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What is the Voice
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Edit
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Troubleshooting......................................... 33
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
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Page 2: Editor
What is the Voice Editor? With the Voice Editor, you can edit your tone generator’s voices and effects via your computer. Thanks to the easy-to-understand graphical interface, you can edit virtually all of the voice parameters of MOTIF-RACK right from your computer — using the mouse to adjust the virtual knobs, sliders, and buttons and entering values from the computer keyboard. -
Page 3: About Studio Manager
Studio Manager is a cross-platform application that enables you to start multiple Editors for controlling YAMAHA hardware products remotely, and to save multiple Editor settings. For more information, refer to the separate Installation Guide or the Studio Manager PDF manual. -
Page 4: About Open Plug-In Technology
About Open Plug-in Technology Open Plug-in Technology (OPT) is a new software format that enables you to control MIDI devices from a music DAW application software. For example, this allows you to start up and operate various parts of your music system, such as plug-in board editors, and mixing control editors - directly from an OPT-compatible sequencer, without having to use each separately. - Page 5 About the OPT 2 Overview Host Studio Application Manager OPT 2 is a plug-in format that enhances OPT Level 1 (Panels) and adds some convenient functions for use with Total Recall. In addition to doing Total Recall functions using the Studio Manager as a host application, you can use Total Recall in a DAW application (provided it is compatible with Total Recall), via the Studio Manager.
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Page 6: Starting The Voice Editor
Starting the Voice Editor After installing the Voice Editor and making the required connection, follow the instructions below to start the Voice Editor. Windows In order to use the Voice Editor with your tone generator, you’ll need to set the MIDI in/out ports. ●... -
Page 7: Menu Bar
Menu Bar The Menu Bar contains various editing and setup functions/commands. Click the desired menu name to open the appropriate pull-down menu, and choose the function/command you wish to apply. Those functions/commands which are unavailable are grayed out. The most commonly-used menus in the Menu Bar are available as buttons in Voice Editor’s toolbar. File Creates and opens a new Library file. - Page 8 Edit Copy Copies the selected voice to the clipboard. If nothing is selected, this item is grayed out. Paste Copies the voice from the clipboard to the Voice Editor. Initialize Resets the selected voice parameters to the default values. If nothing is selected, this item is grayed out.
- Page 9 Setup Setup... This is the same as the “Editor Setup” button in the toolbar (page 14). Transmit Voice Bulk... This is the same as the “Transmit Bulk” button in the toolbar (page 15). Receive Voice Bulk... This is the same as the “Receive Bulk” button in the toolbar (page 16).
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Page 10: Library Window
Library Window When you start Voice Editor, you will first see the Library window, which consists of tabs, each representing a Memory in the tone generation block. Each tab lists all the names, numbers and categories of voices in the selected Memory. Double-clicking on a voice name in the Library window opens the Edit window for a voice, letting you edit the voice. - Page 11 Split Bar If you place the mouse pointer over the line (Split Bar) that divides the Track Parameter Section from the Block Section, the pointer will change shape into the split tool. With this tool, you can drag the Split Bar back and forth and change the widths of the two sections. You can change the size of any of the windows by placing the mouse pointer on the top, bottom, left, or right border lines of the window, then dragging the line until the window is as big or small as you like.
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Page 12: Library Window Toolbar
Library Window Toolbar 1 “Open” button Click this to open the “Open” dialog and select a Library file to open. “Open” Dialog Select the desired Library file (extension: .W6E) and click [Open]. The contents of the selected file is indicated on the Library Window. If you are using a Macintosh, the typical Macintosh “Open”... - Page 13 2 “Save” button Click this to save the existing Library file with your new settings. If you are working on a new file, this button will open the “Save As” dialog, where you can name and save your settings as a new Library file (*.W6E).
- Page 14 3 “Editor Setup” button Click this to open the “Setup” dialog and specify the MIDI Out port settings. “Setup” Dialog This is where you set up the Voice Editor to allow the transmission/reception of voice data to/from your tone generator. Click the [OK] button to apply the settings and quit the dialog. Click the [Can- cel] button to quit without applying the settings.
- Page 15 4 “Transmit” button Click this to open the “Transmit” dialog to transmit all settings to your tone generator. “Transmit” Dialog Voice data can be transmitted in bulk to your tone generator. Click the [Start] button to begin trans- mitting the data. The progress bar shows how much of the data has been transmitted. Finally, click the [Close] button to quit the dialog.
- Page 16 5 “Receive” button Click this to open the “Receive” dialog to receive all settings from your tone generator. “Receive” Dialog Voice data can be received in bulk from your tone generator. Select the bulk voice data you wish to receive, then click the [Start] button. The progress bar shows how much of the data has been received.
- Page 17 Normal voice or a Plug-in voice. Plug-in Board preset voices can be imported from the “Data” folder. By default, the “Data” folder is located in the following folder. Windows C:\Pogram Files\YAMAHA\Studio Manager\MOTIF-RACK Voice Editor\Library Macintosh Applications\YAMAHA\Studio Manager\MOTIF-RACK Voice Editor\Library data.
