Song Track Mute And Scene - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

10. Song Track Mute and Scene

These two powerful features give you even greater real-time arranging control. You can turn tracks on and off and
switch among Song Scenes, as the song plays — and all your moves can be recorded to the special Scene track. This not
only lets you hear the various song arranging possiblities, it lets you record them on the spot.
For example, sample an audio rhythm phrase to one of the tracks of your song, and turn on the Track Loop function
(page 182). As the song is playing, you can fly the rhythm part in and out of the song by alternately un-muting and
muting the track. To do this, enable recording and select the Scene track (as described in step #3 of MIDI recording on
page 103), and record your track mutes in time with the music by pressing the Track number button, then the appropriate
track number buttons. This hands-on approach really lets you feel the changes you make — since you perform them in time
with the rhythm — and gives you the power to improvise great musical arrangements on the fly.
Scene track
Track 1
Song Playback
Track 1
In addition to Track Mute, the MOTIF also features a versatile Song Scene function. Song Scene lets you make
various changes to the tracks (such as pan, volume, and others), and take a "snapshot" of those settings — which you
can recall at any time with a single button press.
A maximum of five Scenes can be stored, to the five Scene buttons ([SF1] - [SF5]). To instantly call up a Scene and
change the tracks, simply press the appropriate button [SF1] - [SF5]. Just as with Track Mute, you can record these
Scene changes as well, by "playing" your button presses along with the music.
Setting 2
1 4
2 3 5
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You can use the Song Scene function from either the PLAY display in the Song Play mode or the SETUP display in the
Song Record mode. In the example instructions below, the PLAY display in the Song Play mode has been called up.
1 2 3
Mute on
Setting 3
TRACK
Store
6
7 8 SELECT
SONG SCENE
14 16
15 MUTE
Store
SOLO
Setting 1
Sampling with Song Playback (Integrated Sampling Sequencer)
4 5 6
Mute on
1 2 3 4 5 6
9 10 11 12 13 14
Store
SF 1 SF 2 SF 3 SF 4
1 2 3 4 5 6
9 10 11 12 13 14
Reference (pages 180, 181)
7 8
Mute on Mute on
TRACK
7 8
SELECT
15 16 MUTE
Setting 4
SOLO
Store
SF 5
Store
Setting 5
TRACK
7
8 SELECT
16
15 MUTE
SOLO
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