Specifications

MOTIF ES and MO6 / MO8 are largely
compatible. Voices can be shared with the
file type „AllVoice“ or with the editors.
Restrictions on sound compatibility arise
primarily from two factors:
• InsertionEffectBlocks
TheMOTIFEShaseightInsertEffects
Blocks,theMOonlythree.Ina
MOTIFESSongorPatternMixing
thusuptoeightPartscanhavetheir
ownInsertEffectsA+B.OntheMO
amaximumofthreePartscanhave
exclusiveInsertEffects
• VoiceBanks
ThecompilationoftheVoiceBanks
ontheMOTIFESisdifferentfromthe
BanksontheMO6/MO8.
TheMOTIFEShassixPresetVoice
Banks,twoUserVoiceBanksand
oneGMbank.
TheMOhasfourPresetVoiceBanks,
twoUserVoiceBanksandoneGM
bank.
It‘s only a few months ago that the MOX6 /
MOX8 was launched, so it is the latest in-
strument of the MOTIF-series. The MOX
can be regarded as a „lite“ version of the
MOTIF XS with various advanced features.
Compared to five years older MO6 / MO8
the MOX has a significant increase in fea-
tures:
• New,highqualitykeyboard
• Redesigneduserinterface
• Professionalsoundqualityofthe
MOTIFXS
• Wave-ROMextendedfrom175MB
to355MB(16-bitlinear)
• 811newPresetWaveforms
• FouradditionalPresetVoiceBanks
• AnadditionalUserVoiceBank
• ExpandedArticulation
• 62newtypesofeffects
• 5,000newPresetArpeggios
• 4-PartArpeggiator
• SixArpeggiovariations(ARP1-ARP6)
onSF-keysavailable
• AssignableFunctions
• Built-inMIDI/USBaudiointerface
withDAWlevelcontrol
• AudioInput(A/Dinput)
• LevelMeter-Switchablebetween
A/DinputandMix
• PerformanceCreator
• Lessweight(MOX6=7kg,
MOX8=14.8kg)
• Up-to-datesoftwarebundle
• IntegrationoftheMOXas
aVSTiplug-in
An exchange of Voices and Performances
between MOX and the MOTIF XS is possible
using the software „Total Librarian“ by John
Melas.
http://www.jmelas.gr/motif/products.php
s series
In the strict sense the S series does not be-
long to the MOTIF series. But because the
similarities are greater than the differences,
however, the models of the S series are in-
cluded here.
As with the rack-models each of the S series
models relates to a particular generation of
the MOTIF series:
MOTIF 6 / 7 / 8 „Classic“ = S90
MOTIF ES = S90 ES
MOTIF XS = S90 XS
The S models feature the entire tone gene-
ration of the corresponding MOTIF model
and additional high-quality Piano Wave-
forms and Piano Voices.
They are equipped with Balanced Hammer
keyboards and are thus mainly focused on
the piano playing.
It is possible to exchange Voices and Per-
formances with the relevant MOTIF models,
unless the additional Piano Waveforms and
Piano Voices or samples are used.
CoNClUsioN
Our look at the history of the MOTIF series
is over for now.
In the course of this article series we are
certainly going to discuss some of the
details mentioned here.
In the next episode we will explain some
basic concepts of the MOTIF series such
as samples, Wave-ROM, Voices, Elements,
Performances, Parts, Songs, Patterns,
Multis, and Mixings, etc.
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