Hello guys!

I cannot connect my Motif XF8 with my DAW and I cannot find any helpful on the net: I try to connect my keyboard via USB to the Motif XF Editor VST in my DAW: Reaper 6.13. The plugin starts but it says:  “Ports in the host app have not been properly set”.
And I cannot choose anything for Midi In/Out at port 1 (USB).

The standalone app works fine.

Am I doing anything wrong or is it simply not possible to run the editor on reaper properly?

Thanks for any help!

I got this awesome workaround for this issue as a reply in another forum so it finally works!:

https://www.yamahasynth.com/ask-a-question/reaper-and-motif-xf-editor-vst

Enjoy! ;-)

To Yamaha,
I own a Motif Xf8 for years.
This thing is vsti3? it should be available in any vsti3 host? right?
Tell us why it works only in cubase?

moogy - 05 December 2020 02:04 AM

To Yamaha,

If you want Yamaha to see your message, I suggest that you contact them directly. Motifator isn’t a Yamaha-owned/run site, and their representatives haven’t contributed to discussions here for several years.

 

moogy -

I own a Motif Xf8 for years.

OK.

 

moogy -

This thing is vsti3?

No, on two accounts…
1) There’s no such thing as “vsti3”. Software can be VST3 compatible, and an instrument can operate as a VSTi.
2) It’s the Yamaha Motif XF Editor that supports VST3 when a proper driver is installed, not the XF itself.

 

moogy -

it should be available in any vsti3 host? right?
Tell us why it works only in cubase?

Wrong…
- Again, it’s VST3, not “vsti3”.
- Support for VST3 in a DAW is dependent on the DAW properly implementing it.
- Since VST3 is a Steinberg thing, other DAW developers may have been reluctant to get on board.

If you’re really interested in VST3, a web search will turn up lots of information, including which DAWs are compatible.