Specifications

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There are also Insert Effects 1 and 2 avail-
able for up to four Parts in the Multi mode,
while on the MOTIF Classic they were only
available for one Part. And a new 3-band
Part EQ was added in the RACK version.
It is generally possible to transmit Voices
and Multis (Song Mixings) from the key-
board version to the rack module of the
same generation. This is done with a bulk
dump job via MIDI or with the help of the
Yamaha editors.
Of course, this only works with Voices that
do not contain samples or User Arpeggios.
The reverse way, meaning the transmission
from the rack module to the keyboard versi-
on only works for the ES and XS generation,
not for the MOTIF Classic.
For the MOTIF ES it has to be considered
that the MOTIF-RACK ES features an addi-
tional User Voice Bank (User 3). Voices of
that Bank have to be previously copied to
User 1 or 2 before transmissing them to the
MOTIF ES.
Sometimes Voices can also be exchanged
„across generations“. Voices of the MOTIF
Classic for example can be loaded into
the MOTIF-RACK ES Voice Editor and then
transferred to the MOTIF-RACK ES. The
MOTIF-RACK XS Editor can load files in
MOTIF XS / ES / MO format.
It is beyond the scope of this article to show
all converting possibilities between the ins-
truments of the MOTIF series. The possibi-
lities can best be determined with the res-
pective editors.
First, check which options are available at
the bottom (Enable) of „File - Load“.
If you can‘t find the format you want, you
can still try File - Import, because some-
times additional Voice import formats are
available here.
You can download all the editors of the
MOTIF series from::
http://www.yamahasynth.com/downloads/
drivers_software/
mo AND mox
In addition to the top models of each MO-
TIF generation, there are also reasonably
priced „lite“ versions, which are especially
suited for beginners.
The MO6 / MO8, introduced in the year
2006, is the „lite“ version of the MOTIF ES.
Compared to the MOTIF ES the MO6 /
MO8 has the following restrictions:
• Nosampling
• Noplug-inboards
• Onlyoneconnectorforfootcontrol-
lerandfootswitch
• Nobreathcontrolconnector
• Noaudioinput
• Noassignableoutputs
• OnlythreeInsertEffectBlocks
(insteadofeightintheMOTIFES)
• OnlyfourPresetVoiceBanks(instead
ofsixintheMOTIFES)
• NoSmartMediacardslot