Yamaha MO6, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...OWNER S MANUAL MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER EN...

Page 2: ...the unit is operating as designed are not covered by the manufacturer s warranty and are therefore the owners responsibility Please study this manual carefully and consult your dealer before requestin...

Page 3: ...er outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate reorient the antenna If the antenna lead in is 300...

Page 4: ...becomes frayed or damaged or if there is a sudden loss of sound during use of the instrument or if any unusual smells or smoke should appear to be caused by it immediately turn off the power switch di...

Page 5: ...or uncomfortable volume level since this can cause permanent hearing loss If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears consult a physician Saving and backing up your data DRAM data see p...

Page 6: ...own in this owner s manual are for instructional purposes only and may appear somewhat different from those on your instrument This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in w...

Page 7: ...ing you intuitive control over the patterns as you compose or perform Arpeggios can be triggered not only according to the keys you play but also by how strongly you play them for even greater perform...

Page 8: ...operations in full detail Appendix Page 219 This section contains detailed information on the instrument including the Specifications and an Alert Message List Troubleshooting Page 227 If this instrum...

Page 9: ...Song Pattern selection MIXING F3 EFFECT SF1 CONNECT Page 189 Selecting a Master Effect type VOICE UTILITY F3 VOICE SF2 MEF Page 206 PERFORM Performance selection EDIT COMMON F2 OUT MEF SF3 MEF Page 1...

Page 10: ...in the Voice Edit mode Page 53 Creating a Drum Voice in the Voice Edit mode Page 57 Creating a Mixing Voice especially for a Song or Pattern Page 78 Creating a Performance Page 63 Creating a Song Reco...

Page 11: ...Overall Changing the octave setting of the keyboard UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF2 KBD Octave Page 29 Shifting the note up or down on the keyboard UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF2 KBD Transpose Page 29 Shifting the no...

Page 12: ...G or PATTERN UTILITY F3 SEQ SF2 FILTER Page 207 Setting the MIDI transmit channel Setting the MIDI transmit channel of the keyboard in the Voice mode Performance mode UTILITY F5 MIDI SF1 CH KBDTransCh...

Page 13: ...Arpeggio feature 48 Using the Controllers on the MO 50 Editing a Program 53 Editing a Voice 53 Editing a Performance 63 Using the Controllers Advanced Course 69 Controllers supported by the MO 69 Crea...

Page 14: ...C4 SET LOCATE CO ASSIGN A PAN CUTOFF SWING LOW ASSIGN B REVERB RESONANCE GATE TIME LOW MID ASSIGN 1 CHORUS ATTACK VELOCITY HIGH MID ASSIGN 2 TEMPO RELEASE UNIT MULTIPLY HIGH DAW REMOTE PAGE SELECT PAN...

Page 15: ...ANDBY ON C5 C6 COMMON VOICE PERFORM MASTER SONG PATTERN MIXING PRE 1 A PIANO FAVORITES PRE 2 KEYBOARD PRE 3 ORGAN PRE 4 USER 1 BASS USER 2 STRINGS GM BRASS DAW REMOTE CATEGORY SEARCH TRACK SELECT DRUM...

Page 16: ...section of the instrument provides Insertion effects three sets with two effect units per set System effects Reverb and Chorus and Master effects The effects can be applied to the keyboard played voi...

Page 17: ...Performance Group When the CATEGORY SEARCH button is turned on these buttons can be used to select the desired category printed below each button When the SECTION button is turned on in the Pattern mo...

Page 18: ...via USB The USB TO DEVICE connector is used to connect this instrument to a USB storage device hard disk drive CD ROM drive MO drive flash disk etc via the USB cable This lets you save the data creat...

Page 19: ...d R jacks Page 20 Line level audio signals are output via these phone jacks For monophonic output use just the L MONO jack 9 PHONES jack Page 20 For connection to a pair of stereo headphones DIGITAL O...

Page 20: ...s electrical shock hazard Connect the adapter to an AC outlet of the specified voltage Even when the STANDBY ON switch is in the STANDBY position a small amount of electricity is still flowing to the...

Page 21: ...way to the minimum Then turn on the every device in your setup in the order of MIDI masters controllers MIDI slaves receivers then audio equipment mixers amplifiers speakers etc When powering down th...

Page 22: ...ondition you can play the keyboard and hear the sounds of the selected program When the instrument is turned on the The Core program is automatically called up Notice the indication Performance USR1 0...

Page 23: ...eptionally rich and more complex than Voices Note also how many Performances use automatic rhythms and Arpeggios along with keyboard split sounds to let you sound like an entire band all by yourself H...

Page 24: ...Voices Performance mode PERFORM button In the Performance mode you can play several Voices together in a layer or play different Voices from separate ranges of the keyboard You can also trigger automa...

Page 25: ...ed when you call up the appropriate Master The Master mode can also be used to divide the keyboard into four sections each with its own Voice just as if you were playing four different MIDI keyboards...

Page 26: ...ation returns to the original display For Factory Set operations that take longer to process you will see the message Executing or Please Keep Power On during processing Do not switch the power off wh...

Page 27: ...to the overall operation of the instrument Term Description Page Voice Musical instrument voices 40 Performance A program in which multiple Voices are combined in a layer 44 Song Music data consistin...

Page 28: ...nerator parameters in detail SONG MIXING EDIT Song Mixing Job mode Initializing a Song Mixing etc SONG MIXING JOB Song Mixing Store mode Storing a Song Mixing internal memory SONG MIXING STORE Pattern...

Page 29: ...ENERAL SF2 KBD Octave This setting is available in all modes Transpose setting of the keyboard You can set the amount in semitones by which the range of the keyboard is shifted up or down as well as t...

