Yamaha MOTIF XS7 Manuel D’Utilisation

MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual

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Step 3:

Selecting and Playing a Performance

As in the Voice Play mode, the Performance Play mode is where you select and play the instrument sounds of this
synthesizer. However, in the Performance mode, you can mix several different Voices together in a layer, or split them across
the keyboard, or even set up a combination layer/split. Each Performance can contain up to four different Parts.
Press the [PERFORM] button to enter the Performance Play mode.

Selecting a Performance

Selecting a Performance is done in basically the same way
as selecting a Voice. The Category Search function is
available also in the Performance Play mode. Note that the
MOTIF XS has no Preset Performances and provides only
three User Banks. Consequently, press any of the [USR1] –
[USR3] buttons to select a Performance after pressing the
[PROGRAM] button.

Performance Play mode
indications

The Performance Play display indicates the Voice names
for each of four parts making up the Performance at the
bottom right corner. Except for this, the display is almost
same as in the Voice Play mode.

How Voices are assigned to
Parts of a Performance

By default (when shipped from the factory), various types
of Performances are provided in the User Banks. For some
of these Performances, it may not be immediately obvious
how to play them or use them, since they are more
complicated than normal Voices. In this section, you’ll learn
the typical ways in which Performances are created, and
thus better understand how to play and use them.
Each Performance can contain up to four different Parts.
Here covers the typical four types of the Voice assignment
to these four parts.

This method lets you play multiple (two or more) Voices
simultaneously by pressing any notes. In the Performance
mode, you can create a thicker sound by combining two
similar Voices—for example, two different Strings Voices,
each with a different attack speed.

This method lets you play different Voices with your left
hand and right hand. By assigning the Strings to the lower
range and assigning the Flute to the higher range
separately as illustrated below, you can play the Strings as
accompaniment with your left hand and play the Flute as
melody with your right hand,

This method lets you trigger different Voices depending on
your playing strength (velocity). In this example below,
playing the note with low velocities triggers the Strings
having the slow attack speed. Playing the note with middle
velocities triggers the Strings having the fast attack speed.
Playing the note with high velocities triggers the Orchestra
Hit.

Bank

Performance
number