Yamaha MOTIF XS6, MOTIF XS7, MOTIF XS8

Basic Structure Basic Operation Connections

Basic Section

Basic Structure

MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual

Depth When phaser type is selected, this parameter determines the

amplitude of the LFO wave which controls the cyclic change of

the phase modulation.

Detune Determines the amount of pitch to be detuned.

Device Selects the device for changing how to distort the sound.

Diffusion Determines the spread of the selected effect.

Direction Determines the direction of the modulation controlled by the

envelope follower.

Divide Freq High Determines the high frequency for dividing the entire sound into

three bands.

Divide Freq Low Determines the low frequency for dividing the entire sound into

three bands.

Divide Min Level Determines the minimum level of the portions extracted via the

slice effect.

Divide Type Determines how the sound (wave) is sliced by the note length.

Drive When one of the distortion, noisy and slice effects is selected,

this parameter determines the extent to which the sound is

distorted.

When one of the misc effects is selected, this parameter

determines the extent to which the enhancer or talking modulator

is applied.

Drive Horn Determines the depth of the modulation generated via the

rotation of the horn.

Drive Rotor Determines the depth of the modulation generated via the

rotation of the rotor.

Dry Level Determines the level of the dry sound (to which the effect is not

applied).

Dry LPF Cutoff

Frequency

Determines the cutoff frequency of the low pass ﬁlter applied to

the dry sound.

Dry Mix Level Determines the level of the dry sound (to which the effect is not

applied).

Dry Send to Noise Determines the level of the dry signal sent to the noise effect.

Dry/Wet Balance Determines the balance of the dry sound and effect sound.

Dyna Level Offset Determines the offset value added to the output from the

envelope follower.

Dyna Threshold

Level

Determines the minimum level at which the envelope follower

starts.

Edge Sets the curve that determines how the sound is distorted.

Emphasis Determines the change of the characteristics in high frequencies.

EQ Frequency Determines the center frequency for each band of the EQ.

EQ Gain Determines the level gain of the EQ center frequency for each

band.

EQ High

Frequency

Determines the center frequency of the high EQ band that is

attenuated/boosted.

EQ High Gain Determines the amount of boost or attenuation applied to the

high EQ band.

EQ Low

Frequency

Determines the center frequency of the low EQ band that is

attenuated/boosted.

EQ Low Gain Determines the amount of boost or attenuation applied to the low

EQ band.

EQ Mid Frequency Determines the center frequency of the middle EQ band that is

attenuated/boosted.

EQ Mid Gain Determines the amount of boost or attenuation applied to the

middle EQ band.

EQ Mid Width Determines the width of the middle EQ band.

EQ Width Determines the width of the EQ band.

ER/Rev Balance Determines the level balance of the early reﬂection and reverb

sound.

F/R Depth This parameter of “Auto Pan” (available when PAN Direction is

set to “L turn” and “R turn”) determines the depth of the F/R

(front/rear) pan.

FB Hi Damp Ofst R Determines the amount of decay in high frequencies for the R

channel as offset.

FB Level Ofst R Determines the feedback level for the R channel as offset.

Feedback Determines the level of the sound signal output from the effect

block and returned to its own input.

Feedback High

Damp

Determines how the high frequencies of the feedback sound

decay.

Feedback Level When one of the reverb and early reﬂection effects is selected,

this parameter determines the feedback level of the initial delay.

When one of the delay, chorus, ﬂanger, comp distortion delay,

and TEC effects is selected, this parameter determines the

feedback level output from the delay and returned to the input.

When “Tempo Phaser” or “Dynamic Phaser” is selected, this

parameter determines the feedback level output from the phaser

and returned to the input.

Feedback Level 1,

Determines the feedback level of the delayed sound in each of

the 1st and 2nd series.

Feedback Time Determines the delay time of the feedback.

Feedback Time 1,

2, L, R

Determines the time of the feedback delay 1, 2, L and R.

Filter Type When “Lo-Fi” is selected, this parameter selects the tonal

characteristic type.

When “Dynamic Filter” is selected, this parameter determines the

ﬁlter type.

Fine 1, 2 Determines the pitch ﬁnely for each of the 1st series and 2nd

series.

