Yamaha MOTIF ES6 User Manual

Application Index
9
Owner’s Manual
Listening to the MOTIF ES
• Listening to the Demo song/pattern .....................................................................................................................................................................Page 55
• Listening to Song Chain playback ........................................................................................................................................................................Page 59
• Listening to Pattern Chain playback ..................................................................................................................................................................Page 115
• Listening to Arpeggio playback .................................................................Pages 66 (Voice mode), 70 (Performance mode), 105 (Song/Pattern mode)
Playing the keyboard
• Selecting a Voice and playing the keyboard ..................................................................................... Pages 60 (Voice mode), 102 (Song/Pattern mode)
• Selecting a Voice of the Plug-in Board and playing the keyboard .................................................. Pages 75 (Voice mode), 121 (Song/Pattern mode)
• Selecting a Performance and playing the keyboard ...........................................................................................................................................Page 67
• Using the instrument as a Master Keyboard .....................................................................................................................................................Page 136
• Sounding the metronome ..................................... [SONG] or [PATTERN] → [UTILITY] → [F3] SEQ → [SF1] CLICK → Mode = all ................Page 262
• Splitting the keyboard – Setting upper and lower ranges for the Voices ..................................... Pages 70 (Performance mode), 141 (Master mode)
•Layering two Voices (or Parts) together .......................................................................................... Pages 70 (Performance mode), 141 (Master mode)
Selecting programs and making settings on the MOTIF ES
• Selecting a Voice ................................................................................................................................. Pages 60 (Voice mode), 102 (Song/Pattern mode)
Using the Category Search function ....................................................................................................................................................................Page 62
• Selecting a Performance .......................................................................................................................................................................................Page 67
• Selecting a Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 56
• Selecting a Pattern .................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 57
Selecting a Section ................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 57
Selecting a Phrase and assigning it to a Pattern track .....................................................................................................................................Page 113
• Selecting a Mixing template for a Song/Pattern ................................................................................................................................................Page 103
• Selecting a Master ................................................................................................................................................................................................Page 136
• Selecting an Arpeggio type........................................................................Pages 66 (Voice mode), 70 (Performance mode), 105 (Song/Pattern mode)
• Selecting a Waveform ..........................................................................................................................................................................................Page 174
• Selecting a Filter type..........................................................................................................................................................................................Page 209
• Selecting an Effect type
Selecting a Reverb type/Chorus type/Insertion type
[VOICE] → Voice selection → [F3] EFFECT .........................................................................................................................................................Page 194
[PERFORM] → Performance selection → [F3] EFFECT → [SF1] CONNECT ......................................................................................................Page 215
[SONG] or [PATTERN] → Song/Pattern selection→ [MIXING] → [F3] EFFECT → [SF1] CONNECT ...................................................................Page 235
Selecting a Master Effect type
[VOICE] → [UTILITY] → [F3] VOICE → [SF2] MEF ..............................................................................................................................................Page 262
[PERFORM] → Performance selection → [EDIT] → [COMMON] → [F2] OUT/MEF → [SF3] MEF ......................................................................Page 214
[SONG] or [PATTERN] → Song/Pattern selection→ [MIXING] → [EDIT] → [COMMON] → [F2] MEQ/MEF → [SF2] MEF .................................Page 234
Selecting a Master EQ type
[VOICE] → [UTILITY] → [F3] VOICE → [SF1] MEQ .............................................................................................................................................Page 262
[PERFORM] → Performance selection→ [EDIT] → [COMMON] → [F2] OUT/MEF → [SF2] MEQ ......................................................................Page 214
[SONG] or [PATTERN] → Song/Pattern selection→ [MIXING] → [EDIT] → [COMMON] → [F2] OUT/MEF → [SF1] MEQ .................................Page 234
Using controllers ..............................................Pages 66 (Voice mode), 69 (Performance mode), 104 (Song/Pattern mode)
• Understanding the organization and structure of the controllers...................................................................................................................Page 154
• Assigning functions to the controllers for each Voice (Controller Set) ..........................................................................................................Page 155
• Assigning Control Change numbers to each controller...................................................................................................................................Page 156
• Setting the Pitch Bend Range
[VOICE] → Voice selection→ [EDIT] → [COMMON] → [F1] GENERAL → [SF5] OTHER → PB Upper/PB Lower .............................................Page 190
[SONG] or [PATTERN] → Song/Pattern selection → [MIXING] → [EDIT] → Part selection → [F1] VOICE → [SF5] OTHER → PB Upper/PB Lower ..............Page 235
• Checking the currently assigned parameters for knob control................Page 81 (Voice mode), 90 (Performance mode), 129 (Song/Pattern mode)
• Checking the currently assigned parameters for Control Slider (CS) control ...............................................................................................Page 140
• Using a Foot Pedal as a sustain pedal.................................................................................................................................................................Page 42
• Starting/stopping a song or pattern by pressing a Footswitch................................ [UTILITY] → [F4] CTL ASN → [SF3] FT SW ................Page 263
• Changing a Voice or a Performance by pressing a Footswitch................................ [UTILITY] → [F4] CTL ASN → [SF3] FT SW ................Page 263
•Turning Arpeggio playback on or off by pressing a Footswitch............................... [UTILITY] → [F4] CTL ASN → [SF3] FT SW ................Page 263
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Yamaha MOTIF ES6 Specifications

General

Brand	Yamaha
Model	MOTIF ES6
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English