Yamaha MOTIF6, MOTIF7, MOTIF8, Music Production Synthesizer Table of Contents, Appendix, Reference, Setting Up, Basic Structure, Basic Operation, Quick Start Guide, The Controls & Connectors

Table of Contents

The Controls & Connectors	10
Front Panel ........................................................	10
Rear Panel..........................................................	16
Setting Up	20
Power Supply.....................................................	20
Connections .......................................................	21
Powering Up ......................................................	29
Basic Structure	30
Mode ..................................................................	30
System Overview ...............................................	33
Controller block ..........................................................	33
Sequencer block ..........................................................	33
Tone Generator block.................................................	34
Effect block..................................................................	39
Main functions...................................................	42
Voices and Performances............................................	42
Controllers...................................................................	48
Song and Pattern (Sequencer mode) .........................	51
Arpeggio ......................................................................	55
Master (Master mode) ................................................	56
Sampling......................................................................	58
Internal Memory and File Management ...................	63
Remote Control to Computer Sequence Software.....65
Basic Operation	67
Calling up the Operation Displays.....................	67
Display-based Controls ......................................	72
Quick Start Guide	77
Playing the Demos .............................................	77
Playing Voices ....................................................	80
Editing Voices ....................................................	83
Storing edited Voices..........................................	86
Playing Performances ........................................	88
Editing Performances (Layer/Split) ..................	89
Storing the edited Performance .........................	90
Using the Arpeggio function..............................	91
Using as a Master Keyboard ..............................	93
Saving/Loading data ..........................................	97
Sampling with Song Playback
(Integrated Sampling Sequencer) ......................	99
Remote Control for external sequencer
(Real-time external control surface) ...............	119
Reference	121
Voice Mode.......................................................	121
Function Tree ...........................................................	121
Voice Play mode .......................................................	124
Voice Edit mode .......................................................	129
Voice Job mode.........................................................	158
Voice Store mode......................................................	159

Performance Mode ..........................................	160
Function Tree...........................................................	160
Performance Play mode ...........................................	162
Performance Edit mode ...........................................	165
Performance Job mode .............................................	175
Performance Store mode..........................................	176
Song Mode .......................................................	177
Function Tree...........................................................	177
Song Play mode ........................................................	179
Song Record mode....................................................	183
Song Edit mode ........................................................	189
Song Job mode ..........................................................	193
Song Mixing mode ...................................................	205
Song Mixing Job mode .............................................	212
Song Mixing Store mode..........................................	214
Pattern Mode....................................................	215
Function Tree...........................................................	215
Pattern Play mode ....................................................	217
Pattern Record mode................................................	221
Pattern Edit mode ....................................................	224
Pattern Job mode ......................................................	225
Pattern Mixing mode ...............................................	232
Sampling Mode................................................	233
Function Tree...........................................................	233
Sampling Record mode ............................................	234
Sampling Edit mode .................................................	240
Sampling Job mode...................................................	241
Utility Mode ....................................................	249
Function Tree...........................................................	249
Utility mode..............................................................	250
Utility Job mode .......................................................	260
File Mode .........................................................	261
Function Tree ..........................................................	261
File mode ..................................................................	262
Master Mode ...................................................	268
Function Tree...........................................................	268
Master Play mode.....................................................	269
Master Edit mode .....................................................	270
Master Job mode.......................................................	273
Master Store mode ...................................................	274
Appendix	275
Information Displays ......................................	275
Display Messages ............................................	277
Troubleshooting ..............................................	279
Installing Optional Hardware..........................	281
Optional Plug-in Board Installation ........................	282
Optional AIEB2 or mLAN8E Installation ..............	284
Optional SIMM Installation ....................................	287
Handling the Memory Card (SmartMedia™*). 289
Connecting external SCSI devices...................	290
About SCSI ...............................................................	290
Notes on musical copyright.............................	292
Specifications ..................................................	293
INDEX.............................................................	295

The Controls & Connectors

Setting Up

Basic Structure

Basic Operation

Quick Start Guide

Reference

Voice mode

Performance mode

Song mode

Pattern mode

Sample mode

Utility mode

File mode

Master mode

Appendix

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