Yamaha MOTIF RACK Music System User Manual

Contents

What is the Multi Part Editor?................................................... 2

About Studio Manager............................................................... 3

What is Total Recall? ................................................................ 3

Multi Part Editor Files ............................................................... 4

About Open Plug-in Technology ................................................ 5

Starting the Multi Part Editor ................................................... 6

An Example of the Multi Part Editor in Use.............................. 7

MIDI Port Settings When Using Remote Control Function .... 11

Menu Bar ................................................................................. 17

Window .................................................................................... 19

Toolbar..................................................................................... 20

Part Mixer Window .................................................................. 21

Dialogs..................................................................................... 30

Remote Operation ................................................................... 34

Troubleshooting....................................................................... 37

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This owner’s manual assumes that you are already familiar with basic Windows/Macintosh operations. If you are not, please refer to the owner’s manual which came with your Windows/Macintosh software before using Multi Part Editor.

For information about hardware requirements, the interconnection of devices and the installation of the Multi Part Editor software, refer to the separate InstallatIon Manual as well as the Owner’s Manual for the respective MIDI device.

About Menu/Button Name

When the name of the menu or button differs in Windows and Macintosh, the names are indicated as “Windows name (Macintosh name)” in the manual.

What is the Multi Part Editor?

Multi Part Editor is a convenient way to edit and save the Multi parameters of your MOTIF-RACK. Thanks to its the easy-to-understand graphical interface, you can edit virtually all of the Multi parameters of the MOTIF-RACK right from your computer — using the mouse to adjust the virtual knobs, sliders, and buttons and entering values from the computer keyboard. Finally, all the changes you have made to your Multis can be saved to your computer.

The Multi Part Editor can also be used in connection with devices such as the Yamaha 01X Digital Mixing Studio or MOTIF ES Music Production Sythesizer, allowing you to operate the Multi Part Editor using real hardware controls.

You can use this Multi Part Editor as a plug-in for the software below.

• Studio Manager

• Sequencer compatible with Open Plug-in Technology (OPT).

Select voices

Part Detail Window

Common Detail Window

Part Mixer Window

Select parameter

Select effects

Chorus

Save data

Reverb

01X

MOTIF ES 6/7/8

Remote operation

Display information

(parameter names / values)

Tr ansmit / Receive bulk data Tr ansmit parameters

MOTIF-RACK

About Studio Manager

Studio Manager is a cross-platform application that enables you to start multiple Editors for controlling YAMAHA hardware products remotely, and to save multiple Editor settings. For more information, refer to the separate Installation Guide or the Studio Manager PDF manual.

What is Total Recall?

You can save and recall each Editor’s settings in Studio Manager. This enables you to recall all the settings of multiple devices from Studio Manager and control the entire system using simple operations. This capability is called the “Total Recall” function. Also, if you are saving the setup ﬁles or trying to synchronize multiple devices, you can recall all the settings for multiple devices using Studio Manager. Alternatively, you can recall the settings only for a certain device using the Editor of the corresponding device.

For more information, refer to the Studio Manager PDF manual.

Right-click the MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor icon in the Studio Manager window. Select “Conﬁgure Total Recall,” then select the data to be recalled. The data that can be selected differs depending on the Editor.

The following data types can be selected in the MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor.

• All.............................................. Multi, Normal User 1, 2, and Drum User Voice data

• Multi .......................................... Multi data

• Normal User 1 Voice................. Normal User 1 Voice data

• Normal User 2 Voice................. Normal User 2 Voice data

•Drum User Voice....................... Drum User Voice data

(You can select multiple data simultaneously from the Multi, Normal User 1, 2, and Drum User Voices.)

n When checking [From Hardware] from the [Synchronize] menu → [Total Recall], the Solo/Mute data will not

be recalled.

Multi Part Editor Files

Every Multi in the MOTIF-RACK can be made up of voices selected from the collection of User Voices stored in the MOTIF-RACK. When a voice is modiﬁed, each Multi that utilizes that voice will be modiﬁed as well and as a result, your Multis may not sound the way they did when you ﬁrst made them. This is why Multi Part Editor ﬁles contain not only Multi data (pan, volume, effects and mixer settings, etc.) but User Voice data as well, ensuring that the voices which were used when the Multi was made can be saved and recalled. For example, let’s say you want to play a Multi, but you’ve edited or even overwritten some of the voices it uses. In this case, if you saved the Multi using Multi Part Editor, you can simply send the User Voice data from Multi Part Editor back to the MOTIF-RACK (page 32). The Multi will sound just as it did when you saved it.

n When transmitting the User Voice data of the Multi Part Editor to the MOTIF-RACK, the User Voice data

saved in the MOTIF-RACK will be lost.

Makeup of Multi Part Editor Files (.M5E)

Multi Data

User Voice Data

• User1 (128)

• User2 (128)

• DrumUser (32)

Makeup of Multi within MOTIF-RACK

User Voice Data

• User1 (128)

• User2 (128)

• DrumUser (32)

Each ﬁle contains Multi data and the User Voice data used by the Multi.

