Yamaha Motif 6 Manual

Application Index
11Owner’s Manual
Creating Data
•Creating a Voice
Creating a Normal Voice in the Voice Edit mode.................................................................................................................................................Page 79
Creating a Drum Voice in the Voice Edit mode....................................................................................................................................................Page 82
Creating a Plug-in Voice in the Voice Edit...

Application Index
12Owner’s Manual
Naming your created data.......................................................................................................................................... Page 53
Recovering lost data
•Voice
Comparing the Voice before editing with the just-edited one (Compare function).......................................................................................... Page 80
Recalling an edited, but not-stored Voice (when another Voice has been selected) — Recall...

Application Index
13Owner’s Manual
Connecting to a computer/external MIDI instrument
•Determining which connector (among the MIDI, USB TO HOST, mLAN) is used as a MIDI input/output connector
[UTILITY] → [F5] MIDI → [SF4] OTHER → MIDI IN/OUT  .....................................................................................................................................Page 265
•Using the sounds of the MOTIF ES for song playback from a MIDI...

Table of Contents
14Owner’s Manual
Introduction.................................................................... 6
Accessories ................................................................... 6
Main Features ................................................................ 7
How to use this manual ................................................ 8
Application Index ................................... 9
The Controls & Connectors .................. 16
Front panel...

Table of Contents
15Owner’s Manual
Basic Structure .................................... 154
Internal Structure (System Overview) ...................... 154
Controller Block.................................................................154
Tone Generator block .......................................................157
Sequencer Block...............................................................165
Sampling Block .................................................................172
Effect Block...

The Controls & Connectors
Front Panel
16Owner’s Manual
Front Panel
The Controls & Connectors
DOWN UPOCTAVE
SCENE
SF1 SF2
F1F2
REMOTEARPEGGIO
ON / OFF ON / OFFR-AUDIO
G-MIDI
BYPASS
INSERTION SYSTEMMASTER
EFFECTVOICE
SONGPERFORM MASTER
PATTERN FILEEFFECTMODE
SEQ  TRANSPORTSEQUENCER
LOCATE 1 2INTEGRATED
SAMPLINGMIXING UTILITY
EDIT
COMPARE SCENE STORE
SET LOCATEJOB STOREDEMO
KNOB
CONTROL
FUNCTION
MASTER
VOLUME
ZONE 1CS 1 VOLUME 
1
SW I N G CUTOFFPAN ASSIGN  A
GATE TIMERESONANCEREVERB ASSIGN  B...

The Controls & Connectors
Front Panel
17Owner’s Manual
F2SF3SF4SF5
F3F4F5F6
INFORMATIONCOMMONELEMENT / PERF. PART / ZONE FAVORITESDRUM KITS
A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN
PRE 5 PRE 6PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4
MUSIC  PRODUCTION  SYNTHESIZERIntegrated Sampling Sequencer  /
Modular  Synthesis Plug-in System  /  Real- time External Control Surface
USER 1GUITAR/
PLUCKED
SYN LEADABCDEFGH
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
16
MUTE TRACK
SELECT SECTION
GROUP
NUMBER
CATEGORY
SEARCHBANK
SOLO15 14 12 13 11
10 9
SYN PAD/
CHOIRSYN...

Front Panel
18Owner’s Manual
The Controls & Connectors
1Keyboard
The MOTIF ES6 features a 61-key keyboard, while the 
MOTIF ES7 has 76 keys and the MOTIF ES8 has 88 keys.  
All are equipped with a touch response feature (both initial 
touch and aftertouch). With initial touch, the instrument 
senses how strongly or softly you play the keys, and uses 
that playing strength to affect the sound in various ways, 
depending on the selected voice. With aftertouch, the 
instrument senses how much pressure you...

Front Panel
19Owner’s Manual
The Controls & Connectors
8[CS1] - [CS4] (Control Slider) Page 51
These sliders control the volume of four elements which 
make up a Normal Voice in the Voice mode, the volume of 
four parts in the Performance mode, the volume of four 
parts including the current part in the Song mode/Pattern 
mode, and the volume of four zones in the Master mode. 
nIf all of the Control Sliders are set to the minimum, you may not 
hear any sound from the instrument, even when playing the...

Front Panel
20Owner’s Manual
The Controls & Connectors
@SEQ TRANSPORT buttons Page 56
These buttons control recording and playback of the 
Song/Pattern sequence data.
[](Top) button
Instantly returns to the beginning of the current song or 
pattern (i.e., the first beat of the first measure).
[](Reverse) button
Press briefly to move back one measure at a time, or hold 
to continuously rewind.
[](Forward) button
Press briefly to move forward one measure at a time, or 
hold to continuously fast-forward.
[●]...