Yamaha Motif 8 Owners Manual

							121MOTIF  ReferenceFunction Tree
Reference  Voice mode
  
Reference
This section is devoted to explaining the function of every setting of every parameter in every display of the MOTIF. If you 
have questions like “I wonder what this button does...” or “How does this parameter work?” — this is the section you should 
refer to.The Reference section is divided according to the various modes of the MOTIF. As you use this section, please keep in 
mind the following points:
●The section for each main mode (Voice, Performance, Song, Pattern, Sampling, Utility, File, and Master) begins 
with a Function Tree chart. Each chart shows the various menus and parameter groups for the mode — exactly as 
they are organized and appear in the display. Using these and the simplified chart of the modes on page 30, you 
can easily understand the relationship of the various functions and parameters as they apply to the entire 
operation of the MOTIF.
●At the beginning of the section of each mode, you’ll find “Basic Procedure” instructions. These briefly show you 
the necessary operation steps for the relevant mode, and are applicable to all of the functions and parameters in 
that mode. In other words, once you’ve mastered the Basic Procedure of the mode, you’ll be able to quickly and 
easily work your way through any and all of the operations in the mode.
Voice Mode
Basic Structure (page 42)
Function Tree
This section is devoted to the Voice mode. To see how the Voice mode relates to the entire structure of the MOTIF 
and its other modes and functions, see the simplified chart in “Basic Structure” on page 30. 
The following detailed chart shows all of the display menus and parameter groups of the Voice modes — giving you a 
quick, easy-to-understand overview of the voice-related functions of the MOTIF.Brackets around a word or phrase 
(e.g., [F1]) indicate specific button names or panel operations.
[INFORMATION]  VOICE INFORMATION
[VOICE]  VOICE PLAY
[F1]  VOICE PLAY
[F2]  PLUG-IN BANK
[F4]  VOICE PORTA
[F5]  VOICE EG
[F6]  VOICE ARPEGGIO
[CATEGORY]  VOICE CATEGORY SEARCH
[FAVORITE] 
[EDIT]  VOICE EDIT (NORMAL)
[COMMON]  NORMAL COMMON
[F1]  NORMAL COMMON GENERAL
[SF1]  NAME
[SF2]  PLAYMODE
[SF3]  MEQ OFFSET
[SF4]  PORTA
[SF5]  OTHER
[F2]  NORMAL COMMON OUTPUT
OUTPUT
[F3]  NORMAL COMMON ARPEGGIO
[SF1]  TYPE
[SF2]  LIMIT
[SF3]  PLAY FX
[SF5]  CLEAR USER ARPEGGIO 
[F4]  NORMAL COMMON CONTROLLER SET
[SF1]  SET1/2
[SF2]  SET3/4
[SF3]  SET5/6
[F5]  NORMAL COMMON LFO
[SF1]  WAVE
[SF2]  DELAY
[SF3]  DESTINATION1
[SF4]  DESTINATION2
[SF5]  DESTINATION3
[VOICE]
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							122MOTIF  Reference
Function Tree  
Reference  Voice mode
[F6]  NORMAL COMMON EFFECT
[SF1]  EFFECT CONNECT
[SF2]  INSERTION1
[SF3]  INSERTION2
[SF4]  REVERB
[SF5]  CHORUS
[Element selection]  NORMAL ELEMENT 1-4
[F1]  NORMAL ELEMENT OSCILLATOR
[SF1]  WAVE
[SF2]  OUTPUT
[SF3]  LIMIT
[F2]  NORMAL ELEMENT PITCH
[SF1]  TUNE
[SF2]  VELOCITY SENS
[SF3]  PEG
[SF4]  KEY FOLLOW
[F3]  NORMAL ELEMENT FILETER
[SF1]  TYPE
[SF2]  VELOCITY SENS
[SF3]  FEG
[SF4]  KEY FOLLOW
[SF5]  SCALING
[F4]  NORMAL ELEMENT AMPLITUDE
[SF1]  LEVEL/PAN
[SF2]  VELOCITY SENS
[SF3]  AEG
[SF4]  KEY FOLLOW
[SF5]  SCALING
[F5]  NORMAL ELEMENT LFO
[F6]  NORMAL ELEMENT EQ
[EDIT]  VOICE EDIT (DRUM)
