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Connecting to External MIDI Equipment
MOTIF-RACK XS Owner’s Manual
21
Basic Structure
Voice
MultiUtility
Reference
The Controls &
Connectors
Setting Up
Listening to
the Sound
Connections
Using a Computer
Quick Guide
Appendix
With a standard MIDI cable (available separately), you can connect an external MIDI device, and control it from the MOTIF-RACK XS.
Likewise, you can use an external MIDI device (such as a keyboard or sequencer) to control the MOTIF-RACK XS sounds.
Below are several different MIDI connection examples; use the one most similar to your intended setup.
Use an external keyboard to remotely select and play Voices of the MOTIF-RACK XS. In this connection, set the MOTIF-RACK XS as
described below.
n When a USB cable is not connected to the MOTIF-RACK XS, the MIDI terminal will be automatically used for transmitting/receiving MIDI data, even if this parameter is
set to “USB.”
n If you want to forward the MIDI messages received via MIDI IN through MIDI OUT, set the MOTIF-RACK XS as described below in addition to the above settings.
[UTILITY]
→
select “MIDI” in Utility Select window, press [ENTER]
→
“MIDI Soft Thru (MIDI Soft Thru Switch)” = “on”
n For details about MIDI, refer to the section “About MIDI” on page 105.
Connecting to External MIDI Equipment
[UTILITY]
→
select “MIDI” in the Utility Select window, press [ENTER]
→
“MIDI In/Out” = “MIDI”
MIDI OUT terminal
MIDI IN terminal
MOTIF-RACK XS
External MIDI keyboard or synthesizer,
such as the MOTIF XS
MIDI Transmit Channel and Receive Channel
Make sure to match the MIDI Transmit Channel of the external MIDI
instrument or DAW software with the MIDI Receive Channel of the
MOTIF-RACK XS. For details on setting the MIDI Transmit Channel of
the external MIDI instrument or DAW software, refer to the owner’s
manual of your particular instrument/software. For details on setting
the MIDI Receive Channel of the MOTIF-RACK XS, check the
following points.
In the Voice mode (using the MOTIF-RACK XS as a single
timbre tone generator)
Check the MIDI Basic Receive Channel with the following operation.
[UTILITY]
→
select “Voice MIDI” in the Utility Select window, press
[ENTER]
→
“Receive Ch (Basic Receive Channel)” (page 102)
If necessary, change this parameter to the same number as the MIDI
Transmit Channel of the external MIDI instrument or the DAW
software.
In the Multi mode (using the MOTIF-RACK XS as a multi-
timbral tone generator)
Check the MIDI Receive Channel for each Part of the Multi with the
following operation.
[MULTI]
→
[EDIT]
→
select desired part (1 – 16) in Edit Select display,
press [ENTER]
→
select “Voice” in Part Edit Select display, press
[ENTER]
→
“Receive Ch (Receive Channel)” (page 94)
Change the settings of the desired Parts to match the MIDI Transmit
Channel settings on the external MIDI instrument or the DAW
software. Please note that all Parts whose MIDI Receive Channels
match the MIDI Transmit Channel of the external MIDI instrument or
the DAW software are sounded by your keyboard performance.
n
For details about the functions of the internal tone generator, see page
50.
Synchronizing with an external sequencer (Master and
Slave)
When using multiple MIDI instruments or DAW software, the tempo
settings of the MIDI instruments or DAW software must be
synchronized by clock signal. The device set to internal clock serves
as a reference for all connected devices, and is referred to as the
“master” instrument. The connected devices set to external clock are
referred to as “slaves.”
When using playback data of an external sequencer to trigger the
Arpeggio function on the MOTIF-RACK XS, make sure to set the MIDI
synchronization parameter in Utility so that the external clock is used
(as shown below).
[UTILITY]
→
select “MIDI” in Utility Select window, press [ENTER]
→
“MIDI Sync” = “external”/ “auto” (page 99)
In addition, make sure that the external sequencer is set to “master”
or internal sync, and set it so that the MIDI clock data is transmitted to
Port 1 of the MOTIF-RACK XS (page 43).
n
Certain sequencers may not send clock signals to an external device
while playback is stopped. When “MIDI Sync” is set to “MIDI,” the
Arpeggio function is available only while the MOTIF-RACK XS receives
clock signals from the master instrument.