Using as a Master Keyboard. This synthesizer is loaded with such a wealth of different features, functions and operations, you may find it difficult to locate and call up the particular feature you need. This is where the Master function comes in handy. You can use it to memorize the operations you use most often in each mode, and call them up instantly anytime you need them with a single button press. This synthesizer has space for a total of 128 of your own User Master settings. Master Number. Setting examples. Memorized mode. Memorized program number. Zone Switch (* See page 137 about "Zone Switch.") 001. Voice mode. Voice number 102 (Preset 1). Off. 002. Voice mode. Voice number 088 (Preset 3). Off. 003. Voice mode. Voice number 049 (Preset 2). Off. 004. Voice mode. Voice number 092 (Preset 2). Off. 005. Performance mode. Performance number 044. Off. : : : : 127. Pattern mode. Pattern number 061. On. 128. Song mode. Song number 025. On. Selecting a Master. The MOTIF ES features 128 specially programmed Masters, stored to internal User memory (Flash ROM). Try some of these out now. 1. Press the [MASTER] to enter the Master Play mode.
Mode memorized to the current Master. Program number (Voice number in this example) memorized to the current Master. Indicates the currently selected Master. Indicates information related to the Control Knobs. The settings depend on the program number memorized to the current Master. Indicates the Keyboard Octave setting set via the [OCTAVE] buttons. Same as in the Voice mode/Performance mode (page 63). Use the [SF1] to [SF5] buttons to call up the Arpeggio type assigned to each button (page 66). Assigned types depend on the program number memorized to the current Master. 2. Select a Master. Selecting a Master is done in basically the same way as selecting a Voice. Since the there is only one bank for Masters, you need not select a Master Bank. 3. Play the selected Master program. When the Mode is set to Voice or Performance, play the keyboard. When the Mode is set to Song or Pattern, press the [>] (Play) button. Memorize to a Master. 1. Select a Master to be created. 2. Press the [F2] MEMORY button to call up the Mode setting display. 3. Set the Mode, Program number and Zone Switch on/off (page 138) which you wish to memorize to the Master.
Determine the mode that is called up when the Master number is selected. Set the Zone Switch (below) to on or off. Determine the Program number that is called up when the Master is selected. When the Mode is set to Voice. Select a Voice bank and number. When the Mode is set to Performance. Select a Performance bank and number. When the Mode is set to Song. Select a Song number. When the Mode is set to Pattern. Select a Pattern number. 4. Name the edited Master. Input a name in the [EDIT] -> [COMMON] -> [F1] NAME display. For detailed instructions on naming, refer to page 53 in the Basic Operation section.
Input a Master name. 5. Store the edited Master to internal User memory. 5-1. Press the [STORE] button to enter the Master Store mode. 5-2. Select the destination Master by using the data dial, [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] button. When you execute the Store operation, the settings for the destination memory will be overwritten. Important data should always be backed up to a separate SmartMedia/USB storage device. 3. Press the [ENTER] button. (The display prompts you for confirmation.) To cancel the Store operation, press the [DEC/NO] button. 4. Press the [INC/YES] button to execute the Store operation. Keep in mind that the Store operation may take a short time to complete, during which an "Executing.." or "Please keep power on" message may be shown. Never attempt to turn off the power while data is being written to Flash ROM while such a message is displayed. Turning the power off in this state results in loss of all user data and may cause the system to freeze (due to corruption of data in the Flash ROM). This may also result in the MOTIF ES being unable to properly start up the next time the power is turned on. If you select another Master without storing, the currently edited Master will be lost. Make sure to store the edited Master before selecting another Master. 6. As necessary, save the edited and stored Masters to a SmartMedia/USB storage device. For details, see page 132. Set the file type to "All." Using Zones (keyboard area). In the Master mode, you can divide the keyboard into (up to) four independent areas (called "Zones"). To each Zone can be assigned different MIDI channels and different functions of the Knobs and Control Sliders. This makes it possible to control several parts of the multi-timbral tone generator simultaneously by a single keyboard or to control voices of an external MIDI instrument over several different channels in addition to the internal voices of this synthesizer itself Ñ letting you use the MOTIF ES to effectively do the work of several keyboards. You can set the parameters related to the four Zones in the Master Edit mode and store the settings as a User Master. 1. Select a Master to be created. 2. Press the [F2] MEMORY button to call up the Mode setting display. 3. After setting the Mode and Program number which you wish to memorize to the Master, set the Zone Switch to "on". 4. Press the [EDIT] button to enter the Master Edit mode. 5. Call up the Common Edit display or Zone Edit display. Use Zone Edit to edit the parameters for each Zone. Use Common Edit to edit the parameters for all of the Zones.