Page 30: ...wise the data will be lost Includes the Mixing settings pages 137 138 Song Mixing Pattern Mixing can be stored as Song Pattern data and as a Mixing Template which are not associated with a specific So...

Page 31: ...ata such as in the Save Load and Delete operations in the File mode do NOT unplug the USB cable do NOT remove the media from the device and do NOT turn the power off to either device Doing so may corr...

Page 32: ...another instrument with the MO For example you can load Standard MIDI files to the instrument as Song Pattern data or import files created on the MOTIF ES TIP MO MO Saving created data to the USB stor...

Page 33: ...ub functions for these buttons Selecting a Program In order to play the MO you ll need to call up one of its programs i e a Voice Performance Song Pattern or Master These programs can be selected in e...

Page 34: ...2 G 6 007 A 7 039 C 7 071 E 7 103 G 7 008 A 8 040 C 8 072 E 8 104 G 8 009 A 9 041 C 9 073 E 9 105 G 9 010 A 10 042 C 10 074 E 10 106 G 10 011 A 11 043 C 11 075 E 11 107 G 11 012 A 12 044 C 12 076 E 12...

Page 35: ...orner indicating that you can call up the Note Type selection window by pressing the INFORMATION button You can specify the note type by pressing the F1 F6 buttons and the SF1 SF5 buttons After select...

Page 36: ...current program has been modified but not yet stored If you wish to store your sound obtained by edit operation be sure to store the current program to internal User memory in the Store mode before s...

Page 37: ...sing the INFORMATION button For example when the Voice mode is active you can quickly check information about which voice bank is selected what Play mode poly or mono is being used which effects are a...

Page 38: ...buttons and selecting a character by using the data dial INC YES button and DEC NO button Data types that can be named How to call up the naming display Page Voice VOICE EDIT F1 GENERAL SF1 NAME 153 P...

Page 39: ...E DEC NO INC YES DEC NO INC YES INFORMATION INFORMATION INFORMATION When the cursor is located at the Name this LIST icon appears and you can call up the Character List display by holding the INFORMAT...

Page 40: ...only and the contents for example the Voice name here may differ slightly from those on your instrument Playing the MO 1 Press the VOICE button to enter the Voice Play mode PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4 USE...

Page 41: ...ns recommended Voices copied from the Preset Banks If a Voice in a User Bank User Voice is overwritten or replaced that User Voice will be lost When you save an edited Voice be careful not to overwrit...

Page 42: ...S and DEC NO buttons or the data dial to select the Category n Some Voices such as User Voices may not be registered to any Category You can search for these Voices by setting the Category to Step thr...

Page 43: ...ust a couple of button presses Press the TRACK SELECT button the lamp lights then press the appropriate Number button 1 16 The transmit channel setting is shown at the top right of the display n You c...

Page 44: ...ained below n Keep in mind that the example displays shown in this manual are for instruction purposes only and the contents for example the Performance name here may differ slightly from those on you...

Page 45: ...e Play mode you can change the MIDI transmit channel for the keyboard Press the TRACK SELECT button the lamp lights then press the appropriate Number button 1 16 The transmit channel setting is shown...

Page 46: ...as the default Playing several Voices together Layer This calls up a list indicating which Voice is assigned to each Part of the current Performance Since the current Performance has been initialized...

Page 47: ...t the Store operation see page 66 n If you are editing a program and you select a different program without storing your edited one all the edits you ve made will be erased In the section above you le...

Page 48: ...ed back for each Part in the Performance Song or Pattern mode Selecting some programs Voices Performances Songs Patterns automatically turns this lamp on The particular rhythm pattern or phrase that p...

Page 49: ...ting you can have the Arpeggio playback data transmitted as MIDI data This is done by setting the following switch parameters to on Voice Arpeggio Performance Arpeggio Song Pattern Arpeggio TIP Voice...

Page 50: ...than Pitch Bend can be assigned to the Pitch Bend Wheel in the CTL SET display VOICE EDIT COMMON F4 CTL SET These assignment settings can be stored as a User Voice in the Voice Store mode Even if a di...

Page 51: ...an stereo position of the Voice Performance Reverb Send Level Chorus Send Level Tempo of the Song Pattern Arpeggio playback When pressing the TONE button TONE button Filter Cutoff Frequency degree of...

Page 52: ...each slider Control slider 1 Control slider 2 Control slider 3 Control slider 4 Voice mode When a Normal Voice is selected Element 1 Volume Element 2 Volume Element 3 Volume Element 4 Volume When a D...

Page 53: ...at same time or programming them to switch depending on how strongly the keyboard is played helps to create a much more powerful and realistic piano sound n A Drum Voice is made up of different Keys o...

Page 54: ...rpeggio type and playback tempo These can be edited in the Common Edit display Enter a name for the Voice from the NAME display COMMON F1 GENERAL SF1 NAME For detailed instructions on naming a Voice r...

Page 55: ...riate number button 9 12 3 To exit from the Solo function press the MUTE button again TIP TIP TRACK SELECT SOLO MUTE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE DRUM PERCUSSION SYN P...

Page 56: ...CE Boosts or attenuates the level at the area around the Filter cutoff frequency VOICE Voice selection F5 EG RESO Page 152 ATTACK Determines the attack time of the sound For example you can adjust a s...

Page 57: ...the Voice mode then select a Drum Voice to be edited 2 Press the EDIT button to enter the Voice Edit mode 3 Call up the Common Edit display or Key Edit display Key 1 Key 5 Key 10 Key 18 Key 21 Key 73...

Page 58: ...WAVE display 3 Press the key to which you want to assign a sound The drum instrument currently assigned to the pressed key will sound 4 Select the desired Waveform to be assigned Move the cursor to N...

Page 59: ...to Hi Hat Close and set it to the same Alternate Group 1 as in step 3 5 Confirm whether the Alternate Group has been set properly Immediately after pressing the Hi Hat Open key press the Hi Hat Close...

