Yamaha MOXF8 How to Switch Voices Quickly in Live Performance

[@jimmymio]

I’m at a fly-in gig and this KB was provided for me as backline. This video helped me immensely. Thanks Cathy

[@cathyt6773]

Yikes. Glad you had time to watch it and get things figured out before the gig.

[@GetBusyLoving]

Love your teaching. Cut and dry. Straight to the point. Close up videos. Just perfect. Thank you!!!

[@cathyt6773]

Thanks! Hope they help a little.

[@JoeCortezII]

Thank you for the video. I help at a church occasionally and they have this Yamaha MOX8. Since I’m not familiar with it I refer to your video for help every time I go. Lol. Thanks again.

[@edwardkim7823]

Thank you for this! I use this synthesizer during marching band, and I cover several different voices. This will help me switch rapidly!

[@cathyt6773]

Glad to be of help! Good luck with marching band.

[@Riddim_Mon]

You break down this instrument like an sport analysis great great job WOW!

[@livetotell2123]

OMG, GREAT video! I cannot thank you enough for this. I've been trying to figure this out for so long and the Yamaha manual wasn't much help. THANK YOU!

[@cathyt6773]

Be sure to watch my video "How to Use Master Mode." kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX7XYaSrhJ2CY7s Be sure to read the recent comments below the video. I got an interesting comment yesterday and responded to it. You may find that you like using Master Mode better than using Song Mode for switching between voices. I'm still learning, too!

[@rayorzechowski7035]

MOXf8 user manual is poor. Yamaha needs people who know how to write clear, detailed manuals for musicians, not computer geeks. Cathy, you are doing a good job. Thanks.

[@cathyt6773]

I just hope it helps someone.

[@musiqman7]

I couldn't agree more. As someone who wants to use the device (because it's really much more than an instrument) to begin creating, I don't even like going near the damn thing. I can't just pick an arpeggiated patch and start recording because apparently it's not set-up for that. Most of us have day jobs, I don't have time to crack a book and research which video courses are worth the money (with the answer pretty much being none of them). Very disappointing. How hard is it to bring real world folks in and ask them, "so what would it be most meaningful for you to know as a new owner of the MOXF?". I started with an Ensoniq SQ-80, successfully produced on a Juno-G and now am trying to deal with this monster that's about as user friendly as a porcupine.

[@sirriel5629]

Thank you so much ma'am!! You definitely mad my Sunday easier!!

[@alexandro326able]

Cathy! Your tutorials are amazing, and you are in fact saving me from a lot of headaches. Please keep your videos coming!

[@cathyt6773]

So glad that it helped. Let me know if there is anything specific you want to see addressed. (No guarantee that I'll know, but I'll try to figure it out!)

[@timokeefe1728]

Cathy, this worked great. Never could have figured this out without your help! Thank you! However, I noticed that the Voices that I saved in Song Mixer mode were slightly subdued than the original Voices. For instance the Full Concert Grand Piano in Voice mode sounds terrific, but when I save it as a quick access Song Voice, it sounds like it's in a tin cup with much less volume and very little resonance. I also noticed it on several of the guitar sounds as well. Tex Boogie has some nice distortion in the regular Voice mode but when I saved it as a Song Voice using the method in this video, the distortion is gone and the volume is much more subdued. This is the case with many of the Voices when saved as a Song Voice. Several of the unique guitar sounds end up sounding exactly the same. When I switch back over to Voice mode, they sound fine. Then going back to Song Mixer mode, they are flat and subdued with most of the special effects gone. Any idea why this might be. I would really like to save the original Voices in the Song Voice Mixer mode for this to be useful. Thanks for any ideas to help me solve this!

[@cathyt6773]

Wow! I never noticed this before. You are right! So, I would think that setting up your voices in Master mode for quick voice changes would be your best option. Using the Master mode is actually the more "correct" way to set up voices, so I have been told. I haven't checked to see if there is any loss of effects in Master mode, but I am going to assume that there wouldn't be. I do have to say that the thing I like about using Song mode is that you can hold a note on one voice, push a button to go to the next voice, and the voice won't change until you release your finger and strike the next key. More seamless transitions between voices. I don't think you get this in Master mode. Let me know what you think. I am still learning, too. Also, if you want to take the time to try to understand this article, maybe it can answer your question regarding "why" there is loss of effects in Song mode. www.yamahasynth.com/moxf-category/introducing-the-effects

[@timokeefe1728]

@@cathyt6773 Cathy, the article is helpful, and I think I sort of get the gist of what they are saying, but it is still way beyond my level of comprehension. Before I change all the quick key Song assignments that I created from your video, do you know how to do it in Master mode? Do I set it up the same way (press Master, then Mixing, then assign to one of the 16 keys)? I assigned my original setup to song 04. Does it work the same way in Master mode to assign the settings to a "song"?

