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Troubleshooting

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Owner’s Manual

Appendix

Pitch or intervals are wrong

• Is the Master Tune parameter in the [UTILITY] 

→

 [F1] GENERAL 

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 [SF1] TG display set to a value other than “0”?.......................................... page 260

• Is the Note Shift parameter in the [UTILITY] 

→

 [F1] GENERAL 

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 [SF1] TG display set to a value other than “0”?.............................................. page 260

• When the Voice produces a wrong pitch, check the Micro Tuning setting in the [VOICE] 

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 [EDIT] 

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 [COMMON] 

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 [F1] GENERAL 

→

 [SF2] PLY MODE display.

 .... page 190

• When the Voice produces a wrong pitch, is the LFO Pitch Modulation Depth in the Voice Edit mode set too high? ............................................ page 201

• When the Performance produces a wrong pitch, is the Note Shift parameter of each Part set to a value other than “0”? ................................... page 218

• When the Performance produces a wrong pitch, is the Detune parameter of each Part set to a value other than “0”? ....................................... page 218

• When the Song/Pattern playback produces a wrong pitch, is the Note Offset parameter in the Groove display set to a value other than “0”? .................... page 114

No effect is applied

• Is the [EFFECT BYPASS] button turned off? ........................................................................................................................................................... page 177

• Have the [REVERB] and [CHORUS] knobs been turned fully counter-clockwise (to the minimum)? ...................................................................... page 50

• Have any or all of the Elements’ Effect Output parameters been set to “thru” in the effect setting display in the Voice Edit mode? .................... page 194

• Have any or all of the effect types been set to “thru” or “off”?................................................................................................................................ page 179

• When this occurs in the Performance mode/Song mode/Pattern mode, check whether the Insertion Switch (INS SW) parameters are set properly or not.  ........pages 216, 235

The Edit Indicator appears, even when parameters are not being edited

• Keep in mind that even though the Voice Play mode or Performance Play mode is active, simply moving a Knob or Slider changes the current Voice or 

Performance, automatically displaying the Edit indicator. ................................................................................................................................pages 65, 69

• In the Song Mixing mode or Pattern Mixing mode, keep in mind that simply playing back a Song or Pattern may change the Mixing parameters of the 

current Song/Pattern, automatically displaying the Edit indicator. ......................................................................................................................... page 104

Arpeggio problems

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Cannot start the Arpeggio

Check whether the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button is turned on or off. When the Arpeggio doesn’t start even though the button is  
turned on, check the following points. 

• When the User Arpeggio type is selected, does the currently selected Arpeggio actually contain data?............................................................ page 189

• Are the Arpeggio related parameters such as Note Limit and Velocity Limit set appropriately? ........................................................................... page 191

• When this situation occurs in the Performance mode, check the ArpSwitch parameters for all Parts in the [PERFORM] 

→

 [EDIT] 

→

 Part selection 

→

 [F1] 

VOICE 

→

 [SF2] MODE display. If parameters of all Parts are turned off, the Arpeggio will not be played back even if the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button is 

turned on. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... page 216

• When this situation occurs in the Song mode/Pattern mode, check the ArpSwitch parameter in the [SONG] or [PATTERN] 

→

 [MIXING] 

→

 [EDIT] 

→

 Part 

selection 

→

 [F1] VOICE 

→

 [SF2] MODE display. If this parameter for the current Part is turned off, Arpeggio playback will not be triggered by your 

keyboard performance even if the [ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button is turned on.  .................................................................................................... page 235

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Cannot stop the Arpeggio

• When Arpeggio playback does not stop even if you release the key, set the Arpeggio Hold parameter to “off.”  ................................................ page 191

n

For details and a list of the Arpeggio related functions, see page 169. 

Song/Pattern problems

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The Song/Pattern cannot be started even when pressing the [

F

] (Play) button. 

• Does the selected Song or Pattern (phrase) actually contain data? .................................................................................................................pages 57, 59

• Is the Remote Control feature turned on? ............................................................................................................................................................... page 147

• Is the MIDI sync parameter set to internal (using internal clock) in the [UTILITY] 

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 [F5] MIDI 

→

 [SF3] SYNC display? ..................................... page 264

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Song/Pattern (Phrase) cannot be recorded.

• Is there enough free memory for recording? The total MOTIF ES memory capacity determines the number of Songs/Patterns (phrases) that can be 

recorded. For example, if the memory contains Songs/Patterns (phrases) that use up a large amount of memory, the memory may become full even 

though the available Pattern or Song numbers are not all used. ........................................................................................................................... page 275

• In the Pattern Record mode, does the specified track to which the Phrase is assigned have preset data? Recording cannot be done to a track that 

contains preset data. .............................................................................................................................................................................................. page 113

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Cannot enter the Pattern Job mode even when pressing the [JOB] button in the Pattern mode. 

• Check whether the MOTIF ES is in the Patter n Chain mode or not. If so, exit from the Pattern Chain mode, then press the [JOB] button. .................. page 115

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Cannot enter the Pattern Mixing mode even when pressing the [MIXING] button in the Pattern mode. 

• Check whether the MOTIF ES is in the Patter n Chain mode or not. If so, exit from the Pattern Chain mode, then press the [MIXING] button. ........................ page 115

Summary of Contents for MOTIF ES6

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Page 2: ...the letter and the spirit of the law we want you to be aware of the following Battery Notice This product MAY contain a small non rechargable battery which if applicable is soldered in place The average life span of this type of battery is approximately five years When replacement becomes necessary contact a qualified service representative to perform the replacement Warning Do not attempt to rech...

Page 3: ...lations are not provided it must be assumed that unobstructed ventilation is required 7 Temperature considerations Electronic products should be installed in locations that do not seriously contribute to their operating temperature Placement of this product close to heat sources such as radiators heat registers etc should be avoided 8 This product was NOT designed for use in wet damp locations and...

Page 4: ...lug from the outlet and have the instrument inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel CAUTION Always follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others or damage to the instrument or other property These precautions include but are not limited to the following Always connect the three pin attachment plug to a properly grounded power source ...

Page 5: ...essive force on the buttons switches or connectors Do not operate the instrument for a long period of time at a high or uncomfortable volume level since this can cause permanent hearing loss If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears consult a physician Saving and backing up your data DRAM data see page 186 is lost when you turn off the power to the instrument Save the data to a Sma...

Page 6: ... CD ROMs The following three CD ROMs are included in the MOTIF ES package TOOLS for MOTIF ES6 MOTIF ES7 MOTIF ES8 This CD ROM contains special software for use with this instrument It includes the latest version of SQ01 V2 a full featured audio MIDI sequencer mixer for comprehensive music production Voice Editor which gives you comprehensive and intuitive sound editing tools and Multi Part Editor ...

Page 7: ...ou play but also by how strongly you play them for even greater performance power page 60 page 67 page 172 page 289 pages 100 270 page 99 page 107 page 177 page 50 page 106 page 105 page 66 Once you ve collected all the audio samples loops MIDI data and patterns you need for your song use Pattern Chain to arrange the pieces in real time This hands on approach makes it easier than ever to come up w...

Page 8: ...ation on this instrument such as Specifications and an Alert Message List as well as instructions for installing optional equipment e g DIMM modules AIEB2 mLAN16E interface and Plug in Boards Data List separate booklet This contains various important lists such as the Voice List Preset Pattern Phrase List Effect List MIDI Data Format and MIDI Implementation Chart Installation Guide separate bookle...

Page 9: ...tion type VOICE Voice selection F3 EFFECT Page 194 PERFORM Performance selection F3 EFFECT SF1 CONNECT Page 215 SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection MIXING F3 EFFECT SF1 CONNECT Page 235 Selecting a Master Effect type VOICE UTILITY F3 VOICE SF2 MEF Page 262 PERFORM Performance selection EDIT COMMON F2 OUT MEF SF3 MEF Page 214 SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection MIXING EDIT COMMON F2 MEQ MEF S...

Page 10: ... Page 81 Adjusting the entire volume for the selected Performance common to all Parts PERFORM Performance selection EDIT COMMON F2 OUT MEQ SF1 OUT Volume Page 213 Adjusting the volume of the audio input of a microphone or external audio equipment PERFORM Performance selection EDIT COMMON F5 AUDIO IN SF1 OUTPUT Volume Page 215 In the Song mode Pattern mode Adjusting the volume balance of the Parts ...

Page 11: ...e 113 Recording Sampling your favorite rhythm audio to a Pattern track to create a Phrase Page 107 Importing a WAV file or an AIFF file to a Pattern track to create a Phrase Page 109 Recording your keyboard performance to a Pattern track to create a Phrase Page 110 Recording a newly found Arpeggio rhythm pattern to a Pattern track Page 112 Sounding the metronome during recording PATTERN UTILITY F3...

Page 12: ... note up or down in the tone generator block UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF1 TG NoteShift Page 260 Adjusting the tuning to other instruments UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF1 TG Tune Page 260 In the Voice mode Setting the tuning system for the voice VOICE Voice selection EDIT COMMON F1 GENERAL SF2 PLY MODE M TuningNo Page 190 Adjusting the pitch for each Element of the edited Voice in semitones VOICE Voice selection ...

Page 13: ... Page 262 Setting the MIDI transmit channel Setting the MIDI transmit channel of the keyboard in the Voice mode Performance mode UTILITY F5 MIDI SF1 CH KBDTransCh Page 64 Setting the MIDI transmit channel and port for each track of a Song Pattern SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection F3 TRACK SF1 CHANNEL Page 221 Setting the MIDI transmit channel of Arpeggio playback UTILITY F3 VOICE SF3 ARP CH T...

Page 14: ...n the Performance Play mode 67 Selecting a Performance 67 Using Controllers 69 Using the Arpeggio feature 70 Assigning desired Voices to each part 70 Using the A D input sound 72 Using the Plug in Board 74 Available Plug in Boards 74 Using a Single Part Plug in Board 75 Using a Multi Part Plug in Board 77 Using an Effect Plug in Board 78 Quick Guide Advanced Course 79 Editing a Voice 79 Normal Voi...

Page 15: ... Pattern Mixing Edit mode 248 Pattern Mixing Job mode 248 Pattern Mixing Store mode 248 Mixing Voice mode 249 Mixing Voice Edit mode 249 Mixing Voice Store mode 250 Mixing Voice Job mode 250 Sampling mode 251 Sampling Record mode 251 Sampling Edit mode 255 Sampling Job mode 256 Utility mode 260 Utility mode 260 Utility Job mode 265 File mode 266 File mode 266 Master mode 271 Master Play mode 271 M...

Page 16: ... 2 ZONE 2 CS 3 ZONE 3 CS 4 ZONE 4 ARP FX EQ TONE ASSIGN PAN SEND E0 F0 G0 A0 B0 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 C3 1 5 2 3 4 6 8 7 9 KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION MASTER VOLUME ZONE 1 CS 1 VOLUME 1 SWING CUTOFF PAN ASSIGN A GATE TIME RESONANCE REVERB ASSIGN B VELOCITY ATTACK CHORUS ASSIGN 1 UNITMULTIPLY RELEASE TEMPO ASSIGN 2 LOW KN 1 VOLUME 2 LOW MID KN 2 VOLUME 3 HIGH MID KN 3 VOLUME 4 HIGH KN 4 CS 2 ZONE 2 CS ...

Page 17: ...T ENTER EXECUTE DEC NO INC YES C4 C5 C6 º ª COMMON ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE FAVORITES DRUM KITS A PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN PRE 5 PRE 6 PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4 MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Integrated Sampling Sequencer Modular Synthesis Plug in System Real time External Control Surface USER 1 GUITAR PLUCKED SYN LEAD A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 16 MUTE TRACK SELECT SECTION GROUP NUMBER CATEGORY SEARCH...

Page 18: ...n other functions to this controller 5 Ribbon controller Page 65 This Controller is touch sensitive and is controlled by running your finger lightly across its surface laterally You can also assign other functions to this controller 6 MASTER VOLUME Adjusts the volume of the overall sound as output from the rear panel OUTPUT L MONO and R jacks as well as the PHONES jack 7 Four KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION...

Page 19: ... and Master effects The effects can be applied to the keyboard played voices and to Song Pattern playback These three buttons enable you to turn the corresponding Effect blocks as printed on the panel on or off with a single touch Keep in mind that the INSERTION and SYSTEM buttons are bypass switches while the MASTER EFFECT button is an on off switch The distinction is important when the lamp of t...

Page 20: ...tton Page 53 For calling up a special help feature that shows information about the currently selected mode You can go back to the previous display by pressing this button again or pressing any other button Depending on the selected display this button may be used to call up a window for inputting characters page 54 for inputting numbers page 49 for selecting note lengths page 49 or for selecting ...

Page 21: ...elect Pattern Sections A H and the PRE5 PLG3 buttons of the BANK buttons can be used to select Pattern Sections I P TRACK SELECT button Page 58 Turning this button on in the Song Pattern mode enables the NUMBER 1 16 buttons for selecting corresponding Song Pattern tracks The on off status of this button affects the NUMBER 1 16 buttons in different ways depending on the selected mode See NUMBER 1 1...

Page 22: ... Manual Rear Panel BREATH ASSIG OUT THRU USB TO HOST TO DEVICE mLAN I O EXPANSION AC INLET POWER ON OFF IN MIDI 1 2 3 4 6 5 mLAN I O EXPANSION AC INLET POWER ON OFF 1 2 3 mLAN I O EXPANSION AC INLET POWER ON OFF 1 2 3 MOTIF ES6 MOTIF ES7 MOTIF ES8 ...

Page 23: ...YELLOW ORANGE Plug in SLOT A D INPUT L R OUTPUT R L MONO PHONES ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT L R FOOT CONTROLLER BREATH ASSIGNABLE SUSTAIN OUT THRU USB TO HOST TO DEVICE FOOT SWITCH CARD 3 3V 1 IN MIDI 2 GAIN 4 6 5 7 8 9 CARD 3 3V USB TO HOST TO DEVICE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE Plug in SLOT A D INPUT L R OUTPUT R L MONO PHONES ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT L R GAIN FOOT CONTROLLER BREATH ASSIGNABLE SUSTAIN OUT THRU FOOT SWITC...

