Pattern Play Mode; Style Selection - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

Pattern Play mode

In this mode, you can select and play individual User
patterns.
n For details about patterns and their track and memory
structure, see page 51.
◆ Basic Procedure
1
Press the [PATTERN] button to enter the Pattern
Play mode. (The indicator lights.)
Pattern track number
and data status
No data has been recorded.
(A Phrase has not been assigned.)
MIDI sequence data has been
recorded. (Indicates a MIDI track.)
In addition to MIDI sequence data,
the sample data has been recorded.
(Indicates an sample track.)
Tempo for the selected style
❒ Setting 010.0 ~ 300.0
Time signature for the selected style
❒ Setting 1/16 ~16/16, 1/8 ~16/8, 1/4 ~8/4
Transpose setting (for all style data)
Can be adjusted in semitones.
For example, when a value of +12 is set,
the pitch of all of the data becomes one octave higher.
❒ Settings -36 ~ +36
Currently selected pattern (style and section)
Style number Style name
Pattern track on/off status
Indicates muted track.
Indicates soloed track (page 218).
Basic Structure (page 67)
Basic Structure (page 67)
PATTERN
Measure : Beat
(for current playback location)/
Total length of the selected pattern
Section
2
Select a style and its section.
3
Start/Stop pattern playback.
Stop playback
4
Make necessary or desired settings (e.g., transpose,
tempo, individual track on/off status, and so on) in
the above display.
5
Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the
[F2] - [F6] buttons and edit the parameters in each
display.
n Creating patterns is done with the Patch function,
selected with the [F4] button. (See page 219.)
n The Pattern Chain function, selected with the [F6]
button, lets create a song by chaining together
several different patterns. (See page 219.)
6
Repeat steps #3 through #5 as desired.
7
Press any other mode button to exit from the
Pattern Play mode.
• For detailed instructions on steps #2, 3, 4, and 5,
see the following explanations.

Style Selection

The explanations here apply to step #2 of the Basic
Procedure see above.
The method for selecting a style is the same as that for
selecting songs (page 179), as shown below.
DRUM KITS PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 GM USER
FAVORITES A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN GUITAR /
BASS
PLUCKED
COMMON
A B C D E
1
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/ SYN COMP CHROMATIC DRUM /
CHOIR PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
1 2 3 4
2
ELEMENT/ PERF.PART / ZONE
11 12
9 10 13
n The explanations here apply when
You can also select a style by moving the cursor to the
style number location and using the [INC/YES] and
[DEC/NO] buttons or the data dial.
Pattern Play mode
Start playback
CATEGORY
PLG 1 PLG 2 PLG 3 SEARCH
BANK
STRINGS BRASS REED/PIPE
GROUP
F G H SECTION
SE MUSICAL FX COMBI
TRACK
5 6 7 8
SELECT
NUMBER
14
15 16 MUTE
SOLO
these four button indicators are off.
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