User Manual

MOTIF XF Owner’s Manual
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Creating an original Pattern
Viewing the Demo Pattern’s Patch
display
From the Patch display called up via the [F4] button, you can
confirm what “Phrase” is assigned to each track of the
Pattern Section.
A “Phrase” is a short musical/rhythmic passage consisting of
a single track for a single instrument, such as drum, bass,
and guitar. This MIDI sequence data can be used as small
building blocks for a Song, and can be assigned to any track
and any Section. A single Pattern provides memory space
for 256 of your own original User Phrases.
As indicated in this display, the performance data is
recorded to the Phrase, then the Phrase is assigned to the
recording track. Note that the created Phrase can be
assigned to a different track of the same/different Section.
Try changing the Phrase for each track and assign each
Phrase to an empty track.
NOTE Please keep in mind that Phrases are provided only for the Demo
Patterns and the number of provided Phrases differs depending
on the Demo Pattern. When you want to use a Phrase assigned
to a different Pattern, execute the Copy Phrase function by using
the [SF5] Copy button. For details, refer to the Reference
Manual.
Creating a Pattern by using
Arpeggio
In addition to creating a Pattern by recording your keyboard
performance conventionally, you can also use the powerful
Arpeggio playback features of the MOTIF XF (described
below) and even record audio data from commercially
available sample CDs.
This section explains how to create a Pattern by using
Arpeggio.
1 Press the [PATTERN] button to enter the Pattern
Play mode.
2 Press the [] (Record) button to call up the Record
Setup display.
3 Press the [F1] button to call up the Record Setup
display.
4 Set the following parameters in the Record Setup
display.
4-1 To select the desired track, press the [TRACK] button (the
lamp lights), then press the appropriate Number button
[1] – [16].
4-2 Set the Time Signature as desired.
4-3 Set the Pattern length to a value equivalent to the
Arpeggio length.
4-4 Turn the Keyboard Start icon “ (on).”
4-5 Set the Loop parameter to “off.”
4-6 Set the Quantize parameter to “off.”
5 Press the [F2] button to call up the Record
Arpeggio display.
Phrase number Phrase name
Track 1 Phrase 001
Track 2 Phrase 002
::
Track 16 Phrase 003
Section A
Track 1 Phrase 002
Track 2 Phrase 003
::
Track 16 Phrase 004
Section B
MIDI dataPhrase 001
MIDI dataPhrase 002
MIDI dataPhrase 003
MIDI dataPhrase 004
::
Recording Track Time Signature
Keyboard
start
Length
Loop
Quantize
Arpeggio
Switch
Voice with
Arpeggio
Arpeggio
type
selection