hi, thanks for your reply. chee Chau. --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Fw: motif xs tutoreal. > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 10:29 AM > John lists his prices on his web page. You can find his web > page in the > Links section of MoAccess. > > The scripts are $15. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of lui > chee chau > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:44 PM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Fw: motif xs tutoreal. > > > hi, many thanks for your reply, and my apolajise for not > being very > detail. i am new to this list, and so please forgive me > for more > question that i may ask, smile. i will go to the link that > you give in > this email. can any one tell me, how much is the cost for > the john > melas mo access and also the sckripts for it? many thanks > again for > your help. > regards. > > chee chau. > > > > --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Jose <Jose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > From: Jose <Jose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Fw: motif xs tutoreal. > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 4:56 AM > > I'm assuming you forwarded this because you > didn't > > get a reply. I'm > > speaking for myself here. I didn't reply because > I > > didn't think you were > > specific enough. There is a Motif XS button layout > > document on the MoAccess > > web site. There are also some tutorials. You can get > to > > the MoAccess web > > site by clicking the link below: > > > > HTTP://moaccess.info > > > > Once there, there's a list of links. One of them > is to > > the button layout. > > > > Jose > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of lui chee chau > > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:52 PM > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [MoAccess] Fw: motif xs tutoreal. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 3/6/09, lui chee chau > > <lcheechau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > From: lui chee chau <lcheechau@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: motif xs tutoreal. > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 10:13 AM > > > hi, i heard before, some one did a tutoreal on > motif > > xs, i > > > believe it is about the key layout or some thing > like > > that. > > > is it still on the moaccess webside? how do i > access > > it? > > > many thanks. > > > > > > Chee Chau. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 3/6/09, Jose Abreu > > <jose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: Jose Abreu > <jose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] MoAccess, was Sonar, > > Motif XS, > > > and MIDI > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 10:50 AM > > > > Well, actually, I'm not having that > problem > > > anymore > > > > cause I'll just not use > > > > track one in Sonar. I love the Motif XS. > When > > the ES > > > came > > > > out, I learned > > > > it was much more accessible than the Korg > boards, > > but, > > > to > > > > be honest, I was > > > > not sold on the sounds. For Latin > sequences, I > > still > > > very > > > > much preferred > > > > the Korg sounds on the Karma. However, that > is > > no > > > longer > > > > true with the > > > > release of the XS. The XS blows Korg out of > the > > > water, and > > > > out of my band > > > > and my studio for good. > > > > > > > > A huge thanks to those of you who came > before me, > > and > > > are > > > > opening the way. > > > > Special mention to Damon for sharing his > > knowledge > > > directly > > > > with me, and, > > > > patiently, answering some of my idiotic > > questions, > > > like how > > > > to load a sound > > > > file. I will try to help out when I can as > I am > > now > > > fully > > > > sold on the XS > > > > and will put a lot of time into it. > I'll try > > to > > > put > > > > together some other > > > > notes like the file mode notes I sent > recently. > > > > > > > > Jose > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Behalf Of Bryan Smart > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:21 PM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: [MoAccess] MoAccess, was Sonar, > Motif > > XS, and > > > MIDI > > > > > > > > Sorry that you're having problems. There > are > > many > > > > settings to work out, > > > > for sure. > > > > > > > > Very soon, I will be releasing a complete > setup > > > package for > > > > using the > > > > Motif with Sonar, both for basic MIDI > sequencing > > for > > > those > > > > of you that > > > > have USB connections, as well as a fully > > integrated > > > > all-digital > > > > multi-bus setup for those of you that have > mLAN. > > > > > > > > I know that the Motif has been out for > almost two > > > years > > > > now, and, for a > > > > while, it has seemed like the ES is the > board > > with > > > superior > > > > accessibility. This is because a lot of the > XS > > > benefits > > > > have