Voice Mode; Playing The Voices - Yamaha Motif-Rack XS Owner's Manual

Voice Mode

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

Playing the Voices

In the Voice Play display (the top display of the Voice Mode), you
can select and play a single Voice.
The Voices of the MOTIF-RACK XS are divided into the following
two types:
Normal Voices
Normal Voices are mainly pitched musical instrument-type
sounds (piano, organ, guitar, synthesizer etc.) that can be
played over the range of an external keyboard.
Drum Voices
Drum Voices are mainly percussion/drum sounds that are
assigned to individual notes. These Voices are used to perform
rhythm parts.
The MOTIF-RACK XS features Banks for memorizing Voices.
There are basically three different types of Banks: Preset, User,
and GM.
The contained Voices and features depend on the Bank as
described below.
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 Banks
The User Banks contain the Voices you have edited and stored.
These are picked up from Preset Voices by default
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If a Voice in a User Bank (User Voice) is overwritten or replaced, that User
Voice will be lost. When you store an edited Voice, be careful not to
overwrite any important User Voices.
GM Bank
The GM Bank contains the Voices allocated according to the
GM standard.
GM Voices
GM (General MIDI) is a worldwide standard for Voice
organization and MIDI functions of synthesizers and tone
generators. It was designed primarily to ensure that any song
data created with a specific GM device would sound virtually the
same on any other GM device—no matter the manufacturer or
the model. The GM Voice bank on this tone generator is
designed to appropriately play back GM song data. However,
keep in mind that the sound may not be exactly the same as
played by the original tone generator.
In the Voice mode, a total of 15 Banks (Preset Bank 1 – 8, User
Bank 1 – 3, GM Bank, Preset Drum Bank, User Drum, GM Drum
Bank) are available. Each of these Banks includes the Voices
according to the Voice type. In the Voice Play display, you can
select the desired Voice from various Voice Banks and play it.
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For details about Voices, refer to "Basic Structure" on page 49. For a list of
available Voices, refer to the Voice List in the separate Data List.
In the following section, we'll select and play some Voices. The
example below assumes that you have connected an external
MIDI keyboard to the MOTIF-RACK XS.
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Make sure that the MIDI Transmit Channel of the external MIDI keyboard
matches the MIDI Receive Channel of the MOTIF-RACK XS (page 21).
Selecting a Voice
1.
Press the [VOICE] button.
This calls up the Voice Play display. (The [VOICE] button
lamp lights.)
2.
Select a Voice Bank with the Cursor [
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.
Voice Play display
Bank Program number
Main Category
Voice name
Indicates status of corresponding
effect. (Not shown when effect is off.)
Normal Voice Banks
There are 12 different banks for the Normal Voices: PRE 1
– 8 (Preset Banks), GM (GM Bank), USR 1 – 3 (User
Banks)
Drum Voice Banks
There are 3 different banks for the Drum Voices: PDR
(Preset Drum Bank), GMDR (GM Drum Bank), UDR (User
Drum Bank)
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If the "Bank/Part Wrap" (page 99) of the Utility General window is set
to "on," you can change from the last Bank to the first Bank
continuously.
Voice Mode
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]/[ ] buttons.
Sub Category
Indicates status of Arpeggio function
(page 66). (Not shown when Arpeggio
is off.)
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