Yamaha S90 Instrument Definitions for Cakewalk and SONAR

This file will allow Cakewalk and SONAR to recognize the sounds of your Yamaha S90 synthesizer.  You can easily select the desired bank and patch by name from the Cakewalk user interface.

This file corresponds to the out-of-the-box S90 set of sounds.  If you have customized sounds or performances, this file might not exactly match the state of your synthesizer.

Download the Yamaha S90 Instrument Definition File

Instructions for using the instrument definition in SONAR:

  1. Download the YamahaS90.ins file to your hard drive.

  2. Start SONAR.

  3. On the Options menu, click Instruments.

  4. Click Define.

  5. Click Import.

  6. Select the YamahaS90.ins file that you downloaded to your hard drive and click Open.

  7. You will see that Yamaha S90 has been added to your Instruments list.

  8. Click Close.

  9. In the Assign Instruments dialog, select each of the Yamaha MIDI channels in the list on the left by clicking the top item and then holding down Shift and clicking the bottom item.

  10. In the right list (labeled Uses Instrument), click Yamaha S90.  This will tell all of your output channels to use the Yamaha S90 instrument.

  11. Click OK.

Instructions for using the instrument definition in Cakewalk:
(taken from Motifator.com)

  1. Place the YamahaS90.ins file in your main Cakewalk directory (you will see other .ins files there).

  2. After opening Cakewalk, double click on the "Port", "Chn", "Bank", or "Patch" sections of a selected track in the [TRACK] display.

  3. Click [INSTRUMENTS].

  4. Click [DEFINE].

  5. Click [IMPORT] and go to the Cakewalk directory.

  6. Select the YamahaS90.ins file (it should be in the list in the left window) and then click [OPEN]. Select the YamahaS90.ins file by highlighting it and click [OK].

  7. After the file has been imported click [CLOSE].

  8. Select which ports you wish the new definition to define in the left window (if the S90 is your only MIDI device then select them all).

  9. Select the definition you wish to use in the right window.

  10. Click [OK].

  11. Track Properties should now allow you to access the Bank and Patch numbers of the instrument definition you have imported.

Comments or corrections?  You can e-mail me at jensen@sunflowerhead.com.  I cannot do technical support, but I will correct any problems with the instrument definition file or the instructions here if they can be improved.