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1. kit from the 500 700 or 900 series between 1st September and 30th November 2012 within Europe and receive a free superb collection of acoustic drum sounds from the renowned software BFD eco All you need to do is to register via e mail as the owner of a new Yamaha electronic drum kit I ll explain how to use BFD eco with the DTX500 in a special DTX500 amp BFD eco workshop in the next issue of the Production Guide http europe yamaha com en news_events musical instru ments software bundle for yamaha dtx drums But now for the workshop If you turn the large dial clockwise you can select a different Drum Kit With the DTX500 you can program 20 custom Drum Kits also called User Kits First use the dial to select the Drum Kit number 51 Now the arrow keys or cursor keys come into use Press the cur sor to the right button and you re in Edit mode YAMAHA s EUROPE YAMAHA COM sde Ds os IR PP tS FS It is important to strike the Pad you want to edit first So first hit the snare it will then be directly shown on the display YAMAHA En a B Then press the right cursor button twice and you can choose a new snare using the dial the number flashes If you now play the snare Pad you will directly hear the new sound you have just selected Left of the number an S indicates that you have selected a snare drum sound ALL SOUNDS ARE ORGANIZED INTO CATEGORIES K Kicks
2. YAMAHA MUSIC PRODUCTION GUIDE OFFICIAL NEWS GUIDE FROM YAMAHA amp EASY SOUNDS FOR YAMAHA MUSIC PRODUCTION INSTRUMENTS Edition 0512012 Contents Yamaha s new entry level synthesizers MX49 and MX61 Artist Interview PJ Morton Easy Sounds Soundset Evolving Soundscapes Interview ene YAMAHA S NEW cena ENTRY LEVEL Sounds amp Goodies SYNTHESIZERS MX49 AND MX61 j az m os y A f MOTIF SO NDS FOR INSPIRATION USB FOR FPANDED INR OEAUCNE TER s s A lt P gt t C b De RC ARE y CUBASE Al Remote included E rr Ughweigh Lv tee Player Input bises uh a gt Over SOUND SES E Ln VCM Effects One Touch Vi c e LAYER amp SPLIT bus i 1 28 notes Bom Maximum LETT Lo Polyphony USB Audio cis MIDI Integration t i MX61 Go YAMAHA E U R OP E H YAMA H A H C OM 125 YEARS OF PASSION amp PERFORMANCE GAN AN N EC OR FF S YAMAHA S NEW Brae Vie SYN I HESIZERS MX49 AND MX6 1 The new Yamaha synthesizers MX49 and MX61 settled in the lower price range will be available in a few weeks That s reason enough to take a first look at the features of the instruments We will get into more detail with the new synthesizers in the next issue of the Music Production Guide VCM Effects Virtual r Modeling
3. Zo Maximum Polyphony The tone generation system of the MX49 MX61 is based on the excellent sound engine of Yamaha s MOTIF series which represents the standard of synthesizer workstations for the last 10 years The Virtual Circuitry Modeling technology VCM allows excellent studio effects like Vintage Compressor EQ Wah Flanger Phaser etc The 128 voices of polyphony allow you to play very complex Performances and to use the MX49 MX61as a Tone Generator for com plete song productions and live playbacks EUROPE YAMAHA COM Over 000 Voices One Touch t LAYER amp SPLIT USB Audio MIDI Integration The MX49 MX61 contains more than 1 000 Voices from the successful MOTIF series realistic instrument sounds like acoustic piano electric piano strings brass and synth electronic sounds Instantly generate Layer and Split Perfor mances using the huge selection of premium Voices by a simple press of a button The integrated USB audio MIDI interface allows both MIDI and audio connection via a single USB cable to the computer YAMAHA rudes N RR TT IQ en mFS LOS 0512012 DAW applications function Portable Audio e Player Input Sh gt o lt u YAMAHA In the Remote mode you can use the knobs and buttons of the MX49 MX61 to comfor tably control selected functions of external The AUX in audio input allows playback of external audio signals from porta
4. S Snare T Toms C Cymbals H HiHat P Percussion cow bell amp co E Electronic several electronic sounds Of course you can assign a completely different sound to the snare Pad To do this use the cursor buttons to highlight the letter and simply select a different category with the dial This way you can assign new sounds to all Pads FURTHER SOUND SETTINGS Of course it does not end here The DTX500 has much more possibilities to tweak the sound If you use the cursor buttons to go further to the right you will get into some other menus For each individual Pad you can adjust the volume tuning drums La var rum TROGER wocuur DTX500 or its panorama stereo position left right YAMAHA EUROPE YAMAHA COM a AUT TT SI C PRODUCTION GUIDE 05 2012 STORING Now if you like the Drum Kit you ve programmed you should save your work Press the Save Enter button and the DTX500 module will be asking you what Kit number you want to store your Drum Kit to Choose for example number 51 Press the right cursor button and you are able to enter a new name for the Drum Kit YAMAHA drums EM D TAP TUTY DRUM TRIGGER MODULE DTX500 So Have fun Yours Ralf Mersch By default it s the name User Kit but you can change each letter by using the dial Confirm by pressing the Save Enter button The module asks if you are sure so press the
5. is very difficult because you ve got to use this sweep of notes and it maybe vary extremely in speed velocity and volume at the same time There s no way you can really get an arpeggiator to do that at least this was 18 years ago when started KARMA So wanted to find a way to generate those sorts of things And one of the first things I tried to program in KARMA was the whole concept of the overlapping hands of the harpist Once started that it really was just a sort of take off started adding features and more modules more capabilities came up with different ways of jumping the indexes around so you can randomize the drum grooves and other parts and have a sort of intelligent randomization It just grew bigger and bigger until it became sort of arpeggiators on steroids backing track generator After about seven years of development was able to license it to Korg where it has been included in most of their top workstations And actually for the first few years this was also still being done in Max because still was afraid of computer programming But finally got to the point 2 I 3 0 d 7 MOTIF XF8 where the program wasso massively complex in Max and so was getting extremely bogged down Max wasn t really meant to handle a program of that complexity and so finally had to bite the bullet as we say and learn computer programming hp Did you take lessons for computer programming
