MUSIC PRODUCTION GUIDE O f f i ci a l News Gu ide fr Om Yam ah a & ea sY sO uNd s fO r Ya ma ha m usic PrO d uctiON iNstru me N t s 03|2013 Contents MOXF - A Universe of Sounds from a Decade of MOTIFs 3 CP4 STAGE – For every stage simply the best 6 MOTIF / MOX Soundlibrary „Nature of Chill“ 8 MOTIF XS/XF: EXPLORING SOUND: Evolving Soundscapes 10 Good KARMA for MOTIF-Users (Part 2) 13 Yamaha Synth Guide Part 8: The Performance Mode 17 Soundtest Yamaha DTX502 E-Drum-Module 23 Cool
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 3 A U nive rse OF s OU nds Fr OM A de cA d e OF M OTiFs With a powerful update Yamaha has taken the MOX series to a new level. The latest MOTIF XF technology has been used to expand the MOX with more sounds, more effects, and even a flash-board option.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 eXPAndAble wiT h FlAsh Me MOrY The MOXF is compatible with the entire sound content developed for MOTIF XF and MOX. An optional Flash Board allows you to load additional samples up to a maximum total capacity of 1 GB. By this it is possible to customize the Wave Memory of the MOXF according to individual points of view. There are Promotion soundsets like „Inspiration In A Flash“ and „CP1 Piano“ as well as third-party libraries available in large numbers.
YAMAhA MUsic 03|2013 PrOdUcTiOn GUide MOXF6/MOXF8 MOX6/MOX8 MOTIF XF6/7/8 Wave-ROM 741 MB 355 MB 741 MB Waveforms 3.977 2.076 3.977 Presets (Voices) 1.152 1.024 1.024 Drum-Kits 72 64 64 Polyphonie 128 Noten 64 Noten 128 Noten Arpeggio (Preset) 7.981 Typen 6.720 Typen 7.881 Typen TechnicAl sPeciFicATiOns eurOPe.Yamaha.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 cP4 sTA G e – FOr e v e rY sT AG e s iM Pl Y The b e sT With the new CP4 STAGE and CP40 STAGE, Yamaha has achieved to develop an instrument which is easier and especially more intuitive to use compared to its predecessor model CP5 constructed shorter. Which in my eyes is a full success, not least because this saves material and thus weight. The user interface of CP4 is excellent and makes a solid impression with quality controls.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 7 Yamaha has limited the recording functions to audio recordings, but this which those people will like that travel a lot. The connections are kept is totally enough for today‘s standards. So whenever you need a piano minimalistic. The special highlight are the XLR audio outputs. MIDI In recording for practicing songs, that‘s easily done.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 new: MOT iF / M O X s OUn d libr Ar Y „ n A TUre OF c h i l l “ Like the penultimate soundset „Dance Pro“ the new „Nature of Chill“ comes without additional samples. The internal Preset Waveforms provide more than enough options for a high-quality soundset for Chill Out, which is a symbiosis of traditional and electronical instruments. The sounds of this soundset are thus identical in all versions for the various Yamaha synths.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 MOTiF X s /X F : eXPl O rin G sOU nd : „e vO l v i n G sOU ndsc A P e s “ w Orksh O P s e r i e s F O r Y A M AhA M O TiF Users A current sample package demonstrates that the Yamaha MOTIF not only inspires for live gigs, but also in the creative studio environment: „Evolving Soundscapes“ impressively equips MOTIF XS and XF with pads, effects, bass, drums, and many spherical sound collages.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 11 Don‘t work in Performance mode, but use the possibilities of the Arpeggio that you like, you should adopt the Arp‘s tempo and adjust Song mode. With a simple trick (JOB), you can copy the data of the tempo of all other Voices accordingly. For an individual mixing the Performance to the chosen Song memory and enhance the within your DAW, you should turn off the reverb effect on the MOTIF Performance by more Voices.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 One last tip is „neutralising“: From time to time it is good to take simple bread and butter sounds from the Presets or other soundsets. Most of the Voices and Performances of „Evolving Sounds- Ti P: A PP FOr visUA l eFFec Ts http://www.app-sound.com/Hardware.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 13 GO Od kA r M A F O r M O Ti F Us e r s (P A rT 2 ) Following part 1 of this workshop, I‘ll delve one level deeper into the KARMA MOTIF software and introduce you to some details. A brieF Overview PersOn Al P reFerences The approach to a new software such as KARMA KARMA MOTIF comes with 64 Performances, with the same number MOTIF is certainly very different from user to user. For of Song Mixings in the MOTIF XS/XF.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 Fairly simple, yet very effective, is the adjustment of the volume levels eight Scenes. In these basic Scenes all Modules follow the Master between the Modules. Reminder: In most Performances six Modules Scene with the same Layer number 1-6. However, it is possible to, generate arpeggios, drum grooves, breaks etc., two Parts (Keyboard for example, assign Scene 1 to the Drum Layer in Master Scene 4.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 15 immediately and intuitively get a sense of the largely impressive This way, complex chord progressions that are not playable without effects of the control options. I assert that it is possible to alienate a intensive training, can be set up in a few minutes and tested in Performance compared to its original to the point of being completely conjunction with the corresponding Performance. unrecognizable just by using RTC.