Page 60: ...ing a Normal Voice UDR when storing a Drum Voice and the desired Voice number by using the data dial INC YES and DEC NO button When you execute the Store operation the settings for the destination mem...

Page 61: ...8 For information on how to select a folder see page 213 For information on how to create delete a folder and change the folder name see page 211 If you are about to overwrite an existing file the dis...

Page 62: ...re to follow these precautions Do not remove or eject the media from the USB storage device Do not unplug or disconnect the USB storage device Do not turn off the power of the instrument or the releva...

Page 63: ...nce Edit mode 3 Call up the Common Edit display or Part Edit display PRE 1 A PIANO FAVORITES PRE 2 KEYBOARD PRE 3 ORGAN PRE 4 DRUM KITS GUITAR PLUCKED A B C D 1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE...

Page 64: ...f each Part s Voice edited in the Voice Edit mode Arpeggio related parameters Pages 145 173 For each Performance you can set the Arpeggio related parameters such as Arpeggio type and playback tempo Th...

Page 65: ...CUTOF Page 171 RESONANCE Boosts or attenuates the level at the area around the Filter cutoff frequency PERFORM Performance selection F5 EG RESO Page 171 ATTACK Determines the attack time of the sound...

Page 66: ...tion After the Performance has been stored a Completed message appears and operation returns to the Performance Play display Never attempt to turn off the power while an Executing or Please keep power...

Page 67: ...only a specific Performance set Type to Performance When Type file type is set to All and the Load operation is executed all data that can be created on the instrument will be loaded This means that a...

Page 68: ...w these precautions Do not remove or eject the media from the USB storage device Do not unplug or disconnect the USB storage device Do not turn off the power of the instrument or the relevant devices...

Page 69: ...is suited for switch type on off controls such as sustain Portamento Switch increment decrement of a Voice or Performance Number starting stopping the Sequencer and holding the Arpeggio on or off Foo...

Page 70: ...e Control List in the separate Data List booklet 4 Depth Determines the amount by which the parameter selected in Destination can be controlled For negative values the controller operation is reversed...

Page 71: ...ng of ASSIGN A and B may result in changes to the data of stored User Voices Performances Songs Patterns 1 ASSIGN A ASSIGN B Determines the Control Change numbers generated when controlling the ASSIGN...

Page 72: ...sages as set here are received from an external device the internal tone generator also responds to those messages as if the controller on the MO itself was used Controller Generated MIDI message Disp...

Page 73: ...ode then recording a melody in the Song mode Once you see how it s done you can use the same method to create your own music with Patterns and Songs Playing the Demo Songs Patterns The Song and Patter...

Page 74: ...C NO buttons Next let s play a Demo Pattern 2 Set the LoadType to All 3 Press the ENTER button to load the Demo data 01 Dub nBass Song track number and track mute solo status Track data status Indicat...

Page 75: ...a track The corresponding track is set to mute its lamp goes off and produces no sound When pressing the same number button again the track mute is canceled its lamp lights To turn Mute off press the...

Page 76: ...igned the Voice to each track Select the Empty Pattern Press the TRACK SELECT button so that its lamp lights and select a track Part by pressing the one of the Number buttons 1 to 16 You can now play...

Page 77: ...settings each designed for a different music category or genre have been programmed and stored as convenient Mixing Templates Each Mixing Template includes the Voices effects pan and other settings su...

Page 78: ...ank to USER1 or USER2 5 3 Press the ENTER button to execute the Store operation The created Song and Pattern data resides temporarily in DRAM page 150 Because data contained in DRAM is lost when the p...

Page 79: ...E Select a track Indicates the category of the preset Phrases Indicates the Phrase number Select a Preset Phrase Play the Pattern to confirm the assigned Phrase User Phrases In addition to the Preset...

Page 80: ...page 82 Loop This function plays back the Pattern repeatedly in a loop If Type is set to overdub and Loop to on you can add separate notes or parts in order For example you could record the parts of a...

Page 81: ...the user phrase for the guitar part in step 8 Select the phrase number of Part 3 and set it to the same phrase number of the bass phrase of Part 2 Adjust the octave and velocity of the guitar phrase...

Page 82: ...lay button to hear your newly recorded Pattern Copying a User Phrase from another Pattern to the current Pattern The User Phrases that can be assigned with the Patch function are limited to the ones c...

Page 83: ...Stop button to stop the recording CAUTION Rehearsing parts before recording To temporarily disengage the record mode and enter the Rehearsal mode simply press the REC button during realtime recording...

Page 84: ...anged for Section D as well 3 Select a track then adjust the Groove settings Using the Groove settings to change the Pattern data Grid Groove is a playback only feature that processes the recorded dat...

Page 85: ...po while the Chain is playing When the recording track is set to scene press the MUTE button the lamp lights and use the Number buttons 1 16 to turn each track on off as desired during recording 1 In...

Page 86: ...ern Chain 4 Press the EXIT button to return to the Pattern Chain Play display then press the F Play button to hear the edited Pattern Chain 5 Save the created Pattern data to a USB storage device page...

Page 87: ...in DRAM to a USB storage device before turning off the power Creating a Song with Pattern Chain You can easily create the backing parts for your performance and or singing by combining the Patterns y...

Page 88: ...rding ends at this point and normal playback of the recording track starts Press the SF1 COPY LOC to assign the measure numbers registered to the Locations Loc1 and Loc2 to the Punch In and Punch Out...

Page 89: ...istering a Song Scene and Arpeggio type simultaneously to the SF1 SF5 buttons Song Scenes and Arpeggio types can both be registered to the SF1 SF5 buttons when the ARP1 ARP5 menu items are shown at th...