6. Save Enter button again You now have programmed a new Drum Kit It s really simple and it s worth to try new kits YAMAHA s EUROPE YAMAHA COM dd l MAS PRODUCT lem LE E Le VUE PRODUCTION GUIDES v ae amp eee CN Let YAMAHA YAMAHA GO YAMAHA LT Der XF in gr n OS 1 60 f r den MOTIF XS On the last page of the Music Production Guide a link can di ai east eee be found to download a zip file containing all previous editions in the Box Music Production Guide History Size Description 26 May 2011 09 0R 2 6M In addition we now offer all readers the opportunity to access all pre 26 May 2011 09 09 3 8M vious issues online So the Guides archive is available from everywhere 26 May 2011 09 10 3 1M you ve got connection to the internet 26 May 2011 09 09 2 9M F 26 May 2011 09 08 3 7M After entering the access data simply click on the relevant issue in 26 May 2011 09 16 3 7M order to open it for reading 26 May 2011 09 10 3 4M The link to the German editions 26 May 2011 09 09 2 6M http easysounds macbay de MusicProductionGuides_DE ee eee 26 May 7811 49 88 3 4M The link to the English editions 26 May 7811 00 09 3 7M http easysounds macbay de MusicProductionGuides_EN o 26 May 2011 09 09 4 0M Login 26 May 2011 09 08 3 8M H 26 May 2011 09 10 3 4M Name musicpro MusicProductionGuide 2011 03 EN pdf 26 May 2011 09 16 3 1M DD D E D D D D D
7. Sept 1 and Dec 31 alt ENT DTX560k DTX540k DTX530k DTX520k O99 999 Eus Emm cs teem DTX500k DTX750k DTX700k DTX950k DTX900k Register yourself as the owner of your DIX kit by sending an e mail with the subject DTX registration for BFD eco to DTXnews easysounds de It is necessary to give the following details your full name om ere ea ee your country the model number of your DTX drum kit as well as the serial number of your drum trigger module After successful registration you will receive an e mail with a license serial number for FXpansion BFD eco as well as instructions on how and where to download the installation software TT 62v A EEE The promotion period will start on 1 September 2012 and ends on 31 December 2012 and is only available for Europe DS AU SIC PRODUCTION GUIDE O512012 YAMAHA DTXSOO TPS BASICS PART 1 HOW TO PROGRAM YOUR OWN DRUM KITS The DTX500 module does not just sound like a real drum EDITING DRUM KITS kit it also has many great features and functionalities But before start explaining some functions in this Basic Workshop I want to point out a great promotion The DTX500 features 449 high class sounds and 50 Preset Drum Kits of different musical styles When you turn on the device the Drum Kit button is already lit and the first Drum Kit Oak Custom is That is the BFD eco promotion Purchase a new Yamaha DTX drum indicated in the display
8. a very complex system that meets the highest requirements In contrast to the YAMAHA mode However this mode offers in addition to LAYER and SPLIT sounds made of two Parts a default mode for playing single Voices Hence you could also speak of a SINGLE mode here Performance mode can also be used for Of course the multi timbral setups with up to 16 Parts And as a special highlight the Performance modefeatures a PART SELECT function When activated up to 16 Voices can be selected alternately without having the previous soundcut off Ideal for complex live performances RHYTHM PATTERN In addition to instrument and synth sounds MOTIF Performances usually have Parts with drum arpeggios assigned to them In the MX this is done with the help of the Rhythm Patterns which can be used in addition to the LAYER or SPLIT Parts The Rhythm Patterns are somehow similar to the drum arpeggios of the MOTIF se ries but they are not arpeggios but con trolled by patterns which are associated with the drum Part 10 There are a total of 208 Patterns to choose from which are di vided into six categories Using the Key On start function the Rhythm Patterns synchronously start with the first note that is played on the keyboard THE 2 PART ARPEGGIATOR Of course like all Yamaha synthesizers the MX49 MX61 features complex arpeggio functions In Performances two independent Arpeggiators can b
9. from Yamaha Even more Cubase Al is a music produc tion tool with functions which were exclusive for high end studios not very long time ago a Compan tas Even better European customers buying a Yamaha Music Production instrument with included Cubase Al software are qualified to request a free English language tutorial CD from ASK Video containing 23 videos on how to use Cubase Al4 The CD is English language only and only available as long stocks last So better be quick request your CD by sending an e mail containing the serial number of your Yamaha instrument and your name and address to musicproduction yamaha de MOTIF XS users can order this CD in combination with the tutorial DVD The World of MOTIF XS Important note This CD ROM can not be shipped outside Europe UROPE YAMAHA COM YAMAHA ramen oi ri APA m P SUA n 0 R8 8 CLS KG PP ELLE 0512012 SRSA S COINS eS E PS FOR MOT FS aie SERIES MO VOLUME or ELECTRIC PIANO amp CLAVINET ERSU Ji J CHILL XPErrevcE L XTASYN Up to date synth and drum sounds for dance trance pop and electronic Phat leads amp synthcomps pads FX Special attack Wave forms for punchy sounds FM XPANDED VOL 1 ELECTRIC PIANO amp CLAVINET Sample based FM sounds with very high dy namic and authenticity which are heovily based on classic DX7 sounds but also offer new and innovative creations PHAT ANALOG Synthlead
10. implementations only four modules have ever been used For KARMA 3 and the MOTIF we use all six modules all the time so there is a much fuller sound and made one of the modules capable of being used as a fill feature which V 2 0 doesn t have And that adds a huge capability to the whole experience Other stuff that s new in KARMA 3 is a very cool Stutter feature with multiple speeds an enhanced manual Retriggering feature and the Performance notes feature which is nice because you just click a button and it opens up detailed document about the current Performance in your browser New in 3 0 is also the fact that you can store a mix and track mutes for each scene There are 32 scenes each in 7 different layers EUROPE YAMAHA COM possible per Performance We provide the first eight in each layer But if you want to make your own variations you can easily copy a scene to an empty one and then go change it around Or you can just mix and match the scenes in the different layers with each other the variations you can get just doing that are never ending We once calculated that if you have all 32 scenes programmed there would be over two billion variations that you can get from playing around with the Scene Matrix page hp The scenes don t include the chords right s No there are 16 chords per Performance you can store your own at any time And new 3 0 Chord Trigger features allow them to be used to control
