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Mix templates expedite songwriting

Yamaha Motif ES

March, 2005

1. Enter Pattern mode, and touch Mixing. Set up a generic selection of sounds across a few tracks. Piano on Track 1, bass on Track 2, drums on Track 3, for instance. 2. Touch Job. Jobs are like macros on a computer; they condense a bunch of commands into one button-press. Now touch F6, labeled Template i

1. Enter Pattern mode, and touch Mixing. Set up a generic selection of sounds across a few tracks. Piano on Track 1, bass on Track 2, drums on Track 3, for instance.

2. Touch Job. Jobs are like macros on a computer; they condense a bunch of commands into one button-press. Now touch F6, labeled Template in the display.

3. The SF4 and SF5 buttons are labeled Get and Put, respectively. Touch SF5 to Put your new Mix into the currently-selected Template.

Later, when a song is bursting out of your head, you’ll follow nearly the same button trail to Get this Template and Put it into a new Pattern or Song so you don’t have to mess with setting up a new Mix from scratch; instead you can just concentrate on getting your ideas down.

 

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