No. --- original message --- From: "Tony & Karen Heath" <kheath4@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha Date: March 7, 2009 Time: 4:55:54 PM Will these drums work on the Motif ES? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goldfingas" <goldfingas@xxxxxxx> To: <MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > Ah, cool. Do you have both? > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Damon Fibraio > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:38 AM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > Ksounds is either Steinway or kawai, depending on which volume you have. > > -- > Damon Fibraio > screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn dfibraio@xxxxxxxxxxxx skype: dfibraio > personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com. > Band web site: http://www.thdband.com, myspace > http://www.myspace.com/thdtheband > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Goldfingas > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:04 AM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > Ok ok, I get the point. Lol. Well they sure as hell need to sample drums > from another company then. Maybe DW or someone like that. I am not feeling > the factory drums now. I kind of thought about that after I wrote it. How > they are the only company with a real cp and no one else really does that > right. > I wonder what brand piano the KSounds one is? Maybe Steinway? > Hmmm, anyway... > > GF > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Bryan Smart > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:54 PM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > What do you mean about Yamaha not sampling their own pianos? That is where > the piano sounds in the Motif come from. > > The main Motif XS piano sample is from a Yamaha CF series concert grand. > Unfortunately, that is kind of a bright piano for general use, but I > suppose > that they were aiming this at the classical crowd first. > > The S90ES piano, the one that has an XS version in the new XSpanded bank I > uploaded is a Yamaha S700 piano. The S700 is sort of a strange piano, > since > there isn't a real Yamaha S700 piano for sale. The S700 is a piano that > was > specifically designed for sampling. Details are sketchy on this, but > supposedly Yamaha built a piano where the piano keys could be mechanically > triggered by another device at specific velocity levels. > The project supposedly cost Yamaha over $250,000. Supposedly, this is why > the sample switching between velocity levels and key ranges is so smooth > on > that piano. I'm not sure how the CF piano was recorded, but they probably > had a human player operating keys. > > The CP70 electric grand is a sample from a Yamaha CP70 piano, but the > detail > of sampling in the CP70 voices doesn't even approach the level of > attention > that was paid to the acoustic pianos. Still, that's a Yamaha instrument, > also. > > Anyhow, the Motif pianos are all real Yamaha pianos. Most of the other > instruments in the Motif come from Yamaha instruments, also. Whether you > like the tone of any particular instrument or not is a matter of personal > taste. Yamaha is certainly a Unique company in this regard. > Korg, Roland, and Kurzweil all built their keyboard voices through a mix > of > sampling instruments on their own and licensing recordings from other > companies. In most cases, the instrument voices in the Motif are produced > from samples made by Yamaha, of instruments that were built by Yamaha. I > think that is one big reason why the Motif is still king of the > workstation > keyboards when it comes to imitating the sound of real instruments. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Goldfingas > Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:22 PM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > They did give us the plg 150 dr, and pc cards. Those had the drums from > the > tyros and they were a bit different. And the did come out with some sample > banks that weren't all that good at all. I have demos of them to prove it. > Damon and I both cringed at them. But I hope the can put something cool > out. > After all, they do make drum kits for real and why not mic one of their > own > up and sample it. Guess that's not saying much either, they make pianos > and > how many sounds do you hear that say Yamaha studio grand or anything like > that. Lol > > GF > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Bryan Smart > Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 12:49 PM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > Hey, don't be too negative. After all, when is the last time that we got a > new acoustic kit for the Motif from Yamaha? I don't think that they've > added > any new acoustic kits since the original Motif. There were little touches > added in the XS, like the toms having multiple layers, but no new kits. > I > think that the drums are the area of the Motif that has changed the least > since it was originally released. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Goldfingas > Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:32 AM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > They won't be, they usually aren't. Don't get your hopes up. > > -----Original Message----- > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Damon Fibraio > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:33 PM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > Wow. We really need new rock drums for the motif, so I hope these are > good. > > > > -- > > Damon Fibraio > > screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn dfibraio@xxxxxxxxxxxx skype: > dfibraio > > personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com. > > Band web site: http://www.thdband.com, myspace > http://www.myspace.com/thdtheband > > > > From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Bryan Smart > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:25 PM > To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [MoAccess] New drums coming from Yamaha > > > > Over on Motifator, there has been an announcement that Yamaha will be > releasing new drum voices to complement the new instrument voices for the > XS. There will be new multi-sampled acoustic drums, including a new oak > kit > and new power kit. There aren't many details on the electronic drums that > will be included, but we've been told to expect new hip hop kits. The set > will also feature new percussion kits, including ethnic percussion. > > > > I've recently been working on the final touches of a complete setup > package > for those of you that are working with either Sonar or QWS as an > accessible > computer-based sequencer. I know that there is a lot of setup involved > when > someone first gets a Motif in order to get everything synced up and > running > with the computer, so I'll be posting setup instructions, Sonar and QWS > instrument definitions for the XS, and Motif mix dump request macros so > that > you can save Motif mix changes as part of your Sonar projects. Most > importantly, I'll post a new all file that includes all of the new XS > instrument and drum voices plus is preconfigured to work in Sonar. > You'll > need to install the XS USB or mLAN driver on your computer, and will need > to > perform some basic setup in Sonar, but, as far as the Motif, you'll just > need to turn it on, load this all file, and you'll be ready to sequence > with > Sonar and all of the new voices from Yamaha. > > > > Bryan > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 3897 (20090228) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 3897 (20090228) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > 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. 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