Page 90: ...l change messages The Song Job mode on the other hand provides a comprehensive variety of tools you can use to transform the recorded data such as cleaning up the timing Quantize transposing changing...

Page 91: ...ited use the Solo function page 75 Transforming the recorded data and other operations Song Job mode The Song Job mode has a wide variety of operations for changing and working with Song data Virtuall...

Page 92: ...or when the Song is stopped Two Locations can be assigned Assigning Locations Select the desired measure in the recorded Song for the Location Highlight MEAS and use the INC YES and DEC NO buttons or...

Page 93: ...to the most recent operation Job Edit Record etc n The Undo Redo Job is available also in the Pattern Job mode Editing Mixing parameters to complete a Song in the Mixing mode Mixing Edit mode In this...

Page 94: ...e Common Edit display and the Element Edit display as shown below Indicates a Common Edit display Calling up the Part Edit display Press the desired Part number from the PART 1 16 buttons to call up t...

Page 95: ...002 003 004 and so on In addition the following parameters can be set in the Song Chain 3 Play the Song Chain Move the cursor to the top of the Song Chain display and press the F Play button to start...

Page 96: ...RevSend Page 191 CHORUS SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection MIXING EDIT Part selection F2 OUTPUT SF2 EF SEND ChoSend Page 191 TEMPO Tempo of the current Song Pattern Page 74 CUTOFF SONG or PATTERN...

Page 97: ...PAN Volume Normal The Arpeggio is played back using only the played note and its octave notes Fixed Playing any note s will trigger the same MIDI sequence data OrgNotes Original Notes Basically same...

Page 98: ...Song Pattern The created Song Pattern data resides on DRAM page 150 Because data contained in DRAM is lost when the power is turned off you should always save any data residing in DRAM to a USB storag...

Page 99: ...e type by using the data dial INC YES and DEC NO button You can select one of the following four file types to save the Song or Pattern data Here select All because various kinds of data have been cre...

Page 100: ...ese precautions Do not remove or eject the media from the USB storage device Do not unplug or disconnect the USB storage device Do not turn off the power of the instrument or the relevant devices n Wh...

Page 101: ...age device Do not turn off the power of the instrument or the relevant devices 3 Select a file type to be loaded All All data in a file that is saved to the USB storage device as an All type can be lo...

Page 102: ...e them together in a single folder or in the root directory 2 Enter the Utility mode and call up the Auto Load display UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF4 OTHER 3 Set Auto Load to on and press the SF5 GET button 4...

Page 103: ...o image use a pair of powered speakers Connect the powered speakers to the OUTPUT L MONO and R jacks on the rear panel n When using just one powered speaker connect it to the OUTPUT L MONO jack on the...

Page 104: ...nnel of the MO For details on setting the MIDI Transmit Channel of the external MIDI instrument refer to the Owner s Manual of the MIDI instrument For details on setting the MIDI Receive Channel of th...

Page 105: ...the MIDI Transmit Channel for each track of the current Song Pattern with the following operation Change this setting as necessary Alternately you can set the output destination Internal or external M...

Page 106: ...ng the MIDI Sync to MTC in the Utility mode with the following operation n MTC and MMC are available only in the Song mode Synchronizing the MO to the MTC signal from an external MTR After receiving t...

Page 107: ...However audio data cannot be transmitted or received via USB on the MO When using a USB connection make sure to set the following parameter to USB n USB cables have different connectors on each end th...

Page 108: ...sleep standby of the computer Before turning on the power to the instrument connect the computer to the USB TO HOST connector Execute the following before turning the power to the instrument on off or...

Page 109: ...e MO actually receives and responds to MIDI data from the computer application sequencer regardless of the Local Control setting on the MO MIDI Echo is a function on sequencers that takes any data rec...

Page 110: ...rmal startup the next time the power is turned on as well as resulting in the loss of all user data Using the sounds of the MO for song playback from a sequencer Set the MIDI port and MIDI channel set...

Page 111: ...when you play back tracks on the sequencer the Part whose Receive Channel is same as the sequencer track s Transmit Channel is played If two or more Parts have the same MIDI receive channel value tho...

Page 112: ...rsion information of each program and its system requirements at the website above n You will need the Studio Manager software Version 2 to start each Editor Make sure to download Studio Manager toget...

Page 113: ...controlling the Multi Part Editor select general In this case the parameter is set to off because the Multi Part Editor is not used n The general setting is for remote control of the Yamaha software T...

Page 114: ...he Inputs and add YAMAHA USB OUT 0 4 to the Outputs 3 Pull down the Options menu and select Control Surfaces to call up the Control Surface window 4 Click the button select Mackie Control then set the...

Page 115: ...as those of the M2 M3 and M4 buttons on the Mackie Control When the Mode is set to D Perf These buttons perform the same functions as those of the OPTION CONTROL and COMMAND buttons on the Mackie Con...

Page 116: ...rack part selected by the cursor The Knobs can also be used but these help you make fine adjustments to the value that are difficult to make with the Knobs When the menu does not appear at the SF4 but...

Page 117: ...off or on mutes unmutes the signal SHIFT ON of each channel in the normal status Turns all the channels with the exception of the Master Channel off or on mutes unmutes the signal ON with the SOLO lam...

Page 118: ...ble when the AUX BUS window is active Knobs 1 8 tweaking Edits the Effect Send Level SHIFT Knobs 1 8 pressing Resets the edited parameter to the default value Button Controller names on 01X Functions...

Page 119: ...UG IN Return to the PLUG IN mode INSTRUMENT mode INSTRUMENT Multi Channel View INSTRUMENT INSTRUMENT Track Parameter View Knobs 1 8 tweaking pressing Turn the knob to select the desired instrument for...

