Now that I am configured with my Motif XF into Cubase and have the recording scenario down, it works great, I thought I would also try the recording into Logic Pro X from the Motif XF. I have everything on the Motif XF configured the same way as I would for Cubase and then I start up Logic Pro X. As soon as I do that I hear this very loud noisy sound, when I start to close Logic Pro X, I get a BOOM sound until I actually go back to the Motif and change the settings back as if I am going to play the Motif in a live situation.

Would this be something else I need to configure in Logic Pro X or on the Motif? Again, my settings work great in Cubase AI.

Thanks.

You could get the same Loud Noisy Sound from any DAW if the MIDI ports are not setup properly. For example, MIDI is sent on multiple ports from the Motif XF

Port 1 is for music data (notes, controllers, tempo, etc)
Port 2 is for Remote Control commands
Port 3 is for an external device connected to the Motif XF’s 5-pin jacks
Port 4 is for the Motif XF Editor Standalone/VST

If you combine/merge all this MIDI data to the Port 1 - you will get a big Loud Noisy Sound - it can sound like someone dropped a piano down a flight of stairs. Each of these PORTS must be kept discreet, never merged.

Setting up Logic requires some help (like most DAWs - they tell you it is intuitive, but in fact). It has been my experience that very, very few things in life are intuitive (I have not found any).

As my old professor told me: “nothing is intuitive. It can appear easy once you know how to operate it, but nothing in life is intuitive. When you were born, you didn’t even know what to do with air, until the doctor smacked you on the bottom!”

Try to find out how to configure the MIDI in Logic (I’m sure they will tell you it is very logical).
I love when some one says this DAW is easier than that DAW… yeah, one you know how to set them up - they are all fairly easy. Once you know…

Troubleshooting should start with your MIDI port assignments.
Once you get your DAW properly setup - then begin your comparisons. Don’t do like most musicians - judge it on how easy or difficult a time you have setting it up… Assume there are going to issues setting it up.

Judge the DAW on how it records and what the results sound like.
Don’t take anyone’s word for which DAW is better (and never judge on easy)… judge on how it makes the music sound.

Take a .WAV file that you are familiar with and open it in each DAW and compare - if it does not sound the same in each DAW you will know that this is the criteria that you should use to judge DAWs - the SOUND, the SOUND, the SOUND!

Each DAW was programmed by some programmer(s) who in their own minds have come up with something they think every one will understand… but they all include a manual because (as I said) nothing is intuitive (really, nothing).