Yamaha MOTIF XS7 Manuel D’Utilisation

Determines the meter (time signature) of Sample playback. 
Setting the Meter changes the End Point (

8) so that the 

length between the Start Point and the End Point matches 
the settings of the Tempo and Measure. 

Settings: 1/16 – 16/16, 1/8 – 16/8, 1/4 – 8/4

Determines the amount of measures for Sample playback. 
Setting the Measure changes the End Point (

8) so that the 

length between the Start Point and the End Point matches 
the settings of the Tempo and Meter. 

Measure:

 000 – 032

Beat:

 00 – 15 (Varies depending on the Meter setting.) 

@ Recordable Time (Indication only)

Indicates the available Sampling time using the available 
memory. The time indicated here is calculated assuming a 
mono signal with a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz. The 
amount of memory space currently being used is shown in 
the display as a blue line. 

You can hear the selected Sample by holding this button. 
This lets you hear precisely how the Sample is played 
back. 

When the menu indication here is “LP=ST,” the Start (Start 
Point) and the Loop (Loop Start Point) will share the same 
address, meaning that both of them will be changed 
simultaneously, even if just one of them is changed. 
Pressing the [SF2] button in this condition changes the 
menu from “LP=ST” to “LP

≠ST.” When the menu indication 

here is “LP

≠ST,” the Start (Start Point) and the Loop (Loop 

Start Point) can be changed independently. When pressing 
the [SF2] button in this condition, the address value of the 
Start will be copied to the one of the Loop, with the result 
that both of them share the same address value. The menu 
indication also changes from “LP

≠ST” to “LP=ST.”

Pressing the [SF3] button adjusts the zoom level so that the 
entire wave, including the Start Point and End Point, is 
shown on the display.

Press these buttons to zoom in and out of the wave 
indication of the Sample in the display. 

Pressing this button calls up the Record Slice display. 

When “NUM” is shown in the tab, you can use the [F1] – 
[F6] buttons and the [SF1] – [SF5] buttons as numeric keys 
by pressing the [SF6] button. 

When the Recording Type (page 244) is set to “slice+seq,” 
you can call up this display by pressing the [F6] Slice 
button in the Record Slice display. From this display, you 
can divide the recorded Sample into several slices 
according to the rhythm of the original Sample. By 
executing the Slice operation, the recorded Sample is first 
divided into “slices” to be stored as a Sample Voice, then 
these slices are assigned to successive notes on the 
keyboard. These notes are then automatically arranged in 
MIDI sequence data (to the specified track) for playback. 

The procedure on the Record Slice display is as follows. 

The Apply indication color will change from green to 
gray. At this time, the Sample has been modified 
temporarily and is not fixed as data. 

Press the [SF1] Audition button to hear the modified 
Sample. If you are satisfied with the result, go on to the 
step 6. If you are not satisfied with the results and want 
to try again, press the [SF4] Apply button again to abort 
the Slice operation and return the Sample to the original 
status. The Apply indication color returns to green. In 
this case, attempt the operation again from step 1. 

The instrument returns to the Setup display. 

Listen to the recorded track having the sliced Sample. 

For information about how to store and save, see pages 
186 and 278.