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Native Parameters (those accessible via the
front panel of the Motif). Learning to ‘master’
a VL instrument is very much about
controller assignment and how you set the
performance depth.
Filter Envelope Generator Depth
Pressure Control Change Number
Press Control Depth
Embouchure Control Change Number
Embouchure Control Depth
Tonguing Control Change Number
Tonguing Control Depth
Scream Control Change Number
Scream Control Depth
Breath Noise Control Change Number
Breath Noise Control Depth
Growl Control Change Number
Growl Control Depth
Throat Formant Control Change Number
Throat Formant Control Depth
Harmonic Enhancer Control Change Number
Harmonic Enhancer Control Depth
Damping Control Change Number
Damping Control Depth
Absorption Control Change Number
Absorption Control Depth
Breath Mode
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Experiment with making edits – both on the
Element level and the Common level. On the
Element level check the [F] keys for
parameters. You have a dedicated modeled
Distortion and EQ. You can add Motif level
parameters on the COMMON level.
Push the
[COMMON] button to edit Common
(Motif) level parameters.
Practice
navigating the edit area. Try adding some
Motif EFFECTS. Press [F6] Effects/ [SF1]
Connect.
2
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There are the Dual Insertion Effects available
on the Common level. INS1 has 25 effect
algorithms and the INS2 has 104.
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Also available are the KNOB CONTROL
FUNCTION parameters. You have the 4 knobs
that can be selected:
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Top row: knobs for Pan, Reverb, Chorus,
Tempo (when appropriate)
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Second row: Cutoff, Resonance, Attack and
Release.
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Third row: ASA (assignable knob A) is set to
control envelope initial Decay and ASB
(assignable knob B) is set to control envelope
Sustain. AS1 and AS2 are assignable per Voice
in the Voice Edit - Common level CONTROL
SETS, [F4] CtlSet.
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The bottom row: gain controls for 4-bands of
EQ (storable per Voice)!
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Try a half-step trill – hold down one note
while fingering the adjacent note. Notice that
2
Element level (Program button [1]) and Common
level ([COMMON] button) – are available. Motif effects
are Common level.
the held note cuts off. This is what happens
when a
monophonic tone generator
is set
to
poly
mode. Navigate to the Common
parameters. Press [COMMON]/ [F1] General/
[SF2] PlyMode. Set the Poly/Mono to MONO.
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Try the trill again. Now you will have a much
more natural response. The note-to-note
connections feel better, more horn like, and
less keyboard like.
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Find the reverb and chorus effect sends;
COMMON F6. Add effects to your taste.
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Now let’s experiment a bit with the model
itself on the Element level. Find the Native VL
parameter that is
Scr CC No
(Scream
Control Change number). This selects a
controller to apply ‘scream’ – an actual VL
parameter that controls the chaotic,
harmonic condition that approximates what
happens when a musician aggressively
attacks and overblows on the instrument. Set
this parameter to
AT
(aftertouch – near the
very end of the list of controllers).
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Now select the
ScrCtrDpt
(Scream
Controller Depth) parameter and set it to
+12
. When AT is applied you will hear a
roughness grow within the sound. Without a
Depth value the controller will not be applied.
Experiment with different amounts and even
different controller numbers and find
something you like, something that suits
your playing style. For example, setting the
Scr CC No. to 001 will assign it to the
modulation wheel, or setting it to 004 will
assign it to the Foot Controller.
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When you press [STORE] your work will be
saved to one of the 64
PLGUSR
locations
reserved for this board. Now it becomes a
proper Plug-In Voice. They will go to the
“
Px—U
” PLGUSR bank- ‘Px’ for your Plug-in
slot, ‘U’ is User. You have made a complete
PLUG IN VOICE from Board Voice data.
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When you save your first data to the PLGUSR
Bank your Voice will be there alone. Don’t
panic if you press a program button and all
the other places in that bank say “---:------“.
Simply press [F2] Bank and select a bank.
When you attempt to store you are
automatically taken to the USER bank, of
course.
When you save an ALL DATA file type the PLG
bank Voice data will be saved. However, as we
will see, if you have made any custom user
Board Voices (those voices made from scratch
via the editor in bank 033/002) will need to be
saved separately in a bulk type file (.w2b). As
long as your Motif Plug-in Voices point to preset
Board Voices your Voices will be backed up in a
regular ALL data file. It is when you have used
