Editing Voices

Editing Voices

The Voice Play mode not only lets you play voices, it lets you perform a variety of basic, yet powerful editing operations on them as well. For example, you can change the EG settings to give the voice a softer or harder attack, or change the release to make it sustain. You can also adjust similar settings for the filter, and change the tone of the voice. Moreover, a special set of Control knobs on the panel let you tweak the sound — including pan, EG, effects, filter, and more — in real time as you play. Naturally, you can also store your newly created voice for future recall (page 86).

Quick Voice editing

Reference (page 127)

1 Select the desired menu.

 

2 Set the value of each parameter.

 

 

 

 

 

Move the cursor to the desired parameter and change the value by using

 

 

 

 

 

the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons or the data dial.

 

 

 

 

 

DEC/NO

INC/YES

 

 

 

 

 

EXIT

ENTER

 

SF1

SF 2

SF 3

SF 4

SF5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXECUTE

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEC/NO

INC/YES

 

 

The [

 

] Indicator

 

 

 

 

 

If you alter any parameters in the Voice Play mode, the [

 

] indicator will appear in the

GROUP

 

 

BANK

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER

top left of the display. This indicates that the current voice has been modified but not yet

 

 

stored.

 

 

 

 

Edit indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F4

Quick Start Guide

PORTA (Portamento) display

From this display you can select monophonic or polyphonic playback and set the Portamento parameters. Portamento is used to create a smooth transition in pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to the next.

F5

EG (Envelope Generator) display

• AEG (Amplitude Envelope Generator)

The AEG controls how the volume of the voice changes in time,

from the instant you press a key to after you release it. For example, setting a small Attack value results in an instantaneous, sharp sound when you press a key.

• FEG (Filter Envelope Generator)

The FEG controls how the tonal quality of the voice changes in time, as affected by the filter. Here, you can also set the Cutoff frequency and Resonance for the filter.

F6

Basic Structure (page 46)

Cutoff Frequency (page 46)

Resonance (page 46)

ARP (Arpeggio) display

The basic Arpeggio parameters (e.g., type, tempo) are provided in this display.

MOTIF Quick Start Guide 83