Yamaha MOTIF XS8 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual
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Voice mode
Song mode
Pattern mode
Mixing mode
Master mode
Utility mode
File mode
Performance
mode
Sampling
mode 1
Sampling
mode 2
Reference
7 Key On Start Switch
When set to on, recording starts immediately when you
press any note on the keyboard.
Settings: on, off
8 Copy Performance Parameters
Determines whether or not the Performance parameter
settings are copied to the Mixing of the destination Song or
Pattern.
Settings: on, off
9 Measure (Indication only)
Indicates the current location of the recording via Measure
and Beat.
) Track Status (Indication only)
Indicates whether each track of the selected Song or
Pattern section contains sequence data or not.
! [SF1] ARP1 – [SF5] ARP5 (Arpeggio 1 – 5)
The Arpeggio types are assigned to the Sub Function
buttons with the 8th note icon on the display tab. You can
call them up by pressing these buttons any time while
recording. The Arpeggio Type can be set in the Arpeggio
display (page 139).
Editing a Performance
The Performance Edit mode lets you create your own original Performances—containing up to four different Parts (Voices)—
by editing the various parameters. To enter the Performance Edit mode, press the [PERFORM] button to enter the
Performance mode, then press the [EDIT] button.
Common Edit and Part Edit
Each performance can contain a maximum of four Parts,
There are two types of Performance Edit displays: those for
Common Edit to edit the settings common to all four Parts,
and those for editing individual Parts.
Performance Edit Procedure
1
Press the [PERFORM] button to enter the
Performance Play mode, then select a
Performance to be edited.
2 Press the [EDIT] button to enter the
Performance Edit mode.
3 Call up the desired Edit display, Common Edit
or Part Edit.
To call up the Common Edit display, press the
[COMMON EDIT] button. To call up the Part Edit
display, press any of the Number buttons [1] – [4]. In
the Part Edit mode, you can select the desired Part by
using the Number buttons [1] – [4].
4 Call up the desired display.
To find the desired display, note the tab menu items
corresponding to the [F1] – [F6] buttons and [SF1] –
[SF5] buttons. Each tab menu of the [F1] – [F6] buttons
contains sub menus which correspond to the [SF1] –
[SF5] buttons at the bottom of the display.
5 Move the cursor to the desired parameter.
Common Edit
Lets you edit the
parameters common to
all Parts of the selected
Performance.
Performance Edit
Part Edit 1 – 4
Lets you edit the
parameters of the
individual Parts that
make up a Performance.
PA RT SELECT ARP ON/OFF
123456 87COMMON EDIT
Indicates this display is in the Common Edit mode.
Indicates this display is in the Part Edit mode.
Select a Part.
Tab menus corresponding to
the [F1] – [F6] buttons
Tab menus corresponding to
the [SF1] – [SF6] buttons