[COMMON]  DRUM COMMON
[F1]  DRUM COMMON GENERAL
[SF1]  NAME
[SF3]  MEQ OFFSET
[SF5]  OTHER
[F2]  DRUM COMMON OUTPUT
OUTPUT
[F3]  DRUM COMMON ARPEGGIO
[SF1]  TYPE
[SF2]  LIMIT
[SF3]  PLAY FX
[SF5]  CLEAR USER ARPEGGIO
[F4]  DRUM COMMON CONTROLLER SET
[SF1]  SET1/2
[SF2]  SET3/4
[SF3]  SET5/6
[F6]  DRUM COMMON EFFECT
[SF1]  EFFECT CONNECT
[SF2]  INSERTION1
[SF3]  INSERTION2
[SF4]  REVERB
[SF5]  CHORUS
[Key selection]  DRUM KEY C0-C6
[F1]  DRUM KEY OSCILLATOR
[SF1]  WAVE
[SF2]  OUTPUT
[SF5]  OTHER
[F2]  DRUM KEY PITCH
[SF1]  TUNE
[SF2]  VELOCITY SENS
[F3]  DRUM KEY FILTER
[SF1]  CUTOFF
[SF2]  VELOCITY SENS
[F4]  DRUM KEY AMPLITUDE
[SF1]  LEVEL/PAN
[SF2]  VELOCITY SENS
[SF3]  AEG
[F6]  DRUM KEY EQ
[VOICE]
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							123MOTIF  ReferenceFunction Tree
Reference  Voice mode
[EDIT]  VOICE EDIT (PLUG-IN)
[COMMON]  PLUG-IN COMMON
[F1]  PLUG-IN COMMON GENERAL
[SF1]  NAME
[SF2]  PLYMODE
[SF3]  MEQ OFFSET
[SF4]  PORTAMENTO
[SF5]  OTHER
[F2]  PLUG-IN COMMON OUTPUT
OUTPUT
[F3]  PLUG-IN COMMON ARPEGGIO
[SF1]  TYPE
[SF2]  LIMIT
[SF3]  PLAY FX
[SF5]  CLEAR USER ARPEGGIO
[F4]  PLUG-IN COMMON CONTROLLER SET
[SF1]  SET1/2
[SF2]  MW
[SF3]  AT
[SF4]  AC
[F6]  PLUG-IN COMMON EFFECT
[SF1]  EFFECT CONNECT
[SF2]  INSERTION1
[SF3]  INSERTION2
[SF4]  REVERB
[SF5]  CHORUS
[Element selection]  PLUG-IN ELEMENT
[F1]  PLUG-IN ELEMENT OSCILLATOR
[SF1]  WAVE
[SF5]  OTHER
[F2]  PLUG-IN ELEMENT PITCH
[F3]  PLUG-IN ELEMENT FILETER
[F4]  PLUG-IN ELEMENT NATIVE PARAMETER
[F5]  PLUG-IN ELEMENT LFO
[F6]  PLUG-IN ELEMENT EQ
[EDIT]  VOICE COMPARE
[JOB]  VOICE JOB
[F1]  INITIALIZE
[F2]  EDIT RECALL
[F3]  COPY
[F4]  BULK DUMP
[STORE]  VOICE STORE
[VOICE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. 153
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							124MOTIF  Reference
Voice Play mode  
Reference  Voice mode
Voice Play mode
Basic Structure (page 30) · Quick Start Guide (page 80)
In this mode, you can select and play individual Preset 
and User voices, as well as Plug-in voices (when 
installed).
nFor details about voice types and memory (bank) 
structure, see page 43. 
◆Basic Procedure
1 Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play 
mode. (The indicator lights.)
●Bank and Voice Program number
●Category and Voice name
2Select a voice.
3Set the Keyboard Octave or MIDI transmit 
channel.
4 Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the 
[F1] - [F6] buttons and edit the parameters in each 
display.
nWhen the Plug-in voice is selected (when the 
Single part Plug-in board is installed), you can 
press the [F2] button to call up the BANK display. 
5Store the settings edited in step #4 to the User 
Memory as required.
6 Press any other mode button to exit from the Voice 
Play mode.
•  For detailed instructions on steps #2 - #4, see the 
following explanations.
•For details on step #5, refer to “Voice Store 
mode” on page 159.
Voice Selection
The explanations here apply to step #2 of the Basic 
Procedure described above. 
There are four ways in which you can select a Voice. 
•  Using the BANK, GROUP, NUMBER buttons
•  Using the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons
•  Using the data dial
•  Using the Category Search function 
■ Using the BANK, GROUP, NUMBER 
buttons
1Press any of the BANK buttons to select a Bank. 