Page 24: ...ting all control performance and playback data from the MOTIF to another MIDI device such as an external sequencer 6 BREATH Controller Jack Page 42 Connect an optional Yamaha BC3 Breath Controller here for expressive breath control capability 7 FOOT SWITCH jacks Page 42 For connection of optional FC4 or FC5 Footswitches When connected to the SUSTAIN jack the Footswitch controls sustain When connec...

Page 25: ... 44 1kHz 2 DIGITAL IN OUT connectors Pages 33 34 Use these connectors to input or output digital signals over coaxial RCA pin cable The digital signal format is CD DAT S P DIF You can use the DIGITAL IN connector to record a digital signal at frequencies of 48kHz 44 1kHz or 32kHz The DIGITAL OUT connector outputs a digital signal of 44 1kHz 3 ASSIGNABLE OUT jacks AS1 to AS6 Page 31 Line level audi...

Page 26: ... to be used as listed on the rear panel Connecting the unit to the wrong AC supply can cause serious damage to the internal circuitry and may even pose a shock hazard Use only the AC power cord supplied with the MOTIF ES If the supplied cord is lost or damaged and needs to be replaced contact yourYamaha dealer The use of an inappropriate replacement can pose a fire and shock hazard The type of AC ...

Page 27: ...ke sure to save any data remaining in DRAM to SmartMedia or a USB storage device before turning off the power other wise the data will be lost Includes the Mixing settings pages 103 127 If you create the User Voices or Sample Voices by using the Sampling function the corresponding Waveforms can be saved automatically by saving the User Voice data or Song Pattern data to the SmartMedia USB storage ...

Page 28: ...ehand n The SmartMedia cards formatted with this instrument may be unusable with other instruments or devices About the SmartMedia cards Handle SmartMedia cards with care SmartMedia cards are very sensitive and can be damaged by static electricity Before handling a SmartMedia card make sure to discharge any static electricity in your body by touching something made of metal such as a door knob or ...

Page 29: ... the self powered type Doing so may result in the operation of the synthesizer freezing or hanging up While the instrument is accessing data such as in the Save Load and Delete operations in the File mode do NOT unplug the USB cable do NOT remove the media from the device and do NOT turn the power off to either device Doing so may corrupt the data on either or both devices CAUTION USB connector ty...

Page 30: ...hard disk of your computer then archive and organize the files as desired Simply reconnect the device as shown below n Though the example here shows the use of a connected USB storage device you can also back up your created data that you ve saved to a SmartMedia inserted to the CARD slot on the rear panel Loading data from a computer to the MOTIF ES Data and files contained on the hard disk of a ...

Page 31: ...Drum Voice Determined from the OutputSel parameter as selected below as Drum Voice data Page 203 VOICE Drum Voice selection EDIT Drum Key selection F1 OSC SF2 OUTPUT OutputSel This setting is available for the Part for which the OutputSel parameter is set to drum in another mode e g Performance or Song Outputting separate Parts of a Performance Determined from the OutputSel parameter as selected b...

Page 32: ...output through the ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT jacks including those of the optional AIEB2 interface or mLAN16E interface Only the Part EQ and the Insertion Effect are applied LCD Output jacks Stereo Mono LCD Output jacks Stereo Mono L R OUTPUT L and R Stereo asL ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT L Mono asL R ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT L and R Stereo asR ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT R Mono as1 2 ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT 1 and 2 Stereo 1 L 2 R as1 AS...

Page 33: ...d you can even apply an automatic vocal harmony effect to the microphone sound n Depending on the connected equipment change the parameter settings in the Utility mode as needed with the following operations When the output level of the connected equipment such as a microphone guitar bass is low When the output level of the connected equipment such as a synthesizer keyboard CD player is high n Aft...

Page 34: ... device such as a keyboard or sequencer to control the MOTIF ES sounds Below are several different MIDI connection examples use the one most similar to your intended setup n Any one of the these interfaces can be used for MIDI data transmission reception the MIDI connectors the mLAN connector when an optional mLAN16E has been installed or the USB connector However they cannot be used at the same t...

Page 35: ... play both instruments and have them separately sound different parts for example having your keyboard performance sound the external instrument while the Song Pattern plays the sounds of the MOTIF ES Check the following points In the Voice mode Performance mode You can check the MIDI Transmit Channel at the right corner of the F1 PLAY display in the Voice Play mode Performance Play mode If necess...

Page 36: ...ES In addition you may have to make certain MIDI synchronization settings see below Likewise make sure to set the MIDI tone generator connected to the MIDI THRU connector to the multi timbral mode Beside you need to set the MIDI synchronization related parameters of the MOTIF ES to use of the external clock from the following display Synchronizing with an external MIDI instrument Master and Slave ...

Page 37: ...ry as an MTC master Controlling an MTR by using MMC transmitted from the MOTIF ES You can control the start stop and fast forward rewind of the MMC compatible MTR from the SEQ TRANSPORT buttons on the front panel of this synthesizer outputting MMC messages via MIDI n MMC MIDI Machine Control allows remote control of multitrack recorders MIDI sequencers etc A MMC compatible multitrack recorder for ...

Page 38: ... well as the desired software sequence software Voice Editor etc For details refer to the separate Installation Guide n If you are using the Remote Control function to control operations on a computer sequencer you should make connections with a USB cable UTILITY F5 MIDI SF4 OTHER MIDI IN OUT USB MIDI channel and MIDI port While a MIDI cable can transfer MIDI messages of 16 channels simultaneously...

Page 39: ...ing the USB cable Using an IEEE1394 interface when an optional mLAN16E has been installed By installing an optional mLAN16E interface you can connect a computer with an IEEE 1394 interface to this instrument via a single cable When connecting via this method make sure to set the following parameter to mLAN The mLAN connection using an IEEE1394 cable lets you transfer both MIDI data and audio data ...

Page 40: ... to multiple MIDI ports Selecting Voices from a computer You can select Voices on this instrument from your computer software by specifying the following MIDI messages Bank Select MSB Bank Select LSB Program Change For details on what values are assigned to the Voice Bank Number of this synthesizer refer to the separate Data List MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER MOTIF ES MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI...

Page 41: ...e setting example below making sure that MIDI Echo MIDI through on the computer software is set to off When MIDI Echo MIDI through is set to off the software computer n Although not indicated in the illustration above the MOTIF ES actually receives and responds to MIDI data from the computer application sequencer regardless of the Local Control setting on the MOTIF ES MIDI Echo is a function on se...

Page 42: ...rings voices Keep in mind that some sounds may not be suitable for use in all situations with the Sustain footswitch For example for organ sounds that have no natural decay the sound continues at the same level when holding down the Sustain footswitch On the other hand many sounds benefit from the use of Sustain such as piano which has a natural decay when a note is held Using Sustain with these k...

Page 43: ...irms the status of the Plug in Board installation appears and after a while the Master mode display appears n At the time this synthesizer is shipped from the factory the Master mode display will appear when turning the power on You can change the default display when turning the power on with the following operation UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF4 OTHER PowerOnMode page 261 n Because the Auto Load paramet...

Page 44: ...ration returns to the original display An Executing or Please keep power on message is shown when it takes a short amount of time to execute the Job Never attempt to turn off the power while data is being written to Flash ROM while an Executing or Please keep power on message is shown Turning the power off in this state results in loss of all user data and may cause the system to freeze due to cor...

Page 45: ... with a single button The File mode lets you manage your created data Basic Operation Term Description Page Voice Musical instrument voices 158 Performance A program in which multiple Voices are combined in a layer 158 Song Music data consisting of MIDI events 166 Pattern Rhythm pattern data which consist of MIDI events used for looped playback 167 Sampling The function that lets you record the au...

Page 46: ...NG JOB Song Mixing Store mode Storing a Song Mixing internal memory SONG MIXING STORE Pattern mode Pattern Play mode Playing a Pattern PATTERN Pattern Record mode Recording a Pattern PATTERN REC Pattern Edit mode Editing a Pattern MIDI events PATTERN EDIT Pattern Job mode Converting and transforming Pattern data PATTERN JOB Pattern Mixing mode Setting tone generator parameters PATTERN MIXING Patte...

Page 47: ... functions for these buttons Selecting a Program In order to play the MOTIF ES you ll need to call up one of its programs i e a Voice Performance Song Pattern or Master These programs can be selected in each Play mode via the same procedure Using the INC YES DEC NO buttons and the data dial The INC YES and DEC NO buttons let you step up or down through the program numbers in any of the Play modes ...

Page 48: ...8 040 C 8 072 E 8 104 G 8 009 A 9 041 C 9 073 E 9 105 G 9 010 A 10 042 C 10 074 E 10 106 G 10 011 A 11 043 C 11 075 E 11 107 G 11 012 A 12 044 C 12 076 E 12 108 G 12 013 A 13 045 C 13 077 E 13 109 G 13 014 A 14 046 C 14 078 E 14 110 G 14 015 A 15 047 C 15 079 E 15 111 G 15 016 A 16 048 C 16 080 E 16 112 G 16 017 B 1 049 D 1 081 F 1 113 H 1 018 B 2 050 D 2 082 F 2 114 H 2 019 B 3 051 D 3 083 F 3 11...

Page 49: ...w by pressing the INFORMATION button You can specify the note type by pressing the F1 F6 buttons and the SF1 SF5 buttons After selecting one of the note types press the ENTER button to actually enter the selection Press the EXIT button to go back to the original display EXIT ENTER EXECUTE DEC NO INC YES Moving the cursor Use these four buttons to navigate the display moving the cursor around the v...

Page 50: ...pressing the TONE button TONE button Filter Cutoff Frequency degree of brightness Resonance the level of the signal in the area of the cutoff frequency Attack Time of the sound Release Time of the sound decay time after the key is released When pressing the ARP FX button ARP FX button Swing degree of the Arpeggio playback Gate time length of the Arpeggio playback Velocity of the Arpeggio playback ...

Page 51: ...n Mixing mode and Mixing Voice mode When changing the value of the parameter in these modes the E Edit Indicator will appear on the top left corner of the LCD display This indicates that the current program has been modified but not yet stored If you wish to store your sound obtained by edit operation be sure to store the current program to internal User memory in the Store mode before selecting a...

Page 52: ...n a backup memory location called the Recall buffer page 187 To restore the lost data with your latest edits intact use the Edit Recall function in the Job mode Confirmation Message When you execute certain operations such as those in the Job Store and File modes this synthesizer shows a confirmation message This lets you actually execute the operation or cancel it if desired If a confirmation mes...

Page 53: ...p the name input display according to the above table then move the cursor by using the Cursor button to the desired location and input a character See below for details n Since the name of the program is part of the data make sure that you properly save the program after naming it Data types that can be named How to call up the naming display Page Voice VOICE EDIT F1 GENERAL SF1 NAME 80 Performan...

Page 54: ...ing the characters from a list EXIT ENTER EXECUTE DEC NO INC YES DEC NO INC YES Moving the cursor to the desired location on the name Selecting a character at the cursor location EXIT ENTER EXECUTE DEC NO INC YES DEC NO INC YES INFORMATION INFORMATION INFORMATION When the cursor is located at the Name this LIST icon appears and you can call up the Character List display by holding the INFORMATION ...

Page 55: ...en turning the power on When turning the power on with no SmartMedia card in the CARD slot when the instrument is in its factory shipped state or after the Factory Set page 44 is executed When turning the power on with a SmartMedia card containing no Auto Load files in the CARD slot when the instrument is in its factory shipped state or after the Factory Set page 44 is executed In cases such as th...

Page 56: ...on To resume playback of the Song from that point press the F Play again To instantly return to the beginning of the Song press the Top button Move the cursor to Song Number Name with the cursor buttons then select another song by using the Data Dial or the INC YES and DEC NO buttons Next let s play a Demo Pattern 2 Set the LoadType to All All Loads both the Demo Song and Pattern data Song Loads o...

Page 57: ...Pattern press the Top button Selecting a Pattern is done in the same way as selecting a Song Refer to step 5 above Parameters in the Song Play mode 7 Press the F Play button to start Pattern playback 8 Select different Sections of the Pattern A PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN PRE 5 PRE 6 USER 1 GUITAR PLUCKED SYN LEAD A B C D E F G H SECTION GROUP CATEGORY SEARCH BANK SYN PAD CHOIR SYN COMP CHROMATIC PERCUSS...

Page 58: ... the track as explained in To mute a track above Song Location The Song Play mode has a convenient Location function that lets you jump to user specified parts of a song This lets you assign a specific measure number in the selected song and instantly jump to the assigned measure either during playback or when the song is stopped Two Locations can be assigned Assigning Locations Select the desired...

Page 59: ...mation on how to create Pattern Chain data see page 115 1 Press the F6 CHAIN button to call up the Song Chain display 2 Program the desired order of the Songs skip Skips past ignores the selected chain number and continues playback from the next chain number stop Stops Song Chain playback at that chain number You can restart Song Chain playback from the next chain number by pressing the F Play but...

Page 60: ...er slightly from those on your instrument 1 Press the VOICE button to enter the Voice Play mode A PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN PRE 5 PRE 6 PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4 USER 1 GUITAR PLUCKED USER 2 STRINGS PLG 1 SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 BRASS PLG 2 REED PIPE PLG 3 BASS GM Preset Bank Contains the Voices built into this instrument User Bank Contains the voices you create in the Voice Edit mode Plug in Bank Available...

Page 61: ... Voice n For details about the instrument assignments for each key refer to the separate Data List Using the INC YES DEC NO buttons and data dial You can select a Voice Number by using the INC YES DEC NO buttons and data dial in steps 3 and 4 n The procedure for selecting Voices in other modes differs from above For details on selecting Voices in the Performance mode see page 71 For details on sel...

Page 62: ...light the Category name in the display then use the INC YES and DEC NO buttons or the data dial to select the Category Then move the cursor to the Voice list at the right of the display to select the Voice see step 3 below n Some Voices such as User Voices may not be registered to any Category You can search for these Voices by setting the Category to Step through the available Voices by using the...

