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Jazzmammal: The Motif does not explicitly have a GM mode. It does have a GM sound bank (one of 16).

Still unclear as to how BB can tell the Motif to dial in any one of a combination of 16 patches if it (the Motif) is not set in one of its multi-timbral modes (song or pattern).

So many mysteries, so little time.

Thanks again everyone...I will be tinkering.

Regards,
Eric



The GM sound bank is the same thing as a mode I think. If that bank is selected, Biab should simply play it automatically because Biab sends GM patch changes as it's default. And that's what we're talking about here, the default patches are GM but when you load a patch map, it changes it to whatever the patch map says. And yes, the Motif would have to be in a multi-timbral mode but which one you'll have to find out. Somewhere in the manual will be a chapter that talks about using it as a sound module with a computer or using it with a DAW or controlling it from another keyboard, something like that. That area is what you need to focus on. There's probably a Yamaha products internet forum somewhere, find it and start reading. Sometimes a good review like at Sound on Sound, Keyboard, Harmony Central, Synth Zone or others can give you good clues too. Just type in "Yamaha Motif reviews" in Google.
Any high end pro level keyboard is like this btw. I've used a Kurzweil, an Emu E-Synth and others with my PC over the years and each one is very deep and tricky to figure out for something like this but usually worth it in the end. This is why for simply setting up and playing songs in Biab, most of us just use GM because it's simple. If there's a song you really want to sound it's best, drag it into Real Band where you can use multiple synths either hardware or software.

Bob

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