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Inside track on the Motif XS, produced by KEYFAX NewMedia.

Specifications
Format: MP4
Run Time: 3 hours 15 mins
Language Tracks: English
Website: www.motifator.com

* Please note that this download requires access to a high speed internet connection.

The Motif XS and XF are the latest in a long and illustrious lines of Yamaha workstations and the Motif XS MasterClass is the latest in an equally long and illustrious line of guides to this series of instruments.

Though this program was made on and for the XS model, the Motif XS and XF share all basic functionality and so power-userness will be conferred on the XF owner just as much as XS owners.

The video is a series of practical guides and lectures, mainly from two of the most experienced Motif users in the world: senior US product specialist Tony Escueta (seasoned Motif users may remember him from the excellent video clips on using the Breath Controller and VL Board on the original Motif 'classic' videos) and Phil Clendeninn, a.k.a. Bad Mister on the Motif Forums.

The topics (see below for full listing) range from the seemingly simple and obvious (making use of panning facilities in a multi-instrument mix), to composing using multiple arpeggios, customizing effects, and much more.

Aiding and abetting Tony and Phil are two bonus scenes featuring jazz maestro Blake Angelos. On one, Blake reveals how he produces some of those stellar swing jazz toons for which he is rightly famous, and on the other he dives headlong into the tweaky world of Play FX.

Finally the Twiddly.Bits libraries (produced right here at KEYFAX NewMedia) are shown in action on the XS platform.

While the World Of Motif XS video provides a basic grounding in the instrument, the Motif XS Masterclass, with its total run time in excess of three hours, will put you firmly in the power user category of owner.

We recommend that Motif 'XF' owners also pick up the Motif XF Fully Loaded video, which details the prime difference between XS and XF, namely the storage and management of new sample data.

Scenes/Topics:

  • Composing with Arpeggios [Starts at: ]
    Composing using the virtual band of multi-instrument arpeggios that live inside the XS. Phil Clendeninn shows you how to start off using Performances with static arpeggiated drums followed by 'fingered' arpeggiated bass and guitar parts and more

  • Exploring Sounds & Editing [Starts at: ]
    Approaches to sounds and Voice editing with Phil Clendeninn

  • Creative Performances
    Phil Clendeninn shows you how to add a whole new depth to your Performances using assignable functions, articulations, and controllers

  • Sequencing With Remix
    Advanced Pattern recording tools including Scenes and Remix

  • Using Controllers
    Tony Escueta shows how to set your hands free by using an FC-7 foot controller in place of the ribbon or mod wheel

  • Exploring The Vocoder
    Tips from Tony on setting up the vocoder in general, and producing scary noises in particular

  • Expand Your Horizons with Panning
    Pan is an easy to overlook parameter, but how you position sounds in a mix can have a considerable bearing on the clarity or power of your final mix

  • Beyond Preset Drum Voices
    In his own inimitable style, Phil Clendeninn digs into the drum voices; how they are set up and can be managed. The scene also offers some valuable insights into using FX processing on drums such as vintage compression

  • Pattern Recording
    Approaches to recording from selecting sounds, to using templates, setting up the different types of recording. Features a full explanation of Patches and Phrases

  • Enhancing Drum Tracks
    Tony Escueta provides at event editing in Pattern mode to spice up your drum programming

  • FX On Drums
    Phil Clendeninn looks at some of the interesting new 8-zone drum Voices and what you do with FX to enhance them

  • The Power Of XS-ive Reverb
    The whys and wherefores of using different types of reverb available on the XS. Includes the new damper resonance effect

  • Creative FX
    Tony Escueta explores applying and filtering turntable FX to a hip hop kit

  • Customizing Guitar Sounds
    Changing FX and other Voice parameters to create custom guitar sounds

  • Using Twiddly.Bits Drum Libraries
    How to load and use loops from the best-selling Drums & Percussion MIDI Sample library: auditioning, changing Voices, using them as idea-generators, inserting them into previously written material, and more

  • Programming Jazz Drums
    Blake Angelos provides wonderful hands-on advice about drum programming in general and specific Motif XS tips in particular

  • Using Play FX
    An easy to overlook but extremely powerful feature on the XS is examined in minute detail by Blake Angelos. Play FX give you the power of non-destructive editing when it comes to enhancing and developing beats
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