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:
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Press [UTILITY]
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Press [F4] CTL ASN
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Press [SF3] FT SW
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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.
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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).
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If you install the optional PLG150 Series plug in boards
you can address their Preset and User Voice banks, as
well.
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