Yamaha MOTIF XS8 User Manual

Indicates Keyboard Octave setting set via the OCTAVE 
buttons. This parameter determines how much higher or 
lower the pitch of each key is compared to normal pitch. 

Indicates the status of the Knobs and Control Sliders on the 
panel. This is same as the Control Function window 
(page 136).

Indicates the names of the Voices assigned to Parts 1 – 4.

The Arpeggio types are assigned to the buttons with the 
8th note icon on the display tab. You can call them up by 
pressing these buttons any time during your keyboard 
performance. Assigning Arpeggio types to the buttons can 
be done from the Arpeggio display (page 139). 

Pressing this button calls up the Information window of the 
current Performance. 

Pressing this button returns from the previous display to the 
Performance Play display. 

Pressing this button calls up the display (page 138) that 
lets you select a Voice for each Part and specify the note 
range it can be played from. 

Pressing this button calls up the display (page 139) that 
contains the basic EG settings. 

Pressing this button calls up the display (page 139) that 
lets you set the Arpeggio related parameters. 

Pressing this button calls up the Effect setup display 
(page 149) of the Performance Common Edit. 

When changing the value of the parameter in the 
Performance Play or Edit mode, the [E] (Edit Indicator) will 
appear on the top right corner of the LCD display. This 
gives a quick confirmation that the current Performance 
has been modified but not yet stored. To store the current 
edited status, follow the instructions on page 142. 

This display indicates the information of the current 
Performance. Settings cannot be changed here. 

Indicates the Bank of the selected Performance program. 
The values in parentheses indicates the Bank Select MSB 
and LSB which can be used to select the current Voice via 
MIDI. 

To each Performance within a Bank, a Number of 001 to 
128 is assigned. The values in parentheses indicates 
Group and Number. 

Indicates the Category of the selected Performance. 

Indicates the name of the current Performance. 

Indicates the Bank, Number, Main Category 1/2, and name 
of the Voice which is assigned to each Part. 

Indicates Reverb and Chorus settings of the selected 
Performance. 

This display lets you specify the Voice and its note range of 
each Part. The setting made here will be applied to the 
same parameters in the Voice display (page 151) of Part 
Edit. 

Edit Indicator