Yamaha MOTIF ES series User manual

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POWER USER
Understanding Motif ES
Master Mode
Phil Clendeninn
Technology Products
©Yamaha Corporation of America
The Master setups can be used to organize and
memorize your Motif ES (Program) selections in one
neat bank. It can also function as a place to store your
external MIDI Controller setups when using the Motif ES
as a 4-Zone Master MIDI controller. Familiarize yourself
with basic MOTIF ES modes and operations before diving
in this end of the pool. Save any personal data before
following this document.
The principal modes of MOTIF ES are VOICE,
PERFORMANCE, SONG and PATTERN. A Master mode
setup can be used to recall a Voice, a Performance, a
Song or a Pattern. Therefore a good use of the Master
setups is organizing your favorite things to do with the
Motif ES into one Bank called the MASTER Bank. Rather
than jumping back and forth between modes, organize
things in one Bank to rule them all. You can then easily
access setups via a Foot Switch. The programmable FS
assigned to cc99 will increment you through the Master
setups.
A second use for Master setups is to integrate and
organize your external MIDI gear as well. This is with
the ZONE Switch active. You can send a Bank Select
and Program Change message on four different MIDI
channels simultaneously when you recall a MASTER
setup. The Bank Select and Program Change data can
be “preset” so that you can address internal Motif ES
Voices and/or external device setups from your 4 Zones.
Although Master setups are non-volatile, often the data
they point to is volatile. Read on…
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MASTERING MASTER MODE
If you are using a Motif ES alone (no external
MIDI devices), Master Mode can be used to
assemble your on-board Motif ES setups
(Programs) in one convenient bank. A Master
location can point to a Voice, a Performance, a
Song Mix or a Pattern Mix. You can use a
Footswitch to advance through the Master setups
during a live session. Study the Factory
“AutoLoad” data for examples of this type of
usage of the Master setups. The MASTER setups
are used to recall different Performances, Voices,
Patterns, or Songs. You can set up a Footswitch
(FS) assigned to Control Change 99 to advance
through the Master setups:
• Press [UTILITY]
• Press [F4] CTL ASN
• Press [SF3] FT SW
• Press STORE to lock in UTILITY mode
changes
To learn from these MASTER setups press [F2]
MEMORY from the main MASTER screen to see
how they are directly associated with a Voice,
Performance, Song or Pattern. Master number 008
is associated with a PATTERN: Memory 001 [New
R&B]
Master mode has a second more complex use –
with ZONE control. You see the Zone Switch is set
to ON in the screen shot above. Master mode can
be used to control internal sounds, and/or
complex configurations where both internal and
external sounds are used together, that is, setups
where some “Zones” are controlling Internal Motif
ES Voices or a Motif ES Performance while other
Zones might be controlling external devices. By
the time you reach the level of creating your own
Master setups you should have gained a thorough
knowledge of the Motif ES and it’s modes. We will
state them here so that you can fully understand
what is possible and what is impossible from a
Master setup. Then we will look at a possible
scenario.
Rule 1: A Voice is the fundamental playable entity
in the Motif ES. The internal Voices are made up
of up to four multi-sampled sounds called
Elements. Each Voice has a Dual Insertion effect,
a reverb and a chorus processor available. The
Dual Insertion effect can be real time controlled
via MIDI controllers and has an intricate
relationship to the individual Elements of the
Voice. The Dual Insertion effect is an important
component – and is often the “personality” of the
Voice. A Voice occupies a single MIDI channel and
in Voice mode, only one Voice can be recalled at a
time. There are 6 banks of 128 Preset Voices, 256
User Voices in 2 banks, 128 Normal General MIDI
Voices, 64 Preset Drum Kits, 32 User Drum Kits
and a GM Drum Kit.1
Rule 2: A Performance is a combination of up to
four Voices. Each Performance has a reverb, a
chorus effect processor and each of the assigned
Voices can recall its own Dual Insertion effects
from Voice mode (including the real time effect
controller assignments). Performances are made
up of sounds found in Voice mode. It places up to
four of them into what are called PARTS. Through
these you can edit the sound of a Voice in a
Performance without changing the original Voice
data. All Voices in a Performance occupy the same
basic MIDI channel and one Performance can be
recalled at a time. There are 128 USER
Performances. In fact all the Performances are
USER. A Performance can be copied into a Song
and/or Pattern, as necessary. This actually places
the PARTS (up to 4) in a MIX with each one set to
the same Basic Receive Channel. See page 120 in
the Motif ES Owner’s Manual for details on this
Performance Copy function (PF COPY).