11. s No taught myself bought several books like Learn C in 21 days kind of like that It took a while but now KARMA is written completely in C C hp You re programming the whole graphics for the GUI too s Yes l m doing everything My website makes it look like there s a company involved but it s really just me and a few free lance sound programmers do the website graphics store processing of the orders forums everything My wife does help a little bit hp When did you have the idea for KARMA MOTIF KMO s l ve been thinking about it for a number of years because first of all l ve been only associated with Korg basically up to now and wanted to branch out l ve always s EUROPE YAMAHA COM AAAS Ao LLC LLC ES PFS felt that KARMA needs good content to go with it rather than being just a generalized program that works with anything In order to make content you have to know what you working with If take a Yamaha MOTIF it has a certain palette of sounds and can voice it to sound really good So decided wanted to pick another workstation type product to go after and just figured the MOTIF has the largest user base hp So KMO is the first KARMA 3 0 Version What s the difference between version 2 and 3 s First of all In version 2 there are a maximum of four KARMA modules used at a time In my software versions there have always been six modules but in all of the Korg
12. ve got another 27 so far One of the next steps will be supporting the MOX Series Workstation and the MOTIF RACK XS So there s a lot of work to do in the near future hp think we should end at this point otherwise it would get beyond the frame Thank you very much for spending your time and the very interesting information about you and KARMA MOTIF YAMAHA RUM SA WELCOME TO NEW DTX400K ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT Professional Yamaha DTX hardware and sound quality at a minimal size ratio eee 10 advanced training functions eee 10 drum kits including milestone sounds from the Yamaha history of drumming overwritable presets tone generator featuring 169 drum voices and 128 keyboard voices USB to host 9 trigger inputs aux in for playalongs 9 reverb types eee including kick unit eee DTXDRUMS YAMAHA COM iPhone APPS available on the app store FREE DTX400 DRUM LESSONS guide your drumming skills SONG BEATS APP shows how to play drum parts of songs YAMAHA 125 YEARS OF PASSION amp PERFORMANCE slot N R8 RI RU 2 Cn CORR LC LLC ERR S SOF NERO ELE FOR YAMA a sae RNA YAMAHA DRUMS OF THE D Ie ssem ge T 7 OO BI Sessa Ss ARE INCLUDED IN THE OFFER FOR RHE NEXT F FOURCMC DESIRES Purchase a new Yamaha DTX drum kit from the 500 700 or 900 series between 15 September and 31 December 2012 within Europe and receive a free superb collection of acousti
13. 105 128 Spheric Soundeffects THE CONTENT OF EVOLVING SOUNDSCAPES AT A GLANCE 128 Voices 32 Performances 128 MB Samples 128 User Waveforms 200 User Arpeggios Further information on Evolving Sound scapes for MOTIF XF XS and an extensive selection of mp3 demos and videos can be found here http www easysounds de http www youtube com user motif news s EUROPE YAMAHA COM 2012 THE MOTIF KAY ALGORITHMIC R IC ARCHITECTURE At Winter NAMM 2011 Anaheim CA USA KARMA for the MOTIF was presented for the first time The summer of 2012 saw the publication KARMA is a software Mac Windows which generates MIDI events by a 6 Part real time arranger Two additional Parts are used for playing live on the keyboard The Song mode of the MOTIF contains the sounds which are partly adapted to the particular Performance In Remote mode the panel of the MOTIF can be used for an extensive control of the software Information from the software is also shown in the display of the MOTIF Thus it is not necessary to look at the screen of the computer or to have access to the computer s keyboard But it is also pos sible to control KARMA using the computer s keyboard or an additional MIDI controller KARMA generates realtime arpeggios going through special algorithms This results in an inexhaustible variety and a very musical sounding output that clearly distincts from those of classical arr
14. D D D D D S D D e Password guide MusicProductionGuide 2011 04 EN pdf 26 May 2011 09 08 4 6M YAMAHA MUSIC PROC HONK GIEURE 0512012 NEVER IN RER eS NAS CIN re C ND ERIS IRI EFFECT DATA PERFORMANCE CREATOR 5 USR 981 ABIL ZONE OFF COMMON v PERFORM MASTER LAYER SPUT DAUM ASSIGN CatesoruzElect _ lt Chill gt J 94 OCT 0 m j l a MO aPressive mm USR21001 E EE oor CHD GED C CHP CHU CO SONG PATTERN MIXING SFO TRANSPORT The free MOX Sound amp Groove Kit is available for all registered users of the MOX This soundset includes an Electronic amp Dance soundlibrary featuring 128 Voices a selection of the best synth sounds from the EASY SOUNDS soundlibraries for the MOTIF series In addition the package includes a WAV loop pool with drums synths vocals sound effects and atmospheres for Cubase Al and other DAWs Registration for this goodie is done by writing an informal e mail with the keyword MOX to this e mail address motifnews easysounds de EASY SOUNDS SOUNDSETS FOR MOX The popular MOTIF soundlibrary from EASY SOUNDS will be available shortly in the MOX format The following products are in preparation Yamaha MOX Xtasyn Yamaha MOX Synth Xtreme Yamaha MOX Magical Pads Yamaha MOX Stage amp Studio e Yamaha MOX Phat Analog Yamaha MOX Organ Session e Yamaha MOX Hypnotic Stepz Yamaha MOX Chill Xperience Yamaha MOX Mys
15. OPE YAMAHA COM sde Ds os IR PP tS FS Ed IE ve EUROPEAN LOYAL DENSIS GRIENTAL SOUNDS The European Loyalty Program offers MOTIF XS users free additional but nonetheless high class content It is mainly a premium Voice and sample library produced by EASY SOUNDS in collaboration with Yamaha Music Europe which contains the following The 3 layers Yamaha S700 stereo piano 32 MB compressed e Sweet Voices and new choir and scatvoices from the Yamaha Tyros Best of compilations of optional soundsets from EASY SOUNDS A WAV pool containing 200 WAV files with 93 MB in total The MOTIF XS soundset Oriental Instruments amp Percussion was produced by turkish musicians and contains the following 36 Performances 128 Voices 9 User Drum Voices 113 User Waveforms 84 MB Samples of oriental instruments 6 Turkish Authentic Micro Tunings AOriental Instruments is developed for the use in both traditional and modern turkish music and is based on authentic samples of oriental musical instruments Nonetheless these special oriental instruments can be used in music styles like pop world chill out ambient and wha tever you can imagine To register for the Loyalty program and the Oriental Soundset simply write an e mail with the keyword MOTIF XS Goodies to motifnews easysounds de As soon as the registration process is complete the MOTIF XS user will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS with a password and a link where
