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MOTIF XS Owner’s Manual. SPECIAL MESSAGE SECTION. PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS: Yamaha electronic. May have either labels similar to the graphics shown below or molded/stamped facsimiles of these graphics on the enclosure. The explanation of these graphics appears on this page. Please observe all cautions indicated on this page and those indicated in the safety instruction section. Yamaha's long‑lived Motif range continues to go from strength to strength. Could the latest model be the best Motif yet? The Motif product line has evolved considerably since its introduction in 2001. The jump from the ES to the XS designation in 2007 saw major changes to the synthesis engine, the.

The new Motif XS range is top of the pile when it comes to Yamaha synth workstation technology, and thus will be going head-to-head with flagship contenders from other big-name manufacturers. Does the XS have what it takes?

The evolution of synthesizers could be compared to characters in a soap opera: like soap characters, they often undergo dramatic personality transplants and extreme plastic surgery (remember Fallon in Dynasty?). In true soap tradition, the original Motif workstation disappeared upstairs in 2001 as a spotty teenager, only to reappear three years later as the village hunk with perfect teeth and a winning personality — the Motif ES. Three years on, our hero has re-emerged once more as the Motif XS, having acquired a PhD, a Porsche and a touch of sparkly bling.The XS7 features a large 320 x 240-pixel colour LCD display.

The XS series comes in three varieties, the XS6, XS7 and XS8, having 61-note, 76-note and weighted 88-note keyboards respectively. Apart from the XS8, which offers mLAN connectivity as standard, all three models are otherwise identical in function and operation. This review primarily examines the essential differences between the XS and ES models, so those wishing to learn more about the general history of the Motif series may like to refer back to the following articles: Motif 6/7/8 (SOS September 2001) and Motif ES6/7/8 (SOS January 2004). The version on review here is the 76-note XS7.

Spot The Differences

Aside from the new pale duck-egg-blue livery, there are two immediately visible differences that distinguish the XS from the ES. Firstly, there's a new, large 320 x 240-pixel colour LCD display which, although not touch sensitive, is a very welcome improvement over the 240 x 60 monochrome displays of previous models. Secondly, the assignable knob and fader section has doubled in size, from four columns to eight, offering even more real-time control possibilities, and greater mixing and editing flexibility.

The XS-series instruments double the number of assignable real-time knobs and faders that were available on previous Motif models, for extended hands-on MIDI control.

Further physical changes comprise the inclusion of an S/PDIF digital output as standard, and a new Ethernet connection that allows the XS to be directly integrated with a computer network. Connectivity otherwise remains as plentiful as on the ES, with a stereo output plus two more assignable outputs, headphone output, MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB-to-host and USB-to-device connectors, stereo analogue inputs, two assignable footpedal jacks, sustain pedal jack and an assignable footswitch jack.

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A couple of things have gone missing, however: the XS has lost the input jack for a breath controller (what a shame!) and there is no Smart Media card slot. This latter exclusion is of little concern, as the USB-to-device connector allows the use of practically any type of inexpensive flash RAM device for data storage. Also excluded is any means of waveform/synthesis engine expansion using Yamaha's excellent range of PLG expansion boards, which offered virtual analogue, virtual acoustic and FM synthesis, amongst others.

Plentiful rear-panel connectivity includes the newly added S/PDIF digital out, MIDI In, Out and Thru, two footswitch and two foot controller sockets, main L&R outs and a pair of assignable outs. USB sockets are now augmented by an Ethernet port, to further facilitate integration of the XS-series into computer-based studios. Here you can also see the blanking panel over the slot for the mLAN board that is optional on the XS6 and XS7 but comes ready-fitted on the XS8.

The XS also benefits from some invisible yet important differences, namely a brand-new tone generator (the SWP51) that has more DSP power, a more powerful compression algorithm and faster envelopes. The new core CPU processor is faster, running a completely rewritten core operating system, apparently a Linux variant. Much of the wave ROM is also newly developed.

General Architecture

The XS has four modes of operation: Master, Performance, Voice and Sequencer. Master mode is essentially a collection of 128 user-definable programs, rather like a 'Favourites' compilation. Each program can be either a single Voice, a Performance, a Master keyboard setup or even a Sequencer Song or Pattern, making it easy to assemble the necessary content for a live gig. Performances themselves comprise up to four Parts that can be key-split, velocity-split or layered, all responding to the keyboard on one MIDI channel. Each Part can optionally be assigned its own Arpeggio (four different Arpeggios can be running together) and associated Voice insert effects.