These two modes, Voice and Performance, are the
principal playable setups on the Motif ES. Song
and Patterns have multi-part setups (called
MIXING) to playback up to 16 tracks, typically
from a device like a sequencer. When you enter a
Song or Pattern you can play on one MIDI channel
at a time (unless you use a MASTER Zone setup –
more on this in minute). Several PARTS, however,
can be assigned to a single MIDI channel. Thus it
is possible to transmit from a single channel yet
play multiple VOICES (PARTS).
Rule 3: 128 MASTER Control setups can be
created with a Motif ES Voice, Performance, Song
or Pattern MEMORY location associated with it.
You have the option of activating the ZONE switch
with any of them - which adds communication to
both internal and external sounds to create your
own Master setups. You can have up to 4 Zones.
The Motif ES can transmit to itself and OUT via
MIDI on up to 4 Zones. Zones can address
internal sounds (referred to as TG = Tone
Generator) and/or to external sounds (referred
to as MIDI).
1If you install the optional PLG150 Series plug in boards
you can address their Preset and User Voice banks, as
well.
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To understand rule 3 please take your time with
this article. We have all ready seen how MASTER
setups can be used to simply recall a Voice, a
Performance, a Song or a Pattern. Now, we need
to understand how a MASTER can work as a
“multi-zoned” controller setup, controlling both
internal and external tone modules. The
architecture of the Motif ES is extremely flexible.
NOTE: Your mileage will vary depending on the MIDI
modules you are using. Please refer to the Owner’s
Manuals of your external gear for Bank Select and
Program Change numbers. Also find out what
information they are capable of receiving in this fashion.
Some modules require you store the Volume and Pan
information locally in their own setup, which you recall.
Some modules can receive Volume and Pan commands
directly.
When a Master Zone Switched Setup is recalled
(F2 MEMORY from the main MASTER screen) you
can have it send a Bank Select and Program
Change both to the internal tone generator and
out via MIDI or, if you wish, to one or the other,
as is necessary to setup your rig. The key thing to
know is that you can control up to 4 individual
ZONES. That said, you might find some unique
uses for the Master setups as you get to know
them better.
Bank Select and Program Change
Motif ES sounds can be recalled via standard MIDI
messages for Bank Select as follows:
Bank MSB LSB PC range
Pre1 063 000 1-128
Pre2 063 001 1-128
Pre3 063 002 1-128
Pre4 063 003 1-128
Pre5 063 004 1-128
Pre6 063 005 1-128
User1 063 008 1-128
User2 063 009 1-128
Preset Drum 063 032 1-64
User Drum 063 040 1-32
User Sample 063 050 1-128^
Mix Voice 063 060 1-16 ~
GM 000 000 1-128
GM Drum 127 000 1
PLG1USRslot1 063 024 1-64
PLG2USRslot2 063 025 1-64
PLG3USRslot3 063 026 1-64
PLGPRE1slot1 063 070 1-64
PLGPRE2slot1 063 071 1-64*
PLGPRE3slot1 063 072 1-64*
PLGPRE1slot2 063 073 1-64
PLGPRE2slot2 063 074 1-64*
PLGPRE3slot2 063 075 1-64*
PLGPRE1slot3 063 076 1-64
PLGPRE2slot3 063 077 1-64*
PLGPRE3slot3 063 078 1-64*
^ User Sample Voice can be recalled if the associated
MEMORY is the Song or Pattern MIX containing the audio
data.
