Voice Mode; Playing The Voices - Yamaha MOTIF RACK ES Owner's Manual

Voice mode

In this section, you'll learn about the Voice mode, the most basic mode of the MOTIF-RACK ES.

Playing the Voices

In the Voice Play mode, you can select and play a single Voice.
The Voices of the MOTIF-RACK ES are divided into the following
three types:
Normal Voices
Normal Voices are mainly pitched musical instrument-type sounds
(piano, organ, guitar, etc.) that can be played over the range of the
keyboard.
Drum Voices
Drum Voices are mainly percussion/drum sounds that are
assigned to individual notes. These Voices are used to perform
rhythm parts.
Single-part Plug-in Board Voice
Additional Board Voices and Plug-in Voices can also be played by
installing an optional Plug-in Board. Board Voices are original
Voices created on the Plug-in Board, while Plug-in Voices are
Board Voices that have been specially programmed and
processed for optimum use with the MOTIF-RACK ES (page 52).
n The Multi-part Plug-in Board can be used in the Multi mode only.
In the Voice Play mode, you can select the desired Voice from
various Voice Banks and play it.
Preset Banks
The Preset Banks contain a full set of specially programmed
Voices. Voices you've edited yourself cannot be saved in the
Preset Banks.
User Bank
The User Banks contain the Voices you have edited and stored.
GM Bank
The GM Banks contains the Voices allocated according to the GM
standard (page 55).
Plug-in Bank
The Plug-in Bank is available only when a Plug-in Board has been
installed (page 52).
About the User Banks
The User Banks contains various factory default Voices.
• User Bank 1, 3 (USR1, 3): These Banks contain original Voices
for the MOTIF-RACK ES.
• User Bank 2 (USR2): This Bank contains Voices copied from the
Preset Banks.
If a Voice in a User Bank (User Voice) is overwritten or replaced,
that User Voice will be lost.
When you save an edited Voice, be careful not to overwrite any
important User Voices.
n Details about Voices are given on page 53. For a list of available Voices, see
the Voice List in the separate Data List.
n Up to 384 Normal Voices and 32 Drum Voices can be stored to User Banks
(page 49). The Voice settings can be changed in the Voice Edit mode
(page 25).
Let's play some Voices here. The example below assumes that you
have connected an external MIDI keyboard to the MOTIF-RACK
ES.
n Make sure that the MIDI Transmit Channel of the external MIDI keyboard
matches the MIDI Receive Channel of the MOTIF-RACK ES (page 16).
Selecting a Voice
1.
Enter the Voice Play mode.
Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play mode. The
[VOICE] button LED will light in green, indicating that the Voice
Play Mode (Normal Voice) is selected.
When you select a Drum Voice, simultaneously hold down the
[SHIFT] button and press the [DRUM] button. The LED will light in
orange, indicating that the Voice Play Mode (Drum Voice) is
selected.
• Normal Voices
• Plug-in Board Voices (PLG150-AN/DX/PF/AP/VL)
• Drum Voices
• Plug-in Board Voices (PLG150-DR/PC)
1) While holding down
the [SHIFT] button...
2.
Select a Voice Bank with the BANK [E][F] buttons.
In this condition, playing the external keyboard sounds the Voice
indicated in the display. The parameters shown in the Voice Play
mode are briefly explained below.
Program number
Bank
Category
Functions assigned to "ASA/B/1/2"
(ASSIGN A/B/1/2) (page 45)
Normal Voice Banks
There are 10 different banks for the Normal Voices: PRE1-6 (Preset
Banks), GM (GM Bank), USR1-3 (User Banks)
Drum Voices Banks
There are 3 different banks for the Normal Voices: PRE (Preset
Bank), GM (GM Bank), USR (User Bank)
Voice mode Playing the Voices
2) Press the [DRUM]
button.
Selected Arpeggio (page 42)
Voice name
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