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AnotherScott

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  1. I guess it would be nice to have 16 insert effects, so you can fill up a 16 channel mix and not have to think about which voices need their original effects and which don't.
  2. I think they may put in an SSD with streaming. Like the Kronos, at its core, the Motif XF is linux based, so the infrastructure is kind of there. That would eliminate the 2 GB limit on additional samples. I think they might still keep a flash card slot, though, as it is convenient for pros to be able to fly to a gig with all their custom sounds and plug them into an XF (or now even MOXF) supplied in their backline. I hope they find a way to build in some kind of clonewheel engine for live use, instead of addressing that only by bundling the YC -3B VST. I'd like them to build in some of the great Tyros AEM sounds. They are not designed to be user-editable, which is why I think they have drawn the line and kept them out of the Motif line which is all about user editing of everything. But now that Roland has their Jupiter/Integra models that mix editable and largely non-editable ("SuperNatural Acoustic") sounds in the same box, maybe that will prompt Yamaha to realize they don't have to keep all non-editable sounds out of the Motif. It might be nice if they found a way to build in the functionality of the old PLG150VL (acoustic modeling) and PLG150AN (virtual analog) cards that they stopped supporting after the Motif ES. There was some great tech there, they just didn't integrate smoothly with the rest of the environment. It would be nice to have something like PLG150DX (FM) too... it's kind of funny that Kronos can emulate a DX7 better than any current Yamaha.
  3. I doubt it. While there are still a good number of features that differentiate the Motif XF from the MOXF, I think they don't intend to keep their budget model that close in capability to their top end model for long. I think we'll see an XF replacement in under a year.
  4. No pattern, really. I believe this is the history: Motif - Musikmesse Germany March 2001 Motif ES - Summer NAMM 2003 Motif XS - Winter NAMM 2007 Motif XF - August 2010, not related to any show
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