~ Mix Voice can be recalled if you are within the Song
or Pattern Mix it was created for.
* The PLG150-VL is currently the only board with the
additional two PLGPRE banks, (PLGPRE 2 and 3), to
accommodate velocity and breath controlled Voice
setups.
Motif ES Performances can be recalled via the
same type of Bank Select messages. You can use
a Performance when a Performance Memory
location is associated with the Master setup.
Bank MSB LSB PC range
Performance 063 064 1-128
If, for example, you want a MASTER to recall the
Organ Voice: You could simply associate the
MASTER with the VOICE on the F2 MEMORY
screen without using the ZONE Switch. But let’s
see how you can use the MSB/LSB screen to
address internal sounds…Make sure the ZONE
Switch is set to ON back on the F2 MEMORY page.
Press EDIT and touch Track 1 to select ZONE 1 for
editing…The MSB/LSB Preset page is F4:
“LeftManual” located in PRESET bank #2, position
1, you would associate the MASTER with VOICE
mode, then send MSB = 063/ LSB = 001 (to
select Preset 2) and PC 1. To recall an entire
Performance you would associate the MASTER to
Performance mode and then send MSB = 063/
LSB = 064 followed by the Program Change
number to recall the desired Performance.
You cannot use Bank Select commands to address
a single Voice within a Performance. (Or to
switch from Performance to Voice or vice versa.)
A Performance must be recalled as a unit. The
reason should be obvious but let’s state it again
anyway: A Performance addresses all of it’s
component PARTS (Voices) on the same (Basic)
MIDI channel and only one Performance can be
recalled at a time. Notice that when you activate
the MASTER mode the Voice, Performance, Song,
or Pattern mode LED is also illuminated signifying
that you are actually in that mode… Its rules will
apply!
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When Zone is ON and the associated Memory
mode is “VOICE”, you will be able to address one
internal Voice via the Zones. The other Zones are
available for external communication, only.
Technically speaking, you are in Voice mode.
Voice mode rules apply: i.e., In Voice mode only
one Voice can be recalled at a time
When a Master Zone is associated with a
“Performance” mode Memory, you will be able to
address up to 4 internal Voices via a single Zone
(i.e., one internal Performance). The other Zones
at that point will be available for external
communication, only. Depending on how you have
configured your Performance, you can have
complex split/layers. Technically speaking, you
are in Performance mode. Performance mode
rules apply. In Performance mode only one
Performance can be recalled at a time.
When a Zone is associated with a “Song” mode
Mix or a “Pattern” mode Mix you will be able to
address up to 4 separate MIDI channels,
simultaneously. This is because these are MULTI-
TIMBRAL/MULTI-MIDI Channel modes. This can be
very flexible depending on how you have
configured your MIX. That said, if you have copied
a Performance into the MIX of your Song or
Pattern, it can have multiple PARTS assigned to
the same MIDI channel. Then you can still address
the Motif ES internally with the other available
Zones. Go crazy. But know the rules!
MASTER mode setups combining internal
sounds and external MIDI modules
About using ZONE Setups: Tips and Tricks
The Basic Receive Channel and the Keyboard
Transmit Channel are global for when the Motif
ES is in Voice or Performance mode. When you
are in a multi-timbral MIX your transmit channel
will be determined by the track you select. And it
will depend on what Zone you select when in a
Master Zone setup.
In [UTILITY]/ [F5] MIDI/ [SF1] CH set the
Keyboard Transmit Channel = OFF and the
Basic Receive Channel = 1. Press STORE to
retain changes in the UTLITY mode settings. This
is typical when you are going to use the Motif ES
as a MASTER Mode MIDI CONTROLLER in a large
setup. Now all of your settings will be determined
by your MASTER configurations. Setting the MIDI
channel transmit to OFF will mean that you will
play only the internal Motif ES sounds when you
are in Voice mode or Performance mode,
however, when you activate the MASTER MODE
you can be transmitting on the MIDI channels as
defined by the current Master settings. This is a
useful when you want to break the fulltime MIDI
connection between the Motif ES and your rig.
