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POWER USER
Understanding Motif ES
Master Mode
Phil Clendeninn
Technology Products
©Yamaha Corporation of America
The Master setups can be used to organize and
memorize your Motif ES (Program) selections in one
neat bank. It can also function as a place to store your
external MIDI Controller setups when using the Motif ES
as a 4-Zone Master MIDI controller. Familiarize yourself
with basic MOTIF ES modes and operations before diving
in this end of the pool. Save any personal data before
following this document.
The principal modes of MOTIF ES are VOICE,
PERFORMANCE, SONG and PATTERN. A Master mode
setup can be used to recall a Voice, a Performance, a
Song or a Pattern. Therefore a good use of the Master
setups is organizing your favorite things to do with the
Motif ES into one Bank called the MASTER Bank. Rather
than jumping back and forth between modes, organize
things in one Bank to rule them all. You can then easily
access setups via a Foot Switch. The programmable FS
assigned to cc99 will increment you through the Master
setups.
A second use for Master setups is to integrate and
organize your external MIDI gear as well. This is with
the ZONE Switch active. You can send a Bank Select
and Program Change message on four different MIDI
channels simultaneously when you recall a MASTER
setup. The Bank Select and Program Change data can
be “preset” so that you can address internal Motif ES
Voices and/or external device setups from your 4 Zones.
Although Master setups are non-volatile, often the data
they point to is volatile. Read on…
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