System Overview; Controller Block; Sequencer Block - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

System Overview

This section provides an overview of the MOTIF's wide range of sophisticated and versatile features. The MOTIF is
made up of several blocks, as shown here.

Sequencer block

MIDI sequence data
• Song
• Pattern
• Arpeggio
MIDI data

Controller block

This block consists of the keyboard, Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels, Ribbon Controller, Sound Control knobs,
and so on. The keyboard itself doesn't generate sounds, but instead sends note, velocity and other information (MIDI
data) to the synthesizer's tone generator section when you play notes. The controllers also send changes.
Information from the keyboard and controllers can be transmitted to other external MIDI devices through the MIDI
OUT connector or the USB connector.
Sequencer block
This block lets you create songs and patterns by recording/editing musical performances (MIDI data) recorded from
the controller block, and then plays back this data, transmitting it to the tone generator block.
The sequencer block can be operated in the Song mode, in the Pattern mode, and in using the Arpeggio feature.
When a song or a pattern is played back, the musical data of each sequence track is transmitted to the tone generator
block according to the Transmit Channel settings.
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 16
n Details about track structure of a Song/Pattern/Arpeggio are described on pages 51 and 52 respectively.
Controller block
Keyboard
KN 1 KN 2
Tone Generator block
Internal AWM2
Plug-in board
MIDI data
• Voice
• Performance
Sampling block
Microphone or
audio equipment
External MIDI device
Basic Structure (page 51) · Quick Start Guide (pages 99 ~ 118) · Reference (pages 177, 215)
Sequencer
Piano Ch1
Bass Ch2
Strings
Ch3
Percussion Ch16
Controllers
KN 3 KN 4
Effect block
DSP
• Reverb
• Chorus
• Variation
• Master Equalizer
MIDI data A/D Input
Tone Generator block
(example)
part 1
(Receive channel 2)
part 2
(Receive channel 3)
part 3
(Receive channel 10)
part 4 (Receive channel 1)
part 15
(Receive channel 9)
part 16
(Receive channel 16)
MIDI out
Output
MIDI data
Basic Structure (pages 37, 48)
MOTIF Basic Structure
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