16. anger principles Parti cularly noteworthy are the very dense rhyth mic and melodic textures natural sounding glissandos strumming and finger picking for guitars and more For more information and a 13 minute demo video visit http www karma lab com karma motif EUROPE YAMAHA COM THE VERRE ACER Sy M E ns Synth t FASTER had the opportunity to meet Stephen Kay the developer of KARMA in his studio and ask him about the general history and development of KARMA and the new KARMA MOTIF software Enjoy reading Yours Hans Peter Henkel hp hape13 de www hape13 de hp First of all a question about your personality Who is Stephen Kay s started out as a professional musician and performer had the dream of being Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman like a lot of keyboard players So played in some original Rock Bands in the Chicago area for a number of years That s where was born started performing in bands when was about 14 would say By the age of 20 years had a three piece progressive Rock Band called TEARS hp Did you take lessons s took classical Piano when was young Probably from 9 years on and for five years My parents got me into it But then got into my first Rock Band with a little Combo Organ when was about 14 After that it Synth 2 WaveSeg was No more classical until disco vered Keith Emerson By 1977 had this huge keyboard se
17. ble 4 audio players The tempo of the synthesizer can be synchronized using the tap tempo dde CUBASE Al included Lightweight The Digital Audio Workstation DAW Cubase Al software is included and provi des the basis for the integration into a com puter music production systen and the use of the MX as a VST instrument The compact size and low weight of the MX49 MX61 makes it a perfect mobile key board for all purposes WHVINWAG gt mM MM Md Ouf Ouf Ouf Oui Des ME E hu Bui P Ouf nf use Deme a psc umm mmm other models of the MOTIF family the tone generation of the MX49 MX61 takes place in a single mode name e Performance gl de ly the Perf THE PERFORMANCE MODE The MX49 MX61 is based on the same high quality tone generation system as the MOTIF series Just like the MOTIF XS MOTIF XF MOX the MX49 MX61 offers about 1 000 Preset Voices They are mostly identical to those ofthe MOTIF series Compared tothe other models of the MOTIF family the concept of sound organization has been simplified to offer beginners a quick overview and a convenient operation Thesoundorganisationofthepreviousmodels of the MOTIF family is hierarchical and includes these modes Song mode Pattern mode Performance mode Voice mode Wave ROM Each mode provides immense opportunities ofsound design And inbetween these modes there are many cross references Overall it is
18. c drum sounds from the renowned software BFD eco All you need to do is to register via e mail as the owner of a new Yamaha electronic drum kit BFD is a specialist on acoustic drum sounds a virtual instrument from the British software company FXpansion Hs strengths lie in the detailed multi channel samples which can be played very dynamically and articulately and in the drums optimised post production and mixing functions BFD eco is designed as the little brother of the big drum workstation BFD2 and provides a choice of its great sounds and possibilities either as a stand alone software or as a VST AU or RTAS plug in BFD eco reacts to any MIDI events you can play it directly with your DTX drum kit thus widening the already large range of sounds Or record your performance on the drum kit using a DAW software such as Cubase and route the track to the BFD plug in for the rest of your session BFD eco can be expanded using separately sold BFD2 compatible expansion libraries That s a guarantee to find just the right drum sounds for everyone Best of all for a limited time new owners of Yamaha DTX drums from the DTX900 DTX700 and DTX500 series are entitled to a fully functional version of FXpansion s BFD eco to download amp install free of charge Register as an owner by sending an e mail to our co operation partner Easy Sounds If you purchase one of the following Yamaha RM rene DTX drum kits between
19. e keyword MOTIF RACK XS Sound amp Infopackage to motifnews easysounds de You will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS with a password and a link where the file can be downloaded In addition you are automatically registered for the free Music Production Guide SOEs eee NOI MAO6 MO8 gt ON yeaa YNOK ACE Users of the MO6 MOS S90 ES and MOTIF RACK ES can obtain a free Sound amp Infopackage that s produced by EASY SOUNDS under contract to Yamaha Music Europe This includes the soundset Pop Xpanded with 192 profesional live and arpeggio sounds Furthermore a comprehensive documentation and other useful files are included This free soundpackage can be requested by sending an e mail containing the keyword Pop Xpanded to motifnews easysounds de You will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS with a password and a link where the file can be downloaded In addition you are automatically registered for the free Music Production Guide TENORI ON EUROPEAN VOICE 4 SAMPLEBANK Yamaha Music Europe and EASY SOUNDS provide their free soundlibrary European Voice amp Samplebank to all Tenori On users The downloadable file 48 MB contains the following 18 Tenori On User Voices Samplings 4 Tenori On Demos AllBlock Files 268 Samples in WAV Format 19 MB Comprehensive PDF documentation This free sound library can be requested by sending an e mail containing the keyword Tenori On European to motifnews
20. e used which can each draw on a total of 999 Arpeggio Types sorted by Categories Besides the classic arpeggio functions the MX49 MX61 alsofeaturesachordrecognition depending on the Arpeggio Type This means vthat musical ideas and smaller arrangements can be performed live using s EUROPE YAMAHA COM YAMAHA MUSIC PROD GUIDE O512012 re harmonisation chord recognition The factory Performances make good use of this feature The MX49 MX61 thus becomes an extremely creative and powerful source of inspiration and acomposition help BUILT IN MIDI AUDIO USB INTERFAC A USB Audio MIDI interface is integrated in the MX49 MX61 Thus a single USB cable allowsbothMIDIandAudioconnectionstothe computer without any additional hardware The audio output signal of the MX49 MX61 can be routed as a stereo signal to the computer and recorded in audio tracks The audio output of the computer can be routed to the MX49 MX61 Its volume is cont rolled by the parameter DAW level UTILITY DAW Level General and eventually output to the stereo out or the headphones out Phones of the MX49 MX61 UsingtheAUXIN allowsexternalaudiosignals to be directly sent to the connected computer and be recorded So with the MX49 MX61 no additional Audio MIDI interface is required for MIDI recording internal sounds and audio recordings AUX IN EUROPE YAMAHA COM SONG PLAYBACK MIDI AND AUDIO Standard MIDI files f
