Yamaha MOTIF ES Owner's Manual page 110

Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
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Call up the Slice Job display.
Press the [F1] KEYBANK button, move the cursor to "12:
Slice," then press the [ENTER] button.
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Execute the Slice Job.
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Set the parameters shown below.
Measure Determines the number of measures the sample is
recognized as having.
Meter Determines the rhythmic meter the sample is recognized
as having.
LowestKey Determines the lowest key (first MIDI note) from which the
sample slices will be assigned in order.
Set other parameters as necessary, referring to page 258.
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Press the [ENTER] button (the display prompts you for
confirmation), then press the [INC/YES] button to execute
Slice.
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Confirm the result of the operation.
Play the assigned keys in order (from the one set in step #9-1
above) to hear the individual slices of the sample.
To hear how the resulting pattern would sound when played by
MIDI sequence data, press the [SF1] AUDITION button.
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If you're satisfied with the results of the Slice operation, press
the [F6] OK button.
If you're not satisfied with the results and want to continue editing,
press the [F5] CANCEL button and attempt the operation again
from step #9-1 above.
Slice display (before executing Slice)
Indicates the Waveform and Key Bank containing the
sample for which the Job is applied. In this case, you
won't need to change these settings since they were
set when loading the data.
Slice display (after executing Slice)
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[ENTER] button
[F5] CANCEL button
Return to the Pattern Play mode by pressing the
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[PATTERN] button or [EXIT] button.
Press the [F] (Play) button to play the created
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Pattern.
Save the created Pattern data to a SmartMedia/
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USB storage device (page 132).
Recording your keyboard performance to a
Pattern track
In the Pattern Play mode, select a Pattern and
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Section to be created.
Set the Mixing parameters (including the Voice
2
settings) by following the instructions on pages
127 - 128.
You can make changes to the Voice settings after entering the
Record mode (in step #4 below). However, if you intend to
make detailed settings to the Mixing parameters, you should
do so before enabling recording.
Set the meter (time signature), tempo, and length
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of the pattern.
Meter (time signature) Tempo
Press the [ ] (Record) button to enter the Pattern
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Record mode.
SEQ TRANSPORT
LOCATE
Length of pattern
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