Does any1 know what is the difference btwn. the motif 6 & the mo6?

A MO6 is merely a Motif6ES without sequencer and sampling facility.
The M0 (6&8;) are far newer than the Motif(6,7&8;) Classic.

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Does any1 know what is the difference btwn. the motif 6 & the mo6?

Its the “tif”! :) Welcome to the forum! sorry to start you out with a joking answer but ‘what’s the difference’ questions can be easy to ask but difficult to answer - because of the many features in each.

But let’s start here. The Motif came out in 2001 and was discontinued in 2003, when it was replaced by the Motif ES. The Motif often called, the ‘original Motif’, or the ‘Motif (Classic)’ is now the Grandfather of the line. It was back then the top-of-the-line. It used SmartMedia Cards or SCSI Drives for storage media (difficult to find now).

The Motif was a full workstation with an A/D Input (capable of handling mono or stereo inputs), and it had a built-in sampler. It came with 4MB of sample RAM expandable to 64MB via optional SIMMs (2 x 32MB sticks). It also introduced the current SEQUENCER - made up of two main modes, SONG and PATTERN - this is similar throughout the product line. But with the addition of the sampler you could, for the first time, sample to the sequencer as if you were overdubbing to a digital recorder. This turned the traditional sampler thing on its ear.

The Motif (classic) had 256 arpeggio patterns… and expansion options for Plug-in boards (also now discontinued)

Typically, with samplers you would sample something then build your song around that sample, the Motif’s Integrated Sampling Sequencer allowed you to lay down some MIDI tracks then plug in a microphone and ‘overdub’ your vocal, or play an acoustic guitar, or whatever. And yet still have all the advantages of the data being a sample… which means you can edit it, loop it, chop it up, reverse it, and most importantly trigger it with MIDI.

The MO6 came out in late 2005 and is still a current product. If the Motif ES is the son of the Motif classic… the MO is the little brother of the Motif ES. It shares the same wave ROM as the Motif ES. It shares the Motif ES’s super 1787 Arpeggios. Although half the polyphony of the ES, it is an ES junior :)

But the MO does not have the sampling option, nor does it have the A/D Input for microphones, or Plug-in boards, etc.

Similarities/differences:
Motif6 (classic) 62 note poly
MO6: 64 note poly

Motif6: 84MB of Wave ROM, 1309 Waveform,
MO6: 175MB of Wave ROM, 1859 Waveform

Motif6: one Insertion Effect available in Sequencer mode
MO6: three Insertion Effects available in Sequencer mode

The Motif6 while a powerhouse in 2001, would be a difficult choice now. Does it Sound good? Of course, it does. They both sound great. Many of the sounds selected for the MO were originally favorites in the Motif classic. But reality is that SCSI hard drives have all but disappeared, SIMMs are difficult to find, SmartMedia cards are now a rarity. This makes the original Motif a difficult choice in 2010. It is 9 years old.

As in computers, every 18 months computers almost double in capability. Synthesizers are dedicated music computers, in reality.

In 2001 the Motif had a 84MB Wave ROM, by 2003 the Motif ES/MO had more than doubled that to 175MB, the current Motif XS has yet again doubled that to 355MB.

If you cannot spring (the money) for an XS6, the MO6 would be the ticket… for the following reasons:

1) The computer support software is being updated for both Windows 7 and Snow Leopard, meaning you will be able to use the Studio Manager VOICE and MULTI-PART EDITORS on today’s computers. Unfortunately, computer support software is already dated for the original Motif.

2) The MO uses readily available (and inexpensive) USB sticks for data storage, you will be had pressed to find SCSI drives or SmartMedia cards to even SAVE your data on a Motif classic

3) The available effect processing on the MO not only improved but increased.

4) The MO is a current product, the Motif is discontinued for 7 years

And while the MO does not have the expansion capability of the Motif classic, most of the expansion options are now hard to find (because they too have been discontinued).

If you absoultely require ‘sampling’ - then you should probably step up to the Motif XS6 (current model in the Motif-series). You’ll be glad you did.

If not, than we can highly recommend the MO.. it has the same PATTERN and SONG sequencer, and it shares the same fundamental wave ROM (in fact all Motif classic Voices, that do not contain custom user samples, can be loaded into the MO) blindfolded you would not be able to tell the difference, except for the additional effect processing available in the MO!!!

Motif 6 vs MO 6 - difference = “tif” :^)

Hope that helps.

Thanh u both 4 ur help...my mo6 will arrive 2moro..cant wait!