Yamaha Motif 6 Manual

Reference  Song Mode
Song Job mode
231Owner’s Manual
08: Beat StretchThis Job performs time-expansion or compression over the selected range. Keep in mind that this operation affects 
all event timing, note step times, and note gate times.
TR (Track)
001 : 1 : 000 - 999 : 4 : 479Determines the track (01 - 16, all) and range of measures/beats/clocks over which the Job is applied. 
RateDetermines the amount of time expansion or compression as a percentage. Settings higher than 100% produce 
expansion, and...

Reference  Song Mode
Song Job mode        
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02: Exchange TrackThis Job exchanges or “swaps” the specified type of 
data between two specified tracks in the current Song.
Data Type to be exchangedDetermines the type(s) of data to be exchanged. Select the desired type by checkmarking the appropriate box.
Settings:Seq Event (all events in the track), Grid Groove (for the selected track), Mix Part Param (all Mixing Part parameters)
03: Mix TrackThis Job mixes all data from two selected tracks...

Reference  Song Mode
Song Mixing mode
233Owner’s Manual
In this mode, you can set up mixing data for your songs, and set various parameters for the tone generator parts — including the desired Voice, 
as well as its level, pan, EQ, effect and other settings. 
Pressing the [F6] button can switch between the display for the Parts 1 - 16 to which the internal Voices are assigned, the display for Multi Plug-
in Parts (17 - 32) to which the PLG100-XG voices are assigned and the display for Plug-in Parts (PLG1...

Reference  Song Mode
Song Mixing Edit mode        Common Edit
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This mode provides more detailed Mixing parameters than in the Song Mixing mode. 
Keep in mind that Song Mixing parameters are not actually part of the Song sequence data in each track, but rather are settings for the tone 
generator, as it is played back by the Song data. As such, the Song Mixing parameter settings are not recorded to the Song tracks.
Parameter settings made in the Song Mixing mode and Song Mixing Edit mode...

Reference  Song Mode
Song Mixing Edit mode        Part Edit
235Owner’s Manual
These parameters are for editing the individual Parts that make up a Song Mixing.  Press the [F6] button to switch among the various Part 
displays — the display for Parts 1 - 16 to which the internal Voices are assigned, the display for Multi-part Plug-in Parts (17 - 32) to which the 
PLG100-XG voices are assigned, and the display for Plug-in Parts (PLG1 - 3) to which the Plug-in Voices of the single part Plug-in board are...

Reference  Song Mode
Song Mixing Job mode        
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The Song Mixing Job mode features several basic operations, such as Initialize and Copy. After setting parameters as required from the 
selected display, press the [ENTER] button to execute the Job. 
nAmong the Audio Parts shown in the Song Mixing Job display, Audio Part 1 indicates the A/D Input Part. When the optional AIEB2 has been installed, Audio 
Part 2 indicates the AIEB2 Input Part. When the optional mLAN16E has been installed,...

Reference  Song Mode
Song Mixing Store mode
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This function lets you store your edited Song Mixing program to User memory (DRAM). 
For details, refer to page 131 in the Quick Guide section. 
Data type of Destination Song 
(current selected song)Set the Part of the destination Song.Destination part (Type): Part 1~16, PartP1~P3 (Plug-in Part 1~3), PartA1~A5 (Audio Part 1~5), Arp, Effect (Reverb, Chorus)
nIf you choose Arp (Arpeggio) or Effect, the Arpeggio data or Effect settings for the...

Reference  Song Mode
Supplementary information
238Owner’s Manual
■ Supplementary information
Song Track Loop — setting example
In the example below, a 40-measure song has been recorded and 
Track 1 is set to play back normally over the 40 measures. Track 2 has 
been set to loop, and will repeat until the [J] (Stop) button is 
pressed.
When Track Loop has been set to on, you can specify the range to be 
looped. (Only the end point can be set; the start point of looped 
playback is fixed to the beginning of...

Reference  Song Mode
Supplementary information
239Owner’s Manual
• Example 2 (Using the Tie function)
1Set the parameters as illustrated below.
Since the first note is a half note, set the StepTime to the half-note 
icon (a value of 960), and set the GateTime to 80%, since you 
dont want the notes to play in legato. 
2Enter the first note F.
3Enter the next 8th notes.
Keep the display settings unchanged for the remaining notes in 
the measure, and press/release each key one by one as shown 
below. 
4Follow...

Reference  Song Mode
Supplementary information
240Owner’s Manual
• Example 3 (Using the Rest function)
1Set the parameters as illustrated below.
Set the StepTime to a quarter note (480) and the Gate Time to 
80%. 
2Enter the first note, F.
3Enter the next 8th rest as shown below.
4Enter the next 8th note A.
5Enter the next 4th note C as shown below.
6Enter the next 8th rest as you did in step #3 above.
7Enter the last 8th note, F.
8Move the pointer to the top (beginning) of the song and 
press the [F]...