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Yamaha Motif XF Owner's Manual

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  • Page 2 (two 1 GB flashboards) is recommended so you can install other libraries. "Studio Drums" was conceived to answer many requests for a more comprehensive library of drums for the Motif XF. It features 32 new User Kits and 50 new drum arpeggios (including brush kit, alternative rock, metal, surf-rock, shuffle and reggae/ska arpeggios).
  • Page 3 HOW TO LOAD THE SOUNDS WARNING – BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST BEFORE YOU LOAD “STUDIO DRUMS”, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP (SAVED) ANY DATA IN YOUR PRODUCT THAT YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP. YOU CAN SAVE YOUR DATA IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS ONTO A USB STORAGE DEVICE, OR AS AN EDITOR FILE VIA USB.
  • Page 4 “TO DEVICE” on the rear panel of your Motif XF. You will see a screen message that says “Connecting to USB device…”. 6. Press the FILE button on the front panel of the Motif XF. You should see the field next to “Type” highlighted and it should be set to “all”.
  • Page 5 M E E T T H E D R U M K I T P I E C E S M E E T T H E D R U M K I T P I E C E S The drums, cymbals, and percussion were all recorded at 24-bit, 44.1khz, by Dave Polich at DCP Studios.
  • Page 6 Bosphorus 14” Hammer Hats CYMBALS Zildjian K 20" Dark Ride...
  • Page 7 Paiste 2002 18” Thin Crush/Ride Paiste Hard Alloy 18” Crash cymbal...
  • Page 8 Paiste 2002 16” Medium Crash/Ride Zildjian ZHT 19” China Cymbal...
  • Page 9 Paiste 2002 22” Power Ride cymbal...
  • Page 10 Zildjian 19” Rivet cymbal. Zildjian 12” Fast Splash cymbal...
  • Page 11 Paiste 20” Symphonic Gong SNARES Pearl Reference 5-1/2”14" maple shell snare...
  • Page 12 Gretsch Catalina 5x14” maple shell snare Slingerland 5-1/2” x 14” chrome snare, series unknown Drum Workshop (DW) Collectors Series 5 x 14” all-maple shell snare...
  • Page 13 Ayotte Custom steel-hoop all-maple 5 x 14” snare Pearl 6 x 14” “Floating” maple shell snare Pearl M-1440 4 x 14” Piccolo snare...
  • Page 14 Ludwig Black Beauty 5 x 14” brass shell snare Ludwig Classic “Fab Four” Black Oyster 5 x 14” snare KICKS & TOMS...
  • Page 15 Slingerland 1972 “Buddy Rich” 18x24” kick, 9x13” shell tom, 10x14” shell tom (not shown), 16 x 18” floor tom...
  • Page 16 Slingerland classic “Black Pearl” 18x22” kick, 9x 13” shell tom, 10x14” shell tom, 16x16” floor tom...
  • Page 17 Drum Workshop (DW) Collectors Series 18 x 24” kick, 9x13” shell tom, 10x14” shell tom (not shown), 16 x 16” floor tom...
  • Page 18 Gretsch Catalina custom maple shell 18x22” kick, 9x 13 shell” tom, 10x 14” shell tom (not shown), 16 x 16” floor tom...
  • Page 19 Pearl Masterworks 18x22” kick, 9x13” shell tom, 10 x 14” shell tom, 16x16 floor” tom, 18x18” floor tom...
  • Page 20 Ludwig Classic “Fab Four” Black Oyster 16 x 20” kick, 10 x 14” shell tom, 16 x 16” floor tom...

  • Page 21: Playing Techniques

    PERCUSSION Rhythm Tech crescent tambourine Handclaps and fingersnaps (performed by Katie Polich) Assorted ceramic dinner plates Assorted forks, knives, and spoons Amstel Light beer bottles PLAYING TECHNIQUES Snare drums – sticks, brushes, towels over heads Toms – sticks, brushes, towels over heads Hats –...
  • Page 22 HOW THE DRUMKITS ARE MAPPED (ARRANGED) While GM (General MIDI) drum mapping is useful in the context of allowing standardized playback of MIDI files, let's face it - the GM drumkit map is fairly lame in some respects. Very few drummers have a drum kit with six different toms in it, for example (well, no one that I know of).
  • Page 23 If you are recording audio into a computer DAW (like Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools, Sonar, or Digital Performer), you should have the ability, either in your DAW's mixer or via plug-in insert, to reverse the stereo image. Waves' S1 Imager plug-in, for instance, allows you to swap the left and right sides of a stereo image, and make it narrower or wider.
  • Page 24 Because the 32 kits (A001 to B016) are mapped as described above, many preset XS drum arpeggios and many Standard MIDI files will playback "almost" correctly. Bear in mind that many drum patterns and Standard MIDI files were created using other drumkits, such as the XS factory kits, or drumkits from other manufacturer's units (such as the Roland Sound Canvas).
  • Page 25 A 0 0 1 – – A m b i e n t K i t A m b i e n t K i t A 0 0 1 Ambient room kit, for rock, country, pop. A 0 0 2 – – B r u s h K i t 1 B r u s h K i t 1 A 0 0 2 Brush drum kit, Pearl kick and snare, for jazz, country, ambient.
  • Page 26 A 0 1 1 – – B r u s h K i t 2 B r u s h K i t 2 A 0 1 1 Brush kit variation, Slingerland kick, snare, and toms. A 0 1 2 – – B r u s h K i t 3 A 0 1 2 B r u s h K i t 3 Brush kit variation, Gretsch kick and snare.
  • Page 27 B 0 0 4 – – R i n g S n a r e K i t R i n g S n a r e K i t B 0 0 4 Drumkit with “ringing” Pearl Floating snare, Pearl kick, Slingerland toms. B 0 0 5 –...
  • Page 28 B 0 1 3 – – F i n g e r s K i t F i n g e r s K i t B 0 1 3 “Special FX” drumkit played with fingers and hands. B 0 1 4 – – 8 8 - - b i t K i t b i t K i t B 0 1 4 “Lo-fi”...
  • Page 29 Motif XS. You will see a screen message that says “Connecting to USB device…”. 6. Press the FILE button on the front panel of the Motif XF. Use the cursor buttons to move up to the top of the screen so that the “Device” field is highlighted and turns blue-green.
  • Page 30 LIST OF USER ARPS IS AS FOLLOWS: 001: SwingBopA 002: SwBopFlA 003: BobySoxA 004: BshSwrlA 005: BshTmFlA 006: BshSwrlB 007: JazzHat 008: BshShflA 009: BshShflB 010: Bsh6/8 A 011: Bsh6/8 B 012: Bsh6/8fl 013: BshSwrlC 014: Bs6/8flB 015: SwngBopB 016: SwngBopC 017: BshShflC 018: AltRok A 019: AltRok B...
  • Page 31 035: Surf B 036: Surf C 037: SurfFill 038: RokBlldA 039: RokBlldB 040: 70'sIntro 041: 70's A 042: 70's B 043: 70's C 044: RggaSkaA 045: RggaSkaB 046: RggaSkaC 047: FstSka A 048: FstSka B 049: FstSka C 050: FstSkaFl ©...