a quick question about investing...

what do you yall think of the motif es 7? is it worth the investment?

Yes. Depends on the sound you going for in your production.

If you want an arsenal of authentic sounding instruments
and cutting edge leads / bass.

Then I say go for it.

Go to a music store and compare it's features, performance, exapanablity, visuals, storage options, sampling capablities, sequencer, and pre loaded sounds in comparision to other boards.

You will be impress.

NOTE: The Sequencer has a steep learning curve (depending on the user of course). But if you got an MP you can always use it as the master and sequence through it.


One

or just sequence through software like fruityloops. cuz i heard the same about sequencing on keyboards, i heard they are wack, but i asked the guy at the store and he said nothing wrong withit, i also heard its a wack sampler , is that true?

Some of the Sampling Features: You decide if it soundz wack.
(Although, I use my computer more than the MPC or Motif for sampling)

You can Sample with Note is easy if you want to add samples to your song. In Sample with note mode, you can record samples directly into your sequence while listening to playback of any MIDI tracks you’ve already created.

After recording the sample, the Integrated Sampling Sequencer will create a sample voice, map it to the keyboard and put a MIDI note in the pattern. Slice with Sequence: when you record samples, the MOTIF will analyze the recorded audio, slice it into pieces (based on amplitude peaks and divisions of the beat) and then create an accurate MIDI sequence to perfectly playback each of the pieces.

The MOTIF comes with 4MB of sample memory.

It can go up to 64MB using PC SIMMs for a total sampling time of 6 minutes and 20 seconds (stereo, 44.1kHz) you can also lower the sample rate below 44.1 and get more sampling time.

You can also import samples in AIFF and WAVE format

Cash, the features you're refering to are for the original Mo, dude is interested in the ES model.

The Motif ES doesn't come with any memory but can be upgraded to 1gig.
In my opinion the sampler on the ES is not too bad at all, it's way better then the MPC sampler. My biggest complaint about the ES was lack of a sample audition feature. While you can audition sounds once they're in memory that doesn't help when you have tons of samples with similar names and want to find the right one quickly. You have to load the sound and trigger it to see if it's the one you're looking for. The other drawback to this board is the interface, it's tiny. It works but it's not nearly as easy to get around in as the Triton and Fantom s.

The real meat of this board is in the sounds, as Cash said, if you're looking for auhtentic bread and butter sounds then the Motif is definitely the way to go. As far as the sequencer, I myself didn't find it difficult at all to work with but if you've never used a Yamaha board before it might be a little confusing at first. To me the Motif is the most complete "workstation" out there(at least for the next month or so, the Triton Extreme and Roland Fantom X look nice). You can do a complete song from start to finish(except for the actual burning of a cd) with just the Mo, including vocals, overdub vocals, etc. I won't get into how this is done but if you're looking for an all in one package the Mo ES is the way to go(or a Triton Studio). If all you need are the sounds then I'd say go with the Mo rack.

go to www.motifator.com and you will get comparison stats and demos also.

thnx every1 for the help i will look in to it