Page 120: ...NNEL L CHANNEL R BANK L BANK R M1 EDIT NAME VALUE DIAL RESET KN1 4 5 8 OK ENTER NEW AUDIO NEW MIDI FIT TRACK FIT PROJECT M1 CANCEL NEXT WINDOW CLOSE WINDOW KN1 4 5 8 TRACK SAVE UNDO REDO BANK L BANK R...

Page 121: ...rs DYN Knobs 1 8 pressing Resets the edited parameter to the default value center FLIP Switches the functions of the Channel Knobs and the Faders PAN in the PAN mode Turns the Meter on or off ASSIGNME...

Page 122: ...ounds of connected MIDI devices all from the MO keyboard by assigning each zone to a different MIDI channel Moreover you can use the Control sliders to tweak the sound of each as desired Selecting a M...

Page 123: ...e selecting another Master Playing as a master keyboard In the Master mode you can divide the keyboard into up to four independent areas called Zones Each Zone can have different MIDI channel assignme...

Page 124: ...ited Master 8 Store the edited Master to internal User memory Determines the mode that is called up when the Master number is selected Set the Zone Switch to on Determines the program number that is c...

Page 125: ...For each Zone set whether or not MIDI data is transmitted to each Part of the internal tone generator MASTER EDIT Zone selection F1 TRANS TGSwitch Determine the note range of each zone MASTER EDIT Zon...

Page 126: ...been set to 11 Expression In this way you can control the stereo position of each Zone with the appropriate Knob and use the Sliders to adjust the relative volume balance among the Zones ASSIGN A PAN...

Page 127: ...ton to call up the Initialize display 3 Uncheckmark the box of All by using the DEC NO button and checkmark the box of Zone 4 Set the Type to Split or Layer When Type is set to Split Set the UpperCh M...

Page 128: ...ynthesizer s tone generator block produces the sound according to the MIDI messages transmitted from the keyboard and controllers Controllers supported by the MO The controllers you can use on this sy...

Page 129: ...s unique to each Element Key and parameters common to all the Elements Keys in the Voice mode page 151 or in the Mixing Voice mode page 203 Performance A program in which multiple Voices parts are com...

Page 130: ...ng guitar Part can be played with just a single Voice using specific velocity values to play the desired sounds n The Keyboard Mega Voice names are indicated as Mega in the display VOICE PATTERN MIXIN...

Page 131: ...ng 1 16 Parts Pattern 1 16 Parts Song 64 16 Parts Template 1 2 32 Pattern 64 16 Parts PRE 1 A PIANO PRE 1 A PIANO PRE 2 KEYBOARD PRE 3 ORGAN USER 1 BASS USER 1 BASS USER 1 BASS USER 2 STRINGS USER 2 S...

Page 132: ...case of the Normal Voice you can set the note range for Element the range of notes on the keyboard over which the Element will sound as well as the velocity response the range of note velocities withi...

Page 133: ...esonance parameter to add further character to the sound Band Pass Filter This passes only those a band of signals around the Cutoff frequency The width of this band can be varied Band Elimination Fil...

Page 134: ...Performance modes use the following operation in the Utility mode UTILITY F5 MIDI SF1 CH BasicRcvCh Multi timbral Tone Generator Song Pattern mode A MIDI tone generator that simultaneously receives o...

Page 135: ...using an external MIDI sequencer or computer to play the instrument make sure to use the Song or Pattern mode n To set the MIDI receive channel for single timbre operation Voice and Performance modes...

Page 136: ...once Pattern playback starts it continues until you press the Stop button This synthesizer features a variety of preset Phrase data that is used as the basic material in making up Patterns Song data...

Page 137: ...llows you to create one Song Chain data Pattern data structure The following illustration shows the track structure of a Pattern Patterns are created by recording MIDI sequence data to individual trac...

Page 138: ...AIN EDIT display The created Pattern Chain can be played back when calling up the PATTERN F6 CHAIN display You can also use them when creating Songs based on a certain Pattern since the created Patter...

Page 139: ...nly be used with Realtime recording Punch In Out Song You can use this method when you want to re record only over a specific area of the track You ll need to set the start and end points before re re...

Page 140: ...A B Insertion effects can be applied individually to each part Insertion effects are mainly used to directly process a single part The depth of the effect is adjusted by setting the dry wet balance Si...

Page 141: ...ecified Frequency setting n In addition to the individual gain controls there is also an overall level parameter that attenuates boosts the entire frequency range Part EQ This 3 band EQ is applied to...

Page 142: ...pe Determines the effect type for Insertion A or B Ins EF Connect Insertion Effect Connect Determines the effect routing for Insertion effects A and B The setting changes are shown on the diagram in t...

Page 143: ...e Return level and pan position setting for the Chorus Reverb effect Settings 0 127 L63 far left C center R63 far right Chorus to Reverb Determines the Send level of the signal sent from the Chorus Ef...

Page 144: ...Reverb Pan Determines the Return level and pan position setting for the Chorus Reverb effect Settings 0 127 L63 far left C center R63 far right Chorus to Reverb Determines the Send level of the signa...

Page 145: ...other keyboard voices such as electric piano and clav Orgn Organ Various arpeggio types suited for organ voices GtPl Guitar Plucked Various arpeggio types suited for guitar and harp voices GtKM Guitar...

Page 146: ...e arpeggio types are programmed primarily with Control Change and Pitch Bend data They are used to change the tone or pitch of the sound rather than play specific notes In fact some types contain no n...

Page 147: ...age 151 MIDI output parameters for Arpeggio playback for all the Voices VOICE UTILITY F3 VOICE SF3 ARP CH Page 206 Arpeggio type parameters called up when selecting a Performance including MIDI output...

Page 148: ...ed by loading them in the File mode Bulk Dump This function lets you save the data in the Edit buffer DRAM or Flash ROM by transmitting it as Bulk data system exclusive message to an external MIDI ins...

