I’ve been mining the Yamaha Mobile Music Sequencer (MMS) patterns. Yamaha themselves mined these patterns from the old “Mini Mo” mm6/mm8 keyboards. The mm6 and mm8 are a somewhat unique hybrid of a Yamaha arranger and cut-down Motif MO synth.
I plan to post several PSR-compatible styles based on the MMS patterns. In the meantime, I drew up a list of the additional voices and drum kits in the add-on packs. The lists include the corresponding MSB bank select, LSB bank select and program change values. If Yamaha demonstrates any continuing interest in MMS (by releasing an update!), I will add this information to my existing Mobile Music Sequencer Reference page.
MMS sends all sorts of MIDI messages and can be used to control an XG-compatible sound engine, including reverb, chorus and variation effects. (See the Reference page.) MMS can export a Standard MIDI File (SMF) with a voice selection message for each track. Only certain targets are supported: Tyros 5, Motif XF, Motif XS, MOXF, MOX, and MX. I use the Tyros 5 setting to target Genos and the PSR-S950.
I have to say, the results sound quite good when played back on either Genos© or the PSR-S950. The hardware sound engines are far superior to the software engine in MMS. Still, one shouldn’t pass MMS by.
MMS Drum Kits
Program Change values are shown in two ways: starting from zero and starting from one. Raw MIDI messages number voices starting from zero. Sequencers and other software sometime number program change values starting from one. Check your DAW’s manual!
MMS Kit Hex PC# 0:127 PC# 1:128 ----------------- -------- --------- --------- Standard Kit 7F 00 00 127 0 0 127 0 1 Gate Drum Kit 7F 00 10 127 0 16 127 0 17 Electronic Pack Analog T8 Kit 7F 00 19 127 0 25 127 0 26 Analog T9 Kit 7F 00 1A 127 0 26 127 0 27 Dance Kit 7F 00 1B 127 0 27 127 0 28 New Pop Kit 7F 00 1C 127 0 28 127 0 29 Dance Pop Pack Trance Power Kit 7F 00 1D 127 0 29 127 0 30 Dance Pop Pack Elct.Dub Kit 1 7F 00 1E 127 0 30 127 0 31 Electronic Pack Elct.Dub Kit 2 7F 00 1F 127 0 31 127 0 32 Dance Pop Pack Brush Kit 7F 00 28 127 0 40 127 0 40 Break Kit 7F 00 53 127 0 83 127 0 84 Hip Hop Kit 1 7F 00 54 127 0 84 127 0 85 Hip Hop Kit 2 7F 00 55 127 0 85 127 0 86 Hip Hop Pack Hip Hop Kit 3 7F 00 56 127 0 86 127 0 87 Hip Hop Pack R&B Kit 1 7F 00 57 127 0 87 127 0 88 R&B Pack R&B Kit 2 7F 00 58 127 0 88 127 0 89 R&B Pack Dubstep Kit 7F 00 59 127 0 89 127 0 90 Electronic Pack SFX Kit 3F 20 00 63 0 0 63 0 1 Percussion Kit 3F 20 01 63 0 1 63 0 2 Epic FX 3F 20 02 63 0 2 63 0 3 Electronic Pack Short FX 3F 20 03 63 0 3 63 0 4 Electronic Pack Trance FX Menu 3F 20 04 63 0 4 63 0 5 Dance Pop Pack
MMS Dance pack voices
Voice Hex PC# 0:127 PC# 1:128 ----------------- -------- --------- --------- Brite Trance Arp 3F 00 2A 63 0 42 63 0 43 Cosmeter 3F 00 63 63 0 99 63 0 100 Dancy Hook 3F 00 23 63 0 35 63 0 36 Fat Dance Chordz 3F 00 24 63 0 36 63 0 37 Fix Start Seq 3F 00 29 63 0 41 63 0 42 Raw Square 5th 3F 00 26 63 0 38 63 0 39 Sawtooth Lead 3 3F 00 7E 63 0 126 63 0 127 Landing Pad 3F 00 73 63 0 115 63 0 116 Mystery Sine 3F 00 78 63 0 120 63 0 121 Rebirth '70 3F 00 7B 63 0 123 63 0 124 Sand Pad 3F 00 74 63 0 116 63 0 117 Brite Dance Bass 3F 00 21 63 0 33 63 0 34 Fat Trance Bass 3F 00 22 63 0 34 63 0 35 Lately 3F 00 54 63 0 84 63 0 85
MMS Electronic pack voices
Voice Hex PC# 0:127 PC# 1:128 ----------------- -------- --------- --------- Big Lead 3F 00 64 63 0 100 63 0 101 Snap Seq 3F 00 75 63 0 117 63 0 118 Sync Phat 1 3F 00 28 63 0 40 63 0 41 Sync Phat 2 3F 00 35 63 0 53 63 0 54 Wobble Phase 3F 00 2B 63 0 43 63 0 44 Back Pad 3F 00 72 63 0 114 63 0 115 Landscape 3F 00 7A 63 0 122 63 0 123 Vapor 35 00 6D 63 0 109 63 0 110 Synth Bass 3F 00 58 63 0 88 63 0 89 Wazoo 3F 00 55 63 0 85 63 0 86 Wobble Bass 3F 00 20 63 0 32 63 0 33 Hard Saw Brass 3F 00 5E 63 0 94 63 0 95 Ober Horns 3F 00 5A 63 0 90 63 0 91 Timeless 3F 00 5D 63 0 93 63 0 94
MMS Hip Hop voices
Voice Hex PC# 0:127 PC# 1:128 ----------------- -------- --------- --------- Growl Tekk 3F 00 36 63 0 54 63 0 55 Soft RnB 3F 00 69 63 0 105 63 0 106 Square Lead 2 3F 00 6A 63 0 106 63 0 107 Goblins 3F 00 7C 63 0 124 63 0 125 Light Pad 3F 00 6E 63 0 110 63 0 111 Chuggin' Guitar 3F 00 42 63 0 66 63 0 67 Jazz Organ 2 3F 00 41 63 0 65 63 0 66 P.Mod Bass 3F 00 57 63 0 87 63 0 88 Lots O'Brass 3F 00 45 63 0 69 63 0 70
MMS R&B pack voices
Voice Hex PC# 0:127 PC# 1:128 ----------------- -------- --------- --------- Mini Three 3F 00 60 63 0 96 63 0 97 Simple Oct 3F 00 62 63 0 98 63 0 99 Sine Comp 3F 00 77 63 0 119 63 0 120 Square Lead 3 3F 00 7D 63 0 125 63 0 126 Analog 2 3F 00 38 63 0 56 63 0 57 Twist 3F 00 79 63 0 121 63 0 122 Oct Fuzz 3F 00 43 63 0 67 63 0 68 Mellow Piano 3F 00 40 63 0 64 63 0 65 Ice Bells 3F 00 46 63 0 70 63 0 71 Dark Bass 3F 00 50 63 0 80 63 0 81 Kick Bass 3F 00 56 63 0 86 63 0 87
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