User manual YAMAHA MOTIF XF8 EDITOR

[. . . ] MOTIF XF Editor Owner's Manual Contents What is the MOTIF XF Editor?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Studio Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Studio Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About Open Plug-in Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Data Structure of the MOTIF XF Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Starting the MOTIF XF Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 An Example of MOTIF XF Editor in Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MOTIF XF Editor Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 · Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. · The software and this owner's manual are exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. · Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer. [. . . ] This indicator disappears when you execute Voice Store (page 48). Indicates that the Global edits are not stored yet. This indicator disappears when you execute Global Store (page 48). Indicates that the parameter edits are not saved yet as a file. n These indicators, "V, " "G" and "F" are linked with the small squares at the top right of "1" ­ "16" boxes and "G" box in the Mixer section. The "V" and "G" indicators disappear if you execute the Voice Store, Mixing Store and Global Store operation, respectively. The "F" indicator and the small squares at the top right of the "G" box in the Mixer section disappear only if you execute the File Save operation. All the indicators and the small squares disappear if you execute the File Save operation. MOTIF XF Editor Owner's Manual 26 MOTIF XF Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Song/Pattern is set to "Voice") Global Settings This Parameter category which is called up by selecting the "G" row in the Mixer section consists of the following sub categories. Master FX/EQ (Master Effect/EQ) Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Master Effect/EQ parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "Master FX" or "Master EQ" on the UTILITY window. Controller Assign Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Controller Assign parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "Control" on the UTILITY window. Micro Tuning Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Micro Tuning parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "Tuning" on the UTILITY window. Voice Common This Parameter Category is called up by selecting the "V" row in the Mixer section. The parameters belonging to this category lets you make the settings applied to all the Elements or Drum Keys commonly. The following sub categories are included. General Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the parameters such as Voice name and pitchrelated parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "EG/EQ" on the Voice Play window ([VOICE] [F3]) and "Name" and "Play Mode" on the VOICE Edit-Common window. ARP (Arpeggio) Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Arpeggio-related parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "ARP Main" and "ARP Other" on the VOICE Edit-Common window. Clicking the row of the Bank/Category/Sub/Number/Name will call up the ARP LIBRARY window which lets you use the search function for the selecting Arpeggio Types, as with the VOICE LIBRARY window (page 15). Controller Set Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Controller Set parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "Control Set" on the VOICE Edit-Common window. LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the LFO-related parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "Com LFO" on the VOICE Edit-Common window. This Parameter Category is not available for Drum Voices. Effect Clicking this in the Parameter Category section calls up the Effect-related parameters in the Detailed Parameter section. On the MOTIF XF instrument, these parameters are the same as those called up by selecting "Effect" on the VOICE Edit-Common window. MOTIF XF Editor Owner's Manual 27 MOTIF XF Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Song/Pattern is set to "Voice") Element or Drum Key This Parameter Category is called up by selecting the "V" row in the Mixer section. The "Element" is shown when the Normal Voice is selected while the "Drum Key" is shown when the Drum Voice is selected. The parameters belonging to this category lets you make the settings applied to each of the Elements or Drum Keys individually. The following sub categories are included. n For information about the checkboxes at left of each Element number 1 ­ 8 and "All, " refer to page 23. [. . . ] The Auto Sync window can also be called up automatically (without clicking "OFFLINE") under the following circumstances: · When opening a file. · When creating a new file by selecting "New" under the File menu. · When changing the mode on the Editor in the Online status of the Editor. · When changing the mode on the MOTIF XF instrument in the Online status of the Editor. [. . . ]