Yamaha MOTIF7 Owner's Manual - Page 80

Playing Voices Playing Voices Reference (page 124) The Voice Play mode is where you select and play the instrument sounds (voices) of the MOTIF. Thanks to an amazing 85MB of wave ROM and over 700 voices to choose from (even more when you install optional Plug-in boards!), the MOTIF has just about any sound you'll ever need, no matter what kind of music you create - from luscious piano, strings, and other acoustic instruments to cutting-edge synth, dance, and electronica sounds. Plus, with the full 62-note polyphony, you can play fat chords and arpeggios - and sustain them without ever having to worry about the sound cutting out. The MOTIF provides several different voice banks: Preset 1 - 3, GM Preset, User, and Plug-in 1 - 3 (when optional Plug-in boards are installed). Select a bank and try out some of these different voices right now. Selecting a voice 1 Enter the Voice Play mode. MODE VOICE PERFORM MASTER When the Voice Play mode is active, the currently selected voice is shown in huge letters - so you can easily check which voice you're about to play. 2 Select a Voice Bank. • Normal Voice PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER PLG 1 PLG 2 PLG 3 Bank name A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR/ PLUCKED BASS STRINGS BRASS REED/PIPE Select a Normal Voice Bank. Select a Plug-in Voice Bank. • Drum Voice n When shipped from the factory, the MOTIF contains a full set of specially programmed User voices in the User bank. Naturally, you can edit these and overwrite them if you want. You can also restore them to the original factory set by using the Utility Job (page 260). For details about Voice Banks and Groups, see page Bank name 124. DRUM KITS PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR/ PLUCKED BASS OCTAVE DOWN UP KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION PAN REVERB CHORUS CUTOFF RESONANCE ATTACK ASSIGN A ASSIGN B ASSIGN 1 TEMPO RELEASE ASSIGN 2 REMOTE CONTROL ON/OFF MASTER VOLUME KN 1 KN 2 KN 3 KN 4 MEQ LOW MEQLOWMID MEQ HI MID MEQ HIGH VOLUME 1 VOLUME 2 VOLUME 3 VOLUME 4 EFFECTBYPASS ARPEGGIO INSERTION SYSTEM ON/OFF SEQ TRANSPORT CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 CS 4 LOCATE 1 2 REC ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 ZONE 4 MODE VOICE PERFORM MASTER SEQUENCER SONG PATTERN FILE INTEGRATED SAMPLING MIXING UTILITY EDIT JOB STORE COMPARE SCENE STORE SET LOCATE SONG SCENE SF1 SF2 SF 3 SF4 SF5 INFORMATION F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 DEC/NO EXIT INC/ YES ENTER EXECUTE DRUM KITS FAVORITES COMMON MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Integrated Sampling Sequencer Real-time External Control Sur face Modular Synthesis Plug-in System SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 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 Quick Start Guide 3 Select a Voice Group. Voices in each Bank are divided into Groups [A] ~ [H]. Select a Group to display the voices that belong to the selected Group. Group A B C D E F G H SYN LEAD SYN PAD/ SYN COMP CHROMATIC DRUM/ SE CHOIR PERCUSSION PERCUSSION MUSICAL FX COMBI 4 Select a Voice number. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Decreases number DEC/NO Decreases number Increases number INC/ YES Increases number 80 MOTIF Quick Start Guide