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Sampling Block

MOTIF XF Reference Manual

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Sampling Block

The Sampling Block lets you bring your own recorded sounds—your voice, an instrument, rhythms, special sound effects,

etc.—into the system of this synthesizer, and play those sounds just like any other voices. These sounds, the audio data can

be captured from the A/D Input and IEEE1394 connector (available when the optional FW16E is installed) with up to 16 bit

and 44.1 kHz quality.

Keep in mind that the data created by the Sampling operation differs depending on the mode from which you entered the

Sampling mode: Voice/Performance or Song/Pattern. See pages 119 and 201 respectively.

Audio Input block

This block handles the audio signal input from the A/D Input and the IEEE1394 connector (available when the optional

FW16E is installed). Various parameters such as volume, pan, and effect can be set for the audio signal and the sound is

output together with other Voices. The Insertion Effect as well as the System Effects can be applied to the audio signal input

via the A/D INPUT connector.

The Audio Input related parameters can be set in the following display.

The gain of the audio signal from the A/D INPUT connector can be adjusted via the Gain knob on the rear panel.

Sequencer Block

This block lets you create Songs and Patterns by recording and editing your performances as MIDI data (from the controller

block), then playing it back with the tone generator block.

Sequencer block in the Song mode

A Song is made by the MIDI sequence data created by

recording your keyboard performance to each track. A

Song on this synthesizer is effectively the same as a Song

on a MIDI sequencer, and playback automatically stops at

the end of the recorded data.

A Song consists of 16 separate tracks, a Scene track, and

a Tempo track.

Sequence tracks 1 – 16

Record your keyboard performance to these tracks using

Realtime recording (page 144) and edit the recorded data

in the Song Edit mode (page 150).

Maximum Polyphony

Maximum polyphony refers to the highest number of notes that can be sounded simultaneously from the internal tone

generator of the instrument. The maximum polyphony of this synthesizer is 128. When the internal tone generator block

receives a number of notes exceeding the maximum polyphony, previously played notes are cut off. Keep in mind this may be

especially noticeable with Voices not having decay. Furthermore, the maximum polyphony applies to the number of Voice

Elements used, not the number of Voices. When Normal Voices that include up to eight Elements are used, the maximum

number of simultaneous notes may be less than 128.

Mode Display Page

Voice mode [F4] Voice Audio display in the Utility mode 226

Performance mode [F4] Audio In display in the Performance Edit mode 106

Song/Pattern mode [F4] Audio In display in the Mixing Edit mode 193

What is a Song?

Song Track Structure