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One Touch Setting is a powerful and conven ient 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 already decided which 
Style you wish to use, you can have One Touch Setting automatically select the appropriate Voice for you.
1Select a Style (steps 1–2 on page 46).
2Press one of the ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4] buttons.
Not only does this instantly call up all the settings (Voices, ef fects, etc.) that match the current Style, it also auto-
matically turns on ACMP and SYNC START, so that you can immediately start playing the Style.
3As soon as you play a chord with your left hand, the selected 
Style starts.
Each Style has four One Touch Setting setups. Press other ONE TOUCH SET-
TING [1]–[4] button to try out other setups.
Confirming the One Touch Setting contents
You can check the information of the One Touch Setti ng [1]–[4] assigned to currently selected Style. 
1In the Style Selection display, press the [6  ] (OTS INFO) but-
ton to call up the Information display.
2Press the [F] (CLOSE) button to close the Information display.
Appropriate Panel Settin gs for the Selected Style (One Touch Setting)
You can also create your own One 
Touch Setting setups. For details, refer 
to the Reference Manual on the website.
NOTE
Automatically changing One Touch Settings with the Main sections
The convenient OTS (One Touch Setting) Link function lets you automatically 
have One Touch Settings change when you select a different Main section 
(A–D). The Main sections A, B, C and D correspond to One Touch Settings 1, 2, 
3 and 4 respectively. To use the OTS Link function, turn the [OTS LINK] button on.
You can change the timing in which the One Touch Settings change  with MAIN VARIATION [A]–[D] change. Refer to the Reference 
Manual on the website.
NOTE
You can also call up the Information 
display by pressing the [DIRECT 
ACCESS] button then pressing one of 
the ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4] but-
tons. 
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A Style contains eight channels: RHY1 (R hythm 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, containing the drum and percussion rhythm patterns.
•  BASS .................................The bass part uses various  appropriate instrument sounds to match the Style.
•  CHD1/2 (Chord 1/ 2) .......These are the rhythmic c hord backing, commonly used with piano or guitar Voices.
•  PA D ..................................This part is used for sust ained instruments such as strings, organ, choir, etc.
•  PHR1/2 (Phrase1/2) ........These parts are used for p unchy brass stabs, arpeggiated chords, and other extras that make 
the accompaniment more interesting.
1Press the [CHANNEL ON/OFF] button once or twice to call up 
the CHANNEL ON/OFF (STYLE) display.
2Press the [1  ]–[8  ] buttons to turn the channels on or off.
To listen to only one channel by itself, hold down the appropriate button for the 
channel to set the channel to SOLO. To  cancel SOLO, simply press the appropriate 
channel button again.
3If necessary, press the [1  ]–[8  ] buttons to change the Voice 
for the corresponding channel.
The Voice Selection display is called up from which you can select the Voice to be 
used for the channel. See page 34.
4Press the [EXIT] button to close the CHANNEL ON/OFF display.
Turning Style Parts On/Off and Changing Voices
3
2
You can save the settings here to Regis-
tration Memory. See page 72.
NOTE
When the Main display is shown, the 
CHANNEL ON/OFF display cannot be 
closed.
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You can adjust the volume balance between Style playback and the sound you play on the keyboard.
1Press the [BALANCE] button to call up the BALANCE (1/2) dis-
play.
2Adjust the Style volume by using the [2  ] slider or buttons.
Using the [1  ]–[8 ] sliders or buttons, you can adjust the volume of Song, 
Style, Multi Pad, MIC and keyboard parts.
3Press the [EXIT] button to close the BALANCE display.
Adjusting the Volume Balance  Between the Style and Keyboard
2
When the Main display is shown, the 
BALANCE display cannot be closed.
In the Mixing Console display, you can 
adjust the volume for each Style part. 
See page 89.
NOTE
NOTEAbout the BALANCE display
Pressing the [BALANCE] button again cal ls up the BALANCE (2/2) display.
In this display, you can also adjust  the volume of Audio Recorder/Player (by 
[5] slider or buttons) and overall keybo ard parts (by [8] slider or buttons).
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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 FINGERING   
TAB [ ][ ] STYLE SETTING
Split Point settings: [FUNCTION] 
 [C] STYLE SETTING/SPLIT POINT/CHORD FINGERING   
TAB [ ][ ] SPLIT POINT
Memorizing the Original One Touch Setting: [MEMORY] + ONE TOUCH SETTING [1]–[4]
Creating/Editing Styles (Style Creator):
• Realtime Recording:
• Step Recording:
• Style Assembly:
• Editing the Rhythmic Feel:
• Editing Data for Each Channel:
• Making Style File Format Settings: [DIGITAL RECORDING] 
 [B] STYLE CREATOR
  TAB [ ][ ] BASIC
  TAB [ ][ ] EDIT   [G] STEP REC
  TAB [ ][ ] ASSEMBLY
  TAB [ ][ ] GROOVE
  TAB [ ][ ] CHANNEL
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Songs – Recording Your Perfor mances and Creating Songs –
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Songs
– Recording Your Performances and Creating Songs –
The Tyros4 not only lets you play
 back commercially available MIDI 
songs, but also allows you to creat e your original songs by recording 
your performance. The recorded perfo rmance is made up of 16 parts 
(channels)—Keyboard parts, Multi Pad parts and Style Playback parts 
as shown below—and saved as a MIDI song. This chapter explains 
how to quickly and easily record  your performance as a MIDI song, 
and shows you how to play back MIDI songs on the instrument.
