Yamaha Motif 6 Manual

Quick Guide — Advanced Course
Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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Set the Type to “overdub” then set the Loop to “on.” These 
settings let you repeat the pattern recording in a “loop” and 
record additional note events without deleting already-
recorded data. 
Set other parameters as necessary. See page 243 for details. 
Call up the display for setting a Voice by pressing the [F2] 
VOICE button. You won’t need to make settings in this display 
if you’ve already completed Voice/Mixing...

Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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Quick Guide — Advanced Course
■ Recording a rhythm pattern created by Arpeggio 
playback to a Pattern track
The Arpeggio function is a virtually endless source of creative 
inspiration, putting a huge variety of rhythm patterns, riffs and 
phrases at your fingertips — patterns that change depending 
on the notes you play.  Once you come with some patterns 
you like and want to use in a Song, you can record them to a 
Pattern track.
You can make changes to...

Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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During recording, play the note or notes needed to trigger the Arpeggio you found in step #3. 
■ Assigning a pre-programmed Phrase to a Pattern track 
The Pattern mode also has a versatile Patch function that lets you assign pre-programmed one-track rhythm “Phrases” to each 
track.  Use the special preset Phrases already in internal memory, or create your own User Phrases — by recording, or loading 
Pattern data from the...

Quick Guide — Advanced Course
Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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The User Phrases that can be assigned with the Patch function are limited to the ones contained in the currently selected 
Pattern. To copy Phrases from other Patterns for use in the current one, follow the instructions below.
1In the [F4] PATCH display, press the [SF5] COPY button to call up the Copy Phrase display.
2First, specify the source Pattern number and Phrase number as well as the destination (current Pattern)...

Quick Guide — Advanced Course
Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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Using the Groove settings to change the Pattern data
Grid Groove is a playback-only feature that processes the recorded data of a Pattern without actually changing it.  In other 
words, the original data (created via the Recording, Sampling, File Loading and Patch functions) remains intact.  If you 
want to make the Grid Groove settings permanent and change the data, use Normalize Play Effect in the Pattern Jobs 
([PATTERN] →...

Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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Quick Guide — Advanced Course
Change the Section at the desired points, as the Pattern plays.
Operation returns to the Pattern Chain display. 
You can also record the Tempo track and Scene track as 
desired.  When the recording track is set to “tempo,” move the 
cursor to tempo value (during recording in step #4 above) 
and use the data dial and the [INC/YES]/[DEC/NO] buttons to 
change the tempo while the Chain is playing.  When the 
recording track is...

Quick Guide — Advanced Course
Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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■ Converting a Pattern Chain to Song data
The Pattern Chain data is converted to Song data and copied 
to the top measure of the destination Song. 
This operation overwrites any data already existing at the destination 
Song. 
The created Song data resides temporarily in DRAM (page 187). Because 
data contained in DRAM is lost when the power is turned off, you should 
always store any data residing in DRAM to a SmartMedia/USB...

Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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Recording with the keyboard to a Song 
track (in the Song Record mode)
■ Recording your keyboard performance to an 
empty track (Replace)
Use the Replace recording method to record your keyboard 
performance to an empty track or overwriting an already 
recorded track with new data. 
You can make changes to the Voice settings after entering the 
Record mode (in step #3 below).  However, if you intend to make 
detailed settings...

Quick Guide — Advanced Course
Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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■ Re-recording a specific part of a Song (Punch In/Out)
Use the Punch In/Out recording method to record over only a 
specific portion of the track.  In the example instructions 
below, you’ll see how to re-record measures three through five 
of an already recorded Song.
Set the Type parameter to “punch” and specify the area to be 
re-recorded.
Set other parameters as necessary. See page 222 for details. 
nPunch In/Out recording...

Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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Rehearsing parts before recording
The MOTIF ES has a convenient Rehearsal mode in 
recording, that lets you easily and temporarily disable 
recording in order to practice a part or try out various 
ideas (while listening to the other tracks) without actually 
recording.
To temporarily disengage the record mode and enter 
the “Rehearsal” mode, simply press the [●] (Record) 
button during realtime recording – the [●] (Record)...