Yamaha MOTIF7 Owner's Manual - Page 131

• Mono/Poly Determines whether the Voice is played back monophonically (single notes only) or polyphonically (multiple simultaneous notes). ❏ Settings Mono, Poly • KeyAsgnMode When this is set to "single," double playback of the same note is prevented. This is useful when two or more instances of the same note are received nearly simultaneously, or without a corresponding note off message. To allow playback of each instance of the same note, set this to "multi." ❏ Settings single, multi • MicroTuning Determines the tuning system for the voice. Normally, this should be set to 00 (Equal temperament); however thirtyone additional tuning systems are available for a variety of tuning applications and effects. ❏ Settings See below. No. 00 01~12 13~24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Type Equal temperament Pure major Pure minor Werckmeister Kirnberger Vallotti & Young 1/4 shifted 1/4 tone 1/8 tone Indian Key Comments The "compromise" tuning used for most of the last 200 years of Western music, and found on most electronic keyboards. Each half step is exactly 1/12 of an octave, and music can be played in any key with equal ease. However, none of the intervals are perfectly in tune. C~B This tuning is designed so that most of the intervals (especially the major third and perfect fifth) in the major scale are pure. This means that other intervals will be correspondingly out of tune. You need to specify the key (C~B) you will be playing in. A~G# The same as Pure Major, but designed for the minor scale. Andreas Werckmeiser, a contemporary of Bach, designed this tuning so that keyboard instruments could be played in any key. Each key has a unique character. Johann Philipp Kirnberger was also concerned with tempering the scale to allow performances in any key. Francescatonio Vallotti and Thomas Young (both mid-1700s) devised this adjustment the Pythagorean tuning which the first six fifths are lower by the same amount. This is the normal equal tempered scale shifted up 50 cents. Twenty-four equally spaced notes per octave. (Play twenty-four notes to move one octave.) Forty-eight equally spaced notes per octave. (Play forty-eight notes to move one octave.) C~B Usually observed in the Indian music (white keys [C~B] only). ● [F1]-[SF3] Normal Common General Master EQ Offset From this display you can adjust the master (global) EQ settings for the entire voice. The settings made here are applied as offsets to the EQ settings (with the exception of "MID") in the Utility mode, page 253. Voice Edit mode KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION PAN REVERB CUTOFF RESONANCE ASSIGN A ASSIGN B CHORUS ATTACK ASSIGN 1 TEMPO RELEASE ASSIGN 2 KN 1 KN 2 KN 3 KN 4 MEQ LOW MEQLOWMID MEQ HI MID MEQ HIGH ❏ Settings -64 ~ 0 ~+63 ● [F1]-[SF4] Normal Common General Portamento This display allows you to set the Portamento related parameters. Portamento is used to create a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to the next. • Switch Determines whether Portamento is on or off. ❏ Settings off, on • Time Determines the pitch transition time. Higher values result in a longer pitch change time, when Time Mode below is set to "Time." (When Time Mode is set to "Rate," higher values result in a faster pitch change time.) ❏ Settings 0 ~127 • Mode Determines the Portamento mode. With the "fingered" setting, Portamento is only applied when you play legato (playing the next note before releasing the previous one). With the "fulltime" setting, Portamento is always applied. ❏ Settings fulltime, fingered • TimeMode This determines how the Time parameter above affects the Portamento effect. Setting this to "Time" makes the above parameter a true time scale - the higher the value, the longer the time. The "Rate" setting simply reverses this, for a rate scale - the higher the value, the faster the rate (in other words, the shorter the time). Naturally, you should set this to your own personal preference, depending on whether you think of Portamento in terms of time or rate. ❏ Settings rate, time rate Sets the Time parameter range to reflect "rate": 0 (slow) - 127 (fast) MOTIF Reference 131 Reference Voice mode