Multitimbral setups are contained as part of a Sequencer Song and can be stored as 'Mixer' setups. A total of 32 Mixer setups can be stored for recall and use with Songs and Patterns, and additionally each Song's unique Mixer setup is stored along with the Song. If you want to use the XS as a multitimbral sound source for an external sequencer, the XS must therefore be in Sequencer mode.

As with the ES models, sampling can be integrated directly into Sequencer tracks, which we will examine in due course.

Expanded Articulation

The AWM2 synth engine, while essentially working on the same principle as earlier models, has been given a significant makeover: each Motif XS Voice now comprises up to eight tonal elements instead of the traditional four on previous Motifs. That in itself would be a significant enhancement, but if that potential for complexity and detail of sound wasn't enough, Yamaha have implemented what they call XA, or Expanded Articulation. XA aims to add a greater sense of realism, by allowing the player real-time access to alternative instrument articulations, using methods not unlike those found in software samplers. Typical examples would be the fret slides and harmonics of a guitar, the 'overblown' sound of a wind instrument or the alternating up-and-down bowing movements of a stringed instrument. The means for producing these multiple-articulation Voices is provided by eight different element-triggering 'conditions':

1. Normal: Element plays under all conditions.

2. Legato: Element plays when set to mono mode and played legato.

3. Key Off: Element sounds when key is released.

4.Wave Cycle: Two or more elements set to this mode alternate in rotational sequence.

5. Wave Random: Two or more elements set to this mode alternate randomly.

6. All AF Off: Element sounds only when both Assignable Function (AF) panel buttons are off.

7. AF1 on: Element sounds only when AF1 button is held down.

8. AF2 on: Element sounds only when AF2 button is held down.

The two AF buttons' behaviour can also be specified as either momentary or latching. Not only are the AF buttons particularly handy for accessing different articulations — for example, pizzicato instead of arco strings, or guitar harmonics as opposed to normally fretted notes — but they can also be assigned to make temporary changes to many other Voice parameters, or even used to temporarily apply an insert effect to specified elements. Of course, you needn't be restricted to the pursuit of realism; you could just as easily use XA to create outlandish concoctions whereby a number of elements cycle through completely unrelated waveforms, for example. Unfortunately, neither of the AF buttons can be designated as a control destination for the assignable footswitch jack, which would have enabled two-handed playing at the same time as you applied an AF button's allotted functions.

A Sequencer Of Note

The XS sequencer's note capacity is 130,000 notes, which is 96,000 fewer than the ES. This should still be more than enough for most songs, although the extra headroom would have been welcome. Songs are now storable to the XS' internal flash RAM, obviating the need to save them externally before powering down. New features of note (sorry!) include the ability to record your playing of any of the XS' four-part 'arpeggiator-and-drum-driven' Performances, live, to a Pattern or Song as a multi-part sequence — very useful for quick song construction, given that those Performances can be very inspirational. The Loop Remix facility from the ES, which jumbles up your recorded Pattern data to produce interesting variations, has also been improved, so that you can now choose the frequency at which the variations occur across an 8-bar range. Don't forget that it works with sample data too — just pop a 'sliced' drum loop into a Pattern and marvel as the XS comes up with countless new variations on the rhythm.

Four Quick Setup options are provided that configure the sequencer according to how you intend to use it. These preset configurations ensure that Local on/off, MIDI sync, arpeggio and track switches are set appropriately for either recording to the internal sequencer; recording the internal sequencer data to an external computer sequencer; recording your keyboard performance to a computer, using the XS as a multitimbral tone generator; or recording arpeggio data to an external computer.

Spec Check: Motif ES vs Motif XS7

In Full Effect

The number of global and insert effects listed on the XS has been reduced from that of the ES by over a half. That may sound like bad news, but actually it's not! Yamaha have sensibly consolidated some of the parameter variations of the same effect (listed on the ES as different 'types') into a smaller number of effect types. All the original effects are still there, as well as some new additions to the fold. A new Damper Resonance effect joins the Insert effect list, designed primarily for use with piano sounds. This is activated whenever the sustain pedal is pressed, adding a surprisingly convincing soundboard aura to the proceedings. The amount of this resonance is freely adjustable from nil to 100 percent within the effect's parameters. Also new is a 10-band Vocoder that includes formant-shift parameters capable of producing a wide variety of 'vocaloid' textures. This can be applied to a single Voice when in Voice mode, and can also be used in a Performance or Sequencer Mixer setup, albeit on Part 1 only.

