Yamaha MOTIF7 Owner's Manual - Page 124

Reference Voice mode Voice Play mode Voice Play mode Basic Structure (page 30) · Quick Start Guide (page 80) In this mode, you can select and play individual Preset and User voices, as well as Plug-in voices (when installed). n For details about voice types and memory (bank) structure, see page 43. ◆ Basic Procedure 1 Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play mode. (The indicator lights.) VOICE Indicates the Keyboard MIDI transmit channel. See page 127 for details. Indicates the functions assigned to the respective Control knobs. See pages 254 and 256 for details. Indicates the current selected voice. Indicates Keyboard Octave setting set via the [OCTAVE] buttons. See page 127 for details. ● Bank and Voice Program number Number (selected via the NUMBER [1]-[16] buttons) Group (selected via the GROUP [A]-[H] buttons) Voice Program number (corresponding to Groups A to H and Numbers 01 to 16) Bank (selected via the BANK buttons) ● Category and Voice name Category Voice name 2 Select a voice. 3 Set the Keyboard Octave or MIDI transmit channel. 124 MOTIF Reference 4 Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the [F1] - [F6] buttons and edit the parameters in each display. n When the Plug-in voice is selected (when the Single part Plug-in board is installed), you can press the [F2] button to call up the BANK display. 5 Store the settings edited in step #4 to the User Memory as required. 6 Press any other mode button to exit from the Voice Play mode. • For detailed instructions on steps #2 - #4, see the following explanations. • For details on step #5, refer to "Voice Store mode" on page 159. Voice Selection The explanations here apply to step #2 of the Basic Procedure described above. There are four ways in which you can select a Voice. • Using the BANK, GROUP, NUMBER buttons • Using the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons • Using the data dial • Using the Category Search function ■ Using the BANK, GROUP, NUMBER buttons 1 2 3 DRUM KITS FAVORITES COMMON PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER PLG 1 PLG 2 PLG 3 CATEGORY SEARCH A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN A B C GUITAR / PLUCKED D BASS E STRINGS BRASS REED/PIPE F G H SECTION BANK GROUP SYN LEAD SYN PAD/ SYN COMP CHROMATIC DRUM / SE CHOIR PERCUSSION PERCUSSION 1 2 3 4 5 6 MUSICAL FX COMBI 7 8 TRACK SELECT ELEMENT/ PERF.PART / ZONE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 MUTE NUMBER SOLO nThe explanations here apply when these four button indicators are off. 1 Press any of the BANK buttons to select a Bank. • To select a Normal voice, press any of the [PRE1] - [USER] buttons. PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER A.PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR / PLUCKED BASS