Yamaha MOTIF XS8 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
Playing the Keyboard in the Voice Play Mode
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
! [F1] Play (Voice Play)
Pressing this button returns from the previous display to the
Voice Play display.
@ [F2] Porta (Portamento)
Pressing this button calls up the Portamento display
(page 93).
# [F3] EG/EQ (Envelope Generator/Equalizer)
Pressing this button to call up the display that contains the
basic EG, Filter, and EQ settings (page 94).
$ [F4] Arpeggio
Pressing this button calls up the Arpeggio display
page 95).
% [F6] Effect
Pressing this button calls up the Effect Connect display
(page 107) of the Voice Common Edit mode.
Voice information—[SF6] INFO
(Information)
This display indicates the information of the current Voice.
Settings cannot be changed here.
1 Bank
Indicates the Bank of the selected Voice program. The
values in parentheses indicates the Bank Select MSB and
LSB which can be used to select the current Voice via
MIDI.
2 Program (Voice Number)
To each Voice within a Bank, a Number of 001 to 128 is
assigned. The values in parentheses indicates Group and
Number.
3 Main Category 1
Main Category 2
Indicates the Main Category 1/Main Category 2 of the
current Voice.
4 Name
Indicates the name of the current Voice.
5 Voice Type
Indicates whether the current Voice type is the Normal
Voice or Drum Voice.
6 Mono/Poly
Indicates whether the current Voice is set to Mono (only
one note can be played at a time) or Poly (multiple notes
can be played at a time).
7 Element Switch
Indicates the status (active/inactive) of the eight Elements
making up the current Voice. Elements that are active are
indicated by their corresponding numbers. An asterisk “*”
indicates the corresponding Element is muted although the
Element Switch parameter is turned on.
A hyphen “-” indicates the corresponding Element Switch
parameter is turned off.
8 Portamento
Indicates the Portamento Switch on/off status (page 93) of
the current Voice.
9 Pitch Bend Range
Indicates the Upper/Lower setting of the Pitch Bend Range
(page 99) for the current Voice.
) Effects
Indicates the Effect settings (for Insertion A, Insertion B,
Reverb and Chorus) of the current Voice.
n Parameters 6, 7 and 8 are not available when the Drum
Voice is selected.
Portamento settings—[F2] Porta
From this display you can select monophonic or
polyphonic playback and set the Portamento parameters.
Portamento is used to create a smooth transition in pitch
from the first note played on the keyboard to the next. The
value set here is applied to the parameters having the
same names in the Play Mode display (page 91) of the
Voice Common Edit mode.
n This display is not available when a Drum Voice is selected.
1 Portamento Switch
2 Portamento Time
3 Portamento Mode
4 Mono/Poly Mode
These are the same as in the Play Mode display (page 98)
of the Voice Common Edit.
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