J. Rance: Update your Motif XS Operating System

The Motif XS is an excellent production keyboard. Update your operating
system to address bugs and gain new functionality

Category:

Music

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• Yamaha
• Motif
• XS
• Operating
• System
• Music
• Production
• Beat
• Making
• J.
• Rance

[coisasdepimpolho]

Hi J,i have a question,as you said about the pen drive to do everything by the pen drive,for me to download some sound the yamaha has to put in MotifXS,can i save to pen drive and then load without a Pc?,only using the drive device behind the Motif?!,beacuse im thinking to buy the 1GB dimm for my Motif :/ .another question,do i need connect my motif onto pc to Motif to make all changes or only save all the files that i need to pen drive will solve this little problem?..thanks so much.Best regard

[JDRance]

@coisasdepimpolho In short-the answer is yes. You would be able to load presets, sounds, even kits to a USB drive then Load them to the Motif from the drive via the USB port on your Motif. You can either pull kits from sites like Motifator or use the editor software that came with your Motif. You only need the dimm if you plan to sample on the Motif. Be aware though, some kits include samples and you would need dimm to hold those samples. Hope this helps.

[rmazali]

Is there an easy way to back up all the user banks on the Motif? Do I have to save them all one-by-one? Can I do a one-procedure back up and save all the sounds on the user banks all at once?

[JDRance]

@rmazali You can do a save file backs up everything that is currently on the Motif. the key is to remember to load the file every time you power it back up so any samples you create or import are loaded. If you don't restore the file, all your songs, patterns, etc will still be there, but any sample based sounds won't be there. Instead they will be substituted with the grand piano sound until you reload them. Hopefully this makes sense to you.

[poetician]

Hey J rance how ya doin ?

i just got a question for ya if i may,

i got a fantom and a motif xs7, so if i update my operating system for the motif will i then be able to use the usb drive not only to offload samples, what about samples from the fantom, could i upload them on my motif using a usb drive ?

[JDRance]

In theory it should...if you are able to convert the samples to wave files. I'm sure the Fantom has a resample function. Its been a minute since I looked at the Fantom manual, but you should be able to if you are using the Fantom X.

The next thing is that you will still need memory in your Motif so that you'll have the RAM to store the wave samples for your projects. If you don't have any memory installed, none of this will matter as you still need to use the integrated sampling function.

[coisasdepimpolho]

Hey J,please,i would like to ask your help about those cds that came with the motif,like,how to use them and everything else that goes in your knowledge i would to ask if you could teach me about it,because i want to learn how to sample,how to make sounds,it mean,how to get smooth and how to make tough sounds using the motif system,something like that,please J,ihope you have a little time to help me out with those question,all right? =D

Thanks for your attention

Best regards

[coisasdepimpolho]

(continue) ... but i prefer study and learn how to use those bigest and expense machine from Expert people as you J,then to make any wrong move..i want to thank you for the time and for the help you gave me J..

Thanks alot and take care =D

God bless you!!

Best regards

[coisasdepimpolho]

Hi J, Thanks for the Help =D,i hope i to get those dimm sooner =D

i didnt instal yet those cds that came with the motif because i dont have idea how works correctly after install,im a lover music but not a expert on it ,that is why i didnt install those cds yet,but i confess every day i just view those cds but i want to use them but i dont have idea how,as some tell me most of times,you have a Big machine on your house but you dont know how to use,i get very upset about that...

[coisasdepimpolho]

please let me know if you understood my question please

Thank you so much

[THEREALtrappajohn]

i have a motif 6 classic. i cant control protools from the remote feature being that i bought it used. found out it came with a software cd that had setup files in it. will updating my os be the fix for that? or no?

[TheLeonski]

for those motif experts out there i have a important question:

I own a Macbook Pro & Motif XS6 now i have bought Logic Express 9 and heard you can use and record the instruments from the XS to Logic. My question is how do you do that. I have got a usb cord (same cord that works for printer to Computer) and dont know what to do... Please help me.... I have been trying for over 8-10 months and because i am only 13 years old it is quite difficult for me.