When you recall a MASTER that is associated with
either Voice or Performance mode (without the
ZONE SWITCH active) you will communicate with
the internal Voice and Performance as normal. If
you activate the Zone Switch for a MASTER with a
Voice or Performance Memory associated, as we’ll
see, it then will receive according to the Basic
Receive Channel selected in UTILITY. You will
address any external modules only when you
activate the MASTER Zone control function –
giving you complete control over MIDI transmit
via your MASTER setups.2When a MASTER ZONE
setup is associated with a Song or Pattern MIX
you can address the MIX on four independent
channels via the four ZONES.
Let’s learn how a MASTER is associated with a
MODE and MEMORY location:
• Recall [MASTER] and Initialize MASTER 001.
Press [JOB]/ [F1] Init and check the ALL box.
Press [ENTER]/ [YES] to execute.
• From the main MASTER 001 screen press [F2]
Memory. To associate this memory location
select “VOICE” as the MODE, and “PRE1: 001
Ap:Full Grand” as the MEMORY.
• Press [STORE] / [ENTER] / [YES] to store this
Master setup to location 001 (A01).
This is how a Master is associated with a particular
Program location. You have 4 different Mode
choices, as we have been speaking about: Voice,
Performance, Pattern or Song. Each MASTER will
always be associated with one of these 4 Modes.
Just thought I’d mention it again as now you can
see where this takes place (screen above). Now
let’s use the knowledge of MASTER mode to get
creative – a real world application:
Scenario 1: On the opening number of the
evening you need to start with a single Voice, a
2The Motif ES can only receive on one MIDI channel
while in Voice mode and Performance mode.
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solo Motif ES acoustic piano, (Full Grand). Later
you will need a Motif ES electric piano Voice
(Vintage ’74) PRE1:036 layered with an
external MIDI module set to a string-pad sound.
There are a several ways to accomplish this. We
will use the Master 001 that we just stored to
connect to the complex setup (all with the same
MASTER setup). This example will give some idea
of the flexibility of the MASTER mode when used
as a Zone Controller.
• From the main MASTER screen, press [F2]
Memory, we are already associated with the
VOICE mode Memory location “PRE1: 001 Full
Grand”. We will activate the ZONE parameters
to recall both the internal electric piano sound
and the external string sound.
• On the right side of the MEMORY screen
activate ZoneSwitch = ON.
• Now we will assign the Zones to select the
sounds. This will entail going to MASTER/
EDIT. Press EDIT/ Touch Track [1]-[4] for
Zone parameters.
Like other Motif ES modes there are two levels of
editing here: the COMMON level and the individual
Zone level. The [COMMON] button selects the
upper level that affects all Zones ([F1] Name/
[F2] Other). The Track Select buttons [1]-[4] will
select editing of the individual Zones 1-4.
• Activate Zone 1. Press [F1] Trans (transmit).
Set the transmit channel to communicate with
the internal Motif ES Tone Generator, Channel
1.
• TG SWITCH = ON
• MIDI SWITCH = OFF
• Press [F2] NOTE and make any Octave,
Transpose or key limits, if you need them.
• Press [F3] TX SW (Transmit Switch). Activate
both Bank(TG) = ON and PC(TG) = ON for
ZONE 1. This will enable us to send a Bank
Select/Program Change to the internal Motif
ES tone generator when the MASTER is
recalled. Nothing is sent right now, the actual
value is sent when you recall the MASTER.
You will see the change when you STORE this
MASTER setup. (Also if you cursor-down you
will see switches for your various controllers
per Zone.) See screen shot below:
• Press [F4] PRESET. Here you can set the Bank
Select and Program Change values for the
Motif ES tone generator. Set this to: PRESET
1; Voice 036
• “Bank MSB” 063
• “Bank LSB” 000
• “Pgm Change” 036 (Vintage ’74)
• Set “Volume”, as required
• Set “Pan”, as required
NOTE: This MSB/LSB and PC will override the
associated Voice selected back on the [F2]
MEMORY screen.3When you Press MASTER 001
you will get this Rhodes sound rather than the Full
Grand. Now lets setup the external sound.
