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Appendix
Troubleshooting
279
Owner’s Manual
Troubleshooting
No sound is produced even when playing the keyboard
•Are all four Sliders set to appropriate levels (other than zero or minimum)? ............................................................................................................ page 51
• Check the value of the [UTILITY] → [F1] GENERAL → [SF1] TG → Volume parameter. ......................................................................................page 260
•
Check the setting of the [UTILITY]
→
[F5] MIDI
→
[SF2] SWITCH
→
LocalCtrl parameter. If this is set to off, the internal tone generator will not sound.
....... page 264
• Is the power of the MOTIF ES and any external equipment connected to the MOTIF ES turned on?
• Have you made all the appropriate level settings – including the Master Volume on the MOTIF ES and the volume settings on any connected external
equipment?
• Is the Foot Controller pressed down (when it is connected to the FOOT CONTROLLER jack)?..............................................................................page 42
• Is the MOTIF ES properly connected to related external equipment (e.g., amplifier or speaker) via audio cables?
•
When the Voice produces no sound, are the effect and filter settings appropriate? (Inappropriate filter cutoff frequency settings can result in no sound.)
...... page 197
• When the Voice produces no sound, are all four Elements properly turned on?......................................................................................................page 79
• When the Voice produces no sound, is the volume parameter set appropriately in the Voice Common Edit?...................................................... page 190
• When the Voice produces no sound, are the parameters in the Voice Element Edit (e.g., Element Switch, Note Limit, Velocity Limit) set appropriately in
the Voice Common Edit?.........................................................................................................................................................................................page 195
•
When the Performance produces no sound, has a Voice been assigned to each Part? Check this in the [PERFORM] → [F2] VOICE display.
...... page 71
• When the Performance produces no sound, are the Note Limit, volume, and output parameters of each Part set appropriately?........................ page 71
• When playing the keyboard in the Song/Pattern mode produces no sound, check whether or not the Sample Voice or Mixing Voice is assigned to the
current Part. ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................page 102
• When the Song/Pattern playback produces no sound, are any or all of the tracks muted? .................................................................................... page 58
• When the Song/Pattern playback produces no sound, are the output channel of each track in the play mode and the receive channel of each Part in the
Mixing mode set appropriately? .............................................................................................................................................................................page 164
• When the Song/Pattern playback produces no sound, is the volume or output setting of each Part in the Mixing mode set appropriately?....... page 233
• When the Song/Pattern playback produces no sound, is the MIDI filter set so that note-on messages are blocked in the [SONG] or [PATTERN] →
[UTILITY] → [F3] SEQ → [SF2] FILTER display?....................................................................................................................................................page 262
Playback continues without stopping
• When the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button is turned on, press it so that its lamp is turned off. ..................................................................................page 19
• When in the Song mode or Pattern mode, press the [■] (Stop) button. .................................................................................................................. page 20
•
When the click sound continues, set the [SONG] or [PATTERN] → [UTILITY] → [F3] SEQ → [SF1] CLICK → Mode parameter to something other than “all.”
..... page 262
Sound level is too low
•Are the MIDI volume or MIDI expression settings too low (by using the Foot Controller)?....................................................................................... page 42
• Is the cutoff frequency of the filters set too high/low?.............................................................................................................................................page 161
• When the Song/Pattern playback produces a soft sound, is the velocity offset in the Groove display set too low?.............................................. page 114
Distorted sound
•Are the effect settings appropriate?........................................................................................................................................................................ page 177
•Are the filter settings appropriate? (Excessively high filter resonance settings can cause distortion.).................................................................. page 161
• Is the MASTER VOLUME set so high that clipping is occurring? ............................................................................................................................. page 18
• Is the volume of each Element in the Voice mode or the volume of each part in the Performance mode or the volume of each track/Part in the Song/
Pattern mode set too high?..................................................................................................................................................................................... page 213
Sound is cut off
•Are you exceeding the maximum polyphony of the MOTIF ES? ............................................................................................................................page 162
Only one note sounds at a time
• When this situation occurs in the Voice mode, is the [VOICE] → [F4] PORTA → Mono/Poly parameter set to “mono” ? If you wish to play the chord, set
this parameter to “poly.” .........................................................................................................................................................................................page 188
• When this situation occurs in the Song mode/Pattern mode, is the Mono/Poly parameter set to “mono” in the [SONG] or [PATTERN] → [MIXING] →
[EDIT] → Part selection → [F1] VOICE → [SF2] MODE display? If you wish to play chords, set this parameter to “poly.” ................................. page 235