Yamaha MOTIF7 Owner's Manual - Page 99

Quick Start Guide Sampling with Song Playback (Integrated Sampling Sequencer) Sampling with Song Playback (Integrated Sampling Sequencer) In this section, we'll delve into one of the most important and powerful features of the MOTIF - the Integrated Sampling Sequencer. Today's digital music producers and artists use a mutlitude of advanced tools to get the job done - including MIDI, sampling, audio editing and much more. Cutting and pasting beats, loops and patterns together is an integral part of the music making process. The MOTIF lets you work in the same way, fully integrating sampling with MIDI sequencing - making it easier than ever before to produce great tracks. Below is a summary of the steps you'll take as you create a new song. ■ Creating Rhythm track 1 Sampling to a Pattern Track 2 Recording MIDI data to a Pattern Track 3 Assigning a Preset Phrase to a Pattern Track (Patch function) 4 Using the Groove function 5 Pattern Mixing 6 Creating the Pattern Chain ■ Creating a Song 7 Copy the Pattern Chain data to the Song 8 MIDI recording to Song Tracks 9 Sampling to Song Track 10 Song Track Mute and Scene 11 Song Mixing and storing the settings as a template 12 Saving and Exporting the recorded song to external PC (File Utility) MOTIF Quick Start Guide 99