YAMAHA MOTIF
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MOTIF has the sonic power of the world's most advanced synthesizer
(a massive 85MB-equivalent of wave ROM!), combined with the hands-on
inspiration of a cutting-edge groove box. MOTIF's Integrated Sampling
Sequencer, and Slice capabilities make your samples as easy to
arrange as MIDI. Its sampler provides 4MB of sample RAM, expandable
to 64MB using affordable SIMMs.
THE HEART OF MOTIF: The Integrated Sampling
Sequencer
At the heart of MOTIF is its Integrated Sampling Sequencer, which
seamlessly combines the audio and MIDI recording processes, giving
you unprecedented freedom for creating music. The sequencer component
of this system features both linear and pattern recording methods,
including a standard Song Mode for recording MIDI and audio data
in linear fashion from beginning to end (the way analog tape machines
worked). With a 200,000 MIDI note capacity and a maximum total
sampling memory of 6 minutes and 20 seconds in stereo at 44.1kHz
(with two 32MB SIMMs installed), MOTIF can easily handle this
linear production approach, which is popular with more traditional
kinds of music.
In this age of digital production, however, cutting and pasting
different sections of music and audio (motifs) together is an
integral part of the music making process. MOTIF has 4 unique
features that simplify this process to expand your creativity
like never before.
Pattern Mode
This mode lets you easily create the sections of your song (Verse,
Chorus, Bridge, Breaks, etc.) as individual elements without having
to decide on a final arrangement.
Integrated Sampling Sequencer
MOTIF has two distinct ways of recording audio phrases: Sample
with Note and Slice with Sequence. Sample with Note is ideal if
you simply want to add audio phrases to your song. In this mode,
you can record vocal and guitar phrases directly into your sequence
while listening to playback of any MIDI tracks you've already
created. After recording the audio, the Integrated Sampling Sequencer
will automatically create a sample voice, map it to the keyboard
and put a MIDI note in the pattern at the appropriate time. If
you would like to play the same audio phrase later in the song,
you can simply trigger it with a MIDI note instead of having to
sample it again and use up valuable sample RAM. When you make
your final arrangement, your phrases will play back in perfect
time.
Slice with Sequence takes the Integrated Sampling Sequencer concept
even further. In this case, when you record audio phrases, MOTIF
will analyze the recorded audio, slice it into pieces (based on
amplitude peaks and divisions of the beat) and then generate an
extremely accurate MIDI sequence to perfectly re-trigger each
of the pieces. This is the key to MOTIF's seamless integration
of audio and MIDI. Once this process has completed, you can change
the tempo of your sequence without changing the pitch of the recorded
audio, or use grids to change the clock, gate and velocity values
of notes within a sampled drum loop, for example. Simply put,
you have all the flexibility of MIDI with the accuracy and realism
of audio.
SCSI Port
Connect an external ZIP, MO, or hard drive to MOTIF for easy storage
of large amounts of sample data. Its newly designed SCSI interface
provides the fast loading times expected by professional musicians.
