to the sub track. You can record your vocals while listening to playback of the main track. 5 practice the part (sing into the microphone) to check the level and adjust the recording volume on the rec monitor meter by using the [6 ] buttons or...

  • Page 79

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 79 7 audi o recorder/player – recor d ing and playback audio files – next, mix all data from the main track and sub track to one track (main track). This pro- cedure (below) is called bounce recording. 11 press the [b] (recording mode), and then use the [b]/[c] buttons to selec...

  • Page 80

    80 tyros4 owner’s manual refer to page 75 for the file formats that can be played back on the tyros4. 1 press the audio recorder/player [select] button several times to call up the desired audio file selection display (audio (multi), audio (simple) or playlist). The simple and multi track files can ...

  • Page 81

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 81 7 audi o recorder/player – recor d ing and playback audio files – 2 use the [5 ] slider or buttons to adjust the audio (audio recorder/player) playback volume. 3 press the [exit] button to close the balance display. You can convert audio files (.Wav/.Mp3), such as commercial...

  • Page 82

    82 tyros4 owner’s manual 8 8 vocal harmony – adding harmony vocals and synth vocoder to your singing – the vocal harmony feature lets you automatically apply harmony vocals in three different sub-modes (chordal, vocoder and vocoder- mono) to your voice as you sing into the connected microphone. Newl...

  • Page 83

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 83 8 v o cal har m ony – adding har m ony v o ca ls and synth v o coder to yo ur singing – the main use for vocal harmony is in live performance. Not only does the tyros4 give you professional quality instru- mental accompaniment as you play, it also lets you add professional q...

  • Page 84

    84 tyros4 owner’s manual 7 follow the steps below, depending on which type (and sub- mode) you selected. If you selected one of the chordal types: the harmony of the chordal types can be controlled in three different ways (as explained in the vh2 structure chart on page 82). These instructions use t...

  • Page 85

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 85 8 v o cal har m ony – adding har m ony v o ca ls and synth v o coder to yo ur singing – these are special effects that graft the characteristics of your voice onto synthesizer and other sounds, for unusual machine‐like or robotic effects, as well as unique choir sounds, whic...

  • Page 86

    86 tyros4 owner’s manual 9 9 mixing console – editing the volume and tonal balance – there are many components that make up the overall sound of the tyros4. These include midi sequence data from the styles, songs, and multi pads, and audio input from a microphone, as well as the various parts of you...

  • Page 87

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 87 9 m ixing console – editi ng the v o lume and to nal balance – 3 press the [mixing console] button repeatedly to call up the mixing console display for the relevant parts. The part name is indicated at the top of the display. 4 use the [a]–[j] buttons to select a parameter, ...

  • Page 88

    88 tyros4 owner’s manual compressor is an effect commonly used to limit and compress the dynamics (softness/loudness) of an audio signal. For signals that vary widely in dynamics, such as vocals and guitar parts, it “squeezes” the dynamic range, effectively making soft sounds louder and loud sounds ...

  • Page 89

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 89 9 m ixing console – editi ng the v o lume and to nal balance – saving master compressor settings the master compressor settings you have edited on page 88 can be saved as the user compressor type. 1 press the [i] (save) button to enter the user master com- pressor display. 2...

  • Page 90

    90 tyros4 owner’s manual 10 10 internet direct connection – connecting the instrument directly to the internet – you can purchase and download song data and other types of data from the special website by directly connecting to the internet. This section provides the overview of the internet direct ...

  • Page 91: Connection Examples

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 91 10 inter net direct connecti o n – connecting the in str um en t d ire ctl y to the inter net – viewing the internet connection guide you can view the internet connection guide on the computer’s browser. (the computer must be connected to the inter- net.) 1 access the manual...

  • Page 92: Following Links

    92 tyros4 owner’s manual after connecting the instrument to the internet, use these operations to take advantage of internet services directly from the instrument. Following links by using the [data entry] dial and [enter] button, you can follow links and navigate through the website. You can also u...

  • Page 93

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 93 10 inter net direct connecti o n – connecting the in str um en t d ire ctl y to the inter net – ssl (secure sockets layer) is an industry-standard method for protecting web communications by using data encryption and other tools. Note monitoring the internet connection statu...