21. easysounds de You will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS with a password and a link where the file can be downloaded In addition you are automatically registered for the free Music Production Guide YAMAHA EUROPE YAMAHA COM DANONE NP RR FI OD FiESESEE DRUM FE ES FOR D I X90082 D TX lists Yamaha offers free content for DTX900K DTX950K and DTXTREMEIII There are five content packages available for downloading Extra Content 1 Jazz Kit 4 Drum Kits Extra Content 2 Rock Kit 13 Drum Kits Extra Content 3 Electronic Kit 15 Drum Kits Extra Content 4 Vintage Kit 6 Drum Kits Extra Content 5 Oak Kit 6 Drum Kits Altogether there are 44 Drum Kits containing 150 MB samples available For more information and the download links visit http dtxdrums yamaha com Go to the Downloads Driver and Software section OCEAN WAY DRUMS DTXPANSION KIT These three Drum Kits have been produced by Yamaho s sound designer Dave Polich and are based on the sample library from Ocean Way Sonic Reality The Drum Kits feature a very complex programming containing multiple velocity layers You can download the file at http www dtxperience com dtxpansion php FREE DRUM KIIS FOR THE LDISNEEL TL 12 Yamaha provides 25 high quality Drum Kits 75 MB for the DTX MULTI 12 for free download It is the same content that has been available for some time now for DTX900K DTX950K and DTXTREMEIII Here s an over
22. ectic taste but always energetic The EP s first single Heavy featuring Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine was released in March 2012 We were out on the road when recorded it and we were just having fun And eventually these songs started to link together and make sense to me lt was an evolution for sure Morton s musical path began in New Orleans where he grew up steeped in sound from gospel his father was a well known pastor to classic pop l learned to respect music early on he notes That rich history is instilled in you before you really know what it is That s why even if YAMAHA ne de 7 w s x Lu act ma N do some current hip hop beats on top of melodic stuff always have some real instruments going on some horns some strings Growing up in New Orleans you appreciate the real thing In his early teens PJ Morton began to write gospel songs and placed his first song pro fessionally when he was just 15 But his big gest break came quite by accident when he crossed paths with India Arie when he was a junior at Morehouse College in Atlanta lt was really a fluke he recalls We lived in the same apartment complex She heard me playing the piano in the lobby and she came down and started singing didn t know who she was but we started talking about Stevie Wonder and connected on that She had finished her first record by then but when the sec
23. ese consist of 8 Elements Zones Zones 1 7 can be used as Mini Drum FX Kit with a flexible sound design while Element 8 offers a selection of drum loops The new User Arpeggios used in these Voices first convey the impression of very complex drum FX loops However if you look closer at the 8Z Hybrid Kits you will notice that they offer a greater flexibility and choices of individual sound design than you might have thought initially THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SOUND LIBRARY 128 Voices and 32 Performances programmed by international top sound designers Peter Krischker Dave Polich Hans Peter Henkel 128 MB premium FX synth and drum samples that were recorded and edited in several complex sample sessions Pads and musical effects with impres sive atmosphere and animated sound structures that achieve a high degree of musical inspiration Spheric and spectacular sound effects for cinematic and ambient music productions Red hot electronic drums and wobble bass sounds for dub step and electro pop 8Z Hybrid Drum FX Voices 8 Elements Zones 200 new User Arpeggios Performances with sound combina tions for styles like ambient electronic epic chill out dub step THE 128 VOICES ARE DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS e A01 D16 1 64 Atmosphres amp Pads E01 FO0 6 65 86 Dub Step Wobble Bass F07 FlIO 87 90 Synth Arpeggio F11 G08 91 104 8Z Drumvoices G09 H16
24. h Memory Module is installed The Symphonic Orchestra Library fea tures 128 User Voices 34 User Waveforms and 336 MB Samples 979 Keybanks YAMAHA The orchestra library produced by Prof Dr Peter Jung Duisburg Essen Germany is based on recordings that were created over the past five years with the participation of two well known Central European sympho ny orchestras The recorded sounds are very lively and au thentic Some feature delicate impressions of disturbances that are typical for strings such as the sound of slightly hitting the in strument body with the bow All recordings were digitally processed on PCs collabora ting with well known sound designers In addition to the orchestra sounds the Voice bank also contains sounds of catego ries like Electric Organ Pipe Organ Acou stic Piano and Electric Piano To be able to load the complete All file a Flash Expansion Memory Module 512 MB or 1 GB is required Single Voices can also be loaded into the SDRAM memory of the MOTIF XF volatile sample memory This free content for the MOTIF XF can be requested by sending an e mail containing the keywords MOTIF XF Inspiration amp Sym phonic to motifnews easysounds de The MOTIF XF user will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS with a password and a link where the file can be downloaded In addition you are automatically registered for the free Music Production Guide s EUR
25. he download package includes the following 50 Patterns 24 Kits 132 User Waves 18 MB Samples The soundset has been designed primarily for traditional and modern Turkish music It s based on authentic samples of oriental percussion instruments The oriental instruments are however well suited for use in other music styles such as Pop World Chill Out Ambient etc Oriental Percussion was programmed by the Turkish musician and producer Mert Topel Since 1990 Mert Topel is working as a musician with nationally and internationally known pop and rock stars such as Tarkan 1993 2008 and many others Mert recorded several albums as a producer of jazz fusion rock bands and singers like Kirac Mor ve Otesi G lden Goksen Grizu etc He also has his own jazz rock band Fenomen which published its first album in 2006 with very good response from jazz lovers Right now his band is working on a second album Another project is a collaboration with Alper Maral in the production of an electro acoustic oriented album called The Voltage Control Project which appears in 2010 The DTX 12 MULTI Patterns produced by Mert Topel should inspire the musician in the first place and serve as basis for his own music pro ductions This free soundset can be requested by sending an e mail containing the keyword DTX M12 Oriental to motifnews easysounds de The user will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS with a password and a link where the fi
