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MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual
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Voice mode Song mode Pattern mode Mixing mode Master mode Utility mode File mode
Performance
mode
Sampling
mode 1
Sampling
mode 2
Reference
Reference
Playing the Keyboard in the Voice Play Mode
The Voice mode is used for selecting, playing, and editing a desired Voice. The Voice Play mode is the main ‘portal’ by
which you enter the Voice mode, and it is here where you select and play a Voice. Some of the Voice settings can also be
edited in this mode. To call up the Voice Play display and enter the Voice mode, simply press the [VOICE] button.
Selecting a Voice
This synthesizer has 128 Voices in each of 15 Banks:
Preset 1 – 8, User 1 – 3, GM, Preset Drum, User Drum, and
GM Drum. The Bank consists of eight Groups (A to H),
each of which contains 16 Voices. To select the desired
Voice, select the Bank, Group, then Number.
1 Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice
Play mode.
The [PROGRAM] lamp lights, indicating that you can
select the desired Voice by specifying the Bank/Group/
Number.
2 Select a Voice Bank.
Press one of the Bank buttons listed below to select a
Bank. Selecting a Bank calls up the Voice Select
window.
3 Select a Group.
Press one of the [A] to [H] buttons to select a Group. If
you’ve selected a Drum Bank in the previous step,
press one of the [A] to [D] buttons to select a Group.
The name list of the 16 Voices in the selected Group will
appear on the display. Note that the GM Drum Bank
contains only one Drum Voice, indicating that you
cannot select a Group.
4 Select a Voice.
Press one of the [1] to [16] buttons to select a Voice.
In this way (Steps 2 – 4), you can call up your desired
Voice.
n When selecting the Voice within the same Bank or Group,
it is not necessary to select the Bank or Group again. You
can use the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons or data dial
to select the Voice number. This operation lets you call up
Voices in subsequent or previous Groups and Banks.
Select a Voice using the Category
Search function
The MOTIF XS features a Category Search function that
gives you quick access to the sound you want, irrespective
of their Bank locations. For instructions on using the
Category Function, refer to “Start Guide” on page 24.
Grouping your most-used Voices
together—Favorite Category
Category Search also has a convenient Favorite Category
that lets you bring together your most often used and
favorite Voices for easy selection. This is one more useful
way the MOTIF XS lets you quickly select the Voices you
need from the huge number available.
Buttons Banks
[PRE 1] – [PRE 8] buttons Preset Banks 1 – 8
[USER 1] – [USER 3] buttons User Banks 1 – 3
[GM] button GM Bank
[GM DR] button GM Drum Bank
[PRE DR] button Preset Drum Bank
[USER DR] button User Drum Bank
PART SELECT ARP ON/OFF
PART MUTE ARP HOLD
PERFORMAN
C
CONTROL
SUB CATEGORY
PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4 PRE 5 PRE 6 PRE 7 PRE 8
PROGRAM
ABCDEFGH
123456 87
910111213141516
MUTE
USER 1
USER 2
USER 3
GM DRGM
PRE DR
USER DR
CATEGORY SE
A
PIANO KEYBOARD
ORGAN
GUITAR
BASS
BRASSSTRINGS
SAX/
WOODWIND
SYN LEAD
PADS/
CHOIRS
SYN COMP
CHROMATIC
PERCUSSION
DRUM/
PERCUSSION
SOUND
EFX
MUSICAL
EFX
ETHNIC
2
3
4
[PROGRAM] lamp is turned on
DEC/NO
INC/YES
Decreases
number
Increases
number
Increases
number
Decreases
number