been slow > > > > in coming due to the many pieces that have > been > > > involved, > > > > and the > > > > nothing that myself and those that have > helped me > > make > > > for > > > > doing all of > > > > this work to simplify the process for those > of > > you > > > that > > > > aren't so techy. > > > > > > > > Before anything could be done, we needed > good > > access > > > to > > > > many Motif XS > > > > capabilities. We needed good documentation > on the > > > Motif XS, > > > > and how to > > > > get around its control panels. We needed to > get a > > good > > > > stable PC-based > > > > editor for allowing us to remote control > many of > > its > > > > functions > > > > (including the Jaws scripts). We needed > Yamaha to > > make > > > some > > > > basic > > > > changes in the firmware that have gradually > made > > these > > > > other goals > > > > possible (fixing bugs that prevented editor > > functions > > > from > > > > working, > > > > adding keyboard support so that we can > actually > > type > > > > filenames when > > > > saving, etc). > > > > > > > > To use the Motif XS as part of a larger > > accessible > > > studio > > > > on a PC, we > > > > needed to accomplish other goals. The mLAN > > drivers > > > > didn't work so well > > > > with Sonar in the early days, and we had to > wait > > for > > > those > > > > problems to > > > > be sorted out. Of course, the editors are a > big > > part > > > of > > > > working in > > > > Sonar, since they control the Motif mixing > > functions. > > > Also, > > > > accessibility in Sonar itself has come quite > a > > long > > > way in > > > > the last two > > > > years, particularly with the enhancements to > > > CakeTalking. > > > > Sonar 8, with > > > > its features, external inserts in > particular, > > will > > > make > > > > working with the > > > > Motif XS a lot like using a softsynth. You > Sonar > > users > > > will > > > > be able to > > > > sequence in Sonar and have your creations > > rendered > > > from > > > > start to finish > > > > in complete digital form without having to > > manually > > > record > > > > in track > > > > after track of sequenced MIDI data from the > Motif > > to > > > audio > > > > tracks. > > > > > > > > Many advanced users have put their toes in > to > > some of > > > these > > > > areas, some > > > > trying mLAN, others using the editors. > However, I > > > don't > > > > know any blind > > > > people that are using the full system as > > intended. > > > Even > > > > those that are > > > > trail blazers must put up with lots of > > configuration > > > > headaches together > > > > with trial and error. That will change very > soon. > > We > > > are > > > > reaching the > > > > point where the pieces are finally coming > > together. > > > > > > > > When I started out creating electronic music > 15 > > years > > > ago, > > > > I didn't know > > > > other blind people that were doing what I > was > > doing. I > > > > bought a lot of > > > > crap gear, memorized many screens, and > frustrated > > > myself > > > > beyond > > > > description. The only good thing that came > of all > > that > > > is > > > > that I learned > > > > these techniques for memorizing gear and, of > > course, > > > got my > > > > MIDI-knight > > > > black belt. My intension from the beginning > with > > > MoAccess > > > > has been to > > > > make the Motif for all of you, what it has > been > > for > > > me, a > > > > wonderful > > > > instrument that helped me create music > instead of > > mess > > > with > > > > lots of > > > > equipment. I think that this is particularly > > important > > > for > > > > blind people, > > > > since, not only do most of us have no idea > what > > the > > > cryptic > > > > configuration options mean, but we have the > added > > > > disadvantage that we > > > > are unable to see the screens on the gear to > read > > the > > > > cryptic > > > > configuration options. > > > > > > > > Hopefully, the Motif XS can replace the old > > Kurzweils > > > in > > > > peoples' minds > > > > as the accessible workstation. It already > has > > been, > > > but > > > > most people just > > > > don't understand it yet. > > > > > > > > Anyway, when is the question. The answer is > 1-2 > > weeks. > > > > I'm going to CSUN > > > > this year, and I'd like to be able to > talk > > this > > > stuff > > > > up when I'm there. > > > > I really hope that Yamaha releases their > drum > > voices > > > by > > > > then, as I'd > > > > like to include them in some all files that > > I've > > > built, > > > > but that part is > > > > completely out of my control. Still, it is a > > small > > > little > > > > piece. > > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf > > Of > > > Jose > > > > Abreu > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:31 PM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, and > > midi. > > > > > > > > Well, I solved my problem, but there's > still > > an > > > > academic question out > > > > there. > > > > I moved the