Playing Performances; Selecting A Performance - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

Playing Performances

Playing Performances
In the Performance mode, you can select and play individual User performances.
In a performance, you can mix several different voices together in a layer, or split them across the keyboard, or even
set up a combination layer/split. Each Performance can contain up to four different Parts.
n For details about the performances and their memory (bank) structure, see page 42.

Selecting a Performance

1 Enter the Performance Play mode.
MODE
VOICE PERFORM
When the Performance Play mode is active,
the currently selected performance is shown in
huge letters — so you can easily check which
performance you're about to play.
3 Select a Performance number.
Performance Part on/off
Each performance can contain a maximum of four parts, selected from a total of seven — internal Parts 1 - 4 and Plug-in Parts 1 - 3.
1 Press the [MUTE] button so that its indicator lights.
2 Press any of the [1] - [4] buttons you wish to mute. The part
corresponding to the unlit indicator is muted.
3 Press the [MUTE] button again so that its indicator goes out.
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MASTER
n All performances are stored to a single bank, so you need not select a bank here.
OCTAVE
DOWN UP
1 4 6
2 3 5
9 10 11 12 13 14
15
Select a Performance Group.
Performances in each Bank are divided into Groups A~H. Select a Group to display
the performances that belong to the selected Group.
A B C
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/ SYN COMP CHROMATIC
CHOIR PERCUSSION
PAN REVERB CHORUS TEMPO
CUTOFF RESONANCE ATTACK RELEASE
KNOB REMOTE
ASSIGN A ASSIGN B ASSIGN 1 ASSIGN 2
CONTROL CONTROL
FUNCTION ON/OFF
MODE
KN 1 KN 2 KN 3 KN 4
VOICE PERFORM MASTER
MEQ LOW MEQLOWMID MEQ HI MID MEQ HIGH EFFECT BYPASS ARPEGGIO
INSERTION SYSTEM ON/OFF
MASTER
VOLUME VOLUME 1 VOLUME 2 VOLUME 3 VOLUME 4 SEQUENCER
SONG PATTERN FILE
SEQ TRANSPORT
INTEGRATED
SAMPLING MIXING UTILITY
SONG SCENE
SF 1 SF 2 SF 3 SF 4 SF 5
LOCATE 1 2
REC
EDIT JOB STORE F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
COMPARE SCENE STORE
SET LOCATE
CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 CS 4
ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 ZONE 4
7 8
Decreases
16
number
DEC/NO
Decreases
number
1
2 3
ELEMENT/ PERF.PART / ZONE
11
9 10
Basic Structure (page 42) · Reference (page 162)
D E F G H SECTION
DRUM / SE MUSICAL FX COMBI
PERCUSSION
Group
Performance
MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER
Integrated Sampling Sequencer
Real-time External Control Surface
Modular Synthesis Plug-in System
SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3
CATEGORY
DRUM KITS PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PLG 3 SEARCH
GM USER PLG 1 PLG 2 BANK
FAVORITES A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR / BASS STRINGS BRASS REED/PIPE
COMMON PLUCKED
A B C D E F G H SECTION GROUP
DEC/NO INC/YES
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/ SYN COMP CHROMATIC DRUM / SE MUSICAL FX COMBI
CHOIR PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
TRACK
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SELECT
INFORMATION
ELEMENT/ PERF.PART / ZONE
NUMBER
EXIT ENTER 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 MUTE
EXECUTE SOLO
4
Play the keyboard.
n The Category Search
function and Keyboard
Octave function can be used
Increases
also in the Performance Play
number
mode in the same way as in
the Voice Play mode.
INC/YES
Increases
number
4 6
5 7 8
12 14
13 15 16
GROUP
TRACK
SELECT
NUMBER
MUTE
SOLO