Specifications

The display shows the physical positions
of the knobs. If these do not match the
programmed settings, a small red
triangle next to the displayed knob
indicates the current parameter‘s value of
the selected sound.
Turning the knobs has no effect until this
indicated current value is reached. As
soon as the position of the red triangle is
reached, it disappears and the movement
of the knob affects the sound.
Tip: If you find that the movements of the
knobs remain ineffective, take a look at the
display. Presumably, you will discover the
red mark, which has to reached first.
This procedure is known as „picking
up the value“ in synthesizer jargon. It is
usually not necessary if the knobs are at
their center position when you call up a
sound program.
At least with the factory sounds, the knobs
were not used to influence the sound, which
is quite reasonable. Because this ensures
that parameter values always match the
locked center position of the knobs.
For the sliders a divergence of the physical
position of the slider and the actual
parameter value is indicated by the red
triangle marks, too. The following two
illustrations show the principle of operation.
First, the physical positions of the sliders
are all set to maximum. The set parameter
values, ie the le-
vels of the Voice‘s
Elements, are dis-
played with the red
triangle.
In the second pic-
ture the sliders are
adjusted to the
actual parameter
values - the values
were „picked up“.
The red triangle
marks are no lon-
ger visible.
Step 1: The
differences between the parameter‘s value
(Element Level) and the physical position
of the slider (maximum) is indicated by red
triangles.
CONTROL is set to ON. The knob
movements are effective for the Part that is
selected via one of the number buttons
1 - 4. This can be monitored very nicely in
the display, where different values appear
with the selection of one of the four Parts.
A global control of all four Parts is still
possible if COMMON EDIT is pressed.
In Song and Pattern mode the knobs control
the currently selected Track. An overall
control of all the Tracks wouldn‘t make
much sense here.
But there is one exception, where
multiple Tracks can be simultaneously
controlled with knobs and sliders. This is the
case when the respective Parts are set to the
same Receive Channel.
Deviations in
the moDels
motif-racK Xs, moX,
anD s70/90 Xs
The MOTIF-RACK XS as a pure tone
generator is an exception in the family
of MOTIFs. All of the knobs and sliders
of the MOTIFs keyboard versions are
designed for real-time control of para-
meters in conjunction with a fast access.
So fast and direct control is ensured during
live performances, among others. Besides
the most essential buttons for operation,
editing and parameter changing the rack
version offers five knobs for direct, real-
time access. Sliders were not possible, how-
ever, for lack of space.
The operation principle of the knobs from
the MOTIF XF / XS, as described above, was
taken over in the MOX, and the S70/90 XS,
only in a partially reduced form.
The MOX features eight knobs, but
arranged in two rows. The S70/90 XS has
four knobs located on the control panel.
These are also assignable to five diffe-
rent sets of parameters. The MOX has no
additional sliders. The S70/90 XS features
four sliders, whose assignment can be
selected with a selection button - similar to
the knobs.
Step 2: The physical positions of the sliders
match the actual parameter values. There
are no red triangles.
Unlike the Voice or Performance mode the
red triangles do not appear in the Mixing
display of the Song or Pattern mode. Here,
however, the displayed value of each Part
can be used as a guide.
In Performance mode, the knobs can con-
trol the tone for each Part separately. For
the functions of the MULTI PART CONTROL
group this is possible at any time. For the
SELECTED PART CONTROL functions it
is only possible, when PERFORMANCE
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