Comments on: yamaha motif xs vs korg m3 in 60 seconds http://trnsfrmr.com/2009/04/20/yamah-motif-xs-vs-korg-m3-in-60-seconds/ only fools & horses work. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: alfred gori http://trnsfrmr.com/2009/04/20/yamah-motif-xs-vs-korg-m3-in-60-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-798 alfred gori Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:22:12 +0000 http://trnsfrmr.com/blog/?p=145#comment-798 Hi Admin and thaks for your prompt reply.The reason im keen on being able to record on step mode is that there are certain written passages that i couldnt even beggin to decifer let alone play unless i hear them first. Does the M3 have step mode recording where i could for instance write half a bar of half note triplets in 4/4 and tie it over to a doted quarter note followed by 16 32nd notes for one beat and so on!? Sometimes i get transcribed solos that are pretty radical and would like to hear what they would sound like. Well my freind....thanks to your input and others ive narrowed my choice to either the motiv xs or the M3.I like the idea of being able to save your sequences on a usb device. or be able to hook up a cd burner and download your song to a cd. How does it work with the motiv? Must you use Q base and acomputer to download into a cd? Well my freind...again thak you for all the input!! Hi Admin and thaks for your prompt reply.The reason im keen on being able to record on step mode is that there are certain written passages that i couldnt even beggin to decifer let alone play unless i hear them first.
Does the M3 have step mode recording where i could for instance write half a bar of half note triplets in 4/4 and tie it over to a doted quarter note followed by 16 32nd notes for one beat and so on!? Sometimes i get transcribed solos that are pretty radical and would like to hear what they would sound like.
Well my freind….thanks to your input and others ive narrowed my choice to either the motiv xs or the M3.I like the idea of being able to save your sequences on a usb device.
or be able to hook up a cd burner and download your song to a cd.
How does it work with the motiv? Must you use Q base and acomputer to download into a cd?
Well my freind…again thak you for all the input!!

]]> By: admin http://trnsfrmr.com/2009/04/20/yamah-motif-xs-vs-korg-m3-in-60-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-792 admin Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:44:44 +0000 http://trnsfrmr.com/blog/?p=145#comment-792 <a href="#comment-782" rel="nofollow">@alfred gori </a> Hi Alfred, what you heard is correct. The XS has no step recording but I didn't find that to be a huge limitation since you can set a 100% quantize strength, loop and record your notes in realtime. Even better, you can use the play fx to push or pull note start, adjust note velocity/pitch non destructively. Using just PLAY FX, you could start by recording a bars of straight C notes; shift the pitch on the downbeats to play kicks, shift the pitch on the upbeats to play snares, shift the pitches other beats to play a hi-hats and push the time on alternate beats to create a swung feel. You could also use the arp to generate the basic rhythms and tweak them later to personalize them. If I remember correctly, the latin and Brazilian arp patterns are quite well played. The possibilities are endless really. You should take a look at the Play FX section in the manual. I think its a brilliant feature and the bonus is that its non destructive. As far as the Roland Fantom G, I don't think I can give an objective opinion about it. As much as I loved my MV-8000, I have a bias towards Roland synths. Typically, it takes me just a couple of minutes to get a song going on a workstation but I sat at one for about 15 minutes and was unable to grasp the interface. @alfred gori
Hi Alfred, what you heard is correct. The XS has no step recording but I didn’t find that to be a huge limitation since you can set a 100% quantize strength, loop and record your notes in realtime. Even better, you can use the play fx to push or pull note start, adjust note velocity/pitch non destructively. Using just PLAY FX, you could start by recording a bars of straight C notes; shift the pitch on the downbeats to play kicks, shift the pitch on the upbeats to play snares, shift the pitches other beats to play a hi-hats and push the time on alternate beats to create a swung feel.

You could also use the arp to generate the basic rhythms and tweak them later to personalize them. If I remember correctly, the latin and Brazilian arp patterns are quite well played. The possibilities are endless really.

You should take a look at the Play FX section in the manual. I think its a brilliant feature and the bonus is that its non destructive.

As far as the Roland Fantom G, I don’t think I can give an objective opinion about it. As much as I loved my MV-8000, I have a bias towards Roland synths. Typically, it takes me just a couple of minutes to get a song going on a workstation but I sat at one for about 15 minutes and was unable to grasp the interface.

]]> By: alfred gori http://trnsfrmr.com/2009/04/20/yamah-motif-xs-vs-korg-m3-in-60-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-782 alfred gori Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:17:26 +0000 http://trnsfrmr.com/blog/?p=145#comment-782 Excellent input on the comparison and contrast of m3 vs motif xs!! Id love to hear what your thoughts are on the fantom g series as im undecided in which of the 3 to purchase! heard a comment that you cant sequence via STEP MODE in the yamaha motif xs series! is that true? I mostly write latin jazz and Brazilian type of music so lots of syncopated notes etc.Loading step mode sometimes saves me time! Anyhow...thanks again for your inpuys and hope to hear more of your comments in the near future!! Excellent input on the comparison and contrast of m3 vs motif xs!!
Id love to hear what your thoughts are on the fantom g series as im undecided in which of the 3 to purchase!
heard a comment that you cant sequence via STEP MODE in the yamaha motif xs series! is that true?
I mostly write latin jazz and Brazilian type of music so lots of syncopated notes etc.Loading step mode sometimes saves me time!
Anyhow…thanks again for your inpuys and hope to hear more of your comments in the near future!!

]]> By: admin http://trnsfrmr.com/2009/04/20/yamah-motif-xs-vs-korg-m3-in-60-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-196 admin Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:39:39 +0000 http://trnsfrmr.com/blog/?p=145#comment-196 <a href="#comment-195" rel="nofollow">@apophenia </a> I'd only consider 64mb of memory a limitation if you care about the Xpanded libraries or if you intend to use the M3 as a full DAW to record long audio sections like entire vocal or guitar tracks. For "normal" use, such as instruments sampling, resampling a few bars and snatches from records, I found I never used my memory expansion. If you are more of a programmer, I'd recommend you put the money towards the EXB-Radias expansion. It was a lot more bang for the buck in my opinion. You'll get a lot more sonic variety from the Radias board than you will from the same old tired brass and woodwinds :-) @apophenia
I’d only consider 64mb of memory a limitation if you care about the Xpanded libraries or if you intend to use the M3 as a full DAW to record long audio sections like entire vocal or guitar tracks. For “normal” use, such as instruments sampling, resampling a few bars and snatches from records, I found I never used my memory expansion. If you are more of a programmer, I’d recommend you put the money towards the EXB-Radias expansion. It was a lot more bang for the buck in my opinion. You’ll get a lot more sonic variety from the Radias board than you will from the same old tired brass and woodwinds :-)

]]> By: apophenia http://trnsfrmr.com/2009/04/20/yamah-motif-xs-vs-korg-m3-in-60-seconds/comment-page-1/#comment-195 apophenia Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:15:16 +0000 http://trnsfrmr.com/blog/?p=145#comment-195 finish your review please--this is all interesting. Do you think that 64MB RAM on the M3 is a serious limitation? finish your review please–this is all interesting. Do you think that 64MB RAM on the M3 is a serious limitation?

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