Hello guys,

I just Had a Motif XS8 a couple of days before and I want to know ; how to export a wav. from the motif.  For example ; Make a demo on CD or put this track on a MP3 player.  Do I absolutely need cubase to do this or just a USB cable can do the job.  And I want to know to how can I put a sample into the motif ? 

Thanks for all infos,

Alex.

Question 1 first: the perfect way is to install memory (DIMM)
of at least 256Mb (1Gb possible) and to ‘resample’ your song
or pattern into memory.
Then save the WAV on USB stick and walk to your PC ......

;JOOP!

Ok so I can plug an extern hard disk into the motif and save the file into it ; so how do I proceed with the motif to save the song?

Check out the following article from the Support pages of this site: How to make a Wav or aiff for cd/mp3 creation.

Regards,

Brad Weber

DO I absolutely need DIMMs card to create Wav. ? And If I get myself a DIMM card how do I export wav. from DIMM to PC ?

Yes, you need DIMM memory to create a .wav file.  After you install the DIMM, just follow the instructions in the support document Bard pointed to above.  It has everything you need to know.

If you want the Motif XS sound, you must record its audio output. You can either use the resampling method described in the article I pointed you to (which requires that purchase and install the sample memory - two DIMM memory modules) or you can record the audio output directly on your computer.

To use the second approach, you must have an audio connection between your XS and computer. This can be either an analog connection (from the XS’s Main L&R;analog outputs to your computer’s sound input) or a digital connection. The digital connection options for the Motif XS are either the S/PDIF Digital output which is standard for all XS’s or an mLAN connection - which is standard for the XS8, but requires you to purchase and install an mLAN16e2 module for the XS6 or XS7. Regardless of the audio connection, you would then use a sound recording program or DAW to record the output of the Motif XS and then export that recording as an *.wav file.

If you use the first method (resampling) then you would transfer the *.wav file to the computer by either saving it to a USB device and then connecting that device to your computer or you can connect the XS to your computer via Ethernet, mount one of your computer’s disks to the XS and then save the *.wav file to that disk.

Regards,

Brad Weber

Did I also read that USB direct record will be available with the next OS update?

>>>Did I also read that USB direct record will be available with the next OS update?

yes, and direct internet access to publish a song.

[TESTING]

Yes, thats what I also read.

slipnote - 27 February 2009 10:37 PM

Did I also read that USB direct record will be available with the next OS update?

Yes, the next OS will have this feature. 

Also you need to ignore any comments by Delirium on feature sets.  If you are new to the forum, you may not understand his sense of humor and get confused by taking him seriously.

Could you develop a special sign next to the avatar for cases like Delirium.
I was thinking of a little jester.

;JOOP!

that’s funny...:)

re: Yes, the next OS will have this feature

That is great news. Thanks.

re: Also you need to ignore any comments by Delirium on feature sets.

I don’t think those last three words were necessary.

trudelo - 27 February 2009 03:55 PM

Hello guys,

I just Had a Motif XS8 a couple of days before and I want to know ; how to export a wav. from the motif.  For example ; Make a demo on CD or put this track on a MP3 player.  Do I absolutely need cubase to do this or just a USB cable can do the job.  And I want to know to how can I put a sample into the motif ? 

Thanks for all infos,

Alex.

Alex, all your questions have indeed already been answered above.

I just wanted to comment on MY experience using my XS6 with regards to saving .WAV files.

The XS gives you options which is nice. Yes, you must have DIMMs installed and yes you must resample your recording.

Don’t forget you have a MIXER onboard to tweak and clean things up before you resample that arrangement out to WAV. And, when you do resample, I have found using the +6db feature to be a real plus!

Don’t forget you can SAVE directly to any PC/MAC that is on your LAN when your MOTIF is connected via ethernet 10/100 and properly configured. It’s fast and easy!

I’ve used USB stick for a long time and although it’s slower than a hard drive or the LAN, it certainly doesn’t take THAT much time to save and it’s easy to unplug and take to your computer to drag over and convert to MP3 using whatever utility you use to do that.

Also, MP3-people, don’t forget to use a MP3 tag editor to endorse your music files with your name, copyright, genre, etc., or whatever you want people to see in their media players when your song plays. I use MP3 Tag Tools (freeware).

I like this new blog-style forum! Way to go Yamaha team! Athan, Phil, Tony, Blake and let’s not forget BERT! You guys are the best. Many thanks.