From the first glance that you get at those 8 Preset Banks of Voices...you know you are in for a late night!
This instrument has so many sounds for many. many different kinds of players.
While I was out running the other day I started thinking about that common question I often get when introducing someone to a new synth- "How mnay sounds does it have?"
Not only are there lots of presets in the Motif XS but each sound could be programmed to cange or be effected by any of the control knobs, the ribbon, the mod wheel, or the assignable function button.

This is something interesting on the Motif XS that Motif and Motif ES user may find interesting.

I did a little comparrison of how fast the Motif XS can load it's files (in an ALL FILE). The XS loading speed compared to the Motif ES loading time is astounding.

I saved about 100MB of sample data from and ES into an ALL FILE and then loaded back into the ES. That ES data load in it's native format took aout 4 minutes and 51 seconds.

I then loaded the same 100MB of wave data into the XS and saved an ALL FILE. THe XS loads the same size data in it's native format in about 45 seconds.

A big shout out to all you "MOTIFATED People"! This is the place where I'll be documenting my thoughts and experiences making music with the Motif/Motif ES/Motif XS and other related products.

I'm looking forward to the BLOG format. I think it will be much easier for me to communicate my thoughts clearly here, than just by posting.

I've been with Yamaha since 1994. I knew from the first synth that I bought (1983) that I was in for a lifetime of sythesizer addiction. :)