[@cathyt6773]

@Tim O'Keefe Tim, be sure to watch my How to Use Master Mode video. But I will try to explain it here, too. First of all, in Master mode YOU WILL NOT BE USING THE MIXING WINDOW like you did in Song mode to access voices. Let's say you have a song that uses 4 different voices. Maybe you like to switch between piano, organ, and a couple other voices. So you are going to hit "Master." Then hit "F2" which is "Memory." Where it says "Mode" on the screen, you want to use the data wheel to change it to "Voice." Then hit Category Search (button to the right of the screen). Choose the piano or organ or whatever voice you want. Hit "Enter." Then hit "F6" Get Name. Now THIS IS IMPORTANT. On the screen where it says "Memory" you will see PRE1:001 or some other number. I would change the PRE1 to USR1 using the data wheel. Then use your arrow key to move to the right and dial up 001. Then hit "Store" (on right side of keyboard 4 buttons below the "Master" button) and then Enter. You have now saved the voice you wanted into the USR1:001 spot. This means that WHEN THE MASTER BUTTON IS LIT, and when you are in the USR1 bank, you can use the white buttons on the right of the keyboard to quickly bring up the voice you just saved. You would do this by hitting the "A" button, then the "1" button and you will see the voice you saved. Then you repeat the process, saving the next voice as USR1:002, which would be accessed by hitting the buttons "A" then "2." Perhaps you could set up the first four buttons for a particular song. Then the next four buttons could be for another song. When you have saved 16 voices, you then hit button B and start the whole process over again saving different voices. Setting up voices using Master mode is like setting up a list of favorites which you can access by hitting the white numbered buttons on the right of the keyboard. You will start to memorize what numbered buttons your favorite, frequently used voices are on. ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING: On the right upper side of your keyboard you will see Bank Select. Use these buttons and watch the upper edge of the screen. These buttons will take you to USR1, which is where you stored your voices. Please watch the videos I have made and this will be clearer, I hope.

[@timokeefe6360]

@@cathyt6773 Thanks, Cathy. This helpful. I will give it a try later this week

[@vantasties]

Very helpful hints here! Thank you, Cathy.

[@ExplorewithSvetlin]

Okay, I am finding your channel again while looking to learn a new aspect of the MOXF. You channel is good, subscribed.

[@cathyt6773]

Glad it helped. Just to let you know, I have had it pointed out to me that when you enter the voices into "Song mode" they lose some of their overall resonance. If you discover that this is true on your keyboard (it was on mine), and if it bothers you, you should watch my video "How to Use Master Mode." This is probably a better way to set up commonly used voices. They are accessed the same way, as you will see on the video. Voices maintain their resonance using Master Mode. HOWEVER, when you switch from voice to voice, there is no carry-over. In other words, the sound will cut off when you push the button for the next voice. IF YOU ARE IN SONG MODE, using it for quick switching of voices the way this video shows, you can hold a note, push the button for the next voice, and the original voice will continue to sustain until you release your finger. Then it will jump to the next voice. In other words, in song mode you get seamless transitions. This is important to me. Hope this helps a little.

[@ExplorewithSvetlin]

Cathy T Loosing some of the instrument’s resonance is bad; yet the no-carry over is a real issue too; it is a problem even in Voice mode. I wonder if there is a way to change this.

[@FritsvanderHolst]

This way of doing has an advantage over using the Master mode method. I am a long time MO8 and now MOXF8 user so I have bumped into some plus and minuses of these synthesizers. When you use Master mode to switch from one sound to another. If one is still producing sound due to having a sustained running or some echoing, it will cut the sound immediately as soon as you hit the button of another master preset. Most of the times this is what you want but sometimes not. I play a song that starts with an EP intro and at the end of the intro I lay down a chord and keep it with the sustain pedal. Then I keep a short pause when the chord still sounds and then I want to pick up piano as the main part and let it blend/cut into the previous EP chord smoothly. So I have my EP and preferred piano set up in song mode for this song. Play the EP on channel 1, keep the sustain down at end of the intro, already select the channel with piano, EP still sounds (fading), start playing the piano main piece and then release the sustain. This way it blends in without any cut off sound. Great video's Cathy. The manuals for the MO series are though to read through. The MO8 manually was exceptionally though. For the MOXF8 it improved slightly by having an owners manual describing common workflows/actions and a separate Reference manual if you want to go deeper. But still... its a complex beast. ;-)

[@cathyt6773]

Thanks for pointing out the ability to change voices more seamlessly using the song mode mixing screen.

[@franktaylor7978]

Good to know.

[@DallasTroy2007]

Each voice (patch) uses different effects that helps enhance the sound. When you go into song mode, you are setting the tracks for the sequencer. The problem is, the sequencer is limited to only a few different effects. So you'll have the basic tone you want, but not all the effects.

