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Playing the Keyboard in the Voice Play Mode

MOTIF XF Reference Manual

Voice mode

Song mode

Pattern mode

Mixing mode

Master mode

Utility mode

File mode

Performance

mode

Sampling

mode 1

Sampling

mode 2

Reference

3 Set the Portamento Switch to on.

4 Set the Portamento Time.

For best results, set this to a relatively high value.

5 Play two different keys alternatively to confirm

the Portamento.

It is a good idea to press a certain note then press the

one octave higher or lower note for confirming how the

Portamento is applied.

Changing tonal color—[F3] EG/EQ

You can change the tonal color or timbre of the sound by

editing the EG/EQ settings for all Elements making up the

Voice. The EG settings made here will be applied to the

same parameters in the Amplitude EG display (page 80)

and Filter EG display (page 76) for all Elements as an

offset. In other words, editing the value here will add to or

subtract from the current value. Accordingly, if the

parameter has been already set to the maximum or

minimum value, its value will not be changed even if you

set the parameter to higher or lower value in this display.

Note that the EQ settings here are applied to the Voice

directly.

1 AEG (Amplitude EG)

Using the AEG, you can control the transition in volume

from the moment the sound starts is to the moment the

sound stops.

Attack (Attack Time)

Determines the speed of attack from the time a key is played

until the maximum initial level of the EG is reached.

Decay (Decay Time)

Determines how fast the volume falls from maximum attack

level to the sustain level.

Sustain (Sustain Level)

Determines the sustain level at which the volume will continue

while a note is held, after the initial attack and decay. The

smaller the value, the sharper the sound.

Release (Release Time)

Determines how fast the volume falls from the sustain level to

zero when a note is released.

Settings: -64 – +0 – +63

n When a Drum Voice is selected, the Sustain Level and

Release Time are not available. “---” appears at each of

the corresponding columns and these parameters cannot

be edited.

2 FEG (Filter EG)

Using the FEG, you can control the transition in tonal color

(Cutoff Frequency) from the moment the sound starts to the

moment the sound stops. Actual transition of tonal color

differs depending on the Filter type (page 74) of the Voice

Element.

Attack (Attack Time)

Determines the speed of filter variation from the time a note is

played until the maximum initial level of the Cutoff Frequency is

reached.

Decay (Decay Time)

Determines how fast the Cutoff Frequency falls from maximum

attack level to the sustain level.

Release (Release Time)

Determines how fast the Cutoff Frequency falls from the

sustain level to zero when a note is released.

Depth

Determines the range over which the cutoff frequency of the

Filter EG changes. A setting of 0 will result in no change in the

cutoff frequency. The farther from 0 the value is, the larger the

range of the cutoff frequency. For negative values, the change

of the cutoff frequency is reversed.

Settings: -64 – +0 – +63

3 Filter

This unit modifies the tonal color of the sound by cutting the

output of a specific frequency portion of the sound. Actual

tonal color differs depending on the Filter type (page 74) of

the Voice Element. The Low Pass Filter cuts the signals

above the Cutoff Frequency while the High Pass Filter cuts

the signals below the Cutoff Frequency.

Cutoff

Determines the Cutoff Frequency for the Filter, when the Low

Pass Filter is selected, for example, the larger the value the

brighter the decay.

Reso (Resonance)

Determines the emphasis given to the Cutoff Frequency.

Higher values result in a more pronounced effect.

Settings: -64 – +0 – +63

4 EQ

This is a parametric EQ featuring three bands (High, Mid

and Low). You can attenuate or boost the level of each

frequency band (High, Mid, Low) to change the Voice

sound. For the Mid band, you can also set the Q (Band

Width).

Frequency

Determines the frequency for each frequency band. Set the

value to the frequency around which you wish to attenuate or

boost.

Settings:

Low: 50.1Hz – 2.00kHz

Mid: 139.7Hz – 10.1kHz

High: 503.8Hz – 14.0kHz