Specifications

F1- ENTER - YES - EXIT). This Job results in
an „Initialized Voice“.
In an „Initialized Voice“ only the first
Element (EL1) is active, ie set to „ON“. The
other Elements are all set to „OFF“. Start
with this setting.
To hear the sound unprocessed by the
Effects system, you should consider to set
the Effects on bypass (EFFECT ON / OFF).
In an initialized Voice Element 1 plays the
Waveform No. 1 (CF3 Stretch St Sw), a
piano sample.
Press EDIT.
Use the parameter Wave Number in the
Oscillator display (F1) to consecutively
select and try all Preset Waveforms.
These are the multisamples or samples
available in the MOTIF. Multisamples are
mainly used for instruments and synth
waves, ie a Waveform consists of several
samples that are mapped to certain keys of
the keyboard in order to make the sound
more balanced. Sound effects or drum
sounds usually use only one single sample
for a Waveform.
Use the parameter Wave Main Category to
select specific Waveform Categories.
While listening to the Waveforms you will
very soon recognize that most multisamples
only become a „real“ sound, when they
are combined with other Waveforms, or at
least after they were processed by Filters,
Envelopes, and Effects.
However, the synthesizer Waveforms (from
no. 1,315) are often big enough to create
fat and impressive sounds with only one
Element.
By the way: The Favorite list can also be
used in the Song and Pattern mode for
selecting Voices - if CATEGORY SEARCH
was activated previously.
Voice eDiT – firsT
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In Voice Edit screen, the Elements 1 - 8 can
be selected with the Number buttons 1 - 8.
The current Element selection is indicated
by the lit LED in the corresponding Number
button (1 - 8). The Elements used in a Voice
are indicated by the LEDs of the Number
buttons 9 - 16. These buttons can also
be used to mute the Elements while the
MUTE function is activated. Alternatively,
with activated SOLO function, the Number
buttons 9 - 16 select the Part (1 - 8) which
is to be soloed.
Using Elements you can layer multiple
sounds within a Voice.
As long as the COMMON EDIT button is
not turned on while being in the Voice Edit
display, the Element Edit mode is active.
In the COMMON EDIT mode global
parameters such as Category, Voice Name,
Volume, Arpeggiator, Effects, Control Sets,
and Common LFO are available to be
edited. If COMMON EDIT is activated, the
functions for editing single Elements are
deactivated.
If you want to program Voices by yourself
or want to explore the impressive sonic
resources offered by the extremely
elaborately produced Wave-ROM of the
MOTIF XF, you should first initialize a Voice
and successively try all Preset Waveforms.
Before your start with programming your
own Voices, you should initialize the Voice
in order to start „from the scratch“. To do so,
select the JOB - Init - All Parameters (JOB -
Voice common eDiT
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As described above, from within the Voice
mode the EDIT button calls up the Common
Edit mode. Common parameters, that have
influence on the sound, will process all eight
Elements. Further navigation is done using
the Function buttons below the display. The
main Function buttons F1 through F6 each
have their own sets of Sub Functions, which
are accessible using the Sub-Function buttons
SF1 - 6.
Use F1 „General“ to reach the first major sub-
menu „Name“, where you can edit the name
and Category assignment of the Voice. To
enter text in the selected field, press the button
SF6 - „CHAR“. The navigation within the text
input is then assigned to the Function buttons
or the Dial and all buttons below the Dial.
SF2 - „Play Mode“ brings you to important
parameters such as Volume, Pan, Octave
setting, and more.
The menus behind F2 and F3 combine
all parameters which are relevant for the
Arpeggiator of the Voice. The Sub-Function
buttons are consistently assigned to the ARP-
variants 1 - 5. A section in the lower third of the
display, which is accessed via F2, separates
between the parameters that are related
to the Voice and the Arpeggioassociated
settings. The parameter „Switch“ in the upper
area activates the Arpeggiator for the Voice.
Other parameters determine the response
of the ARPs on the played notes and define
keyboard ranges. The Tempo and three other
parameters are equally applied to all five
ARP-variants. In the lower area the „ARP Type“
is defined for each of the five variants. The
parameters called up with F3 can be set and
stored for each of the ARPvariants, too.
The button F4 calls up an important area for
the discerning Voice programming. Here the
numerous controllers of the MOTIF series - like
ASSIGNABLE FUNCTION, MODULATION
WHEEL, etc. - are assigned to a parameter.
Up to six sources are available for a myriad
of target parameters, enabling you to render
a extremely vivid performance with the Voice.
The Presets also provide numerous examples
of meaningful controller assignments.
F5 opens the display for the „Com LFO“,
which takes influence on the entire Voice
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