Creating a Song on the MOTIF ES
116 Owner’s Manual
Quick Guide — Advanced Course
Change the Section at the desired points, as the Pattern plays.
Operation returns to the Pattern Chain display.
You can also record the Tempo track and Scene track as
desired. When the recording track is set to “tempo,” move the
cursor to tempo value (during recording in step #4 above)
and use the data dial and the [INC/YES]/[DEC/NO] buttons to
change the tempo while the Chain is playing. When the
recording track is set to “scene,” press the [MUTE] button
(the lamp lights) and use the number buttons [1] - [16] to turn
each track on/off as desired during recording.
Editing a Pattern Chain
The Pattern Chain Edit mode makes it possible to edit the
order of the Sections in a chain as well as inserting tempo,
and scene/mute event data.
4Press the [F] (Play) button to start recording
and play the Pattern.
5Press the [] (Stop) button to stop recording.
6Press the [F] (Play) button to hear the recorded
Pattern Chain.
7Save the created Pattern data to a SmartMedia/
USB storage device (page 132) before turning the
power off.
SEQ TRANSPORT
LOCATE 1 2
A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN
PRE 5 PRE 6 USER 1
GUITAR/
PLUCKED
SYN LEAD
ABCDEFGHSECTION
CATEGORY
SEARCH
SYN PAD/
CHOIR SYN COMP
CHROMATIC
PERCUSSION
DRUM/
PERCUSSION
SE MUSICAL FX COMBI
USER 2
STRINGS
PLG 1
BRASS
PLG 2
REED/PIPE
PLG 3
BASS
GM
Section I-P
Section A-H
1In the Pattern Play mode, select a Pattern for
which data has already been created.
2Press the [F6] CHAIN button to call up the
Pattern Chain Play display.
3Press the [EDIT] button to enter the Pattern
Chain Edit mode, then edit each track of the
Pattern Chain.
4Press the [EXIT] button to return to the Pattern
Chain Play display, then press the [F] (Play)
button to hear the edited Pattern Chain.
5Save the created Pattern Chain as Pattern data to
a SmartMedia/USB storage device (page 132)
before turning the power off.
EDIT
Press the [F6] button to
clear the event at the
cursor location.
Press the [F5] button to insert
the event to the cursor location.
Press the [F6] button to delete
the event at the cursor location.
Pattern Track Edit
Scene Track Edit
Tempo Track Edit
[F4] button
[F4] button
[F4] button
Enter the desired section
(A - P) or the End mark by
using the [INC/YES] and
[DEC/NO] buttons.