Page 63: ... by one octave The range is from 3 to 3 with 0 being standard pitch When this is set to Octave Up the lamp of the OCTAVE UP button lights and when it is set to Octave Down the OCTAVE DOWN button s lamp lights The current octave setting is shown at the top right of the display You can instantly restore standard pitch 0 by simultaneously pressing both the OCTAVE UP button and the OCTAVE DOWN button ...

Page 64: ... out the Pitch Bend wheel while pressing a note on the keyboard n Each preset Voice has its own default Pitch Bend Range setting The Pitch Bend Range setting for each Voice can be changed in the VOICE EDIT COMMON F1 GENERAL SF5 OTHER display and stored as a User Voice in the Voice Store mode From this display you can also reverse the Pitch Bend function so that moving the wheel up lowers the pitch...

Page 65: ...the sound For more information refer to page 50 in the Basic Operation section Edit Indicator Tweaking the knobs in the Voice mode directly changes the parameters of the Voice When any of the Voice parameters are changed the E Edit Indicator appears in the top left of the display This indicates that the current voice has been modified but not yet stored If you re satisfied with the tweaks you made...

Page 66: ...io on 2 Select the desired Arpeggio type in the VOICE F6 ARP display 3 While holding the STORE button press one of the SF1 SF5 button The currently selected Arpeggio type is assigned to the pressed button If you execute this operation with the ARPEGGIO ON OFF lamp off no Arpeggio type will be assigned to the pressed button 4 Repeat steps 2 3 as necessary 5 Press and release the STORE button to ent...

Page 67: ...ple the Performance name here may differ slightly from those on your instrument Performances are divided into Groups A H Select a Group to show a list of the Performances Press one of the NUMBER 1 16 buttons 1 Press the PERFORM button to enter the Performance Play mode USER 001 A01 Ap New Peform VOICE PERFORM MASTER MODE Indicates the Keyboard MIDI transmit channel See page 68 for details Indicate...

Page 68: ...ves n The Octave setting made here is automatically reflected in the identical Octave parameter in the Utility mode UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF2 KBD Octave This setting is available in all modes Transpose setting of the keyboard As in the Voice Play mode you can set the amount in semitones by which the range of the keyboard is shifted up or down in the Utility mode n The transpose setting is available i...

Page 69: ...signed to four knobs Try out these knobs with various Performances while playing the keyboard You can change which particular group of functions or parameters the knobs are assigned to by pressing any of the KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION buttons For details see page 90 n In certain situations using the knobs may not result in any change in the sound For more information refer to page 50 in the Basic Opera...

Page 70: ...e Performance play mode lets you use the SF1 SF5 buttons to assign the Arpeggio types and recall them The Arpeggio type for the current Performance can be selected in the PERFORM F6 ARP display or the PERFORM EDIT COMMON F3 ARP display If you assign the desired Arpeggio type to the SF1 SF5 buttons store the settings as a User Performance in the Performance Store mode page 91 Controlling Arpeggio p...

Page 71: ...mber then press the ENTER button to execute the store operation For details about Performance Store see page 91 1 Press the F2 VOICE button in the Performance Play mode 2 Assign the desired Voice to each Part SCENE SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 INFORMATION SCENE SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 INFORMATION DEC NO INC YES Select a Voice Bank Number at the cursor location Voice Bank Voi...

Page 72: ...level equipment such as microphones guitars and basses n A standard dynamic microphone is recommended The MOTIF ES does not support phantom powered condenser microphones Move the cursor to the Mic Line parameter by using the Cursor button and set it to mic by using the INC YES button DEC NO button or data dial n When the output level of the connected equipment such as a microphone guitar bass is l...

Page 73: ...ptional mLAN16E has been installed can also be handled as Audio Input Parts For details see page 165 7 Adjust the microphone input level by using the GAIN knob on the rear panel 8 Set the audio input related parameters as necessary from the AUDIO IN display PERFORM EDIT COMMON F5 AUDIO IN 9 Store the settings as a User Performance in the Performance Store mode page 91 1 Make sure to turn off the p...

Page 74: ...e very latest sounds heard in today s club oriented music Piano Plug in Board PLG150 PF A massive waveform memory is dedicated to the reproduction of piano sounds This board offers 136 stereo sounds including a number of acoustic and electric pianos and up to 64 note polyphony You can even install two of these boards to double the polyphony to 128 notes Advanced DX TX Plug in Board PLG150 DX The s...

Page 75: ...F2 BANK button to call up the Plug in Board Bank selection display then select the desired Bank n For details about the Bank structure of each Plug in Board refer to the Owner s Manual of each Plug in Board Regarding the PLGPRE Plug in Preset bank refer to the Plug in Voice List Regarding the Board Voice bank displayed as 035 000 refer to the Voice Map List The PLGUSR Plug in User banks contain th...

Page 76: ...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 t...

Page 77: ...eter to Song 4 Move the cursor to the list of files to be loaded select the desired file then press the ENTER button 5 Specify the destination Song number then press the ENTER button to execute the Load operation Loading data to this synthesizer automatically erases and replaces any existing data in the User memory Make sure to save any important data to a SmartMedia USB storage device before perf...

Page 78: ...power off install the Effect Plug in Board PLG100 VH to slot 1 2 Plug the microphone to the A D INPUT jack on the rear panel page 72 3 Turn the MOTIF ES power on 4 Press the PERFORM button to enter the Performance Play mode select the desired Performance then set the microphone related parameters 5 Check the status of the installed Plug in Boards in the UTILITY F6 PLUG SF1 STATUS display 6 Select ...

Page 79: ...elope Generator call up the Element Edit display If you wish to edit more global parameters related to the overall Voice and how it s processed such as Arpeggio Controller and Effects call up the Common Edit display Quick Guide Advanced Course 1 Press the VOICE button to enter the Voice mode then select a Normal Voice to be edited 2 Press the EDIT button to enter the Voice Edit mode 3 Call up the ...

Page 80: ... details Keep in mind that edited Voice data is stored to internal User memory Flash ROM and is stored even when turning the power off As such it is not necessary to save the data to SmartMedia card or another device however you may want to save it to another media for backup or organizational purposes For more information see page 85 Compare Function This convenient function lets you switch betwe...

Page 81: ...NCE Boosts or attenuates the level at the area around the Filter cutoff frequency VOICE Voice selection F5 EG RESO Page 189 ATTACK Determines the attack time of the sound For example you can adjust a strings Voice so that the sound gradually swells in volume by setting a slow attack time simply turn this knob to the right VOICE Voice selection F5 EG ATK AEG Page 189 RELEASE Determines the release ...

Page 82: ...rameters that determine the sound such as Oscillator Pitch Filter Amplitude and EG Envelope Generator call up the Key Edit display To edit more global parameters related to the overall Drum Voice and how it s processed such as Arpeggio Controller and Effects call up the Common Edit display ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 16 MUTE TRACK SELECT NUMBER SOLO 15 14 12 13 11 10 9 In this example o...

Page 83: ...arameters for each key s sound 1 Call up the Key Edit display in the Voice Edit mode Refer to step 3 on page 82 2 Call up the F1 OSC SF1 WAVE display 3 Press the key to which you want to assign a sound The drum instrument currently assigned to the pressed key will sound 4 Select the desired Waveform to be assigned Move the cursor to Number and change the value by using the data dial INC YES button...

Page 84: ...press the Hi Hat Close key Pressing the second key should cut off the sound of the first Since the settings above are included in the Drum Voice data store them as a Drum Voice in the Voice Store mode Determining how the Drum Voice responds when the key is released You can determine whether or not the selected Drum key responds to MIDI Note Off messages Setting the Receive Note Off parameter to of...

Page 85: ... and the desired Voice number by using the data dial INC YES and DEC NO button When you execute the Store operation the settings for the destination memory will be overwritten Important data should always be backed up to a separate SmartMedia USB storage device The display prompts you for confirmation To cancel the Store operation press the DEC NO button User Plug in Voice 064 User Plug in Voice 0...

Page 86: ...e data Here select All Voice Move the cursor to the file name input location then input a file name For detailed instructions on naming refer to page 53 in the Basic Operation section If you are about to overwrite an existing file the display prompts you for confirmation Press the INC YES button to execute the Save operation to overwrite the existing file or press the DEC NO button to cancel it Wh...

Page 87: ... of the devices Never turn off the power of the MOTIF ES or the relevant devices Editing a Performance The Performance Edit mode PERFORM EDIT lets you create your own original Performances containing up to four different Parts Voices by editing the various parameters The Voices can be selected from the internal tone generator or the installed Plug in Boards After assigning different Voices to sepa...

Page 88: ...process it with a favorite external effect 1 Press the PERFORM button to enter the Performance mode then select a Performance to be edited 2 Press the EDIT button to enter the Performance Edit mode 3 Call up the Common Edit display or Part Edit display COMMON ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE FAVORITES DRUM KITS A PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN PRE 5 PRE 6 USER 1 GUITAR PLUCKED SYN LEAD A B C D 4 3 2 1 SYN PAD CHOIR S...

Page 89: ... Store mode See page 91 for details Keep in mind that edited Performance data is stored to internal User memory Flash ROM and is stored even when turning the power off As such it is not necessary to save the data to SmartMedia card or another device however you may want to save it to another media for backup or organizational purposes For more information see page 91 Compare Function Just as in th...

Page 90: ...rformance selection F5 EG RESO Page 213 ATTACK Determines the attack time of the sound For example you can adjust a strings Voice so that the sound gradually swells in volume by setting a slow attack time simply turn this knob to the right PERFORM Performance selection F5 EG ATK AEG Page 213 RELEASE Determines the release time of the sound Turning the knob to the right sets a long release time and...

Page 91: ...vice Keep in mind that edited Performance data is stored to internal User memory Flash ROM and is stored even when turning the power off As such it is not necessary to save the data to SmartMedia card or another device however you may want to save it to another media for backup or organizational purposes using the Save operation Storing the edited Performance as a User Performance to internal memo...

Page 92: ... as well as the Voices assigned to them as a single file extension W7A Move the cursor to the file name input location then input a file name For detailed instructions on naming refer to page 53 in the Basic Operation section If you are about to overwrite an existing file the display prompts you for confirmation Press the INC YES button to execute the Save operation to overwrite the existing file ...

Page 93: ...ce When Type is set to Performance you can specify and load a specific Performance from a file with the extension W7A Loading data to this synthesizer automatically erases and replaces any existing data in the User memory Make sure to save any important data to a SmartMedia USB storage device before performing any Load operations After the data has been loaded a Completed message appears and opera...

Page 94: ...urce A D Next off Mono Stereo L mono Frequency 44 1k For details about each parameter see page 251 n If the Voice parameter above is set to off you won t be able to play the sampled sound as a Voice after completing this operation However you can call up the sampled sound by selecting a Waveform For details on how to select a Waveform see 1 Connect a microphone to the instrument 2 Press the INTEGR...

Page 95: ...r level Sing into the microphone You may want to match the pitch of your voice to the note C3 set in step 4 above The sampling actually starts as soon as the an input signal exceeding the specified trigger level is received Press the F3 AUDITION button to hear the sampled sound If you re not satisfied with the results and you wish to try again press the F4 CANCEL button to return to the Sampling S...

Page 96: ...ange within which the sample is sounded step 10 on page 96 The Key Range and the Velocity Range within which the sample is sounded is referred to as a Key Bank In step 10 above you saw how to set the Key Range From the same display you can also set a Velocity Range Using these two parameters you can create a Key Bank Waveform The group of Key Banks to which sample data is assigned is referred to a...

Page 97: ... that makes up a Voice all the Samples that are assigned to the Waveform are automatically saved together The procedure for saving is the same as described in Saving a User Voice above with the exception that Type is set to AllWaveform in step 3 Saving as a WAV file You can select a specific Sample from a Waveform and save it as a WAV file Windows audio format Insert a SmartMedia into the CARD slo...

Page 98: ...g the button or when the Song Pattern playback reaches a specified point Here set the TrggrMode Trigger mode to level which lets you start sampling as soon as the input signal from the audio device exceeds the specified Trigger Level Setting the Trigger Level When the Trigger mode is set to level you ll also need to set the Trigger Level This determines when sampling actually starts depending on t...

Page 99: ...r voice and sample the entire processed sound After setting the PLG100 VH related parameters as required referring to Using an Effect Plug in Board on page 78 execute the Sampling operation The sound of an mLAN compatible instrument After setting up referring to page 34 execute the Sampling operation You should set the INTEGRATED SAMPLING F2 SOURCE Source parameter to mLAN1 4 Electric guitar or ba...

Page 100: ...to be loaded and specify the destination When moving the cursor to a WAV file extension WAV or AIFF file extension AIF the destination parameter automatically appears in the display When assigning a WAV file AIFF file to a Normal Voice When assigning a WAV file AIFF file to a Drum Voice n When assigning a WAV file AIFF file to a Drum Voice a Sample from the WAV file AIFF file is assigned to the em...

Page 101: ...ress the F4 RANGE button Once you ve loaded the sample in step 5 it can only be sounded by playing the note specified in step 4 From this display however you can expand the note range over which the loaded sample will sound When creating a Drum Voice in steps 4 5 By repeating steps 5 8 above you can create a Drum Voice in which each key has a different sound as shown below After creating the Norma...

Page 102: ...Category Search page 62 in this display n For information on how to select a voice of a Plug in Board in the Song mode Pattern mode see page 121 1 Press the SONG button PATTERN button to enter the Song mode Pattern mode then select a Song number Pattern number to be created 2 Enter the Mixing Edit mode MIXING EDIT then select a Part track and call up the Voice setting display F1 VOICE SF1 VOICE SO...

Page 103: ...C YES DEC NO buttons For details refer to the Mixing Template list in the separate Data List booklet You can confirm the Voice settings for the Parts by selecting tracks one by one and playing the keyboard with each If you wish to check the detailed settings call up and view each display in the Song Mixing mode and Song Mixing Edit mode Tweak and change the Mixing parameters especially the Voices ...

Page 104: ...setting made in the Voice mode of the Voice assigned to each Mixing Part n The functions assigned to the Knobs ASSIGN A and B can be set in the UTILITY F4 CTL ASN SF2 ASSIGN display n You can set the Ribbon Controller to control different functions on connected external MIDI devices from the functions assigned in Song Mixing Pattern Mixing for the instrument itself You can also determine whether t...

