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Playing Voices

Playing Voices

Reference (page 124)

The Voice Play mode is where you select and play the instrument sounds (voices) of the MOTIF.

Thanks to an amazing 85MB of wave ROM and over 700 voices to choose from (even more when you install optional Plug-in boards!), the MOTIF has just about any sound you’ll ever need, no matter what kind of music you create — from luscious piano, strings, and other acoustic instruments to cutting-edge synth, dance, and electronica sounds.

Plus, with the full 62-note polyphony, you can play fat chords and arpeggios — and sustain them without ever having to worry about the sound cutting out. The MOTIF provides several different voice banks: Preset 1 - 3, GM Preset, User, and Plug-in 1 - 3 (when optional Plug-in boards are installed). Select a bank and try out some of these different voices right now.

Selecting a voice

Guide Start Quick

1Enter the Voice Play mode.

MODE

VOICE PERFORM MASTER

When the Voice Play mode is active, the currently selected voice is shown in huge letters — so you can easily check which voice you’re about to play.

2Select a Voice Bank.

• Normal Voice

PRE 1

PRE 2

PRE 3

GM

USER

PLG 1

PLG 2

PLG 3

Bank name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. PIANO

KEYBOARD

ORGAN

GUITAR/

BASS

STRINGS

BRASS

REED/PIPE

 

 

 

PLUCKED

 

 

 

 

 

Select a Normal Voice Bank. Select a Plug-in Voice Bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nWhen shipped from the factory,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the MOTIF contains a full set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

of specially programmed User

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

voices in the User bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naturally, you can edit these

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and overwrite them if you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

want. You can also restore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

them to the original factory set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by using the Utility Job (page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

260). For details about Voice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks and Groups, see page

• Drum Voice

 

 

 

 

 

Bank name 124.

DRUM KITS

 

 

PRE 1

PRE 2

PRE 3

GM

USER

 

A. PIANO KEYBOARD ORGAN

GUITAR/

 

PLUCKED

MODE

EFFECTBYPASS ARPEGGIO

SEQUENCER

SEQ TRANSPORT

3Select a Voice Group.

Voices in each Bank are divided into Groups

4 Select a Voice number.

 

 

 

 

[A] ~ [H]. Select a Group to display the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

voices that belong to the selected Group.

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

 

 

 

Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9

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11

12

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number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYN LEAD

SYN PAD/

SYN COMP

CHROMATIC

DRUM/

SE

MUSICAL FX

COMBI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOIR

 

PERCUSSIONPERCUSSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEC/NOINC/YES

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