Yamaha MOTIF XS8 User Manual

The Song Edit mode lets you edit the already recorded Songs or insert the new data to the Songs. It can be used to correct 
mistakes as well as add dynamics or effects such as vibrato to refine and finish the Song. Press the [EDIT] button from the 
Song Play mode to go to the Song Edit mode. 

n The Song Edit mode gives you comprehensive, detailed controls for editing the MIDI events of individual Song tracks. MIDI events are 

messages (such as note on/off, note number, program change number, etc.) that make up the data of a recorded track. 

The Song Edit mode consists of the Event List display and 
the Insert Event window. The Event List display lets you 
correct or delete already inserted MIDI events and the 
Insert Event window lets you insert new events to the Song. 
Press the [EDIT] button from the Song Play mode to go to 
the Event List display. Press the [F5] button to call up the 
Insert Event window. 

The Event List display lets you correct or delete existing 
events. 

The Insert Event window lets you insert new events to the 
Song. 
Pressing the [F5] button on the Event List display calls up 
the Insert Event window. To return back to the Event List 
display, press the [EXIT] button. 

This section shows how to correct or delete previously 
recorded events. 

Press the [EDIT] button from the Song Play 
display to call up the Event List display 
(page 193). 

Pressing the [F4] Track Sel button switches the 
Recording track among Tracks 1 – 16, the Scene track 
and the Tempo track. When “1 – 16 tracks” is selected, 
you can select the track to be edited by pressing any of 
the Number buttons [1] – [16]. 

Use the [

L]/[M] (Cursor Up/Down) button to move the 

cursor to the desired timing. Press the [

G] (Rewind)/

[

H] (Fast Forward) button to move the cursor by 

single measures. Use the [<]/[>] (Cursor Left/Right) 
button to move the cursor to the parameter to be 
edited. 

n For details about each event and parameter, see page 76.

n The Event List window may have an overwhelming 

number of events, and it may be difficult to find a specific 

desired event. To help narrow down your search, use the 

View Filter function. This conveniently lets you specify 

which classes of events will be displayed and which will 

not, making it much easier and faster to find desired 

events. For information about the View Filter display, see 

Edit the value by using the [INC/YES], [DEC/NO] 
buttons and the data dial. The edited event will flash on 
the display. 
Change the event location by editing the MEAS 
(measure), BEAT, and CLOCK. Press the [F6] button to 
delete the event at the cursor location. 

n When “NUM” is indicated in the tab corresponding to the 

[SF6] button, you can use the [F1] – [F6] buttons and the 

[SF1] – [SF5] buttons as numeric key pads by pressing 

the [SF6] NUM button. 

n The note and velocity can be edited also by pressing the 

desired note on the keyboard, even though the [KBD] icon 

is not shown. 

F5

EXIT