Yamaha MOTIF-RACK ES, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...s Owner s Manual are for instructional purposes and may appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your computer Click on the red colored text to jump to the related item in this manua...

Page 2: ...he mouse to adjust the virtual knobs sliders and buttons and entering values from the computer keyboard Finally all the changes you have made to your voices can be saved to your computer You can use t...

Page 3: ...ger PDF manual Right click the Voice Editor icon in the Studio Manager window Select Configure Total Recall then select the data to be recalled The data that can be selected differs depending on the E...

Page 4: ...will allow basic hardware editor control panels to operate properly Level 2 OPT Processors provides support for real time MIDI processors and panel automa tion Typically this will allow both real tim...

Page 5: ...Recall functions using the Studio Manager as a host application you can use Total Recall in a DAW application provided it is compatible with Total Recall via the Studio Manager Plug in software compa...

Page 6: ...the Voice Editor in the sequencer software compatible with OPT as a plug in software The Voice Editor can be used as a plug in software in any host application compatible with Open Plug in Technology...

Page 7: ...commands which are unavailable are grayed out n The most commonly used menus in the Menu Bar are available as buttons in Voice Editor s toolbar File New Creates and opens a new Library file Open Libra...

Page 8: ...ets the selected voice parameters to the default values If nothing is selected this item is grayed out Edit This is the same as the Edit Window button in the toolbar page 18 Store This is the same as...

Page 9: ...ceive Voice Bulk This is the same as the Receive Bulk button in the toolbar page 16 Monitor This is the same as the Monitor button in the toolbar page 18 Window Close Closes the selected window Close...

Page 10: ...file W9E 1 Tabs Click any of these to view the voice list for the corresponding Memory Bank 2 Voice list This area shows all the voices in the selected Memory as a scrollable list The name number and...

Page 11: ...ine until the window is as big or small as you like Viewing Only the Voice Names You can view only the names of all voices in the Memory without their Number and Category information To do this right...

Page 12: ...he current folder 3 File name Shows the name of the files selected from the List 4 Files of type Select a file format from the pull down menu n When using the MOTIF RACK ES Voice Editor it is possible...

Page 13: ...e typical Macintosh Save As dialog will appear 1 Save in Click this and choose the folder in which to save the Library file 2 List box Shows the contents of the folder you wish to save to 3 File name...

Page 14: ...3 MIDI Ch Click this and choose the MIDI Out channel This is used when moni toring sounds using the on screen keyboard in the Edit Windows 4 Device No Click this and choose the MIDI device number of...

Page 15: ...l Normal User 2 Voices Normal User 3 All Normal User 3 Voices Normal User 1 2 3 All Normal User 1 3 Voices Drum User All Drum User Voices Normal User 1 2 3 Drum All Normal User 1 3 Voices and Drum Use...

Page 16: ...ceive Normal User 1 All Normal User 1 Voices Normal User 2 All Normal User 2 Voices Normal User 3 All Normal User 3 Voices Normal User 1 2 3 All Normal User 1 3 Voices Drum User All Drum User Voices N...

Page 17: ...drag and drop Multi ple voices can also be imported this way You can alternatively copy the voice by selecting it and pressing Ctrl Command C on the computer keyboard and then switch to the Library W...

Page 18: ...om the list will be transferred to your tone generator for monitoring To monitor the voice use the keyboard connected to your tone generator n Monitoring will not be possible if the MIDI Out port and...

Page 19: ...click the voice in which your edited voice will be stored After storing to a Library file the data for the original voice will be overwritten when you save the Library file It is recommended that you...

Page 20: ...t n When using the MIDI echo or MIDI thru setting of the sequencer the actual MIDI channel used for MIDI messages transmitted from the keyboard to this synthesizer through the computer will differ dep...

Page 21: ...PORTAMENTO block is not available for Drum Voices 6 ARPEGGIO block Use the switch to enable disable the arpeggiator and the TEMPO knob to specify the arpeggiator speed Click on the text box below the...

Page 22: ...on the text box and select the method of restarting the LFO when a note is played 9 TEMPO SYNC setting Click on the text box and set TEMPO SYNC to on or off 0 TEMPO SPEED setting Click on the text bo...

Page 23: ...programmed template for the LFO wave The selected template s wave graph appears in the dialog random Randomly generates step values creating each time a different random LFO wave all0 Values of all t...

Page 24: ...oices C MICRO TUNE settings Click on the text box to select a Micro Tuning preset The MICRO TUNE settings are not available for Drum Voices D ASSIGNABLE 1 2 settings Use the knobs to set the value of...

Page 25: ...nes the amount of Note Shift key transpose Click NATIVE PARAM to open the NATIVE Parameter dialog Select the Plug in board to be edited at the top left of the keyboard illustration on the window 2 ON...

Page 26: ...ent a Note On message is received and the point at which the LFO comes into effect 5 LFO PITCH knob Use this to set the pitch modulation depth of the LFO You can also enter a value directly in the tex...

Page 27: ...ext box and choose the filter type The graph shows pre defined settings initially but you can edit these Using the LPF type as an example drag the left handle vertically to set the Filter Gain Drag th...

Page 28: ...the attack level Dragging the third and fourth left or right controls the way the sound is sustained Decay Time 1 2 while the keys on the keyboard are held down and dragging them up or down control th...

Page 29: ...elect the PARAMETER tab of the DRUM KEY DETAIL Dialog I EQ Click on the text box and select the EQ type With the EQ L H and P EQ types you can adjust some EQ parameters using the handles in the graphs...

Page 30: ...ffect Type selector Click on the text box and choose the type of Insertion Effect Insertion Effect 2 Unit Same as Insertion Effect 1 Unit See above System Effects Reverb Unit 1 Reverb Send Use this kn...

Page 31: ...lick on the text box and choose the type of Chorus Effect 3 Chorus Pan control Use this knob to set the stereo positioning of the Chorus Effect 4 Chorus Return control Use this knob to set the amount...

Page 32: ...Element dialogs are linked to the EL DETAIL dialogs so changes in one dialog are immediately reflected in the other You can simultaneously view the graphs and the EL DETAIL dialogs side by side while...

Page 33: ...14 Bulk data is not transmitted Are the MIDI Out port and Device Number set correctly in the Editor Setup page 14 Is the Dump Interval in the Editor Setup too short Make sure to adjust the Dump Inter...