Page 105: ...ey were edited for the Song Pattern n Only Normal Voices can be created edited as Mixing Voices See page 56 for instructions on how to select a Song or Pattern n You can enter the Mixing Voice Edit mode only when a Normal Voice is assigned to the current Part These displays are the same as in the Voice mode See page 79 The actual parameters and procedures for editing them are the same as in the Vo...

Page 106: ...e and chain together the phrases that will be used for the accompaniment and the Song 2 Convert the Pattern data to a Song 3 In the Song mode record a melody on a separate track of the Song Here we ll explain in detail the first of these steps The created pattern phrase data resides temporarily in DRAM page 187 Because data contained in DRAM is lost when the power is turned off you should always s...

Page 107: ...ndby waiting for an input signal that exceeds the Trigger level The sampling actually starts as soon as an input signal exceeding the specified trigger level is received Press the F6 STOP button at the point you want sample recording to stop and the Slice display is automatically called up After stopping recording stop playback of the connected audio device Sampling Sample Slice Sample Voice MIDI ...

Page 108: ...ith the results of the Slice operation press the F6 OK button If you re not satisfied with the results and want to continue editing press the F5 CANCEL button and attempt the operation again from step 10 1 above 9 Edit the sample data in the F1 TRIM display A These parameters determine the portion of the sample that will be used B Press the SF1 AUDITION button to sound the recorded sample accordin...

Page 109: ... WAV or AIFF file extension AIF the destination parameter automatically appears in the display Loading data to this synthesizer automatically erases and replaces any existing data in the User memory Make sure to save any important data to a SmartMedia USB storage device before performing any Load operations After the data has been loaded a Completed message appears and operation returns to the ori...

Page 110: ...ings to the Mixing parameters you should do so before enabling recording 8 Call up the Slice Job display 9 Execute the Slice Job Measure Determines the number of measures the sample is recognized as having Meter Determines the rhythmic meter the sample is recognized as having LowestKey Determines the lowest key first MIDI note from which the sample slices will be assigned in order Slice display be...

Page 111: ...to the Pattern Play mode 5 Press the TRACK SELECT button the lamp lights then select the desired track from the number buttons 1 16 6 Set the parameters related to recording in the F1 SETUP display 7 Set the parameters related to the Voice you wish to use during recording in the F2 VOICE display ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 16 MUTE TRACK SELECT SOLO 15 14 12 13 11 10 9 Recording track Th...

Page 112: ...elect a track see page 58 Set Type to replace and set Loop to off Set other parameters as necessary See page 243 for details Call up the display for setting a Voice by pressing the F2 VOICE button You won t need to make settings in this display if you ve already completed Voice Mixing settings in step 2 above Call up the display for setting a Voice by pressing the F3 ARP button You won t need to m...

Page 113: ...ess the F Play button to hear your newly recorded phrase 13 Save the created Pattern data to a SmartMedia USB storage device page 132 before turning the power off 1 In the Pattern Play mode select a Pattern and Section to be created 2 Press the F4 PATCH button to call up the Patch display 3 Select the desired track and assign a Phrase to the selected track 4 Select another track and assign a User ...

Page 114: ...ct a different track and copy the User Phrase from the another pattern to the selected Pattern s track 6 Save the created Pattern data to a SmartMedia USB storage device page 132 before turning the power off 1 In the Pattern Play mode select a Pattern and Section for which the Groove is to be applied 2 Press the F2 GROOVE button to call up the Groove display 3 Select the desired track and adjust t...

Page 115: ...ections within a pattern Keep in mind however that the Section data will automatically be changed if another Section sharing the same User Phrase is changed For example if you ve assigned a certain User Phrase to both Section A and Section D and you change that User Phrase for Section A the same Phrase will be changed for Section D as well Creating a Pattern Chain by changing a Section while playi...

Page 116: ...orage device page 132 before turning the power off SEQ TRANSPORT LOCATE 1 2 A PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN PRE 5 PRE 6 USER 1 GUITAR PLUCKED SYN LEAD A B C D E F G H SECTION CATEGORY SEARCH SYN PAD CHOIR SYN COMP CHROMATIC PERCUSSION DRUM PERCUSSION SE MUSICAL FX COMBI USER 2 STRINGS PLG 1 BRASS PLG 2 REED PIPE PLG 3 BASS GM Section I P Section A H 1 In the Pattern Play mode select a Pattern for which dat...

Page 117: ...ce before turning off the power 1 In the Pattern Play mode select a Pattern for which Pattern Chain data has already been created 2 Press the F6 CHAIN button to call up the Pattern Chain Play display 3 Press the EDIT button to enter the Pattern Chain Edit mode 4 Press the F3 SONG button to call up the Convert to Song display then specify the destination Song When this box is checkmarked program ch...

Page 118: ...te settings such as Voice volume and pan that are made at the beginning of a Song are not recorded as MIDI sequence data but rather as Mixing setup data However when these non note settings are recorded in the middle of a Song they are recorded as part of the MIDI sequence data Listen to the playback of the already recorded tracks and play record the keyboard along with them This operation exits f...

Page 119: ...ons 1 16 4 Set the parameters related to recording in the F1 SETUP display 5 Press the F Play button to start recording 6 Press the Stop button to stop recording after the Song playback reaches the Punch Out point 7 Press the F Play button to hear the part you ve just re recorded Punch In Recording start measure beat Playback of the recording track is turned off from this point and your keyboard p...

Page 120: ...ange the tempo value at the desired point For details about Step Recording see page 238 Song Recording using a Performance If you have a favorite Performance or one that would fit the Song to be recorded you can copy certain settings of up to four Parts of the Performance to the Song Mixing settings currently being edited 1 Enter the Song Mixing Job mode SONG MIXING JOB 2 Press the F5 PF COPY butt...

Page 121: ...button followed by the SF1 VOICE button then select the desired Voice on the Plug in Board When you play the keyboard you should be able to hear the selected Voice of the Plug in Board If the Voice of the Plug in Board does not sound as expected check the following points Make sure that the OUT CH of the track matches the Receive Channel of the corresponding Part of the tone generator Check the Re...

Page 122: ...rom the AUDIO IN display SONG MIXING EDIT COMMON F5 AUDIO IN Type sample note Source A D Next off Mono Stereo stereo Frequency 44 1k For details about each parameter see page 253 Set the TrggrMode Trigger Mode to meas then specify the Punch In measure at which the Sampling starts automatically and the Punch Out measure at which Sampling stops automatically 1 In the Song Play mode select a Song for...

Page 123: ...g related parameters including transpose tempo track mute status and the basic sound mixing controls all parameter settings controllable from the Knobs with the PAN SEND or TONE lamp turned on and the Control Sliders The Arpeggio function and Arpeggio types are discussed in detail in the Voice mode on page 66 You can call up both the Song Scene and Arpeggio type simultaneously by simply pressing o...

Page 124: ...ecorded song The Song Edit mode and Song Job mode can be used to edit or change the data of the already recorded song The Song Edit mode lets you change the recorded data and insert new data if needed This includes note data as well as non note data such as program Voice changes and MIDI control change messages The Song Job mode on the other hand provides a comprehensive variety of tools you can u...

Page 125: ...n edit various types of events such as Voice volume and pan as well as note events This means that you could for example enter Voice changes to the middle of a track even if the track was recorded using only one Voice n For details about the MIDI events handled in the Event List display see page 225 n If you find the display too cluttered you can filter out certain event types with the View Filter...

Page 126: ... short amount of time to execute the Job Never attempt to turn off the power while the Job is being executed Turning the power off in this state results in loss of all user data If you are satisfied with the result of the Job go to step 7 If not execute the UNDO Job in the F1 UNDO display in the Song Job mode to restore the data to its previous state then try out the Job from step 4 again For deta...

Page 127: ...it Record etc n The Undo Redo Job is available also in the Pattern Job mode Editing Mixing parameters to complete a Song in the Mixing mode Mixing Edit mode In this final step other than saving your precious work which we ll cover next you can mix down your tracks with the Song Mixing function adjusting the volume balance and pan setting of all the parts and tweaking the effect levels n The explan...

Page 128: ...PRE 5 PRE 6 USER 1 GUITAR SYN LEAD A B C D 3 2 1 11 10 9 SYN PAD CHOIR SYN COMP CHROMATIC PERCUSSION USER 2 8 16 F6 Calling up the Common Edit display Press the COMMON button to call up the Common Edit display In the Edit mode the DRUM KITS button functions as the COMMON button While in the Song Mixing Edit mode you can switch between the Common Edit display and the Element Edit display as shown b...

Page 129: ...tern selection MIXING EDIT Part selection F2 OUTPUT SF2 EF SEND RevSend Page 235 CHORUS SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection MIXING EDIT Part selection F2 OUTPUT SF2 EF SEND ChoSend Page 235 TEMPO Tempo of the current Song Pattern Pages 57 and 59 CUTOFF SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection MIXING EDIT Part selection F4 TONE SF2 FILTER Cutoff Page 236 RESONANCE SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern sele...

Page 130: ...UT SF1 VOL PAN Volume Normal The Arpeggio is played back using only the played note and its octave notes Fixed Playing any note s will trigger the same MIDI sequence data OrgNotes Original Notes Basically same as Fixed with the exception that the Arpeggio playback notes differ according to the played chord TIP TIP Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Tra...

Page 131: ...he edited Mixing settings should be stored before saving to a SmartMedia USB storage device Storing the edited Song Mixing Pattern Mixing settings to internal memory DRAM Press the STORE button to enter the Song Mixing Store mode Pattern Mixing Store mode then press the ENTER button to execute the Store operation The Mixing settings are actually stored to a Song Pattern by executing the Store oper...

Page 132: ...the CARD slot or connecting the USB storage device to the instrument follow the instructions below 1 Press the FILE button to enter the File mode then execute the basic settings Refer to Basic settings for using SmartMedia or a USB storage device on page 30 2 Press the F2 SAVE button to call up the Save display 3 Set the TYPE parameter to SMF then select a Song Pattern to be saved 4 Input a file n...

Page 133: ...g data in the User memory Make sure to save any important data to a SmartMedia USB storage device before performing any Load operations n If you wish to select and load a specified Waveform in the file extension W7A enter the File mode in step 1 below after executing the following operations Enter the Voice mode if you wish to assign the Waveform to a Voice Select a Performance in the Performance ...

Page 134: ...rformance mode Set the Part of the current Performance then set the Voice bank number of the Part as the destination When entering the File mode from the Song mode Pattern mode Set the track of the current Song Pattern as the destination ENTER EXECUTE ENTER EXECUTE Move the cursor to the file extension W7A which was saved as All on previous page All Voices or Performances in the selected file are ...

Page 135: ... described below and save them together in a single folder or in the root directory After you ve finished naming the appropriate files keep the corresponding folder selected in the display and go to step 2 2 Enter the Utility mode and call up the Auto Load display UTILITY F1 GENERAL SF4 OTHER 3 Set Auto Load to on and press the SF5 GET button The device and folder selected in step 1 the folder con...

Page 136: ... or Pattern press the F Play button Master Number Setting examples Memorized mode Memorized program number Zone Switch 001 Voice mode Voice number 102 Preset 1 Off 002 Voice mode Voice number 088 Preset 3 Off 003 Voice mode Voice number 049 Preset 2 Off 004 Voice mode Voice number 092 Preset 2 Off 005 Performance mode Performance number 044 Off 127 Pattern mode Pattern number 061 On 128 Song mode ...

Page 137: ...etails see page 132 Set the file type to All Using Zones keyboard area In the Master mode you can divide the keyboard into up to four independent areas called Zones To each Zone can be assigned different MIDI channels and different functions of the Knobs and Control Sliders This makes it possible to control several parts of the multi timbral tone generator simultaneously by a single keyboard or to...

Page 138: ... edited Master 8 Store the edited Master to internal User memory Determine the mode that is called up when the Master number is selected Set the Zone Switch to on Determine the Program number that is called up when the Master is selected EDIT COMPARE SCENE STORE SET LOCATE JOB STORE COMMON ELEMENT PERF PART ZONE FAVORITES DRUM KITS A PIANO KEYBOARD GUITAR PLUCKED PRE 5 PRE 6 USER 1 GUITAR SYN LEAD...

Page 139: ...DI data is transmitted to each Part of the internal tone generator MASTER EDIT Zone selection F1 TRANS TGSwitch Determine the note range of each zone MASTER EDIT Zone selection F2 NOTE NoteLimitH MASTER EDIT Zone selection F2 NOTE NoteLimitL MASTER EDIT Zone selection F1 TRANS MIDISwitch Internal tone generator Single Timbre External tone generator Multi timbral Set the MIDI receive channel for ea...

Page 140: ...tereo position of each Zone with the appropriate Knob and use the Sliders to adjust the relative volume balance among the Zones KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION MASTER VOLUME SWING CUTOFF PAN ASSIGN A GATE TIME RESONANCE REVERB ASSIGN B VELOCITY ATTACK CHORUS ASSIGN 1 UNITMULTIPLY RELEASE TEMPO ASSIGN 2 LOW KN 1 LOW MID KN 2 HIGH MID KN 3 HIGH KN 4 ARP FX EQ TONE ASSIGN PAN SEND ZONE 1 CS 1 ZONE 1 ZONE 1 ZON...

Page 141: ...lower range and Split Point which separates the keyboard into the upper range and lower range When Type is set to Layer Set the UpperCh MIDI transmit channel of Zone 1 and LowerCh MIDI transmit channel of Zone 2 5 Press the ENTER button The display prompts you for confirmation To cancel the Job press the DEC NO button 6 Press the INC YES button to execute the Job After the Job has been completed a...

Page 142: ...e For a Macintosh computer install OMS then install the USB MIDI driver Refer to the separate Installation Guide n If you have installed the optional mLAN16E and are connecting the instrument to a computer with an IEEE 1394 cable you ll need to install the mLAN driver To install software from the included Tools for MOTIF ES CD ROM Voice Editor SQ01 etc refer to the separate Installation Guide To i...