•  To select a Normal voice, press any of the 
[PRE1] - [USER] buttons. 
VOICEIndicates the Keyboard 
MIDI transmit channel. 
See page 127 for details. 
Indicates the functions 
assigned to the respective 
Control knobs.  See pages 
254 and 256 for details. Indicates Keyboard Octave 
setting set via the [OCTAVE] 
buttons. See page 127 for 
details. 
Indicates the current 
selected voice.
Number (selected via the 
NUMBER [1]-[16] buttons)
Group (selected via the 
GROUP [A]-[H] buttons)
Bank (selected via the BANK buttons)Voice Program number (corresponding to 
Groups A to H and Numbers 01 to 16)
Voice name Category
nThe explanations here apply when 
these four button indicators are off.
1
3  2PLG 2
AB
CD
E
FG
H
15CATEGORY
SEARCH
DRUM KITS
FAVORITES
PRE 1PRE 2
PRE  3
GMUSER PLG 1PLG  3
A. PIANOKEYBOARD
ORGANGUITAR /
PLUCKEDBASSSTRINGSBRASS
REED / PIPE
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/
CHOIRSYN COMP CHROMATIC
PERCUSSIONDRUM /
PERCUSSIONSE
MUSICAL FX COMBI
1
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7
8
91011
12
1314
16SECTION
TRACK
SELECT
MUTE
SOLO
BANK
GROUP
NUMBER
COMMON
ELEMENT / PERF. PART / ZONE
PRE 1PRE 2PRE  3GM
USER
A. PIANOKEYBOARD
ORGANGUITAR /
PLUCKEDBASS 
						

							125MOTIF  Reference
Voice Play mode
Reference  Voice mode
•  To select a Plug-in voice, press any of the 
[PLG1] - [PLG3] buttons. 
• To select a Drum voice, simultaneously hold the 
[DRUM KITS] button and press the [PRE1], 
[GM] or [USER] button.
The following display (or one similar) appears.
2Press any of the GROUP [A] - [H] buttons to select 
a Group. 
3Press any of the NUMBER [1] - [16] buttons to 
select a Voice. The MOTIF returns back to the 
Voice Play display. ●Voice program numbers and the corresponding 
Group/Numbers
PLG 2PLG 1
PLG  3
STRINGSBRASS
REED / PIPE
PRE 1PRE 2
PRE  3GMUSER
A. PIANOKEYBOARD
ORGANGUITAR /
PLUCKEDBASS
DRUM KITS
FAVORITESCOMMON
Voice Program 
NumberGroupNumberVoice Program 
NumberGroupNumber
001 A 1 065 E 1
002 A 2 066 E 2
003 A 3 067 E 3
004 A 4 068 E 4
005 A 5 069 E 5
006 A 6 070 E 6
007 A 7 071 E 7
008 A 8 072 E 8
009 A 9 073 E 9
010 A 10 074 E 10
011 A 11 075 E 11
012 A 12 076 E 12
013 A 13 077 E 13
014 A 14 078 E 14
015 A 15 079 E 15
016 A 16 080 E 16
017 B 1 081 F 1
018 B 2 082 F 2
019 B 3 083 F 3
020 B 4 084 F 4
021 B 5 085 F 5
022 B 6 086 F 6
023 B 7 087 F 7
024 B 8 088 F 8
025 B 9 089 F 9
026 B 10 090 F 10
027 B 11 091 F 11
028 B 12 092 F 12
029 B 13 093 F 13
030 B 14 094 F 14
031 B 15 095 F 15
032 B 16 096 F 16
033 C 1 097 G 1
034 C 2 098 G 2
035 C 3 099 G 3
036 C 4 100 G 4
037 C 5 101 G 5
038 C 6 102 G 6
039 C 7 103 G 7
040 C 8 104 G 8
041 C 9 105 G 9
042 C 10 106 G 10
043 C 11 107 G 11
044 C 12 108 G 12
045 C 13 109 G 13
046 C 14 110 G 14
047 C 15 111 G 15
048 C 16 112 G 16
049 D 1 113 H 1
050 D 2 114 H 2
051 D 3 115 H 3
052 D 4 116 H 4
053 D 5 117 H 5
054 D 6 118 H 6
055 D 7 119 H 7
056 D 8 120 H 8
057 D 9 121 H 9
058 D 10 122 H 10
059 D 11 123 H 11
060 D 12 124 H 12
061 D 13 125 H 13
062 D 14 126 H 14
063 D 15 127 H 15
064 D 16 128 H 16 
						

							126MOTIF  Reference
Voice Play mode  
Reference  Voice mode
■Using the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] 
buttons
Pressing the [INC/YES] button increases the number by 1. 
