You should be fine with the original driver. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [MoAccess] How should i properly install the usb driver for the motif es? Hi: doesn't the Yamaha universal midi driver come with the motif es on the CD, or is this an updated one that is necessary? I already have the original driver installed. John Fioravanti ----- Original Message ----- From: Bryan Smart To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [MoAccess] How should i properly install the usb driver for the motif es? Here is how you get a basic setup going between your Motif and Sonar. Each of these steps will take a bit of investigation on your own. The driver that you need is the Yamaha Universal MIDI driver. Download the driver from YamahaSynth.com. Run the installer that you downloaded so that the drivers will be loaded on the computer. On the Motif, go to Utility Mode, F5 Remote, SF1 DAW, and set the type to Sonar. Press SF2 remote, and set MIDI in/out to USB. Press Store. I think that these screens SF1 and SF2 are reversed on the ES. Connect the Motif to the computer. Let Windows detect the Motif and load the drivers. In Sonar, go to Options|MIDI Devices. Make sure that Yamaha USB inputs 1 through 3 are selected in both the input and output lists. Still in Sonar, go to Options|Instruments. Press the define button. Press the import button. Select either the Motif ES or the Motif XS instrument definition (download it from moaccess.info if you don't have it). Once the instrument definitions have been imported, select all 16 channels on Yamaha port 1 and assign them the instrument type of Motif ES or XS. Close out of Instrument Options. Still in Sonar, go to Options|Control Surfaces. Press add. Select Mackie Control. Set the input and output ports to Yamaha port 02. Make sure that all of the WAI options are unchecked. Close out of Control Surfaces. On the Motif, go into Song Mode. Select an empty song. You're now ready to sequence with Sonar. Additionally, if you want the Motif to be able to sync its synth engine and effects to Sonar, on the Motif, go to Utility Mode, F5 Remote, SF2 MIDI, and set MIDI Sync to MIDI. The internal sequencers in the Motif won't work until you switch MIDI Sync back to internal. This will get you going with MIDI and control surface functions. There is a lot more to know. For example, when you change mix settings on the Motif, you need to get those settings saved into your Sonar project. That, though, requires that you dump the Motif mix into your Sonar project as a bulk dump. I've written a dump request macro to automate this, but haven't written up instructions for using it yet. There is also a lot of other info to learn if you want to get mLAN working with Sonar. However, don't worry about getting it all working right away. Basic MIDI sequencing is a great starting place. On a side note, it is a shame that we have to memorize so much to work the Motif. I'm glad that it is possible for us to have access to all of this, even if it requires lots of memorization, but that does put us at some strong disadvantages. For example, when a sighted person uses a Motif, it is a very simple process (not too far beyond using a tape recorder), for them to record with the Motif's sequencer. For them, connecting to a computer is a head ache that is to be suffered so that they can use multitrack audio and softsynths with their Motif. For new blind Motif players, though, it is almost easier to get them hooked up to a talking environment on a computer (like Sonar or QWS), rather than explain to them how to use the Motif's sequencer. Now, a blind person can eventually use the sequencer almost as well as a sighted person. In fact I can work very quickly with mine, and prefer to write with the Motif rather than Sonar. However, I just find it strange how blind people must learn the Motif from the opposite direction as sighted players. Bryan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David ingram Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:16 PM To: moaccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [MoAccess] How should i properly install the usb driver for the motif es? Hi, list members, i'd like to know how to properly install the u s b driver for the motif es since i'll be using the motif with sonar version 6? I would appreciate any information that any one has.