Page 143: ...stallation Guide For details on synchronization settings refer to the on line help of the SQ01 3 Open the desired song file on the SQ01 From the File menus on the SQ01 select Open to call up the dialog box Then select the desired song 4 Set the MIDI Sync parameter to MIDI and the SeqCtrl to in in the SYNC display UTILITY F5 MIDI SF3 SYNC These settings make it possible for the Songs and Patterns o...

Page 144: ...cute the Store operation n You can store the settings as a Mixing Template See page 132 MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Edit the Mixing To edit Mixing settings based on data saved to computer make sure to transfer the Mixing data to the current Song Pattern on the MOTIF ES with the Bulk Transmission function before editing To edit Mixing settings based on data contained on the MOTIF ES make sure to t...

Page 145: ...edia USB storage device before executing Bulk Transmission MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Edit the Voice Use the Bulk Transmission function to transfer the edited Voice data in a Voice bank to the MOTIF ES Library file Voice Editor file extension W7E All voices stored on internal User memory are saved to a single file which can be loaded to the Voice Editor on the computer Load a Library file extens...

Page 146: ...our computer n For details on how to install TWE and the minimum system requirements refer to the separate Installation Guide n For information on how to use TWE refer to the TWE manual PDF format on the CD ROM MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZER Plug in Voice Board Voice Plug in Board Edit in the Voice Play mode Voice Edit Voice Play display Voice Edit display Use the Voice Editor contained in the inclu...

Page 147: ...controllers such as the Yamaha 01X are assigned to the four Knobs Sliders on the MOTIF ES Pressing the SF5 button changes which group s functions 1 4 or 5 8 are assigned to the four Knobs Sliders The eight knobs on the emulated hardware controllers such as the Yamaha 01X can also be used as switches However since the four Knobs on the MOTIF ES do not have switch capability the PRE1 PRE4 buttons ar...

Page 148: ...uctions on how to start the software refer to the relevant documentation Set the MIDI port referring to the illustration on the previous page For details refer to the documentation of the particular software Instructions on how to set up the various software follow on the next page SQ01 V2 Logic 5 5 Cubase SX Digital Performer 3 1 SONAR 2 0 Multi Part Editor for MOTIF RACK Multi Part Editor for MO...

Page 149: ...r contained in the folder to which Digital Performer has been installed 3 Start Digital Performer Mackie Control is the trademark of Mackie Designs Inc Logic When turning on the power of the MOTIF ES before starting Logic 1 Set the software to be controlled to Logic in the Utility mode then enter the Remote Control mode 2 Start Logic on the computer Logic automatically recognizes the MOTIF ES and ...

Page 150: ...edited track part by the knob slider Controlling the knob slider moves the cursor to the corresponding track part automatically You can also move the cursor by using the Cursor and buttons Press the KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION button to change the functions assigned to the F1 F6 and SF1 SF5 buttons shown at the bottom of the display Refer to the separate Data List Parameters and their values controlled ...

Page 151: ...l and 01X are assigned to the four Sliders on the MOTIF ES Pressing the SF5 button changes which group s functions 1 4 or 5 8 are assigned to the four Sliders When BANK and BANK are shown in the display you can use the F4 and F5 buttons to change the bank of eight tracks parts shown in the display to be controlled F1 F6 buttons and SF1 SF5 buttons The functions assigned to these buttons depends on...

Page 152: ...the display 1 In the Remote Control mode press the INFORMATION button to call up the information display indicating the function of the last pressed button 2 Press the button for which you want to check the assignment This display shown above appears when you press the F Play button of SEQ TRANSPORT In this way you can check each button s control assignment simply by pressing it 3 Press the INFORM...

Page 153: ...tor the sound going to the computer with a set of headphones 5 Determine the Output connector or channel of audio signal for each part Make the desired OutputSel parameter settings SONG MIXING EDIT Part selection F2 OUTPUT SF3 SELECT For example set the OutputSel parameter for Part 1 to as1 2 Part 2 to as3 4 and Part 3 to as5 6 These settings as1 2 as3 4 etc indicate the hardware output jacks on t...

Page 154: ... controllers you can use on this synthesizer and the reference pages are as follows Controllers with which the MOTIF ES is equipped Keyboard Initial Touch Aftertouch page 18 Pitch Bend Wheel page 64 Modulation Wheel page 64 Ribbon Controller page 65 Knob KN page 50 Control Slider CS page 51 Controllers sold separately that can be connected to the rear panel of the MOTIF ES Foot Controller page 42 ...

Page 155: ...r for all Voices VOICE UTILITY F3 VOICE SF4 CTL ASN Page 262 Performance mode Assigning the Control Change number to each Controller for each Performance PERFORM Performance selection EDIT COMMON F4 CTL ASN Page 214 Song mode Assigning the Control Change number to each Controller for each Song Mixing SONG Song selection MIXING EDIT COMMON F4 CTL ASN Page 234 Pattern mode Assigning the Control Chan...

Page 156: ...erator block For connected external MIDI instruments use of the controllers generates MIDI Control Change messages as shown in the chart below These Controllers are not used in the Controller Set function As shown above the keyboard Aftertouch Pitch Bend Wheel Modulation Wheel Footswitch connected to the SUSTAIN connector were originally designed for a particular purpose and send pre defined MIDI ...

Page 157: ... samples of a real instrument s waveform Furthermore a wide variety of parameters envelope generator filter modulation and others can be applied You can also create your own waves Samples via microphone or from external audio equipment by using the Sampling function These are then stored in internal memory DRAM and can be used just like the preset waves Plug in Board For details on using the optio...

Page 158: ...by editing parameters unique to each part and parameters common to all the parts in the Song Mixing mode page 233 or in the Pattern Mixing mode page 248 n The Mixing belongs to the Song or Pattern The illustration below shows the structure and interrelationship of the Voices Performances and Mixings n The Drum Voice Key Edit parameters do not contain LFO settings CH16 CH1 VOICE EG PITCH OSC Oscill...

Page 159: ...s PLG Parts Preset 6 128 Voices 1 2 128 ORGAN USER 1 PERFORM SONG MIXING PATTERN MIXING STRINGS PLG 1 SLOT 1 SLOT 2 BRASS PLG 2 SLOT 3 REED PIPE PLG 3 ORGAN USER 1 GUITAR PLUCKED USER 2 BASS GM PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4 A PIANO PRE 5 KEYBOARD PRE 6 DRUM KITS FAVORITES A PIANO PRE 5 DRUM KITS FAVORITES BASS GM DRUM KITS FAVORITES ORGAN USER 1 Normal Voice The Sample Voices can be selected only in the...

Page 160: ... over which the Element will sound as well as the velocity response the range of note velocities within which the Element will sound For example you could set one Element to sound in an upper range of the keyboard and another Element to sound in a lower range Thus even within the same Voice you can have two different sounds for different areas of the keyboard or you can make the two Element ranges...

Page 161: ...e Reso Resonance parameter to add further character to the sound Band Pass Filter This passes only those a band of signals around the Cutoff frequency The width of this band can be varied Band Elimination Filter This attenuates a band of signals around the Cutoff frequency but passes everything else FEG Filter Envelope Generator Using the FEG you can control the transition in tone from the moment ...

Page 162: ...e channel for single timbre operation Voice and Performance modes use the following operation in the Utility mode UTILITY F5 MIDI SF1 CH BasicRcvCh Multi timbral Tone Generator Song Pattern mode A MIDI tone generator that simultaneously receives over multiple MIDI channels and plays multiple instrument parts is referred to as a multi timbral tone generator This allows playback of multi channel MID...

Page 163: ...ognize in the Voice mode is 1 n The Multi Part Plug in Board PLG100 XG cannot be used in the Voice mode Part structure of the tone generator block in the Performance mode This mode lets you play a Performance which multiple Voices parts are combined in a layer or in other configurations using the keyboard While a total of seven parts are available in this mode as shown below a maximum of four part...

Page 164: ... parameters in the Mixing settings of the current Song Pattern In the Song mode SONG Song selection F3 TRACK SF1 CHANNEL In the Pattern mode PATTERN Pattern selection F3 TRACK SF1 CHANNEL In the Song mode SONG Song selection MIXING EDIT Part selection F1 VOICE SF2 MODE ReceiveCh In the Pattern mode PATTERN Pattern selection MIXING EDIT Part selection F1 VOICE SF2 MODE ReceiveCh UTILITY F6 PLUG SF2...

Page 165: ...can be played back only in the Song mode They cannot be played back in other modes Patterns can be played back only in the Pattern mode They cannot be played back in other modes Arpeggios can be played back in any modes Song and Pattern Songs and Patterns are MIDI sequence data consisting of up to 16 tracks A Song on this synthesizer is effectively the same as a Song on a MIDI sequencer and playba...

Page 166: ...function allows songs to be chained together for automatic sequential playback The Song Chain can be created and played back from the SONG F6 CHAIN display This instrument allows you to create one Song Chain data Song 64 Musical performance data Song Mixing Tone Generator related settings Song 63 Song 02 Song 01 Tempo track Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 16 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 16 Mixing setti...

Page 167: ...Phrase is a short musical rhythmic passage for a single instrument such as a rhythm pattern for the rhythm part a bass line for the bass part or a chord backing for the guitar part This synthesizer features 687 Preset Phrases and features memory space for 256 of your own original User Phrases Mixing settings Mixing settings Mixing settings Mixing settings User Phrase 1 256 MIDI sequence data Mixin...

Page 168: ...our User Songs Patterns The recording methods explained here should be set from the Setup display in the Song Record mode Pattern Record mode before recording n See page 173 for details about the Sample track recording method Realtime recording and Step recording Realtime recording With realtime recording the instrument functions in the same way as a tape recorder recording the performance data as...

Page 169: ...Hybrid Sequence Various arpeggio types programmed so that bass phrases are played with the lower keys and chords or melodies are played with the midrange and higher keys These arpeggio types ar e useful for split voice combinations In addition there are also Hybrid Velocity HybVel types that feature different phrases for different velocity ranges letting you change the arpeggio phrase depending on...

Page 170: ...These arpeggio types are programmed primarily with Control Change and Pitch Bend data They are used to change the tone or pitch of the sound rather than play specific notes In fact some types contain no note data at all When using a type of this category set the KeyMode parameter to direct with the following operations Playback only of the played notes The Arpeggio is played back using only the pl...

Page 171: ...Voice selection F1 PLAY Page 188 MIDI output parameters for Arpeggio playback for all the Voices VOICE UTILITY F3 VOICE SF3 ARP CH Page 262 Arpeggio type parameters called up when selecting a Performance including MIDI output parameters for Arpeggio playback PERFORM Performance selection F6 ARP Page 213 PERFORM Performance selection EDIT COMMON F3 ARP Page 214 Assigning Arpeggio types to the SF1 S...

Page 172: ...nector mLAN device Data Rate S400 A D INPUT jacks OPTICAL IN connector or DIGITAL IN connector when the optional AIEB2 has been installed mLAN connector when the optional mLAN16E has been installed Optional DIMM up to 512MB Velocity Key number Note number Waveform Sample 1 Key bank Sample 2 Key bank Sample 4 Key bank Sample 3 Key bank Sample 5 Key bank USB TO HOST TO DEVICE Sampling Source Loading...

Page 173: ...TED SAMPLING F1 DEST display and they can be sounded while Song Pattern data is being played back Sample Voices are original dedicated Voices for the particular Song Pattern that was selected when sampling Because of this you cannot take a Sample Voice belonging to one Song or Pattern and use it in another Song or Pattern n You cannot select Sample Voices in the Voice or Performance mode However y...

Page 174: ...d hear the Waveform You can select and hear any of Waveforms from the following display in the Voice Edit mode If you set the Bank parameter to usr wave you can select and hear the Waveform obtained by using the Sampling function or loading the WAV file AIFF file You can also select and hear the User Waveform from the following display in the Sampling mode A B C P 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 0...

Page 175: ...in the illustration below As you can see the higher the Trigger Level setting the louder the input audio needs to be in order to start sampling On the other hand if the Trigger Level is set too low a soft noise may be enough to inadvertently start sampling Start recording when the Song Pattern playback reaches a specified point After pressing the F6 REC button in the Sampling Setup display start a...

Page 176: ...ot vary a great deal while the note is being held and you can set the loop and end points at either end of this section When playing back a Sample of an instrument that has been looped like this the attack section of the sound is played back once and then the looped section is played back continuously until you release the note Looping is also way of creating usable instrument sounds without using...

Page 177: ...ts one set has A and B units They can be applied to all parts of the Performance and applied to eight parts maximum of the Song Pattern A total of 116 different Chorus types are available n In the Voice mode only one set of the Insertion effects is available n For details on the displays related to the Insertion effects in each mode see pages 179 and 180 n Among the AUDIO IN parts Insertion effect...

Page 178: ...the signal at the specified Frequency setting Shelving type This type of EQ shape lets you attenuate boost the signal at frequencies above or below the specified Frequency setting n In addition to the individual gain controls there is also an overall level parameter that attenuates boosts the entire frequency range Part EQ This 3 band EQ is applied to each part of the Performance Song Pattern The ...

Page 179: ... effect can also be bypassed Tone Generator block Element or Key Element EQ Reverb REV Chorus CHO Send Level Return Level You can select the Insertion connection from the three types shown below Insertion Effect System Effect Master Effect Master EQ Output A B A to B A B B to A A B parallel PERFORM Performance selection EDIT COMMON F6 EFFECT SF1 CONNECT The Insertion connection type depends on the...

Page 180: ...the A D input Part in the following display SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection MIXING EDIT COMMON F6 EFFECT SF2 INS SW The connection type depends on the setting of the Voice assigned to the selected part SONG or PATTERN Song Pattern selection MIXING EDIT Part selection F3 EQ Select the part to which the Plug in Insertion effect is applied from Parts 1 4 Plug in Parts 1 3 and the audio input P...

Page 181: ...ceives many different programs simultaneously from several TV stations and you select the appropriate channel to watch the desired program MIDI operates on the same basic principle The transmitting instrument sends MIDI data on a specific MIDI channel MIDI Transmit Channel via a single MIDI cable to the receiving instrument If the receiving instrument s MIDI channel MIDI Receive Channel matches th...