26. hole program in Max that would emulate the chord transposition tables of an arranger keyboard So that we could tweak and fine tune them and get them work right Over time this arranger technology that initially hated started getting very interested in found it to be very fascinating the way it works and the way you write a MIDI phrase in one key and you play a different chord it comes out in a completely different key and tonality That s why I started learning about all that stuff then invented a couple features in the i Series using Max that are still included in all of Korg s arranger keyboards to this day One of them is the full scan mode which has these intelligent windows that overlap following your hands around And also the drum remapping feature is another thing invented in Max where you could switch drum maps so it moves the Hit Hat to the Ride Cymbal and you get different drum variations So ended up getting a couple of patents and royalties from those two features and started thinking to myself Hey this is pretty cool if can get paid for coming up with ideas That was the start of my sort of fascination with arpeggiators arrangers and that whole technology hp So this was the basic idea to KARMA YAMAHA FARBEN SN UU a LL LL LOS s Yes and one of the very most basic inspirations for KARMA was wanted to generate a harp glissando Which if you try to do it in the sequencer
27. i the file can be downloaded In addition you are automatically registered for the free Music Production Guide 290 XS 7 ZU KS SOUND ACK INCSE A free Soundpackage with additional high class content is available for S90 XS S70 XS users This Soundpackage is produced by EASY SOUNDS under contract to Yamaha Music Europe and contains the following Soundset Pop amp Dance 128 professional Voices from the EASY SOUNDS library Soundset Vocoder Dreamz containing 40 Vocoder Voices The WAV pool contains 200 WAV files with a total size of 93 MB This free soundpackage can be requested by sending an e mail containing the keyword S90 XS S70 XS Soundpackage to motifnews easysounds de You will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS with a password and a link where the file can be downloaded In addition you are automatically registered for the free Music Production Guide F _ _ M S d An PAS m P SUB n 0 R8 Le n m P C Pn KG PP ELLE 0512012 Va GONE toe A CRU SOURIS CAGE MOTIF RACK XS users can obtain the free Sound amp Infopackage that s produced by EASY SOUNDS under contract to Yamaha Music Europe The software package contains a Soundset 128 Voices a WAV pool with 200 loops and audio phrases a demo song and a comprehensive guide plus tips amp tricks This free soundpackage can be requested by sending an e mail containing th
28. iano sound the solid string sounds the whole gamut of what need to create EUROPE YAMAHA COM BAV VAS m PA UN Rm mmn n ttm m m P mn p Pm n n PP S i 8 37H Even in guitar driven Maroon 5 songs keyboards play an essential role Morton says A lot of times piano is the core of what s going on If it s a song like Won t Go Home Without You it s kind of like the song is standing on the shoulders of the piano And in This Love the piano is the pulse of the whole song Keyboards are the glue that keeps everything together As he travels the world in support of Maroon 5 s fourth studio album Overexposed PJ plans to continue to work on his own music eventually expanding his current EP to a full length album l ve been blessed to do some amazing things already things never thought l d do he says l just want to continue to grow and continue to touch people with this music Maroon 5 as well as my solo stuff Make people feel something even if it makes them mad at me He laughs Wherever that leads me l m down with that It s been great already so far EUROPE YAMAHA COM ri ASI m P SB N7 R8 Le A LC ELLE O5lI2O ME TI ESESZXIS 8569 DIINEOETESF37NFE3 W FEV COL LES DS CAPES VOZVZwcG SOUNDSCAPES FOR YAMAHA MOTIF The MOTIF is not only used as a live workstation but also increasingly in dance electronic chillout epic Soundsets like Xtasyn Chill Xpe
29. ins the basic phrase to be used in a module How difficult is it to create your own GE s for customized Performances s You can program a GE in the software from scratch if you want But a very easy way is to use the Import To GE Function You can use simple recorded MIDI Phrases turn them into GEs and store them and use them inside KARMA MOTIF We included a tutorial document with a detailed introduction on how to do that If you work through the given examples you will gain an understanding of how all the parameters work hp Can Mega Voices be used for GE s s Yes they are used in some Performances The cool thing is you can use drum grids inside the GE for melodic patterns as well This gives the option to randomize the use of the special effects within Mega Voices Another cool thing is what we call KARMA Wave Sequencing This sends SysEx Messages to change the Waveforms in realtime That s done also in the GE You can set up to 32 different Waveforms from the entire MOTIF Waveform list And since you can hook up sliders to the different Waveforms you can get different Wave variations in different scenes hp Looking forward what s coming up next s Actually the top of the ToDo list is updating KARMA to work on Mac OS 10 7 yes I m rather behind in doing that but I m working on it now and it s going well In addition we are working on an expansi on set of additional Performances for KMO we
30. le can be downloaded In addition you are auto matically registered for the free Music Production Guide YAMAHA EUROPE YAMAHA COM a IE I EE SEHE sde Ds os IR PP tS FS HREE TUTORIALS DS FOR NIOTIF XS 7 lt The free tutorial DVD The World of MOTIF XS English language is available for all regis TE WORLD OF tered european MOTIF XS and MOTIF XF users MOTIF X5 The DVD procures comprehensive instructions on how to use a MOTIF XS in a music produc tion environment The running time of over 3 hours covers deep insights in topics like interac tive Arpeggios live performances sampling recording sessions Cubase Al and much more Although the instructions refer to the MOTIF XS this DVD is of interest for MOTIF XF users because the XS operation is substantially the same concept To request this DVD simply write an e mail to musicproduction yamaha de Please give your name address serial number of your MOTIF XS or MOTIF XE and the key word The World of MOTIF XS even if you already are a registered MOTIF XS user Important note This DVD can not be shipped outside Europe CUBASE A TJTORMAL VIDEOS FOR REGISTERED USERS Thanks to the cooperation between Yamaha and Steinberg most of the recent instruments and mixing desks from the Yamaha Music Production range have the DAW software Cubase Al included for those who do not own a DAW software yet this is one good reason more to buy
