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Motif Xf Vst
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How can a hardware synthesizer act as a VSTi? Find out all about this advanced integration feature!

A Getting Started Guide: Motif XF EDITOR VST

MOTIF XF Editor VST Installation Guide (V1.5.1 or later) — 234KB MOTIF XF Extension Installation Guide — 131KB MOTIF XF Extension Owner's Manual — 447KB MOTIF XF6/7/8 Owner's Manual — 10.5MB MOTIF XF6/7/8 Reference Manual — 34.1MB MOTIF XF6/7/8 Supplementary Manual — 4.1MB MOTIF XF6/MOTIF XF7/MOTIF XF8 Editor. The MOTIF XF also includes the award-winning 'REV-X' reverb, the same professionally renowned reverb found in the SPX2000. High-quality keyboards that enable high-level performance The MOTIF XF6 and XF7 use high-quality FSX keyboards with 61 and 76 keys, respectively. The MOTIF XF8 uses a BH (balanced hammer) keyboard with 88 keys.

There are two different ways of running the Motif XF Editor. It can run as a standalone program, or it can run as a VST3 plug-in for audio integration, called the 'Motif XF VST'. The VST version requires a DAW software capable of running VST3 plug-ins. The advantage of running the XF Editor as a VST is that it allows not only advanced audio routing, but when you SAVE your DAW Project file, all the Voices, Mixing setup and settings of your Motif XF are remembered along with the Project. When you next open this Project it will restore every setting of your Motif XF!

VSTi Audio Routing:
The advanced audio routing means you can use software based plug-ins to process your individual audio streams coming from the Motif XF. Without this advanced routing you would typically be recording just standard MIDI tracks into your DAW (Cubase), and as we all know MIDI is not audio and therefore processing MIDI tracks with Plug-in Effects is not possible. But VSTi routing means that the MIDI data for the hardware XF engine will be routed in such a way that the MIDI data travels from Cubase to the XF (hardware) tone engine which returns audio to Cubase via the special VST AUDIO LANE provided for VSTi synths. This audio lane allows you to hear exactly what will be rendered when you execute the 'Audio mixdown'. VST Instruments all play through the VST INSTRUMENT FOLDER which contains an AUDIO LANE and an AUTOMATION LANE - the AUDIO LANE is 'virtual' audio, it is not yet printed as an audio waveform - you are simply monitoring the audio before it is rendered as a Waveform by the process known as EXPORT AUDIO MIXDOWN. This is exactly how all soft synths are treated - via the 'virtual audio' lane prior to rendering the waveform. It is only during the EXPORT AUDIO MIXDOWN that the 'virtual audio' becomes 'real audio'. External VSTi are rendered in real time - this makes sense because the MIDI data needs to be played back to the XF for the XF to generate the AUDIO which is then converted to a high resolution audio waveform on the computer.
Saving your VSTi Setup:
When you Save the Cubase Project, you do not have to save the Motif XF VST data separately. It is automatically saved with the Cubase Project. So exactly like any software synthesizer you may have used, the Motif XF and all its Voices, Edits, etc., are saved as apart of the Project itself. You can opt to save just the CURRENT MIXING setup or you can Save the entire Voice Library contained in your Motif XF at the time of the project. This includes any MIX VOICES, or custom USER VOICES you may have created. If you are using the XF Editor as 'standalone' naturally, you will need to save an Editor File (.X3E) for your Motif XF setup and you will need to restore it manually.
We cannot strongly enough recommend that the one thing you should do while learning to use the Motif XF VST is to read through the 55 page online (PDF) HELP manual that comes with it.
The Standalone version of the Motif XF Editor cannot be run simultaneously with the VST version because you only have one Motif XF (in all likelihood).
Let's see how the Motif XF Editor VST is accessed within Cubase as a VSTi (depending on the version of Cubase you are using - screenshots might be slightly different)..
· Start a NEW PROJECT
· Use the EMPTY Template
· Once the empty Track View window is showing:
· Go to DEVICES > VST INSTRUMENTS (or use the quick key: F11)
In the first space in the VST Instrument Rack click and select 'External' > 'D – Motif XF VST'
This is how you access the new 'Motif XF Editor VST'. In a similar scenario as you would in setting up any VSTi, you will be asked if you want to create a MIDI track assigned to the 'Motif XF VST'.
Create the MIDI track.
The MIDI track for Motif XF data and a VST Folder for the audio lane will appear. Later you can create as many MIDI tracks, assigned to this VSTi, as you require. Each new PART you want to use in your multi-timbral Motif XF requires you create a new MIDI track assigned to the Motif XF VST's MIDI IN. Do not miss this point. The 'Motif XF VST MIDI In' (circled in red in the screenshot below) is different from the 'Motif XF MIDI In' - and is selected as different. The VST MIDI IN allows the MIDI stream to traverse the graphic user interface that you consider the 'editor'. Not only do the keys on the graphic keyboard indicate what you are playing, the knobs and parameters in the Editor will animate in response to the data you are generating - it is literally the Motif XF's 1:1 representative in the computer. Each MIDI track will address this one instance of the Motif XF VST. The number of audio lanes will depend on the number of audio Outputs you activate for the Motif XF.
Activating outputs is done on the VST INSTRUMENT rack by clicking on the OUTPUT icon [=> (indicated in the yellow box below) or by activating them in the Motif XF VST Editor (upper right corner of the Editor VST). You can select to activate all outputs or simply click on the output you require. There are 8 Stereo Outputs listed. The first stereo pair (the Main L/R) is always active.
There is a small arrow in the upper right corner of the Motif XF Editor VST which will open an Options dropdown which lets you keep the Editor: Always on Top, you can Copy settings, Load Preset.., Save Preset.., create a Default Preset, make A/B comparisons while editing, Activate the 8 Stereo outputs of the FW16E, etc.

Important note: Remember multiple MIDI PARTS can share an audio output. You may wish to group your musical PARTS to outputs, as makes sense for your music project. PARTS of your Motif XF MIXING setup are routed to the different OUTPUT buses with the OUTPUT SELECT parameter on the main Editor window (on the far right of the screen).
The Editor will launch. If it does not automatically find the ports and communicate with your Motif XF take the following steps:
· Make sure the Motif XF is set to communicate via either USB or FW (depending on what you are using for MIDI communication). You do so by pressing [UTILITY] > [F5] CONTROL > [SF2] MIDI. Under the heading 'INTERFACE' set the MIDI In/Out parameter for how you are communicating, FW or USB. (The Editor cannot be run with just a 5-pin MIDI interface).
· The screenshot shows FW selected as the MIDI IN/OUT, select 'USB' if that is your MIDI communication route.
· On the menu bar of the Motif XF Editor VST click FILE > SETUP
Make appropriate Device and Port settings on the Setup screen and click OK. Shown at below is the FW/1394 configuration. FW is a perfect situation for this Motif XF Editor VST because it will allow you to use as many as 8 pair of audio outputs simultaneously from the Motif XF.
Special note for those using USB-MIDI and/or another external audio interface: If you are using the USB-MIDI port for MIDI, you will need to additionally connect your external audio interface in order to successfully use this Editor's audio routing functions. Select USB and turn the DETAIL ON.
Select for PORT 1: 'Yamaha Motif XF7-1' under MIDI OUT.
Select for PORT 4: 'Yamaha Motif XF7-4' for both MIDI IN and MIDI OUT
(The screenshot examples were done on an XF7, of course, if you own an XF6 or and XF8, this will be reflected in your screen.
MIDI and AUDIO
The VST version of the Editor works by

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