Controller Block
MOTIF-RACK XS Owner’s Manual
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Basic Structure
V
oice
Multi
Utility
Ref
erence
The Contr
ols &
Connector
s
Setting Up
Listening to
the Sound
Connections
Using a Computer
Quic
k Guide
Appendix
This block generates the MIDI events then transmits them to the tone generator block.
On synthesizers such as the MOTIF XS, this block consists of the keyboard, Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels, Ribbon Controller,
Knobs, Sliders and panel buttons. On the MOTIF-RACK XS, this block consists of only the five knobs and panel buttons. Controlling the
knobs while playing the external MIDI keyboard adjusts the Voice parameters such as tonal characteristics and volume in real time.
For details on using knobs, see page 29 in the Quick Guide section.
This block applies effects to the output of the tone generator block, and audio input block, processing and enhancing the sound.
Effects are applied in the final stages of editing, letting you change the sound of the created Voice as desired.
Effect structure
System Effects are applied to the overall sound. With System
Effects, the sound of each Part is sent to the effect according to
the effect Send Level for each Part. The processed sound
(referred to as “wet”) is sent back to the mixer, according to the
Return Level, and output—after being mixed with the
unprocessed “dry” sound. This arrangement lets you prepare an
optimum balance of the effect sound and the original sound of
the Parts.
Insertion Effects can be applied individually to each Part.
Insertion Effects are mainly used to directly process a single
Part, or Voice. A insertion effect has two units, A and B. Different
effect types can be set for each unit (Insertion Effects A and B).
The Insertion Effect can be specified in the effect parameter
display of Voice Edit (page 72). This instrument features eight
sets of Insertion Effects (each set has two units, A and B). They
can be applied to a maximum of eight Parts in the Multi mode.
This block applies effects to the final stereo output signal of the
entire sound.
The Element EQ is applied to each element of the Normal Voice
and each key of the Drum Voice. You can specify which shape is
used among five types, such as shelving and peaking. The
Element EQ parameters can be set only on the MOTIF-RACK XS
Editor.
The Part EQ, the 3-band parametric EQ, is applied to each part
of the Multi. The high band and low band are the shelving type.
The middle band is the peaking type. The Common EQ
parameters offset the settings of the Part EQ parameters.
Master EQ is applied to the final (post-effect), overall sound of
the instrument. In this EQ, all five bands can be set to peaking,
or the lowest and highest bands can also be set to shelving.
Controller Block
Effect Block
System Effects—Reverb and Chorus
Insertion Effect
Master Effect
Element EQ
Common EQ/Part EQ
Master EQ