Multi Data 128

Multi Data 1

All Multis share the same collection of User Voices.

About Open Plug-in Technology

Open Plug-in Technology (OPT) is a new software format that enables you to control MIDI devices from a music DAW application software. For example, this allows you to start up and operate various parts of your music system, such as plug-in board editors, and mixing control editors directly from an OPT-compatible sequencer, without having to use each separately. OPT also makes it unnecessary to set MIDI drivers for each application, streamlining your music production system and making all operations more convenient and seamless. In addition to the original OPT, there is also Open Plug-in Technology Version 2 (OPT 2), designed for use with the Total Recall software. Studio Manager is a host application that supports OPT 2.

About the OPT Levels and Overview

The host application and its compatibility with OPT is divided into three levels, as shown below.

Level 1

OPT Panels provides basic support for opening and displaying OPT control panels that can transmit data via the client’s external MIDI ports. Typically this will allow basic hardware editor control panels to operate properly.

Level 2

OPT Processors provides support for real-time MIDI processors and panel automation. Typically this will allow both real-time and ofﬂine MIDI effects to operate properly and supply automation to OPT panels.

Level 3

OPT Views provides support for edit views and MIDI processors/panels that require direct access to client program storage structures. Typically this will allow sophisticated MIDI edit views to be supported.

Editor

Host

Application

OPT Level Implementation for the MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor

This chart shows the OPT-compatibility of the MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor.

OPT levels of the host application

VIEWS (Level 3) Yes None

PROCESSORS (Level 2) Yes None

PANELS (Level 1) Yes Bulk reception,

OPT

Editor

OPT-compatible plug-in software is connected directly to an OPT-compatible host application.

MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor operation

compatibility

Operation support Operation limits

remote control

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All operations of the MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor can be utilized when running as a plug-in within Level 2 (Processors) and Level 3 (Views) host applications. Bulk data reception and remote control are not supported when running within Level 1 (Panels) host applications.

n Certain operations may not work as expected if there is no corresponding function in the host

application. The highest level of implementation for the host application is indicated by the OPT logo which appears along with the version information in the application.

About the OPT 2 Overview

OPT 2 is a plug-in format that enhances OPT Level 1 (Panels) and adds some convenient functions for use with Total Recall. In addition to doing Total Recall functions using the Studio Manager as a host application, you can use Total Recall in a DAW application (provided it is compatible with Total Recall), via the Studio Manager.

Plug-in software compatible with

Host

Application

Studio

Manager

Editor

OPT2

Editor

OPT 2 is indirectly connected to the DAW application compatible with Total Recall, via the Studio Manager.

Starting the Multi Part Editor

After installing the Multi Part Editor and making the required connections, follow the instructions below to start the Multi Part Editor.

Starting Multi Part Editor from Studio Manager

1. Start Studio Manager as a plug-in within DAW software compatible with Total Recall, or as a stand-alone application.

2. Start Multi Part Editor from Studio Manager.

For more information, refer to the installation guide and Studio Manager PDF manual.

Starting the Multi Part Editor in the sequencer software compatible with OPT as a plugin software.

The Multi Part Editor can be used as a plug-in software in any host application compatible with Open Plug-in Technology (OPT). Refer to the owner’s manual of the host application (sequencer, etc.) for details on using plug-in software.

n For OPT-compatible software, the Multi Part Editor settings will be saved along with the song ﬁle.

1. Start the host application.

2. Select “MOTIF-RACK Multi Part Editor” in the host application’s “Plug-in” menu.

An Example of the Multi Part Editor in Use

There is no single way to use the many components of the Multi Part Editor. Your editing needs and preferences may differ; however, the following example gives you a simple step-by-step guide in how to use the Multi Part Editor. The Part Mixer window is the ﬁrst window to open, so that’s where the explanation begins.

n Before using the Multi Part Editor, you need to set the mode of the MOTIF-RACK to the Multi mode.

1. Click “Setup” under “Setup” in the menu bar to open the Setup dialog. Conﬁgure the parameters in this window to enable communication between Multi Part Editor and MOTIF-RACK. For further information, see page 31.

n When using DAW software that is incompatible with OPT or Total Recall:

When starting the Studio Manager as a stand-alone application and using it simultaneously with sequencer software, open the MIDI-USB Driver dialog and merge (join) the MIDI ports of the sequencer software with the MIDI ports of the Multi Part Editor (page 9).

2. Transfer the desired User Voices from the MOTIF-RACK (page 33) or open a Voice Editor ﬁle (page 17) with the Multi Part Editor.

n Once User Voices are updated in the Multi Part Editor, they can be used the next time Multi Part Editor

is started. If new voices are created or edited with the MOTIF-RACK or Voice Editor, the user voices must again be updated by transferring them from the MOTIF-RACK or opening a Voice Editor ﬁle.

n If you don’t intend to use User Voices in the Multi, you can skip this step.