• Press [F1] Trans (transmit) and set
parameters for ZONE 2. Press Track Select
[2] or cursor right. Set the transmit channel
to communicate with your external module.
This can also be set to MIDI channel 1, as it
will not interfere with the internal setup.
(Select any channel, as necessary for your
external module).
• TG SWITCH = OFF (this is why it doesn’t
interfere with internal sounds, each Zone has
an independent destination in this case)
• MIDI SWITCH = ON
• Press [F2] NOTE and make any Octave,
Transpose or key range limits, if you need
them.
• Press [F3] TX SW (Transmit Switch). Activate
both Bank(MIDI) = ON / PC(MIDI) = ON
for ZONE 2. This will set up the Bank Select
and Program Change messages we will send.
3We will see later how this feature can be used to
further the flexibility of your MASTER setup.
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Make sure your external module is set to
receive these messages.
• Press [F4] PRESET. Here you can set the Bank
Select and Program Change values for your
external module. Refer to the documentation
of your external device to find the MSB/LSB
and PC numbers. Check to see if your external
module will receive Volume and Pan
information in this manner. With some devices
you will have to store that information in the
external devices setup. You also need to
decide whether to use your external module in
its single or multi-timbral mode.
• [STORE] your MASTER setup. [ENTER]/
[YES]. As you execute the STORE function
the Bank Select/Program Change and
other data are sent out. It is the same as
recalling it.
When setting up the MASTER location, we
associated it with a VOICE on the MEMORY
screen, by pressing [F2] from the main MASTER
screen. Place the single Voice that you are going
to play on the left side of this screen. In our
example we associated the Voice “Full Grand” as
that single Voice. We used the MASTER Zone
MSB/LSB setup to point to the “Vintage ’74”
Rhodes sound at PRE1:036 internally, and the
String-pad sound externally. When this MASTER
setup is recalled, the Vintage ‘74/External layer
sound overrides the Full Grand. To play just the
“Full Grand” just press the [VOICE] mode button –
this will exit MASTER mode and recall the
associated Full Grand sound; to play the
internal/external layer press the MASTER button.
This works because when you recall the MASTER it
will send out the Bank Select and Program Change
information to both the internal Motif ES
controlled Zone, also to the external Zone, and
when you select [VOICE] mode you are not
transmitting out via MIDI (MIDI Transmit OUT
parameter, which effects Voice mode, is set to
OFF, remember?) so that the Full Grand Voice is
in waiting, so to speak. Cool! Now you might want
to rename the MASTER something other than “Full
Grand” since technically it is more than just that.
Naming it the name of the SONG you are playing
is probably the recommended thing so that you
know what is going on. NAME is a COMMON
parameter and will be found by pressing MASTER/
EDIT/ COMMON/ F1 NAME.
This tip will work anytime your principal sound, in
this case a Motif ES Voice, and your Zone
controlled sound is also a Motif ES Voice. It will
work if your associated sound is a Performance
and your Zone controlled sound is also a Motif ES
Performance. In other words, you cannot use this
trick to switch from an associated Voice to a
Zone-selected Performance (or vice versa) with
this power tip. This should not present a problem
since a Performance can be made that contain any
single Voice you need, if necessary. In fact, the
sounds that are active when a Motif ES
Performance is recalled are programmable. For
example, the Volume slider position is storable in
a Performance; therefore a Performance that
normally contains a Piano layered with strings
could be recalled with the Volume of the strings
stored at zero. You can fade them in or out, as
you need, with a CS (control slider).
