Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer • Data, • Data, • Note name, ■Program Change, •Program number, ■Control Change, • Control number, • Bank Select MSB, LSB, ■Channel Aftertouch (CAT)

■Program Change

These events determine the selected voice for the note data. Keep in mind that Program Change events can be inserted at any point in a song track, letting you change voices in the middle of a song.

Bank Select MSB	Program number
Bank Select LSB		Voice name

• Bank Select MSB, LSB

Determines the voice bank.

❏Settings ***~127

nBank select MSB and LSB are actually part of the Control Change set of messages (below). However, since they apply specifically to voice selection, they grouped and described here.

•Program number

Determines the specific voice (from the bank selected by MSB and LSB above).

❏Settings 001~128

nFor a complete list of the available voice banks and numbers, refer to the Voice List in the separate Data List booklet.

■Control Change

These events control the sound and certain response characteristics of the voice, and are usually generated/ recorded by moving a controller (such as a modulation wheel, knob, slider or foot controller).

Control number Data

• Control number

Determines the Control Change number. (See chart below.)

❏ Settings	000~127
Control	Function
Number
001	Modulation Wheel
005	Portamento Time
007	Volume
010	Pan (Stereo position)
011	Expression
064	Sustain (Hold 1)
065	Portamento on/off
066	Sostenuto pedal on/off
067	Soft Pedal on/off
071	Harmonic Content (controls Filter Resonance)
074	Brightness (controls Filter Cutoff Frequency)
084	Portamento Source Note Number
120	All Sound Off

Song Edit mode

nFor details on using Control Change numbers (including those above), refer to the separate Data List booklet.

■Channel Aftertouch (CAT)

This event is generated when pressure is applied to a key after the note is played.

Data

• Data

This represents the amount of pressure applied to the key.

❏Settings 000~127

■Polyphonic Aftertouch (PAT)

This event is generated when pressure is applied to a key after the note is played. Unlike Channel Aftertouch above, this is recorded and applied independently for each key pressed.

	Note name	Data
• Note name
			mode
Determines the key to which aftertouch is applied.
❏ Settings	C -2~G8		Song
• Data			Reference
This represents the amount of pressure applied to the key.
❏ Settings	000~127

■ Registered Parameter Number (RPN)

This event changes parameter values for each tone generator part.

This event is used to set part settings such as Pitch Bend Sensitivity or Tuning.

For a complete list of the available RPN numbers and their corresponding controls, refer to the MIDI Data Format in the separate Data List booklet.

RPN MSB-LSB	Data Entry
	MSB-LSB

MOTIF Reference 191