Editing Voices; Quick Voice Editing - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

Editing Voices

The Voice Play mode not only lets you play voices, it lets you perform a variety of basic, yet powerful editing operations on
them as well. For example, you can change the EG settings to give the voice a softer or harder attack, or change the release
to make it sustain. You can also adjust similar settings for the filter, and change the tone of the voice. Moreover, a special
set of Control knobs on the panel let you tweak the sound — including pan, EG, effects, filter, and more — in real time as
you play. Naturally, you can also store your newly created voice for future recall (page 86).

Quick Voice editing

1 Select the desired menu.
SF 1 SF 2 SF 3
F1 F2 F3
MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER
Integrated Sampling Sequencer
Real-time External Control Surface
Modular Synthesis Plug-in System
SLOT 1
DRUM KITS PRE 1 PRE 2
PRE 3 GM USER PLG 1
FAVORITES A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR / BASS STRINGS
COMMON PLUCKED
A B C D E F
DEC/NO INC/YES
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/ SYN COMP CHROMATIC DRUM / SE
CHOIR PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
1 2 3 4 5 6
SONG SCENE
SF 1 SF 2 SF 3 SF 4 SF 5 INFORMATION
ELEMENT/ PERF.PART / ZONE
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 EXIT ENTER 9 10 11 12 13 14
EXECUTE
F4
PORTA (Portamento) display
From this display you can select monophonic or polyphonic playback
and set the Portamento parameters. Portamento is used to create a
smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to
the next.
F5
EG (Envelope Generator) display
• AEG (Amplitude Envelope Generator)
The AEG controls how the volume of the voice changes in time,
from the instant you press a key to after you release it. For example,
setting a small Attack value results in an instantaneous, sharp sound
when you press a key.
• FEG (Filter Envelope Generator)
The FEG controls how the tonal quality of the voice changes in time,
as affected by the filter. Here, you can also set the Cutoff
frequency and Resonance for the filter.
F6
ARP (Arpeggio) display
The basic Arpeggio parameters (e.g., type, tempo) are
provided in this display.
SF 4 SF 5
F4 F5 F6
The [ ] Indicator
SLOT 2 SLOT 3
If you alter any parameters in the Voice Play mode, the [ ] indicator will appear in the
CATEGORY
SEARCH
PLG 2 PLG 3 BANK
BRASS REED/PIPE
G H SECTION GROUP
MUSICAL FX COMBI top left of the display. This indicates that the current voice has been modified but not yet
TRACK
7 8
SELECT
NUMBER
15 16 MUTE
stored.
SOLO
2 Set the value of each parameter.
Move the cursor to the desired parameter and change the value by using
the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons or the data dial.
DEC/NO INC/YES
EXIT ENTER
EXECUTE
DEC/NO INC/YES
Edit indicator
Editing Voices
Reference (page 127)
Basic Structure (page 46)
Cutoff Frequency (page 46)
Resonance (page 46)
MOTIF Quick Start Guide
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