Yamaha MOTIF XS6, MOTIF XS7, MOTIF XS8

MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual

The Controls & Connectors

9[MULTI PART CONTROL] button (pages 136

and 180)

Pressing this button changes the functions assigned to the

eight knobs in the Performance /Song/Pattern mode. The

lamp next to the currently active parameters will light. In the

Performance mode, the four knobs at the left end

correspond to Parts 1 – 4. In the Song/Pattern mode, all

knobs correspond to Parts 1 – 8 or 9 –16 (depending on

the currently selected Part).

)Control Sliders

These sliders control the volume of the sound in different

ways depending on the mode selected:

Voice mode—volume of the eight Elements (page 91)

Performance mode—volume of the four Parts (page 137)

Song/Pattern modes—volume of the eight Parts, including

the current Part (page 180)

Master mode—volume (page 252) or speciﬁed Control

Change number (page 257) of the eight Zones

nIf all of the Control Sliders are set to the minimum, you may not

hear any sound from the instrument, even when playing the

keyboard or a Song/Pattern. If this is the case, raise all the

sliders to a suitable level.

nThe MASTER VOLUME slider adjusts the audio output level

from this instrument. On the other hand, the Control Slider

adjusts the volume for the Element of the Voice or the Part of

the Performance/Song/Pattern as a parameter. Accordingly,

the values set via the Control Sliders can be stored as the

Voice, Performance, Song, or Pattern data.

![REMOTE ON/OFF] button (page 52)

The Remote mode lets you control sequencer software on

your computer from the panel controls of the instrument.

Turn the [ON/OFF] button on to enter the Remote mode.

@[ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button (pages 65, 101

and 135)

Press this button to enable or disable playback of the

Arpeggio for each Voice, Performance, Song, or Pattern. If

the Arpeggio Switch of the selected Part is set to off in the

Performance/Song/Pattern mode, however, pressing this

button has no effect.

#EFFECT BYPASS buttons (page 260)

The extensive effect block of the instrument provides

Insertion effects (eight sets, with two effect units per set),

System Effects (Reverb and Chorus), and Master Effects.

The effects can be applied to the keyboard-played Voices

and to Song/Pattern playback. When the lamp of the

[INSERTION] or [SYSTEM] button is turned on, the

corresponding Effect is off (or bypassed).

nWhen the checkbox of the Reverb/Chorus is set to off in the

[UTILITY] → [F1] General → [SF2] FXBypass display, the

Reverb/Chorus is maintained (not bypassed) even if you turn

the [SYSTEM] button on.

$[MASTER EFFECT] button (pages 146 and 264)

When this button is pressed (the lamp lights), the Master

Effect is applied to the overall sound of this instrument.

Also, to access the Master Effect setting display, press and

hold the [MASTER EFFECT] button for a second or two.

PART SELECT ARP ON/OFF

PART MUTE ARP HOLD

FILE UTILITY

SEQUENCER

COMPARE

SEQ

SETUP

SCENE STORE

SECTION

I-P

SECTION

A-H

PERFORMANCE

CONTROL

SUB CATEGORY

MODE

12345

7890

PROGRAM

ABCDEFGH

F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

DEC/NO INC/YES

SONG PATTERN

EDIT JOB STORE

SET LOCATE

123456 87

910111213141516

COMMON EDIT TRACK

MUTE SOLO

EXIT ENTER

SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 SF6

MULTI PART

VOICE PERFORM MASTER

EXECUTE

INTEGRATED

SAMPLING MIXING

PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4 PRE 5 PRE 6 PRE 7 PRE 8

USER 1 USER 2USER 3 GM DRGM PRE DR USER DR

CATEGORY SEARCH

PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR BASS BRASSSTRINGS SAX/

WOODWIND

SYN LEAD PADS/

CHOIRS SYN COMPCHROMATIC

PERCUSSION

DRUM/

PERCUSSION SOUND

EFX

MUSICAL

EFX ETHNIC

C3 C4 C5 C6 C7

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