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Yamaha MOTIF XF manual

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  • Page 1

    V o i ce E d itor E s s enti a l O w ner ’ s Manua l iP ad iMX-1 MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI OUT V oice Edit or Essential MO TIF XF , S90XS/S70XS, MO X6/MO X8, MO TIF XS, MO TIF-R A CK XS • Co pying of the com mercially available m usic seque nce data and /or digital audi o files is strictly prohibited except for your perso nal use. • Th e [...]

  • Page 2

    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 2 Tit le bar and U til ity wi ndo w This windo w lets you se t the paramet ers common to all the di spla ys. Each lamp fl ashes accor ding to th e MIDI in/out messages. T apping th is opens or closes the Uti lity window . Set this t o the same number as that o f the instrument . Selects the connec ted[...]

  • Page 3

    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 3 1 T apping [RECEIV E] starts recep tion of the setting s from the inst rument. T apping [TR ANS MI T] star ts tr ansmission of the cu rren t set tin gs to the instr ument. 2 Chan ges the Arp eggio t ype of the curr ent Part. This is equi valent t o the [SF 1 ] – [SF5] buttons. 3 T o edit the Norma[...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 4 V oice List As shown below , the Voi ce List fea tures two ind ication types: Bank or der and Cat egor y or der . N ote t hat User V oices ar e not shown in the V oice Li st by Ca tegory . V oice List with the Bank orde r V oice List with the V oice Categor y orde r BANK and C A TEGORY tabs Selects [...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 5 X Y CONTR OL di spl a y The Pa d ar ea on this d ispla y le ts y ou simultaneousl y contr ol the five paramet ers sp ecified for CONTR OL 1 – 5. This means that you can freely change the sound in real time durin g ke yboard performance b y control ling the P ad ar ea. Sets how the Contr ol Parame [...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 6 Y X +63 +63 - 6 4 - 6 4 ±0 Y X 1 27 1 27 1 27 1 27 0 Ball po sition and P arameter val ue Moving the bal l transmits the va lues of the paramet ers specified f or CO NT ROL 1 – 5 from your iPad t o the instrument. As shown below , two differen t value r anges are av ailab le. Para met er Na me De[...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 7 AR P /KBD CONTR OL di spla y T urns on/off ARP C ommon Sw itch T urns on/off ARP H old . The blue color indi cates the on s tatus while the g ra y color indi cates the o f f status . Sets ARP H old to Sync Of f . The blue color indi cates the Sync Of f stat us while the g ra y color indicat es a dif[...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 8 F AD ER CONTR OL di spl a y The Faders on th is displ ay let s you contr ol the paramet ers of the in strument. Param eter assigned t o each corr esponding Fa der . T apping the P ar amete r value call s up the sli der which le ts you set the val ue. Faders T urns on/off Por tam ento Swi tch . Selec[...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 9 EF FE CT di spla y T apping her e call s up the Inse rt ion A display or I nser tion B dis play . NOTE If you want to apply the Inse rtio n Ef fect to the Dru m Keys, set the Inser tion Effect Outpu t parameter to “ins A” or “ins B. ” Determi nes the routin g for Insertion Effect s A and B. [...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 1 0 Re v er b /C hor us/ In ser tio n A / In ser tio n B/ V ocoder di spl a y Fr om these displa ys, you can mak e the Ef fec t set tin gs for the V oice curr ently select ed on the instrument. T his section cover s the operations o n these dis play s having the same design T apping her e r eturns the[...]

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    V oi ce Edi tor Es sent ial O wner ’s Manua l 1 1 E Q di spla y U.R.G ., Digita l Music al Inst rume nts Div ision © 201 1 Y am aha Co rpo ration 10 6 M W- B 0 Gain Fr equenc y T o edit the par ameter , o per ate the knob or tap the val ue to call up t he sli der for ad justing . T o edit the EQ se t ting , dra g the dot with the color corr espo[...]