Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer ■Controlling an external MIDI keyboard, ■Controlling from an external MIDI keyboard, ■Controlling another MIDI device via MIDI THRU

Connections

Connecting External MIDI Equipment

Using a standard MIDI cable (available separately), you can connect an external MIDI device, and control it from the MOTIF. Likewise, you can use an external MIDI device (such as a keyboard or sequencer) to control the sounds on the MOTIF. Below are several different MIDI connection examples; use the one most similar to your intended setup.

■Controlling from an external MIDI keyboard

MIDI IN MIDI OUT

Setting

MOTIF

Extrnal MIDI keyboard or synthesizer

Up

■Controlling an external MIDI keyboard

MIDI OUTMIDI IN

MOTIF External MIDI keyboard or synthesizer

■Recording and playback using an external MIDI sequencer

MIDI OUT	MIDI IN
MIDI IN	MIDI OUT
	External MIDI sequencer

MOTIF

■Controlling another MIDI device via MIDI THRU

External MIDI sequencer		External MIDI synthesizer 1
MIDI OUT		MIDI IN
MIDI IN	MIDI THRU
	MIDI OUT	MIDI IN
	MOTIF	External MIDI synthesizer 2

In the above setup, Synthesizer 2 can be played from the MOTIF (via MIDI OUT), while the external sequencer plays Synthesizer 1 (via MIDI THRU).

nThe MIDI cable should be no greater than 15 meters in length, and there should be no more than three devices in a MIDI chain (chained in series via each unit’s MIDI THRU). To connect more units, use a MIDI Thru Box for parallel connections. You may encounter errors if the MIDI cables are too long or if too many devices are chained together via their MIDI THRU connectors.

■Using an mLAN interface (when an optional mLAN8E has been installed)

IEEE1394 cable

Transmit & Receive

mLan keyboard

MOTIF

nAny one of the these interfaces can be used for MIDI data transmission/reception: the MIDI connectors, the mLAN terminal connector, or the USB connector. However, they cannot be used at the same time. Select which connector is used for MIDI data transfer in the Utility mode. See page 259.

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