From aevett1@yahoo.com Mon Aug 20 10:10:53 2007
Subject:Re: MO8 vrs S90es

Thanks aL, for the clarification...

Being an S90ES user, my experience so far has been
that the additional piano samples/voices (beyond the
Motif ES) are very playable and quite useful. They
seem to work especially well for me on ballads and
mid-tempo tunes; but for uptempo, more powerful guitar
driven pieces I often go to the bright ES rock
pianos, or some of the original Motif piano voices.
However, those pianos/ voices also work well in a
variety of styles. So a MO8 may work just fine for the
application that started this thread.
Yamaha's done a great job-voice-wise- with the whole
Motif line. With the expanded control features &
effects in the Motif XS, they've definitely moved into
a Clonewheel territory similar to that of the Roland
RD 700SX. Check out they Keyboard Mag. review in the
August '07 issue.

Allan

--- fai31188 wrote:

> Actually, the Motif 8 has a first generation Motif
> piano sound. The
S90ES has the same piano
> sounds as the Motif ES line (2nd
> generation)
plus additional piano samples
> not contained in the Motif ES or
original
> Motif. The MO 8 has the same piano sounds as the
> Motif ES, it
is just stripped down feature
> wise from the Motif ES line.
> Personally,
I'd get the S90ES. The new
> piano sound is a substantial
> improvement
over the ES line. It also
> support half damping. Also, it is
> expandable
via plugin boards (no longer
> supported by Yamaha) whereas the MO8 is
> not.

Hope this
> helps.

aL

>

--- In
> CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, tonysounds
> wrote:
>
> The
> MOTIF 8 is not the same as the MO8. Those are two
> different
beasts. The Motif 8 had the same
> piano as the S90ES from what I could
tell
> (although it may have just sounded that way to me).
> The MO8
however definitely had a different
> piano sound to it, and it was not
as nice
> as the Motif 8 or S90ES.
>
>
> T
>
> Dan A
> wrote:
> Leo,
>
>
> I own the S90es and love it. If you
> really need a sequencer than get
the Motif
> 8. That's what the difference was for me. I just
> needed a
good weighted keyboard with decent
> sounds for gigs. As far as the
grand piano
> sample is concerned with the S90, I can't say if
> its
better than the Motif 8. They sounded
> the same to me.
>
> Both are
> great keyboards.
>
>
> Dan
>
> leo aquilina
> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me the main
> differences between the
> MO8 and the
> S90es? I know they both have motif es
>
> sounds and 88 weighted keys. Also know the MO8 has
> a
> more sophisticated sequencer. I believe
> the S90es is
> suppose to have a newer,
> better sampled grand piano.
> How much
> better is this piano compared to the MO8?
> At
> about $500 cheaper (if the piano
> sounds are close) the
> MO8 would seem to
> be a much better buy.
> Thanks much for any
> comments.
> ljabaa
>
>
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