The August/September 2019 edition of the Yamaha Club Magazine is now on its way to subscribers. Our full colour glossy magazine is published every two months and includes workshops compatible with the Genos, Tyros/PSR/S/SX and CVP Touch Screen operating systems. Free software included with this issue for Genos and Tyros5 keyboards.
Members Area / Archive
Our ‘Members Area‘, contains a wealth of material dating back many years. Subscribers should use the password given on page 4 of the magazine shown above to gain access to this area after 1st August 2019. The password is case sensitive so be sure to enter it exactly as shown.
Genos Operating System
Are the drums, or piano, parts of your style too loud? Would you prefer the style to use a different drum kit? This workshop is all about making easy changes to an accompaniment style in order to produce your ideal sound.
A brief description of the changes the v1.40 firmware update will make to your instrument.
Download the Genos Firmware Updater V1.40
The Registration Builder is a guide to putting together some simple registrations for popular styles of music. For our August/September issue the theme for our registrations is ‘The Beatles’. Free registrations are available for subscribers.
Subscribers to Yamaha Club Magazine can email for a FREE copy of the full registration bank for these sounds (see magazine for details).
Tyros Operating System
We show you how to decorate your files with an ‘icon’, use the ‘FREEZE’ control, prevent your keyboard switching off automatically, reset the keyboard to factory settings and choose the content you want to include in a registration setting.
We show you how to change the voices in the One Touch Settings – and store them to the User Memory for recall later.
Our Music Chef has compiled a set of registrations based on a ‘1960s’ theme. There are free registrations for Yamaha Club subscribers to download that are compatible with both Tyros5 and Genos.
Subscribers to Yamaha Club Magazine can email for a FREE copy of the full registration bank for these sounds (see magazine for details).
CVP Touch Screen O.S.
Richard Bower turns his attention to the audio recording aspects of the CVP touch screen Clavinovas.
General
Yamaha announce the introduction of the Clavinova CVP800 series (three models) and PSR-SX900 and PSR-SX700 keyboards. We take a first peek at what treasures are in store for us when these instruments hit the shops. Demonstration content is starting to appear on YouTube as the instruments are introduced to the public – so search YouTube for CVP-809 or PSR-SX900 for results. Here are just a few clips to get you started…
Watch overview of the CVP-809 on YouTube.
Watch overview of the PSR-SX900 styles on YouTube.
Watch overview of the PSR-SX900 voices on YouTube.
Download Penny Weedon’s own performance of ‘A Pair of Sparkling Eyes’ as published in her August/September 2019 workshop.
In part 28 of her series, teacher Gill Eccles explores the make-up of music and what it is that we love about it.
