Yamaha MOTIF7 Owner's Manual - Page 81

Quick Start Guide Playing Voices Using the Category Search function Reference (page 126) The MOTIF features a powerful Category Search function that gives you quick access to the sounds you want, irrespective of their bank locations. Simply select a voice category, such as A. PIANO or SYN LEAD, and you can browse through all related voices one by one - and audition each of them, too. Plus, you can use the special Favorites category to store the voices you use most. 2 Select a Category. • Select a Category. Press the Category buttons to display the Category name and the voice list. The first voice in this Category is selected. PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER PLG 1 PLG 2 PLG 3 Category names A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN A B C GUITAR / PLUCKED D BASS E STRINGS BRASS REED/PIPE F G H SYN LEAD SYN PAD/ SYN COMP CHROMATIC DRUM / SE CHOIR PERCUSSION PERCUSSION MUSICAL FX COMBI 1 Turn the Category Search function on by pressing the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button. PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER PLG 1 PLG 2 PLG 3 CATEGORY SEARCH • Select a Sub Category All Categories are divided into two or three Sub Categories for further ease in selection. The Sub Category names are displayed at the bottom of the Category Search display. Press the [F1] - [F3] buttons to select the first voice in the corresponding Sub Category. SF1 SF2 SF 3 A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR / PLUCKED BASS STRINGS BRASS REED/PIPE F1 F2 F3 Category name Voice list n Press the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button again to turn this function off. 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 3 Select a voice. Step through the available voices by using the data dial. You can also use the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons, or use the cursor [ ]/[ ] buttons. DEC/NO INC/ YES EXIT ENTER EXECUTE Favorite Category Use this convenient function to store all your favorite, often-used voices in a single, easy-to-access location - and call them up by pressing the [FAVORITIES] button. Select any voice you want, from any desired category, and enter each to the Favorites Category. In this way, you can go directly to all the voices you use the most, without having to hop around other Categories - a great aid when playing live. Select the desired Category, then move the cursor to your favorite voice in the Category list, and press the [F5] button to checkmark the the box next to the voice name. (You can un-checkmark it by pressing the [F5] button again.) Go on to other Categories and continue registering your favorites. After you've checkmarked all the voices you want, press the [DRUMKIT/FAVORITE] button to store them to the Favorites Category. All the voices you've checkmarked - and only those voices - will be shown in the list. To exit from the Favorites Category, simply press the [DRUMKIT/FAVORITE] button again. DRUM KITS FAVORITES SF1 SF2 SF 3 SF4 SF5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 Pressing this toggles between the two settings: Checkmark on Checkmark off MOTIF Quick Start Guide 81