YAMAhA MUsic Voices, which are also used by KARMA Performances. So even in the MOTIF XS with its three USR Banks there is more than enough space for further User Voices. For example, many of the soundsets from EASY SOUNDS - also those that are based on samples - are suited to enrich KARMA. There is one Song Mixing for each Performance. You can edit it with the help of the Yamaha Editor in parallel to KARMA.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 17 However, owners of older models such as the MOTIF „Classic“ or the MOTIF ES can also benefit from this workshop series, since, as stated above, the basic sound architecture is unchanged throughout the complete MOTIF series (including S- and MO-series). This episode is all about the Performance mode, both in terms of its different applications and device typical deviations.
YAMAhA MUsic sO YOU dO nOT lO se Tr Ack The display - here of the MOTIF XF as an example - gives comprehensive information about the structure and thus the possibilities of the currently selected Performance. The overview PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 The title above the respective parameter string is of crucial importance. It indicates whether the knobs affect all (COMMON) or just individual Parts (1-4) of the Performance.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 19 A sMOOT h Tr AnsiTi On... PerFOrMAnce ediT MOde ... to the Performance Edit mode takes place through the function The Performance Common Edit mode is exhausted with the effect buttons F1-6. While still in the Play mode you can use the button settings. All other parameters are related to a Part. By pressing the [F2] to get an overview of how the Parts are distributed over the [EDIT] button you can switch from Common Edit to Part Edit and keyboard.
YAMAhA MUsic Here are four examples with standard combinations: PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 PerFOrMAnce creATOr (1) „Rhodes-Strings“: The electric piano is to be played the left The S70/S90 XS introduced the Performance Creator, which hand and held sustained with the pedal, but not the strings. was also adopted in the MOX.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn without invoking the Edit mode. Simply enable [PERFORMANCE CONTROL], select Part 2 using [PART SELECT] and press the button left of the top row of the „ASSIGNABLE KNOBS“ until the LED for GUide 21 The AUT hOrs Peter Krischker „TONE 3“ is lit. As soon as you move the first Knob for „VOLUME“, Works for Yamaha since 1991 as a sound designer and synthesizer the display automatically switches to the appropriate display.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 DTX400K WE L COME TO THE TRIB E ! de.Yamaha.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 23 This is iT … sOU ndT es T Y A M Ah A dTX502 e-d r U M- MOd U le It‘s always hard to write or talk about sounds. But the new DTX502 series sounds so good that I just can not help but write about it. I recommend that - after reading this text - you sit down on one of the four DTX502 drum kits to experience the sounds live and for yourself. Whether you listen to the module with a headphone or a PA, it will convince you.
