Hi there,

I need the sysex string for my motif xs rack to change voices with my Sipario advanced Midicontroller.
I hope someone can help me out,
with kind regards,
Ron Weber
The Netherlands

Hi Ron,

You should be able to switch voices using standard MIDI Control Change messages; The Bank Select MSB (CC#0) and Bank Select LSB (CC#32) controls are used to select the desired voice bank. A single Program Change message is then used to select a voice within that bank. As an example, the following messages will select “Hard FM Keys” from the Preset 6 bank:

Bank Select MSB = 63
Bank Select LSB = 5
Program Change = 79

To find the correct MSB/LSB values for each Bank, please refer to the Bank Select table on p.62 of the Motif-Rack XS Data List. You’ll also find them in the Voice List section at the start of the document.

PS: Voices are listed as 1-128, while MIDI data is transmitted as 0-127, so remember to subtract 1 from the voice numbers found in the list.


System Exclusive is not required for voice selection. It is instead used to change parameters that are native to the instrument, such as switching between playing modes (Voice/Multi) or manipulating voice parameters remotely. You’ll find the available SysEx parameters in the MIDI Data Table section of the Data List (p.64-). The basic layout of a SysEx string is given in the Parameter Change section on page 60.

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- Henry - - 12 May 2024 07:37 AM

Hi Ron,

You should be able to switch voices using standard MIDI Control Change messages; The Bank Select MSB (CC#0) and Bank Select LSB (CC#32) controls are used to select the desired voice bank. A single Program Change message is then used to select a voice within that bank. As an example, the following messages will select “Hard FM Keys” from the Preset 6 bank:

Bank Select MSB = 63
Bank Select LSB = 5
Program Change = 79

To find the correct MSB/LSB values for each Bank, please refer to the Bank Select table on p.62 of the Motif-Rack XS Data List. You’ll also find them in the Voice List section at the start of the document.

PS: Voices are listed as 1-128, while MIDI data is transmitted as 0-127, so remember to subtract 1 from the voice numbers found in the list.

System Exclusive is not required for voice selection. It is instead used to change parameters that are native to the instrument, such as switching between playing modes (Voice/Multi) or manipulating voice parameters remotely. You’ll find the available SysEx parameters in the MIDI Data Table section of the Data List (p.64-). The basic layout of a SysEx string is given in the Parameter Change section on page 60.

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Hi Henry,

thanks for your quick reply. On my Sipario I need to register a sysex string so when I pres a button on my Sipario it will give a command to the Motif XS rack to alter the voice. Sorry that I haven’t been more specific in my earlier messgae.
I hope that this reply is a better example of what i need,
with kind regards,
Ron Weber

ronweb1 - 12 May 2024 08:07 AM

On my Sipario I need to register a sysex string so when I pres a button on my Sipario it will give a command to the Motif XS rack to alter the voice.

OK. For voice editing, the SysEx bytes are given on p.60 of the Data List (Parameter Change):

F0 - Exclusive status
43 - Yamaha ID
1n - Device Number
7F - Model ID
03 - Model ID
0a - Address High
0a - Address Mid
0a - Address Low
0d - Data
: : :
F7 - End of Exclusive

The available parameter addresses are listed from p.64.

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- Henry - - 12 May 2024 08:25 AM

ronweb1 - 12 May 2024 08:07 AM

On my Sipario I need to register a sysex string so when I pres a button on my Sipario it will give a command to the Motif XS rack to alter the voice.

OK. For voice editing, the SysEx bytes are given on p.60 of the Data List (Parameter Change):

F0 - Exclusive status
43 - Yamaha ID
1n - Device Number
7F - Model ID
03 - Model ID
0a - Address High
0a - Address Mid
0a - Address Low
0d - Data
: : :
F7 - End of Exclusive

The available parameter addresses are listed from p.64.

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Hi Henry,
thanks again. This is what I was searching for. I didn’t have the datalist, but now I do have it. I’ve downloaded it from the Yamaha site and saved it. You have been a great help....thanks again,
with kind regards,
Ron Weber