Song Recording; Realtime Recording; Step Recording; Entering The Note Event - Yamaha MOTIF6 Owner's Manual

❏ Settings: off, 60 (32nd note), 80 (16th note triplet), 120
(16th note), 160 (8th note triplet), 240 (8th
note), 320 (1/4 note triplet), 480 (1/4 note)
• Event
This parameter is available when the Recording Type is set
to "step." This lets you specify the event type to be
entered.
❏ Settings: note, p.bend (pitch bend), CC#000~#119
(Control Change)
• RecTrack
Determines the track to be recorded.
Pressing the [F6] button lets you switch between Single
Track recording and All Track recording.
❏ Settings: tempo, scene, 1~16, multi
• Tempo
Determines the Song tempo.
❏ Settings: 001.0 ~300.0

Song Recording

The explanations here apply to steps #6 - #7 of the
Basic Procedure on page 183, page 184.

■ Realtime Recording

See "Quick Start Guide" (page 110)

■ Step Recording

If you press the [F] button in step #6 of the Basic
Procedure on page 183, the following display appears
and you can input the specified events one by one.
● Entering the Note Event
When the event to be entered is set to "note" , you
can input the note events one by one.
Pointer indicating the current note position.
Beat Graph
• Beat Graph
This is the display in which notes are "placed" during step
recording.When the meter is 4/4, the display is divided
into four beats (one measure). Each diamond-shaped
marker in the display represents one 32nd beat (each 1/4
note division is divided into eight 32nd beats).
For example, if the following rhythmic pattern
" " is entered in 4/4 time, a display like the one
shown below will appear.
• Pointer
Determines the data-entry position.
The triangular pointer above the beat graph indicates the
data-entry position.
To move the pointer right or left, use the [INC/YES] and
[DEC/NO] buttons or the data dial.
• Value
When the event to be entered is set to "note" , this value
specifies the velocity with which the note will be entered.
❏ Settings:
001~127
The set value (1 ~ 127) corresponds to the MIDI
velocity value entered.
RND1 ~RND4
When one of the random settings is selected, a random
velocity value will be entered.
• StepTime
The "size" of the current recording step time for the next
note to be entered. 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 note
half note
whole note
• GateTime
Sets the gate time to produce slurs, staccato notes, etc.
"Gate time" refers to the actual length of time the note
sounds. For the same 1/4 note, for example, a long gate
time will produce a slur while a short gate time will
produce a staccato effect.
Gate time is indicated as a percent value of the step time.
A setting of 50% produces a staccato sound, values
between about 80% and 90% produce normal note length,
and a value of 99% will produce a slur.
❏ Settings: 001%~200%
● [F3] REST
Press [F3] to enter a rest as long as the specified step time.
The point will move ahead to the next data-entry position.
Rests do not appear on the display.
n There is no actual data representing rests in the
MIDI sequencer. When a "rest" is entered the
pointer simply moves ahead to the next data-entry
position, effectively leaving a rest.
● [F4] TIE
When the [F4] button is pressed to enter a tie, the
preceding note is lengthened to the full step time. For
example, in the following phrase, note
1/4 note step time. If the step time is then changed to an
8th note and [F4] is pressed, note
Song Record mode
is entered with
1
is entered.
2
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