[@Dyonysus777]

Any news?

[@jennifferdavis6398]

@@Dyonysus777 I recently used this method she shares to do a show and needed to edit the arp on on of the sounds i needed-- so I found that I needed to go into that "patch" and edit the effects i need to and save it-- it then saves the edited version further down under usr with the same name but a different number ( hope that makes sense) -- save your newly created sound in the Song you are creating and it should work for you

[@movekeysdapianoman]

Cathy your awesome!! Keep up the videos!!

[@cathyt6773]

Thank you so much!!

[@catto000]

so much time doing crazy things with the buttons in live... my god... it was so simple... tnnks so so so much !!!

[@ma4music]

You are doing a great job. good support. Thanks 🇱🇰

[@dezbryner]

CATHY!! You just saved my life!!

[@candacefish1252]

Thank you so much, Cathy, these videos are so helpful!

[@davidjudson6710]

Your videos are very informative and well-done. Thanks for posting! I've owned the MOXF for some time; while I have figured these things out myself already these are good reminders. David

[@cathyt6773]

Thanks, David. I've been using the Motif keyboards (workstation) for 14 years and recently got a new MOXF8. Some of the old frustrations came back as I tried to figure out the changes on the new keyboard. I'm just trying to spare someone else the same frustrations.

[@GustavoLema]

Hi Cathy! your videos are very clear and practical, can yoy please let me know how to usea midi controller (say Arturia) throu midi, say i need to play two sounds in the MOxf6 (split) and an organ in the Arturia, using another keyboard zone, how do i do that? i dont find any clue in midi channels, and the manual is very poor. Thanks!

[@novasco55]

Thanks again You help make some sense of it all {That is the MOXf8 I keep returning to your instruction

[@RandoPiano]

Is there a way to make the switch with a second pedal? I think you can use assign swotch to do this but I don't know how

[@RamoneGarrett]

Awesome!!!!!!! Now can you play 2 instruments at the same time?

[@cathyt6773]

Yes. You can layer (hit Voice and choose a voice and then hit Layer and choose your second instrument) and play two instruments, like piano and strings, at the same time. If you want to play one instrument in the bass and another in the treble, then you need to split the keyboard. Hit voice then hit split. You can set the split point by using your arrow keys and go down (in the "split" screen) to where it says "splitpoint" and assign a new point. If you want to have more than two regions on your keyboard, in other words, have part of your keyboard set for flute, another set for bass, another set for piano, you need to watch my video about setting up four regions.

[@cathyt6773]

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[@machamlet1]

Very helpful but i want to knw whether i can save My Performance on a flash drive too . And Also how canni disable my Pitchbend on this keyboard

[@cathyt6773]

Watch my video "How to Record a Song and Name It" and it explains near the end of the video how to save onto a flash drive. I haven't tried saving a performance on a flash drive, but it probably works the same way. You should watch my video and if you run into problems, try saving it as an "All Arp" (instead of "All Song") and see if that works???? As for changing your pitch bending function (or turning it off) try this site. I think it looked pretty helpful: usa.yamaha.com/support/faq/keyboards/7918.html Hope this helps. Sorry to be so late in replying . . . I missed your comment!

[@ptortland]

Great help! I just started using my son's MOXF8 in church for our worship team. One song may need a warm pad, while the next may need organ, and there isn't enough time to scroll through the Category search to find what I need for the next song. Your method makes it easy to set up a setlist and just toggle easily among the selections! Can you use this method as well when layering instruments? For example, I may want to use a warm pad layered with strings for one song, and a different set of layered voices for the next song.

[@cathyt6773]

Watch my video How to Use Master Mode. This is another way to set up your voices (a better way, actually). You can enter your layered voices (which you have already layered --see my video "How to create a new voice, name it and save it") and save them in your line-up of voices/performances for quick switching between.

[@ptortland]

@@cathyt6773 So I watched your video, How to Use Master Mode to save my favorite voices in banks A1-16, etc. If you follow the instructions shown in this current video, How to Switch Voices Quickly in Live Performance, does that overwrite what was saved in the A1-16 positions in the Master mode tutorial? I'd like to create a setlist for a given Sunday, using the voices needed for those songs. But I don't want to overwrite saved positions.

[@cathyt6773]

Not at all. If you use the method I show you in the above video, you are just assigning voices to different tracks in a particular "song." It won't affect anything you have done in Master Mode. You do need to understand that in the method shown above, the voices won't sound quite as resonant as they are when you use Master Mode to store your different voices. Not sure why, but . . . . I still like the method above because when I switch to the next voice it won't jump to it until I lift my hand and re-attack the keys. In Master Mode the transitions aren't as smooth. This may or may not matter to you depending on what you are playing. @@ptortland

[@ptortland]

@@cathyt6773 Great! Thanks for the prompt reply. I'll give it a whirl. BTW, thanks for your great videos. My son has had this keyboard for years (and now I'm using it on our church's worship team), and I could never figure out how to do what you show in your videos.

