Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer ● ROM and RAM, Buffer (DRAM), Internal Memory, ● SRAM and DRAM, ●Edit Buffer and User Memory, Edit Buffer (DRAM) and Recall, ●Edit Buffer and Recall Buffer

Main functions

Internal Memory● ROM and RAM

ROM (Read Only Memory) is memory designed specifically for reading out of data, and as such data cannot be written to it. This is the location where preset data for the instrument is permanently stored.

On the other hand, RAM (Random Access Memory) allows both reading and writing of data. This is the location for the edit buffer data and data created by editing or recording.

	● SRAM and DRAM
	The MOTIF uses two different kinds of RAM ,
	depending on the condition for storing the data:
Basic
	SRAM (Static RAM) and DRAM (Dynamic
Structure	RAM). The data contained in SRAM is
	maintained indefinitely, unless the backup battery
	(lithium battery; page 5) power is too low. On the
	other hand, data contained in DRAM is lost when
	the power is turned off. Because of this, you
	should always store any data residing in DRAM
	to a memory card or an external SCSI device
	before turning off the power.

Edit Buffer (DRAM) and RecallBuffer (DRAM)●Edit Buffer and User Memory

The edit buffer is the memory location for edited data of these types: Voice, Performance, Master, Song, Song Mixing, and Pattern Mixing. Data edited in this location will be stored to the User Memory.

If you select another Voice, Performance, Master, Song, or Pattern, the entire contents of the edit buffer will be rewrittenwith the newly selected Voice/Performance/Master/Song Mixing/Pattern Mixing data. Make sure to store any important data before selecting another Voice, etc.

●Edit Buffer and Recall Buffer

If you’ve selected another Voice or Performance without storing the one you were editing, you can recall your original edits, since the edit buffer’s contents are stored in backup memory. Keep in mind that the recall buffer is available only in the Voice or Performance mode.

Memory Card/External SCSI storage device

To ensure that your data stored to User Memory are maintained, it is the best way to save important data to Memory Card or external SCSI device so that you can keep them indefinitely. See page 289 for details about Memory Card and see page 27 for details about SCSI device.

• Memory Card	• SCSI device
	SCSI

Hard disk etc.

There are two different ways to save data created on the MOTIF to memory card or an external SCSi device:

•By saving all data in the User memory as a single file (with the extension “.W2A”).

•By saving the files separately according to their specific functions (with the extensions correspondingtoeachtype).Seepage 262 for details.

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