Specifications
Display-based Controls
Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data
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■ Data files............................................................................................................................
The following 11 types of data are handled by the TYROS as files. These can be viewed or 
selected mainly by using the respective Open/Save display. 
● Voices (of musical instruments) .............................................................. pages 26, 78
● Styles ....................................................................................................... pages 32, 108
● Songs......................................................................................................... pages 43, 88
● Multi Pad Banks ...................................................................................... pages 38, 124
● Registration Memory Banks .................................................................. pages 51, 128
● User Effects
• Vocal Harmony types* .......................................................................... pages 47, 130
• User Effects*................................................................................................. page 138
• User Master EQ* .......................................................................................... page 139
• User Master Compressor* ............................................................................ page 140
● MIDI Setup
• MIDI template ............................................................................................... page 145
● System Setup.................................................................................................. page 159
● Music Finder**................................................................................. pages 40, 126, 159
● Main Picture (displayed on the background of the Main display).............. page 158
● Lyrics Background Picture .............................................................................. page 90
*These data cannot be saved to the FD or HD (optional) drive individually.
**The Music Finder feature handles all the Records including the preset and additionally created records as a single 
file. 
■ File groups and folders ...............................................................................................
The file types described above are organized into “folders” and stored as such. In the case of 
voices, the same type of instrument sounds are stored together as files in their own folders — such 
as Piano, Strings, and Trumpet. The similarly organized buttons on the panel can be considered 
folders as well, for the various voices and styles.
■ Memory Drives to which folders/files are saved...............................................
Folders and files described above are saved to the following memory drives.
● PRESET drive............ The files that are pre-programmed and installed internally to the TYROS are 
kept here. Preset files can be loaded (called up) but cannot be re-written to 
the drive, because it uses ROM (Read Only Memory).
● USER drive................. Files kept here are those containing your own original data, created or edited 
using the various functions of the TYROS. Since this internal drive uses 
Flash ROM, the contents are maintained even when the power is turned off.
● FD drive ...................... You can also store your original data to floppy disk. Commercially available 
disk software can also be called up here. Naturally, these files are available 
only when the appropriate disk is inserted in the floppy disk drive.
● HD drive (optional)... An optional hard disk drive can be installed to the TYROS. Created data can 
be saved here and recalled.
• The Main Picture and the 
Lyrics Background Pic-
ture cannot be created 
from the TYROS. 
POP & ROCK
BALLAD
DANCE
R&B
COUNTRY
MOVIE & SHOW
LATIN
SWING & JAZZ
WORLD
BALLROOM
PART Y
STYLE
PRESET
USER / DISK
STRINGS TRUMPET
CHOIR SAXOPHONE
SYNTH
GUITAR
BASS
BRASS
PIANO
E.PIANO
ORGAN
USER
ORGAN
FLUTES
CUSTOM
VOICE
ACCORDION
PAD
PERC. /
DRUM KIT
FLUTE /
CLARINET
SONG VOICE
Live! Grand
Grand Piano
Bright Piano
Harpsichord
Grand Harpsi
POP & ROCK PIANO
These voices (files) 
are indicated on the 
Open/Save display. 
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