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Reference

Playing in the Performance Mode

MOTIF XF Reference Manual

3 Category (Main Category <Sub Category>)

Indicates the Category of the selected Performance.

“Category,” consisting of Main Category and Sub

Category, is a keyword that indicates the instrument

characteristics or the type of sound. Each Performance

can be registered to a Main Category and its Sub

Category. The Category settings can be edited in the

General display (page 102) of the Performance Common

Edit mode.

4 Performance name

Indicates the name of the current Performance.

5 Transmit Ch (MIDI Transmit Channel)

Indicates the Keyboard MIDI transmit channel. For

information about how to set the value, see page 47.

6 Octave

Indicates Keyboard Octave setting set via the OCTAVE

buttons. This parameter determines how much higher or

lower the pitch of each key is compared to normal pitch.

7 Control Function

Indicates the status of the Knobs and Control Sliders on the

panel. This is same as the Control Function window

(page 94).

8 Voice name

Indicates the names of the Voices assigned to Parts 1 – 4.

9 [SF1] ARP1 – [SF5] ARP5 (Arpeggio 1 – 5)

The Arpeggio types are assigned to the buttons with the

8th note icon on the display tab. You can call them up by

pressing these buttons any time during your keyboard

performance. Assigning Arpeggio types to the buttons can

be done from the Arpeggio display (page 98).

) [SF6] TAP

The speed at which you press this button several times will

determine the playback tempo of the Arpeggio.

! [F1] Play

Pressing this button returns from the previous display to the

Performance Play display.

@ [F2] Voice

Pressing this button calls up the display (page 97) that lets

you select a Voice for each Part and specify the note range

it can be played from.

# [F3] EG (Envelope Generator)

Pressing this button calls up the display (page 97) that

contains the basic EG settings.

$ [F4] Arpeggio

Pressing this button calls up the display (page 98) that lets

you set the Arpeggio related parameters.

% [F6] Effect

Pressing this button calls up the Effect setup display

(page 107) of the Performance Common Edit.

^ Arpeggio tempo

Indicates the tempo of the current Arpeggio playback

tempo.

& Volume

Indicates the volume value for each Part.

* Note Range / Note Limit

Indicates the note range or note limit within which you can

play the Voice assigned to each Part.

When changing the value of the parameter in the

Performance Play or Edit mode, the [E] (Edit Indicator) will

appear on the top right corner of the LCD display. This

gives a quick confirmation that the current Performance

has been modified but not yet stored. To store the current

edited status, follow the instructions on page 101.

Performance information—[SF6]

INFO (Information)

This window, which can be called up from the [F2] Voice –

[F4] Arpeggio display, indicates the information of the

current Performance. Settings cannot be changed here.

1 Bank

Indicates the Bank of the selected Performance program.

The values in parentheses indicates the Bank Select MSB

and LSB which can be used to select the current Voice via

MIDI.

The [E] Indicator

Edit Indicator