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Tone Generator Block

MOTIF-RACK XS Owner’s Manual

Basic Structure

Reference

Voice

Multi Utility

The Controls &

Connectors

Setting Up

Listening to

the Sound

Connections

Using a Computer

Quick Guide

Appendix

Amplitude

This unit controls the output level (amplitude) of the sound

output from the Filter block. The signals are then sent at this

level to the Effect block. Also, by setting the AEG (Amplitude

Envelope Generator), you can control how the volume changes

over time. Amplitude related parameters (pages 78, 81, 85 and

86) can be set on the MOTIF-RACK XS Editor.

LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)

As its name suggests, the LFO produces a wave of a low

frequency. These waves can be used to vary the pitch, ﬁlter or

amplitude of each Element to create effects such as vibrato,

wah and tremolo. LFO can be set independently for each

Element; it can also be set globally for all Elements.

Among the LFO related parameters, the Common Edit

parameters can be set in the Common LFO display (page 69)

and the Element Edit parameters (page 81) can be set on the

MOTIF-RACK XS Editor.

Normal Voice

• Preset Banks 1 – 8: 1024 Normal Voices (128 Voices for each

Bank)

• GM Bank: 128 Voices

• User Banks 1 – 3: 384 Normal Voices (128 Voices for each

Bank)

(selected from Preset Voices by default)

Drum Voice

• Preset Drum Bank: 64 Voices

• GM Drum Bank: 1 Voice

• User Drum Bank: 32 Voices

(selected from Preset Voices by default)

Tone Generator block in the

Multi mode

In this mode, multiple Parts are provided and different Voices

and different melodies or phrases can be played back for each

Part. This status is referred to as a “multi timbral” tone generator.

Because this mode lets you set the MIDI channel for each part

of the tone generator block, you can use an external MIDI

sequencer to play the sounds. The sequence data of each track

on the external MIDI sequencer plays the corresponding Parts

(those having the same MIDI channel assignment) in the tone

generator block.

To play the tone generator in the Multi mode, set the MIDI Port to

1 on the external MIDI sequencer or computer then set a MIDI

Receive channel (page 94) for each of 16 Parts in the Voice

display of the Multi Part Edit, according to the MIDI transmit

channel for each track of the external MIDI sequencer or

computer.

A program in which multiple Voices are assigned to Parts for

multi-timbral play is referred to as a “Multi” on the MOTIF-RACK

XS or “Mixing” on certain Yamaha synthesizers. Each Multi

program can contain up to 16 parts and can be created by

editing parameters unique to each Part and parameters

common to all the Parts in the Multi mode.

128 Multi programs are programmed in the User Bank.

Memory structure of Voice

Part structure in the Multi mode

Multi

Memory structure of Multi

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 tone generator

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.

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