Pressing the [DEC/NO] button decreases the number by 1. 
Use the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons to step up 
or down through the available voices. Naturally, this 
also lets you switch to the next available Group, up or 
down. For example, if the currently selected voice is 
A16, pressing the [INC/YES] button selects Voice B01. 
Hold either button down to continuously scroll 
through the voices.
■Using the data dial
Rotating the data dial to the right (clockwise) increases 
voice number, while rotating it to the left (counter-
clock wise) decreases it. This control works in the 
same way as the [INC/YES] and [DEC/NO] buttons, 
but lets you scroll through the voices more quickly.
This convenient feature lets you select voices according 
to their instrument type or application. The voices are 
divided into sixteen different categories, and these 
category keywords often give you a clear idea of the 
characteristics of a voice that might not be apparent 
from its name.
■Using the Category Search function
Category Search lets you quickly locate the type of 
voice you need, regardless of its bank location. For 
example, by specifying the A. PIANO category, you can 
instantly call up a list of all the available piano-type 
voices contained in the MOTIF, and select the desired 
piano voice from the list.
The MOTIF also features a “Favorites” category, to 
which you can assign your favorite voices. This is 
convenient especially in live performance situations, 
giving you quick access to often-used voices — no 
matter what their particular category or bank.
1Press the [CATEGORY SEARCH] button so that 
its indicator lights. The following Voice category 
display appears. 
2Press any of the [PLG1] - [PLG3] and the [A] - [H] 
buttons to select a Category. The first voice in the 
selected category is called up by this operation. 
nThe voice categories are printed below the [PLG1] - 
[PLG3] and [A] - [H] buttons. 
nSub categories are listed at the bottom of the Voice 
category display. Pressing the [F1] - [F6] buttons 
call up the first voice in the selected sub category. 
3Press the Cursor [F] button to move the cursor 
to the voice. 
4Select a voice by using the data dial. 
DEC/NO INC/ YES
Decreases number Increases numbernThe explanations here apply when 
these four button indicators are off.
1
2
PLG 2
AB
CD
E
FG
H
15CATEGORY
SEARCH
DRUM KITS
FAVORITES
PRE 1PRE 2
PRE  3
GMUSER PLG 1PLG  3
A. PIANOKEYBOARD
ORGANGUITAR /
PLUCKEDBASSSTRINGSBRASS
REED / PIPE
SYN LEAD SYN PAD/
CHOIRSYN COMP CHROMATIC
PERCUSSIONDRUM /
PERCUSSIONSE
MUSICAL FX COMBI
1
234
56
7
8
91011
12
1314
16SECTION
TRACK
SELECT
MUTE
SOLO
BANK
GROUP
NUMBER
COMMON
ELEMENT / PERF. PART / ZONE
Category Voice
Sub category
Category Voice
Sub category 
						

							127MOTIF  Reference
Voice Play mode
Reference  Voice mode
●Favorite Category
1~4 Use the same operation as in “Using the 
Category Search function” above.
5Select your favorite voice and press the [F5] button 
to assign it to the Favorite Category. 
nTo remove the selected voice from the Favorite 
Category, simply press the [F5] button again.
6Set other voices to the Favorite Category as 
required. 
7Press the [FAVORITE] button to see the voices set 
to the Favorite Category in steps #5 - 6. 
Keyboard Octave and Keyboard 
MIDI transmit channel settings
The explanations here apply to step #3 of the Basic 
Procedure on page 124.
The two parameters set here affect all selected voices. 
However, these parameters cannot be stored to the 
voice by using the Voice Store mode (page 159).
■Keyboard octave setting
The [OCTAVE] buttons allow the keyboard to be 
transposed up or down by one octave. Pressing the [UP] and the [DOWN] buttons together at the same 
time will return the setting to the initial value (0).  
nThe MOTIF 8 has no [OCTAVE] buttons.
■Keyboard MIDI transmit channel setting
Press the [TRACK SELECT] button so that its indicator 
lights, and press any of the NUMBER [1] - [16] buttons 
to change the Keyboard MIDI transmit channel. 
nYou can set this parameter also in the Utility mode 
(page 258). This parameter cannot be stored in the Voice 
Store mode. 
Voice editing in the Voice Play mode
The explanations here apply to step #4 of the Basic 
Procedure on page 124. 
