Yamaha MOTIF XS8 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual
Multi-timbral Tone Generator Settings for Song/Pattern Playback (Mixing mode)
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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
Mixing Voice Edit
Mixing Voices are Normal Voices that have been specially edited for and saved to specific Song/Pattern Mixings. Up to 16
Mixing Voices can be stored to each Song/Pattern Mixing. In this mode, you can edit the Voices assigned to Mixing Parts 1 –
16 respectively and store them as Mixing Voices. Mixing Voice Jobs are also available, providing convenient tools for
organizing your created Mixing Voices.
Keep in mind that Drum Voices cannot be edited in the Mixing Voice Edit mode.
Press the [F6] Vce Edit button to enter the Mixing Voice Edit mode.
n For more information about Mixing Voices, see page 230.
Editing Mixing Voices
1
Press the [MIXING] button in the Song mode or
Pattern mode to call up the Mixing Play display
(page 231) in the Mixing mode.
2 Move the cursor to the Part to which the
desired Voice is assigned.
The name of the selected Voice is shown at right top of
the display. You can also select the Voice here. To do
this, press the [PROGRAM] button (the lamp lights),
then select the desired Voice by using the Bank buttons
[PRE 1] – [GM], Group buttons [A] – [H] and the
Number buttons [1] – [16].
n Keep in mind that Drum Voices cannot be edited in the
Mixing Voice Edit mode.
3 Press the [F6] Vce Edit button to enter the
Mixing Voice Edit mode.
4 Call up the Common Edit display or Element
Edit display.
To call up the Common Edit display, press the
[COMMON EDIT] button. To edit more global
parameters related to the overall Voice and how it’s
processed, such as Arpeggio, Controller, and Effects,
call up the Common Edit display.
To call up the Element Edit display, press one of the
Number buttons [1] – [8] to select the Element to be
edited. If you wish to edit the sounds that make up a
Voice and the basic parameters that determine the
sound, such as Oscillator, Pitch, Filter, Amplitude, and
EG (Envelope Generator), call up the Element Edit
display.
5 Call up the Edit display including the
parameters you wish to edit by pressing the
[F1] – [F6] buttons and [SF1] – [SF5] buttons.
Both Common Edit and Element Edit consist of several
displays. To find a desired display, note the tab menu
corresponding to the [F1] – [F5] buttons and [SF1] –
[SF5] buttons.
6 Move the cursor to the desired parameter.
7 Edit the value by using the [INC/YES], [DEC/
NO] buttons and the data dial.
8 Edit the Mixing Voice by repeating steps 4 – 7
as desired.
9 Enter a name for the Mixing Voice from the
Name display (page 98) of the Common Edit.
For detailed instructions on naming, see page 82.
10 If you wish to store the edited Voice, press the
[STORE] button to call up the Store window
(page 233).
For detailed instructions on storing, see page 186.
11 Press the [EXIT] or [MIXING] button to return
to the Mixing Play mode.
Voice Category Voice name
Voice Number
Voice Bank
[F6] button
PA RT SELECT ARP ON/OFF
123456 87COMMON EDIT
Common Edit display
Element Edit display