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A Voice is the sound of a musical instrument that had been stored
in an electronic musical instrument. There are two types of Voices:
- Normal Voices
- Drum-Voices
Normal Voices are pitched musical instrument sounds, synth sounds
and sound effects. They can be played across the entire keyboard
and in the usual tone scales and keys. Normal Voices consist of one
or more „Elements“ (see „Element“).
Drum Voices contain drum and percussion sounds, each assigned
to individual keys on the keyboard. A Drum Voice is also known as
drum kit.
An Element is the most basic unit of a Normal Voice. An Element is
produced by applying different voice parameters to the raw sample
material. A single Normal Voice is combined from one or more
Elements. With the newer models of the MOTIF series (from the
MOTIF XS) up to eight Elements are available for Voices.
A Drum Key is the most basic unit of a Drum Voice. A Drum Key is
assigned to a single key of the keyboard. Each Drum Key plays a
drum or percussion sound (Waveform).
Voice Edit is a function to create your own Voices from the scratch or
to edit existing Voices.
Common Edit contains the settings that apply to all Elements and
Drum Keys.
Element Edit contains the settings for each individual Element of a
Normal Voice.
Key Edit contains the settings for the individual Drum Keys of a Drum
Voice.
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