Owner`s manual

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and system exclusive messages). Typical GM
modules do not have an internal RAM bank that
memorizes your multi – the multi is stored in the
so called “Setup Bar” in the song data. (This is
the reason that GM modules can be less
expensive…no SRAM). Each new song has its
own setup, therefore the first event of a properly
prepared GM/XG file will return all parameters to
a neutral or default condition via a RESET
command. RESET condition places a grand piano
in each channel except MIDI channel 10, which is
reserved for drum kits. It will return all pan
positions to center, all volumes to 100, all
reverbs to 40, all chorus sends to 0, and it will
neutralize all control parameters. Following the
reset command comes all the information to
reconfigure the mix for your song. The SETUP
BAR is a very important concept within XG and
GM. When you work with a computer front-end
like the aforementioned XGworks, it will allow
you to setup all the parameters with a graphic
interface and it can automatically create your
setup bar for you. You can then cut and paste it
into your main sequence or you can store it as a
bulk setup file. How does this information impact
you with a Motif? Doesn’t the Motif already have
an GM sound bank?
Yes, the Motif has a pseudo-GM sound bank and
this needs to be dealt with. The Motif can
memorize its own internal multi setups in a
SONG MIX or PATTERN MIX, which is
automatically recalled when the Song or Pattern
is recalled. The PLG100-XG sounds, Part 17-32,
however, will need to be reset with each Song or
Pattern. XG multi setups are not memorized in
the host. You will need to organize the setup
data in your sequence data. If you are setting up
to create GM or XG format songs, you will want
to use a computer utility called, “XG Edit”. It is
available as part of XGworks software (included
with the PLG100-XG) and as a shareware stand
alone editor downloadable from the Internet at
www.yamaha.co.uk/xg/html/software/s_xgedit.htm for
both Windows and Mac. This makes selection of
Voices and manipulation of XG banks easy as pie.
It also lets you make setting via an intuitive
interface and will create the control data/system
exclusive messages for your setup bar for you –
inserting the data in a nice neat package. Most
commercially available sequencers will have a
profile, instrument definition or mixer map for
the XG Voices/parameters which will allow you to
work easily and elegantly with the PLG100-XG
sounds and its effects processors.
What is an RESET command and what does
it look like?
You can experiment with how this all works by
sending an XG reset command to the Motif from
the XGworks 3.0 Lite software or XG Editor
software. Here’s how: From the main track
screen you will see an XG icon on the toolbar,
x
. Clicking this will launch the XG Editor (Mac
users - XG Editor is a stand-alone program).
Once the XG Editor screen is open you will see
another small XG icon on the toolbar of the
editor
x
– this one will automatically send the
XG Reset message:
F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7
GM Reset message:
F0 7E 7F 09 01 F7
Things you must know about using the
PLG100-XG board in the Motif
•
The PLG100-XG sounds are accessed from
Song or Pattern mode only (the board is 16-
part multi-timbral). You will see it as PARTS
17-32, while internal AWM2 sounds occupy
Parts 1-16. You must access the board from
MIXING or MIXING EDIT. The [PLG3] button
is not active with a PLG100-XG board
installed. The XG board cannot be accessed
in VOICE mode.
•
The PLG100-XG can only occupy slot 3 in the
Motif (the multi-timbral slot).
•
External Sequencer: Via the USB-(MIDI)
connection you can address the XG Board
independent of the Motif internal Parts. This
is the ideal basic connection.
•
The best way to access the XG multi-part
system, when sequencing, is via the provided
XG Editor. For Windows PCs the XG Editor is
part of the XGworks Lite v3.0 software. For
the Macintosh, XG Editor is a stand-alone
program. The software allows you to easily
navigate through the 480 XG Board Voices
and 12 drum kits via an organized category
listing.
•
The way that GM/XG systems work is that
program setups (multis) are stored as part of
the sequence data, not as part of the Motif
MIX. Usually found at the very beginning of
all properly prepared GM/XG files are the
reset commands. A GM RESET/XG ON
command returns all settings to default
values: Grand Piano on MIDI channels 1-9,
11-16, standard drum kit on channel 10;
volumes set to 100; pan to center; Reverb to
40; chorus send to 0; etc. In the very first
bar you would put all your setup data, i.e.,
bank select/program change, volume, setting
for the effects, pan and so on. The XG Editor
lets you set everything using a graphic
interface map and when you have it sounding