- Page 18 5 Monitor ... If you check this box, the bulk data for each voice you select from the Monitoring will not be possible if the MIDI Out port and other parameters in the Editor Setup are not set correctly. For further details, see 6 [Close] button...
- Page 19 In the Voice Name list, click the voice in which your edited voice will be stored. After storing to a Library file, the data for the original voice will be overwritten when you save the Library file. It is recommended that you back up important data. Click the [Store] button to store your edited voice in the location specified in step #4.
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Page 20: Window
Edit Window There are three types of voices you can edit using Voice Editor: Normal voices, Drum voices, and Plug-in voices. In the Library window, click the tab containing the Normal voice/Drum voice/Plug-in voice that you wish to edit. Then double-click the voice (or select it and click the “Edit Window” button) to open the Edit window. - Page 21 3 COMMON EDIT panel (Quick Edit) This lets you quickly change the volume and tonal characteristics of the Voice by editing the amplitude and filter parameters. The parameters available for editing differ depending on the selected Voice (Normal, Drum or Plug-in). Available parameters appear as virtual knobs in the window.
- Page 22 CONTROLLER SET Panel You can assign your external MIDI device’s controllers such as the modulation wheel or keyboard aftertouch to various parameters to allow them to be modified in real-time. For instance, you could assign the modulation wheel to the filter’s Resonance parameter when the Normal Voice is selected.
- Page 23 User LFO Panel (Normal Voice only) 1 TOTAL STEP... Determines the number of steps for the currently edited LFO 2 SLOPE ... Determines the slope or ramp characteristics of the LFO wave. • OFF...No slope; the LFO instantly jumps to the level of each step. •...
- Page 24 0 SYSTEM EFFECT settings This section is explained in more detail in “System Effects” A Keyboard Click any key on the keyboard to monitor your edited voice in that key. B KEY ASSIGN settings Click on the left text box to select a Key Assign setting. Click on the right text box to select Monophonic or Polyphonic.
- Page 25 For Plug-in voices, you will see the following panel. Click [DETAIL] to open the “Plug-in Voice Detail” dia- log. 1 VOICE BANK ...Determines the Plug-in voice bank. 2 VOICE NUMBER...Determines the Plug-in voice number. 3 LFO ...Determines the Speed of LFO, Pitch Modulation, and Delay. 4 NOTE SHIFT ...Determines the amount of Note Shift (key transpose).
- Page 26 ● ELEMENT Dialog 1 LFO WAVE Click on the “WAVE” text box and select the LFO’s waveform. 2 LFO SPEED Click on the “SPEED” text box and specify its speed. 3 KEY SYNC Click on the “KEY SYNC” text box to switch LFO key sync on or off. (If switched on, the LFO waveform is restarted each time you play a note.) 4 KEY ON DELAY Determines the time (delay) between the moment a Note On message is received and the...
- Page 27 The PITCH EG (Envelope Generator) determines the transition in pitch while the key is being held down. There are five handles, each controlling a different stage in the envelope. The first square mark (furthest to the left) controls the “Hold Time/Level.” The second controls the “Attack Time/Level.”...
- Page 28 The FILTER EG (Envelope Generator) determines the transition in timbre while the key is being held down. There are five handles, each controlling a different stage in the envelope. The first handle (furthest to the left) controls the “Hold Time/Level.” The second controls the “Attack Time/ Level.”...
- Page 29 8 FINE... Use the “FINE” knob to further fine-tune it. 9 CUTOFF ... Use the “CUTOFF” knob to set its LPF Cutoff Frequency. 0 VELOCITY ... Use the “VELOCITY” knob to define how the Element’s filter opens/ closes in response to note velocity. A RESO...
- Page 30 Insertion Effect 1 Unit 1 CONNECT selector Click on the text box and choose the order in which signals are passed from one insertion effect unit to the other. 2 Indicator lamps These show which of the Elements are assigned to the respective Insertion Effect unit. The Indicator lamps are not available for Drum Voices.
- Page 31 5 [DETAIL] button Click this to open the Reverb dialog and set the detailed parameters. ● Chorus Unit 1 Chorus Send Use this knob to set the level of the signal of Insertion Effect 1/2 (or the by-passed signal) sent to the Chorus effect.
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Page 32: An Example Of Voice Editor In Use
An Example of Voice Editor in Use There is no single way to use the many components in the Voice Editor. Your editing needs and preferences may differ; however, the following example gives you a simple step-by-step guide in how to use the Voice Editor. Since the Library window is the first to open, the explanation below starts there. -
Page 33: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting If you encounter problems such as no sound output or abnormal behavior, verify the connections before checking the following. Sound does not change when using knobs or sliders. • Are the MIDI Out port and Device Number set correctly in the Editor Setup? No sound heard when clicking on-screen keyboard in Edit Window.