Yamaha MOTIF XS8 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Basic Structure Basic Operation
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Basic Section
Basic Structure
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Depth When phaser type is selected, this parameter determines the
amplitude of the LFO wave which controls the cyclic change of
the phase modulation.
Detune Determines the amount of pitch to be detuned.
Device Selects the device for changing how to distort the sound.
Diffusion Determines the spread of the selected effect.
Direction Determines the direction of the modulation controlled by the
envelope follower.
Divide Freq High Determines the high frequency for dividing the entire sound into
three bands.
Divide Freq Low Determines the low frequency for dividing the entire sound into
three bands.
Divide Min Level Determines the minimum level of the portions extracted via the
slice effect.
Divide Type Determines how the sound (wave) is sliced by the note length.
Drive When one of the distortion, noisy and slice effects is selected,
this parameter determines the extent to which the sound is
distorted.
When one of the misc effects is selected, this parameter
determines the extent to which the enhancer or talking modulator
is applied.
Drive Horn Determines the depth of the modulation generated via the
rotation of the horn.
Drive Rotor Determines the depth of the modulation generated via the
rotation of the rotor.
Dry Level Determines the level of the dry sound (to which the effect is not
applied).
Dry LPF Cutoff
Frequency
Determines the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter applied to
the dry sound.
Dry Mix Level Determines the level of the dry sound (to which the effect is not
applied).
Dry Send to Noise Determines the level of the dry signal sent to the noise effect.
Dry/Wet Balance Determines the balance of the dry sound and effect sound.
Dyna Level Offset Determines the offset value added to the output from the
envelope follower.
Dyna Threshold
Level
Determines the minimum level at which the envelope follower
starts.
Edge Sets the curve that determines how the sound is distorted.
Emphasis Determines the change of the characteristics in high frequencies.
EQ Frequency Determines the center frequency for each band of the EQ.
EQ Gain Determines the level gain of the EQ center frequency for each
band.
EQ High
Frequency
Determines the center frequency of the high EQ band that is
attenuated/boosted.
EQ High Gain Determines the amount of boost or attenuation applied to the
high EQ band.
EQ Low
Frequency
Determines the center frequency of the low EQ band that is
attenuated/boosted.
EQ Low Gain Determines the amount of boost or attenuation applied to the low
EQ band.
EQ Mid Frequency Determines the center frequency of the middle EQ band that is
attenuated/boosted.
EQ Mid Gain Determines the amount of boost or attenuation applied to the
middle EQ band.
EQ Mid Width Determines the width of the middle EQ band.
EQ Width Determines the width of the EQ band.
ER/Rev Balance Determines the level balance of the early reflection and reverb
sound.
F/R Depth This parameter of “Auto Pan” (available when PAN Direction is
set to “L turn” and “R turn”) determines the depth of the F/R
(front/rear) pan.
FB Hi Damp Ofst R Determines the amount of decay in high frequencies for the R
channel as offset.
FB Level Ofst R Determines the feedback level for the R channel as offset.
Feedback Determines the level of the sound signal output from the effect
block and returned to its own input.
Feedback High
Damp
Determines how the high frequencies of the feedback sound
decay.
Feedback Level When one of the reverb and early reflection effects is selected,
this parameter determines the feedback level of the initial delay.
When one of the delay, chorus, flanger, comp distortion delay,
and TEC effects is selected, this parameter determines the
feedback level output from the delay and returned to the input.
When “Tempo Phaser” or “Dynamic Phaser” is selected, this
parameter determines the feedback level output from the phaser
and returned to the input.
Feedback Level 1,
2
Determines the feedback level of the delayed sound in each of
the 1st and 2nd series.
Feedback Time Determines the delay time of the feedback.
Feedback Time 1,
2, L, R
Determines the time of the feedback delay 1, 2, L and R.
Filter Type When “Lo-Fi” is selected, this parameter selects the tonal
characteristic type.
When “Dynamic Filter” is selected, this parameter determines the
filter type.
Fine 1, 2 Determines the pitch finely for each of the 1st series and 2nd
series.
