Hello MoBro’s and MoSis’s!

Although I’m a frequent lurker it’s been a long time since I’ve posted… I come from the archive before the Motif and Motifator was cool. Many other forums go without manufacture support, censor disparaging comments and ban members on a daily basis. . The fact that the forum is still alive and well and trolls are still allowed to troll is testament to how much Yamaha believes in their products and it allows you to have confidence in them too.

Is this the end all be all of all workstation for all time? No, this dream just does not exist because as long as users request new features and new technologies are available… a great product can only evolve. I would have personally loved a Yamaha / Steinberg Cubase VST playing keyboard… All in a nice tight package with external display, disk streaming, Solid state drive, loads of RAM and in black of course or maybe make it dark blue. It would have to have 88 Key, balanced and graded, let’s not forget the 76, 61 synth action. Oh but wait, the 76 might need to be weighted and the 61 might need to be water fall. RACK…. DON’T FORGET THE RACK! But that’s not doable and that’s fine because even if it was it wouldn’t be enough or it would too much $$. It’s always going to be something no doubt because

WE ALLWAYS WANT MORE!

Below is a list of some serious workstations for their time. Note the A list artist that use to use them and their price.

Do you know what they have in common with any Motif? The Motif blows them away in just about every specification and especially price.

What they all have in common is there has never been a significant record that was done solely on one of these workstations. Even the greatest of the greats are using many different products along with these workstations. No matter how you slice it

WE ALLWAYS WANT MORE!

This Motif XF is another great evolution to an already great linage. Rather than waste your time complaining of what it could be you could be using it for what it is. I’ll be looking to get a quote on this one.  Enjoy, Brian

Kurzwiel K250 $12,000.00 – $18,000.00

• Polyphony - 12 Voice
• Oscillators - Digital Sampler Synthesizer / FM / sampler / workstation
• Sampler - 16 bit, 1 to 4 MB (100 seconds @ 5kHz)
• Sequencer - 12012 notes / 40 songs / 12 tracks
• Effects - 2 effects
• Keyboard - 88 weighted keys with velocity & split zones
• Memory - 36 ROM sounds, 96 instruments, 341 presets
• Control - MIDI
• Date Produced - 1984 – 1990

It has been used by Stevie Wonder, Sean Hopper, Richard Wright, Patrick Moraz, Paul Shaffer, Lorin Hollander, Michael Kamen, Vangelis, Kitaro, and John Carpenter.

Fairlight CMI $25,000.00 – $200,000.00

• Polyphony - 16 voices (expandable)
• Sampler - 16-bit, 100kHz mono, 50kHz stereo
• Memory - 28MB (several minutes at 44.1kHz; expandable)
• Synthesis - Fast Fourier Transforming, Waveform Editing, Graphics Tablet Waveform Drawing
• Effects - None built-in
• Keyboard - 73 note with velocity sensitivity (un-weighted). The Series I, II, and IIx could all have a dual-keyboard feature.
• Sequencer - Rhythm Sequencer, CAPS (Composer, Arranger, Performer Sequencer) 80-track polyphonic seq., MCL (Music Composition Language) text-based step time seq.
• Control - MIDI, SMPTE
• Date Produced - 1979 – 1992

It has been used by Jean-Michel Jarre, Heaven 17, Hardfloor, ABC, Hall & Oates, the Buggles, Supertramp, Thomas Dolby, Jon Astley, Michael Jackson, Yes, Trevor Horn (Art of Noise), Geoff Downes, Stevie Wonder, Vince Clarke (Yazoo), Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Devo, Julian Lennon, The Cars, Yellow, Lindsey Buckingham, Jan Hammer, Herbie Hancock, David Gilmour, Elvis Costello, Scritti Politti, Starship, Teddy Riley, Brian Wilson, Foreigner, Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Jane Child, Eurythmics, Mike Oldfield, Prince, OMD, Steve Winwood, Duran Duran, John Paul Jones, Paul Hardcastle, Kate Bush, Queen, Keith Emerson, Alan Parsons, Fleetwood Mac, B-52’s, Pet Shop Boys and Stewart Copeland

New England Digital Synclavier $25,000.00 – $200,000.00

• Polyphony - 64 voices (max 128 Stereo FM or Sampling)
• Sampler - 16 bit, 100kHz variable sampling rate (Up to 32MB)
• Synthesis - FM Synthesis, additive, resynthesis
• Sampler Time - variable
• Recording - 16 tracks at 50kHz
• Keyboard - 76 weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch
• Memory - 32MB RAM (expandable to 768), External Hard Disk (unlimited)
• Control - MIDI (16-parts), CV, VITC, SMPTE, Trigger
• Date Produced - 1979 – Present

Synclaviers have been used by The Cure, New Order, George Duke, Pat Metheny, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Foreigner, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Genesis, Kim Wilde, The Cars, Soft Cell, Geoff Downes, Frank Zappa, and film composer Alan Silvestri.

Agreed, we live in a time of wonders.
Such machines as Yamaha, Korg, Roland, Nord, .... you name it
available to the common man.

“The World Is Your Oyster!”

;JOOP!

Good point bkvogel!

The bigger the budget the bigger the synth baby

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Or: the older they get the more expensive the toys.

;JOOP!

You know you’ve made it when you have $250k to blow on a synth.

Or hella record company advances.

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