Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer No effect is applied, Can’t record samples, Plug-inboard does not work, Pitch or intervals are wrong, Only one note sounds at a time

Troubleshooting

Pitch or intervals are wrong.

• Is the Master Tune parameter in the Utility mode set at a value other than “0”?	page 250
• Is the Note Shift parameter in the Utility mode set at a value other than “0”?	page 250
• When the voice produces a wrong pitch, is the appropriate tuning system selected from Micro Tuning parameter
in the Voice Edit mode?	page 130
• When the voice produces a wrong pitch, is the LFO Pitch Modulation Depth in the Voice Edit mode set too high?	page 147
• When the performance produces a wrong pitch, is the Note Shift parameter of each part set at a value other than “0”?	page 173

•When the performance produces a wrong pitch, is the Detune parameter of each part set at a value other than “0”? page 173

•When the song/pattern playback produces a wrong pitch, is the Note Offset parameter in the Groove display set

at a value other than “0”?pages 181, 218

Only one note sounds at a time.

• Is the Mono/Poly parameter in the Voice mode set to “mono”?page 130

No effect is applied.

• Is the [EFFECT BYPASS] button turned off?	page 13
• Have the [REVERB] and [CHORUS] buttons been turned fully counter-clockwise (to the minimum)?	pages 48, 84
• Have any or all of the elements’ Effect Output parameter been set to “thru”?	page 137
• Have any or all of the effect types been set to “thru” or “off” (in the Effect display of the Voice Edit mode)?	page 137

Song/Pattern cannot be started.

• Does the selected song or pattern (phrase) contain data?	pages 179,	217
• Is the Remote Control turned on?	page 13
• Is the MIDI sync parameter set to MIDI (using external clock) in the Utility mode?	page	258

Song/Pattern (Phrase) cannot be recorded.

• Is there enough free memory for recording? The total MOTIF memory capacity determines the number of
songs/patterns (phrases) that can be recorded. For example, if the memory contains songs/patterns (phrases)
that use up a large amount of memory, the memory may become full even though the available pattern or song
numbers are not all used.	pages 275, 276
• In the Pattern Record mode, does the specified track to which the Phrase is assigned have preset data?
Recording cannot be done to a track that contains preset data.	page 221

Can’t record samples.

• Have you exceeded the maximum allowable number of samples (key banks)?	page 60
• Is there enough free sample memory?	page 276
• Is the Sampling Source setting appropriate?	page 236
• Is the Trigger mode set appropriately?	page 237

Can’t save data to the Memory card or the SCSI disk.

• Is the Memory card or SCSI disk being used write protected? (Write-protect should be set to off for saving data.) pages 289, 290

• Is the Memory card or SCSI disk being used properly formatted?page 265

MIDI bulk data transmission/reception won’t work properly.

• Is the Receive Bulk parameter set to “protect” in the Utility mode?page 258

Plug-in board does not work.

• Is the lamp of the corresponding slot number to which the Plug-in board has been installed lit?	page 87
• Has the Vocal Harmony Plug-in board been installed to slot 2 or 3 ? (The VH board should be installed to slot 1.)	page 282
• Has the Multi-part Plug-in board been installed to slot 1 or 2 ? (The Multi-part Plug-in board should be installed to slot 3.)	page 282

Appendix

280MOTIF Appendix