Basic Structure
Internal Structure (System Overview)
154 Owner’s Manual
This section gives you an easy-to-understand overview of the MOTIF ES — its wide range of sophisticated features, its MIDI
control and performance functions, and its convenient file management system for original data you’ve created with the
instrument.
Internal Structure (System Overview)
This synthesizer is made up of several blocks, as shown here.
Controller Block
This block consists of the keyboard, Pitch Bend and
Modulation Wheels, Ribbon Controller, Knobs, Control Sliders
and so on.
The keyboard itself doesn’t generate sounds, but instead
generates/transmits note on/off, velocity and other information
(MIDI messages) to the synthesizer’s tone generator block
when you play notes. The controllers also generates/transmits
MIDI messages.
The synthesizer’s tone generator block produces the sound
according to the MIDI messages transmitted from the
keyboard and controllers.
Controller supported by the MOTIF ES
The controllers you can use on this synthesizer and the
reference pages are as follows:
●Controllers with which the MOTIF ES is equipped
Keyboard (Initial Touch, Aftertouch)................page 18
Pitch Bend Wheel............................................ page 64
Modulation Wheel............................................page 64
Ribbon Controller.............................................page 65
Knob (KN)........................................................page 50
Control Slider (CS)...........................................page 51
●Controllers (sold separately) that can be connected
to the rear panel of the MOTIF ES
Foot Controller................................................. page 42
Footswitch....................................................... page 42
Breath Controller..............................................page 42
Basic Structure
ZONE 1
CS 1
VOLUME 1VOLUME 2VOLUME 3VOLUME 4
CS 2
ZONE 2
CS 3
ZONE 3
CS 4
ZONE 4
SWING GATE TIME VELOCITY
UNITMULTIPLY
LOW
KN 1
LOW MID
KN 2
HIGH MID
KN 3
HIGH
KN 4
Controller block
Keyboard Controllers
MIDI output
Audio (sound)
output
Recording by the
keyboard performance Keyboard performance Operating
the panel
Sequencer block
Tone Generator block
MIDI sequence data
• Song
• Pattern
• Arpeggio
Internal AWM2 Plug-in
board
• Voice
• Performance
Sampling block
Playback Effect block
DSP
• Reverb
• Chorus
• Master Effect
• Part Equalizer
• Master Equalizer
Recording
External MIDI instrument
Playback
Microphone, Guitar, Bass,
Audio equipment, etc. Microphone, Guitar, Bass,
Audio equipment, etc.
Audio signal flow
MIDI messages flow
Playback