Elsewhere, Yamaha take advantage of the XS' large LCD to provide some rather fetching stomp box-style graphical interfaces for a number of new Vintage Circuitry Modelled effects, while the REVX Reverb graphics bear more than a passing resemblance to the classic Lexicon 480 LARC remote! Although it's not, strictly speaking, an effect, the XS now supports half-damping, allowing for more realism and expression when you're using the sustain pedal for piano sounds. An optional FC3 foot controller is needed for this to work, and it connects to the sustain-pedal jack in place of the usual type of pedal. The FC3 is able to transmit continuous values of controller data for CC64, as opposed to values of just zero or 127. The XS (when half-damping is switched on) then varies the amount of 'sustain muting' according to the position of the pedal.

Sample This

To use the XS' sampling facilities, you will need to purchase and install DIMM memory modules. Curiously, the XS has none as shipped, which strikes me as rather mean, given the present low price of memory. A basic 128Mb would be sufficient to whet the appetite — but as it is, new purchasers are denied instant gratification in that department! DIMM modules must be installed in matched pairs up to a capacious 1GB maximum. Yamaha kindly supplied two 128Mb DIMMs for the review model, so I was not left in the lurch. Samples can not only be imported from a USB device, but also using the new Ethernet connection (more later). Sample formats quoted as being supported by the XS are WAV, AIFF, Yamaha A-series (although I could not test this) and the XS' own native format. The ES could import Akai data, so it's strange that the XS doesn't include support for any third-party material.

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Samples can, of course, be created from scratch using the XS' analogue stereo inputs, or digitally if you have the optional mLAN board installed. In common with the ES, you can either use your samples to create Voices that can be played from the keyboard (enter sampling mode from Voice or Performance mode) or you can sample into a sequencer track, by entering sampling mode from either Sequencer Song or Pattern mode — effectively using the XS rather like a hard disk recorder. Each sample made in this way is allotted a MIDI note number or keygroup, thus a number of samples which are part of the same 'parent' waveform (for example, several vocal clips) can all be triggered from the same track simply by giving them their own unique keygroup. The MIDI trigger notes allow you to 'slip' the samples around in time until they're spot on. The maximum sample RAM of 1GB equates to around 99 minutes of stereo recording at 44.1kHz, making the XS capable of some fairly audio-heavy productions! In practice, I found the input level to be rather low when sampling with a microphone, even with the XS input gain at maximum (yes, the input type was set to 'mic' not 'line'). This necessitated normalising the samples afterwards to make up the gain. To avoid this, I'd recommend connecting the mic via a suitable preamp or mixing desk, to provide the XS with sufficient level.The XS range's new large colour LCD is put to good use displaying informative and detailed editing screens.

Sample data is volatile and needs to be saved externally before powering down the XS. If samples are solely used as audio clips within sequencer tracks, simply save to a USB device or computer, using the 'Song all' option. This saves all the XS Song data along with the audio data, as a single file. If you have created instrument Voices that use sample data, but not recorded any audio clips in the Sequencer, these should be saved using the 'Voice all' option. If you're using samples both in audio clips and for instrument voices, you can save the lot into a single file by choosing 'All' as the saving option. The advantage of saving all is that this file can be set to auto-load when the XS powers up, so you're ready to pick up your project from where you last left off.

About The Arpeggiator

Remaining as versatile and fun as ever, the XS Arpeggiator nevertheless benefits from a number of enhancements. The preset arpeggios have now more than tripled in number, to 6633! Many of these now include 'chordal intelligence', which, love the idea or loathe it, further blurs the distinction between arpeggiator and 'arranger workstation' functionality. Mega Voices — the heart of Yamaha's Tyros instruments and also featured on the ES — have been further enhanced, thanks to the XS' new Voice architecture and its potential for eight velocity layers, providing even more detailed levels of sonic and performance realism when used with the specifically designed guitar and bass Mega Voice arpeggio patterns. The whole arpeggio package is inspiring, loads of fun and guaranteed to immerse anyone in a time-dilated world of total absorption!