Before starting recording, make the desired panel settings fo r your keyboard performance—selecting a Voice, Style, etc.
1Press the SONG [REC] button and the [STOP] button simultane-
ously.
A blank Song for recording is automatically set.
2Press the SONG [REC] button.
This enables recording of all Tyros4 parts, according to the default MIDI channel 
assignments (shown in the chart above).
3Start recording.
Recording begins automatically as soon as  you play a note on the keyboard, start 
Style playback or star t Multi Pad playback.
4Press the SONG [STOP] button to stop recording.
A message prompting you to save the reco rded performance appears. To close the 
message, press the [EXIT] button.
Creating a Song (Quick Recording)
Ch. 1
Right1
Ch. 2
Left
Ch. 3
Right2
Ch. 4
Right3
Ch. 5
M.Pad1
Ch. 6
M.Pad2
Ch. 7
M.Pad3
Ch. 8
M.Pad4
Ch. 9
Rhy1
Ch. 10
Rhy2
Ch. 11
Bass
Ch. 12
Chd1
Ch. 13
Chd2
Ch. 14
Pad
Ch. 15
Phr1
Ch. 16
Phr2
Keyboard Par tsMulti Pad PartsStyle Parts
MIDI Channel Assignments (for Quick Recording)
When recording without Style playback, 
turning the [METRONOME] on makes 
your recording sessions much more 
efficient. The Metronome tempo can be 
adjusted by TEMPO [-]/[+] buttons.
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5Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button to play back the 
recorded performance.
6Save 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 “Saving 
Files” on page 57 for instructions.The recorded Song will be lost if 
you change to another Song or 
you turn the po wer off without 
executing the save operation.
By default, pressing the SONG [I] button 
calls up the PRESET Page and pressing 
one of the [II]–[IV] buttons calls up the 
USER Page.
NOTICE
NOTE
Multi Recording
A Song consists of 16 separate channels. With this me thod, you can record data to each channel independently, 
one by one. You can also freely change the chan nel/part assignments with the Multi recording.
The procedure is basically the same  as that of “Creating a Song (Quick Recording)”, with the following 
instructions substituted for step 2 on page 55.
While holding down the SONG [REC] button, press the [1  ]–[8 ] buttons to set the desired 
channels to “REC.” Then assign the desired part to the channel by using the [C]/[D] buttons.
If you want to record the Right 1 part  to channel 1, for example, press the [1  ] button while holding down the 
[REC] button to set the channel 1 to “REC.” Then  use the [C]/[D] buttons to select “RIGHT 1.”
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This operation lets you save your original data (such as So ngs you’ve recorded and Voices you’ve edited) to a file. The 
explanations here apply when you save you r recorded performance as a Song file.
1In the Song selection display, select the appropriate tab (USER, 
HD or USB) to which you want to save the data by using the 
TAB [][ ] buttons.
2Press the [6  ] (SAVE) button to call up the file naming display.
3Enter the file name (page 31).
Even if you skip this step, you can re name the file at any time after saving 
(page 29).
4Press the [8  ] (OK) button to save the file.
The saved file will be automatically located at the appropriate position among the 
files in alphabetical order.
Saving Files
1
2
If you want to cancel the Save operation, 
press the [8  ] (CANCEL) button.
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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
1Press any of the SONG [I]–[IV] buttons to call up the Song 
Selection display.
2Press the TAB [ ][ ] buttons to select the location of the 
desired Song.
If you want to playback of Song in the USB storage device, connect the USB stor-
age device containing MIDI Song data to  the USB TO DEVICE terminal before-
hand.
3Select the desired Song by using the [A]–[J] buttons.
You can also select a Song by using the [DATA ENTRY] dial, then press the 
[ENTER] button to execute.
4Press the SONG [PLAY/PAUSE] button to start playback.
5Press the SONG [STOP] button to stop playback.
Playback of Songs
For information on compatible data for-
mats, refer to page 9.
The Song Selection display lets you 
memorize the path of specific Song to 
one of the panel buttons. For informa-
tion on memorizing Song path, refer to 
page 27.
NOTE
NOTE2
You can instantly jump back to the Main 
display by “double-clicking” on one of 
the [A]–[J] buttons.