[@hirangabijoychakraborty6639]

This video is so much helpful..... Thank you..... Another request, could you make a video on how to make fresh tones of your choice? I have no clue on that

[@cathyt6773]

Watch my videos "MOXF8 How to Save a User Voice" and "MOXF8 How to Create a New Voice, Name it, and Save it." You will find some helps in these videos. I think, if I were you, I would choose a voice already on the keyboard that is close to what I was looking for. Then using the knobs on the left upper side of the keyboard, change the voice to what I want. Then I would store it and give it a new name (see my videos).

[@bluerabbit7245]

Thank you so much for your tutorials, I've just received my MOXF6 today and am struggling to figure out even the basic operations. I'm no stranger to keyboards, I bought my first in 1988 and also own a few Roland and Korg keyboards. But with this one I'm struggling to understand the category structure, how to change from User voices to Preset voices in numerical order rather than the random way it seems to use and where are the drum patterns?? There doesn't seem to be a button to turn drums on/off. If you could do a really basic video on how to navigate through the memory banks I'd be so grateful, I'm really struggling with this keyboard's software.

[@cathyt6773]

To learn about the drum patterns watch my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKCVcmWJi7R3has There might be more information than you are ready to watch, but keep watching the video and you will learn how to access the drum patterns, turn them on and off, record them, etc. I have two videos regarding recording drums and hope that they will help you. Also watch my video "How to Save User Voices." This should help you organize voices you might want to access frequently. Hang in there. It takes time. Just keep at it and don't give up. If you subscribed to me you will see about 9 or 10 how-to videos regarding the MOXF8.

[@hpetito]

This was so helpful. thank you!! The brass section in my moxf6 isn't sounding right and I am not experience at tweaking the sound. I play "Vehicle" Ides of March with my other Yamaha and it sounds great. Is there a brass voice that you would recommend?

[@anotherluckyone]

Thanks for an excellent tutorial.

[@susanpalazzo5508]

Cathy do you have a video addressing the change in the quality of sounds between song/mixing mode and the regular voice mode? I find the sound changes significantly and I'd like to be able to set it with the original sound

[@cathyt6773]

I don't have a video about this. I am embarrassed to admit it, but to be perfectly honest, when I made this video I had never realized that there was so much difference between the sound of the voice in regular voice mode and the sound of the voice in song mode. It's really quite dramatic, isn't it? I don't know why. I need to keep researching this topic. I like switching voices in song mode because while holding a chord and I can push the button for the next voice and it doesn't jump to the next voice until I release the pedal or my hands from the voice I am on. It is a seamless transition. You don't get that when you switch voices using Master Mode. So what is the solution? I just played around a bit and found that when you are in song mode, you can go over to the left of your keyboard and turn up the EQ knobs to increase the EQ and get a pretty close match to the regular voice mode sound. Your best bet, if you can live without the seamless transitions, is to save things in Master Mode for quick transitions between voices. I think the original voice quality is preserved when you save it in Master Mode. Watch my video about using Master Mode. One more thing. If you like using Song Mode to switch voices, and you have used the EQ knobs to get each voice where you like it, be sure to save the Song, even if it is just voices entered on the different tracks - - not really a song. Then when you pull up that song, or set of voices that you want to use for a live performance, the new EQ will still be there on the voices. PLEASE NOTE . . . in the past, on older Motif keyboards, to get the data (or new EQ) on a song to save you had to record at least one note on each track. Not sure if that is still necessary, but might be . . . Might a good idea to do that.

[@StevenFeinstein]

This is sooo helpful! I just have one problem with voice settings being different after I've saved them on the numbers buttons. I have been able to edit most of these, like reverb, however sometimes a voice's CHO PRESET is different and I don't get the same value choices after saving to a track number. For specific example, I tried to save Dual Coil Blue Lead (PRE2 124/H12) which has a factory setting for CHO PRESET of "ChoPre 4 Beat Ec", but that is not available after storing and the voice sounds totally different. Any suggestions for how to preserve that setting when saving it like this?

[@cathyt6773]

Yeah….watch my video “Yamaha MOXF8 How to Use Master Mode.” This is a better way to save voices you need to switch between because you will not lose quality of sound, if that is a problem.

[@cathyt6773]

However, the transition between voices in master mode is not a seamless.

[@jodinepilmer7410]

Kathy - thanks for all your help and clear explanations. Here's one for you. I've done several splits/layers for a show I'm playing soon. As I switch from one number to the next, the sound stops immediately, giving a moment of silence and a break in the continuity. On my old Ensoniq KS 32, I could set the "voice muting off" setting and the sounds would overlap. Is there anything like that on this Yamaha. I'd appreciate a reply soon. Thanks.

