Yamaha Motif 8 Owners Manual

231MOTIF  Reference
Pattern Job mode
Reference  Pattern mode
● [F5]-05 Divide Drum Track
Separates the note events in a drum performance 
assigned to a specified track, and places the notes 
corresponding to different drum instruments in 
separate tracks (tracks 1 through 8). 
One useful application for this would be to use 
Quantize (page 225) and Shift Clock (page 227) to 
independently adjust the timing of different drum 
parts in the rhythm, to tighten up the timing and yet 
create a more natural...

232MOTIF  Reference
Pattern Mixing mode  
Reference  Pattern mode
The job overwrites any data already existing in the 
destination pattern.
nWhen the KEEP ORIGINAL PHRASE checkbox is 
checked, this job requires twice the number of 
empty user phrases as the number of tracks 
containing data in which to store the appended 
phrase data. If the required phrases are unavailable 
the alert message will appear and the job will be 
aborted. If this occurs use the Clear Phrase Job 
(page 230) to delete unused...

233MOTIF  ReferenceFunction Tree
Reference  Sampling mode
Sampling Mode
Basic Structure  (page 58)
Function Tree
This section is devoted to the Sampling mode.  To see how the Sampling mode relates to the entire structure of the 
MOTIF and its other modes and functions, see the simplified chart in “Basic Structure” on page 30. 
The following detailed chart shows all of the display menus and parameter groups of the Sampling modes — giving 
you a quick, easy-to-understand overview of the sampling-related...

234MOTIF  Reference
Sampling Record mode 
Reference  Sampling mode
Sampling Record mode
Basic Operation (page 58)
In this mode, you can record sounds to the MOTIF (for 
example,  your voice, a guitar, or sounds from a CD), 
edit them, and use them to create special Sample voices 
you can play from the keyboard.  Or, if you enter this 
mode from the Song or Pattern mode, the sounds you 
record can be assigned to the tracks and played back 
automatically with the song or pattern.  What’s more, 
by using...

235MOTIF  Reference
Sampling Record mode
Reference  Sampling mode
8 Stop the Sampling following the instructions above 
and stop the recording source playback. 
9 Set the Slice parameters as needed— if you’ve 
entered the Sampling Record mode from the Song/
Pattern mode, and you’ve set the Sampling type to 
“slice+seq” in step #5 above.
10 Save the recorded sample to the memory card/
SCSI storage device as a Waveform, User voice, or 
Sample voice, as required. 
The recorded (edited) phrase data resides...

236MOTIF  Reference
Sampling Record mode 
Reference  Sampling mode
■ [F2] Sampling Source settings
The explanations here apply to step #5 of the Basic 
Procedure on page 234. 
• Type 
Determines the Sampling type. When entering the 
Sampling mode from the Song/Pattern mode, the data 
created by the Sampling varies depending on this setting. 
Keep in mind that this parameter is fixed to “sample” 
when entering the Sampling mode from the Voice/
Performance mode. 
❏Settings sample, sample + note, slice + seq...

237MOTIF  Reference
Sampling Record mode
Reference  Sampling mode
Sampling Standby
The explanations here apply to step #6 of the Basic 
Procedure on page 234. 
• TriggerMode
Specifies the method by which sampling will be triggered.
❏Settings
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vel Sampling will begin as soon as an input signal exceeding 
the specified trigger level is received after the [F6] 
(START) button is pressed. 
When this is selected, you need also set the Trigger Level 
(1~127). 
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This is available only when entering the...

238MOTIF  Reference
Sampling Record mode 
Reference  Sampling mode
• Start (Start Point)
Determines the Start point for the sample playback.
• Loop (Loop Start Point) 
Determines the Top point of the loop playback (the point 
where the loop begins) within the range of the entire 
sample. 
• End (End Point) 
Determines the End point of the loop playback within the 
range of the entire sample. 
• Beat 
The Beat of the range from the Loop Start Point to the End 
Point is automatically displayed according to...

239MOTIF  Reference
Sampling Record mode
Reference  Sampling mode
• SubDivide
The Meter parameter sets the basic slice unit, and 
SubDivide specifies even finer resolution for phrases 
containing regions with shorter notes.
For the following phrase, for example, the Meter should be 
set to 4/4 and SubDivide to 1/2.
❏Settings
When Meter is set to 1 ~ 8/4: 
quarter note (1/1), 8th note (1/2), 4th note triplet (1/3), 
16th note (1/4), 8th note triplet (1/6), 16th note 1/8), 
32nd note triplet (1/12)
When...

240MOTIF  Reference
Sampling Edit mode 
Reference  Sampling mode
BEAT1  : Original wave size X N + (0.3  X number of slices) 
BEAT2  : Original wave size X N + (0.2  X number of slices) 
BEAT3  : Original wave size X N + (0.3  X number of slices) 
PHRASE1  : Original wave size X N + (5.8  X number of slices) 
PHRASE2  : Original wave size X N + (1.4  X number of slices) 
PHRASE3  : Original wave size X N + (0.4  X number of slices) 
PHRASE4  : Original wave size X N + (1.4  X number of slices) 
QUICK  :...