Yamaha Motif 8 Owners Manual

181MOTIF  Reference
Song Play mode
Reference  Song mode
1Press the [MUTE] button so that its lamp lights. 
2Press any of the NUMBER [1] - [16] buttons to 
select the track number to be muted. 
● To solo a track
Simultaneously hold down the [MUTE] button and 
press one of the NUMBER buttons [1] to [16] to solo 
the corresponding track.
Once you’ve selected a track for soloing, the [MUTE] 
button’s lamp flashes, indicating the Solo function is 
active.  While Solo is active, you can change the soloed 
track...

182MOTIF  Reference
Song Play mode 
Reference  Song mode
• NOTE OFFSET
Raises or lowers the pitch of the  note(s) on the selected 
grid in semitones. 
❏Settings  99 ~ +99
• CLOCK SHIFT
Shifts the timing of the note(s) on the selected grid 
forward or back ward in clock increments.
❏Settings  120 ~ +120
• GATE OFFSET (Gate time Offset)
Lengthens or shortens the note(s) on the selected grid in 
clock increments.
❏Settings 120 ~ +120
• VELO OFFSET (Velocity Offset)
Increases or decreases the velocity of the...

183MOTIF  Reference
Song Record mode
Reference  Song mode
3Set to on by using the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] 
buttons or the data dial. (The display prompts you 
for confirmation.)
4Press the [INC/YES] button. The Loop is set to on 
and the part that is not looped is deleted
● [F5] Song  Play  Copy Phrase
You can copy s Pattern track data (Phrase) to a Song 
track. You can also copy the preset phrase that does 
not assigned to the Pattern track by the Patch 
function (page 219). 
● [F6] Song  Play  Chain...

184MOTIF  Reference
Song Record mode 
Reference  Song mode
nMIDI events the external MIDI devices connected 
to the MOTIF can be recorded to tracks 1~16. 
7 After completing your performance (in Realtime 
recording) or completing Step recording, press the 
[■] button to stop recording.
8 Record additional tracks as required. Repeat 
steps #3 through #7 as desired. 
9 Press the [F] button to hear your newly 
recorded performance. 
10 Save the recorded data to the Memory Card or 
the SCSI device connected...

185MOTIF  Reference
Song Record mode
Reference  Song mode
❏Settings: off, 60 (32nd note), 80 (16th note triplet), 120 
(16th note), 160 (8th note triplet), 240 (8th 
note), 320 (1/4 note triplet), 480 (1/4 note)
• Event
This parameter is available when the Recording Type is set 
to “step.”  This lets you specify the event type to be 
entered. 
❏Settings:  note, p.bend (pitch bend), CC#000~#119 
(Control Change)
• RecTrack
Determines the track to be recorded. 
Pressing the [F6] button lets you switch...

186MOTIF  Reference
Song Record mode 
Reference  Song mode
Dotted notes can also be entered using the TIE function. 
To produce a dotted 1/4 note, for example, set the step 
time to an 8th note, enter a note and then press [F4] twice.
● [F5] DELETE
Press this to actually delete the note events at the current 
cursor position.
● [F6] BCK DEL
Moves the pointer backward by one step and deletes all 
notes at that location.
nMistakenly entered notes can be erased by pressing 
[F6] immediately after they are...

187MOTIF  Reference
Song Record mode
Reference  Song mode
●Example 2 (Using the TIE function)
1Set the parameters as illustrated below.
Since the first note is a half note, set the StepTime 
to  (960), and set the GateTime to 80%, since you 
don’t 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 the instructions below to enter...

188MOTIF  Reference
Song Record mode 
Reference  Song mode
6Move the pointer to the top (beginning) of the 
song and press the [F] button to hear the note 
data you just recorded in steps #1 - 5.
●Example 3 (Using the REST function)
1Set the parameters as illustrated below.
Set the StepTime to  (480) and the Gate Time to 
80%. 
2Enter the first note F.
3Enter the next 8th rest by following the 
instructions below. 
4Enter the next 8th note A. 
5Enter the next 4th note C by following the 
instructions...

189MOTIF  Reference
Song Edit mode
Reference  Song mode
• Voice 
Determines the voice for the selected track. 
You can use the BANK, GROUP, NUMBER button or the 
Category Search function to select a voice (page 124). You 
can also select a Sample voice (page 58). 
• Voume 
Determines sound volume for the selected track. 
❏Settings 0~127
• Pan 
Determines the stereo pan position the selected track. 
❏Settings L63 (Left) ~ C (Center) ~ R63 (Right)
• InsEF (Insertion Effect Part Switch)
Determines whether...

190MOTIF  Reference
Song Edit mode 
Reference  Song mode
Event Editing/Inserting/Deleting
The explanations here apply to step #3 of the Basic 
Procedure on page 189. 
■ Editing/Deleting Existing Events
To edit data in the Event List, use the up/down cursor 
buttons to highlight the specific event you want to edit, 
and use the left/right cursor buttons to highlight the 
data type or parameter to be edited.  Then, change the 
value as needed by using the [INC/YES] and [DEC/
NO] buttons or the data dial....