Yamaha Music Production Synthesizer Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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MOTIF Reference
Voice Play mode
Reference Voice mode
Voice Play mode
Basic Structure (page 30) · Quick Start Guide (page 80)
In this mode, you can select and play individual Preset
and User voices, as well as Plug-in voices (when
installed).
n For details about voice types and memory (bank)
structure, see page 43.
Basic Procedure
1 Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play
mode. (The indicator lights.)
Bank and Voice Program number
Category and Voice name
2 Select a voice.
3 Set the Keyboard Octave or MIDI transmit
channel.
4 Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the
[F1] - [F6] buttons and edit the parameters in each
display.
n When the Plug-in voice is selected (when the
Single part Plug-in board is installed), you can
press the [F2] button to call up the BANK display.
5 Store the settings edited in step #4 to the User
Memory as required.
6 Press any other mode button to exit from the Voice
Play mode.
• For detailed instructions on steps #2 - #4, see the
following explanations.
•For details on step #5, refer to “Voice Store
mode” on page 159.
Voice Selection
The explanations here apply to step #2 of the Basic
Procedure described above.
There are four ways in which you can select a Voice.
• Using the BANK, GROUP, NUMBER buttons
• Using the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons
• Using the data dial
• Using the Category Search function
Using the BANK, GROUP, NUMBER
buttons
1 Press any of the BANK buttons to select a Bank.
• To select a Normal voice, press any of the
[PRE1] - [USER] buttons.
VOICE
Indicates the Keyboard
MIDI transmit channel.
See page 127 for details.
Indicates the functions
assigned to the respective
Control knobs. See pages
254 and 256 for details.
Indicates Keyboard Octave
setting set via the [OCTAVE]
buttons. See page 127 for
details.
Indicates the current
selected voice.
Number (selected via the
NUMBER [1]-[16] buttons)
Group (selected via the
GROUP [A]-[H] buttons)
Bank (selected via the BANK buttons)
Voice Program number (corresponding to
Groups A to H and Numbers 01 to 16)
Voice nameCategory
nThe explanations here apply when
these four button indicators are off.
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3
2
PLG 2
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
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CATEGORY
SEARCH
DRUM KITS
FAVORITES
PRE 1
PRE 2
PRE 3
GM
USER PLG 1
PLG 3
A. PIANO
KEYBOARD
ORGAN
GUITAR/
PLUCKED
BASS
STRINGS
BRASS
REED/PIPE
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/
CHOIR
SYN COMP CHROMATIC
PERCUSSION
DRUM /
PERCUSSION
SE
MUSICAL FX COMBI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
SECTION
TRACK
SELECT
MUTE
SOLO
BANK
GROUP
NUMBER
COMMON
ELEMENT/ PERF.PART/ ZONE
PRE 1
PRE 2
PRE 3
GM
USER
A. PIANO
KEYBOARD
ORGAN
GUITAR/
PLUCKED
BASS