youdog - 08 March 2010 06:30 PM

radurobert - 08 March 2010 02:30 PM

Motif XS sounds more thin, bright and realistic while the Fantom-G sounds more fat, warm and produced.

I would get the Fantom-G for anything synthy and Motif XS for guitars, acoustic drums, pianos, brass, etc. You can’t go wrong with having all the big 3 at your disposal and maybe kurzweil too. ))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Radurobert you hit it on the head this time but you don’t not say
the Motif XS sound better and the Fanton G looks better.

I am sure one is more produced then the other one.

I don’t think that one is more produced ..I think that (for experts) XS have 20-40% more potential..

RobsonLuis - 08 March 2010 04:19 AM

ajm786 - 06 March 2010 03:37 PM

The best I can tell you is this.

If you want the best sound, you go for the XS.

I do not know how to read music, and whatever I learned from the XS was learned WHILE making music. Same thing for my DAW. Having said that, I have made MANY songs without a DAW, just using the XS.

I think the jury is unanimous that the XS is and has been the best workstation that money can buy. It was released in 2007, and here we are 3 years later, with no answer from the competition. That’s saying a lot.

And for more proof of what the XS can do, listen to my album here.

http://bit.ly/bRkKqk

This is the key to the Motif...One can become overwelmed with the shear breadth of it and find their creativity suffering becasue of the learning curve. I had to leave it for awhile...Since then I have only been USING WHAT I NEED and learning as I go rather than trying to become an expert on the Synth all at once.  I left it too long and forgot a lot....

BTW Love the music you made on it!!!

duplicate

the next Fantom will have 4 ARX slots & ARX exp will increase in number & become much cheaper. For that reason, the next Fantom will blow away XS

radurobert - 09 March 2010 11:51 AM

the next Fantom will have 4 ARX slots & ARX exp will increase in number & become much cheaper. For that reason, the next Fantom will blow away XS

what next Fantom?  lol

I had both.. sold the fantom-G kept the Motif XS.

ZOID - 10 March 2010 10:29 AM

I had both.. sold the fantom-G kept the Motif XS.

So you say sound come before looks.

So you say sound come before looks.

Yes. The Fantom-G looks good. I liked the graphic and layout of the sequencer (like a DAW) But… the sounds of the Fantom synths is not for me. And that is what it’s all about in a musical instrument in my opinion.

I have the XS8 and Virus Ti...Not that great interfaces but they do the sound great.

ZOID - 11 March 2010 10:23 AM

So you say sound come before looks.

Yes. The Fantom-G looks good. I liked the graphic and layout of the sequencer (like a DAW) But… the sounds of the Fantom synths is not for me. And that is what it’s all about in a musical instrument in my opinion.

I have the XS8 and Virus Ti...Not that great interfaces but they do the sound great.

I have the same combination. Now i’m gonna hount JP8080

I have the Motif XS, Korg M3 and Roland Fantom G7.
In spite of the touch screen on the M3, the large screen and mouse function on the G7, go for the Motif - it’s easier to produce instant music and the sounds are better.

spike88 - 15 March 2010 05:47 AM

I have the Motif XS, Korg M3 and Roland Fantom G7.
In spite of the touch screen on the M3, the large screen and mouse function on the G7, go for the Motif - it’s easier to produce instant music and the sounds are better.

He Spike88 If you could only keep 2 of the 3 what 2?

Mmmm! difficult one - but if push came to shove I think the G7 would have to go
Cheers
Spike

ajm786 - 06 March 2010 03:37 PM

The best I can tell you is this.

If you want the best sound, you go for the XS.

I do not know how to read music, and whatever I learned from the XS was learned WHILE making music. Same thing for my DAW. Having said that, I have made MANY songs without a DAW, just using the XS.

I think the jury is unanimous that the XS is and has been the best workstation that money can buy. It was released in 2007, and here we are 3 years later, with no answer from the competition. That’s saying a lot.

And for more proof of what the XS can do, listen to my album here.

http://bit.ly/bRkKqk

Just listened to the whole of your album - very impressed.
Would buy the album if available on CD but I don’t trust downloads. It’s the sort of music I aspire to play but I’m not in the same league - I’m spikeypete on last.fm

HINT#1: No offense intended but most of the people that posted in this thread do not create anything close to dance music. So to say that either the Motif or FantomG or M3 are suited to dance music is completely false. Sure, these workstations have some trancy sounds but they are QUITE thin as its not dedicated to dance music although they may be ‘usable’ sounds for some.

Now, I own an XS strictly due the fact that it has a sampler and a nice sequencer and arpeggiator so whenever i have an idea in my head I can quickly “jot it down” so that I don’t forget it.  Then later I can go to my analog synths and create a nice thick sounding lead or whatever to further beef it up.  This is just the work flow that works for me.

HINT#2: The presets on the XS are certainly better than the Fantoms but they’re still LAME.  You’ll need to program your own if you want to get any true dance sounds out of it.  Sampling from other synths is also a great feature.

ADVICE:  If you really want to get into dance/trance or any other EDM, don’t buy a Motif, don’t buy a Fantom G, don’t buy an M3. Buy a good DAW (Ableton or FL Studio are both great for EDM) and a Korg R3 (wonderful sounding, strictly made for EDM) or some other virtual analog synth that suites your fancy.  Also look into buying some VSTs , there are actually some pretty decent sounding ones out there. Good luck.

yeah the Motif blows the fantom G this is the one i will trade for the motif xf6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 sorry motif is sweeter....