Specifications

loADiNG motiF es
AND motiF xs Files
iNto the motiF xF
The MOTIF XF is fully compatible with the
MOTIF XS.
All file types can be loaded.
The only limitation is for files that contain
samples totaling more than 128MB. These
can only be loaded into the optional Flash
memory, because the internal SDRAM is
limited to 128MB.
Of the data created with the MOTIF ES
Voices, Waveforms, and Sample Voices can
be loaded into the MOTIF XF.
The MOTIF XF can directly load data from
the MOTIF ES using these file types:
• „all“(alldatafromtheMOTIFES,
W7A)
• „allvoice“(allUserVoiceBanksof
theMOTIFES,W7V)
• „1bankvoice„(singleUserVoice
Banksfrom„all“or„allvoice“files)
• „voice„(singleVoicesfrom„All“or
„AllVoice“files)
• „performance“(singlePerformances
from„all“or„allvoice“files)
• „allarpeggio“(UserArpeggiosfrom
theMOTIFES)
• „allsongs“(„allsong“filefromthe
MOTIFES,W7S)
• „song“(singleSongsfrom„all“or
„allsong“filefromtheMOTIFES)
• „allpattern“(„allpattern“filefrom
theMOTIFES,W7P)
• „pattern“(singlePatternsfrom„all“
or„allpattern“filefromthe
MOTIFES)
• „allwaveform“(allUserWaveforms
andsamplesfromtheMOTIFES,
W7W)
• „waveform“(singleUserWaveforms
includingsamples,W7A,W7W)
• „samplevoice“(singleSample
Voices,W7A,W7S,W7P)
• „editor“(VoiceEditorfiles,W7E)
For all data loaded from the MOTIF ES a full
sound compatibility can not be assumed.
In particular there are the following limita-
tions:
The Wave-ROMs of the MOTIF ES and the
MOTIF XF are different. Many Waveforms
of the MOTIF ES were replaced, resulting in
a different sound, however the result can be
regarded as superior.
The Preset Voice Banks of the MOTIF ES
and the MOTIF XF are composed different-
ly. Therefore, the sound assignments in Per-
formances, Songs, and Patterns will not be
consistent, unless User Voices or Mix Voices
were used exclusively.
The effect types of the MOTIF ES and the
MOTIF XF are clearly different in some
cases.
motiF-rACk series
The tone generators of the MOTIF-series
match the respective keyboard models in
terms of basic features:
MOTIF 6 / 7 / 8 „Classic“ = MOTIF-RACK
MOTIF ES = MOTIF-RACK ES
MOTIF XS = MOTIF-RACK XS
However, there are some deviations from
the features of the keyboard models. The
following features are not available:
• Sampling
• Sequencer
• Patternmode
• Mastermode
• RemoteControl
• SmartMediacardslotandUSBTO
DEVICEterminal
• UserArpeggios
For the MOTIF-RACK ES and the MOTIF-
RACK XS the number of Voices and effects is
largely identical to the respective keyboard
versions, however, the MOTIF-RACK was al-
ready a kind of intermediate step between
MOTIF Classic and MOTIF ES.
The MOTIF-RACK has two additional Pre-
set Voice Banks and a second User Voice
Bank. In the area of effects it is even supe-
rior to the MOTIF Classic, because the new
high-quality reverb effects (R3 Hall, Large
Hall, Warm Room ...), which were later
implemented in the MOTIF ES, are already
available in the MOTIF-RACK.
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