Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer ■Split, ■Layer, Four Zones (Voice Performance mode)

Four Zones (Voice Performance mode)

In the Voice Performance mode, the keyboard can be divided into a maximum of four separate Zones (as shown below) — each with its own MIDI channel setting. In this way, you can use just a single keyboard to control several different instrument parts independently. Moreover, you can have these independent Zones control different channels on connected MIDI devices as well.

You can set these four Zones and store them as a User Master in the Master mode.

External Tone Generator

MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI OUT

Keyboard(Max 4zone)

MIDI ch1 MIDI ch2 MIDI ch3 MIDI ch4

Tone Generator block (Internal/Plug-in)

The four Zones can also be configured as Voice “layers” — letting you have more than one Voice sound at the same time when you play within a single Zone. (See the example below.)

External Tone Generator

		MIDI OUT
		ZONE4
MIDI OUT	MIDI OUT	MIDI ch4
ZONE1	ZONE2	ZONE3	MIDI OUT
MIDI ch1	MIDI ch2	MIDI ch3

Main functions

■Split

You can use the Zone settings to create a “Split” — dividing the keyboard into two key ranges, at a specific note (split point).

In the example below, the keyboard is split at C3, with the lower range used to trigger Arpeggios, and the upper range used conventionally to play a Voice.

	Split point
Lower	(C3)	Upper

	Ch1		Ch2
				StructureBasic
	Part 1		Part 2
For playing		For playing a Voice
	Arpeggios

■Layer

You can also use the Zone settings to create a “Layer” — in which the keyboard is used to play two separate parts simultaneously, in unison with each other.

In the example below, the keyboard plays two Voices in unison — one an internal Voice, and the other a Plug-in Voice.

Layer (Upper)

Layer (Lower)

Part 1	Plug-in 1 Part
Voice	Plug-in Voice

Tone Generator block (Internal/Plug-in)

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