Software Support & Interfacing

The XS series continues Yamaha's support of the Studio Connections concept, which integrates suitable DAW software (particularly Cubase 4) with compatible hardware devices, to provide a one-click 'total recall' environment. At the heart of this is the 'parent' application, Studio Manager, which acts as host for a range of software editing programs for compatible devices. Needless to say, the XS series has its own XS Editor program that facilitates detailed on-screen control and editing of the synth when it's connected via USB. The Studio Connections concept has been discussed in detail in previous Motif reviews, and further up-to-date information on compatible hardware and DAW applications can be found at www.studioconnections.org.

Yamaha's Motif XS editor software: The Voice library 'Voice selection' window that opens when you click on any Part's instrument names.

If your DAW software is not compatible with Studio Connections, Yamaha bundle Cubase AI (a cut-down version of Cubase 4) with the XS, so the full Studio Connections experience is a mere program installation away. The Studio Manager and XS Editor programs can alternatively be run as stand-alone applications, so anyone can use them, regardless of DAW platform — you would just have to manually start them up and manually save their settings, rather than having the one-click recall offered by Studio Connections. The Studio Manager and XS Editor programs, plus the latest Yamaha USB Driver and the AI driver for Cubase AI (needed for transferring audio/MIDI data to and from the XS and Cubase if you're using mLAN) can be downloaded free at www.yamahasynth.com/download/motif_xs.html.

This screen shows the amp-envelope page for a selected Voice element. Note that 'half-damping' is turned on for this element, and the envelope graph shows two release-time parameters. The optional FC3 pedal operates continuously between these values. (Ordinarily, when half-damping is off, there would only be one release-time parameter.) The large green circle around the pan parameter shows what happens when you click on any 'knob' graphic — it enlarges like this to make fine settings easier and more visible.

In the case of the original Motif, Yamaha's bundled File Utility software handled the transfer of data to and from a computer via SCSI. That facility was removed from the ES, making the archiving of samples, in particular, a lengthy affair that entailed swapping USB flash RAM cards between the two devices. This inconvenience has been resolved on the XS by a built-in File Mode, which neatly manages all archiving, saving and loading procedures, using a simple directory system from which you can access a host computer on the same network via the new Ethernet port, as well as any connected USB storage device. All forms of XS data, including sample data, can be saved to and loaded from the computer's hard drive in the same way as when using a Flash RAM device. If you wish to use the Ethernet connection, you'll also need the latest version of the DME-N Network Driver which can be found at www.yamahaproaudio.com.

Although mLAN is fitted as standard only on the XS8, the XS6 and XS7 can have it optionally retrofitted. This allows the XS to bi-directionally transmit up to 16 channels of audio and the full complement of MIDI channels to and from your DAW, in real time, along a single Firewire cable. In order to use the mLAN interface, you'll need to install the mLAN Tools software — a suite of driver and applications for transferring audio and MIDI data — available from www.yamahasynth.com/download/.

All the above-mentioned support software is both Mac OS X and Windows XP compatible, but only the AI driver specifically acknowledges compatibility with Windows Vista.

Conclusion

If the Motif range's progress could be measured on a nursery-school growth chart, it would have shot up from 3ft to a sturdily adult 6ft in the last six years. The AWM2 synth engine's Expanded Articulation has added new potential for musical expression to the instrument, bringing it that much closer to the level of sophistication found in software samplers. Complex audio productions can be realised, thanks to the 1GB maximum sampling capability, and can be saved complete with all their associated samples in one simple operation. When you add this to double the number of control knobs and faders of the ES, a whopping waveform ROM and 1024 preset Voices for inspiration, what's not to like?

That said, I can't help feeling Yamaha may have missed a trick by removing the PLG expansion board option. The manual describes the XS as 'perhaps the most versatile' and 'most powerful synthesizer and total music production instrument on the planet' with 'virtually all our synthesizer technology.. into one instrument' — a bold claim that could be challenged in the light of competition such as Korg's M3 and Oasys synths, which are capable of offering several different forms of synthesis. Perhaps the PLG boards are no longer compatible with the XS' new operating system — an inevitable and unfortunate consequence of technological progress, if true! Nevertheless, the XS has a tremendous amount to offer, and may well tempt existing ES owners to trade up. It should certainly attract many new fans.

