Yamaha MONTAGE M6, Quick Manual

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MONTAGE M Quick Guide
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[COMMON] button
Use this button to select Common operations for the Parts, elements, operators, and oscillators.
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[PART SELECT] button (SOLO)
When the Part group [1-8/9-16]/[USB AUDIO / A/D INPUT] button is set to “1-8/9-16,” you can use the PART buttons
to select Parts 1 to 8 or Parts 9 to 16. When “USB AUDIO / A/D INPUT” is selected, you can use the appropriate PART
buttons to select DIGITAL IN, USB MAIN, USB ASSIGN, and A/D INPUT.
By pressing this button while holding down the [SHIFT] button (so that the SOLO button flashes), and then press the
appropriate PART button to set SOLO for the Part on or off.
Also, by pressing the [PART SELECT] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button and then pressing one of the PART
buttons while holding down the [SHIFT] button, you can use the appropriate PART button to set SOLO to on or off for
the particular Element, Operator, or Oscillator.
When the Part is set to SOLO on, you can see the status with the Solo button or the “S” icon on the screen.
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[KEYBOARD CONTROL] button (MUTE)
Use this button to enable the PART buttons to set the keyboard control for each Part.
When the keyboard control is enabled for the part, the keyboard icon appears enabled on the Main display, and the
Part can be played on the keyboard.
By pressing this button while holding down the [SHIFT] button, you can set the Part to MUTE on or off.
Also, by pressing the [KEYBOARD CONTROL] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button and then pressing one of
the PART buttons while holding down the [SHIFT] button, you can use the appropriate PART button to set MUTE to on
or off for the particular Element, Operator, or Oscillator.
When the Part is set to MUTE on, you can see the status with the Mute button or the “M” icon on the screen.
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[SHIFT] button
Holding down this button along with another button enables you to call up alternate functions, printed in red at the
bottom of each button.
For the list of functions, refer to the Operation Manual.
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OCTAVE buttons (TRANSPOSE)
Each time you press a button, the keyboard range moves in octaves.
Pressing this button while holding down the [SHIFT] button allows you to transpose the keyboard. Each time you press
one of the buttons, the pitch of the keyboard moves in semitones.
Pressing both buttons at the same time resets the setting to the standard pitch or “0.”
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[CONTROL ASSIGN] buttons (CONTROL VIEW)
The CONTROL ASSIGN screen appears.
When a parameter that can be assigned to a controller is selected on the Main display, you can press this button and
move the desired controller for parameter assignment to open the setting screen for the controller.
Pressing this button while holding down the [SHIFT] button opens the screen for checking the controller settings
(CONTROL VIEW screen).
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SCENE buttons (STORE)
You can assign different “snapshots” of important Part-related parameters such as track mute status and basic Mixing
setups to each of the SCENE buttons.
The currently selected button fully lights, the button with stored SCENE setting lights dimly, and the button with no
stored SCENE setting is turned off.
By pressing one of these buttons while holding down the [SHIFT] button, you can save the Scene settings you’ve
edited.