Specifications

control
Parameters: amP
enveloPe anD eQ
A word about some of the parameters in
the control section.
The envelope parameters Attack, Decay,
Sustain, and Release refer only to the
Amplitude Envelope. The Filter Envelope is
not controlled with the knobs.
The EQ parameters within the function
TONE 2 do not refer to the MASTER
EQ. Rather, it is an additional EQ that is
accessible by pressing F3 (EG/EQ) in the
Voice Play mode.
This EQ allows a quick and intuitive correc-
tion of the entire Voice and thus represents
an interesting alternative to the commonly
used 3-band EQ as an insert effect or to the
Element EQs.
sliDers in the
miXinG moDe
Since the MOTIF XS has eight sliders, the
selection of the Parts is much easier than
on the MOTIF ES. Instead of four groups
you now just have to switch between two
groups.
If the current Part belongs to the group
1-8, the sliders adjust the volume of the
Parts 1-8. If the current Part belongs to the
group 9-16, the sliders adjust the volume
of the Parts 9-16. To toggle between these
groups you just have to activate the TRACK
button and use the number buttons to select
either one of the Parts 1-8 or 9-16.
storinG the
settinGs of the
Knobs anD sliDers
Both the selection of the function group with
the buttons SELECTED PART CONTROL or
MULTI PART CONTROL and the positions
of the knobs and sliders are stored in the
Voices, Performances, Songs, and Patterns.
So it is quite possible to use the knobs
and sliders for a so-called Easy Editing.
However, caution is necessary here.
Because if MIDI controller events from an
external sequencer later change these
parameters, the stored knob settings would
be overruled.
The EQ in the Voice Play mode
correlates the Part EQ in Performance
and Mixing mode
With the exception of LOW and HIGH
frequency, all parameters of the EQ can be
controlled with knobs.
But you have to know that the settings of
this new EQ are indeed stored with the
Voice. But these are not effective in the
Performance, Song, and Pattern mode.
Here this EQ appears as Part-EQ, but it
does not inherit the EQ settings of the Voice
Play mode.
This behaviour should not be viewed
critically, because it does make sense to re-
adjust the equalization of the Voices in a
new situation (Performance, Song, Pattern).
The idea of a Voice that sounds exactly the
same in any other mode as in the Voice
mode, should have its limits here.
In addition, the stored knob settings of a
Voice are not copied when the Voice is used
in Performances, Songs, or Patterns.
Normally, the knobs are more suitable for
real-time control or temporary changes as
for the programming of Voices.
assiGnable
function buttons
Left to the Master Volume slider the two
ASSIGNABLE FUNCTION buttons can be
found.
The assignment to these buttons is done in
several ways from within the Voice mode.
For a start they can be assigned with para-
meters, just like the knobs assigns in VOICE
EDIT - COMMON EDIT (F4 - CtrlSet).
However, in contrast to the knobs a
continuous control of a parameter is
not possible here. When a ASSIGNABLE
FUNCTION button is switched on, the
Depth set in the Controller Set Assignment
is immediately retrieved. The same applies
to programmed „XA-Mode“ (Expanded
Articulation mode) configuration of the
Voice‘s Elements.
We‘ll talk about that in a later episode on
Expanded Articulation.
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