While in the Master Edit mode, you can switch between the Common Edit display and the Zone Edit display as shown below. ¥Calling up the Common Edit display. Press the [COMMON] button to call up the Common Edit display. In the Edit mode, the [DRUM KITS] button functions as the [COMMON] button. Indicates a Common Edit display. ¥Calling up the Zone Edit display. Press the desired Zone number from the ZONE [1] to [4] buttons to call up the Zone Edit display. Indicates the display for editing Zone 1. 6. Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the [F1] to [F6] and [SF1] to [SF5] buttons, then edit the parameters. See the next page for details and some setting examples. 7. Name the edited Master. Input a name in the [EDIT] -> [COMMON] -> [F1] NAME display. For detailed instructions on naming, refer to page 53 in the Basic Operation section. 8. Store the edited Master to internal User memory. For details, refer to steps No.5 to 6 on page 137. Using Zones effectively with external. The two examples below show how to use the Zones with both the internal tone generator and a connected external tone generator. These instructions correspond to step No.6 on the previous page. NOTE. Though all four Zones are used in the example below, you can use any number of Zones (two, three, or four). The settings are made with the MIDISwitch parameter ([MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> MIDISwitch) and the TGSwitch parameter ([MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> TGSwitch). NOTE. In these examples, the Zones are assigned to different areas of the keyboard. However, two or more Zones can also be assigned to the same area in a layer, from the NOTE display ([MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F2] NOTE). Master settings with the Voice mode/Performance mode (Single-timbre tone generator mode).
External tone generator (Multi-timbral) Set the MIDI receive channel for each part. Corresponds to step No.6 on the previous page For each Zone, set whether or not MIDI data is transmitted to the external instrument. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> MIDISwitch. Determine the MIDI Transmit Channel for each zone. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> TransCh. Determine the note range of each zone. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F2] NOTE -> NoteLimitH. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F2] NOTE -> NoteLimitL. For each Zone, set whether or not MIDI data is transmitted to each Part of the internal tone generator. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> TGSwitch. Internal tone generator (Single Timbre) [UTILITY] -> [F5] MIDI -> [SF1] CH -> BasicRcvCh equal 01. Master settings with the Song mode/Pattern mode (Multi-timbral tone generator mode).
External tone generator (Multi-timbral) Set the MIDI receive channel for each part. Corresponds to step No.6 on the previous page. For each Zone, set whether or not MIDI data is transmitted to the external instrument. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> MIDISwitch. Determine the MIDI Transmit Channel for each zone. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> TransCh. Determine the note range of each zone. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F2] NOTE -> NoteLimitH. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F2] NOTE -> NoteLimitL. For each Zone, set whether or not MIDI data is transmitted to each Part of the internal tone generator. [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F1] TRANS -> TGSwitch. Internal tone generator (Multi-timbral) [SONG] -> [MIXING] -> [EDIT] -> Part selection ->[F1]VOICE -> [SF2]MODE -> ReceiveCh. Assigning Control Change numbers to the Knobs/Sliders for each Zone. Here in the KN/CS display of the Master Edit mode, you can set how the Control Knobs and Sliders will affect each Zone. This lets you specify a separate MIDI Control Change number for each Knob and Slider. Set the parameters as shown below, corresponding to step No.6 on page 138.
All indicators are turned off by setting the [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> [COMMON] -> [F2] OTHER -> Knob/Slider parameter to "zone." You can determine which Control Change numbers are used for the Knobs and Sliders for each zone in the [MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F5] KN/CS display. In the example above, the Control Knobs for all Zones have been set to 10 (Pan), and the Sliders have been set to 11 (Expression). In this way, you can control the stereo position of each Zone with the appropriate Knob, and use the Sliders to adjust the relative volume balance among the Zones. [TIP] Setting up the Master Zones to Split or Layer. This operation lets you easily determine whether the Zones of the selected Master are to be used in a Split or a Layer. The note range settings for each Zone can be determined by setting the NoteLimitH and NoteLimitL parameters from the NOTE display ([MASTER] -> [EDIT] -> Zone selection -> [F2] NOTE). NOTE. Zones 1 and 2 are used in the explanations here. 1. In the Master Play mode, press the [JOB] button to enter the Master Job mode. 2. Press the [F1] INIT button to call up the Initialize display. 3. Uncheckmark the box of "All" by using the [DEC/NO] button and checkmark the box of "Zone." 4. Set the Type to "Split" or "Layer." When Type is set to "Split". Set the UpperCh (MIDI transmit channel of the upper range), LowerCh (MIDI transmit channel of the lower range), and Split Point (which separates the keyboard into the upper range and lower range). When Type is set to "Layer". Set the UpperCh (MIDI transmit channel of Zone 1) and LowerCh (MIDI transmit channel of Zone 2). 5. Press the [ENTER] button. (The display prompts you for confirmation.) To cancel the Job, press the [DEC/NO] button. 6. Press the [INC/YES] button to execute the Job. After the Job has been completed, a "Completed" message appears and operation returns to the original display. Keep in mind that the Job may take a short time to complete, during which an "Executing.." or "Please keep power on" message may be shown. Never attempt to turn off the power while data is being written to Flash ROM while such a message is displayed. Turning the power off in this state results in loss of all user data and may cause the system to freeze (due to corruption of data in the Flash ROM). This may also result in the MOTIF ES being unable to properly start up the next time the power is turned on.