Parameter name Descriptions
Formant Offset This parameter of the Vocoder adds the offset value to the cutoff
frequency of BPF for the Inst input.
Formant Shift This parameter of the Vocoder shifts the cutoff frequency of the
BPF for Inst input.
Gate Switch When set to “off,” the output from the HPF and the Noise
Generator is passed through the gate. When set to “on,” the
output from the HPF and the Noise Generator passes through the
gate only if the audio signal is input to the Inst.
Gate Time Determines the gate time of the sliced portion.
Height Determines the height of the simulated room.
Hi Resonance Adjusts the resonance of the high frequencies.
High Attack Determines the amount of time from the moment a note is
pressed to the moment the compressor is applied to the high
frequencies.
High Gain Determines the output gain for the high frequencies.
High Level Determines the level of the high frequencies.
High Mute Switches the mute status of the high frequencies.
High Ratio When “REV-X Hall” or “REV-X Room” is selected, this parameter
determines the ratio of the high frequencies.
When “Multi Band Comp” is selected, this parameter determines
the ratio of the compressor for the high frequencies.
High Threshold Determines the minimum input level at which the effect is applied
to the high frequencies.
Horn Speed Fast Determines the speed of the horn when the slow/fast switch is set
to “fast.”
Horn Speed SLow Determines the speed of the horn when the slow/fast switch is set
to “slow.”
HPF Freq Determines the Cutoff frequency for the High Pass Filter applied
to the microphone sound.
HPF Output Level Determines how much the output from high pass filter is mixed
with the output from the Vocoder.
Initial Delay Determines the amount of time that elapses between the direct,
original sound and the initial reflections.
Initial Delay 1, 2 Determines the delay time until the initial reflection for each of the
1st series and 2nd series.
Initial Delay Lch,
Rch
Determines the amount of time that elapses between the direct,
original sound and the initial reflections (echoes) that follow it for
each of R and L channels.
Input Level Determines the input level of the signal to which the compressor
is applied.
Input Mode Selects mono or stereo configuration for the input sound.
Input Select Selects an input channel.
Inst Input Level Determines the level of the instrument sound to which the
Vocoder is applied.
L/R Depth Determines the depth of the L/R pan effect.
L/R Diffusion Determines the spread of the sound.
Lag Determines the lagging time additionally applied to the delayed
sound specified via a note length.
LFO Depth When one of “SPX Chorus,” “Symphonic,” “Classic Flanger,” and
“Ring Modulator” is selected, this parameter determines the
depth of the modulation.
When “Tempo Phase” is selected, this parameter determines the
frequency of the phase modulation.
LFO Phase
difference
Determines the L/R phase difference of the modulated wave.
LFO Phase Reset Determines how to reset the initial phase of the LFO.
LFO Speed When one ny of the chorus effects, flanger effects, tremolo and
ring modulator is selected, this parameter determines the
frequency of the modulation.
When “Tempo Phaser” is selected, this parameter determines the
modulation speed via a note type.
When “Auto Pan” is selected, this parameter determines the
frequency of the Auto Pan.
LFO Wave When any of the flanger effects and “Ring Modulator,” this
parameter selects the wave for modulation.
When “Auto Pan” is selected, this parameter determines the
panning curve.
When “VCM Auto Wah” is selected, this parameter selects the
wave, sine or square.
Liveness Determines the decay characteristic of Early Reflection.
Low Attack Determines the amount of time from the moment a note is
pressed to the moment the compressor is applied to the low
frequencies.
Low Gain Determines the output gain for the low frequencies.
Low Level Determines the output level for the low frequencies.
Low Mute Determines whether the low frequency band is off or on.
Low Ratio When “REV-X Hall” or “REV-X Room” is selected, this parameter
determines the ratio of the low frequencies.
When “Multi Band Comp” is selected, this parameter determines
the ratio of the compressor for the low frequencies.
Low Threshold Determines the minimum input level at which the effect is applied
to the low frequencies.
LPF Resonance Determines the resonance of the low pass filter for the input
sound.
Manual When “VCM Flanger” is selected, this parameter determines the
offset value of the delay modulation.
Parameter name Descriptions