I have read a few posts from people on the forums and have spoken to a few new XS owners out on the road and have heard the following complaint: "My XS isn't quantizing properly". Guess what: It DOES quantize just fine but most people don't realize that the current default range is set to a single measure. So, unless you change the range from what it currently defaults to, which is "measure 001 Beat 01 Clock 000" to "measure 002 Beat 01 Clock 000" you will only quantize measures 1. This vexed me when I first worked with the XS but once I looked at the screen I figured it out.

Hello Blog Readers:

They say patience is a virtue, and no one knows that any better than musicians who use an Intel-based Mac computer. However, the wait for Universal Binary versions of Yamaha and Steinberg music software and drivers is nearing the end!

Motif XS IS very "funkalicious", so much so that I made a little jam called "Funkalicious Motif XS". If it isn't up there yet, keep checking the listening room. I originally put this together for the NAMM show to highlight the VCM pedal wah effect within a single section of a pattern that I could jam over, but then that little section kept growing and growing into a full on party jam thang.

Some key points in to listen for:

Solo sounds:

Hello:

You may have found my latest blog entry here via the link in the listening room. Or, if you are just reading this and would like to know what song I am referring to, it is in the Motif XS listening room: www.motifator.com/motifxs/motifxs-listen.php.

Hello MO people:

I was really happy to hear that there would be a blog here on Motifator. I work so much better with blogging than forums. When motifator first started I replied for awhile until Bad Mister became the ultimate forum guy. I would post a response only to find that he responded before I could finish the post! Anyway, blogging is great for me because it allows me to be a bit more frank about Motif XS, a product that I have been working with now for almost 3 months.