
162 MOTIF  Reference
Performance Play mode  
Reference  Performance mode
Performance Play mode
Basic Structure (page 31) · Quick Start Guide (page 88)
In this mode, you can select and play individual User 
performances.
nFor details about the performances and their memory 
(bank) structure, see page 40. 
◆ Basic Procedure
Basic Operation (page 67)
1Press the [PERFORMANCE] button to enter the 
Performance Play mode.  (The indicator lights.)
2  Select a performance. 
3 Set the Keyboard Octave or MIDI transmit 
channel. 
4 Turn individual parts of the performance on or off 
(mute) as desired.
5  Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the 
[F2] - [F6] buttons and edit the parameters in each 
display. 
6  Store the settings edited in step #5 to the User 
Memory as required. 
7  Press any other mode button to exit from the 
Performance Play mode. 
• For detailed instructions on steps #2 - #5, see the 
following explanations.
• For details on step #6, refer to “Performance 
Store mode” on page 176.
Performance Selection
The explanations here apply to step #2 of the Basic 
Procedure above. 
Selecting performances is done in basically the same 
way as selecting voices (page 124), except for the 
following point.
• Since the MOTIF has no Preset performances 
and provides only one User bank, selecting a 
bank is not necessary.
Keyboard Octave and Keyboard 
MIDI transmit channel settings
The explanations here apply to step #3 of the Basic 
Procedure on page 162.
The two parameters set here affect all selected 
performances. Setting these parameters is the same as 
in the Voice Play mode (page 127).  Keep in mind that 
these parameters cannot be stored to the performance 
by using the Performance Store mode (page 176).
Indicates the Keyboard
MIDI transmit channel.
See page 162 for details.
Indicates the current selected Performance.
PERFORM
Indicates the functions
assigned to the respective
Control knobs. See page
256 for details.
Indicates Keyboard Octave setting
set is the [OCTAVE] buttons. 
See page 82 for details.
Number
(selected via the 
NUMBER [1]-[16] 
buttons)
Group
(selected via the GROUP 
[A]-[H] buttons)
Performance Program number
(corresponding to Groups A
 to H and Numbers 01 to 16)
Bank
Performance nameCategory
Keyboard MIDI transmit channel
Keyboard octave setting