Page 149: ...Editor Multi Part Editor MIDI instrument or computer USB storage device 4 3 3 2 Excluding Master and Utility settings Recall Buffer Compare Buffer DRAM Voice Preset Phrase Pattern Preset Arpeggio Demo...

Page 150: ...is lost when the power is turned off Because of this you should always store any data residing in DRAM to the USB storage device before turning off the power Edit Buffer and User Memory The edit buff...

Page 151: ...ASSIGN 1 and ASSIGN 2 when the lamps of both the PAN SEND and TONE buttons are turned on The functions are assigned by setting the Voice Edit common parameters with the following operation VOICE EDIT...

Page 152: ...I SF3 SYNC MIDI Sync is set to MIDI MIDI is displayed here and cannot be set Settings 1 300 VelLimit Velocity Limit Determines the lowest and highest velocity which can trigger the Arpeggio playback T...

Page 153: ...ally this should be set to 00 Equal temperament however additional tuning systems are available for a variety of tuning applications and effects Settings See the Micro Tuning List on page 169 M Tuning...

Page 154: ...ing Change Timing Determines the actual timing at which the Arpeggio type is switched when you select another type during Arpeggio playback Settings realtime measure realtime The Arpeggio type is swit...

Page 155: ...locityRate Determines how much the Velocity of the Arpeggio playback is offset from the original value For example a setting of 100 means the original values are used Settings below 100 will reduce th...

Page 156: ...the beat n The actual length of the note depends on the internal or external MIDI tempo setting KeyOnReset Determines whether or not the LFO is reset each time a note is pressed The following three se...

Page 157: ...Depth Settings 0 127 DptRatio EL1 EL4 Depth Offset Element 1 Element 4 Determines the offset values of the Depth parameter above for the respective Elements Settings 0 127 SF5 USER This menu is availa...

Page 158: ...the beat 4th x 5 quarter note quintuplets five quarter notes to the beat 4th x 6 quarter note sextuplets six quarter notes to the beat 4th x 7 quarter note septuplets seven quarter notes to the beat...

Page 159: ...y curves graphically indicated in the display that determine how velocity affects the Pitch EG Depth Settings EGDepth 64 0 63 Settings Curve 0 4 Pitch Determines the velocity sensitivity of the Pitch...

Page 160: ...t is used to adjust the Width of the band Resonance is used to set the amount of Resonance harmonic emphasis applied to the signal at the cutoff frequency This can be used in combination with the cuto...

Page 161: ...will lower the Cutoff frequency for lower notes and raise it for higher notes A negative setting will have the opposite effect Settings 200 0 200 FCenterKey This indicates that the central note for C...

Page 162: ...G Level For positive settings the more strongly you play the keyboard the more the volume changes Negative settings do the opposite the more softly you play the more the volume changes The Curve param...

Page 163: ...s by applying it to the pitch filter and amplitude parameters Wave Determines the LFO waveform used to vary the sound Settings saw tri squ Speed Determines the speed of the LFO waveform The higher the...

Page 164: ...lizer which combines separate high and low frequency bands P EQ Parametric EQ The Parametric EQ is used to attenuate or boost signal levels gain around the Frequency This type features 32 different Q...

Page 165: ...age 155 Please note that the Element Switch parameter is not available in Drum Voice Common Edit F6 EFFECT Same as in Normal Voice Common Edit See page 158 The only difference here is that KEY OUT app...

Page 166: ...ps can be defined You can also select off here if you wish to allow the simultaneous playback of sounds Settings off 1 127 n This parameter is only available if the Type parameter F1 OSC SF1 WAVE disp...

Page 167: ...63 n This parameter is available when the Type is set to pre wav in the F1 OSC SF1 WAVE display RandomPan Determines the amount by which the sound of the selected Drum key is panned randomly left and...

Page 168: ...ed one all the edits you ve made will be erased If this happens you can use Edit Recall to restore the Voice with your latest edits intact F3 COPY From this display you can copy Common and Element Dru...

Page 169: ...y key with identical pitch relationships However none of the intervals are perfectly in tune 01 PureMaj Pure major C B This tuning is designed so that most of the intervals especially the major third...

Page 170: ...allow wider bandwidth settings BPF6 6dB oct Band Pass Filter BEF12 12dB oct Band Elimination Filter BEF6 6dB oct Band Elimination Filter Dual LPF Dual Low Pass Filter Two 12dB oct low pass filters co...

Page 171: ...blank SF4 LIMIT L Note Limit Low This sets the lowest note of the range over which the voice of the selected part sounds Simultaneously hold down this button and press the desired key on the keyboard...

Page 172: ...s of each Part RevSend Reverb send Determines the Send level of the signal sent from Insertion Effect A B or the bypassed signal to the Reverb effect When the PAN SEND button is turned on you can also...

Page 173: ...Change messages over the Control Change number determined in this parameter RB Ribbon Controller The MO does not have a Ribbon Controller However the MO responds as if a Ribbon Controller was used wh...

Page 174: ...within which each Part will respond Each Part will only sound for notes played within its specified velocity range Settings 1 127 n If you specify the maximum value first and the minimum value second...

Page 175: ...CT Output Select InsEF Insertion Effect Determines whether the Insertion effects are applied to the output signal from the rear panel or not Settings on off F3 EQ Equalizer From this display you can a...

Page 176: ...ime Determines each parameter of the AEG for each Part For details about AEG see page 134 Settings 64 0 63 n The Sustain and Release parameters are not available for the Drum Voice Parts Decay Decay T...

Page 177: ...n use Edit Recall to restore the Performance with your latest edits intact F3 COPY You can copy Part parameter settings from any Performance to a particular Part of the Performance you are editing Thi...