The Voice Play mode lets you perform a variety of 
general editing operations on the selected voice. For 
more detailed and comprehensive editing operations, 
use the Voice Edit mode.
nWhen a Plug-in voice is selected, some parameters 
cannot be edited. 
nThe parameters that have the same name in the Voice 
Play mode and in the Voice Edit mode have the same 
functions and settings. 
◆The [ ] Indicator
If you alter any parameters in the Voice Play mode, the 
[] indicator will appear in the top left of the display. 
This indicates that the current voice has been modified 
but not yet stored. 
 
If you select another voice during editing, the [ ] 
indicator will disappear and all your edits will be lost. 
It is a good idea to store the edited voice data from the 
Voice Store mode (page 159). Even if you lose the voice 
edited data, you can restore it by using the Edit Recall 
function (page 158). 
Category Voice
Sub category
DRUM KITS
FAVORITESCOMMON
Keyboard MIDI transmit channel
Keyboard octave setting
OCTAVE
DOWNUP
15
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8
91011
12
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SELECT
MUTE
SOLO
NUMBERELEMENT / PERF. PART / ZONE
Edit indicator 
						

							128MOTIF  Reference
Voice Play mode  
Reference  Voice mode
●[F2] Voice Play   Plug-in Bank
From this display you can select the particular bank 
on the Plug-in board, and determine whether you 
will be using a Plug-in voice or a “Board” voice. 
Simply put, the difference between the two types of 
voices is this:
•  Board voices are unprocessed, unaltered voices 
of the Plug-in board — the “raw material” for 
Plug-in voices.
•Plug-in voices are edited Board voices — voices 
that have been specially programmed and 
processed for optimum use with the MOTIF.
For more details, see page 153.
❏ Settings When a Plug-in voice using the Plug-in 
board installed to slot 1 is selected: 
PLG1USR (User Plug-in voice), PLGPRE1 
(Preset Plug-in voice), 032/000 ... (Indicates 
the Bank Select MSB/LSB of the Board 
voice. These values differ depending on the 
installed Plug-in board)
nThis display is available only when the Plug-in 
board is installed to the MOTIF and the Plug-in 
voice is selected. 
●[F4] Voice Play   Portamento
From this display you can select monophonic or 
polyphonic playback and set the Portamento 
parameters.
Portamento is used to create a smooth transition in 
pitch from the first note played on the keyboard to 
the next. 
•Mono/Poly 
Determines whether the Voice is played back 
monophonically (single notes only) or polyphonically 
(multiple simultaneous notes).
❏ Settings Mono, Poly
• PortaSw 
Determines whether Portamento is on or off.
❏Settings off, on
• PortaTime 
Determines the pitch transition time. Higher values result 
in longer transition times. 
❏Settings 0 ~127
•PortaMode 
Determines the Portamento mode. The behavior of the 
Portamento varies depending on whether Mono/Poly is set 
to “mono” or “poly.”
❏Settings fingered, fulltime
When Mono/Poly is set to “mono”:
With the “fingered” setting, Portamento is only applied 
when you play legato (playing the next note before 
releasing the previous one). With the “fulltime” 
setting, Portamento is always applied.
When Mono/Poly is set to “poly”:
This is the same as for “mono,” except that Portamento 
is applied to multiple notes. 
●[F5] Voice Play   EG (Envelope Generator)
Basic Structure (page 46)
This display contains the basic EG settings, both 
volume and filter, for the voice, as well as the filter’s 
cutoff frequency and resonance settings. The 
settings made here are applied as offsets to the AEG 
and FEG settings in the Voice Edit mode.
The full names of the available parameters are 
shown in the chart below, as they appear in the 
display.
❏Settings -64 ~ 0 ~ +63 (except --- above)
●[F6] Voice Play   Arpeggio
Basic Structure (page 55)
This display contains the basic settings for Arpeggio 
playback, including Type and Tempo.
•Bank 
Determines the Bank.
❏Settings pre1, pre2, user
•Type 
Determines the Arpeggio type. The two-letter prefix before 
the name indicates the general Arpeggio category.
ATKDCY SUS REL DEPTH CUTOFF RESO
AEG
Attack 
timeDecay 
timeSustain 
level
Releas
e Time--- --- ---
FEG --- DepthCutoff 
frequency
Resonance 
						

							129MOTIF  Reference
Voice Edit mode
Reference  Voice mode
•Tempo 
Determines the Arpeggio Tempo. When MIDI sync 
(page 258) is turned on, “MIDI” is displayed here and 
cannot be set. 