Page 182: ... Switch Control 065 is set to on the value set here can adjust the speed of pitch change Setting the value to 127 produces maximum portamento time and 0 results in minimum portamento time Data Entry MSB Control 006 Data Entry LSB Control 038 Messages which set the value for the parameter specified by RPN MSB LSB page 183 and NRPN MSB LSB page 183 Parameter value is determined by combining the MSB ...

Page 183: ...Then use Data Entry page 182 to set the value of the specified parameter Note that once the NRPN has been set for a channel subsequent data entry will be recognized as the same NRPN s value change Therefore after you use the NRPN you should set a Null 7FH 7FH value to avoid unexpected results For details refer to the owner s manual of the relevant Plug in Board RPN Registered Parameter Number LSB ...

Page 184: ...are compatible with GM System Level 1 and consequently will not receive NRPN and Bank Select messages F0 7E 7F 09 01 F7 Hexadecimal n Make sure that the interval between this message and the first note data of the song is at least a quarter note or greater in length Master Volume When received the Volume MSB will be effective for the System Parameter F0 7F 7F 04 01 ll mm F7 Hexadecimal mm MSB appr...

Page 185: ...es can be recalled by loading them in the File mode Bulk Dump This function lets you save the data in the Edit buffer DRAM or Flash ROM by transmitting it as Bulk data system exclusive message to an external MIDI instrument or sequence software on a computer This can be done with the following operations n Mixing Voice data cannot be transmitted as Bulk data via panel operations n User Arpeggio da...

Page 186: ...y settings Recall Buffer Compare Buffer DRAM Voice Plug in Voice Preset Phrase Pattern Preset Arpeggio Demo Preset Data ROM Edit Buffer DRAM User Memory Flash ROM Bulk Dump 1 Store 1 Store 1 Store 1 B u l k D u m p 1 Internal Memory Voice Edit User Voice Normal Drum File extensions W7V and W7E File extensions WAV and AIF A5000 4000 3000 data AKAI format data File extensions W7G File extensions W7A...

Page 187: ...t be installed in order to use the Sampling function or to load audio data Waveform WAV file AIFF file to the instrument As with DRAM described above the created data stored on DIMM is lost when the power is turned off Because of this you should always store any data residing in DIMM to the SmartMedia USB storage device before turning off the power Edit Buffer and User Memory The edit buffer is th...

Page 188: ...2 when the lamps of both the PAN SEND and TONE buttons are turned on The functions are assigned by setting the Voice Edit common parameters with the following operation VOICE EDIT COMMON F4 CTL SET SF1 ARP1 Arpeggio 1 SF5 ARP5 Arpeggio 5 You can register the desired Arpeggio types to these buttons and call them up any time during your keyboard performance Refer to page 66 in the Quick Guide sectio...

Page 189: ...he SF1 SF5 buttons see the explanation of the F1 PLAY display Bank Ctgr Category Type These three parameters determine the Arpeggio Type The three letter prefix number before the Type name indicates the number within the selected Category Settings Refer to the separate Data List Tempo Determines the Arpeggio Tempo When MIDI Sync UTILITY F5 MIDI SF3 SYNC MIDI Sync is set to MIDI MIDI is displayed h...

Page 190: ...n Time Mode below is set to Time Settings 0 127 Mode Determines how the Portamento is applied to your keyboard performance Settings fingered fulltime fingered Portamento is only applied when you play legato playing the next note before releasing the previous one fulltime Portamento is always applied TimeMode This determines how the pitch changes in time Settings rate1 time1 rate2 time2 rate1 Pitch...

Page 191: ...ng sequence differs depending on the order of the notes direct Note events of the Arpeggio sequence do not play only the notes you play on the keyboard are heard This setting is for use with non note Arpeggio data such as Control Change or Pitch Bend When the Arpeggio plays back these events are applied to the sound of your keyboard performance Use this setting when the Arpeggio types includes non...

Page 192: ...utside that range will automatically be limited to the minimum F4 CTL SET Controller Set SF1 SET1 2 SF3 SET5 6 Since up to six Controller Sets can be assigned to each Voice three pages Sets 1 2 Sets 3 4 and Sets 5 6 are provided For more information on Controller Sets see page 155 ElementSw Determines whether or not the selected controller affects each individual Element Settings Elements 1 to 4 e...

Page 193: ...each note you play and starts a waveform at the phase specified by the Phase parameter below 1st on The LFO resets with every note you play and starts the waveform at the phase specified by the Phase parameter below However if you play a second note while the first is being held the LFO continues cycling according to the same phase as triggered by the first note In other words the LFO only resets ...

Page 194: ...ars on the display and you can create the LFO wave by viewing it Each time pressing the SF1 random button different LFO wave is appears on the display randomly Settings all0 Values of all the steps are set to 0 all64 Values of all the steps are set to 64 all127 Values of all the steps are set to 127 saw up Creates a saw shaped upward wave saw down Creates a saw shaped downward wave even step Value...

Page 195: ...ype is selected SF3 INS B Insertion A SF4 REVERB SF5 CHORUS Element Edit VOICE Normal Voice selection EDIT Element selection F1 OSC Oscillator SF1 WAVE From this display you can select the desired waveform or sound used for the Element ElementSw Element Switch Determines whether the currently selected Element is on or off Settings off inactive on active Bank Determines whether the Preset Waveform ...

Page 196: ...softly you play The higher the value the more gradual the level change Settings 0 127 F2 PITCH SF1 TUNE From this display you can set various pitch related parameters for the selected Element Coarse Determines the pitch of each Element in semitones Settings 48 0 48 Fine Determines the fine tuning for the pitch of each Element Settings 64 0 63 FineScaling Determines the degree to which the notes sp...

Page 197: ...y their position or octave range affect the Pitch EG times of the selected Element The Center Key next parameter is used as the basic pitch for this parameter A positive setting will cause the pitch of lower notes to change slower and that of higher notes to change faster Negative values will have the opposite effect Settings 64 0 63 FCenterKey Determines the central note or pitch for the Key Foll...

Page 198: ...ll FEG Time parameters EGDepth Curve Determines the velocity sensitivity of the FEG Level For positive settings the more strongly you play the keyboard the more Filter changes the sound Negative settings do the opposite the more softly you play the more the sound changes The Curve parameter lets you select from five different preset velocity curves graphically indicated in the display that determi...

Page 199: ...on section page 53 F4 AMP Amplitude SF1 LVL PAN Level Pan This display not only lets you make basic Level and Pan settings for each individual Element it also gives you some detailed and unusual parameters for affecting Pan position Level Determines the output level for the selected Element Settings 0 127 Pan Determines the stereo Pan position for the selected Element This will also be used as the...

Page 200: ...s only the value cannot be changed EGTimeSens EG Time Sensitivity Determines the degree to which the notes specifically their position or octave range affect the Amplitude EG times of the selected Element The Center Key next parameter is used as the basic amplitude for this parameter A positive setting will cause the amplitude of lower notes to change slower and that of higher notes to change fast...

Page 201: ...of the sound The higher the value the greater the amount of amplitude modulation Settings 0 127 FadeInTime Determines the amount of time for the LFO effect to fade in after the KeyOnDelay time has elapsed A higher value results in a slower fade in Settings 0 127 F6 EQ Equalizer Type Determines the Equalizer Type This synthesizer features a wide selection of various equalizer types which can be use...

Page 202: ...on Edit See page 192 Please note that the Element Switch parameter is not available in Drum Voice Common edit F6 EFFECT Same as in Normal Voice Common Edit See page 194 The only difference here is that KEY OUT appears in the SF1 CONNECT display instead of EL OUT in Normal Common Effect Key Edit VOICE Drum Voice selection EDIT Key selection F1 OSC Oscillator SF1 WAVE From this display you can selec...

Page 203: ...ge To allow playback of each instance of the same note set this to multi Settings single multi RcvNoteOff Receive Note Off Determines whether or not the selected Drum key responds to MIDI Note Off messages Settings off on n This parameter is available when the Type is set to pre wav or usr wav in the F1 OSC SF1 WAVE display page 202 AlternateGroup Set the Alternate Group to which the key is assign...

Page 204: ...u press The Pan setting above is used as the basic Pan position Settings L64 0 R63 n This parameter is available when the Type is set to pre wav or usr wav in the F1 OSC SF1 WAVE display page 202 RandomPan Determines the amount by which the sound of the selected Drum key is panned randomly left and right for each note you press The Pan setting above is used as the Center Pan position Settings 0 12...

Page 205: ...oice Common Edit SF2 MW Modulation Wheel From this display you can set how the Plug in voice responds to the Modulation wheel by changing the control depth for the filter pitch and amplitude volume Filter Determines the depth of control of the Modulation Wheel over the filter cutoff frequency Negative settings result in reversed Modulation wheel operation i e moving the wheel up results in less mo...

Page 206: ... 127 AMod Amplitude Modulation Depth Determines the depth of control the Control Change messages set in the Src parameter above have over amplitude modulation The larger the setting the greater the depth of control Settings 0 127 F6 EFFECT Same as in Normal Voice Common Edit See page 194 Please note that the EL OUT settings are not available in the SF1 CONNECT display and the parallel setting Inse...

Page 207: ...ess note on the keyboard and the moment the LFO comes into effect Positive settings lengthen the delay and negative settings shorten it Settings 64 0 63 PMod Pitch Modulation Depth Determines the amount by which the LFO waveform controls the pitch Positive settings increase the amount and negative settings decrease it Settings 64 0 63 F6 EQ Equalizer From this display you can apply equalizer setti...

Page 208: ...estore the Voice with your latest edits intact F3 COPY From this display you can copy Common and Element Drum Key parameter settings from any Voice to the Voice you are editing This is useful if you are creating a Voice and wish to use some parameter settings from another Voice Source voice Determines the Voice and data type to be copied Data type When a Normal voice is selected Common Element 1 4...

Page 209: ...is exactly 1 12 of an octave and music can be played in any key with equal ease However none of the intervals are perfectly in tune 01 PureMaj Pure major C B This tuning is designed so that most of the intervals especially the major third and perfect fifth in the major scale are pure This means that other intervals will be correspondingly out of tune You need to specify the key C B you will be pla...

Page 210: ...nected in serial LPF12 BPF6 12dB oct Low Pass Filter 6dB oct Band Pass Filter A combined low pass and high pass filter thru The filters are bypassed and the entire signal is unaffected Resonance 12db oct Resonance Cutoff range Cutoff range Range passed Level Frequency Width can be increased Cutoff range Cutoff range Range passed Level Frequency 6db oct Resonance Cutoff range Cutoff range Range pas...

Page 211: ...g The best way to understand Amplitude Scaling is by example For the settings shown in the example display above the basic Amplitude volume value for the selected Element is 80 and the various Offset values at the selected Break point settings change that basic value accordingly The specific changes to the Amplitude are shown in the diagram below The Amplitude changes in a linear fashion between s...

Page 212: ...ister the desired Arpeggio types to these buttons and call them up any time during your keyboard performance Refer to page 70 in the Quick Guide section F2 VOICE From this display you can select a Voice for each Part and determine the note range it can be played from SF1 ADD INT Add Internal Voice Press this button to assign an internal Voice to the selected Part SF2 ADD PLG Add Plug in Voice Pres...

Page 213: ...ings directly from the four Knobs on the front panel Editing by Knobs can be done in the Performance Play mode Settings 64 0 63 SF4 PORTA Portamento This display allows you to set the Portamento related parameters The parameters are the same as in the Performance Play mode See page 212 SF5 OTHER From this display you can set the control functions for the Knobs and related parameters With the excep...

Page 214: ...or the Arpeggio playback data letting you have the Arpeggio sound from an external tone generator or synthesizer OutputSwitch When this is set to on Arpeggio playback data is output via MIDI Settings on off TransmitCh Determines the MIDI transmit channel for Arpeggio playback data When set to KbdCh the Arpeggio playback data is output via the MIDI Keyboard Transmit Channel UTILITY F5 MIDI KBDTrans...

Page 215: ...the A D Part can be set from this display InsEF Connect Insertion Effect Connection Same as in the CONNECT display in the Voice Edit mode VOICE EDIT COMMON F6 EFFECT SF1 CONNECT Please note that the InsEF Connect cannot be set to parallel here InsA Ctgry Insertion A Category InsA Type Insertion A Type InsB Ctgry Insertion B Category InsB Type Insertion B Type n Insertion effects can be applied onl...

Page 216: ...ncluded with your Plug in Board SF2 MODE Mono Poly Determines the playback method of the Voice for each Part monophonic single notes only or polyphonic multiple notes Settings mono poly n This parameter is not available for the Part to which a Drum Voice is assigned ArpSwitch Arpeggio Switch Determines whether Arpeggio is on or off for the currently selected Part Settings on off SF3 LIMIT NoteLimi...

Page 217: ...lly compensate for playing too strongly or too softly Settings 0 127 F2 OUTPUT SF1 VOL PAN Volume Pan Volume Determines the volume for each Part giving you detailed control over the level balance among the Parts Settings 0 127 Pan Determines the stereo pan position for each Part Settings L63 far left C center R63 far right VoiceELPan Voice Element Pan Determines whether the individual pan settings...

Page 218: ...d Settings 139 7 10 1K MidGain Middle Gain Determines the amount of boost or attenuation applied to the middle EQ band Settings 32 32 MidReso Middle Resonance Determines the resonance applied to the center frequency of the middle EQ band Settings 0 31 HighFreq High Frequency Determines the center frequency of the high EQ band that is attenuated boosted Settings 503 8 14 0K HighGain High Gain Deter...

Page 219: ...g in Part CtrlChange Control Change Indicates all the Control Change messages PB Pitch Bend MIDI messages generated by using the Pitch Bend Wheel MW Modulation Wheel MIDI messages generated by using the Modulation Wheel RB Ribbon Controller MIDI messages generated by using the Ribbon Controller ChAT Channel After Touch MIDI messages generated by pressing and holding the note on the keyboard FC1 Fo...

Page 220: ...e Type Part 1 4 PartP1 P3 Plug in Part 1 3 PartA1 A5 Audio Part 1 5 Data type of Destination Performance currently selected Performance Part Determines the Part of the destination Performance Type Part 1 4 PartP1 P3 PartA1 A5 Arp Effect Reverb Chorus n If you choose Arp Arpeggio or Effect the Arpeggio data or Effect settings for the Voice assigned to the source Part will be copied F4 BULK Bulk Dum...