Page 178: ...y according to the Song playback You can input the desired measure number directly by using the Number Input window called up via the INFORMATION button SF1 ARP1 Arpeggio 1 SF5 ARP5 Arpeggio 5 You can...

Page 179: ...rom the next chain number by pressing the F Play button end Indicates the end mark of the Song chain data Song Record mode SONG Song selection REC F1 SETUP Type Recording Type Determines the recording...

Page 180: ...owest and highest velocity which can trigger the Arpeggio playback The Arpeggio plays when you play notes at velocities within this range Settings 1 127 Hold Determines whether the Arpeggio playback i...

Page 181: ...ered This determines to what position the pointer will advance after a note has been entered Settings 0001 0059 32nd note 16th note triplet 16th note 8th note triplet 8th note 1 4 note triplet 1 4 not...

Page 182: ...strongly the selected note sounds Settings 1 127 PitchBend These are the events that define continuous changes in pitch and these events are generated by Pitch Bend Wheel operation FDATA Determines th...

Page 183: ...nge events is handled as one in this display For a complete list of the available RPN and NRPN numbers and their corresponding controls refer to the MIDI Data Format in the separate Data List booklet...

Page 184: ...e 1 to 127 When set to off the Set All parameter has no effect When set to a value other than off the Rate and Offset parameters are unavailable and appear as on the display Settings off 0 001 127 Rat...

Page 185: ...ired key Settings C 2 G8 StartVelo Starting Velocity EndVelo Ending Velocity Determines the velocity of the notes in the roll Both the starting and ending velocity values can be specified making it ea...

Page 186: ...vents Settings When TR is set to 01 16 Note Note events PC Program Change PB Pitch Bend CC Control Change CAT Channel Aftertouch PAT Polyphonic Aftertouch EXC System Exclusive All all events When TR i...

Page 187: ...alue other than off the Rate and Offset parameters are unavailable and appear as on the display Settings off 000 127 8192 8191 for pitch bend 0 1 300 0 for tempo Rate Determines the percentage by whic...

Page 188: ...e up the data in track A letting you record new data to it Target tracks for the Mix operation Settings 01 16 04 Clear Track This Job deletes all data of the selected type from the selected track or f...

Page 189: ...03 Clear Song This Job deletes all data from the selected Song or all Songs including the Mixing Voices 04 Song Name This Job lets you assign a name to the selected Song See Basic Operation on page 38...

Page 190: ...arameters are both set to ON the same Receive Channel is assigned to the Parts 2 When Note Limit settings for the Parts are different and Part Switch is set to ON for the Parts Parts whose ArpSwitch p...

Page 191: ...y ReceiveCh Receive Channel Determines the MIDI receive channel for the selected Part Since MIDI data may be coming from many channels at once you should set this to match the particular channel over...

Page 192: ...Initialize This function lets you reset initialize all Song Mixing parameters to their default settings It also allows you to selectively initialize certain parameters such as Common settings settings...

Page 193: ...to on and the data after the loop end is deleted If you want to restore the deleted data and return the selected track to off press the SF5 UNDO button The Undo function can only be used on the last T...

Page 194: ...play settings unchanged for the remaining notes in the measure and press release each key one by one as shown below 4 Follow the instructions below to enter the next dotted half note 5 Enter the last...

Page 195: ...ve the pointer to the top beginning of the song and press the F Play button to hear the note data you just recorded in steps 1 7 Press and release F 1 Change this to an eighth note 240 since we ll be...

Page 196: ...ggio types to these buttons and call them up any time during your keyboard performance F2 GROOVE Grid Groove Same as in the Song Play mode See page 178 F3 TRACK SF1 CHANNEL Same as in the Song Play mo...

Page 197: ...tion chain sequence created in the Pattern Record mode and Pattern Edit mode The parameters are the same as in the F1 PLAY display Pattern Chain Record mode PATTERN F6 REC Recording Standby mode You c...

Page 198: ...track are not available for Patterns Meas Measure Determines the measure from which Pattern recording will be started F2 VOICE From this display you can set Voice related parameters for the selected t...

Page 199: ...b mode See page 185 06 Glide Same as in the Song Job mode See page 185 07 Create Roll Same as in the Song Job mode See page 185 08 Sort Chord Same as in the Song Job mode See page 185 09 Separate Chor...

Page 200: ...Job copies a selected user phrase into a specified area of a selected song After specifying the source phrase and destination Song track top measure press the ENTER button to execute this Job The Job...

Page 201: ...ase will be not created Chain When this box is checkmarked Pattern chain data if included in the source Pattern is copied to the destination Pattern 02 Append Pattern Appends one Pattern to the end of...

Page 202: ...for the tone generator as it is played back by the Pattern data As such the Pattern Mixing parameter settings are not recorded to the pattern tracks Mixing operations and parameters are the same as th...

Page 203: ...rn Mixing Part Edit mode are not available in the Mixing Voice Edit mode These parameters are for editing the individual Elements that make up a Normal Voice Mixing Voice Edit mode SONG or PATTERN MIX...

Page 204: ...you ve made will be erased Edits are also erased if the current part to which the edited Mixing Voice is assigned receives a program change from an external MIDI instrument If this happens you can us...

Page 205: ...e MIDI messages generated by playing the keyboard Octave Determines the amount in octaves by which the range of the keyboard is shifted up or down This setting can be changed also by pressing any of t...

Page 206: ...display you can apply five band equalization to all Voices raising or lowering the level of each frequency band LOW LOWMID MID HIGHMID HIGH The parameters are the same as in the Performance Common Ed...

Page 207: ...th the new Pattern when Patterns are switched Settings on off n The tempo setting data in the Pattern Chain is not affected by this parameter SongEventChase Event Chase allows you to specify which non...

Page 208: ...he ASSIGN A knob The second Destination Dest determines what parameter or aspect of the sound is affected by the knob Keep in mind that if the same MIDI Control Change messages as set here are receive...

