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Using a Connected Computer
Setting up the MOTIF XF
1
Set Local Control to "off."
Press the [UTILITY] button to enter the Utility mode, then
press [F5] followed by [SF2] to call up the MIDI display.
Move the cursor to Local Control and set this parameter to
"off." When MIDI Thru is set to "on" in a DAW/sequencer
software on your computer, the note events you play on the
MOTIF XF are transmitted to the computer then returned
back to the MOTIF XF, producing a "double" sound, since
the tone generator block is receiving performance data
(MIDI data) from both the keyboard directly and the
computer. To prevent such a situation, you need to separate
the keyboard block from the tone generator block of the
MOTIF XF. This is why Local Control should be set to "off."
NOTE
Make sure to set the Local Control to "off" again when you
use the MOTIF XF alone without connecting a computer.
Otherwise, no sound is produced even if you play the
keyboard.
2
Press the [STORE] button to store this setting.
3
Press the [SONG] or [PATTERN] button to enter the
Song mode or Pattern mode when you want to use
the MOTIF XF as a multi-timbral tone generator.
Setting up the DAW on the computer
1
Set MIDI Thru to "on" on the DAW.
By setting MIDI Thru to "on," the MIDI data generated by
playing the keyboard and transmitted to the computer will be
returned back to the MOTIF XF. As shown in the example
below, the MIDI data transmitted from the MOTIF XF then
recorded to the computer via MIDI channel 1 will be returned
back from the computer to the MOTIF XF via MIDI channel 3
according to the setting of the recording track. As a result,
the tone generator of the MOTIF XF will sound the MIDI data
generated by playing the keyboard as the MIDI data of
channel 3.
USB TO HOST connector
Tone generator
block
(recognizing MIDI
Channel 3 data)
Computer
(Cubase, etc.)
NOTE
The above explanation applies when connecting the MOTIF XF
to the computer via an IEEE1394 cable as well as via a USB
cable.
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Keyboard
(output via
MIDI
Channel 1)
Local Control = off
MOTIF XF
CH1
MIDI Through = on
Using another tone generator
together with the MOTIF XF
By using another tone generator (such as the MOTIF-RACK
XS) together with the MOTIF XF as illustrated below, you can
play up to 32 Parts simultaneously.
Setting up the MOTIF XF
1
Connect the MIDI OUT connector to the MIDI IN
connector of the external tone generator module
such as MOTIF-RACK XS, as illustrated below.
2
Make sure to set the MOTIF XF to multi-timbral
tone generator operation by entering the Song
mode or Pattern mode.
MOTIF-RACK XS, etc.
MIDI IN
connector
MIDI OUT
connector
Setting up the DAW on the computer
1
Set the MIDI output port of the tracks for playing
the MOTIF XF.
When connecting via USB, set this to "Yamaha MOTIF
XF6(7, 8)-1" or "Yamaha MOTIF XF6(7, 8) Port1." When
connecting via IEEE1394, set this to "MOTIF XF6(7, 8) Main."
2
Set the MIDI output port of the tracks for playing
the MOTIF-RACK XS.
When connecting via USB, set this to "Yamaha MOTIF
XF6(7, 8)-3" or "Yamaha MOTIF XF6(7, 8) Port3." When
IN
OUT
connecting via IEEE1394, set this to "MOTIF XF6(7, 8) MIDI
CH3
Out."
NOTE
When connecting via USB, the MIDI Thru Port of the MOTIF
XF (in other words, the port with which the received MIDI
data is to be transmitted to another external device via the
MIDI OUT connector) is fixed to 3. When connecting via
IEEE1394, the MIDI Thru Port of the MOTIF XF is fixed to the
port specified as "MOTIF XF6(7, 8) MIDI Out."
Computer
USB TO HOST connector
MOTIF XF
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