Yamaha MOTIF XS6, MOTIF XS7, MOTIF XS8

MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual

The Controls & Connectors

Functions of the Number [1] – [16] buttons

‚[COMMON EDIT] button

Turning this button on enters the Common Edit mode,

which lets you edit the parameters commonly applied to all

Elements, Parts or Zones in the Voice Edit mode,

Performance Edit mode, Song Mixing Edit mode, Pattern

Mixing Edit mode, and Mixing Voice Edit mode.

⁄[PROGRAM] button

When this button is turned on, using the Bank/Group/

Number buttons selects a Voice, Performance, Song,

Pattern, and Master in the corresponding mode.

¤[CATEGORY SEARCH] button (page 24)

When this button is turned on in the Voice Play mode/Song

Mixing mode/Pattern Mixing mode, the Bank buttons can

be used to select a main category and the Group buttons

[A] – [E] can be used to select a sub category of the Voice.

When this button is turned on in the Performance mode,

the Bank buttons can be used to select the Performance

category and the Group buttons [A] – [E] can be used to

select the Performance sub category.

‹[PERFORMANCE CONTROL] button (page 135)

This button is available only in the Performance Mode.

When this button is turned on, the following functions are

assigned to the Number buttons [1] – [16].

›[TRACK] button (page 34)

Turning this button on in the Song/Pattern mode enables

the Number [1] – [16] buttons for selecting corresponding

Song/Pattern tracks. When this button is turned on in the

Pattern mode, the Group buttons [A] – [H] can be used to

select the desired Section from A – H and the lower buttons

of the Bank buttons can be used to select the desired

Section from I – P.

The on/off status of this button affects the Number [1] – [16]

buttons in different ways, depending on the currently

selected mode. (Refer to “Number [1] – [16] buttons”

above.)

ﬁ[MUTE] button (pages 33 and 179)

Turning this button on in the Normal Voice Edit mode and

Mixing Voice Edit mode enables the Number buttons [1] –

[8] for muting Voice Elements (1 – 8). Turning this button on

in the other modes enables the Number buttons [1] – [16]

for muting Performance Parts (1 – 4), Song Tracks/Parts (1

– 16), and Pattern Tracks/Parts (1 – 16). Refer to “Number

[1] – [16] buttons” above.

ﬂ[SOLO] button (pages 33 and 179)

Turning this button on in the Normal Voice Edit mode and

Mixing Voice Edit mode enables the Number buttons [1] –

[8] for soloing a Voice Element (1 – 8). Turning this button

on in the other modes enables the Number buttons [1] –

[16] for soloing a Performance Part (1 – 4), a Song Track/

Part (1 – 16), and a Pattern Track/Part (1 – 16). Refer to

“Number [1] – [16] buttons” above.

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Mode

[PERFORMANCE

CONTROL] button

[TRACK] button [MUTE] button [SOLO] button

Voice Play — Keyboard transmit channel setting — —

Normal Voice Edit — Changes the Edit mode from Common

Edit to Element Edit and Element

selection (1 – 8)

Element Mute setting (1 – 8)

Solo Element selection (1 – 8)

Drum Voice Edit — Changes the Edit mode from Common

Edit to Drum Key Edit

——

Performance Play Performance Control (‹) Keyboard transmit channel setting Part Mute setting (1 – 4) Solo Part selection (1 – 4)

Performance Edit Performance Control (‹) Part selection (1 – 4) Part Mute setting (1 – 4) Solo Part selection (1 – 4)

Master Play — Keyboard transmit channel setting

(when memorizing the Voice mode or

Performance mode to the current

Master) or Song/Pattern track

selection (when memorizing the Song

mode or Pattern mode to the current

Master)

——

Master Edit — Changes the Edit mode from Common

Edit to Zone Edit and Zone selection

(1 – 8)

——

Song Play/

Pattern Play

— Song/Pattern track selection Song/Pattern track Mute

setting

Solo track selection

Song Mixing/

Pattern Mixing

— Song/Pattern Part selection Song/Pattern Part Mute

setting

Solo Part selection

Mixing Voice Edit Element selection (1 – 8) Element selection (1 – 8) Element Mute setting (1 – 8)

Solo Element selection (1 – 8)

Number

buttons Function

[1] – [4] Selecting Parts 1 – 4.

[5] – [8]

Setting the Arpeggio Switch to on/off for

Parts

1 – 4.

[9] – [12]

Setting the mute status for

Parts

1 – 4.

[13] – [16] Setting the Arpeggio Hold for Parts 1 – 4.