Yamaha ES6 Recording Equipment User Manual


 
Troubleshooting
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Owner’s Manual
Appendix
Pitch or intervals are wrong
Is the Master Tune parameter in the [UTILITY] [F1] GENERAL [SF1] TG display set to a value other than “0”?.......................................... page 260
Is the Note Shift parameter in the [UTILITY] [F1] GENERAL [SF1] TG display set to a value other than “0”?.............................................. page 260
When the Voice produces a wrong pitch, check the Micro Tuning setting in the [VOICE]
[EDIT]
[COMMON]
[F1] GENERAL
[SF2] PLY MODE display.
.... page 190
When the Voice produces a wrong pitch, is the LFO Pitch Modulation Depth in the Voice Edit mode set too high? ............................................ page 201
When the Performance produces a wrong pitch, is the Note Shift parameter of each Part set to a value other than “0”? ................................... page 218
When the Performance produces a wrong pitch, is the Detune parameter of each Part set to a value other than “0”? ....................................... page 218
When the Song/Pattern playback produces a wrong pitch, is the Note Offset parameter in the Groove display set to a value other than “0”?
.................... page 114
No effect is applied
Is the [EFFECT BYPASS] button turned off? ........................................................................................................................................................... page 177
Have the [REVERB] and [CHORUS] knobs been turned fully counter-clockwise (to the minimum)?...................................................................... page 50
Have any or all of the Elements’ Effect Output parameters been set to “thru” in the effect setting display in the Voice Edit mode?.................... page 194
Have any or all of the effect types been set to “thru” or “off”?................................................................................................................................ page 179
When this occurs in the Performance mode/Song mode/Pattern mode, check whether the Insertion Switch (INS SW) parameters are set properly or not.
........pages 216, 235
The Edit Indicator appears, even when parameters are not being edited
Keep in mind that even though the Voice Play mode or Performance Play mode is active, simply moving a Knob or Slider changes the current Voice or
Performance, automatically displaying the Edit indicator. ................................................................................................................................pages 65, 69
In the Song Mixing mode or Pattern Mixing mode, keep in mind that simply playing back a Song or Pattern may change the Mixing parameters of the
current Song/Pattern, automatically displaying the Edit indicator.......................................................................................................................... page 104
Arpeggio problems
Cannot start the Arpeggio
Check whether the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button is turned on or off. When the Arpeggio doesn’t start even though the button is
turned on, check the following points.
When the User Arpeggio type is selected, does the currently selected Arpeggio actually contain data?............................................................ page 189
•Are the Arpeggio related parameters such as Note Limit and Velocity Limit set appropriately? ........................................................................... page 191
When this situation occurs in the Performance mode, check the ArpSwitch parameters for all Parts in the [PERFORM] [EDIT] Part selection [F1]
VOICE [SF2] MODE display. If parameters of all Parts are turned off, the Arpeggio will not be played back even if the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button is
turned on. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... page 216
When this situation occurs in the Song mode/Pattern mode, check the ArpSwitch parameter in the [SONG] or [PATTERN] [MIXING] [EDIT] Part
selection [F1] VOICE [SF2] MODE display. If this parameter for the current Part is turned off, Arpeggio playback will not be triggered by your
keyboard performance even if the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button is turned on. .................................................................................................... page 235
Cannot stop the Arpeggio
When Arpeggio playback does not stop even if you release the key, set the Arpeggio Hold parameter to “off.” ................................................ page 191
n For details and a list of the Arpeggio related functions, see page 169.
Song/Pattern problems
The Song/Pattern cannot be started even when pressing the [F] (Play) button.
Does the selected Song or Pattern (phrase) actually contain data?.................................................................................................................pages 57, 59
Is the Remote Control feature turned on?............................................................................................................................................................... page 147
Is the MIDI sync parameter set to internal (using internal clock) in the [UTILITY] [F5] MIDI [SF3] SYNC display? ..................................... page 264
Song/Pattern (Phrase) cannot be recorded.
Is there enough free memory for recording? The total MOTIF ES memory capacity determines the number of Songs/Patterns (phrases) that can be
recorded. For example, if the memory contains Songs/Patterns (phrases) that use up a large amount of memory, the memory may become full even
though the available Pattern or Song numbers are not all used. ........................................................................................................................... page 275
In the Pattern Record mode, does the specified track to which the Phrase is assigned have preset data? Recording cannot be done to a track that
contains preset data............................................................................................................................................................................................... page 113
Cannot enter the Pattern Job mode even when pressing the [JOB] button in the Pattern mode.
Check whether the MOTIF ES is in the Pattern Chain mode or not. If so, exit from the Pattern Chain mode, then press the [JOB] button
. .................. page 115
Cannot enter the Pattern Mixing mode even when pressing the [MIXING] button in the Pattern mode.
Check whether the MOTIF ES is in the Pattern Chain mode or not. If so, exit from the Pattern Chain mode, then press the [MIXING] button.
........................ page 115