31. ond record came around she let me give her a song That song Interested was added as a bonus track on India Arie s GRAMMY winning album Voyage to India lt was kind of overwhelming PJ says Jumping into mainstream music was something that never thought l d be able to do It let me know that was on the right path and that I should keep on doing what was doing Morton continued to chart his course as a songwriter and keyboardist working with Jermaine Dupri and artists such as Monica and American Idol winner Ruben Studdard before joining Maroon 5 on additional key boards and backing vocals for their 2010 tour When Jesse Carmichael the band s longtime keyboardist went on an indefinite hiatus in early 2012 PJ was ready to fill in Fresh off the road promoting his own EP PJ is now gearing up for an extended tour with Maroon 5 along with his new favorite keyboards the 76 key Yamaha Motif XF7 and 88 key Motif XF8 I ve been a fan of the Motif for years but sonically the XF has knocked it out of the park l ve been a fan of the Motif for years he says But sonically the XF has knocked it out of the park Maybe it s the sample rate but it really feels good and warm The Motif has always been a core keyboard for me because know I can kind of get everything need out of it Besides the specific sounds from specific keyboards that were used on the record can get the solid p
32. ormat 0 or audio files in WAV format 44 1 kHz 16 bit stereo can be directly played back from a USB flash drive thatis connected to the USB TO DEVICE interface of the MX49 MX61 This function is set from the EXT SONG display During playback the currently selected Per formance can be played The PART SELECT function can also be used so sound changes can be implemented too Basically it is also possible to play Standard MIDI files in GM or XG format because the MX49 MX61 features all the GM Voices But as a rule it is recommended to optimise the GM songs to perfectly fit with the MX49 MX61 In particular you should prepare a Part which is not used for playback with a suitable Voice for your own performance Sofarfora withoutanyclaimtocompleteness first glimpse into the world of the new Yamaha Synthesizer Learn more about the MX49 MX61 in the next issues amp YAMAHA YAMAHA PAU male CS lal 2 A GUIDE DFAA ASA RENE PJ MORTON ey Li d att From his origins as an independent songwriter to his current gig recording and touring with Maroon 5 keyboardist PJ Morton has moved steadily from one success to another Now he s come full circle with the release of his own EP Following My First Mind on Lil Wayne s Young Money imprint People are really digging it he says l think my audience mirrors the type of fan that I am a person who listens to all types of music with very ecl
33. r Yamaha synths http www easysounds de John Melas MOTIF Site Editor softwares for the MOTIF series http www jmelas gr motif MUSIC PRODUCHS HISTOR Y You can download all English editions alreai lished as one single ZIP file using this link to SOUNDS website http www easysounds eu NewsGuides E zip YAMAHA MUSIC PRODUCTION GUIDE The official News Guide about the Yamaha Music Produc tion product series and Computer Music Instruments Published by EASY SOUNDS Peter Krischker Am Langberg 97 A D 21033 Hamburg Telephone 49 40 738 62 23 in cooperation with Yamaha Music Europe GmbH Siemensstra e 43 D 25462 Rellingen Telephone 49 41 01 30 30 e mail motifnews easysounds de The free Music Production Guide contains news tips amp tricks software offers and interviews on and around Yamaha synthesizers of the MOTIF series S series MO series MM series Tenori On and articles about recording software and Computer Music Instru ments You can subscribe or unsubscribe to the free Music Produc tion Guide by sending an informal e mail to motifnews easysounds de YAMAHA EUROPE YAMAHA COM a YAMAHA
34. rience or Mystic Spheres find an equally good response like those live oriented libraries Live Instruments Stage amp Studio Phat Analog Organ Session EASY SOUNDS product Evolving Soundscapes is not classifiable The newest stylistically and can therefore be used cross style The name of the soundset suggests the presence of striking slowly evolving sound structures with spherical character Sounds of this type are indeed abundant in this library But they are not alone perhaps to your surprise you will find absolutely trendy dub step sounds Brutal synth sounds that sound very much like FM those brand new wobble crunchy and basses and of course powerful drum sounds The demo songs impressively show how aggressive drums and dub step basses combine with atmospheric sounds Sometimes you might not be sure whether you re listening to chill out dub step or a new kind of electronic music However actually the combinations present in this soundset are kind of obvious because a certain relationship between progressive Epic Style Amon Tobin and Dub Step Skrillex is undeniable especially regarding the rapid sequence like sound changes The Performances combine argeggio driven drum and bass sounds with pads YAMAHA instrument and effect sounds This is pure inspiration The drum Parts of the Performances partially seem like complete arrangements thanks to the complex 8Z Hybrid Kits Th
35. s pads amp more Time less Voice and sample library with a Minimoog emulation Leadsynths and JP 8 sounds The ultimate analogue extension CHILL XPERIENCE Soundset for Chill Out Lounge Ambient New Age Electronic and related genres These sounds offer a high level of musical inspiration DRUM PERFORMER Lavishly produced Real Drums for extremely realistic sound dry fat and punchy Extreme range of sounds achieved by different recor ding techniques STAGE amp STUDIO The ultimate top 40 and live set Contains the most important standard instruments and synth sounds for live musicians Outstanding performance and power HYPNOTIC STEPZ For users having a penchant for step sequencers and analogue synth sounds Synth sounds drums and sequences are impres sively combined MAGICAL PADS Provides warm analogue pad sounds with huge atmosphere Refined with sweeps swells synthbrasses atmo sounds and mu sical sound effects MYSTIC SPHERES The ultimate Ambient Electronic set It con tains atmospheres pads sound effects spacy synth leads trance sounds vocal pads and analogue vintage sounds WOCODER DREAMZ Combines vocoder Voices vocal phrase kits and drum loop kits The vocal phrases and drum loops are controlled by User Arpeggios Its speciality is the vocoder choirs ORGAN SESSION This set is an impressive emulation of the legendary Hammond B3 Smacky organ
