Voice, Performance, And Multi; Keyboard Mega Voices - Yamaha MOTIF RACK ES Owner's Manual

Voice, Performance, and Multi

This instrument features three different types of programs that form
the basis for creating and playing sounds.
Voice
A program that contains the sonic Elements for generating a
specific musical instrument sound is referred to as a "Voice." Each
Voice consists of up to four Elements (Normal Voice) or up to 73
keys (Drum Voice). Each Voice is created by editing parameters
unique to each Element/key and parameters common to all the
Elements/keys in the Voice mode (page 25) or in the Multi Voice
Edit mode (page 83).
The illustration below shows the structure and interrelationship of the Voices, Performances, and Multis.
One Voice
Up to four Elements (Normal Voice)
Up to 73 keys (Drum Voice)
One Part
Voice Part Edit parameters
Common Edit parameters
Element Edit parameters
or Key Edit parameters
OSC
(Oscillator)
Waveform
(AWM)
EG

Keyboard Mega Voices

Normal Voices use velocity switching to make the sound quality and/or level of a Voice change according to how strongly or softly you play it.
This makes the Voices sound authentic and natural. However, with Keyboard Mega Voices, each velocity range (the measure of your playing
strength) has a completely different sound. For example, a guitar Voice includes the sounds of various performance techniques. In conventional
instruments, different Voices having those sounds would be called up via MIDI and played in combination to achieve the desired effect.
However, now with Keyboard Mega Voices, a convincing guitar Part can be played with just a single Voice, using specific velocity values to play
the desired sounds.
n The Keyboard Mega Voice names are indicated as "Mega **" in the display.
Element 1-4 or Key C0-C6
One Performance
Up to four Parts
Different Voice for each Part
LFO
Low Frequency
Oscillator
PITCH FILTER
PEG FEG
Pitch Envelope
Filter Envelope
Generator Generator
Performance
A program in which multiple Voices (Parts) are combined in a
layer, or in other configurations is referred to as a "Performance."
Each Performance can contain up to four different Parts (Voices).
Each Performance can be created by editing parameters unique
to each Part and parameters common to all the Parts in the
Performance mode (page 33).
Multi
A program in which multiple Voices are assigned to Parts for multi-
timbral play in the Multi mode is referred to as a "Multi." Each Multi
can contain up to 33 Parts (page 58). Each Multi can be created
by editing parameters unique to each Part and parameters
common to all the Parts in the Multi mode (page 39).
Common Edit parameters
Arpeggio, Effects, Controller Set, etc.
One Part
Voice
Common Edit parameters
AMP
(Amplitude)
AEG
Set in the Voice Edit mode (page 25)
Amplitude Envelope
Generator
n The Drum Voice Key Edit parameters do not contain
LFO settings.
Tone generator block Voice, Performance, and Multi
One Multi
• 1 - 16 Parts (of the internal tone generator)
• 17 - 32 Parts (of the optionally installed
PLG100-XG)
• PLG1 - 2 Parts (of the optionally installed
Single-part Plug-in Boards)
CH1
CH16
Part Edit parameters
Different Voice for each Part
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