Just so you know, the XS loads voices saved for the ES. If those voices need rom samples from the ES, instead of their own samples, then the XS automatically maps them to use the old ES samples. On Motifator, there are banks for the XS, produced by Yamaha, that contain all of the ES presets. Since the XS only has 3 user banks you can only load half of the ES voices in one go, but you can load one half, save out your favorite voices, load the other half, and ssave your favorites from it. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of D!J!X! Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:35 AM To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [MoAccess] sample question I actually like the keyboard feel on the XS more, and wouldn't mind the extra sliders and sort of accompanyment feature, so i was thinking of getting an XS, then trading or selling my ES unit to get an EX Rack. If not then trading down to a smaller ES6, so i can still have the sounds and feature of the ES, or maybe I'll keep them both lol... Not sure, now my main goal is to get an XS. I was talking to a friend of mine who was possibly going to trade me his xs for the ES, but haven't heard back from him :(. I wouldn't mind selling/trading my ES8, getting an xs8 and then buy the rack unit later. D!J!X! ________________________________ From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:27 AM To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [MoAccess] sample question I definitely suggest keeping the es, even if you do decide to get an xs rack! lol ----- Original Message ----- From: D!J!X! <mailto:megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [MoAccess] sample question Yea, I've got samples of the korg triton, they just recorded the samples dry, nothing like what the patches on the triton sound like, some of them even clip! Not to mention all the intricacies of the velocity layers are not there, some samples sound stretched! So even if there were sample libraries, your best bet would be to get a rack unit. Hek if i get an xs I'm going to keep my ES, seems that people miss something about it... D!J!X! ________________________________ From: moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:moaccess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:10 AM To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [MoAccess] sample question There are people who claim to sell samples of the es and xs libraries, but they sound generic. So no, there's nothing that will genuinely capture the escence of the particular board. ----- Original Message ----- From: Len Viljoen <mailto:len@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [MoAccess] sample question Is it at all possible to get the sounds from the s and then put them on the xs? 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.