[@cathyt6773]

I don’t know of anything on the MOXF8 that works as you described on your old keyboard. But, if you are able to put your voices, splits/layers on tracks in song mode, you won’t have the break as you switch from voice to voice. The voice that you are playing will not change to the new voice until you release your finger and then re-attack the key, even though you have already pushed the button for the next voice

[@mridupawandutta5767]

This was really helpful thank u so much, if i made a tone in performance mode and i want the same tone to be in song mode in that case what should i do?

[@Sriranjan_Nanda_Ramesh]

Good work. Appreciate it

[@nelomedina8811]

Great tutorial, i just recently purchased the Moxf6, and as others have stated its not easy to get around the keyboard as it requires alot of steps for many functions but hopefully i’ll get the hang of it. Now that beind said, am i able to save a layered voice into one or mulpile tracks instead of a single voicing? Hopefully my question makes sense. Thanks in advance.

[@cathyt6773]

Perhaps this video will help answer your question. kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=OgrCUXtnP_8

[@Dyonysus777]

I am not sure if I get your question but this is my answer in case I did: A voice is just one voice consisting of perhaps 4 or 8 different sounds. Those sounds come together to make up One piano sound for instance. If you layer you will be making a performance. But you may start out with a single Voice of course. Thats usual. Problem: How can one 1) have a layered sound (more voices) in Song mode And 2) Can one only select one of the 16 tracks at one time? I guess the answers are 1) No, 2) yes just one. I raised the question about the effects once but perhaps better to take it to a forum. Cheers

[@mikemartin5749]

Can you explain why you would not just use the Master section for this? I also rapidly move through sounds on my gig, so I just line them one after one in the Master section. The Master section allows you to set both Voice and Performance settings where you want them.

[@cathyt6773]

If you want the truth . . . I don't know much about the Master Mode and how it is used by other keyboardists! There you have it! Maybe you could make a video for me! I have done a little research and haven't found anything very helpful yet - - at least for me. If you can recommend a GOOD video or an article, PLEASE DO!

[@cathyt6773]

You got me looking into this and I found this article: www.yamahasynth.com/moxf-category/understanding-the-master-mode. My video is just a simple way to begin to set up some voices for quick switching. But, you are right. If you are switching between the modes, Master Mode would be necessary. It just takes a bit more effort to learn it and set it up initially.

[@mikemartin5749]

@@cathyt6773 I disagree. It is much simpler than your method. You simply assign any voice or performance setting to A1 - H16. Although your method works, it is more cumbersome and misuses the Song Mode for its actual intended use. The Master Mode was specifically created for what you are trying to teach people here.

[@cathyt6773]

Thanks, Mike. I took your challenge! You will be happy to know that I just prepared a video showing how to save/set-up voices and performances in Master Mode. You are right, it was simple, . . . just took some experimenting initially to figure out the button pushing process (at least for me). I will still defend my "misuse" of the Song Mode mixing window as another option for switching between a few "voices" (not performances). Sometimes, when using sheet music, I like that the arrow keys are right in front of me and I don't have to take my eyes so far off the music - - looking over to the far right of the keyboard to find the 16 numbered buttons. But that's just me!

[@Landon_R]

@@mikemartin5749 If I assign the voices I've selected to A1-H16 in Master Mode, switching between them still issues the "kill command" and stops all sound when switching voices. Are you saying there is a way around that? According to this article-- yamahasynth.com/ask-a-question/changing-voices-or-performances-on-the-fly --Cathy T is correct, in order to use a sustain pedal to hold one voice and switch seamlessly to another, you should use MIX Mode. However, I am having trouble with the arpeggiator, tempo settings, and with the keyboard stripping some of my effects edits in Mix Mode (I still can't figure out what's going on there). I would try it in Master Mode as you suggest, but there has to be more to it than just assigning the voices to A1-H16, because as I said, I still get an awkward break in sound when I switch voices.

[@normanmaynor5705]

Hello again with a organ sound in favorites with a great Leslie sound controlled by the pitch wheel when you move that sound to the song mode and assign it to a bank button you loose that Leslie cabinet speed up affect is there a way to edit or add that affect while in the song mode. Thank you,

[@cathyt6773]

When I put an organ into song mode, it all seems to work the same. I will admit the full-bodied sound of the voice is a little watered down in song mode, but not so much that it makes a difference, at least to me. Not sure why that is. But I used the wheel and got the same effects. . . Which organ voice are you using?

[@normanmaynor5705]

Thank you I don’t have the keyboard here but as soon as I get it I will let you know what organ sound we are using Thanks again

[@mikerodgers4598]

Hi, thanks for clear video. Question: is there a logical order in which I should watch these..I'm.starting with zero knowledge.'Thanks!

