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Yamaha MOTIF XS6 User Manual

Yamaha MOTIF XS6
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MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual
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Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................6
How to use the manual.....................................................................................................................................6
Accessories......................................................................................................................................................6
Main Features...................................................................................................................................................7
The Controls & Connectors ............................................................................................................................ 10
Front Panel .....................................................................................................................................................10
Rear Panel......................................................................................................................................................16
Start Guide 19
Step 1: Setting Up............................................................................................................................................19
Power Supply .................................................................................................................................................19
Connecting speakers or headphones............................................................................................................19
Turning the power on .....................................................................................................................................19
Adjusting the sound and the display contrast ...............................................................................................20
Playing the sounds.........................................................................................................................................20
Selecting and playing the sounds..................................................................................................................20
Modes ............................................................................................................................................................20
Listening to the Demo Song...........................................................................................................................21
Resetting the User Memory to the Initial Factory Settings..........................................................................22
Step 2: Selecting and Playing a Voice ........................................................................................................... 23
Selecting a Voice ...........................................................................................................................................23
Voice Play mode indications ..........................................................................................................................23
Selecting a Drum Voice..................................................................................................................................23
Using the Category Search function ..............................................................................................................24
Playing the Arpeggio......................................................................................................................................24
Changing the Arpeggio type..........................................................................................................................25
Using the Controllers......................................................................................................................................25
Using the Knobs.............................................................................................................................................26
Adjusting the tuning to other instruments ......................................................................................................27
Transpose ......................................................................................................................................................27
Step 3: Selecting and Playing a Performance...............................................................................................28
Selecting a Performance................................................................................................................................28
Performance Play mode indications ..............................................................................................................28
How Voices are assigned to Parts of a Performance.....................................................................................28
Creating a Performance by combining Voices ..............................................................................................29
Changing the Arpeggio settings for each Part ..............................................................................................30
Using the Controllers and Knobs ...................................................................................................................31
Recording your Performance .........................................................................................................................31
Step 4: Creating Your Original Song .............................................................................................................33
Terminology....................................................................................................................................................33
Song Playback ...............................................................................................................................................33
Preparing for Realtime Recording..................................................................................................................34
Start Recording! .............................................................................................................................................35
Correcting wrong notes..................................................................................................................................35
Creating a swing feel—Play Effect.................................................................................................................36
Storing the created Song ...............................................................................................................................36
Saving Song data to a USB storage device...................................................................................................36
Step 5: Creating a Pattern...............................................................................................................................37
Pattern Structure ............................................................................................................................................37
Listening to the Demo Patterns ......................................................................................................................37
Viewing the Demo Pattern’s Patch display ....................................................................................................38
Viewing the Demo Pattern’s Mixing display ...................................................................................................38
Creating a Pattern by using Arpeggio ...........................................................................................................39
Creating a Pattern with audio—Sampling ......................................................................................................39
Storing the Pattern and Saving the Sample ...................................................................................................42

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Yamaha MOTIF XS6 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Polyphony128 notes
Wave ROM355MB (when converted to 16-bit linear format)
TypeWorkstation Synthesizer
Keyboard61 keys
Voices1, 024 normal voices + 64 drum kits
EffectsReverb x 9 types, Chorus x 22 types
Sequencer16 tracks
Display320 x 240 dot, backlit LCD
ConnectorsMIDI IN/OUT/THRU, USB TO HOST, USB TO DEVICE
StorageUSB storage device

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