Summary: A Master setup can be activated
(associated) with a single Motif ES Voice, or a
single Motif ES Performance. Basically, a MASTER
memorizes the Motif ES MODE and the selection
(Voice or Performance). If the Zone Switch is
active, a MASTER can additionally include all the
setup parameters for communication, internally to
the memorized mode, and externally to your
connected MIDI modules. Yes, you could attempt
to create a setting where you were simultaneously
attempting to communicate with the Motif ES TG
via 4 different channels while in association with a
Voice or Performance. Nothing in the parameter
page prevents you from setting this up…however
you would be deluding yourself. It ain’t gonna
happen! Although you can make these settings,
they will be illogical and ignored. By definition,
Rules 1 and 2, the Motif ES Voices and
Performances occupy a single MIDI channel and
only one can be active at a time. If you wish to
address four Motif ES Voices simultaneously, then
you need to create a Motif ES Performance.
(Again, by definition, this is what a Performance
is). If you want to address the Motif ES on four
separate MIDI channels via four discreet Zones
you would have to associate the MASTER with a
SONG or a PATTERN MIX and select a 4-ZONE
setup. Then you can address multiple PARTS of
the MIX, independently.
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ZONE Templates
The Motif ES gives you 3 templates for setting up
ZONE configurations. To use these templates from
MASTER mode, you would press [JOB]/ [F1] INIT.
Uncheck the box that says ALL and highlight the
box that says ZONE. Press [YES] to check it. You
can select a SPLIT (2 Zones will be activated with
a default split point at C3), 4-ZONE (all four will
be activated) and LAYER (2 Zones will be
activated across the MIDI key range). Select a
template, set MIDI channels (for Split or Layer)
and press [ENTER]/ [YES] to execute.
Initializing with the 4-Zone routine will create a
Note Limit arrangement dividing the keyboard into
4 discreet Zones. You can, however, divide it in
any manner that you need including overlapping
Zones.
KNOBS and SLIDERS
In MASTER/ EDIT/ COMMON/ F2 Other you can
set up how the Knobs and Sliders behave per
Master setup. You can select between PAN, TONE,
ASSIGN, PART EQ, MASTER EFFECTS, ARP FX and
ZONE. What this refers to is how the KNOB
CONTROL FUNCTION is set when the MASTER
setup is recalled. If you select PAN, for example,
the LED at the top of the Knob Control Function
will illuminate and you will have access to KN1 =
Pan, KN2 = Reverb Send, KN3 = Chorus Send,
KN4 = Tempo. If you select TONE then the four
knobs will be Cutoff, Resonance, Attack and
Release. If you select ASSIGN the knobs will be
Assign A, Assign B, Assign 1 and Assign 2
(recalling what they were programmed to do in
the original Voice or Performance that is
associated). If you select PART EQ the bottom LED
will illuminate and you will have access to the gain
control for the e-band PART EQ (KN 1, 2 and 4). If
MASTER EFFECT (MEF) is selected you will have
access to the pre-determined control functions. If
ARP FX is selected you will have control over the
Swing, Gate time, Velocity and Unit Multiply
parameters of the assigned Arpeggios. If your
MASTER is a “Zoned” setup you will probably want
to select ZONE (all LEDs go out).
This will make the settings you make per each
Zone, active. Use Track buttons [1]-[4] to view
individual Zone parameters. The default
assignment when you select ZONE is for PAN (10)
for the KNOBS and Volume (7) for the CONTROL
SLIDERS. KN1 is Pan for Zone 1, KN2 is Pan for
Zone 2, KN3 is Pan for Zone 3, and KN4 is Pan for
Zone 4. Each Slider 1-4 is the Volume for the
Zone 1-4. You can set the KNOBS per Zone to any
MIDI control change message between 1-95
(except 32), per MASTER setup. Likewise, the
Sliders can be programmed per MASTER setup,
per Zone to any control change number from 1-95
when “ZONE” is selected as the Control Function
option.
There is a difference between the normal VOLUME
assignment of the Control Sliders and when the
ZONE assignment is set to control VOLUME. Let’s
assume a VOICE MEMORY is associated with a
MASTER, if the “VOLUME” LED is illuminated, the
SLIDERS assignment will be controlling the
internal Voice’s Element Volumes – as they do in
Voice mode. If you select ZONE as the assignment
(all the LEDs will go OUT), then the Sliders will be
controlling the Volume of the entire Voice
assigned to that ZONE.
