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Quick Guide — Playing the MOTIF ES
Using the Plug-in Board
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Owner’s Manual
Plug-in Voices and Board Voices
The Voices of a Single Part Plug-in Board installed to this synthesizer can be divided into two types: Board Voices and
Plug-in Voices. Board Voices are unprocessed, unaltered Voices of the Plug-in board – the “raw material” used for the Plug-
in Voices. Plug-in Voices, on the other hand, are edited Board Voices – Voices that have been specially programmed and
processed for optimum use with the host synthesizer.
Since the MOTIF ES includes preset Plug-in Voices for all the Plug-in Boards, you can call up and play appropriate Voices
for each board immediately after installing it.
n The Plug-in Voices can be edited in the Voice Edit mode.
n The Board Voices can be edited using the computer software supplied for each Plug-in Board.
Playing the PLG150-VL sound with the Breath Controller
With Virtual Acoustic (VA) synthesis, the PLG150-VL has the sounds of real instruments modeled (simulated) in real time,
giving a degree of realism that cannot be achieved using conventional PCM-based synthesis techniques. When playing
these sounds using an optional Breath Controller, you can even capture some of the physical feel of woodwind
instruments.
1 Install the PLG150-VL to the MOTIF ES.
2 Connect the Breath Controller BC3 to the BREATH
connector on the rear panel (page 42).
3 Switch the MOTIF ES power on.
4 Set the Plug-in Board related parameters in the
Utility mode, corresponding to steps #3 and 4 in
the instructions on the previous page.
5 Set the Breath Controller Curve via the [UTILITY]
→ [F1] GENERAL → [SF1] TG → BCCurve
parameter (page 260).
6 Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play
mode, then select a Plug-in Voice of the PLG150-VL.
7 Play the Voice and blow into the Breath Controller to
expressively change the sound.
You can also use the MIDI Wind Controller WX5 to play
the Plug-in Voice of the PLG150-VL. Connect the WX5 to
the MOTIF ES with a MIDI cable.
TIP
BREATH
ASSIGNABLE
SUSTAIN
FOOT
SWITCH
WX5
MIDI OUT connector
MIDI IN connector
MIDI cable
MOTIF ES
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