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Synth Arp & Drum Pad Owner’s Manual

• Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files is strictly

prohibited except for your personal use.

• The software and this owner’s manual are exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation.

• Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly

forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer.

• Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and

documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the

software.

• The screen displays as illustrated in this Owner’s Manual are for instructional purposes, and may

appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your devicer.

• Apple, iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

• The company names and product names in this Owner’s Manual are the trademarks or registered

trademarks of their respective companies.

What is Synth Arp & Drum Pad?

This application lets use the iPad as a controller for Arpeggio playback and playing Drum sounds, both on the iPad itself as well as on an external synthesizer.

Synth Arp & Drum Pad

iPad

i-MX1

MIDI IN

MIDI OUT

Utility window

For common setting

parameters to the Keyboard

display, Drum Pad display,

Recording window and Tone

Generator window.

Recording window

For recording your performance in the

Keyboard display and the Pad display, or

playing back the recorded data.

Tone Generator window

Sets up the tone generator built into this

application.

Drum Pad display

For playing the Drum sounds

of the synthesizer.

Pad Edit window

For assigning specific MIDI

notes to each Pad.

Keyboard display

For controlling Arpeggio

playback of the synthesizer.

By using MIDI cables and a Yamaha i-MX1, connect the instrument to an iPad.

The MOTIF XF can be connected via wireless Network MIDI. For details about wireless

MIDI connectivity, refer to the “New Functions in MOTIF XF Version 1.20” Manual.

The iPad operation will transmit MIDI

note on/off messages to the MIDI

instrument.

MIDI instrument

NOTE

For information about the MIDI settings of

the instrument, refer to the Owner’s Manual

which came with the instrument.

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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual • copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. • the software and this owner’s manual are exclusive copyrights of yamaha corporation. • copying of the software or reproduc...
Page 2: Title Bar
Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 2 title bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 indicates the midi transmit channel used in the keyboard display. Tapping this changes the screen to the keyboard display. Tapping this opens or closes the recording window in the title bar. Each lamp flashes according to the midi in/out ...
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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 tone generator window sets up the tone generator for control by the keyboard or drum pad. The tone generator consists of sixteen parts, which can be specified via the [part] button. 1 indicates the voice name of the selected part. Tapping the...
Page 4: Utility Window
Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 4 utility window this window lets you set the common parameters of this application. Tapping “general,” “midi” or “ recording” calls up each setting window. This is shown only when the application “keyboard arp & drum pad” has been installed in the same ipad. You ...
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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 5 general setting parameters • sound off/on when this is set to off, the tone generator of this application produces no sound. • pad touch velocity when this is set to on, your tapping strength affects the velocity of the sound. • assign 1 cc determines the midi c...
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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 6 internal: playback is synchronized to the internal clock. Note when the midi type is set to “wireless,” only “internal” is available. • midi clock out when this is set to on, f8 tempo clock messages are transmitted by this application. • midi type determines the...
Page 7: Keyboard Display
Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 7 keyboard display this display lets you control arpeggio playback of the synthesizer. Select the desired arpeggio type ( 5 ) then tap the keyboard at the bottom. 1 2 3 # $ 6 4 1 2 3 ! ! @ @ # $ $ % 6 -1 6 6 -3 7 7 8 8 9 9 ) ) 4 5 5 1 keyboard tapping or touching ...
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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 8 6 -3 scale window sets the scale of the keyboard in the keyboard display. 6 tapping here closes the window. The keyboard indication differs depending on the selected scale type and root note. Selects the root note for the scale. Selects the scale type. Root scal...
Page 9: Drum Pad Display
Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 9 drum pad display this display lets you play the drum sounds of the synthesizer. Select a drum set ( 2 ), then tap the desired drum pads on the display. 2 3 1 1 2 2 4 2 5 2 7 3 3 6 same as those on the keyboard display. Lets you copy and paste all the drum set da...
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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 10 1 pad tap any pad to transmit the assigned midi note messages. You can assign up to five midi notes to a single pad, and if desired you can assign the control function of the step sequencer. To make detailed settings, use the pad edit window . 2 pad set indicat...
Page 11: Pad Edit Window
Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 11 velocity a measure length gate time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) ! @ $ 1 lets you copy all the pad data from pad to pad. Open the pad edit window of the copy source, then tap [copy]. Next, open the pad edit window of the copy destination, then tap [paste] to execute the...
Page 12: Arpeggio Type List
Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 12 arpeggio type list general voice types which are most suitable for the respective arpeggio types are listed in the “voice type” column. Among these, the ones in quotation marks are specific voices actually provided on the motif xf. Category arp no. Arp name tim...
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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 13 category arp no. Arp name time signature length original tempo voice type bass 109 chartpop 4 / 4 4 92 synth bass bass 110 newr&b1 4 / 4 1 97 – bass 111 newr&b2 4 / 4 1 97 – bass 112 smooth 4 / 4 2 64 – bass 113 hiphop1 4 / 4 2 105 – bass 114 hiphop2 4 / 4 2 94...
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Synth arp & drum pad owner’s manual 14 u.R.G., digital musical instruments division © 2012 yamaha corporation 205mw-a0 category arp no. Arp name time signature length original tempo voice type apkb 241 drumnbas 4 / 4 4 170 electric piano apkb 242 clubhus 4 / 4 2 128 – apkb 243 housepf 4 / 4 2 130 ac...