Song Chain; What Is A Pattern - Yamaha MOTIF XS6 Owner's Manual

Basic Structure
Scene track
This track lets you record Scene change settings, such as
the status of track mute and solo. These can be set in the
Song Play display (page 178) and recalled during Song
playback. During Song playback, the track mute and solo
settings change automatically according to the settings
you've recorded to the Scene track. You can record this
track with using Realtime recording (page 186) and edit
the recorded data in the Song Edit mode (page 192).
Tempo track
This track lets you record Tempo change settings. During
Song playback, the Tempo changes automatically
according to the settings you've recorded to this track. You
can record this track with using Realtime recording
(page 186) and edit the recorded data in the Song Edit
mode (page 192).

Song Chain

This function allows Songs to be "chained" together for
automatic sequential playback. For instructions on using
this, see page 185.
Song 01 Song 22
Sequencer Block in the Pattern mode

What is a Pattern?

In the MOTIF XS, the term "Pattern" refers to a relatively
short musical or rhythmic phrase—1 to 256 measures—
which is used for looped playback. Therefore, once Pattern
playback starts, it continues until you press the [J] (Stop)
button.
Section
Patterns are more than just a single phrase—they include
16 variations called "Sections." These Sections can be
changed during playback and used as rhythmic/backing
variations for the various parts of a Song. For example, you
could use one Section for the verse, another for the chorus,
and a third for the bridge. The Pattern related settings such
as tempo and Mixing do not change even when the Section
is switched, keeping the overall playback consistent in feel
and rhythm through the changes.
For instructions on selecting a Pattern and Section, see
page 208.
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Pattern Chain
Pattern Chain allows you to string several different Sections
(within a single Pattern) together to make a single,
complete Song. You can have the MOTIF XS automatically
change Sections by creating a Pattern Chain beforehand,
recording Pattern playback with Section changes from the
Pattern Chain display. You can also use this feature when
creating Songs based on a certain Pattern, since the
created Pattern Chain can be converted into a Song in the
Pattern Chain Edit (page 215). One Pattern Chain can be
created for each Pattern.
Section A Section B
Phrase
This is the basic MIDI sequence data in a track—and the
smallest unit—used in creating a Pattern. "Phrase" is a
short musical/rhythmic passage for a single instrument,
such as a rhythm pattern for the rhythm part, a bass line for
the bass part, or a chord backing for the guitar part. This
synthesizer features memory space for 256 of your own
original User Phrases.
n The MOTIF XS provides no Preset Phrases.
Pattern Track Structure
A Pattern consists of 16 separate tracks, a Scene track,
and a Tempo track (just as in a Song). See page 59.
Pattern Tracks and Phrases
A Pattern consists of 16 tracks to which the Phrase can be
assigned. MIDI data cannot be directly recorded to each
track in the Pattern mode. Recording is done to an empty
user phrase. The newly created phrase is automatically
assigned to the recording track.
Track 1 Phrase 001
Track 2 Phrase 002
: :
Track 16 Phrase 003
Section C
MIDI data
Phrase 001
Phrase 002 MIDI data
MIDI data
Phrase 003
:
: