User Manual

New Functions in MOTIF XS Version 1.60 1

New Functions in MOTIF XS Version 1.60

Yamaha has upgraded the MOTIF XS firmware to Version 1.60, adding a number of new functions. This supplement to the Owner’s

Manual describes these changes.

Additional menus in Sampling Edit/Sampling

Main display

With this new version, “[F3] Normalize,” “[F4] Slice,” and “[F5]

Remix” have been added to the Sampling Edit display and

Sampling Main display respectively, allowing you to more easily

call up these displays.

NOTE For details about “Normalize,” “Slice,” and “Remix”, refer to the

MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual.

Increasing the available memory of the DIMM

Deleting the Waveforms with the same name, a new Sampling

Job now lets you increase the available memory of the DIMM.

1 From the [F3] Other display of the Sampling Job,

select “03: Delete Same Name Waveforms” then

press [ENTER].

2 Select the Waveform number at 1.

All the Waveforms having the same name are listed on the

“Same Name Waveforms (2)” section of the display.

NOTICE

This Job will delete all Waveforms with the same name except for

the selected Waveform, even if they contain different data.

3 Press [ENTER] to execute the Job.

This operation will delete all the Waveforms with the same name

except for the selected Waveform.

NOTE

This operation will cancel the link status between the Voices and

deleted Waveforms, then make a new link between the same

Voices and the undeleted Waveforms respectively.

Sampling Edit display

Sampling Main display

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New Functions in MOTIF XS Version 1.60 Yamaha has upgraded the MOTIF XS firmware to Version 1.60, adding a number of new functions. This supplement to the Owner’s Manual describes these changes. Additional menus in Sampling Edit/Sampling Main display With this new version, “[F3] Normalize,” “[F4] Slice,” and “[F5] Remix” have been added to the Sampling Edit display and Sampling Main display respectively, allowing you to more easily call up these displays.
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Editing and storing a Sample Voice as a Mixing Voice You can now convert a Sample Voice to a Mixing Voice in the Mixing Play display of the Song/Pattern mode, allowing you to then edit the sampled audio as a Voice. 1 Editing a Drum Voice in the Mixing mode You can now edit a Drum Voice in the Mixing mode. The edited Drum Voice can be stored to the User Drum Bank. 1 From the Mixing Play display, select a Part to which a Sample Voice is assigned.
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9 Enter a name for the Mixing Voice from the Name display of the Common Edit. 10 If you wish to store the edited Voice, press the [STORE] button to call up the Store window. 11 Press the [EXIT] or [MIXING] button to return to the Mixing Play mode. Pattern mode TAP TAP is now available in the Voice/Performance/Song/Pattern mode. [SF6] TAP Voice mode The speed at which you press this button several times will determine the playback tempo of the Arpeggio, Song and Pattern.