Internal Memory And File Management; Memory Structure - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

Internal Memory and File Management

The MOTIF creates a variety of different kinds of data, including Voice, Performance, Song, and Pattern. In
this section, how to store the various types of data and use the memory devices/media for storing them.

Memory Structure

This diagram details the relationship among the MOTIF's functions and the internal memory, memory card,
and various external storage devices/media.
Recall Buffer
Compare Buffer
(DRAM)
Other than "Master Edit"
Edit Buffer(DRAM)
• Voice Edit
• Plug-in Voice Edit
• Performance Edit
• Master Edit
• Pattern Mixing Edit
• Song Mixing Edit
• Song Record
• Song Chain
Store
• Pattern Record
• Pattern Patch
• Pattern Chain
• Sampling
Computer
• Plug-in Voice Edit using
the computer
MOTIF Internal Memory
Preset Data (ROM)
• Voice
• Plug-in Voice
• Preset Phrase (Pattern)
• Preset Arpeggio
• Demo
MIDI bulk
User Memory (RAM)
SRAM
• User Voice
(Normal 128, Drum 16)
• User Plug-in Voice
(64 Voices x 3 boards)
• User Performance (128)
• User Master (128)
• User Arpeggio (128)
• System setting
(Utility setting)
DRAM
• Song
• Song Chain
• Pattern (Phrase)
•˚Style
• Pattern Chain
• Waveform
(Sample Voice)
Plug-in board(DRUM)
Personal System/V
• Plug-in All Bulk
PS/V
Personal System/V
Quick Start Guide (page 97) · Reference (page 261)
Please make note of the following points
*
when using bulk transmission between
SRAM memory and an external MIDI device.
• Bulk transmission cannot be used to
transfer the data of User Arpeggios
and part of the System settings.
•
Bulk transmission to an external MIDI
device is executed only when MOTIF
receives a bulk request message.
External MIDI device
Memory Card
*
External SCSI device
File extensions
".W2V"
• File extensions ".WAV" and
".AIF"
•
A5000/4000/3000 data
•
AKAI format data
File extensions
".W2G"
File extensions ".W2A"
File extensions
".MID"
File extensions
".W2S"
File extensions
".W2P"
File extensions
".W2W"
•
File extensions ".WAV" and
".AIF"
• A5000/4000/3000 data
•
SU700 data
•
AKAI format data
File extensions
".W2B"
MOTIF Basic Structure
Main functions
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