Yamaha Motif 6 Manual

About MIDI
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About MIDI
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard which allows electronic musical instruments to communicate with each 
other, by sending and receiving compatible Note, Control Change, Program Change and various other types of MIDI data, or 
messages.
This synthesizer can control other MIDI devices by transmitting note related data and various types of controller data. It can also 
be controlled by incoming MIDI messages which automatically...

Basic Structure
About MIDI
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CHANNEL MESSAGES
Channel messages contain data related to the performance 
on the keyboard for the specific channel.
■ Note On/Note Off (Key On/Key Off)
Messages which are generated when the keyboard is played.
Reception note range = C-2 (0) - G8 (127), C3 = 60 
Velocity range = 1 - 127 (Only the Note On velocity is 
received)
Note On: Generated when a key is pressed.
Note Off: Generated when a key is released.
Each message includes a specific note number which...

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Release Time (Control #072)
Messages which adjust the AEG release time set for each 
Part.
The value set here is an offset value which will be added to or 
subtracted from the voice data.
Attack Time (Control #073)
Messages which adjust the AEG attack time set for each Part.
The value set here is an offset value which will be added to or 
subtracted from the voice data.
Brightness (Control #074)
Messages which adjust the filter cutoff frequency set for each...

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Mono (Control #126)
Performs the same function as when an All Sounds Off 
message is received, and if the 3rd byte (mono number) is in 
the range of 0 - 16, it sets the corresponding channel to Mono 
Mode (Mode 4: m = 1).
Poly (Control #127)
Performs the same function as when an All Sounds Off 
message is received, and sets the corresponding channel to 
Poly Mode.
■ Program Change
Messages that determine which voice to select for each Part. 
With a combination...

Basic Structure
Internal Memory and File Management
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Internal Memory and File Management
As you use the MOTIF ES, you’ll create many different kinds of data, including Voices, Performances, Songs, and Patterns.  This 
section describes how to maintain the various types of data and use the memory devices/media for storing them.
Maintaining data
You can maintain the data you’ve created via the following three methods. 
● Store
This is a process of transferring or saving the created data of...

Internal Memory and File Management
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Memory Structure
This diagram details the relationship among the functions of the MOTIF ES and the internal memory and SmartMedia/USB storage device. 
*1 For details on the Bulk Dump, Save, and Store operations, see page 185.
*2 Only the currently edited data can be transmitted as Bulk data. Note that the Mixing Voice cannot be transmitted as Bulk data. 
*3 The Mixing settings can be stored/recalled as a template in the Song Mixing Job...

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Internal Memory and File Management
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Internal Memory
Below are explanations of the basic terms used in the Memory Structure illustration on the previous page.
● Flash ROM
ROM (Read Only Memory) is memory designed specifically for reading out of data, and as such data cannot be written to it. 
Unlike conventional ROM, Flash ROM can be overwritten – allowing you to store your own original data. The contents of Flash 
ROM are maintained even when the power is turned off. 
●...

Reference  Voice Mode
Voice Play mode        
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Voice mode
■ Creating Voices — basic procedure
You can create and edit your original Voices by setting various parameters in both the Voice Play mode and Voice Edit mode, while the Voice Job 
mode provides some basic parameter-related tools, such as Initialize and Copy.  Once you’ve edited a Voice, you can store it to a User Bank in 
internal memory (Flash ROM) and save all edited Voices to a SmartMedia/USB storage device in the File mode....

Reference  Voice Mode
Voice Edit mode    Normal Voice Edit    Common Edit
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There are three kinds of Voices: Normal Voices, Drum Voices and Plug-in Voices (if a Plug-in board has been installed). The following section 
shows how to edit the different types of voices and explains the parameters available. Note that available parameters to be edited differ 
depending on the Voice types (Normal Voice, Drum Voice, Plug-in Voice).
Normal Voice  Edit
When a Normal Voice is selected, the Voice...

Reference  Voice Mode
Voice Edit mode    Normal Voice Edit    Common Edit
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[SF2] PLY MODE (Play mode)From this display you can make various settings for the tone generator of this synthesizer, and assign different Micro 
Tuning settings.
Mono/PolyDetermines whether the Voice is played back monophonically (single notes only) or polyphonically multiple 
simultaneous notes).
Settings:mono, poly
KeyAsgnMode 
(Key Assign Mode)When this is set to “single,” double playback of the same note is...