Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer Troubleshooting, No sound, Distorted sound, Sound is cut off, Sound level is too low

Troubleshooting

No sound? Wrong sound? When a problem like this occurs, please check the following points before assuming that the product is faulty. In many cases you’ll ﬁnd the solution to your problem here. If the problem persists, then contact your Yamaha dealer or service center (page 299).

No sound.

• Is the power of the MOTIF and any external equipment connected to the MOTIF turned on?		page 29
• Have you made all the appropriate level settings — including the Master Volume on the MOTIF
and the volume settings on any connected external equipment?		page 29
• Is the Foot Controller pressed down (when it is connected to the FOOT CONTROLLER jack)?		page 28
• Is the MOTIF properly connected to related external equipment (e.g., ampliﬁer or speaker) via audio cables?		page 21
• When the voice produces no sound, is the volume in the Voice common edit set appropriately?		page 132
• When the voice produces little or no sound, have you changed any of the CS slider settings?
(The CS 1 - 4 sliders control the element levels in the voice. If all these are set to “0,” the voice will not sound.)		page 48
• When the voice produces no sound, are the parameters in the Voice element edit
(e.g., element switch, note limit, velocity limit) set appropriately in the Voice common edit?	pages 137, 138
• When the voice produces no sound, are the effect and ﬁlter settings appropriate?
(Inappropriate ﬁlter cutoff frequency settings can result in no sound.)	pages 137, 140
• When the performance produces no sound, has a voice been assigned to each part?		page 166
• When the performance produces no sound, is the note limit of each part set appropriately?		page 170
• When the performance produces no sound, is the volume of each part set appropriately?		page 172
• When the performance produces little or no sound, have you changed any of the CS slider settings?
(The CS 1 - 4 sliders control the part levels in the performance. If all these are set to “0,” the performance will not sound.)		page 48
• When the performance produces no sound, is the output select of each part set appropriately?		page 173
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound, are any or all of the tracks muted?	pages 180, 218
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound, are the output channel of each track in the play mode
and the receive channel of each part in the Mixing mode set appropriately?	pages 210, 232
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound,
is the volume of each part in the Mixing mode set appropriately?	pages 211, 232
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound,
is the output select of each part in the Mixing mode set appropriately?	pages 211, 232
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound,
is the MIDI ﬁlter set so that note-on messages are blocked in the Utility mode?		page 255
• When the arpeggio produces no sound, is the switch set to on?		page 132
• When the arpeggio produces no sound, are the note limit and velocity limit set appropriately?		page 133
• When the arpeggio produces no sound and the assigned arpeggio is a user one, does it have data?		page 132
• Isn't MIDI Local set to off in the Utility mode?		page 258

Distorted sound.

• Are the effect settings appropriate?	page 172
• Are the ﬁlter settings appropriate? (Excessively high ﬁlter resonance settings can cause distortion.)	pages 140, 173
• Is the MASTER VOLUME set so high that clipping is occurring?	page 29
• Is the volume of each element in the Voice mode or the volume of each part in the Performance mode
or the volume of each track/part in the Song/Pattern mode set too high?	pages 145, 172, 211, 232

Sound level is too low.

• Are the MIDI volume or MIDI expression settings too low (by using the Foot Controller)?	page 28
• Is the cutoff frequency of the ﬁlters set too high/low?	pages 140, 173
• When the song/pattern playback produces the small sound,
is the velocity offset in the Groove display set too low?	pages 181, 218

Sound is cut off.

• Are you exceeding the maximum polyphony of the MOTIF?

page 36

Appendix

MOTIF Appendix 279