Page 221: ...Measure Indicates the current measure number and beat for the current Song During playback this indication changes automatically according to the Song playback You can input the desired measure number directly by using the Number Input window called up via the INFORMATION button SF1 ARP1 Arpeggio 1 SF5 ARP5 Arpeggio 5 You can register the desired Arpeggio types to these buttons and call them up an...

Page 222: ...p Skips past ignores the selected chain number and continues playback from the next chain number stop Stops Song chain playback at that chain number You can restart the Song chain playback from the next chain number by pressing the F Play button end Indicates the end mark of the Song chain data Song Record mode SONG Song selection I Record F1 SETUP Type Recording Type Determines the recording meth...

Page 223: ...e These three parameters determine the Arpeggio Type The three letter prefix number before the Type name indicates the number within the selected Category Settings Refer to the separate Data List VelLimit Velocity Limit Determines the lowest and highest velocity which can trigger the Arpeggio playback The Arpeggio plays when you play notes at velocities within this range Settings 1 127 Hold Determ...

Page 224: ...locity value When one of the random settings is selected a random velocity value will be entered StepTime The size of the current recording step time for the next note to be entered This determines to what position the pointer will advance after a note has been entered Settings 0001 0059 32nd note 16th note triplet 16th note 8th note triplet 8th note 1 4 note triplet 1 4 note half note whole note ...

Page 225: ...s into all boxes F4 TR SEL Track Select You can switch between the display for 1 16 tracks SCN Scene track and TMP Tempo track by pressing this button F5 INSERT When the cursor is located at the desired position in the F1 CHANGE display Event List pressing this button calls up the display for inserting new MIDI events in the Song mode or Pattern mode Note This is the most common and prevalent type...

Page 226: ...nt is used to set Part settings such as Pitch Bend Sensitivity or Tuning FMSB LSB See page 183 Settings 000 127 FDATA Data Entry MSB LSB See page 182 Settings 000 127 n Normally three types of control change data are sent RPN MSB 101 RPN LSB 100 and Data Entry MSB 6 In this synthesizer Data Entry LSB 38 is added to this and the resulting group of control change events is handled as one in this dis...

Page 227: ...tes being positioned after other non swing notes the latter notes are delayed accordingly GateTime Determines the gate time the length of time a note sounds of the even numbered backbeat notes to enhance the swing feel When a triplet quantize value is used the gate time of the last note of each triplet is adjusted When the quantize value is 8th note 8th note triplet or 16th note 16th note triplet ...

Page 228: ... setting of 0 produces no change Settings 127 127 06 Glide The Glide Job replaces all notes following the first note in the specified range with pitch bend data producing smooth glides from note to note This is ideal for producing guitar like slide or note bending effects TR Track 001 1 000 999 4 479 Determines the track 01 16 all and range of measures beats clocks over which the Job is applied Gl...

Page 229: ... or backward by the specified number of clocks TR Track 001 1 000 999 4 479 Determines the track 01 16 TMP SCN all and range of measures beats clocks over which the Job is applied Clock Determines the amount by which the data will be delayed or advanced in measures beats and clocks Settings 000 0 000 999 3 479 Direction Determines the direction in which the data will be shifted ADVANCE moves the d...

Page 230: ...type of continuous data in the specified range allowing you to free up memory space for other data or further recording TR Track 001 1 000 999 4 479 Determines the track 01 16 TMP all and range of measures beats clocks over which the Job is applied EventType Determines the event type to be thinned Settings PB Pitch Bend CC Control Change CAT Channel Aftertouch PAT Polyphonic Aftertouch TMP Tempo Y...

Page 231: ...int are moved forward accordingly n If the insert point is set after the last measure containing data only the meter data at that point is set without actually inserting the measures 02 Delete Measure This Job deletes the specified measures Measure and meter data following the deleted measures are moved backward accordingly Delete Range Settings 001 999 n Keep in mind that applying this Job to a r...

Page 232: ...gs Seq Event all events in the track Grid Groove for the selected track Mix Part Param all Mixing Part parameters Sample all samples used by the track 05 Normalize Play Effect This Job rewrites the data in the selected track so that it incorporates the current Grid Groove settings TR Track Determines the Song track to which the Job is applied Settings 01 16 all 06 Divide Drum Track Separates the n...

Page 233: ...ll data from the selected Song or all Songs including the Sample Voices and Mixing Voices 04 Song Name This Job lets you assign a name to the selected Song See Basic Operation on page 53 Song Mixing mode SONG Song selection MIXING F1 VOL PAN From this display you can set the Pan and Volume for each Part track n You can select a Part by moving the cursor or by using the NUMBER buttons while the TRA...

Page 234: ...n Edit SONG Song selection MIXING EDIT COMMON F1 GENERAL SF1 MEQ OFS Master EQ Offset The Song Mixing parameters feature global EQ settings for all Parts of the selected Song see MEQ below The settings made here in this display are applied as offsets to those MEQ settings Settings 64 63 SF5 OTHER KnobAssign Determines the function for the assignable Knobs 1 4 Pressing any of the KNOB CONTROL FUNCT...

Page 235: ...on of Sample Voices Mixing Voices and Voices of Multi part Plug in Parts via the method explained in the Quick Guide on page 102 SF2 MODE Mono Poly Determines the playback method of the Voice for each Part monophonic single notes only or polyphonic multiple notes Settings mono poly n This parameter is not available for the part to which a Drum Voice is assigned ArpSwitch Arpeggio Switch Determines...

Page 236: ...data Note that two different display types listed below are provided and you can switch between them by pressing the SF5 button Each display type features the same settings in a different format use the type you feel most comfortable with Display showing four Parts This display type shows the Receive Switch status for four Parts at a time Set the desired Part on or off for the corresponding MIDI d...

Page 237: ...your Song Mixing program Use this Job to simply copy the settings you need The MIDI receive channel settings are set to match the basic channel settings page 263 When the basic channel is set to omni the receive channel here is set to 1 To select a group of parameters for copying checkmark the appropriate box in the display F6 TEMPLATE This convenient function lets you store your mixing settings a...

Page 238: ...ed If you want to restore the deleted data and return the selected track to off press the SF5 UNDO button The Undo function can only be used on the last Track Loop operation If you ve set other tracks to loop the data of those previous tracks can not be recovered Step Recording examples This section explains how to step record notes using three specific examples n The explanations here using the S...

Page 239: ...tes in the measure and press release each key one by one as shown below 4 Follow the instructions below to enter the next dotted half note 5 Enter the last quarter note by pressing and releasing F 6 Move the pointer to the top beginning of the song and press the F Play button to hear the note data you just recorded in steps 1 5 1 Press and release F 2 Change this to an eighth note 240 3 Press the ...

Page 240: ...ong and press the F Play button to hear the note data you just recorded in steps 1 7 Press and release A 1 Change this to an eighth note 240 since we ll be entering an eighth note rest 2 Enter the selected rest value eighth note by pressing the F3 button Press and release A Entering a chord In Step recording you can also enter chords Press and hold down each note of the chord in succession then re...

Page 241: ... current measure number and beat for the current Pattern During playback this indication changes automatically according to the Pattern playback You can input the desired measure number directly by using the Number Input window called up via the INFORMATION button SF1 ARP1 Arpeggio 1 SF5 ARP5 Arpeggio 5 You can register the desired Arpeggio types to these buttons and call them up any time during y...

Page 242: ...variations are provided Pitch 1 16 In addition to division and rearrangement some portions of the data may be pitch shifted 16 variations are provided Roll 1 16 In addition to division and rearrangement some portions of the data may be played with a roll effect 16 variations are provided F6 CHAIN Refer to page 115 in the Quick Guide section Pattern Chain Play mode PATTERN F6 This mode lets you pla...

Page 243: ...n ON the phrase will play repeatedly during real time recording This can be handy when recording drum parts page 168 allowing you to add different instruments on each pass When OFF recording stops after one pass through the phrase Settings on off Quantize Same as in the Song Record mode See page 222 Event Same as in the Song Record mode See page 223 Tempo Determines the Pattern tempo Settings 001 ...

Page 244: ... allows you to recover from accidental data loss Redo is available only after using Undo and lets you restore the changes you made before undoing them Undo Redo does not work with Sample Voice and Mixing Voice operations F2 NOTE Note data Job The Note data Jobs in the Pattern mode are basically same as in the Song Job mode However unlike in the Song Job mode Pattern Note data Jobs are applied to t...

Page 245: ...Sample Job 02 Delete to delete any unused Sample Voices then try again Any previous data in the copy destination will be overwritten Undo Redo page 244 cannot be used to undo redo a Sample Voice copy operation 02 Exchange Phrase This Job exchanges or swaps the contents of two specified phrases A and B n If this Job is applied to phrases which use Sample Voices the Sample Voices will not be exchang...

Page 246: ...or message will appear on the display and the Sample Voice data will not be copied If this occurs use Sample Job Delete to delete any unused samples then try again The Job overwrites any data already existing in the destination track Undo Redo page 244 cannot be used to undo redo a Sample Voice copy operation 08 Clear Phrase This Job deletes all data from the selected phrase When the Delete Sample...

Page 247: ...on Pattern Chain When this box is checkmarked Pattern chain data if included in the source Pattern is copied to the destination Pattern 02 Append Pattern Appends one Pattern to the end of another to create one longer Pattern with all 16 tracks n If this job is applied to Patterns which use Sample Voices the Sample Voices will not be appended n If the Pattern length becomes greater than 256 measure...

Page 248: ...e and Pattern Mixing Edit mode should be stored to internal memory DRAM as part of the Pattern data In addition make sure to save the entire Pattern data including the Mixing settings to the SmartMedia USB storage device since the data in DRAM is stored only temporarily page 187 n Parameter settings in the Pattern Mixing mode and Pattern Mixing Edit mode can be stored as a template to internal Fla...

Page 249: ...Mixing Pattern Mixing Part Edit mode are not available in the Mixing Voice Edit mode These parameters are for editing the individual Elements that make up a Normal Voice Mixing Voice Edit mode SONG or PATTERN MIXING F2 VOICE Normal Voice selection F5 VCE ED Common Edit SONG or PATTERN MIXING F2 VOICE Normal Voice selection F5 VCE ED COMMON F1 GENERAL Same as in the Normal Voice Common Edit mode Se...

Page 250: ...o erased if the current part to which the edited Mixing Voice is assigned receives a program change from an external MIDI instrument If this happens you can use Edit Recall to restore the Mixing Voice with your latest edits intact by pressing the ENTER button from the F2 RECALL display n Since a Recall Buffer for the Mixing Voice is prepared for each Part of the current Song or Pattern you can spe...

Page 251: ... the sounds you record commonly called sample can be assigned to the tracks and played back automatically with the song or pattern What s more by using the Resampling function you can create new samples from your edits or make samples from the sounds of this synthesizer itself When entering the Sampling mode from the Voice mode Performance mode In this case you can create a Waveform or User Voice ...

Page 252: ...s the F6 REC button recording sampling will not start immediately Set various parameters such as Trigger Mode in the Sampling Standby display then start the actual sampling according to the settings STANDBY Sampling Standby Press the REC button to enter the Sampling Standby display From this display you can turn the Confirm function on or off by pressing the F2 CONFM button as well as set paramete...

Page 253: ...lice seq Mono Stereo Determines whether new samples will be recorded as stereo or mono samples Same as in the Sampling mode from the Voice mode Performance mode See above Frequency Sampling Frequency Specifies the sampling frequency Same as in the Sampling mode from the Voice mode Performance mode See above F6 REC Even if you press the F6 REC button recording sampling will not start immediately Se...

Page 254: ...t both of them will be changed simultaneously even if just one of them is changed Pressing the SF2 button in this condition changes the menu from LP ST to LP ST When the menu indication here is LP ST the Start Start Point and the Loop Loop Start Point can be changed independently When pressing the SF2 button in this condition the address value of the Start will be copied to that of the Loop with t...

Page 255: ...ameter has no effect when the Slice Type parameter is set to beat 1 3 n The maximum slice resolution for stereo samples is 64 slices and for mono samples 128 slices Sens Envelope Sensitivity Further adjusts the sub divisions specified by the SubDivide parameter Higher values result in higher resolution allowing even finer notes and smaller sounds to be detected and sliced Use the Audition function...

Page 256: ... Range parameter from the keyboard Simultaneously hold down the INFORMATION button and press the appropriate key on the keyboard SF1 AUDITION You can hear audition the selected sample by pressing the SF1 button SF2 SELECT Press the SF2 button to call up in order the Samples assigned to the selected Key Bank Sampling Job mode INTEGRATED SAMPLING JOB F1 KEYBANK Key Bank Job Before executing the Key ...

Page 257: ...s the quality of the resulting sample by specifying which aspect of the original is to be emphasized sound quality or rhythmic feel Settings sound4 sound1 normal rhythm1 rhythm 2 sound4 sound1 These settings place emphasis on sound quality with the SOUND 4 setting producing the highest sound quality normal Produces an optimum balance of sound quality and rhythmic feel rhythm1 rhythm 2 These settin...

Page 258: ... Job Settings normal1 2 reverse1 2 normal1 2 These settings slice and rearrange the sample data without performing any other audio changes reverse1 2 In addition to slicing and rearranging these settings reverse the playback of some of the slices 12 Slice This Job lets you divide the sample into separate slices the number of which is determined by the note length with Measure Meter and SubDivide W...

Page 259: ...ations require approximately 1 5 times the original memory because a tail section is automatically added and fade in and fade out sections are automatically created at the beginning and end of the wave data This helps to maintain maximum sound quality when the tempo is increased and results in smoother connections between slices no tail section is created when the quick slice type is selected A me...

Page 260: ... changed also by pressing any of the OCTAVE buttons Settings 3 0 3 Transpose Determines the amount in semitones by which the range of the keyboard is shifted up or down Settings 11 0 11 n If you transpose beyond the note range limits C 2 and G8 notes in the adjacent octaves will be used For example a transposed note of F9 will be changed to F8 VelCurve Velocity Curve These five curves determine ho...

