Specifications

loADiNG motiF
ClAssiC Files iNto
the motiF es
MOTIF Classic Voices can be loaded into
MOTIF ES from the file type „AllVoice“ or
„Voice“, using a SmartMedia card, a USB
device or the Voice Editor. An automatic
conversion takes place here, considering
the modified Waveform and Arpeggio as-
signments.
Although the conversion results are very
good overall, in some cases a Voice in the
MOTIF ES can sound somewhat different
than in the MOTIF Classic.
Imported MOTIF Classic Voices are some-
times considerably enhanced due to the
assignment to the new reverb effects, other
Waveforms, new Arpeggio Patterns, im-
proved filter characteristics, etc.
Also Waveforms in the format of the MOTIF
Classic can be loaded into the MOTIF ES
(File Type „AllWaveform“ or „Waveform“).
MOTIF Classic „All“ files that contain Wave-
forms must first be saved as „AllVoice“ files
and can then be loaded into the MOTIF ES.
It is not possible to directly import Songs
and Patterns in the MOTIF Classic format.
This would be difficult to achieve, because
the Voice Banks on the MOTIF ES were set
up from the scratch.
Therefore the only way is to save the
MOTIF Classic Song as a Standard MIDI file
(File type „SMF“) and then load it into the
MOTIF ES as a Song. The Mixing must then
be recreated.
It is also not possible to import Performan-
ces or Masters of the MOTIF Classic into the
MOTIF ES.
Here, the only possibility is a „manual con-
version“. The settings have to recreated in
the MOTIF ES by hand, using similar Voices
in the MOTIF ES.
motiF xs 6 / 7 / 8
• 61 / 76 / 88 keys
• 128 notes of polyphony
• 355MB Wave-ROM (when converted
to 16-bit linear format)
• 2,670 Waveforms
• 1,024 Preset Voices, 64 Preset Drum-
Kits, 1 GM Drum-Kit
• 384 User Voices, 32 User Drum-Kits
• 384 Performances, 128 Masters
• 64 Songs / 64 Patterns
• MIDI Sequencer capacity:
130,000 notes
• 6,000 Preset Arpeggio Patterns,
256 User Arpeggios
• Optional sample memory up to
1GB using DIMMs
The MOTIF XS was published in 2007 and
again offered many new features and nu-
merous detail improvements over the MO-
TIF ES, the most important are:
• ExpandedWave-ROM
• AdditionalVoiceand
PerformanceBanks
• 8ElementsperVoice
• 4-partArpeggiatorwith
re-harmonising
• Optionalsamplememoryup
to1GB(doubled!)
• Loadingsamplesismuchfaster
viaUSB2.0connection
• ExpandedArticulation
• VCMeffects
• Vocoder
• DirectPerformanceRecording
• AssignableSwitches
• ColorLC-display
• Ethernetdatatransfer
• OptionalFireWire(mLAN)connection
• Mastermodewith8Zones
loADiNG motiF es
AND motiF ClAssiC
Files iNto the
motiF xs
Voices, Performances, User Waveforms,
Sample Voices, User Arpeggios, Songs,
and Patterns in the MOTIF ES format can
be loaded separately or completely into the
MOTIF XS.
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