Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer Aftertouch, Control Sets, Foot Controller, Breath Controller, Footswitch (sustain), Footswitch (assignable)

Foot Controller

An optional Foot Controller (such as the FC7), connected to the FOOT CONTROLLER jacks (page 18) on the rear panel, can be assigned to a number of controller parameters. By using a foot controller for parameter control, both your hands are left free to play the keyboard (or to operate other controllers), — exceptionally convenient when you’re playing live.

nFoot Controller parameters can be set for each Voice.

Footswitch (assignable)

An optional Yamaha FC4 or FC5 Foot Switch connected to the rear panel FOOT SWITCH ASSIGNABLE jack (page 18) can be assigned to a range of parameters. It is suited for switch-type (on/ off) controls, such as Portamento Switch, increment/ decrement of a Voice or Performance Number, start/ stop of the Sequencer, and holding the Arpeggiator on or off.

nThe parameter assigned to the Footswitch is set in the Utility mode (page 256).

Footswitch (sustain)

An optional FC4 or FC5 Footswitch connected to the SUSTAIN jack on the rear panel (page 18) lets you control sustain — particularly useful when playing piano and strings voices.

nYou cannot assign a function other than Sustain to the SUSTAIN jack.

Breath Controller

You can connect an optional Breath Controller (BC3) to the BREATH jack (page 18) on the rear panel. Then use it to control a large number of the MOTIF’s parameters, particularly those controlled by a wind player’s breath: dynamics, timbre, pitch and so on. The Breath Controller is ideally suited for realistic expression with wind instrument type Voices.

nBreath Controller parameters can be set for each Voice.

Aftertouch

Aftertouch lets you change the sound (adding vibrato, for example) by applying further pressure to a note on the keyboard while it is being held down. This allows real-time expression and control. Aftertouch can be used to control a wide variety of parameters

(page 134).

Main functions

Control Sets

Aside from their default parameters, keyboard

aftertouch, the controllers and some of the knobs on

the front panel can be assigned to various parameters,

as explained on page 48. For example, you could assign

Resonance to the Modulation Wheel and set aftertouch

to apply vibrato. You are free to assign parameters to

suit the kind of sound being played.

These controller assignments are known as Control

Sets. As the following illustration shows, you can

assign up to six different Control Sets per Voice.

Within each Control Set, the controller is known as the

Source (Src) and the parameter controlled by the

Source is known as the Destination (Dest). There are

various Dest parameters available; some will apply to

the Voice as a whole, while some will be speciﬁc to each

Structure

of its Elements. Details are given in the Controls List of

the separate Data List.

nDetails about the available Dest parameter settings are

Basic

given in the Destination Parameter List of the separate

Data List.

Voice

Control Sets

Source

Controller

1~6

PB,MW,etc

Destination

Control Parameters

Depth

Depth of control

ON/OFF

Elements

nThe Element Switches (page 134) will be disabled if the Dest parameter setting is not speciﬁed for the Elements (i.e., to settings 00 to 33).

■Using one source to control several destinations

By creating Control Sets, you can change soundsin a variety of ways.

For example, set the Src (Source) parameter of Control Set 1 to MW (Modulation Wheel) and the Dest (Destination) parameter to ELFO-PM (Element LFO Pitch Modulation Depth). Then set the Src parameter of Control Set 2 also to MW, but set the Dest parameter to ELM PAN (Element Pan). You will also need to specify the Element to be controlled and also the depth (amount) of control.

In this example, when you move the Modulation Wheel upward, the amount of Pitch Modulation increases accordingly, and the Element is panned from left to right. In this way, you can have the sound change in several different ways, simply by adjusting a single controller.

MOTIF Basic Structure 49