Yamaha MOTIF XS7 Manuel D’Utilisation

This track lets you record Scene change settings, such as 
the status of track mute and solo. These can be set in the 
Song Play display (page 178) and recalled during Song 
playback. During Song playback, the track mute and solo 
settings change automatically according to the settings 
you’ve recorded to the Scene track. You can record this 
track with using Realtime recording (page 186) and edit 
the recorded data in the Song Edit mode (page 192). 

This track lets you record Tempo change settings. During 
Song playback, the Tempo changes automatically 
according to the settings you’ve recorded to this track. You 
can record this track with using Realtime recording 
(page 186) and edit the recorded data in the Song Edit 
mode (page 192). 

This function allows Songs to be “chained” together for 
automatic sequential playback. For instructions on using 
this, see page 185. 

In the MOTIF XS, the term “Pattern” refers to a relatively 
short musical or rhythmic phrase—1 to 256 measures—
which is used for looped playback. Therefore, once Pattern 
playback starts, it continues until you press the [

J] (Stop) 

button. 

Patterns are more than just a single phrase—they include 
16 variations called “Sections.” These Sections can be 
changed during playback and used as rhythmic/backing 
variations for the various parts of a Song. For example, you 
could use one Section for the verse, another for the chorus, 
and a third for the bridge. The Pattern related settings such 
as tempo and Mixing do not change even when the Section 
is switched, keeping the overall playback consistent in feel 
and rhythm through the changes. 
For instructions on selecting a Pattern and Section, see 
page 208. 

Pattern Chain allows you to string several different Sections 
(within a single Pattern) together to make a single, 
complete Song. You can have the MOTIF XS automatically 
change Sections by creating a Pattern Chain beforehand, 
recording Pattern playback with Section changes from the 
Pattern Chain display. You can also use this feature when 
creating Songs based on a certain Pattern, since the 
created Pattern Chain can be converted into a Song in the 
Pattern Chain Edit (page 215). One Pattern Chain can be 
created for each Pattern.

This is the basic MIDI sequence data in a track—and the 
smallest unit—used in creating a Pattern. “Phrase” is a 
short musical/rhythmic passage for a single instrument, 
such as a rhythm pattern for the rhythm part, a bass line for 
the bass part, or a chord backing for the guitar part. This 
synthesizer features memory space for 256 of your own 
original User Phrases. 

n The MOTIF XS provides no Preset Phrases. 

A Pattern consists of 16 separate tracks, a Scene track, 
and a Tempo track (just as in a Song). See page 59. 

A Pattern consists of 16 tracks to which the Phrase can be 
assigned. MIDI data cannot be directly recorded to each 
track in the Pattern mode. Recording is done to an empty 
user phrase. The newly created phrase is automatically 
assigned to the recording track. 

Song 01

Song 22

Song 15

Section A

Section B

Section C

Track 1

Track 2

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Track 16

Phrase 001

Phrase 002

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Phrase 003

Phrase 001

Phrase 002

Phrase 003

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MIDI data

MIDI data

MIDI data

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