S950 Expansion Pack installation

Started by notebleue, December 29, 2021, 01:46:34 PM

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notebleue

I'm trying to install Church and Christmas Expansion Pack on my PSR S950. Since S950 is no longer supported on the Yamaha site, I downloaded this pack for S970.

I'm following the installation instructions:
Installing Voice & Style Packs in the PSR-S750/ S950

1. Connect the USB flash memory device which contains the unzipped Expansion Pack file to the 'USB TO DEVICE' terminal of the instrument.

2. Press the [FUNCTION] button.

3. Press the [J] button for EXPANSION PACK INSTALLATION.

4. Press the TAB [> ] button to select the USB tab.

5. Use the [A] – [J] buttons to select the desired Expansion Pack file.

6. Press the [6] (INSTALL) button to install the data to the instrument.

     NOTE: Follow the on-display instructions.

7. Press the [F] (YES) button when the message indicating completion of the install appears.
     NOTE: The instrument will be restarted automatically.

8. Press [EXPANSION/USER] button in the VOICE or STYLE category selection buttons to see if the Expansion Pack data has been installed successfully.

    NOTE: Expansion Voices or Styles can be found in the Expansion folder of the USER tab display.

I copied the file to USB and did steps 1-4 but the file isn't visible in the USB directory. What am I doing wrong?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you.

johan

You cannot install packs of the new generation instruments (like S670/S770/S970/SX700 etc) onto the S950 since the S950 uses the older yep format. That is why your keyboard does not see the expansion pack on the usb drive: only files with extension ".yep" are shown.
SX900 and S670
Former keyboards: E433, E463, SX700

notebleue

Thank you very much for the explanation, Johan! I suspected something like this.

But the strange thing they say to use an unzipped file. Can the keyboard recognize the format inside a zipped file? Would it see other zipped files in the directory if they are in older format?

johan

The keyboard cannot read zip files: that's why they ask to use an unzipped file. Downloaded expansion packs often come as a zip file so you have to unzip them first on a computer.
SX900 and S670
Former keyboards: E433, E463, SX700

notebleue


overover

Hi notebleue,

you can download the "Church & Chrismas" Pack for PSR-S750/950 (in .yep format) here:
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fhvu0q718qmq50/yep%20Church%26Christmas%20PSR-S750_S950.zip?dl=0

(You don't have to login or register on dropbox.com. If you get a pop-up message in this regard, just close or ignore it.)


- Unzip the downloaded zip file on your computer. You will get a folder "PSR-S750 PSR-S950 Church&Christmas". OPEN this folder on the computer.

- You will find:
    - one folder containing Demo MIDI files,
    - one folder containing Registration files,
    - the Pack file (.yep)
    - and a Readme file (.txt).  Please first read that file.

- Copy the mentioned two folders and the .yep file to the ROOT of a USB stick, then connect the stick to the S950 and install the Pack.

- Note that on PSR-S750/950 you can only install ONE Pack at a time.


Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Chris
● Everyone kept saying "That won't work!" - Then someone came along who didn't know that, and - just did it.
● Never put the Manual too far away: There's more in it than you think! ;-)

notebleue

Thanks a lot, Chris! I'll download them and will let you know how it went.

notebleue

Thanks again, Chris! It all worked perfectly. The voices are so beautiful and crisp, just like in the demo. :)

overover

Quote from: notebleue on December 29, 2021, 07:39:12 PM
Thanks again, Chris! It all worked perfectly. The voices are so beautiful and crisp, just like in the demo. :)

Thanks for you kind feedback, notebleue!

I'm glad to could help you. :)


Best regards,
Chris
● Everyone kept saying "That won't work!" - Then someone came along who didn't know that, and - just did it.
● Never put the Manual too far away: There's more in it than you think! ;-)