Yamaha MOTIF6 Manual Do Utilizador

The MOTIF creates a variety of different kinds of data, including Voice, Performance, Song, and Pattern.  In 
this section, how to store the various types of data and use the memory devices/media for storing them.

This diagram details the relationship among the MOTIF’s functions and the internal memory, memory card, 
and various external storage devices/media.

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   Please make note of the following points 

when using bulk transmission between 
SRAM memory and an external MIDI device.

• Bulk transmission cannot be used to 

transfer the data of User Arpeggios 
and part of the System settings.

• Bulk transmission to an external MIDI 

device is executed only when MOTIF 
receives a bulk request message.

IBM

Personal System/V

PS/V

Personal System/V

Recall Buffer
Compare Buffer
(DRAM)

Other than "Master Edit"

Preset Data (ROM)

• Voice
• Plug-in Voice
• Preset Phrase (Pattern)
• Preset Arpeggio
• Demo

External MIDI device

MIDI bulk

Edit Buffer(DRAM)

• Voice Edit

• Plug-in Voice Edit

• Performance Edit

• Master Edit

Store

User Memory (RAM)

SRAM

• User Plug-in Voice
  (64 Voices x 3 boards)

• User Performance (128)

• User Master (128)

• User Arpeggio (128)

• System setting
  (Utility setting)

• User Voice
  (Normal 128, Drum 16)

DRAM

• Song

• Song Chain

• Waveform

(Sample Voice)

• Pattern (Phrase)

•˚Style

• Pattern Chain

• Song Chain

• Pattern Record

• Pattern Patch

• Song Record

Store

• Pattern Chain

• Sampling

Store

• Pattern Mixing Edit

• Song Mixing Edit

Computer

• Plug-in Voice Edit using 

the   computer

Plug-in board(DRUM)

• Plug-in All Bulk

File extensions
".W2W"

File extensions
".W2B"

• File extensions ".WAV" and 

".AIF"

• A5000/4000/3000 data
• SU700 data
• AKAI format data

File extensions
".W2S"

File extensions
".W2P"

File extensions
".MID"

File extensions ".W2A"

File extensions
".W2V"

File extensions
".W2G"

• File extensions ".WAV" and   

".AIF"

• A5000/4000/3000 data
• AKAI format data

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