Parameter name Descriptions

Formant Offset This parameter of the Vocoder adds the offset value to the cutoff

frequency of BPF for the Inst input.

Formant Shift This parameter of the Vocoder shifts the cutoff frequency of the

BPF for Inst input.

Gate Switch When set to “off,” the output from the HPF and the Noise

Generator is passed through the gate. When set to “on,” the

output from the HPF and the Noise Generator passes through the

gate only if the audio signal is input to the Inst.

Gate Time Determines the gate time of the sliced portion.

Height Determines the height of the simulated room.

Hi Resonance Adjusts the resonance of the high frequencies.

High Attack Determines the amount of time from the moment a note is

pressed to the moment the compressor is applied to the high

frequencies.

High Gain Determines the output gain for the high frequencies.

High Level Determines the level of the high frequencies.

High Mute Switches the mute status of the high frequencies.

High Ratio When “REV-X Hall” or “REV-X Room” is selected, this parameter

determines the ratio of the high frequencies.

When “Multi Band Comp” is selected, this parameter determines

the ratio of the compressor for the high frequencies.

High Threshold Determines the minimum input level at which the effect is applied

to the high frequencies.

Horn Speed Fast Determines the speed of the horn when the slow/fast switch is set

to “fast.”

Horn Speed SLow Determines the speed of the horn when the slow/fast switch is set

to “slow.”

HPF Freq Determines the Cutoff frequency for the High Pass Filter applied

to the microphone sound.

HPF Output Level Determines how much the output from high pass ﬁlter is mixed

with the output from the Vocoder.

Initial Delay Determines the amount of time that elapses between the direct,

original sound and the initial reﬂections.

Initial Delay 1, 2 Determines the delay time until the initial reﬂection for each of the

1st series and 2nd series.

Initial Delay Lch,

Rch

Determines the amount of time that elapses between the direct,

original sound and the initial reﬂections (echoes) that follow it for

each of R and L channels.

Input Level Determines the input level of the signal to which the compressor

is applied.

Input Mode Selects mono or stereo conﬁguration for the input sound.

Input Select Selects an input channel.

Inst Input Level Determines the level of the instrument sound to which the

Vocoder is applied.

L/R Depth Determines the depth of the L/R pan effect.

L/R Diffusion Determines the spread of the sound.

Lag Determines the lagging time additionally applied to the delayed

sound speciﬁed via a note length.

LFO Depth When one of “SPX Chorus,” “Symphonic,” “Classic Flanger,” and

“Ring Modulator” is selected, this parameter determines the

depth of the modulation.

When “Tempo Phase” is selected, this parameter determines the

frequency of the phase modulation.

LFO Phase

difference

Determines the L/R phase difference of the modulated wave.

LFO Phase Reset Determines how to reset the initial phase of the LFO.

LFO Speed When one ny of the chorus effects, ﬂanger effects, tremolo and

ring modulator is selected, this parameter determines the

frequency of the modulation.

When “Tempo Phaser” is selected, this parameter determines the

modulation speed via a note type.

When “Auto Pan” is selected, this parameter determines the

frequency of the Auto Pan.

LFO Wave When any of the ﬂanger effects and “Ring Modulator,” this

parameter selects the wave for modulation.

When “Auto Pan” is selected, this parameter determines the

panning curve.

When “VCM Auto Wah” is selected, this parameter selects the

wave, sine or square.

Liveness Determines the decay characteristic of Early Reﬂection.

Low Attack Determines the amount of time from the moment a note is

pressed to the moment the compressor is applied to the low

frequencies.

Low Gain Determines the output gain for the low frequencies.

Low Level Determines the output level for the low frequencies.

Low Mute Determines whether the low frequency band is off or on.

Low Ratio When “REV-X Hall” or “REV-X Room” is selected, this parameter

determines the ratio of the low frequencies.

When “Multi Band Comp” is selected, this parameter determines

the ratio of the compressor for the low frequencies.

Low Threshold Determines the minimum input level at which the effect is applied

to the low frequencies.

LPF Resonance Determines the resonance of the low pass ﬁlter for the input

sound.

Manual When “VCM Flanger” is selected, this parameter determines the

offset value of the delay modulation.

Parameter name Descriptions