Yamaha MOTIF ES6 User Manual

Quick Guide — Playing the MOTIF ES
Using the Plug-in Board
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Owner’s Manual
Plug-in Voices and Board Voices
The Voices of a Single Part Plug-in Board installed to this synthesizer can be divided into two types: Board Voices and
Plug-in Voices. Board Voices are unprocessed, unaltered Voices of the Plug-in board – the “raw material” used for the Plug-
in Voices. Plug-in Voices, on the other hand, are edited Board Voices – Voices that have been specially programmed and
processed for optimum use with the host synthesizer.
Since the MOTIF ES includes preset Plug-in Voices for all the Plug-in Boards, you can call up and play appropriate Voices
for each board immediately after installing it.
n The Plug-in Voices can be edited in the Voice Edit mode.
n The Board Voices can be edited using the computer software supplied for each Plug-in Board.
Playing the PLG150-VL sound with the Breath Controller
With Virtual Acoustic (VA) synthesis, the PLG150-VL has the sounds of real instruments modeled (simulated) in real time,
giving a degree of realism that cannot be achieved using conventional PCM-based synthesis techniques. When playing
these sounds using an optional Breath Controller, you can even capture some of the physical feel of woodwind
instruments.
1 Install the PLG150-VL to the MOTIF ES.
2 Connect the Breath Controller BC3 to the BREATH
connector on the rear panel (page 42).
3 Switch the MOTIF ES power on.
4 Set the Plug-in Board related parameters in the
Utility mode, corresponding to steps #3 and 4 in
the instructions on the previous page.
5 Set the Breath Controller Curve via the [UTILITY]
→ [F1] GENERAL → [SF1] TG → BCCurve
parameter (page 260).
6 Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play
mode, then select a Plug-in Voice of the PLG150-VL.
7 Play the Voice and blow into the Breath Controller to
expressively change the sound.
You can also use the MIDI Wind Controller WX5 to play
the Plug-in Voice of the PLG150-VL. Connect the WX5 to
the MOTIF ES with a MIDI cable.
TIP
BREATH ASSIGNABLE SUSTAIN
FOOT
SWITCH
WX5
MIDI OUT connector
MIDI IN connector
MIDI cable
MOTIF ES
MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER

Yamaha MOTIF ES6 Specifications

General

Brand	Yamaha
Model	MOTIF ES6
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English