Troubleshooting; No Sound; Sound Level Is Too Low; Sound Is Cut Off - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting

No sound? Wrong sound? When a problem like this occurs, please check the following points before assuming that
the product is faulty. In many cases you'll find the solution to your problem here. If the problem persists, then contact
your Yamaha dealer or service center (page 299).

No sound.

• Is the power of the MOTIF and any external equipment connected to the MOTIF turned on?
• Have you made all the appropriate level settings — including the Master Volume on the MOTIF
and the volume settings on any connected external equipment?
• Is the Foot Controller pressed down (when it is connected to the FOOT CONTROLLER jack)?
• Is the MOTIF properly connected to related external equipment (e.g., amplifier or speaker) via audio cables?
• When the voice produces no sound, is the volume in the Voice common edit set appropriately?
• When the voice produces little or no sound, have you changed any of the CS slider settings?
(The CS 1 - 4 sliders control the element levels in the voice. If all these are set to "0," the voice will not sound.)
• When the voice produces no sound, are the parameters in the Voice element edit
(e.g., element switch, note limit, velocity limit) set appropriately in the Voice common edit?
• When the voice produces no sound, are the effect and filter settings appropriate?
(Inappropriate filter cutoff frequency settings can result in no sound.)
• When the performance produces no sound, has a voice been assigned to each part?
• When the performance produces no sound, is the note limit of each part set appropriately?
• When the performance produces no sound, is the volume of each part set appropriately?
• When the performance produces little or no sound, have you changed any of the CS slider settings?
(The CS 1 - 4 sliders control the part levels in the performance. If all these are set to "0," the performance will not sound.)
• When the performance produces no sound, is the output select of each part set appropriately?
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound, are any or all of the tracks muted?
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound, are the output channel of each track in the play mode
and the receive channel of each part in the Mixing mode set appropriately?
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound,
is the volume of each part in the Mixing mode set appropriately?
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound,
is the output select of each part in the Mixing mode set appropriately?
• When the song/pattern playback produces no sound,
is the MIDI filter set so that note-on messages are blocked in the Utility mode?
• When the arpeggio produces no sound, is the switch set to on?
• When the arpeggio produces no sound, are the note limit and velocity limit set appropriately?
• When the arpeggio produces no sound and the assigned arpeggio is a user one, does it have data?
• Isn't MIDI Local set to off in the Utility mode?
Distorted sound.
• Are the effect settings appropriate?
• Are the filter settings appropriate? (Excessively high filter resonance settings can cause distortion.)
• Is the MASTER VOLUME set so high that clipping is occurring?
• Is the volume of each element in the Voice mode or the volume of each part in the Performance mode
or the volume of each track/part in the Song/Pattern mode set too high?

Sound level is too low.

• Are the MIDI volume or MIDI expression settings too low (by using the Foot Controller)?
• Is the cutoff frequency of the filters set too high/low?
• When the song/pattern playback produces the small sound,
is the velocity offset in the Groove display set too low?

Sound is cut off.

• Are you exceeding the maximum polyphony of the MOTIF?
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