Playing the Keyboard (in the Voice Play mode)
60 Owner’s Manual
Quick Guide — Playing the MOTIF ES
Playing the Keyboard (in the Voice Play mode)
The Voice Play mode is where you select and play the instrument sounds (voices) of this synthesizer.
Selecting a Voice
Selecting a Normal Voice
Internally, there are two Voice Types: Normal Voices and Drum Voices. Normal Voices are mainly pitched musical instrument-type
sounds that can be played over the range of the keyboard. Drum Voices are mainly percussion/drum sounds that are assigned
to individual notes on the keyboard. In this section, we’ll show you how to select a Normal Voice.
You can select the desired Voice from various Voice Banks (Preset 1~6, User 1~2, GM preset, Plug-in 1~3) as shown below.
In this condition, playing the keyboard sounds the Voice indicated in the display.
The parameters shown in the Voice Play mode are briefly explained below.
nKeep in mind that the example displays shown in this manual are for instruction purposes only, and the contents (for example, the Voice name here) may
differ slightly from those on your instrument.
1Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play mode.
A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN
PRE 5 PRE 6
PRE 1 PRE 2 PRE 3 PRE 4
USER 1
GUITAR/
PLUCKED
USER 2
STRINGS
PLG 1
SLOT 1SLOT 2SLOT 3
BRASS
PLG 2
REED/PIPE
PLG 3
BASS
GM
Preset Bank
Contains the Voices
built into this
instrument.
User Bank
Contains the voices you create in
the Voice Edit mode.
Plug-in Bank
Available when Plug-in Boards have
been installed. See page 74.
GM Bank
Contains the voices allocated according to the
GM standard. For details, see page 160.
Voice Bank
USR1 : 001 (A01) Gt : MegaAcGtr
VOICE PERFORM MASTER
MODE
ARP1-ARP5
Use the [SF1] - [SF5] buttons to call
up the Arpeggio type assigned to
each button (page 66).
Indicates the Keyboard MIDI
transmit channel. See page
64 for details.
Indicates the Keyboard Octave
setting set via the [OCTAVE]
buttons. See page 63 for details.
Indicates the functions assigned to the respective Control
knobs. See page 81.
Bank
(selected via the
BANK buttons)
Number
(selected via the NUMBER
[1]-[16] buttons)
Group
(selected via the GROUP [A]-[H] buttons)
Voice Program number
(corresponding to Groups A to H and Numbers 01 to 16)
Bank and Voice Program number
Indicates the currently selected voice.
Category and Voice name
Category Voice name