Yamaha VE User manual

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Contents
What is the Voice Editor?............................ 2
About Studio Manager................................. 3
What is Total Recall .................................... 3
About Open Plug-in Technology.................. 4
Starting the Voice Editor ............................ 6
Menu Bar ..................................................... 7
Library Window ......................................... 10
Edit Window............................................... 20
An Example of Voice Editor in Use........... 32
Troubleshooting......................................... 33
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This owner’s manual assumes that you are already familiar with basic Windows/Macintosh opera-
tions.
If you are not, please refer to the owner’s manual which came with your Windows/Mac OS software
before using Voice Editor.
For information about hardware requirements, the interconnection of devices and the installation of
the Voice Editor software, refer to the separate “Installation Manual” as well as the Owner’s Manual
for the respective MIDI device.
The screen illustrations in this manual are mainly taken from Windows.
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.

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What is the Voice Editor?
With the Voice Editor, you can edit your tone generator’s voices and effects via your computer.
Thanks to the easy-to-understand graphical interface, you can edit virtually all of the voice
parameters of 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 voices can be saved to your computer.
You can use this Voice Editor as a plug-in for the software below.
• Studio Manager
• Sequencer compatible with Open Plug-in Technology (OPT).
MOTIF-RACK
Transmit / Receive bulk data
Library Window Save the Library file
Import a voice
Edit Window
Voice
Element dialog Set the effects parameters

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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 Voice 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 Voice Editor.
•All.............................................. Current, Normal User 1, 2, Drum User, and Plug-in 1, 2 Voice data
• Current...................................... Voice data currently being edited
• 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
• Plug-in 1 User Voice ................. Plug-in 1 User Voice data
• Plug-in 2 User Voice ................. Plug-in 2 User Voice data
(You can select multiple data simultaneously from the Current, Normal User 1, 2, and Drum User,
Plug-in 1, 2 Voices.)
• When starting the Voice Editor from the Studio Manager, you can save the Voice 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 Voice Editor data will be saved into the Project file (Song file) of the DAW.

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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 automa-
tion.
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 sophisti-
cated MIDI edit views to be supported.
OPT-compatible plug-in software is connected directly
to an OPT-compatible host application.
OPT Level Implementation for the MOTIF-RACK Voice Editor
This chart shows the OPT-compatibility of the MOTIF-RACK Voice Editor.
n Certain operations may not work as expected if there is no corresponding function in the host application
(sequencer, etc.). The highest level of implementation for the host application is indicated in the OPT
logo (which appears along with the version information in the application).
Editor
Host
Application Editor
Editor
OPT
OPT levels of the client application MOTIF-RACK Voice Editor for operation
Operation support Operation limits
VIEWS (Level3) Yes None
PROCESSORS (Level2) Yes None
PANELS (Level1) Yes Bulk reception

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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
OPT 2 is indirectly connected to
the DAW application compatible
with Total Recall, via the Studio
Manager.
Editor
Host
Application Editor
Editor
OPT2
Studio
Manager

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Starting the Voice Editor
After installing the Voice Editor and making the required connection, follow the instructions below
to start the Voice Editor.
Windows
n In order to use the Voice Editor with your tone generator, you’ll need to set the MIDI in/out ports. (page 14)
● Starting Voice 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 Voice Editor from Studio Manager.
For more information, refer to the installation guide and Studio Manager PDF manual.
● Starting the Voice Editor in the sequencer software compatible with OPT as a plug-in
software.
The Voice 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 Voice Editor settings will be saved along with the song file.
1. Start the host application.
2. Select “MOTIF-RACK Voice Editor” in the host application’s “Plug-in” menu.
Macintosh
1. Start the Studio Manager as a plug-in for the DAW compatible with the Total Recall or a
stand-alone application.
2. Start the Voice Editor from the Studio Manager.
For more information, refer to the installation guide and Studio Manager PDF manual.

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Menu Bar
The Menu Bar contains various editing and setup functions/commands. Click the desired menu
name to open the appropriate pull-down menu, and choose the function/command you wish to
apply. Those functions/commands which are unavailable are grayed out.
n The most commonly-used menus in the Menu Bar are available as buttons in Voice Editor’s toolbar.
File
New
Creates and opens a new Library file.
Open Library...
This is the same as the “Open” button in the toolbar (page 12).
Save Library
This is the same as the “Save” button in the toolbar (page 13).
Save Library As...
Lets you save the Library file under a new or different name.

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Edit
Copy
Copies the selected voice to the clipboard. If nothing is selected, this item is grayed out.
Paste
Copies the voice from the clipboard to the Voice Editor.
Initialize
Resets the selected voice parameters to the default values. If nothing is selected, this item is
grayed out.
Edit...
This is the same as the “Edit Window” button in the toolbar (page 18).
Store
This is the same as the “Store” button in the toolbar (page 18).
Import...
This is the same as the “Import” button in the toolbar (page 17).
Compare
This is the same as the “Compare” button in the toolbar (page 19).

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Setup
Setup...
This is the same as the “Editor Setup” button in the toolbar (page 14).
Transmit Voice Bulk...
This is the same as the “Transmit Bulk” button in the toolbar (page 15).
Receive Voice Bulk...
This is the same as the “Receive Bulk” button in the toolbar (page 16).
Monitor
This is the same as the “Monitor” button in the toolbar (page 18).
Window
Close
Closes the selected window.
Close All
Closes all open windows.
Library
This is the same as the “Library Window” button in the toolbar (page 16).
Common
Displays the Common Edit window for the Voice being edited.

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Library Window
When you start Voice Editor, you will first see the Library window, which consists of tabs, each
representing a Memory in the tone generation block. Each tab lists all the names, numbers and
categories of voices in the selected Memory. Double-clicking on a voice name in the Library
window opens the Edit window for a voice, letting you edit the voice.
n You can save your settings as a Library file (*.W6E).
1 Tabs
Click any of these to view the voice list for the corresponding Memory Bank.
2 Voice list
This area shows all the voices in the selected Memory as a scrollable list. The name, number
and Category of each voice are shown. You can rearrange the voices by dragging-and-
dropping their voice numbers to a new location. You can rename a voice by selecting the voice
name, then clicking on it again to enter a new name.
n To select a continuous block of voices, click the number of the first voice, hold down the [Shift] key, then
click the last number.
n Voice names can consist of up to 10 characters.
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