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Owner’s Manual
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Congratulations!
Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha MOTIF-RACK ES Tone Generator.
In order to get the best use out of your new MOTIF-RACK ES and fully take advantage of its many sophisticated features and
functions, we urge you to read the manual carefully, and keep it in a safe, readily-accessible location for future reference.
Package Contents
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Power adaptor (PA-300)*
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Owner’s Manual (this book)
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Data List
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Installation Guide
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CD-ROM
*May not be included in your area. Please check with your Yamaha dealer.
Main Features
Wide range of dynamic and authentic Voices – in a 1U rack-mounted tone generator
• An enhanced new user bank, with the addition of 128 Normal Voices to the included wide range of dynamic and authentic Voices
of the original top-of-the-line Yamaha MOTIF ES Synthesizer – to give you whatever sound you need, for any musical style.
• Comprehensive effect processing, including Insertion Effects for up to eight Parts, independent three-band Part Equalizers for
each Part and high-quality Reverb Effects, provides pro-level sound enhancement for your music creation and performance.
Compatibility with Plug-in Boards, for wide-ranging sound expansion
• Thanks to the two Modular Synthesis Plug-in System connectors and the optional Plug-in Boards, you can upgrade the MOTIF-
RACK ES with completely new sound-processing engines. These Plug-in Boards give you more Voices, more effects and more
instrument Parts. Plus, special Plug-in Voices have already been programmed and stored to the MOTIF-RACK ES, ready to be
played as soon as you install the proper board.
Simple, intuitive panel layout
•A detailed 160x64 dot graphic display provides comprehensive and easy-to understand control over virtually all operations. Use
the PAGE buttons, cursor buttons, and the data dial to quickly and easily edit any of the parameters.
Playing layered sounds – Performance Mode
• The MOTIF-RACK ES features 128 different Performances, which lets you use four different Voices together – in layers or in a
keyboard split.
Large selection of versatile, instantly selectable multiple Voice setups – Multi Mode
• The MOTIF-RACK ES also features 32 different Multis, each specially programmed with its own effect, equalizer and other
settings, and each designed particularly for a specific style of music or application – letting you quickly and easily call up the
settings you need.
Wide variety of output terminals
• Four ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT jacks let you output different Parts of the MOTIF-RACK ES to external devices and processors.
Moreover, two digital output jacks (DIGITAL and OPTICAL) ensure completely noise-free, distortion-free sound output (44.1kHz,
24 bit).
• Use the USB terminal to easily and directly connect the MOTIF-RACK ES to your computer. You can also conveniently edit the
MOTIF-RACK ES’s Voices or Multis from your computer with the Voice Editor or Multi Part Editor software for the MOTIF-RACK ES
(included in the CD-ROM).
About the included CD-ROM
This CD-ROM contains special software for use with this instrument. It includes Voice Editor, which gives you comprehensive and
intuitive sound editing tools and Multi Part Editor, for editing the Mixing parameters of Multis. Details are given in the separate Installation
Guide or the online manuals included with the software.