Sound Survey

Appraising an instrument's sounds in a few words, particularly when the sounds are so many and varied, isn't easy. It's also a highly subjective opinion, and open to debate! I decided to rate the XS sounds using the classic SOS 'star rating' system from two to five stars (nothing on the XS deserves only one star.) So two respectable stars go to solo brass, sax, ensemble strings and other woodwinds. Three upstanding stars are awarded to ensemble brass, solo strings and tuned percussion. Looking well sexy with four stars are pianos, electric pianos, organs, orchestral flutes, oboes and drums. Finally, shining out with five stars are guitars of all kinds, basses, synth pads and textures and synth leads (which particularly benefit from the super-smooth mono legato mode).

Pros

• Waveform ROM twice the size of that of the ES series.
• Sample RAM capacity double that of ES, at 1GB.
• New Expanded Articulation Voice architecture.
• Extended real-time control surface.
• Large colour LCD display.

Cons

• PLG plug-in expansion boards no longer supported.
• No sample DIMM memory installed as shipped.
• Sequencer capacity less than ES series.

Summary

A new voice architecture, extended control surface, big sample RAM capacity and a large colour LCD are amongst the goodies that expand upon the well-established Motif series. Bundle that with a well-specified sequencer and a whopping wave ROM powering a huge selection of bright, fresh sounds, and you have a solid songwriting and production tool. The only thing that might mar the XS' premier-league workstation status for some is its inability to provide alternative forms of synthesis.

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Motif XS7 £2099; XS6 £1819; XS8 £2599; mLAN 16E2 board for XS6/7 £199; FC3 footpedal £39. Prices include VAT.

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The Yamaha Motif is a series of music workstationsynthesizers, first released by Yamaha Corporation in August 2001. The Motif replaced the EX series in Yamaha's line-up. Other workstations in the same class are the Korg Kronos and the Roland Fantom G.

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Products[edit]

MOTIF Classic[edit]

Original MOTIF series, now called 'MOTIF Classic', were released in four variants in 2001:

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The balanced hammer effect action is the same action found on Yamaha S90 series keyboards.

MOTIF Rack is a sound module (with no keyboard) that is controlled by external MIDI instruments. It can be expanded with two Modular Synthesis Plug-in boards^[1] but has no sampling capabilities.

MM[edit]

In January (2007), Yamaha introduced two 'retro' models; the MM6 (61 keys) and MM8 (88 keys), both based on the original 2001 Motif sound set and samples, with polyphony greatly reduced to fit the lower specifications. This synthesizer comes default with 418 patches and 22 drum kits.

GHS (Graded Hammer Standard) action is the same action on Yamaha's high end digital pianos.^[2]

MOTIF ES[edit]

MOTIF ES, a successor to original MOTIF series, debuted at Summer NAMM Show in 2003:

MO[edit]

In January 2006, Yamaha launched two entry-level variants of the MOTIF ES - the 61 key MO6 and 88 key MO8. Though containing half the polyphony and fewer preset sound programs, these models contain all the MOTIF ES sample sets, along with arpeggios and a song and pattern sequencer. Lacking are the professional MOTIF ES features such as mLAN connectivity, Yamaha PLG integration, sampling and multiple foot controllers.

MOTIF XS[edit]

The XS versions were announced at NAMM 2007:

MOTIF has a mLAN connection for transferring MIDI and sound to a PC.

The MOTIF XS operating system is based on MontaVista Linux.^[7][8][9]

MOX[edit]

In 2011, Yamaha introduced an entry-level variant of the MOTIF XS: the 61-key MOX6 and 88-key MOX8. Though containing half the polyphony and fewer insert effects of the XS, the MoX series contains all the MOTIF XS Wave ROM and voice presets, along with arpeggios and a song and pattern sequencer. The number of performances in the MoX is reduced to 256. The MoX does not support user sampling, nor does it support the mLAN/Firewire expansion. The MoX feature a built-in 4-out/2-in USB audio interface users can use to record audio directly from the keyboard or an outside source to a computer, as well as play and control VST instruments directly through the keyboard via USB.