[@cathyt6773]

Well, they weren't created in an specific order, but I would recommend you watch them in this order: 1) Getting Started, 2) How to Switch Voices Quickly in Live Performance, 3) How to record a Pattern, 4) How to edit a song or Pattern, 5) How to Mix Your Song, 6) How to record a drum track made easy, 7) How to Use Master Mode, then watch the other videos according to your needs. The other drumming videos are a little more advanced, but they give you more options than the "How to Record a Drum Track Made Easy" gives you. The more you learn, the more things will start to make more sense. I would try to watch all of the videos and it will get you exploring your keyboard. Good luck. Let me know if I can answer any questions

[@mikerodgers4598]

@@cathyt6773 Thank You very much!

[@Dyonysus777]

Hi, txs. 3 questions: 1) When you load the song do you need to go into Song mode before you click File and upload it. 2) What does All song infer? It seemed many songs were loading. 3) Can I only play several voices simultaneously in Performance mode? I think Song Mode according to the manual is intended for recording songs, voice by voice, with the sequenser (not sure if also to the DAW though it would be nice). I know however it is used for this purpose in the video. BUT is this not limiting since often we tend to overlay sounds or have a drum pattern playing to acompany your piano playing or whichever instrument? Good day

[@cathyt6773]

You don't have to necessarily be in "song mode" before you click file. Just click on "file" then find the song you want to upload (assuming you have a flash drive sticking out the back of your keyboard) and load it. To be honest, I just save everything under "all song" on a flash drive. I think what you are seeing loading is demo songs and songs that are already saved in the internal memory of the keyboard. I use a flash drive because I am not sure how big the memory on the keyboard itself is. But I do know that you can save songs without a flash drive. They will automatically load when you turn the keyboard on. Hope this helps.

[@Inysy]

Thank you for the tutorials! They are so helpful! Do you know if there is a way to have multiple voices in song mode; where the 'part select' buttons would toggle the voice off and on instead of switching to that voice? I need a way to quickly add and remove stacked voices and I'm not sure how to accomplish that. Thanks!

[@cathyt6773]

If you are in "song mode" and using the sequencer to play a pre-recorded song, you can toggle the voices on or off by using the "mute" button on the far right of your keyboard. When you hit "mute" the 16 tracks will light up and then you just press the tracks you want to mute on or off. You can be playing along with a pre-recorded song on track 15 (for example) and still mute tracks 3 and 4 while you continue to play. If you are not playing with the sequencer on, but playing live in "performance mode" you can also use the mute button to mute one or more of the voices and then toggle them back on. If you are talking about just making a layered voice and controlling volume of the different layers, I would recommend that you watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGiyhJJ4mpaebLs and then use the volume controls on the left of the keyboard (see the video) to control the different voices. Also, when you go to "voice" and choose a voice then hit "layer" to add another voice, your screen will say "New Performance." At the bottom of the screen you will then see "voice." If you open that screen you can move your cursor to the left of each voice onto the little "x" and then using the toggle wheel you can turn the voice on or off. Let me know if this helps. If anyone has a better answer, I hope they will respond.

[@Dyonysus777]

Hi Cathy, I don't see why we should tougle that cross off when we have the alternative to mute or select each of the 4 voices in the performance but I guess these are alternative routes right? Anyway I would like to benefit from the Song mode also in a live situation with more than 4 voices (as in rhe performance). Do you mean they can only be muted (those 16) while playing back a prerecorded song? It would be nice to be able to select up to 4 of the 16 voices in Song mode during a live performance. Also in a live perform. One might be a solo artist using dome Arpeggiator and thus with the Perf. mode be limited to just 3 instruments/voices. Often one uses a piano and the strings, but you might want to add synth parches plus a guitar and brass, to alter between. That is why the 16 in Song mode would come in handy.

[@karinc2835]

Cathy,I have a question. I recorded the tracks for a song - drum track, trumpets, strings, bass. My singer then wanted the song transpose up 3 half steps. I was playing on the keyboard piano track which did transpose but my recorded tracks didn't transpose? Is there a way to transpose recorded tracks to match the piano which I'm playing live or do I have to rerecord all tracks transpose up 3 half steps? HELP!Karin

[@cathyt6773]

