Yamaha MOTIF-RACK 5 6

Quick Guide

Playing the voices

The Element (Key) Edit Mode contains the following

displays.

nIf you select a Drum voice or Plug-in voice, the display

will be different.

nFor details about the following parameters, refer to the

Basics Section (page 26) and the Reference Section (page

59)

• OSC (Oscillator)

For setting the various parameters controlling the

waveforms on which the Voice is based. You can

select the Wave used for the Element, the volume

and note range of each Element and so on.

nWhen you select a Drum Voice, you can output each

key independently via the ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT

jacks by using the OutputSel parameter (No. 96, on

page 67).

• Pitch, PEG (Pitch Envelope Generator)

For setting the basic pitch parameters for each

Element. Also, by setting the PEG, you can control

how the pitch changes over time.

• Filter, FEG (Filter Envelope Generator)

For changing the tonal characteristics of each

Element, by adjusting overtones included in the

waveform of the Element. You can also set the FEG

for time variance of how the ﬁlter works— in other

words, dynamically change the tone and timbre of

the sound over time.

•AMP (Amplitude), AEG

(Amplitude Envelope Generator)

For setting the volume of each Element after the

OSC (Oscillator), PITCH and FILTER parameters

have been applied, as well as the ﬁnal overall

volume of the signal sent to the outputs. Also, by

setting the AEG, you can control how the volume

changes over time.

• Native (Native Part Parameters:

Plug-in Voice only)

For editing the Native Part Parameters. Refer to the

Owner’s manual of the Plug-in Board.

• LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)

For setting the LFO parameters for the Normal

Voices.

• EQ (Part Equalizer)

For adjusting the tonal qualities of each Element.

To change the display page, use the PAGE [

][

]

buttons. Select the desired parameter with the cursor

[][] buttons and change the settings by using the

data dial.

For an application example showing how to use the

effect, see page 41.

Up to 256 new/edited Normal Voices and 32 new/

edited Drum Voices can be stored to internal user

memory.

For details about storing Voices, see page 57.

When storing a Voice, any existing data at the storage

location will be lost. You should always back up your

important data to computer.

5Set the Effect Parameters.

6Storing edited Voice.

Element 1 Element 3

Element 2 Element 4

Display name

Parameter name Settings

Normal Voice

USER1 (USR1)

1-128

Voice

Store

Normal Voice

USER2 (USR2)

1-128

Drum Voice

USER DRUM

1-32