You can always see an overview of your MASTER
setup by pressing the INFORMATION button while
in Master Play mode.
• Press [Master]/ [F1] Play/ [INFORMATION].
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In the above screen shot of MASTER 008 it is
associated with a PATTERN, Pattern :001. There
are actually 3 ZONES active allowing you to play
three sounds at once on top of this Pattern. Check
it out:
Notice that TG Switch is active for the first 3
Zones – by using this MASTER setup to recall the
New R&B Pattern you can actually select 3
different PARTS and play them Live on top. As you
can see MIDI channel 1, 5 and 7 are active
internally. Letting you play strings (under
arpeggio control), Guitar and Pizzacato strings at
once. If you simply recall the Pattern (from
Pattern Mode) you could only play one PART at a
time. Master mode is giving the ability to address
three Parts via the Zone setup. These Parts are
NOTE LIMITED by the Master Zone setup:
Designing your own setups
How complex can these setups get? This is
unknown. If you have a need, you’ll figure it out,
necessity being the mother of invention. The thing
is; if you understand the fundamental rules, you
will know the difference between what is and what
is not possible. For example, if you play in a live
scenario, you may need to play more than one
keyboard at sometime during the madness of an
evening’s set. Can you recall a Master setup on
the Motif ES that sends setup data to your other
devices and play an internal/external combination
when you are playing on the Motif ES’s keybed
and play a different sound from the Motif ES when
you move to a second external keybed? Well, yes,
that is possible. If you have a Master Zone setup
that is associated with a MIX, you can certainly
play a 4-Zone setup with as many as four
internal/external sounds and still access the Motif
ES sound set, independently, via the MIDI IN
jack. Because the Motif ES is multi-timbral and
capable of receiving on multiple MIDI channels
when in a SONG or PATTERN MIX, you will be able
to control a PART or PARTS of that MIX via MIDI
IN. Imagine that your second keyboard when set
to transmit on MIDI channel #16 communicates
with PART 16 of the Motif ES’s MIX. At the same
time you can independently be transmitting via a
ZONE MASTER to 4 separate PARTS when you
play the Motif ES’s keyboard (let’s say on
channels 1-4). If you send Program Changes from
your external keyboard on any unused MIDI
channel (5-16) you can select and change the
sounds in the Motif ES’s MIX remotely. If that
external keyboard can send Bank Select and
Program Changes you can select VOICES from the
entire Motif ES palette. No one article can outline
all the possibilities. But if you understand MIDI
and you understand how the Motif ES behaves in
response to your MIDI settings you will be able to
design some pretty complex but thoroughly useful
setups. This article can only hope to get you
started.
Storage issues
Your MASTER setups will be saved as part of an
“ALL” data FILE type. Master setups will remain in
memory after power down but will be cleared if
you perform a Factory Reset. Backup all data by
saving an “ALL” file type to an optional
SmartMedia card or USB drive. The data that they
“point” to must be returned to its appropriate
place, i.e., Voice data, Performance data,
Song/Pattern. If you change or replace any of the
target data, then the MASTER setups will be
altered. The MASTER actually stores ‘pointers’ not
the actual data. So a MASTER setup may be there
but the song, pattern or sound it is referencing
my not. For example, if your MASTER setup
targets a USER bank Voice, if you do not have
that USER Voice in the proper location, the data
for the MASTER will be incorrect. It will simply
target the Voice in that location. If the MASTER is
associated with a SONG MEMORY location and the
song data is not loaded into that location, the
MASTER will point to the location but the data will
not be there. For this reason Master’s cannot be
loaded individually – they depend on all the
components being in the proper places, because
all a Master is, is a collection of pointers. To
restore your MASTER setups you would need to
restore ALL data.
Phil Clendeninn
Technology Products
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