Follow these steps. First you have to transpose your recorded backing track (your recorded song - the drums, bass, trumpets, strings). SEE BELOW TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS. After you have done this, the "song" is transposed. Because you are going to play the piano live, you have nothing recorded on your piano track, whichever track you have decided that to be. That means that nothing transposed on the piano track. That track is still in its original key. So in live performance, you will have to remember to hit your "transpose button" over on the left side of your keyboard and hit the + or - sign to transpose that track. Now your piano will be transposed up to the key to match the recorded backtrack. Please read the following to be sure you do it right: How to Transpose your Recorded Song: 1. While in "Song mode" hit "Job." Then hit F2 "Note." Then scroll down to "Transpose." Hit "Enter." Now this is the important part. You will see TR01 on the screen. That means that you are only going to transpose track 1. Make sure TR01 is selected, then use your wheel and keep dialing until you see "TRall." Hit "enter." Now "all" of the tracks that have recorded material on them will transpose together. The other tracks that have no data on them (the ones that have piano default voices) will not transpose. HOWEVER you DO NOT want to transpose your percussion track or it will sound all weird. The snare will become a bass drum, a ride cymbal might become a tambourine or whatever. So . . . what I think I would do is go ahead and transpose "all" tracks (including percussion) then go back to my percussion track and re-transpose just that track back to original key. Or you can just transpose one track at a time by dialing up TR01 then TR02, etc. etc. leaving out the percussion track. 2. Now save or store that song and it will be stored in the new key. If you are playing along live in performance you will have to do what I explained in the first paragraph. Select the piano track you are going to play on and then use the + and - Transpose button on the lower left side of the keyboard to move the piano up or down to match the key of the transposed song. Hope this helps.

[@viniequinox]

In music mode, can I use the 16 sounds at the same time in layers or splits?

[@cathyt6773]

I'm not sure what you are asking, but I think the answer is no. I believe the most you can layer on this keyboard is 4 voices. Check my video "How to save 4 voices in different regions of the keyboard" and see if you can find some answers there.

[@qjbaker]

Thank you very much. Can entire user created performances be stored on a song track?

[@Dyonysus777]

Yes. When in Perf mode click record. Its called direct recording. Then the four voices will be openee in Song Mode

[@jocelynbrown20]

Thanks so much! But I am having trouble setting the volume for these tracks. . . . can you help me please?🙂

[@cathyt6773]

While in song mode, press the "Mixing" button and while in the mixing window (which shows all of the different tracks), hit F4 (EFsend). Then hit F1 (volume/pan) and set the volume for each track by using the slider bar underneath the little circle (pan circle).

[@dougross2256]

That's a pretty amazing keyboard in it

[@mojoma]

Great Tips, Thanks!

[@tracyferguson3982]

Hi Cathy! I need your help. I have researched the manual and looked for videos on this subject with no help. Here goes, I want to create four sounds across the keyboard to use on one song in a live setting. Now I know how to do that layering them, but I can't figure out how to set the proper octave range I'm wanting on each sound Or zone as some people call it. How do I manipulate the octave ranges? Thanks for any help.Tracy

[@cathyt6773]

Hi Tracy. I spent a few minutes looking into this this morning. I think this article might get you closer to your goal: www.yamahasynth.com/ask-a-question/split-keyboard-into-3-or-4-parts This is not something I have ever tried to do. I think it is totally possible, just horribly hard to figure out initially. When I have more time (like this summer???!!!) I may try to figure this all out. Sorry.

[@tracyferguson3982]

Thats ok, thanks for the info. I will give it a look. I love this keyboard but they did a terrible job on the manual. The simplest tasks are hard to figure out. If i figure out how to do this I wil share it with you.

[@brianclemensmusic]

Thanks for your video! Do you know if it's possible to switch sounds without interrupting the presence of the current sound? For example when holding down a chord if I click the new sound the old one cuts off. My other keyboard doesn't do this

[@cathyt6773]

Hmmm. I don't have this problem on my MOXF8 keyboard. When I am using the "Song Mode" way of switching from voice to voice (track to track, actually) as shown in this video, I don't have this problem. If I hold down the key from my previous voice, it continues to sustain the same voice even after I have switched to the next voice (track). Not sure why yours does it. If you are switching voices using Master Mode, you will have the interruption, but if you use the method shown in this video, you should not.

[@tracyferguson3982]

Thx Cathy for the info. I just recently purchased the 8 and I have many questions as you probably know the user manual is useless unless your an engineer. Is there an easier way to converse with you ?

[@cathyt6773]

Go to my website and there is contact info there: cathytibbittsmusic.com

[@wernerboehnke5562]

All YAMAHA workstations from DX 7 to XF are complicated...and the "Rolands and Korgs" too! Either one understands the YAMAHA AWM 2 workstation logic ... from DX7 to XF ... or even the MOXF is an eternal puzzle.

[@darajones951]

Thanks for these

[@shemapicture2058]

Yay.....thanks for the info.

[@myintoo535]

Hi Cathy When I power on my keyboard the screen is showing ( Message ) New Flash Memory Module. Please Load Wave Form Data. What I need to do please ? Thanks

[@cathyt6773]

I'm not sure what is going on. Do you have a Flash drive sticking out of the back of your keyboard? If so, take it out and turn on your keyboard again.

