Playing the Keyboard (in the Performance Play mode)
70 Owner’s Manual
Quick Guide — Playing the MOTIF ES
Using the Arpeggio feature
As in the Voice mode, you can use the Arpeggio feature in the Performance mode.
In the Performance mode, you can make independent Arpeggio playback settings for each Part of the Performance — including
the on/off setting, as well as the Arpeggio type and related parameters. This means you can set the Performance such that any
or all Parts can be used to trigger Arpeggio playback. A useful application of this would be to assign a Drum Voice to one Part
and use Arpeggio playback on only that Part — so that you can have a rhythm pattern accompaniment playing while you play
another Voice.
Since the preset Performances already have their own Arpeggio types pre-assigned, all you need to do is select the desired
Performance and turn on the Arpeggio function. Try selecting different Performances and check out the various Arpeggio types.
nDifferent Arpeggio types cannot be played back for each Part.
nFor details about Arpeggio, see page 169.
■ Changing the Arpeggio type during your performance
As in the Voice Play mode (page 66), the Performance play mode lets you use the [SF1] - [SF5] buttons to assign the Arpeggio
types and recall them.
The Arpeggio type for the current Performance can be selected in the [PERFORM] → [F6] ARP display or the [PERFORM] →
[EDIT] → [COMMON] → [F3] ARP display.
If you assign the desired Arpeggio type to the [SF1] - [SF5] buttons, store the settings as a User Performance in the Performance
Store mode (page 91).
■ Controlling Arpeggio playback by using the knobs
You can tweak Arpeggio related parameters such as volume and tempo by using the knobs. If you’re satisfied with the tweaks
you made and the resulting sound, you can store the changes as a User Performance in the Performance Store mode.
For information on using the knobs, refer to the Voice Play mode (page 66).
Assigning desired Voices to each part
Performances can be made up of a maximum of four Parts (Voices), selected from the internal tone generator Parts 1 - 4 and
Plug-in board Parts 1 - 3.
You can create a Performance by layering several Voices together, and by assigning different Voices to separate ranges of the
keyboard. You can then store up to 128 of your original, edited Performances to internal User memory.
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PLG1 PLG2 PLG3 1234PLG1 PLG2 PLG3
Built-in tone
generator Parts
Layer (example) Split (example)
Plug-in Parts*
*Available when the Plug-in
Board has been installed.
Built-in tone
generator Parts Plug-in Parts*