piano in track 1 of Sonar to > another > > > track, 13, > > > > and assigned > > > > it > > > > to midi channel 1. It now responds to the > volume > > > control. > > > > So, the > > > > problem > > > > is not on midi channel 1, but rather on > > Sonar's > > > track > > > > 1. At this point > > > > it's > > > > academic, I will just not use track 1, but I > do > > still > > > > wonder why this > > > > is. > > > > > > > > Jose > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Behalf Of Bryan Smart > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:26 AM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, and > > midi. > > > > > > > > Cable from computer to keyboard. Must first > > download > > > Yamaha > > > > Universal > > > > MIDI driver from YamahaSynth.com, but is > easy > > setup. > > > > > > > > mLAN does the same thing over a Firewire > cable, > > but > > > also > > > > provides 11 > > > > stereo (or 22 mono) channels of digital I/O > for > > > routing > > > > audio in to, or > > > > out of, DAW apps like Sonar. > > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf > > Of > > > Jose > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:55 AM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, and > > midi. > > > > > > > > So, to use the USB connection instead of > midi, I > > can > > > just > > > > connect a > > > > cable > > > > from the computer to the keyboard, or do I > need > > the > > > > optional lan > > > > adaptor? > > > > > > > > Jose > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Behalf Of Goldfingas > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:49 AM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, and > > midi. > > > > > > > > With USB, you are abler to do more than just > > midi, you > > > can > > > > also use the > > > > remote functions and coming soon, even more. > I > > think > > > there > > > > are 3 ports > > > > that > > > > the USB uses... I forget what they all do > though. > > I > > > know > > > > that a is midi, > > > > one > > > > is remote, and I forget what that other is > at the > > > moment. > > > > Maybe Smart > > > > can > > > > chime in here and back me up? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Behalf Of Omar Binno > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:02 PM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, and > > midi. > > > > > > > > I was wrong then about the insertion fx. I > do > > remember > > > > though that it > > > > was > > > > discussed on here a while ago how USB > connection > > has > > > > advantages over > > > > MIDI. > > > > Yes, no? > > > > > > > > > > > > Omar Binno > > > > > > > > AIM: LOD1116 > > > > Skype: obinno1 > > > > Website: www.omarbinno.com > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Bryan Smart > > > <mailto:bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:24 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, > and > > midi. > > > > > > > > > > > > Really? I'm not sure how this can be. > MIDI > > > doesn't > > > > have anything > > > > to > > > > do with if the Motif uses its insert effects > > > processors or > > > > not, as far > > > > as I > > > > know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf > > Of > > > Omar > > > > Binno > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:08 AM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, > and > > midi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When you use the motif via midi through > sonar, > > you > > > lose > > > > the > > > > insertion fx that you have on the first 8 > tracks > > of a > > > > project. If you > > > > use it > > > > through USB, you can get those fx and it > sounds > > alot > > > nicer. > > > > I'm not sure > > > > if > > > > that would fix the problem you're > currently > > > having, but > > > > just thought i'd > > > > pass that bit of info along. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Omar Binno > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > AIM: LOD1116 > > > > Skype: obinno1 > > > > Website: www.omarbinno.com > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: Jose > <mailto:Jose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:03 AM > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, > and > > midi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's no real reason, except this is > the > > set > > > up > > > > I've > > > > had > > > > for a while. I only use the connection to > create > > > sequences > > > > in Sonar > > > > using > > > > the XS, and to record sequences from sonar > into > > the XS > > > > using the record > > > > all > > > > tracks function. I only change my set up > once > > every 5 > > > or > > > > so years. > > > > Once > > > > I'm confortable with a set up, I > don't > > like to > > > > change it, even if it's, > > > > potentially, for the better. For example, I > > still use > > > a > > > > Layla20 sound > > > > card. > > > > It records at a lower resolution than many > more > > modern > > > > cards, like the > > > > Layla24, and a more recent Echoaudio card > called > > > Audiofire. > > > > However, > > > > this > > > > set up works fine for me, and I don't > spend > > have > > > of my > > > > studio time > > > > fixing > > > > connection problems. I do have a p4 > computer, > > not a > > > > comodor64! > > > > However, I > > > > don't have a dual or quad core computer > > cause, > > > once > > > > again, mine works > > > > fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jose > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf > > Of > > > Omar > > > > Binno > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:43 AM > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, > and > > midi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm just curious: why are you > connecting > > your > > > motif > > > > via > > > > Midi > > > > rather than USB? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Omar Binno > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > AIM: LOD1116 > > > > Skype: obinno1 > > > > Website: www.omarbinno.com > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: Jose > <mailto:Jose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:23 AM > > > > > > > > Subject: [MoAccess] Sonar, Motif XS, and > midi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why doesn't my XS listen to the Sonar > > volume > > > > setting > > > > on midi channel 1? I > > > > have my XS connected to my computer via > midi > > > > through > > > > my Layla sound card. > > > > In song mode, the volume on channel 1 is > > always > > > > at > > > > the highest level (127). > > > > It won't change. The volume for all > of > > the > > > > other > > > > channels change as I > > > > adjust them in Sonar. I use Sonar 2.2. > Yes, > > > > that's > > > > right, 2.2. It works > > > > fine for me. I have dealt with this in > the > > past > > > > by > > > > simply setting the > > > > keyboard not to receive control data, and > > > > creating > > > > templates on the keyboard > > > > with the settings I want. However, > I'm > > curious > > > > to > > > > know why this is > > > > happening. I remember it also happening > with > > my > > > > Yamaha S80. I dealt with > > > > the problem the same way. I don't > think > > it > > > > happens > > > > with the Karma, but I > > > > don't remember because, with the > Karma, I > > > always > > > > disabled control data > > > > without even checking if this was a > problem. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Jose. > > > > > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind > owners, > > > > visit > > > > www.MoAccess.info. > > > > To change your list options and view > archives > > > > for > > > > the MoAccess list, visit > > > www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind > owners, > > visit > > > > www.MoAccess.info. > > > > To change your list options and view > archives for > > the > > > > MoAccess list, > > > > visit > > > > www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind > owners, > > visit > > > > www.MoAccess.info. > > > > To change your list options and view > archives for > > the > > > > MoAccess list, > > > > visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind > owners, > > visit > > > > www.MoAccess.info. > > > > To change your list options and view > archives for > > the > > > > MoAccess list, > > > > visit > > > > www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind > owners, > > visit > > > > www.MoAccess.info. > > > > To change your list options and view > archives for > > the > > > > MoAccess list, > > > > visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind > owners, > > visit > > > > www.MoAccess.info. > > > > To change your list options and view > archives for > > the > > > > MoAccess list, visit > > > > www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind > owners, > > visit > > > > www.MoAccess.info. > > > > To change your list options and view > archives for > > the > > > > MoAccess list, visit > > www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind owners, visit > > www.MoAccess.info. > > To change your list options and view archives for the > > MoAccess list, visit > > www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind owners, visit > > www.MoAccess.info. > > To change your list options and view archives for the > > MoAccess list, visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > > > > For links to all Motif info for blind owners, visit > www.MoAccess.info. > To change your list options and view archives for the > MoAccess list, > visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. > > For links to all Motif info for blind owners, visit > www.MoAccess.info. > To change your list options and view archives for the > MoAccess list, visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess. For links to all Motif info for blind owners, visit www.MoAccess.info. To change your list options and view archives for the MoAccess list, visit www.freelists.org/list/moaccess.