[@cathyt6773]

I read a bit more and it sounds like you purchased a used keyboard, right? Someone installed a Flash Memory Module in it previously??? I think if you search the Internet you will find articles about Flash Memory Modules and how to reformat them so you don't get that message anymore. Good luck.

[@myintoo535]

@@cathyt6773 no stick on the back. Before I don’t have this problem. 😭

[@myintoo535]

@@cathyt6773 yes , i buy a used keyboard , try to fine in internet , thank for you feedback

[@tracyferguson3982]

Does this allow you to be able to switch between voices without them cutting off?

[@peterberginmusic]

Yes

[@willstortimusic]

Thank you so much

[@sebastianvargas706]

Hi! Thanks for this video. I have a question. Is it possible to switch quickly between patches containing layers? Thanks, again

[@cathyt6773]

If you mean switch between performances, I have a video showing one way to do that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2jYn5xnlNtqlac. I would also check out my video "MOXF How to Save User Voices" and you will learn how to save your favorite patches as User Voices (voices that you, as a "user" like to use a lot) and then access them quickly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q57TmYtsjL-Bbpo. This is an important video to watch.

[@michaelbryant1914]

Cathy do you still use the Yamaha moxf8

[@cathyt6773]

Every day!

[@solucionesandroid4299]

Como cargo muestras WAV y las asigno? A un usuario? Ayuda help

[@ArjunaWeerasinghe]

Life saving !

[@net7660]

Great 👍

[@LuisShatter]

Lovely explanation (:

[@pcosgrove52]

thank you

[@maralsa1]

Thank you soooooo much!

[@carreisaac]

I love you . Very thanks

[@cathyt6773]

You are welcome! :)

[@garygilpin7254]

Hi Cathy. Thanks so much. I am a gigging kbd guy and this is a big help. WhiIe entering my favorite 16 gig-needed patches/tracks, they all lost their effects and modulation functions. And the pitch wheel defaulted on all patches to an octave. I'm wondering what I did wrong to lose all those factory settings....

[@garygilpin7254]

Whoops..... I just figured it out. I changed the instruments in an existing song and the effects parameters carried over from the original song. I have to create a new song to import the instrument patches with all factory parameters..

[@cathyt6773]

I was going to suggest that you clear the tracks and try again. I have had that happen. Glad you figured it out.

[@user-us9cv2lc4g]

Thanks!)

[@Jonnisco]

THANK YOU SWEETIE.. 😘

[@kiwictor3752]

thx :)

[@naderroheny5563]

I love you.

[@pasangoonesekara9639]

Do you know how to name the song, instead of leaving it as a number?

[@cathyt6773]

Check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH3VeoeFpqd-paM and go to 8:40 to see how to name your song.

[@franktaylor7978]

Why not just use master? It’s easy and you get the full effects

[@cathyt6773]

When I made this video, I wasn’t using Master Mode very much. I know that Master Mode is probably the best way, because of the full effects issue, but I have to say that I like using Song Mode as shown in this video, because the transition from voice to voice is much smoother. You don’t get the break in sound as you switch voices. Using Song Mode, you can push the button for the next voice, but as long as your hand is still holding the key down, the previous voice will continue to sound until you release your hand. This allows for much more musical transition if you are playing in an exposed passage. I have since created another video, showing how to use Master Mode. But again, when I use Song Mode, it allows me to line my voices up the way I want them quickly for a specific gig.

[@jhonsmith6384]

Could they make it more complicated? User interface is unintuitive and cryptic. The manual dont explaine many important features and essential functions. "INSPIRATION IN A FLASH " ? A joke..The menus are hard to navigate and require too many steps are required to do anything advanced.(It´s the opinion of many users.. inckuding mine) Added to the fact that Yamaha support is only available during what, for most of us, are week day working hours, they were as useless as the manual. If you have all the free time in the world to figure out the interface, or... if you're a performer and NOT a songwriter/composer, you'll probably love the sounds. As for the rest? Sorry to say it's garbage. A monumental garbage..? Yamaha Doesn´t realize we´re in the 21st century AND not all musicians thimk like engineers!

[@krustydaklown7398]

Jhon Smith it doesn't seem that difficult and I ain't no brain surgeon ya'll

[@ravenmusic932]

I admit you need to get used to how Motifs/Mos work, but it is not that bad. To be fair other workstations have their own challenges and the new Montage/Modx line has a different design which is way more streamlined for peformance. I will soon get one of those to replace my Moxf.

[@andreaschristodoulou4274]

Come on lady your late, choose the instrument now ....did you call that '''quickly''' searching voices in menus then sub menus then enter ?

[@maralsa1]

You're supposed to program that BEFORE the show.

[@cathyt6773]

Yes. You have to program the instruments you think you will want to use BEFORE the show/concert. Thanks, Mariana!