Modes - Yamaha Motif XF6 Owner's Manual

There are several operation modes in the MOTIF XF, and they can be selected by using the nine mode buttons. These modes
include: Voice, Performance, Song, Pattern, Mixing, Sampling and Master. Depending on the selected mode, you can play and
perform on the keyboard and create your own original music.
If you want to play the keyboard conventionally, use the Voice or Performance mode. If you're creating music, particularly multi-
part arrangements, use the Song or Pattern mode. In addition, the following modes are available: the Utility mode for making
overall settings and the File mode for managing files for saving the data you created on this synthesizer and recording your
keyboard performance as audio data and playing back audio files.
Playing Voices from the
keyboard
Voice mode
[VOICE] button
This synthesizer has a wealth of high-
quality, dynamic sounds—also referred to
as "Voices." You can play these Voices—
one Voice at a time—from the keyboard in
the Voice mode. This mode also lets you
create your own original Voices.
Recording your performance
to create an original Song
Song mode
[SONG] button
This mode lets you record, edit and play
your own original Songs. This mode also lets
you set up this instrument as a multi-timbral
tone generator for use with computer-based
DAW software or external sequencers.
Executing the Sampling feature
Sampling mode
[INTEGRATED SAMPLING] button
This mode lets you record audio signals
such as vocals and CD playback sound to
this instrument as digital data.
Backing up data / recording and
playing back audio files
File mode
[FILE] button
This mode lets you save data you've created on this
instrument to a USB storage device or to a
computer connected via network to the MOTIF XF,
and allows you to load data from the USB storage
device or from the computer to the MOTIF XF.
In addition, this mode lets you record your
keyboard performance as audio data to a USB
storage device or to a computer connected via
network to the MOTIF XF, and allows you to play
back audio files (WAV or AIFF) from the USB
storage device or the computer.
For more information, refer to the "Function Tree" in the Reference Manual.

Modes

Playing multiple Voices from
the keyboard
Performance mode
[PERFORM] button
This mode lets you play and create
Performances. A Performance lets you put
several different Voices together in layers or
play different two Voices in a keyboard
split.
Setting the system parameters
Utility mode
[UTILITY] button
This mode lets you set parameters that
apply to the entire system of this
instrument.
Creating original program sets
Master mode
[MASTER] button
This mode lets you register settings that you
often use in the Voice, Performance, Song
or Pattern mode, and instantly recall the
relevant mode and custom settings together
in a single button press—without having to
first select a mode. In addition, this mode
lets you divide the keyboard into four
separate sections—just as if you were
playing four different MIDI keyboards.
Creating an original Rhythm
Pattern
Pattern mode
[PATTERN] button
This mode lets you play, record, edit and
play your own original rhythm patterns. This
mode also lets you set up this instrument as
a multi-timbral tone generator for use with
computer-based DAW software or external
sequencers.
Making a setup of the multi-
timbral tone generator
Mixing mode
[MIXING] button
This mode lets you set up detailed
parameters about the multi-timbral tone
generator for use with Song/Pattern
playback, computer-based DAW software or
external sequencers.
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