Open Existing File


When the Open ... option from the File menu or the button on the Toolbar is selected, the following dialog will appear, allowing a file to be selected.

motif.factory checks to ensure that the selected file is a valid Motif format file, and an error dialog will appear if the file is not valid.

The following file types can be loaded:

If a file selected for opening is already open, motif.factory will ask if you want to replace the file that is in memory.

Loading Sample Files

motif.factory will also try and load a corresponding Sample (W8x) file if one is present in the same directory as the file you are loading.

If, for example, if you load a W7A file and there is a corresponding W8A file, then the data from both files is loaded and combined. They are split into seperate files when the data is saved. What this means is that if you copy waves to a new file, then the sample data for the waves(if present and loaded) is also copied.

This facility can be controlled by the setting of the Sample Load Options drop down in the Misc Preferences tab in the Preferences Dialog.

If this option is set to Confirm, then the following dialog is displayed:



If the Sample Load Options setting is set to Yes, then the samples are automatically loaded, and if the Sample Load Options is set to No, then the samples are not loaded.

If you select No, then the samples are not loaded into motif.factory.

If motif.factory is loading a sample file and the corresponding sample file does not exist, then the following error message is displayed:


Importing S90 ES Voice Editor Files

If you open an S90 Voice Editor File (S7E), then a W7E file containing the S90 ES voices is created. Please note that the S90 ES voices have some additional parameters over and above Motif ES voices, which are ignored