Yamaha MOTIF XS7 Manuel D’Utilisation

MOTIF XS8
MOTIF XS7
MOTIF XS6

88 keys, Balanced Hammer Effect Keyboard (Initial Touch/Aftertouch)
76 keys, FSX Keyboard (Initial Touch/Aftertouch)
61 keys, FSX Keyboard (Initial Touch/Aftertouch)

Tone Generator

AWM2, with Expanded Articulation

Polyphony

128 notes

Multi Timbral 
Capacity

16 Parts (internal), Audio Input Parts (A/D, mLAN*) 

*1 stereo Part

Wave

355MB (when converted to 16-bit linear format), 2,670 waveforms

Voice

Preset: 1,024 Normal Voices + 64 Drum Kits
GM: 128 Normal Voices + 1 Drum Kit
User: 128 x 3 (selected and copied from Preset bank), Normal Voice + 32 Drum Kits

Performance

User: 128 x 3 (up to 4 Parts)

Filter

18 types

Effect System

Reverb x 9 types, Chorus x 22 types, Insertion (A, B) x 53 types x 8 Parts (up to 16 units), 
Vocoder x 1 (uses both Insertion Effect A and B blocks), Master Effect x 9 types
(Preset settings for parameters of each effect type are provided as templates; total 320)
Master EQ (5 bands), Part EQ (3 bands, stereo)

Samples

Up to 1,024 Waveforms (Multi Samples)
Up to 128 Key Banks per Waveform
Up to 4,096 Key Banks

Sampling Sources

Analog input L/R, Stereo output (Resampling)
mLAN (available on the MOTIF XS6 and 7 when the mLAN16E2 has been installed)

A/D Conversion
D/A Conversion

24-bit, 64x oversampling
24-bit,128x oversampling 

Sample Data Bits

16

Sampling Frequency

44.1kHz, 22.05kHz, 11.025kHz, 5.5125kHz (Stereo/Mono)

Sampling Frequency via mLAN (when the mLAN16E2 has been installed): 44.1kHz (fixed)

Sampling Memory

Optionally installed, expandable to 1GB (512MB DIMM x 2 slots) 

*DIMMs are not installed to the instrument when shipped from the factory.

Sample Length

Mono: 32 MB
Stereo: 64 MB

Sampling Time

44.1kHz: 6 min. 20 sec.
22.05kHz: 12 min. 40 sec.
11.025kHz: 25 min. 20 sec.
5.0125kHz: 55 min. 40 sec.

*Mono/Stereo

Sample Format

Original format, WAV, AIFF

Note Capacity

Approx. 130,000 notes

Note Resolution

480 ppq (parts per quarter note)

Maximum Polyphony

124 notes

Tempo (BPM)

5 – 300

Recording type

Real time replace
Real time overdub (with the exception of the Pattern Chain)
Real time punch in/out (Song only)

Tracks

Pattern: 16 Phrase tracks
Pattern Chain: Pattern track, Tempo track, Scene track
Song: 16 sequence tracks (Loop on/off can be set for each track), Tempo track, Scene 
track

Patterns

64 Patterns (x 16 sections), Measures: 256 maximum
Mixing Voices: 16 Voices per Pattern and up to 256 Voices for all Patterns
Mixing Templates: 32 for all Songs and Patterns

Phrases

User Phrases: 256 per Pattern

Songs

64 Songs 
Mixing Voices: 16 Voices per Song and up to 256 Voices for all Songs
Mixing Templates: 32 for all Songs and Patterns

Arpeggio

Preset: 6,633 types
User: 256 types

*MIDI Sync, MIDI transmit/receive channel, Velocity Limit, and Note Limit can be set.