36. sounds with concise key click and controllable percussion Perfect for Rock Pop and Jazz GENERAL INFORMATION The above sound sets are available for the following devices MOTIF XF MOTIF XS MOTIF ES MOTIF RACK XS MOTIF RACK ES 590 XS 570 XS S90 ES MO6 MO8 DANCE XPANDED The sound sets FM Xpanded Drum Performer and Vocoder Dreamz are available exclusively for MOTIF XS and MOTIF XF Sounds for Dance Trance Electronic Chill Out Pop The Voices include atmospheres pads leads synth basses chord synths gated pads and arpsounds Each sound set contains 128 Voices Depending on the device additional content such as Performances Samples User Arpeg gios and WAV Loops are included Further details can be found on www easysounds de P Motif ES Motif Rack ES 890 ES Mo6 Mo8 Motif Ciassic Motif Rack Price per soundset 35 EUR The soundsets are available from EASY SOUNDS Peter Krischker Offers a vast range of fat analogue synth Bum sounds of the highest quality Suitable for MOTIF XF X 1 S90 ES Trance Electronic Techno and many other genres of trendy pop music vertrieb easysounds de http www easysounds de YAMAHA EUROPE YAMAHA COM soul oe CO tS FS 0512012 IMPRINT amp FUR T American MOTIF support website board KEYFAX webshop XSpai downloads http www motifator com EASY SOUNDS website webshop soun USB sticks fo
37. the MOTIF s arpeggiators for additional elements hp Is KARMA like an arranger s KARMA 3 0 has certainly gone in a direction that makes it a bit more arranger like But it has some features that you just can t do with an arranger For example you can hold the fill button and make it as long as you want to you can re trigger the various modules like a DJ individually or together And then there are the natural sounding randomizations that give KARMA grooves more life than most arrangers or arpeggiators hp Is it possible to use customized Voices including samples s Yes basically the whole concept of KMO is a marriage between the software generating MIDI and the Songs that are programmed inside the MOTIF one for each KARMA Performance So to change the actual sounds in a KARMA Performance you just basically edit your Song in the MOTIF the same way you ll edit it if you re working with the sequencer You can use any custom Voice you want hp Is it possible to copy a MOTIF Performance to integrate it into a KARMA Performance s think you could do that If you copy a Performance to the Song Mode as a starting point it puts those Parts on different MIDI channels You just then have to set these to different chan nels that don t conflict with the parts that the GE s from KARMA are playing Then you would add Voices to the empty tracks to do whatever you want to do hp A GE Generated Effect conta
38. tic Spheres Yamaha MOX Dance Xpanded YAMAHA s EUROPE YAMAHA COM DES c EE cM CJ ME MD 19 05812012 ARTIST PERFORMANCES A free soundset available in excellent quality is abvailable for every CP1 user A total of 64 Performances were programmed by renowned sound designers Johannes Waehneldt and Peter Jung on behalf of Yamaha Music Europe The soundset can be requested by sending an e mail to M 9 N motifnews easysounds de HU containing the keyword CP1 Artist Ne You will receive an e mail from EASY SOUNDS containing a link where the file can be downloaded In addition you are automatically registered for the free subscription of the Music Production Guide v 5 0512012 YAM Ast c 5PLoONE Gc WE GUIDE Yamaha is working with third party software vendors to offer an extensive amount of free and optional Flash Memory content for registered MOTIF XF users The flash memory content package Inspiration In A Flash make a perfect first stock for a sample library of up to 2 GB for the non volatile Flash Memory of the MOTIF XF This content package contains three new User Voice Banks 353 User Waveforms 458 MB of Samples and 12 User Drum Kits It focusses on the sound categories piano organ brass amp reeds pads synths oriental instruments and drums These Voice Banks can be individually loaded into the volatile SDRAM of the MOTIF XF if no Flas
39. tup trying to do the whole progressive rock thing Two customized ARP 2600 s Hammond Clav Rhodes Step Sequencers String Machines etc That s what wanted to do but it didn t work out as these things happen After that spent a number of years going in a more Billy Joel singer songwriter piano kind of direction hp Yes know you are a very good singer too s Thank you used to be anyway came pretty close to a record deal at the time but just didn t have that stroke of luck YAMAHA AG PAM AN hp Can you tell us something about the history of KARMA s In my mid 30 s got involved with the voicing department of Korg They were producing new PCM source material for their next line of keyboards which was the 01 W was invited to come to Japan to work on waveform editing for the 01W because of some waveform editing had done with my Fairlight Series III and that s when started working with Korg Later was working also on the i series which was the first arranger keyboard and it s funny because always hated arranger key boards They sent me this program called Max which was a program where you can basically program MIDI applications without being a programmer Because that is another thing always said l can program keyboards but IIl never program a computer Computer programming is scary you know I this is for scientists But to make a long story short built this w
40. view of the available Kits which are divided into two files File 1 Acoustic Kits Jazz Maple 5 variations Oak X Single 5 variations Vintage 5 variations Rock Single 5 variations File 2 Electronic Kits ClasscDance Classic RX e Drum n Bass HipHop90bpm House 128bpm More information and download links can be found here http download yamaha com First select your country and then enter DTX MULTI 12 into the search form EUROPE YAMAHA COM n f J X H D YAMAHA eee OTX MULTI 12 INC AD ETT I AH n RT ASSI W QU N RR SIT en m OA t RW P LOS 0512012 PA NL SCOUNDSE T ORIEN Lol gt SION The DTX Electronic Percussion Pad MULTI 12 uses many of the high end features and sounds from the DTX and MOTIF series and provides an optimum tool for live drumming productions or rehearsals With over 1 200 high class sounds including newly developed drum percussion and keyboard sounds the DTX 12 MULTI enriches any musical situation Up to 200 User Sets can be programmed and added with effects to get ready for every conceivable musical style with the best sounds around In addition the large 64MB Flash ROM Wave Memory can be filled with additional samples which then can be assigned to the Pads Now the brand new soundset Oriental Percussion for the DTX MULTI 12 is available for registered users It is provided by EASY SOUNDS on behalf of Yamaha Music Europe free of charge T

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