Page 261: ...troller Reset Determines the status of the controllers Modulation Wheel Aftertouch Foot Controller Breath Controller Knobs etc when switching between voices When this is set to hold the controllers are kept at the current setting When this is set to reset the controllers are reset to the default states below Settings reset hold If you select reset the controllers will be reset to the following sta...

Page 262: ...ound Beat Determines on which beats the metronome click will sound Settings 16 16th notes 08 8th notes 04 quarter notes 02 half notes 01 whole notes Volume Determines the click sound volume Settings 0 127 Type Determines the click sound type Settings 1 10 RecCount Sets the number of count in measures provided before recording actually starts after pressing the F Play button in the Record standby m...

Page 263: ...SEND and TONE lamps are on ASA Assign A Dest Destination Two parameters are available here The first ASA determines the Control Change number generated by the ASSIGN A knob The second Destination Dest determines what parameter or aspect of the sound is affected by the knob Keep in mind that if the same MIDI Control Change messages as set here are received from an external device the internal tone ...

Page 264: ...block will respond to messages received via MIDI Settings off on RcvBulk Receive Bulk Determines whether or not Bulk Dump data can be received Settings protect not received on received SF3 SYNC Synchronization From this display you can set various parameters related to MIDI clock and synchronization MIDI Sync Determines whether Song Pattern Arpeggio playback will be synchronized to the instrument ...

Page 265: ...hem here F6 PLUG SF1 STATUS Plug1 Plug3 Indicates the name of the Plug in Board which has been installed to this synthesizer PolyExpand This parameter is accessible only when you have two or three identical Plug in boards installed The off setting enables two or three boards to work separately you can select them for two or three different Parts When this is set to on the two boards effectively fu...

Page 266: ...and assign a Volume Label to it For instructions on formatting see page 268 Format Determines the storage device to be formatted When set to USB Slot appears at the right corner of this display Select a slot to be accessed when the connected USB storage device supports multiple media Settings CARD USB Type This is available when Format above is set to USB Specify the partition to be formatted Sett...

Page 267: ...5 DELETE From this display you can delete files folders from the selected SmartMedia USB storage device Select the desired file or folder as shown below then press the ENTER button n When you wish to delete a folder delete all the files and folders contained in the folder beforehand Please keep in mind that only folders that contain no files or other nested folders can be deleted Select the desire...

Page 268: ...abel For instructions on naming refer to page 53 in the Basic Operation section 6 Press the ENTER button The display prompts you for confirmation Press the DEC NO button to cancel the Format operation 7 Press the INC YES button to execute the Format After formatting has been completed a Completed message appears and operation returns to the original display While formatting is in process make sure...

Page 269: ... stored on User Banks Flash ROM is handled as a single file and saved to the SmartMedia USB storage device The saved file can be loaded to the Voice Editor software included in the CD ROM on your computer TYPE File extension Description Dir When this is set to TYPE only the directories folders are displayed in the File Folder selection box and the Load operation cannot be executed All W7A Files of...

Page 270: ...ts of the preset Waveforms and the Effect structure are different between the two instrument series Waveforms A specified Waveform in a file extension W2A W2W that is saved to the storage device as All or AllWaveform type on the MOTIF can be individually selected and loaded to the MOTIF ES Set the TYPE in the F3 LOAD display to Waveform and execute the Load procedure Likewise a file extension W2W ...

Page 271: ...tions are assigned from the UTILITY F4 CTL ASN SF2 ASSIGN display n OCT Octave ASA ASSIGN A and ASB ASSIGN B settings are not independently assignable for each Master Because of this these are not stored as an individual Master in the Master Store mode page 137 AS1 ASSIGN 1 AS2 ASSIGN 2 Indicates the values obtained by controlling the respective Knobs printed ASSIGN 1 and ASSIGN 2 when the lamps o...

Page 272: ...tch Determines whether or not MIDI data for each Zone is transmitted to an external MIDI device Settings on off F2 NOTE From this display you can set the pitch and keyboard related parameters for each Zone allowing you to set up Zone splits and determine the pitch range for each Zone Octave Determines the amount in octaves by which the range of the Zone is shifted up or down Settings 3 0 Default 3...

Page 273: ...ssages to the internal and external tone generator Pan Determines whether or not to transmit Pan messages to the internal and external tone generator F4 PRESET From this display you can make the Voice related settings for each Zone in the selected Master program number In this way selecting a different Master automatically calls up a completely different set of Voices and Voice related settings fo...

Page 274: ...ection F4 BULK Bulk Dump This function lets you send all your edited parameter settings for the currently selected Master to a computer or another MIDI device for data archiving For details see page 185 n In order to execute Bulk Dump you ll need to set the correct MIDI Device Number with the following operation UTILITY F5 MIDI SF1 CH DeviceNo Master Store mode MASTER Master selection STORE ...

Page 275: ...tallation status of the respective Plug in board The Plug in board name is displayed at the right of the corresponding slot number When PolyExpand page 265 is set to on in the Utility mode P is indicated at the left of the slot number Ins Insertion InsPLG Plug in Insertion Indicates the Part number to which the Insertion effect is applied and the Part number to which the Plug in Insertion effect i...

Page 276: ...he right of the slot number When PolyExpand page 265 is set to on in the Utility mode P is indicated at the left of the slot number MIDI IN OUT Indicates which physical output terminal s will be used for transmitting receiving MIDI data MIDI IN OUT THRU USB or mLAN when the optional mLAN16E has been installed File mode Card Free USB Free Indicates the amount of currently available unused memory of...

Page 277: ...ld be installed to slot 1 Executing A format operation or Job is being executed Please wait File already exists A file having the same name as the one you are about to save already exists File not found The file of the specified type cannot be found on the SmartMedia USB storage device Folder is too deep Directories below this level cannot be accessed Illegal check box No check boxes have been che...

Page 278: ... selected Plug in3 communication error The Plug in board that has been installed to slot 3 does not work Plug in3 type mismatch The User Voice created by using the Plug in board previously installed to slot 3 but now removed from the slot has been selected Power on mode stored The setting of the program number automatically selected when turning the power on has been stored Receiving MIDI bulk The...

Page 279: ...acks muted page 58 When the Song Pattern playback produces no sound are the output channel of each track in the play mode and the receive channel of each Part in the Mixing mode set appropriately page 164 When the Song Pattern playback produces no sound is the volume or output setting of each Part in the Mixing mode set appropriately page 233 When the Song Pattern playback produces no sound is the...

Page 280: ...is selected does the currently selected Arpeggio actually contain data page 189 Are the Arpeggio related parameters such as Note Limit and Velocity Limit set appropriately page 191 When this situation occurs in the Performance mode check the ArpSwitch parameters for all Parts in the PERFORM EDIT Part selection F1 VOICE SF2 MODE display If parameters of all Parts are turned off the Arpeggio will no...

Page 281: ...to slot 1 page 78 Has the PLG100 XG been installed to slot 1 or 2 The PLG100 XG should be installed to slot 3 page 77 Computer MIDI instrument problems Data communication between the computer and the MOTIF ES does not work properly Check whether the Port setting on the computer is appropriate or not Check whether the MIDI IN OUT parameter is set properly in the UTILITY F5 MIDI SF4 OTHER display Se...

Page 282: ...dling the optional units you should briefly touch the metal surface to which the optional unit cover is attached or other such metallic area be careful of any sharp edges with your bare hand so as to drain off any static charge from your body Note that even a slight amount of electrostatic discharge may cause damage to these components It is recommended that you wear gloves to protect your hands f...

Page 283: ... in a safe place It will be used when re attaching the cover to the instrument 3 Remove the ribbon cables that are to be connected to the Plug in board from the inside of the MOTIF ES The slots are assigned to the color coded cables as follows 4 Insert the board along the guide rails about two thirds of the way inside the MOTIF ES with the connector side face up and toward you GREEN YELLOW ORANGE ...

Page 284: ...ing checked The main display then appears and the corresponding slot indicator at the right top of the front panel lights This indicates that the board has been successfully installed If the cable is not connected properly refer to the notes above or firmly the indicator will not light OUTPUT ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT L MONO PHONES A D INPUT GAIN R L R R L GREEN YELLOW ORANGE 3 2 1 Plug in SLOT Plug in Co...

Page 285: ... instrument particularly the MOTIF ES8 is very heavy this procedure should not be done alone but by two or three people 3 Remove the cover from the bottom With the rear panel of the instrument facing you remove the screws from the cover and slide the cover away to remove it The MOTIF ES6 and MOTIF ES7 have seven screws while the MOTIF ES8 has five On the MOTIF ES6 7 slide the cover away from you t...

Page 286: ...s are used for the main body and are not needed when installing to the MOTIF ES you can remove them from the AIEB2 7 Connect the flat ribbon cable coming from AIEB2 to the circuit board of the MOTIF ES Be careful to connect the cable in the proper direction as shown Rear side of the MOTIF ES MOTIF ES6 MOTIF ES7 MOTIF ES8 Top keyboard side of the MOTIF ES Underside Rear panel Unlatch the cable clip...

Page 287: ... will be easy to replace the remaining screws 10Let the ribbon cable fall into place between the AIEB2 and the circuit board of the MOTIF ES 11Re install the cover you removed in step 3 in reverse order Connect the 4 pin cable to the CN1 connector Connect the 3 pin cable to the CN3 connector Rear panel of the MOTIF ES Make sure to properly match the cables and connectors Avoid applying excessive f...

Page 288: ... be seen from the back side of MOTIF ES Supporting the unit with one hand attach it to the rear of the MOTIF ES with the two screws you removed in step 4 as shown below 8 Separate the cover you removed in step 4 into two parts A and B shown below then attach part A to the rear panel of the MOTIF ES covering the empty space left by the installation of the mLAN16E 9 Let the flat ribbon cable fall in...

Page 289: ...IMMs make sure that the DIMM design does not utilize more than 18 memory chips per module DIMMs comprised of more than 18 chips do not operate correctly on the MOTIF ES DIMM Installation 1 3 Use the same operation as in Installing the AIEB2 4 Insert the two DIMMs into the DIMM sockets 5 Re install the cover you removed in step 3 in reverse order page 285 6 Check that the installed DIMMs are functi...

Page 290: ...he internal memory area to which the external audio source is to be recorded 3 In the Controller Set function this refers to the parameter adjusted by the controller defined as Source Directory This is a path created on a data storage device such as SmartMedia card or hard disk allowing a tree like hierarchical organization of data files and folders Effectively a virtual file cabinet this is the p...

Page 291: ...as a sequencer in the Song mode and Pattern mode Source On the MOTIF ES source has three different meanings or uses 1 In copy operations this refers to the original file or data which is to be copied 2 In sampling operations this refers to external audio which is to be recorded to the internal memory destination area page 172 3 In the Controller Set function this refers to the controller that is a...

Page 292: ...ands Part EQ 3 bands stereo Plug in Insertion available when the PLG100 VH has been installed to slot 1 Expandability 3 Slots for Modular Synthesis Plug in Boards Sampling block Samples Up to 1024 Waveforms Multi Samples Up to 128 Key Banks per Waveform Up to 4096 Key Banks Sampling Source Analog input L R Stereo output Resampling Digital Optical available when the AIEB2 has been installed mLAN av...

Page 293: ... Control function For Windows SQ01 V2 Cubase SX SONAR 2 0 Multi Part Editor for MOTIF RACK Multi Part Editor for MOTIF ES For Macintosh Logic 5 5 Digital Performer 3 1 Controllers Pitch Bend wheel Modulation wheel Ribbon Controller Assignable Control Sliders 4 Assignable Knobs 4 Data dial Display 240 x 64 dot graphic backlit LCD External Memory SmartMedia 3 3V Up to 128MB can be used Connectors OU...

Page 294: ...29 230 290 CLOCK SFT 114 221 ClockOut 264 Coarse 196 203 Common 290 Common Edit Drum Voice 202 Common Edit Master 138 Common Edit Normal Voice 79 189 Common Edit Performance 88 Common Edit Plug in Voice 205 Common Edit Song Mixing Pattern Mixing 128 Compare 52 CONFIG 266 Confirmation Message 52 Connections 5 31 Control Change 182 Control Change numbers 140 156 Controller 42 154 Controller Block 15...

Page 295: ...W Key Follow 197 198 200 KeyAsgnMode Key Assign Mode 190 Keybank 251 253 255 KEYBANK Key Bank Job 256 Keyboard 18 Keyboard Transmit Channel 264 KeyMode 191 KeyOnDelay 195 201 KeyOnReset 193 201 Kirnberger 209 Knob 50 KNOB CONTROL FUNCTION button 18 50 Knob Slider 272 KnobAssign 234 L last 261 Layer 70 141 273 LCD Contrast Control 20 LCD Display 20 Level 199 200 204 255 level 252 253 LevelSens Leve...

Page 296: ...OnMode 261 Preset 291 Preset Phrase 167 Program 47 Program Change 184 PtnQuantize Pattern Quantize 262 PtnTempoHold Pattern Tempo Hold 262 punch 222 Punch In Out 169 Punch in Waiting 254 PureMaj Pure major 209 PureMin Pure minor 209 Put Phrase To Song 246 Put Track To Arp 232 247 Q Q Frequency Characteristic 201 214 Quantize 222 227 243 291 R Random 196 RandomPan 199 Rate 227 228 230 231 Ratio 257...

Page 297: ...ix 242 Type Sampling 253 Type Slice Type 254 Type Waveform 202 U UNDO REDO 226 244 Undo Redo 127 UNITMULTIPLY 81 90 129 UnitMultiply Unit Multiply 192 USB 24 USB connectors 24 USB storage devices 29 USB TO DEVICE 29 USB TO HOST 29 User 291 User Arpeggio 130 User Memory 186 User Phrase 167 User Voice 251 UserARP 269 Utility Job mode 46 265 Utility mode 46 260 V Vallot Yng Vallotti Young 209 Value 1...

Page 298: ...product or the device that is being affected by the interference Utilize power outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits or install AC line filter s In the case of radio or TV interference relocate reorient the antenna If the antenna lead in is 300 ohm ribbon lead change the lead in to co axial type cable If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results ...

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