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Introduction
6
Owner’s Manual
Introduction
Congratulations and thank you for your purchase of the Yamaha MOTIF ES6/MOTIF ES7/MOTIF ES8 Music
Production Synthesizer!
You now own what is perhaps the best-sounding, most versatile, and certainly most powerful synthesizer and
total music production instrument on the planet.
We strove to put virtually all our synthesizer technology and music making know-how into one instrument —
and we succeeded. The new MOTIF ES not only gives you the latest and greatest sounds and rhythms (as well
as the ability to create and sample your own), it gives you powerful, easy-to-use tools for playing, combining
and controlling these dynamic sounds/rhythms — in real time, as you perform!
Take time to look through this manual carefully. It’s packed with important information on how to get the most
from this amazing instrument.
Dive in now and enjoy!
Accessories
The following items have been included with your MOTIF ES 6/MOTIF ES 7/MOTIF ES 8. Check to see that you
have everything listed here.
• AC Power cord
• CD-ROM x 3
• Owner’s Manual (this book)
• Data List
• Installation Guide
• Copying of commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files for any purpose other than your
own personal use is strictly prohibited.
• This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in which Yamaha owns copyrights or with
respect to which it has license to use others' copyrights. Such copyrighted materials include, without limitation, all
computer software, styles files, MIDI files, WAVE data and sound recordings. Any unauthorized use of such
programs and contents outside of personal use is not permitted under relevant laws. Any violation of copyright has
legal consequences. DON'T MAKE, DISTRIBUTE OR USE ILLEGAL COPIES.
About the included CD-ROMs
The following three CD-ROMs are included in the MOTIF ES package.
• TOOLS for MOTIF ES6/MOTIF ES7/MOTIF ES8
This CD-ROM contains special software for use with this instrument.
It includes the latest version of SQ01 (V2), a full-featured audio/MIDI sequencer/mixer for comprehensive
music production, Voice Editor, which gives you comprehensive and intuitive sound editing tools, and
Multi Part Editor, for editing the Mixing parameters of Songs and Patterns.
For details, see the separate Installation Guide or the online manuals included with the software.
• Sound Library for MOTIF ES6/MOTIF ES7/MOTIF ES8
This CD-ROM contains various types of data for use with the MOTIF ES. For information on the contents,
refer to the List file in the CD-ROM. You can use the data by loading it in the File mode. Insert the CD-ROM
into a CD-ROM drive* connected to the USB TO DEVICE connector via USB and execute the Load
operation. Alternately, you can access the data from a USB storage device (such as a hard disk) or a
SmartMedia card (inserted to the CARD slot) to which the data has been copied.
For details about how to load each type of data, refer to the following pages.
• Voice extension: W7V page 87
• Pattern extension: W7P page 132
• WAV file extension: WAV pages 100 and 109
* For information on what USB devices (model name, etc.) can be used with the MOTIF ES, see page 29.
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If you are loading audio WAV files, make sure that DIMM modules are installed to the imt. (For DIMM compatibility information,
see page 289.) Also, when loading Voice data from this CD-ROM, make sure to install DIMM modules, because the Voice data
contains User Waveforms. If DIMM modules are not installed, an error message appears when you try to load a WAV file or
Voice data from this CD-ROM.
• TOOLS for Modular Synthesis Plug-in System
This CD-ROM contains a variety of computer applications, including the Voice Editor for editing Voices of
the optional Plug-in Boards. For more information, refer to the “Readme” file in the CD-ROM.