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. [. . . ] For details, see the Voice mode (page 23). AD/FW Same as in the Voice mode (page 23). i (Information) Same as in the Voice mode (page 23). MOTIF XF Editor Owner's Manual 25 MOTIF XF Editor Window: Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Song/Pattern is set to "Voice") Detailed Parameter section (when the Voice/Song/Pattern is set to "Voice") This section indicates the detailed parameters of the selected category for the current Voice or Global settings. This section introduces what parameters belong to each of the Parameter Categories. For details about each parameter, refer to the Owner's Manual of the MOTIF XF. V, G, F indicators Three Indicators showing the Editing Status One or more of the following three indicators are shown at the right top of the window when you edit a parameter. Indicates that the Voice edits are not stored yet as a User Voice or Mixing Voice. 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. [. . . ] Select "Mixing Compare" again to return to the original status. n The status of the MOTIF XF instrument is maintained even if you enable the Mixing Compare mode on the MOTIF XF Editor. MOTIF XF Editor Owner's Manual 49 Menu: [Bulk] menu [Bulk] menu Data Sync Select this menu to call up the Initialize Data Sync window, set the parameters as necessary, then click [Start] to transmit the specified data from/to the MOTIF XF Editor to/from the MOTIF XF instrument. [X] (Close) button Click this to close this window without executing Data Sync. [Transmit]/[Receive] checkboxes Determines whether the MOTIF XF Editor transmits data to the MOTIF XF or receives data from the MOTIF XF. [Transmit] checkbox: When this is checked, clicking [Start] button transmits data from the Editor to the instrument. [Receive] checkbox: When this is checked, clicking [Start] button transmits data from the instrument to the Editor. Data type to be transmitted/received Here, you can set which data type is to be transmitted or received. Clicking the [All] button turns all the data types on while clicking the [Clear] button turns all the data types off. Current Turn this on then click the [Start] button to transmit or receive the Current settings. Global Turn this on then click the [Start] button to transmit or receive the Global settings. Preset (Favorites) Turn this on then click the [Start] button to transmit or receive the Favorites-related settings of the Preset Voice(s). Normal User 1 ­ 4 Turn this on then click the [Start] button to transmit or receive the data of the Normal User Voice Bank 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively. Drum User Turn this on then click the [Start] button to transmit or receive the data of the Drum User Voice Bank. MOTIF XF Editor Owner's Manual 50 Menu: [Help] menu Progress Bar Shows how much of the data has been transmitted. [Start] button After setup is completed, click the [Start] button to actually execute data transmission. [Stop] button This button is available only when data transmission is being executed and allows you to cancel the transmission. [Help] menu Manual Selecting this menu calls up this manual in PDF format. About Selecting this menu calls up information such as the version number of the MOTIF XF Editor. MOTIF XF Editor Owner's Manual 51 Menu: Auto Sync window Auto Sync window This window is used for changing the status of the Editor from "OFFLINE" to "ONLINE. " While editing a parameter on the Editor affects the same parameter on the MOTIF XF instrument and vice versa in the Online status, you can disable the "mirroring" of parameter changes between the devices by switching to Offline status. The Auto Sync window can be called up by clicking "OFFLINE" on the Editor window when the Editor is in the Offline status. The Auto Sync window can also be called up automatically (without clicking "OFFLINE") under the following circumstances: · When opening a file. [. . . ]