MX[edit]

The current version of the entry-level Motif lineup, also based on the soundset of the Motif XS. It features the same voices as the XS, although with less WaveROM (166 MB vs. the XS's 355 MB), fewer performances (128), fewer arpeggios (999), and fewer editable parameters. The MX series also has no sequencer. It featured a similar USB audio/MIDI interface as the MoX series. The MX is playable in 16-part multi-timbral performance mode, configurable with the third-party Vycro editor. It is also the only keyboard in the Motif family available in a 49-key model^[11] (alongside the 61-key MX61).

A version with 88 GHS (Graded Hammer Standard) weighted keys, the MX88, was announced by Yamaha in April, 2017.

MOTIF XF[edit]

The XF versions were announced via www.MOTIFator.com on August 2, 2010:

While the preset voices in the MOTIF XF are the same as in the previous XS model, the XF includes an extra user bank containing 128 brand new voices. Also, eight new drum kits are also included in the user bank area. The biggest addition in the XF is the 512MB / 1024MB flash memory, which users can use to instantaneously import or load samples and sounds.In 2014, Yamaha announced the 40th anniversary white versions of the MOTIF XF called the MOTIF XF WH Series, which are available for all three models—as MOTIF XF6, MOTIF XF7 & MOTIF XF8.

MOXF[edit]

In 2013, Yamaha launched two 'lite' versions of the MOTIF XF - the 61-key MoXF6 and 88-key MoXF8. The MoXF series contains all the MOTIF XF WaveROM, polyphony and voice presets, along with arpeggios and a song and pattern sequencer. The MoXF does not support on-board user sampling, nor does it support the mLAN/Firewire expansion. It features one slot for a flash memory board (versus 2 on the flagship XF), allowing users to load additional sample libraries from third-party sources. The MoXF also features the same USB MIDI/audio interface seen on the MoX series.

Specifications[edit]

Comparison[edit]

MOTIF Classic[edit]

• AWM2 PCM tone generator
• 110,000 note MIDI sequencer @ 480 ppqn
• Sample engine (4MB built-in, expandable up to 64MB of user RAM)
• Compatibility with common sample formats such as Akai, WAV, and AIFF
• 84MB of read-only memory (ROM)
• 62-voice polyphony

MOTIF keyboards include three internal expansion slots (two on the rack-mount version). These slots allow the user to augment the instrument's soundset through the purchase of Yamaha PLG Expansion Boards. The MOTIF Classic featured 4MB of onboard sampling RAM, which could be increased to 64MB with the purchase of third party memory sticks. External connectors include a firewire 400 port for connecting an mLAN network card; a USB 1 port for connecting the instrument to a computer via a MIDI cable OR for external storage; and a SmartMedia port for storing sequence, voice, and sample data (which requires a third-party SmartMedia card).

MOTIF ES[edit]

• AWM2 Tone Generator (complying with the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System)
• 128 note polyphony
• 226,000 note MIDI sequencer @ 480 ppqn
• Audio Input ports: A/D, AIEB2, mLAN, Stereo IN
• Sounds: 175MB (when converted to 16-bit linear format), 1,859 waveforms

All MOTIF ES synthesizers feature a selection of sounds, and use a sample-based subtractive synthesis engine. The MOTIF ES6, ES7 and ES8 feature 16 track sequencers that can use MIDI and sample tracks, and 512MB of sample memory can be fitted for completely new sounds. Physical modeling, virtual analogue synthesis, FM synthesis plus additional sample sets can be installed with Yamaha's Modular Synthesis Plug-in System (PLG boards). Mogali rekulu serial full episodes.

The ES models featured several improvements over the original MOTIFs, including twice the polyphony with faster envelopes, a DSP effects engine (up to 8 tracks in sequencer mode can use independent dual insert effects), USB mass storage support, 8x sample RAM expansion (up to 512 MB via twin DIMM modules), improved acoustic piano sound, and twice the storage amount for user sounds.

Yamaha Motif Xs7 76 Key Workstation

The MOTIF ES range employs 'Megavoice' technology from the Yamaha Tyros2. These samples utilise 'velocity switching', designed to enable greater natural expression over the sounds, expressions such as fret noise, hammer-ons, slides and ghost notes.