  • Page 94

    94 tyros4 owner’s manual 11 11 connections – using tyros4 with other devices – by connecting a microphone, you can enjoy singing along with your keyboard perfor- mance or with song playback (karaoke), as well as recording your vocal performance using the audio recorder function. Make sure you have a...

  • Page 95

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 95 11 connections – using tyros4 with other devices – 4 adjust the [mic gain] while singing into the microphone. Adjust the controls so that the input level meter lights in green or yellow on the mic setting display (called up by pressing the [mic setting] button). Make sure th...

  • Page 96

    96 tyros4 owner’s manual connecting the optional yamaha trs-ms04 speaker use the [to right speaker], [to left speaker] and [to sub woofer l/r] jacks. See page 106. Using external audio devices for playback the [line out] jacks are used to send the tyros4 output to a keyboard amplifier, stereo sound ...

  • Page 97

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 97 11 connections – using tyros4 with other devices – playing external audio devices with the tyros4 you can connect the output jacks of an external device (such as cd player, mp3 player, tone generator etc.) to the instrument’s aux in [l/l+r]/[r] jacks, letting you hear the so...

  • Page 98: Screen Out Settings

    98 tyros4 owner’s manual you can connect the tyros4 directly to an external monitor for displaying the lyrics and chords of your song data on a large screen. There are two kinds of output connectors: rgb out (for a computer monitor) and video out (for a tv or video monitor). The rgb out terminal del...

  • Page 99

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 99 11 connections – using tyros4 with other devices – one or two optional yamaha fc4 or fc5 footswitches and an optional yamaha fc7 foot controller can be connected to one of these assignable foot pedal jacks. By default, a foot pedal connected to jack 1 controls sustain, a foo...

  • Page 100

    100 tyros4 owner’s manual by connecting the instrument to a usb storage device, you can save data you’ve created to the device, as well as read data from it. Use the [usb to device] terminal to connect a usb storage device. Connecting a usb storage device precautions when using the [usb to device] t...

  • Page 101

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 101 11 connections – using tyros4 with other devices – formatting a usb storage device or internal hard disk drive to format a usb storage device or internal hard disk drive, execute the format operation. If you want to format a usb storage device, make sure that a usb storage ...

  • Page 102

    102 tyros4 owner’s manual by connecting a computer to the [usb to host] terminal, you can transfer data between the tyros4 and the computer via midi, and use the computer to control, edit and organize data on the tyros4. For example, you can use the included voice editor program to edit the tyros4’s...

  • Page 103: (Usb Storage Mode)

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 103 11 connections – using tyros4 with other devices – accessing an internal hard disk drive on the tyros4 from the computer (usb storage mode) when the usb storage mode is selected, wave files and song files can be transferred between the internal hard disk drive of the tyros4...

  • Page 104

    104 tyros4 owner’s manual the sophisticated midi functions give you powerful tools to expand your music performance and creation possibilities. Use the [midi] terminals and standard midi cables to connect external midi devices (keyboard, sequencer, etc.) • midi in ...............Receives midi messag...

  • Page 105

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 105 12 12 12 uti lity – making global setti ngs – utility – making global settings – the utility section in the function menu provides a variety of conve- nient tools and settings for the tyros4. These include general settings that affect the entire instrument, as well as detai...

  • Page 106

    106 tyros4 owner’s manual installing the optional speakers make sure that you have all of the parts below, included in the trs-ms04 speaker package. 1 turn the tyros4’s power off, and disconnect the ac power cord. Also, make sure to disconnect the keyboard from any other external devices. 2 insert t...

  • Page 107

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 107 in stalling the optional speakers 5 use the rca pin/8-pin combination cable to connect the sub- woofer speaker to the respective outputs on the tyros4. 6 connect the power plugs of the tyros4 and the subwoofer to an appropriate ac outlet. 7 first, set the volume controls (m...

  • Page 108

    108 tyros4 owner’s manual installing the optional flash memory expansion module installing an optional flash memory expansion module to the tyros4 allows you to import wave files on a usb storage device or hard disk drive, letting you create your own original voices, normal voices and drum voices. (...

  • Page 109

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 109 install ing the optional flash memor y expansion module 3 remove the four screws from the cover. 4 insert the module into the socket by fol- lowing the procedure below. 4-1 insert the module vertically in the socket and position the screws (of the module) to the female scre...

