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The Flash Advantage

Written by Blake Angelos on May 16, 2018. Posted in 2010s.

Two slots in the Motif XF accomodate two proprieatry Yamaha flash board options – the FL512M and the FL1024M, one-half and 1GB respectivly. Install two 1 GB boards and there will be a total of 2 GB of flash. And because this is rewritable flash mamory, once samples are installed, thay are always instantly available in your Motif – from the moment you power up until you decide to replace it with something else.
The samples you install in your Motif could be from the vast offering of third party content available at Yamaha Musicsoft.com, from the massive free content Yamaha has created and distributed for many years in support of the Motif, or from samples you create yourself, right on the Motif XF or in Cubase AI the DAW software that is provided with each Motif. Maybe its the backing vocals from your latest project, your favorite VST sound converted to Motif, or even that coffee pot in your kitchen that makes a great snare, wherever the samples come from, you can now “roll your own” customized 2 GB wave ROM! Imagine the power of a fully customized Motif XF with 3 GB of sounds (internal, RAM,and Flash) instantly available in your Motif!
*And now the MOXF features one slot for flash, so the MOXF can be customized with up to 1GB of custom samples…

For those of you that seek to make the most of the Flash ROM expasion boards that are installed in to the two slots of the XF, the John Melas Wavform editor is a must have. If you want to combine wavforms and voices from different libraries, the ease with which the Waveform editor allows this is nothing short of fantastic. Drag and drop management of waveforms and voices could not be more elegant and easy, and for those of you who have tried to do it from the front panel, the seamless reordering and management of the parent/child voice and waveform relationships only emphasizes the sheer brilliance of John Melas’ expert programming skills.
With the wealth and abundance of sample content now available for the Motif XF (and MOXF) from all the contenet providers worldwide, it is now more necessary than ever to have ways of managing, combining and editing that content. To that end, the John Melas waveform editor and his suite of Motif XF tools are well worth the investment.

Why MOTIF XF?

Written by Blake Angelos on May 16, 2018. Posted in 2010s.

The FlashROM option for the Motif XF now makes this dream come true, and in a big way! From huge grand pianos to intimate solo strings, big brass stabs to that perfect tinkling bell…everything that you need and more, instantly available at the touch of a button. Background vocals, the perfect loop, sound effects and anything else that might be needed for any situation i.e, live performance, studio production, composing, songwriting, all made possible in a way never before available thanks the the expandable FlashROM and Integrated Sampling Sequencer in the Motif XF. Add now innovative tools like loop remix and groove templates, well over 7000 arpeggio paterns (our create your own) with four independant arp engines, tap tempo and an 8 zone MIDI master cotroller mode and you are just beginning to scratch the surface of what makes the Motif XF the most visible and successful music production synthesizers in use today.

And if you are seeking further inspiration, YamahaMusicSoft has a wealth of sample and voice libraries from dozens of world class developers to further enhanse and expand the Motif XF making it the most supported instrument in its class as well as the most expandable. Next, examine the options for incorporating additional hardware and software into the world of Motif; Advanced integration with the most popular DAW programs and a level of remote control and vitual instrument manipulation unprecedented in the world music production, again just begins to enable a level of music creation and production capabilities available nowhere else. The Motif XF is also the most connectable synthesizer ever created; Stereo A/D input, Stereo (Main) outputs plus L & R assignable outputs, 5 pin DIN MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB MIDI (5 x 16 ch. ports, USB read/write to storage device (and stereo .wav recording), SP/DIF out, Ethernet, optional Firewire (MIDI x 5 ports and Audio x 16out/6 in) and optional wireless MIDI and audio give you more ways to interface your music to the world than ever. So do your music (and yourself) a favor and experience the most connectable, expandable, programmable, best sounding, expressive, professional music production synthesizer ever… The Motif XF…you deserve it!