3. Transfer the desired Multi from the MOTIF-RACK into the Multi Part Editor. For more information, see “Receive Multi Bulk” on page 19.

n If you intend to use a default Multi, you can skip this step. In this case, transmit the Multi (page 18) in

order to synchronize the data in the Multi Part Editor and MOTIF-RACK.

(1) Select the Multi data you want to send to the Multi Part Editor on the MOTIF-RACK.

(2) Select “Receive Multi Bulk” under “Setup” in the menu bar.

4. Select a voice for each part.

(1) Click on the voice name or bank name for each part to display the “Voice List”.

(2) Select the voice you want to assign to the part.

5. Set parameters for each part in the Part Mixer window. Click the [DETAIL] button for each part and for the Common Section to make further settings.

6. Save your edited data by clicking the [Save] button in the toolbar. You can save a Multi for each of your songs. When you want to play a song, open the Multi Part Editor ﬁle (*.M5E) corresponding to the song. It will automatically be transmitted to the MOTIF-RACK. No further settings are necessary. Additionally, when running Multi Part Editor as a plug-in under a OPT-compatible host application such as SQ01, you can save your Multi Part Editor data as part of the host application’s song data.

• When starting the Multi Part Editor from the Studio Manager, you can save the Multi Part Editor data into the Session ﬁle of Studio Manager.

• When using DAW (digital audio workstation) software compatible with Total Recall and the Studio Manager together, the Multi Part Editor data will be saved into the Project ﬁle (Song ﬁle) of the DAW.

Notice when starting the Studio Manager as a stand-alone application

When starting the Studio Manager as a stand-alone application, you’ll also need to have the sequencer running simultaneously so that you can check the Part or Voice sounds edited in the Multi Part Editor or Voice Editor by using an external keyboard. As shown in the example below, set the MIDI through function (echo setting) of the sequencer to direct the MIDI messages from an external keyboard to the MOTIF-RACK.

Connection example

MIDI Keyboard

USB MIDI In Port 1-1

Computer

USB MIDI Out Port 0-2

MOTIF-RACK

MIDI through (Echo setting) = on

USB MIDI In Port 0-1

Studio ManagerSequencer

Multi Part Editor or Voice Editor

USB MIDI Out Port 0-1

Merge (join) Port 0-1 with Port 0-2

(page 9)

Merging the MIDI inputs/outputs when using DAW software that is incompatible with OPT or Total Recall

(1) Display the “YAMAHA USB-MIDI Driver” dialog.

Windows XP

From the [Start] menu, select [Control Panels] → [MIDI-USB Driver].

Mac OS X

From the Apple menu, select [System Preferences] → [YAMAHA USB-MIDI].

The MIDI-USB Driver icon will not be displayed if MOTIF-RACK is not properly connected to the com-

puter via USB, or if MOTIF-RACK is not turned on.

The “0” displayed in the port name (0-1, 0-2, etc.) indicates the number of the MIDI device connected to the computer via USB. Match this number to the “Device Name” in the “YAMAHA USB-MIDI Driver” dialog.

(2) In the “YAMAHA USB-MIDI Driver” dialog, merge the output ports.

• OUT Change the settings to connect the two output ports which are used by the sequencer

and Multi Part Editor to MOTIF-RACK input port 1.

For example, change the settings as shown in the illustrations below when using the output port 1 and output port 2 in the Studio Manager (Multi Part Editor) and sequencer.

OUT

(3) Click [OK] to close the dialog.

MIDI Port Settings When Using Remote Control Function

This chapter explains how to control the Multi Part Editor or DAW (sequencer) remotely using the 01X or MOTIF ES. Set the MIDI ports of your application software or your devices following the illustrations.

n • When receiving bulk data with the Multi Part Editor, set “MIDI Thru” on your sequencer to off.

• Conﬁgure the remote input and output ports of the Multi Part Editor (page 31).

n When using DAW software that is incompatible with OPT or Total Recall:

1. Remote-controlling using the MOTIF ES

1.1. MOTIF ES + Sequencer compatible with OPT (such as SQ01) + Multi Part Editor + MOTIF-RACK

The ports can be changed.

MOTIF ES6/7/8

SQ01

Audio Mixer

Track View

USB MIDI In/Out Port 0-1

MOTIF-RACK

USB Remote MIDI In/Out Port 1-4 (Mode A General)

Multi Part Editor

1.2. MOTIF ES + DAW compatible with Total Recall (such as Cubase SX 3) + Multi Part Editor + MOTIF-RACK

The ports can be changed.

MOTIF ES6/7/8

USB Remote MIDI In/Out Port 1-4 (Mode A Cubase)

Cubase SX 3

Audio Mixer

Track View

MOTIF-RACK

USB Remote MIDI In/Out Port 1-3 (Mode B General)

Studio Manager

Multi Part Editor

USB MIDI In/Out Port 0-1

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