MOTIF XS[edit]

• AWM2 Tone Generator
• 128 note polyphony
• 130,000 note MIDI sequencer @ 480 ppqn
• Connectors:
  • Output L/R standard phone jack
  • Assignable output standard phone jack
  • A/D input
  • Digital out (coaxial S/PDIF)
  • Phones
  • Foot controller 1,2
  • Footswitch x 2 (Assignable, Sustain)
  • MIDI In/Out/Thru
  • USB 2.0 to Host, to Device
  • AC In
  • Ethernet
  • mLAN (XS8 only, optional for XS6, 7)
• Sounds: 355MB (when converted to 16-bit linear format), 2,670 waveforms
• Weighted Keys

Some improvements over the previous ES series were:

• Assignable AF1/AF2 buttons (Often defaulted to control XA)
• Larger color display
• Eight faders (four more than the ES)
• Up to eight elements (waveforms) per voice
• Expanded Articulation (XA) (e.g. being able to trigger a voice element at note-off to change the voice character)
• Ethernet connectivity
• Larger waveform ROM (more than double compared to the MOTIF ES)
• Up to 4 simultaneous arpeggios (in performance mode)
• Shipped with Cubase AI
• Direct performance recording to pattern

The MOTIF XS is not compatible with the Yamaha PLG expansion cards.

MOTIF XF[edit]

• AWM2 Tone Generator
• 128 note polyphony
• 128MB internal SDRAM (sampling memory) standard
• 130,000 note MIDI sequencer @ 480 ppqn
• Connectors:
  • Output L/R standard phone jack
  • Assignable output standard phone jack
  • A/D input
  • Digital out (coaxial S/PDIF)
  • Phones
  • Foot controller 1,2
  • Footswitch x 2 (Assignable, Sustain)
  • MIDI In/Out/Thru
  • USB 2.0 to Host, to Device
  • AC In
  • Ethernet
  • FW16E (optional FireWire connectivity)
  • Optional 512MB and 1024MB FLASH cards for storage of sample data (2 GB combined max)
• Sounds: 741MB (when converted to 16-bit linear format), 3,977 waveforms
• Weighted Keys

An improvement over the MOTIF XS is the use of non-volatileflash memory for samples and sample libraries. Instead of DIMM memory modules, the XF uses proprietary flash cards. While more expensive than DIMM modules, the flash cards can permanently store sample data. The volatile DIMM modules in previous models could not store data when the unit powered off. Once initially loaded into the XF, the user doesn't have to reload sample data every time they power up the keyboard. The MOTIF XF is also the first in the MOTIF series since the MOTIF Classic to have standard internal SDRAM for sampling built into the keyboard.

As with the MOTIF XS, the MOTIF XF is not compatible with the PLG expansion cards.

Notable users of the keyboard include Stevie Wonder, Thomas Dolby, Gary Numan, Ron Mael, Billy Currie, Craig Burrows, Alan Parsons, John Foxx, George Duke and Mark Ronson.^{[citation needed]}

Timeline of series[edit]

See also[edit]

• Yamaha S90, Yamaha S90ES, Yamaha S90XS - (all use the Motif series engine)

References[edit]

1. ^'Yamaha Motif Rack'. Sound On Sound. June 2003. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015.
2. ^'YAMAHA MM8'. Retrieved 13 Mar 2011.
3. ^'Yamaha Motif ES'. Sound On Sound. January 2004. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015.
4. ^'Yamaha Motif Rack ES'. Sound On Sound. May 2005. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015.
5. ^'Yamaha Motif XS7'. Sound On Sound. October 2007. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015.
6. ^'Yamaha Motif Rack XS'. Sound On Sound. October 2008. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015.
7. ^http://charlie.keyfax.com/MOTIF_xs_whats_new_and_whats_the_same
8. ^http://www.yamahasynth.com/download/source/MOTIFxs/
9. ^http://www.mvista.com/download/fetchdoc.php?docid=28
10. ^'Yamaha MOX6'. Sound On Sound. January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015.
11. ^'Yamaha MX49'. Sound On Sound. October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
12. ^'Yamaha Motif XF6'. Future Music. No. 234. Future Publishing. December 2010. pp. 90–1. ISSN0967-0378. OCLC1032779031.
13. ^'Yamaha Motif XF7'. Sound On Sound. January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.

External links[edit]

Yamaha Motif Xs6 Review

• Motif XS Video Demo on YouTube
• Yamaha Motif XS Series Keyboard Review at yamahamusician.com

[1] (AWM versus AWM2)