❏Settings 1 ~ 300
• Velocity Limit 
Determines the lowest and highest velocity in the 
Arpeggio’s velocity range. The Arpeggio plays when you 
play the note with the velocity in this range. 
❏Settings 1 ~ 127
nKeys played outside the set limit sound normally 
without any Arpeggio.
• Switch 
Determines whether Arpeggio is on or off. You can also 
turn Arpeggio on/off from the front panel with the 
[ARPEGGIO ON/OFF] button.
❏Settings off, on
• Hold 
Determines whether the Arpeggio playback is “held” or 
not. When this is set to “on,” the Arpeggio cycles 
automatically, even if you release your fingers from the 
keys, and it continues to cycle until the next key is pressed. 
❏Settings off, on
Voice Edit mode
In this mode, Normal Voices and Drum Voices can be 
created and edited. 
There are three kinds of Voices: Normal Voices, Drum 
Voices and Plug-in Voices (if a Plug-in board has been 
installed). The following section shows how to edit the 
different kinds of voices and explains the parameters 
available.
◆The [ ] Indicator
If you alter any parameters in Voice Edit Mode, the [ ] 
indicator will appear in the top left of the display. This 
indicates that the current voice has been modified but 
not yet stored.
nEven if you exit to the Voice Play mode, your edited 
settings for the current voice will be maintained — as 
long as you don’t select another voice.
nThe [ ] indicator is also displayed in the Voice Play 
mode. 
◆The Compare Function
This convenient function lets you switch between the 
edited voice and its original, unedited condition — 
allowing you to listen to the difference between the 
two and better hear how your edits affect the sound.
1In the Voice Edit mode, press the [COMPARE] 
button so that its indicator flashes.
The [ ] indicator is shown at the top of the 
display (in place of the [ ] indicator), and the 
original, unedited voice is restored for monitoring.
2Press the [EDIT] button again to disable the 
“Compare” function and restore the settings for 
your edited Voice.
nWhile Compare is active, you cannot make edits to 
the voice.
Normal Voice Edit
◆Common edit and Element edit
A Voice can consist of up to four elements (page 42). 
Use Common Edit to edit the settings common to all 
four elements. There are two types of Voice Edit 
displays: those for Common Edit, and those for editing 
individual elements.
EDIT
COMPARE 
						

							130MOTIF  Reference
Voice Edit mode  
Reference  Voice mode
◆Basic Procedure
1Press the [VOICE] button to enter the Voice Play 
mode. (The indicator lights.)
2Select a Normal voice to be edited.
3Press the [EDIT] button to enter the Voice Edit 
mode. (The indicator lights.)
4Select an element to be edited. 
•To edit parameters common to all four elements, 
press the [DRUM KITS] button (which serves as 
a “COMMON” button here).
•To edit parameters of the individual elements, 
select the desired element with the 
corresponding NUMBER button ([1] - [4]).You can mute other elements (those you aren’t 
editing and don’t wish to hear) by using the 
NUMBER [9] - [12] buttons. Sounded elements 
are indicated by lit buttons; the indicator of the 
button corresponding to the sounded element 
lights.
5Select the menu you wish to edit by pressing the 
[F1] - [F6] and [SF1] - [SF5] buttons.
6Edit the parameters for the selected voice. 
7Store the settings edited in step #6 to the User 
Memory as required. 
8Press the [EXIT] button to exit from the Voice Edit 
mode. 
•For details on step #2
, refer to “Voice Play mode” 
on page 124.
•For detailed instructions on steps #5 - #6
, see the 
explanations below. 
•For details on step #7
, refer to “Voice Store 
mode” on page 159.
■Common edit
● [F1]-[SF1] Normal Common   General   Name
Basic operation (page 75)
From this display you can assign the category (sub 
and main) of the selected voice, and create a name 
for the voice. The voice name can contain up to 10 
characters. For detailed instructions on naming a 
voice, see “Basic Operation” on page 75.
● [F1]-[SF2] Normal Common   General   
Play mode
From this display you can make various settings for 
the tone generator of the MOTIF, and assign 
different Micro Tuning settings.
COMMONElement1
Element2
Element3
Element4
Indicates a display for editing Element 1.
Indicates a Common Edit display.
DRUM KITS
FAVORITESCOMMON
Element selection
Element mute 
setting
1
234
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12
ELEMENT / PERF. PART / ZONE