Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual page 131

• Mono/Poly
Determines whether the Voice is played back
monophonically (single notes only) or polyphonically
(multiple simultaneous notes).
❏ Settings
Mono, Poly
• KeyAsgnMode
When this is set to "single," double playback of the same
note is prevented. This is useful when two or more
instances of the same note are received nearly
simultaneously, or without a corresponding note off
message. To allow playback of each instance of the same
note, set this to "multi."
❏ Settings
single, multi
• MicroTuning
Determines the tuning system for the voice. Normally, this
should be set to 00 (Equal temperament); however thirty-
one additional tuning systems are available for a variety of
tuning applications and effects.
❏ Settings
See below.
No. Type Key
00 Equal
temperament
01~12 Pure major C~B This tuning is designed so that most of
13~24 Pure minor A~G
25 Werckmeister
26 Kirnberger
27 Vallotti & Young
28 1/4 shifted
29 1/4 tone
30 1/8 tone
31 Indian C~B Usually observed in the Indian music
● [F1]-[SF3] Normal Common General
Master EQ Offset
From this display you can adjust the master (global)
EQ settings for the entire voice. The settings made
here are applied as offsets to the EQ settings (with
the exception of "MID") in the Utility mode,
page 253.
Comments
The "compromise" tuning used for most of
the last 200 years of Western music, and
found on most electronic keyboards.
Each half step is exactly 1/12 of an
octave, and music can be played in any
key with equal ease. However, none of
the intervals are perfectly in tune.
the intervals (especially the major third
and perfect fifth) in the major scale are
pure. This means that other intervals will
be correspondingly out of tune. You need
to specify the key (C~B) you will be
playing in.
The same as Pure Major, but designed
#
for the minor scale.
Andreas Werckmeiser, a contemporary of
Bach, designed this tuning so that
keyboard instruments could be played in
any key. Each key has a unique
character.
Johann Philipp Kirnberger was also
concerned with tempering the scale to
allow performances in any key.
Francescatonio Vallotti and Thomas
Young (both mid-1700s) devised this
adjustment the Pythagorean tuning which
the first six fifths are lower by the same
amount.
This is the normal equal tempered scale
shifted up 50 cents.
Twenty-four equally spaced notes per
octave. (Play twenty-four notes to move
one octave.)
Forty-eight equally spaced notes per
octave. (Play forty-eight notes to move
one octave.)
(white keys [C~B] only).
PAN
CUTOFF RESONANCE
KNOB
ASSIGN A
CONTROL
FUNCTION
KN 1
MEQ LOW MEQLOWMID
❏ Settings
-64 ~ 0 ~+63
● [F1]-[SF4] Normal Common General
Portamento
This display allows you to set the Portamento
related parameters. Portamento is used to create a
smooth transition in pitch from the first note played
on the keyboard to the next.
• Switch
Determines whether Portamento is on or off.
❏ Settings
off, on
• Time
Determines the pitch transition time. Higher values result
in a longer pitch change time, when Time Mode below is
set to "Time." (When Time Mode is set to "Rate," higher
values result in a faster pitch change time.)
❏ Settings
0 ~127
• Mode
Determines the Portamento mode. With the "fingered"
setting, Portamento is only applied when you play legato
(playing the next note before releasing the previous one).
With the "fulltime" setting, Portamento is always applied.
❏ Settings
fulltime, fingered
• TimeMode
This determines how the Time parameter above affects the
Portamento effect. Setting this to "Time" makes the above
parameter a true time scale — the higher the value, the
longer the time. The "Rate" setting simply reverses this,
for a rate scale — the higher the value, the faster the rate
(in other words, the shorter the time). Naturally, you
should set this to your own personal preference, depending
on whether you think of Portamento in terms of time or
rate.
❏ Settings
rate, time
rate
Sets the Time parameter range to reflect "rate":
0 (slow) - 127 (fast)
Voice Edit mode
REVERB CHORUS TEMPO
ATTACK RELEASE
ASSIGN B ASSIGN 1 ASSIGN 2
KN 2 KN 3 KN 4
MEQ HI MID MEQ HIGH
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