  • Page 110

    110 tyros4 owner’s manual troubleshooting overall a click or pop is heard when the power is turned on or off. This is normal. Electrical current is being applied to the instrument. Noise is heard from the instrument. Noise may be heard if a mobile phone is used near the instrument or if the phone is...

  • Page 111

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 111 tr o ubl es hooti ng voice the voice selected from the voice selection display does not sound. Check whether or not the selected part is turned on (page 35). A strange “flanging” or “doubling” sound occurs. The sound is slightly different each time the keys are played. The ...

  • Page 112

    112 tyros4 owner’s manual the vibrato effect applied when a song is recorded sounds different when it is played back. This may occur when you use sa2 voices which have their own default vibrato value. Depending on the modulation wheel position, the default vibrato value may be recorded or the modula...

  • Page 113

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 113 panel button char t panel button chart no. ................................... Corresponds to the number in the “panel controls and terminals” on page 12. Button/control ............... Indicates the button/controller that you should use at first for entering the correspond...

  • Page 114

    114 tyros4 owner’s manual !7 [mixing console] mixing console display vol/voice 86 filter 86 tune 39, 86 effect 86 eq 86 cmp 88 — line out 86 !8 [channel on/off] channel on/off (pop-up) style, song 52, 62 — !9 [balance] balance (pop-up) 1/2, 2/2 53, 80 — @0 tab [ ][ ] — 20 — [a]–[j] — 19 — [direct ac...

  • Page 115

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 115 panel button char t [digital recording] song creator rec mode 63 channel 63 chord 63 1–16 63 sys/ex. 63 lyrics 63 style creator basic 54 assembly 54 groove 54 channel 54 parameter 54 edit 54 multi pad creator record 65 edit 65 @2 audio recorder/ player [rec] audio setting d...

  • Page 116

    116 tyros4 owner’s manual specifications keyboard keys 61 keys (c1–c6) initial touch/aftertouch type organ (fsx) voice polyphony (max) 128 layer r1/r2/r3/l split style (default point: f # 2), left (default point: f # 2), right 3 (default point: g2) voices 993 voices + 30 organ flutes + 480 xg voices...

  • Page 117

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 117 speci fications * specifications and descriptions in this owner’s manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha corp. Reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. Since specifications, equipment or options may not be...

  • Page 118

    118 tyros4 owner’s manual index numerics [1 ]–[8 ] buttons ............... 20 1–16 ........................................... 63 [1]–[8] sliders ............................... 20 a [a]–[j] ......................................... 19 ac in .......................................... 16 access point...

  • Page 119

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 119 index loop ......................................... 62 loop return ........................... 97 loop send ............................... 97 lyrics (song creator) ................ 63 lyrics (song) ............................... 60 lyrics/text ..............................

  • Page 120

    120 tyros4 owner’s manual sp (song position) ....................... 61 special website ........................... 92 specifications ............................ 116 split point .............................. 54 split point .................................... 35 ssl (secure sockets layer) ...........

  • Page 121

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 121 important notice: guarantee information for customers in eea* and switzerland english w ichtiger hinweis: garantie-information für kunden in der ewr* und der schweiz deutsch remarque importante: informations de garantie pour les clients de l’eee et la suisse français belang...

  • Page 122

    122 tyros4 owner’s manual e_list_2 yamaha representative offices in europe austria yamaha music europe gmbh branch austria schleiergasse 20, a-1100 wien austria tel: +43 (0)1 602 03900 fax: +43 (0)1 602 039051 belgium yamaha music europe branch benelux clarissenhof 5b nl, 4133 ab. Vianen the netherl...

  • Page 123: 1-Year Limited Warranty

    Tyros4 owner’s manual 123 1-year limited warranty on arranger workstation keyboards thank you for selecting a yamaha product. Yamaha products are designed and manufactured to provide a high level of defect-free performance. Yamaha corporation of america (“yamaha”) is proud of the experience and craf...

  • Page 124

    For details of products, please contact your nearest yamaha representative or the authorized distributor listed below. Pour plus de détails sur les produits, veuillez-vous adresser à yamaha ou au distributeur le plus proche de vous figurant dans la liste suivante. Die einzelheiten zu produkten sind ...

  • Page 125: Fcc Information (U.S.A.)

    1. Important notice: do not modify this unit! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions con- tained in this manual, meets fcc requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by yamaha may void your authority, granted by the fcc, to use the product. 2. Important: when connectin...

  • Page 126

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