Effect Block
MOTIF XF Reference Manual
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Connections
Basic Section
Knobs and Sliders
These eight knobs let you change various aspects of the
Voice’s sound in real time—while you play. The eight sliders
let you adjust the volume of the Voice Elements,
Performance Parts and Mixing Parts.
For more information about how to use the knobs and
sliders in the respective modes, see page 46 (Voice
mode), page 94 (Performance mode), and page 138
(Song/Pattern mode).
Effect Block
This block applies effects to the output of the tone generator block, and audio input block, processing and enhancing the
sound. Effects let you change the sound of the created Voice as desired.
Effect structure
System Effects are applied to the overall sound—a Voice,
an entire Performance, a Song, etc. 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. The depth of the effect is adjusted by setting
the dry/wet balance. Since an Insertion Effect can only be
applied to one particular Part, it should be used for sounds
you want to drastically change or for sounds that use an
effect unintended for other sounds. You can also set the
balance so that only the effect sound is heard, by setting
Wet to 100%. This synthesizer features eight sets of
Insertion Effects (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. Another
important Insertion Effect is the Vocoder, which can be
applied only to one Part.
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In the Voice mode, the Vocoder Effect can be applied to each
of the Voices. In the Mixing (Song/Pattern) and Performance
mode, the Vocoder Effect can be applied only to Part 1. The
Vocoder Effect does not work even if you assign the Voice (to
which the Vocoder is applied in the Voice mode) to the other
parts (Part 2 or higher).
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 six types, such as shelving
and peaking.
This 3-band parametric EQ is applied to each part of the
Performance/Song Mixing/Pattern Mixing. The high band
and low band are the shelving type. The middle band is the
peaking type.
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.
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The Peaking Type (an Equalizer shape), lets you attenuate/
boost the signal at the specified Frequency setting. The
Shelving type (another Equalizer shape), lets you attenuate/
boost the signal at frequencies above or below the specified
Frequency.
System Effects—Reverb and Chorus
Insertion Effect
Master Effect
Element EQ
Part EQ
Master EQ
