Yamaha Motif 6 Manual

  
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Utility mode 
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Reverb
 
When this is set to on and the [SYSTEM] button is turned on, the Reverb effect is bypassed. 
 
F
 
Chorus
 
When this is set to on and the [SYSTEM] button is turned on, the Chorus effect is bypassed.  
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For details about the Effects, see page 177. 
[SF4] OTHER
 
AutoLoad
 
Determines whether the Auto Load function is on or off. When this is on, the instrument will automatically load the 
specified files (from...

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[SF1] MEQ (Master EQ)From this display you can apply five-band equalization to all Voices, raising or lowering the level of each frequency 
band (LOW, LOWMID, MID, HIGHMID, HIGH). 
The parameters are the same as in the Performance Common Edit. See page 214. 
Settings:For details about EQ, see page 178. 
[SF2] MEF (Master Effect)From this display you can set the Master Effect related parameters applied to all the Voices. This display can be...

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Utility mode
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SongEventChaseEvent Chase allows you to specify which non-note data types are properly recognized during fast-forward and 
rewind operations. Normally, if a Song or Pattern is played back from mid-point and/or fast-forward or rewind are 
used, certain data types (such as Program Change, Pitch Bend, and Control Change) may not play back as 
expected. Setting this to a specific event ensures the playback integrity of the event, even when fast forwarding...

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KBDTransCh 
(Keyboard Transmit  Channel)Determines the MIDI channel over which the instrument sends MIDI data (to an external sequencer, tone generator, 
or other device). This parameter is available in the single-timbre tone generator mode (Voice/Performance modes).
Settings:1~16, off
nIn the multi-timbral tone generator mode (Song/Pattern modes), MIDI data generated by playing the keyboard (and its 
controllers) is sent to the internal tone...

Reference  Utility Mode
Utility Job mode
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In this Mode, you can restore this synthesizer’s User memory (page 186) to the factory default settings (Factory Set). For details, see page 44.
nSince the settings of the Plug-in Boards in the Utility mode are stored not to internal User memory but to the memory on the respective boards themselves, 
the data cannot be restored with this Job. 
■ Supplementary
Setting the default display when turning the power on
1Enter the desired mode and the...

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File mode        
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File mode
The File mode provides tools for transferring data between the instrument and various storage media and devices, such as SmartMedia cards, 
hard disk drives and compact flash devices.
nFor details about SmartMedia and USB storage devices, see page 27. 
nFor details about the relationship between the data created on this synthesizer and the files for saving, see page 186. 
nFor information on how to select a file/folder and how to create a...

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File mode
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[F4] RENAME
From this display you can rename files or folders in the selected SmartMedia/USB storage device, 
using up to eight alphabetic and numeric characters.
Files are named according to the MS-DOS naming convention. If the file name contains spaces and 
other characters unrecognized in MS-DOS, these characters will automatically be replaced by “_” 
(underscore) characters when saving.
[F5] DELETE
From this display you can delete files/folders from the...

Reference  File Mode
Supplementary information
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■ Supplementary information
File ( )/Folder ( ) selection
The illustrations and instructions below show you how to select files 
and folders on the SmartMedia/USB storage devices within the File 
mode.
Formatting a SmartMedia/USB storage device
Before you can use a new SmartMedia/USB storage device with this 
synthesizer, you will need to format it. Follow the instructions below. 
If data is already saved on the SmartMedia/USB storage...

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File types that can be handled by the MOTIF ES
File types that can be saved from the instrument to the SmartMedia/USB storage device  [FILE] → [F2] SAVE → TYPE
* Automatically assigned to the saved file. 
nWhen selecting “AllSong” or “AllPattern” as a file type, Sample Voices and assigned Waveforms created via the Sampling function in the Song/Pattern mode 
are also saved together.
File types that can be loaded from SmartMedia/USB storage...

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* Assigned to the file which can be loaded. 
nIn addition to the file types above, Yamaha A5000/A4000/A3000/SU700 files and AKAI S1000/S3000 files can be loaded to the MOTIF ES. 
nWhen files of the Yamaha A series samplers (A5000/4000/3000) are loaded, an “S” mark by the file name indicates the file contains only sample data and a 
“P” mark indicates program data (voice related parameters and so on). When entering the File mode from the...