Song And Pattern (Sequencer Mode); Track Structure Of Song - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

Song and Pattern
(Sequencer mode)
Basic Operation (page 67) · Reference (pages 177, 215)
Songs and Patterns are MIDI sequence data consisting
of 16 tracks.
● A Song on the MOTIF is effectively the same as a
Song on a sequencer, and playback automatically
stops at the end of the recorded data.
● In the MOTIF, the term "pattern" refers to a
relatively short pattern — say, 4 to 16 measures (up
to 256 measures) — which is used for looped
playback. Therefore, once Pattern playback starts, it
continues until you press the [J] button. The
MOTIF features a variety of preset Phrase data that
is used as the basic material in making up Patterns.

Track structure of Song

The following illustration shows the track structure of
Song. Songs are created by recording MIDI data to
individual tracks.
Song 64
Song 63
Song 62
Song 02
Song 01
Tempo track Tempo change
Track mute status/Scene memory change
Scene track
(including tempo, transpose etc,)
Track 1 MIDI sequence data
Track 2 MIDI sequence data
Track 3 MIDI sequence data
Track 16 MIDI sequence data
Scene Scene Scene
1 2 3
Song Mixing
Tone Generator block (example)
When a Multi-Part Plug-in board and two Single part Plug-in
boards have been installed:
Port 1 Port 2
(Multi-Part Plug-in
board)
part 1
part 17
part 2
part 18
part 3
part 4
part 30
part 15
part 31
part 16
part 32
Song playback uses up to 16 parts (from those shown above).
Main functions
Scene Scene
4 5
MIDI OUT
External
Tone
Generator
Port 3
(Single part Plug-in
board)
part 33
part 34
Parts 33-46
are not used.
part 46
part 47
part 48
PLG1 part PLG2 part
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MOTIF Basic Structure