Originally posted by Nick G:
Sampling to be honest is not a big issue for me.
although its handy to have it there if needed but ide rather be spending most of my time writing music and sequencing patterns instead of having to try and generate the sounds needed.
ide rather just buy a keyboard that has the sounds i want already on there (and lightly modify some of them with effects) if you get me?
My Korg PA 800 has an extensive sound editor built into the OS but no matter how much u can tweak and adjust, if there's a particular sound u want to create u just cant always get it.
i think the reason why Yamaha left out the expansion cards is because u can simply go online and purchase all these different sound and style sets and just chuck them onto a USB key. it works out much cheaper and it gives them the ability to create much more variety rather than just 4 expansion cards ever being released for the keyboard during its 5 year lifespan of productivity.
just my two cents...
Nick
Sampling is not a huge issue for me but having real female back up phrases, oohs and ahhs is nice to capture. I have never heard a voice set on a keyboard that sounded as good as a live recorded sample of a real voice. I want to create a real choir out of a few real voices on 24 tracks using 4 real sampled notes on the DAW then import the voices and keymap them across a chromatic octave. The Akai sample set is very old. Today's arrangers have better samples than most of their vast collection anymore.
I was unaware one can download new voices into the Motif using USB.....I thought the Motif was a closed system like the PSR900s and T2 as far as new factory waveforms.
BTW how does Sonar integrate with the XS as a Control surface or did you not bother to set up ACT with it...
Don;t make your final choice until you hear the Roland. You may like it more for your music,
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-17-2009).]
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