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MOTIF Quick Start Guide
Playing Voices
Quick Start Guide
Playing Voices
Reference (page 124)
The Voice Play mode is where you select and play the instrument sounds (voices) of the MOTIF.
Thanks to an amazing 85MB of wave ROM and over 700 voices to choose from (even more when you install optional Plug-in
boards!), the MOTIF has just about any sound you’ll ever need, no matter what kind of music you create — from luscious
piano, strings, and other acoustic instruments to cutting-edge synth, dance, and electronica sounds.
Plus, with the full 62-note polyphony, you can play fat chords and arpeggios — and sustain them without ever having to
worry about the sound cutting out. The MOTIF provides several different voice banks: Preset 1 - 3, GM Preset, User, and
Plug-in 1 - 3 (when optional Plug-in boards are installed). Select a bank and try out some of these different voices right now.
Selecting a voice
PLG 2
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
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CATEGORY
SEARCH
OCTAVE
DOWN
UP
KNOB
CONTROL
FUNCTION
PAN
REVERB
CHORUS
TEMPO
ATTACK RELEASECUTOFF
RESONANCE
ASSIGN A ASSIGN BASSIGN 1 ASSIGN 2
KN 1 KN 2 KN 3 KN 4
MEQ LOW
MEQ HI MIDMEQLOWMID MEQ HIGH
REMOTE
CONTROL
ON/OFF
EFFECT BYPASS
ARPEGGIO
INSERTION
SYSTEM
ON/OFF
MASTER
VOLUME
VOLUME 1VOLUME 2VOLUME 3VOLUME 4
CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 CS 4
ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 ZONE 4
SEQTRANSPORT
LOCATE
1
2
REC
MODE
VOICE PERFORMMASTER
SEQUENCER
SONG
PATTERN
FILE
INTEGRATED
SAMPLING
MIXING
UTILITY
EDIT
JOB
STORE
COMPARE
SCENE STORE
SET LOCATE
SONG SCENE
SF 1SF 2SF 3SF 4SF 5
F1 F2 F3 F4 F6F5
INFORMATION
DEC/NO INC/ YES
EXIT
ENTER
EXECUTE
MUSIC
PRODUCTION
SYNTHESIZER
Integrated
Sampling
Sequencer
Real-timeExternal Control
Surface
Modular
Synthesis Plug-in
System
DRUM KITS
FAVORITES
SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3
PRE 1
PRE 2
PRE 3
GM
USER PLG 1
PLG 3
A. PIANO
KEYBOARD
ORGAN
GUITAR/
PLUCKED
BASS
STRINGS
BRASS
REED/PIPE
SYN LEADSYN PAD/
CHOIR
SYN COMPCHROMATIC
PERCUSSION
DRUM/
PERCUSSION
SE
MUSICAL FX COMBI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
SECTION
TRACK
SELECT
MUTE
SOLO
BANK
GROUP
NUMBER
COMMON
ELEMENT/PERF.PART /ZONE
4
Select a Voice number.
3
Select a Voice Group.
Voices in each Bank are divided into Groups
[A] ~ [H]. Select a Group to display the
voices that belong to the selected Group.
Group
2
Select a Normal Voice Bank.
Select a Plug-in Voice Bank.
Select a Voice Bank.
n When shipped from the factory,
the MOTIF contains a full set
of specially programmed User
voices in the User bank.
Naturally, you can edit these
and overwrite them if you
want. You can also restore
them to the original factory set
by using the Utility Job (page
260). For details about Voice
Banks and Groups, see page
124.
• Normal Voice
• Drum Voice
PLG 2
PRE 1
PRE 2
PRE 3
GM
USER PLG 1
PLG 3
A. PIANO
KEYBOARD
ORGAN
GUITAR/
PLUCKED
BASS
STRINGS
BRASS
REED/PIPE
PRE 1
PRE 2
PRE 3
GM
USER
A. PIANO
KEYBOARD
ORGAN
GUITAR/
PLUCKED
BASS
DRUM KITS
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/
CHOIR
SYN COMP CHROMATIC
PERCUSSION
DRUM/
PERCUSSION
SE
MUSICAL FX COMBI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
15
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
1
Enter the Voice Play mode.
When the Voice Play mode is active, the
currently selected voice is shown in huge
letters — so you can easily check which
voice you’re about to play.
MODE
VOICE PERFORM MASTER
Bank name
Bank name
Decreases
number
Decreases
number
Increases
number
Increases
number
DEC/NO INC/YES