Page 209: ...timbre tone generator mode Voice Performance modes Settings 1 16 off n In the multi timbral tone generator mode Song and Pattern modes MIDI data generated by playing the keyboard and its controllers...

Page 210: ...it MTC A device such as the Yamaha AW2400 is necessary in order to use this synthesizer as an MTC master n MMC MIDI Machine Control allows remote control of multitrack recorders MIDI sequencers etc A...

Page 211: ...Settings all partition1 4 Volume Label Names the Volume Label For instructions on naming refer to page 38 in the Basic Operation section F2 SAVE This operation lets you save files to a USB storage dev...

Page 212: ...he panel is used to call up the contents of the selected folder SF2 SETNAME Copies the file folder name selected in the File Folder selection box into the File name column F6 NEW Creates a new folder...

Page 213: ...USB storage device all the previously recorded data will be deleted 1 Connect a USB storage device to the USB TO DEVICE connector If necessary insert the proper media into the slot of the USB storage...

Page 214: ...MO6 MO8 Voice Editor page 112 on your computer TYPE File extension Description All M7A Files of the All type saved to USB storage device can be loaded and restored to the instrument When the box at th...

Page 215: ...GN 1 and ASSIGN 2 when the lamps of both the PAN SEND and TONE buttons are turned on The functions assigned to these knobs depend on the setting of the Voice selected as a Master program SF1 ARP1 Arpe...

Page 216: ...partEQ is available MEF Selecting the Master lights the ARP FX and EQ lamps for control over the Master Effects row arpFx Selecting the Master lights the ARP FX lamp for control over the Arpeggio FX...

Page 217: ...d external tone generator Slider Determines whether or not to transmit MIDI messages generated by using the Sliders to the internal and external tone generator FC1 Foot Controller1 Determines whether...

Page 218: ...r Types for Initializing All Common Zone F4 BULK Bulk Dump This function lets you send all your edited parameter settings for the currently selected Master to a computer or another MIDI device for dat...

Page 219: ...0 Performance mode Bank Indicates the MSB LSB page 224 of the currently selected Performance bank Ins Insertion Indicates the Part number to which the Insertion effect is applied Rev Reverb Cho Chorus...

Page 220: ...ied in the Auto Load function Quick Setup Indicates the parameter values settings before and after the Quick Setup function is used For details on Quick Setup see page 208 File mode USB Free Indicates...

Page 221: ...the Pattern mode Select the phrase again Illegal track number An invalid track number has been specified in the Song Pattern mode Select the track again Incompatible USB device A USB device which cann...

Page 222: ...Arpeggio data the amount of different notes in the data to be converted has exceeded sixteen Transmitting MIDI bulk The MO is transmitting MIDI bulk data Unknown file format File format is not recogn...

Page 223: ...instrument sends MIDI data on a specific MIDI channel MIDI Transmit Channel via a single MIDI cable to the receiving instrument If the receiving instrument s MIDI channel MIDI Receive Channel matches...

Page 224: ...25 Parameter value is determined by combining the MSB and LSB Main Volume Control 007 Messages which control the volume of each Part Setting the value to 127 produces maximum volume and 0 results in v...

Page 225: ...e Data Increment Decrement to set the value of the specified parameter Note that once the RPN has been set for a channel subsequent data entry will be recognized as the same RPN s value change Therefo...

Page 226: ...e Volume MSB will be effective for the System Parameter F0 7F 7F 04 01 ll mm F7 Hexadecimal mm MSB appropriate volume value ll LSB ignored System Realtime Messages These messages control the sequencer...

Page 227: ...ement switch note limit velocity limit parameters set appropriately When the Performance Song Pattern produces no sound has a Voice been assigned to each Part When the Song Pattern produces no sound a...

Page 228: ...Is the Note Shift parameter set at a value other than 0 When the voice produces a wrong pitch is the appropriate tuning system selected from Micro Tuning parameter When the voice produces a wrong pit...

Page 229: ...ttern mode check whether the Arpeggio Switch parameter for each Part is set properly or not Is the MIDI sync parameter set to internal using internal clock Cannot stop the Arpeggio When Arpeggio playb...

Page 230: ...connected to this instrument Make sure to set this instrument to the Song mode or Pattern mode To play back multiple channels simultaneously Song mode or Pattern mode must be selected MIDI bulk data...

Page 231: ...e Pattern track Tempo track Scene track Song Mode 16 sequence tracks Loop on off can be set for each track Tempo track Scene track Patterns 64 patterns x 16 sections Measures 256 maximum Phrases Prese...

Page 232: ...orus Typ 142 ChoSend Chorus Send 154 166 172 175 CLEAR 196 Clear Pattern 202 Clear Phrase 200 Clear Song 189 Clear Track 188 201 CLICK 80 180 206 CLOCK SFT Clock Shift 178 ClockOut 210 Coarse 159 Comm...

Page 233: ...nd Insertion Reverb Send 165 INT SW Internal Switch 179 Interval 197 J JOB button 24 K KBD Keyboard 205 KBDTransCh Keyboard Transmit Channel 209 KEY FLW Key Follow 159 162 KeyAsgnMode Key Assign Mode...

Page 234: ...ce Play mode 44 171 Performance Store mode 177 PF COPY Performance Copy 192 PgmChange Program Change 209 Phase 157 PHONES 19 PHRASE 138 179 PHRASE Phrase Job 199 Phrase Name 200 Phrase Voice 79 PITCH...

Page 235: ...nerator 129 TR LOOP Track Loop 179 TR SEL Track Select 182 TR VCE Track Voice 196 TRACK 196 TRACK Track Job 188 200 TRACK SELECT button 17 Trans 74 TRANS Transmit 216 Trans Transpose 178 196 TransCh T...

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