Reference; Voice Mode; Voice Edit (For Normal Voice) - Yamaha MOTIF RACK ES Owner's Manual

This section of the manual covers in detail all of the parameters and settings available on the MOTIF-RACK ES.

Voice mode

Voice Edit (for Normal Voice)

When a Normal Voice is selected, the Voice Edit parameters are divided into Common Edit (parameters common to all four Elements), and
Element Edit (parameters of individual Elements).
Common Edit [VOICE]
These parameters are for making global (or common) edits to all four Elements of the selected Normal Voice.
General
Category Category
SubCategory Sub Category
Name Name
Mono/Poly Mono/Poly
KeyAsgnMode Key Assign Mode
M.TuningNo. Micro Tuning Number
M.TunRoot Micro Tuning Root
MEQ Low/LowMid/ Master EQ Offset
HighMid/High
PortaSwitch Portamento Switch
PortaTime Portamento Time
PortaMode Portamento Mode
PortaT.Mode Portamento Time Mode
PortaLgtSlp Legato Slope
PB Upper/Lower Pitch Bend Range Upper/
Lower
A.PhraseNo. Audition Phrase Number
A.PhrNtSft Audition Phrase Note Shift
A.PhrVelSft Audition Phrase Velocity Shift
AssignA/B/1/2 Assign A/B/1/2

Reference

select Normal Voice [EDIT]
From this display you can assign the category (sub and main) of the selected Voice, and create a name for
the Voice. The Voice name can contain up to 10 characters. For detailed instructions on naming, see
page 50.
Selects whether the Voice is played monophonically (only one note at a time) or polyphonically (multiple
notes sounding simultaneously). Select whether each Part is played back monophonically (single notes
only) or polyphonically (multiple simultaneous notes).
Settings: mono, poly
Selects single or multi Key Assign. When this is set to "single," double playback of the same note is
prevented. To allow playback of each instance of the same note, set this to "multi."
Settings: single, multi
Determines the tuning system for the Voice. Thirteen additional tuning systems are available for a variety of
tuning applications and effects.
Settings: See the Micro Tuning List on page 77.
Determines the root note of the Micro Tuning set above.
Settings: C ~ B
Adjusts the master (global) EQ settings for the entire Voice. The settings made here are applied as offsets to
the EQ settings (with the exception of "MID") from the Utility mode, with the following operation: [VOICE]
[UTILITY] MEQ display.
Settings: -64 ~ +63
Turns the Portamento function on or off. Portamento is used to create a smooth transition in pitch from the
first note played to the next.
Settings: off, on
Determines the pitch transition time. Higher values result in a longer pitch change time.
Settings: 0 ~ 127
Determines how the Portamento is applied to your keyboard performance.
Settings: fingered, fulltime
fingered ........... Portamento is only applied when you play legato (playing the next note before releasing the previous one).
fulltime ............. Portamento is always applied.
This determines how the Time parameter above affects the Portamento effect.
Settings: rate1, time1, rate2, time2
rate1 ................ Pitch changes at the specified rate.
time1................ Pitch changes in the specified time.
rate2 ................ Pitch changes at the specified rate within a octave.
time2................ Pitch changes in the specified time within a octave.
Determines the speed of the attack of legato notes, when Portamento Switch above is set to on and Mono/
Poly is set to mono. (Legato notes "overlap" each other, the next being played before the previous is
released.) The higher the value, the slower the attack rate.
Settings: 0 ~ 7
These two parameters determine the pitch change range of the Pitch Bend wheel.
Settings: -48 ~ +24
Selects the type of the Audition phrase.
Settings: 000 ~ 285
Adjusts the pitch in semitone increments.
Settings: -24 ~ +24
Selects the velocity of the Audition phrase.
Settings: -64 ~ +63
This parameter offsets the value of each Dest (Destination) parameter. Please note that the certain
Destinations of Assign A/B change the absolute value.
[SHIFT]+[COMMON] select each display with PAGE [E][F]
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