NOTE
Queuing the next Song for playback
While a Song is playing back, you can  queue up the next Song for playback. 
This is convenient for chaining it to the next Song smoothly during stage per-
formance. Select the Song you want play next in the Song Selection display, 
while a Song is playing back. The “N EXT” indication appears at the upper 
right of the corresponding Song name. To cancel this setting, press the [8  ] 
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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. 
To cancel the Synchro Start function, hold down the SONG 
[STOP] button and press the [PLAY/PAUSE] button once 
again.
•  Pause   ...................Press the [PLAY/PAUSE]  button. Pressing it again resumes 
Song playback from  the current position.
•  Rewind/Fast Forward  
........................Press the [REW] or [F F] button once to move back/forward 
one measure. Hold the [REW] or [FF] button to scroll back-
ward/forward continuously.
Pressing the [REW] or [FF] button calls up a pop-up window showing the current 
measure number (or Phrase Mark number) in the display. While the Song Position 
pop-up is shown on the display, you can also use the [DATA ENTRY] dial to 
adjust the value.
 Adjusting the Tempo
Same procedure as with  Style tempo. See page 49.
You can have Song playback fade in/out 
or change the tempo (page 49).
You can adjust the Song volume bal-
ance between the Song and Keyboard. 
See page 53. In the Mixing Console 
display, you can adjust the volume for 
each Song part. See page 89.
You can also turn the specific part(s) on 
or off. See page 62.
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
Phrase Mark is a pre-programmed 
marker in a certain Song data, which 
specifies a certain location in the Song.
NOTEFor Songs not containing Phrase Marks
For Songs containing Phrase Marks
You can switch between BAR and PHRASE 
MARK by pressing the [E] button.
You can transpose the Song playback. 
See page 39.
NOTE
Restrictions for protected Songs
Commercially available Song data may be copy protect ed to prevent illegal copying or accidental erasure. 
They are marked by the indications at the upper left side of the file names. The indications and relevant restric-
tions are detailed below.
• Prot. 1:  Indicates Preset Songs saved to  the User drive. These cannot be  copied/moved/saved to external 
devices.
• Prot. 2 Orig:  Indicates Yamaha-protection-formatted Songs. These cannot be copied. These can be moved/
saved only to the User drive an d USB storage devices with ID.
• Prot. 2 Edit:  Indicates edited “Prot. 2 Orig” Songs. Make sure to save these to the same folder containing the 
corresponding “Prot. 2 Orig” Song. These cannot be c opied. These can be moved/saved only to the User 
drive and USB storage devices with ID.
Note for “Prot. 2 Orig” and “Prot. 2 Edit” Song file operation
Make sure to save the “Prot. 2 Edit” Song to the same folder containing its original “Prot. 2 Orig” Song. Oth-
erwise the “Prot. 2 Edit” Song cannot be played back. Also, if you move a “Prot. 2 Edit” Song, be sure to move 
its original “Prot. 2 Orig” Song to the same location (folder) at the same time.
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You can view the music notation  (score) of the selected Song.
1Select a Song (steps 1–3 on page 58).
2Press 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 starting playback, the “ball” bounces along through the score, indicating the 
current position.
You can change the displayed notation style by using the [1  ]–[8 ] but-
tons. For details, refer to the Reference manual on the website.
When the selected Song contains lyric data, you can view it  on the Tyros4 display during playback. Even if the Song 
doesn’t contain lyrics data, you can view the lyrics on the display by loading the text  file (.txt) created on a computer via 
USB storage device. Displaying text enable s various useful possibilities, such as the showing of lyrics, chord names, and 
text notes.
1Select a Song (steps 1–3 on page 58).
2Press the [LYRICS/TEXT] button to call up the Lyrics display.
When the Song data contains lyrics data,  the lyrics are shown on the display. You 
can look through the entire lyrics by using the TAB [ ][] buttons when the 
Song playback is stopped. As Song playback  starts, the color of the lyrics changes, 
indicating the current position.
When you want to view the text file  created on your computer, press the [5  ]/
[6  ] (TEXT FILE) button to select the desired text file, then press the [1  ] 
(TEXT) button to display the selected file.
For more information about the Lyrics display, refer to the Reference manual on 
the website.
Displaying Music Notation (Score)
The instrument can display the music 
notation of your recorded Songs.
The instrument cannot display the 
music notation of commercially-avail-
able music data excepting those data 
that specifically allow score display.
The displayed notation is generated by 
the Tyros4 based on the Song data. As a 
result, it may not be exactly the same as 
commercially available sheet music of 
the same Song—especially when dis-
playing notation of complicated pas-
sages or many short notes.
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
Displaying Lyrics (Text)
The Lyrics (text) can be displayed on the 
external monitor. See page 98.
NOTE