Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer • Time, • Mode, • Switch, • TimeMode, • Mono/Poly, • KeyAsgnMode, • MicroTuning, ●[F1]-[SF3]Normal Common General Master EQ Offset

• Mono/Poly

Determines whether the Voice is played back monophonically (single notes only) or polyphonically (multiple simultaneous notes).

❏ Settings Mono, Poly

• KeyAsgnMode

When this is set to “single,” double playback of the same note is prevented. This is useful when two or more instances of the same note are received nearly simultaneously, or without a corresponding note off message. To allow playback of each instance of the same note, set this to “multi.”

❏ Settings single, multi

• MicroTuning

Determines the tuning system for the voice. Normally, this should be set to 00 (Equal temperament); however thirty- one additional tuning systems are available for a variety of tuning applications and effects.

❏ Settings		See below.
No.		Type	Key	Comments
00	Equal			The “compromise” tuning used for most of
	temperament			the last 200 years of Western music, and
				found on most electronic keyboards.
				Each half step is exactly 1/12 of an
				octave, and music can be played in any
				key with equal ease. However, none of
				the intervals are perfectly in tune.
01~12	Pure major		C~B	This tuning is designed so that most of
				the intervals (especially the major third
				and perfect fifth) in the major scale are
				pure. This means that other intervals will
				be correspondingly out of tune. You need
				to specify the key (C~B) you will be
				playing in.
13~24	Pure minor		A~G#	The same as Pure Major, but designed
				for the minor scale.
25	Werckmeister			Andreas Werckmeiser, a contemporary of
				Bach, designed this tuning so that
				keyboard instruments could be played in
				any key. Each key has a unique
				character.
26	Kirnberger			Johann Philipp Kirnberger was also
				concerned with tempering the scale to
				allow performances in any key.
27	Vallotti & Young			Francescatonio Vallotti and Thomas
				Young (both mid-1700s) devised this
				adjustment the Pythagorean tuning which
				the first six fifths are lower by the same
				amount.
28	1/4 shifted			This is the normal equal tempered scale
				shifted up 50 cents.
29	1/4 tone			Twenty-four equally spaced notes per
				octave. (Play twenty-four notes to move
				one octave.)
30	1/8 tone			Forty-eight equally spaced notes per
				octave. (Play forty-eight notes to move
				one octave.)
31	Indian		C~B	Usually observed in the Indian music
				(white keys [C~B] only).

●[F1]-[SF3] Normal Common General Master EQ Offset

From this display you can adjust the master (global) EQ settings for the entire voice. The settings made here are applied as offsets to the EQ settings (with the exception of “MID”) in the Utility mode, page 253.

Voice Edit mode

	PAN	REVERB	CHORUS	TEMPO
	CUTOFF	RESONANCE	ATTACK	RELEASE
KNOB	ASSIGN A	ASSIGN B	ASSIGN 1	ASSIGN 2
CONTROL
FUNCTION
	KN 1	KN 2	KN 3	KN 4
	MEQ LOW	MEQLOWMID MEQ HI MID		MEQ HIGH
❏ Settings	-64 ~ 0 ~+63

●[F1]-[SF4] Normal Common General Portamento

This display allows you to set the Portamento related parameters. Portamento is used to create a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to the next.

• Switch		Voice mode
		Reference
• Time
Determines whether Portamento is on or off.
❏ Settings	off, on

Determines the pitch transition time. Higher values result in a longer pitch change time, when Time Mode below is set to “Time.” (When Time Mode is set to “Rate,” higher values result in a faster pitch change time.)

❏ Settings 0 ~127

• Mode

Determines the Portamento mode. With the “fingered” setting, Portamento is only applied when you play legato (playing the next note before releasing the previous one). With the “fulltime” setting, Portamento is always applied.

❏ Settings fulltime, fingered

• TimeMode

This determines how the Time parameter above affects the Portamento effect. Setting this to “Time” makes the above parameter a true time scale — the higher the value, the longer the time. The “Rate” setting simply reverses this, for a rate scale — the higher the value, the faster the rate (in other words, the shorter the time). Naturally, you should set this to your own personal preference, depending on whether you think of Portamento in terms of time or rate.

❏ Settings rate, time

rate

Sets the Time parameter range to reflect “rate”: 0 (slow) - 127 (fast)

MOTIF Reference 131