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MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual
The Controls & Connectors
15
Functions of the Number [1] – [16] buttons
‚ [COMMON EDIT] button
Turning this button on enters the Common Edit mode,
which lets you edit the parameters commonly applied to all
Elements, Parts or Zones in the Voice Edit mode,
Performance Edit mode, Song Mixing Edit mode, Pattern
Mixing Edit mode, and Mixing Voice Edit mode.
⁄ [PROGRAM] button
When this button is turned on, using the Bank/Group/
Number buttons selects a Voice, Performance, Song,
Pattern, and Master in the corresponding mode.
¤ [CATEGORY SEARCH] button (page 24)
When this button is turned on in the Voice Play mode/Song
Mixing mode/Pattern Mixing mode, the Bank buttons can
be used to select a main category and the Group buttons
[A] – [E] can be used to select a sub category of the Voice.
When this button is turned on in the Performance mode,
the Bank buttons can be used to select the Performance
category and the Group buttons [A] – [E] can be used to
select the Performance sub category.
‹ [PERFORMANCE CONTROL] button (page 135)
This button is available only in the Performance Mode.
When this button is turned on, the following functions are
assigned to the Number buttons [1] – [16].
› [TRACK] button (page 34)
Turning this button on in the Song/Pattern mode enables
the Number [1] – [16] buttons for selecting corresponding
Song/Pattern tracks. When this button is turned on in the
Pattern mode, the Group buttons [A] – [H] can be used to
select the desired Section from A – H and the lower buttons
of the Bank buttons can be used to select the desired
Section from I – P.
The on/off status of this button affects the Number [1] – [16]
buttons in different ways, depending on the currently
selected mode. (Refer to “Number [1] – [16] buttons”
above.)
fi [MUTE] button (pages 33 and 179)
Turning this button on in the Normal Voice Edit mode and
Mixing Voice Edit mode enables the Number buttons [1] –
[8] for muting Voice Elements (1 – 8). Turning this button on
in the other modes enables the Number buttons [1] – [16]
for muting Performance Parts (1 – 4), Song Tracks/Parts (1
– 16), and Pattern Tracks/Parts (1 – 16). Refer to “Number
[1] – [16] buttons” above.
fl [SOLO] button (pages 33 and 179)
Turning this button on in the Normal Voice Edit mode and
Mixing Voice Edit mode enables the Number buttons [1] –
[8] for soloing a Voice Element (1 – 8). Turning this button
on in the other modes enables the Number buttons [1] –
[16] for soloing a Performance Part (1 – 4), a Song Track/
Part (1 – 16), and a Pattern Track/Part (1 – 16). Refer to
“Number [1] – [16] buttons” above.
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Mode
[PERFORMANCE
CONTROL] button
[TRACK] button [MUTE] button [SOLO] button
Voice Play — Keyboard transmit channel setting — —
Normal Voice Edit — Changes the Edit mode from Common
Edit to Element Edit and Element
selection (1 – 8)
Element Mute setting (1 – 8)
Solo Element selection (1 – 8)
Drum Voice Edit — Changes the Edit mode from Common
Edit to Drum Key Edit
——
Performance Play Performance Control (‹) Keyboard transmit channel setting Part Mute setting (1 – 4) Solo Part selection (1 – 4)
Performance Edit Performance Control (‹) Part selection (1 – 4) Part Mute setting (1 – 4) Solo Part selection (1 – 4)
Master Play — Keyboard transmit channel setting
(when memorizing the Voice mode or
Performance mode to the current
Master) or Song/Pattern track
selection (when memorizing the Song
mode or Pattern mode to the current
Master)
——
Master Edit — Changes the Edit mode from Common
Edit to Zone Edit and Zone selection
(1 – 8)
——
Song Play/
Pattern Play
— Song/Pattern track selection Song/Pattern track Mute
setting
Solo track selection
Song Mixing/
Pattern Mixing
— Song/Pattern Part selection Song/Pattern Part Mute
setting
Solo Part selection
Mixing Voice Edit Element selection (1 – 8) Element selection (1 – 8) Element Mute setting (1 – 8)
Solo Element selection (1 – 8)
Number
buttons
Function
[1] – [4] Selecting Parts 1 – 4.
[5] – [8]
Setting the Arpeggio Switch to on/off for
Parts
1 – 4.
[9] – [12]
Setting the mute status for
Parts
1 – 4.
[13] – [16] Setting the Arpeggio Hold for Parts 1 – 4.