User guide

plug in a microphone as an AD input to the Motif
ES, you would need to be in Performance or Mix.
The same is true for mLAN inputs…you have four
pairs of mLAN audio inputs available during any
Performance or Mix. If you want to route a PART
out via an assignable output you would need to be
in Performance or Mix. The same is true for mLAN
outputs.
This is not a limitation in any real sense, because
if you know about your Motif ES, any Voice can be
placed in a PART of a Performance. The
Performance mode has the ability to store more
than just a single Voice – it has the ability to store
an Analog-to-Digital (AD) input and it has the
ability to route a PART to an assignable output.
You will begin to recognize that the mLAN
assignments are simply digital domain versions of
the analog outputs. In fact, you already know
everything in theory that mLAN addresses…it is
still simply the same audio and MIDI – the cabling
has been made simpler. There should be no fear
of a big learning curve to mLAN – it is simply
audio as you have always known it and MIDI as
you have always known it, but made so that all
configurations can be stored and totally recalled
whenever necessary. And if there is a learning
curve it is that you now can network large
configurations of gear very simply by
manipulating a digital Graphic Patchbay.
You can maintain the highest quality (24-bit)
signal path while routing signal to an mLAN mixer
(like the Yamaha 01X) or directly to your
computer’s digital audio workstation (DAW)
software. mLAN is principally used when the Motif
ES is in a multi-timbral/multi-Part mode.
It is, in fact, a good way to think about mLAN in
your Motif ES… it is a method of interfacing your
Motif ES with external inputs and outputs on a per
PART basis. There are additional pages added to
the Audio Input section when you add the
mLAN16E to your Motif ES. There are four pair of
mLAN audio input channels. Incoming signal can
be routed through the Motif ES System Effects
(for monitoring with effects), Master EQ and
Master Effects.
What is different about the mLAN16E inputs?
There are some differences between the mLAN
inputs versus the analog AD inputs.
The AD inputs can be routed through the Effects
processors of the Motif ES in the following
manner:
• You can monitor an AD input with the SYSTEM
Effects (Reverb and Chorus processors)
• You cannot sample the AD input with the SYSTEM
Effects, however – the send to the sampler is pre
the System Effect.
• You can route the AD input to its own set of DUAL
INSERTION EFFECTS
• You can record the AD inputs to the sampler with its
DUAL INSERTION EFFECTS in tact. The insertion
point for the Dual Insertion Effects (to and from) is
pre the send to the sampler. So sampling with
Insertion Effects is possible.
• You can route the AD inputs to the Assignable
outputs with DUAL INSERTION EFFECTS in tact. This
means you can apply Insertion Effects prior to
sending signal to the digital audio workstation
record track.
The screen shot above shows the A/D input page
– the page you are looking at is indicated in the
upper left corner (red arrow). You navigate to this
screen as follows:
• Press [MIXING]
• Press [EDIT]
• Press [COMMON]
• Press [F5] AUDIO IN
The mLAN inputs can be routed in the following
manner.
• You have the option of applying the SYSTEM Effects
(Reverb and Chorus processors) to any mLAN input.
This is perfect for a scenario when you are using the
Motif ES to create your monitor mix. mLAN inputs
can be used to feed a headphone mix when
overdubbing to your DAW. Often you want to
monitor with reverb but not record it. If you are
routing signal via the mLAN inputs you can use the
headphone jack of the Motif ES as your headphone
rig. You can apply effects to the monitor mix
without having to commit to recording those effects
to the DAW.
• You can sample the mLAN input – mLAN can be the
source for the sampler unit in the Motif ES. This can
be a creative tool when you are flying in some audio
clips or combining audio from external sources.
• You cannot route the mLAN input to the Motif ES
DUAL INSERTION EFFECTS directly. However, as
you may be aware, you can create a Motif ES USER
Voice out of any sample that you create and then
you can apply the Dual Insertion Effects.
• You can route the mLAN input to another mLAN
output - sending the signal back again to the DAW.
The screen shown below is the “mLAN1” Audio Input
screen. Remember to read the current screen in the
upper left corner (circled in red).
• Pressing
the SF5
button
will call
up the
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