■Performance mode

Basic Structure (page 42) · Basic Operation (page 67) Quick Start Guide (page 88) · Reference (page 160)

●Performance Play mode

In this mode, Performances can be played — letting you use Voice splits, layers, etc,.

●Performance Edit mode

In this mode, Performances can be created and edited.

●Performance Job mode

In this mode, you can copy and initialize Performances, and perform other similar operations (Jobs) on them.

●Performance Store mode

In this mode, you can save edited Performances as User Performances in internal memory. You can also save them to Memory Card or an external SCSI device in the File mode (below).

■Song mode

Basic Structure (page 51) · Basic Operation (page 67) Quick Start Guide (page 78) · Reference (page 177)

●Song Play mode

In this mode, you can use the sequencer and its various functions (e.g., Track Mute/Solo) in playing back Songs.

●Song Record mode

In this mode, you can use the sequencer to record your keyboard performance to a User Song. The MOTIF lets you record up to 16 separate sequence tracks.

●Song Edit mode

In this mode, you can edit the MIDI events of each track of the recorded Song.

●Song Job mode

In this mode, you can perform a variety of operations on the Song data, such as copying and erasing. These can be done on individual measures, or on entire tracks.

●Song Mixing mode

In this mode, you can set the tone generation parameters of each part of the recorded Song.

Mode

■Pattern mode

Basic Structure (page 51) · Basic Operation (page 67)

Quick Start Guide (page 100) · Reference (page 215)

● Pattern Play mode

In this Mode, you can use the sequencer to play back Patterns. You can combine various Phrases (by using the Patch function) to create a Pattern.

● Pattern Record mode

 

In this mode, you can use the sequencer to record

 

 

your keyboard performance to a User Phrase — the

 

 

basic building block for Patterns. The MOTIF lets

 

 

you record up to 16 separate sequence tracks.

 

● Pattern Edit mode

 

 

In this mode, you can edit the MIDI events of each

 

 

track of the recorded Pattern Phrase.

Structure

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Pattern Job mode

 

 

In this mode, you can perform a variety of

 

 

operations on the Pattern data, such as copying and

Basic

 

erasing. These can be done on individual measures,

 

 

 

or on entire tracks.

 

● Pattern Mixing mode

 

 

In this mode, you can set the tone generation

 

 

parameters of each part of the recorded Pattern.

 

■ Sampling mode

Basic Structure (page 58) · Basic Operation (page 67)

Quick Start Guide (page 100) · Reference (page 233)

This mode is s sub-mode of the Voice/Performance/ Song/Pattern mode. Press the [INTEGRATED SAMPLING] button in each mode to enter the Sampling mode, and press the same button after sampling to go back to the previous mode.

●Sampling Record mode

In this mode, you can record sounds into the MOTIF from a microphone or other audio source. These sounds (Samples) can then be played back in real time via keyboard or can be saved to the Song/ Pattern track.

Moreover, you can process a recorded Sample (for example, with Chorus or another effect), then re- record it as a new Sample — using the Resampling function.

●Sampling Edit mode

In this mode, you can edit recorded Samples — for example, their loop points and other parameters.

●Sampling Job mode

In this mode, you can copy and delete Samples, and perform other similar operations (Jobs) on them.

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