YAMAhA MUsic For example, there is a collaboration with BFD, a well known com- PrOdUcTiOn GUide 17 Legend RX 34 ButiqHipHop2 vided a fresh wind in terms of sound design.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 25 Last year many drummers have asked for new electronic sounds. After trying all the kits with headphones on, I had to connect the Yamaha responded to that wish and added new sounds for Dub, DTX502 to a proper PA to hear its sound aloud. I had a Yamaha Chill, DnB, Hip Hop, Trance & Dance. Even the Songs (playalongs) DXR system with two DXS15 subwoofers, DXR12 tops and a MGP16 have been extended by many new Songs from these styles. With the as a mixer.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 and „real“ in a neat volume. By „real“ I mean that they sound like So my conclusion is clear: Kudos to all involved. The Yamaha „real“ drum sounds and not like over-compressed computer sounds. DTX502 sounds great, just as it comes out of the package. There are 50 User Drum Kits that you can use for self-programmed Simply unpack, connect, drum and have fun! Drum Kits. More than enough to set up your own Kits and edit all the sounds for your needs.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide MUsi c P r Od UcT iOn G U i d e s – c O MPl e Te A r ch iv e On l i n e On the last page of the Music Production Guide a link can be found to download a zip-file containing all previous editions (in the Box „Music Production Guide History“). In addition, we now offer all readers the opportunity to access all previous issues online. So the Guides archive is available from everywhere you‘ve got connection to the internet.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 cO Ol w e bi nA r s Fre e deMO w e b i nA r ! The summer of 2013, in which the first announcements about „Webinars for Yamaha synthesizers“ were published here, is coming to an end. I hope that the holidays have provided sufficient recovery, so that the head is freed for new ideas. By using the newsletter, registered subscribers will get appropriate information about scheduled events.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn Y AMAh A G OOd ie : MX49/ MX 6 1 Pe r F OrMA n ce ki T With the „Performance Kit“ there is free additional, yet high-quality content available for MX49/MX61 users.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 new YA MA hA GO Od i e : M OX „sO U n d & G rO Ov e k i T “ The free MOX „Sound & Groove Kit“ is available for all registered users of the MOX. This soundset includes an „Electronic & Dance“ soundlibrary featuring 128 Voices - a selection of the best synth-sounds from the EASY SOUNDS soundlibraries for the MOTIF series. In addition, the package includes a WAV loop pool with drums, synths, vocals, sound effects and atmospheres for Cubase AI and other DAWs.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 31 YAMA hA cP 1 A r T i s T P e r F Or M A n c es A free soundset available in excellent quality is abvailable for every CP1 user. A total of 64 Performances were programmed by renowned sound designers Johannes Waehneldt and Peter Jung on behalf of Yamaha Music Europe. The soundset can be requested by sending an e-mail to cp1goodies@easysounds.de containing the keyword „CP1 Artist“.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 M OTiF X F Fl As h M eM Or Y cOnTe nT third The orchestra library produced by Prof. Dr. This free content for the MOTIF XF can be party software vendors to offer Peter Jung (Duisburg-Essen, Germany) is requested by sending an e-mail containing an extensive amount of free and based on recordings that were created over optional Flash Memory content for the past five years with the participation of registered MOTIF XF users.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 33 MOTiF X s : eUrOP eA n lO YA l T Y P rO G r A M A n d Or i e nT A l s OU n d s eT The „European Loyalty Program” offers MOTIF XS users free additional but nonetheless high-class content.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 M OTiF - rA ck X s : sOUnd & in FOPA c k A G e MOTIF-RACK XS users can obtain the free „Sound & Infopackage“ that‘s produced by EASY SOUNDS under contract to Yamaha Music Europe. The software package contains a Soundset (128 Voices), a WAV pool with 200 loops and audio-phrases, a demo song, and a comprehensive guide plus tips & tricks.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 35 F re e dr UM k i Ts F Or dTX 9 0 0 & dTXT r e M e i i i Yamaha offers free content for DTX900K, DTX950K, and DTXTREMEIII.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 dTX- MUl Ti 12 s O U n d s e T: „Or i e nTA l P er c U s s iO n “ The DTX Electronic Percussion Pad MULTI-12 uses many of the high-end features and sounds from the DTX and MOTIF series and provides an optimum tool for live drumming, productions or rehearsals. With over 1,200 high-class sounds - including newly-developed drum, percussion and keyboard sounds - the DTX-12 MULTI enriches any musical situation.
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 37 F re e TUT O r iA l dv d F Or MO T iF X s / XF U s e r s The free tutorial DVD „The World of MOTIF XS“ (English language) is available for all registered european MOTIF XS and MOTIF XF users. The DVD procures comprehensive instructions on how to use a MOTIF XS in a music production environment. The running time of over 3 hours covers deep insights in topics like interactive Arpeggios, live performances, sampling, recording sessions, Cubase AI and much more.
YAMAhA MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 03|2013 OPTi OnA l s O U n d s e Ts F Or M OTiF - ser ies / s -s e r i e s / M O „ XTasyn“ „HyPn OT Ic sTe Pz“ Up-to-date synth and drum sounds for dance, trance, pop, and electronic. Phat leads & synthcomps, pads, FX. Special attack Waveforms for punchy sounds For users having a penchant for stepsequencers and analogue synth sounds. Synth sounds, drums and sequences are impressively combined „Fm XPanDeD – VOl .
YAMAhA 03|2013 MUsic PrOdUcTiOn GUide 39 iMPri n T & FUr T he r li n k s iMPOrTAnT websi T es FOr MOTiF Users YAMA hA MUsic Pr OdUc TiOn GUide Official international Yamaha website for synthesizers The official News Guide about the Yamaha Music Produc- including a comprehensive download section tion product series and Computer Music Instruments http://www.yamahasynth.com Published by Official website of Yamaha Music Europe GmbH http://www.yamaha-europe.
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