Yamaha MOTIF XF Demo - Sweetwater

[@winddealer1]

Phil is amazing....after all these years, still the most passionate Subject Matter Expert and Ambassador for Yamaha Synths. Thanks Phil for giving so much. Gratefully.

[@MrEXtraRaw]

This and the Korg Kronos presentation was the best I've ever seen. Very straight forward and in-dept explanation and demonstration of the instruments' sounds and functions. You're not left to your own devices. That's how you sell your product!

[@peterngiles]

Phil is the man. He is a great musician, playing a great musical instrument.

[@NoMoreVanilla]

The big improvement in the XF (over the XS) is the flash memory. On the XS, you had to save your setups on a USB stick and load them every time you powered up. With the XF, that annoyance goes away. Both the XS and XF have fantastic voice libraries. DAW integration is great, particularly with Cubase. It can render up to 16 audio tracks at once through Firewire, so I don't have to "freeze" tracks while I'm still working on the composition.

[@KosmicKitchen]

This instrument remains every bit as relevant in 2022.

[@HarryFisherIII]

I'm picking up my XF today!!! Excited!!!

[@RGMultimedia]

Phil (Bad Mister) is a great guy, he is very knowledgeable in the yamaha motiif keys. He is vert instrumental in the productionl ine of this product, his idea in the video is relate to the audience and the world that MOTIF Keyz is basically a portable studio with all the attachments...

[@seankalifut9948]

6:45. The performance is called Second Breakfast.

[@peterwebb6812]

I'm glad I ve got my MOTIF XF 88 great board

[@micaofboca]

This man is just terrific. He's not only a fine pianist, as he demonstrates clearly, but he's extremely lucid and descriptive, embellishing and explaining his points with the keyboard. I would rather he'd have made a very quick sampling over as many instruments as he could, and discussed them but nevertheless he's fascinating to listen to. I'd like to hear and watch a video of him going through the Motif's instruments to alter their sounds.

[@r34drummer3]

This guy's great at presenting, he really knows his stuff!

[@MarkPrigoff]

Instead of commenting about the audience, I would rather marvel at the content of Phil's presentation. He certainly knows his product line with the MOTIFs and plays musical figures (or "motifs") that show the instrument in its best light. I was actually happy to see and not hear anything from the audience, so that I could listen to Phil (just as they were doing).

[@burpzmotown]

hes got me sold!! im buying three!

[@modhiab]

This gentelman can teach engineering !

[@willy44]

Very nice presentation from a wonderful communicator for musicians and one's who are thinking about becoming more involved with the 'understanding' of new gear

[@brickben75]

Is that 'Bad Mister' Phil Clendenon?

[@Emagick77]

The reason he's demo'n mostly acoustic sounds is because acoustic sounds is the motifs' strength..if you notice when you see a roland keyboard being demoed if you pay attention you'll see that they demo the piano,the electric piano and rolands main strength which is the brass sounds and synth sounds..eevery synth has it's strength and that what motif is demoing ..its strength which is acoustic sounds

[@Shane.Russell]

He really is my favorite demo-er

[@ThearonShipman]

I totally agree with you guys. Bert is so very talented, and this Brother is a "Bad Azz" as well. I love this keyboard and I'm saving my "nickles" to get mine too. Thank you guys, and Yamaha.

[@PieruzekRoman]

Very very good demo, you're great I've one moti XF !!! and it's so difficult to stop when you play.... Kind regards from Geneva, Roman

[@EdwardTachie-Menson]

The crowd wasn't dead. They were just overwhelmed. That's my take on it.

[@demon23ro]

A great presentation... very professional... hope to see more of this guy's work on youtube.. he is AWSOME ..

[@LittleRichard1988]

I recently bought a Yamaha Motif Xs6 which is still a very powerful and versatile synthesizer even though it's more like Motif Es but I do also have Halion 7 and many other sample libraries to use in addiion to the on board sounds. I agree that Yamaha Motif is a perfect keyboard for songwriters ( better than an arranger keyboard like Tyros in my opinion ). Even though Motif doesn't have auto accompaniments you do have pattern mode which is a lot more sophisticated.

[@TorBruheim]

Best demo and review so far.

[@abosco771906]

Codriez1- Did you ever get an answer to which Performance was playing at the end (and also at about 7:00). It's nice, huh? Phil... great presentation!!

[@Jatere1]

@6:45!! Nice what is that particular performance mode called?

[@musicajazz1]

I just would like to know is if I play piano at first brings the motif or are in some library in particular?????? thanks

[@stnkfnga]

Where can I get one of them shirts?

[@j2funny]

Hey bro. did you ever find the name of that fresh perfomance at 6:45 in the video?

[@j2funny]

what is the name of the motif xf "performance" he chose to play in at 6:45? i've been looking for it

[@PJWEBB-nf9sp]

I'm glad I got my XF8

[@travr1131]

Congratulations on that beauty! XF7 owner here. You cannot go wrong with Yamaha and you have one of their best ever! Enjoy and happy playing!

[@rolandgerard6064]

Yes me too, for a long time now. Maybe a modx on top of it but xf stays.

[@3star2nr]

Its not as pretty as the nords or as intuitive but god damn its the best feeling keyboard ive ever played

[@davidhall9756]

I love his presentation, and the reason that crowd is so dead is because the majority of them will never do "SH/T" in the music industry. This gentleman gives you a wealth of knowledge, but as the old adage suggests, "YOU CAN LEED A HORSE TO WATER,BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK"!

[@NoMoreVanilla]

The Motif XF is great for composition and studio work, but less so for performance, in my opinion. For one thing, changing voices immediately kills your sound, even if you are holding a chord with your left hand. The assignable function buttons are used for articulation, but they can't be assigned to footswitch controllers. You can't cycle through voices/parts with a footswitch, either. It's bothersome to have to take your hand off the keys for articulation.

[@RashidAlikhan]

knows his stuff mann

[@Dadee3]

This guy and Bert are the best!! Omg and that crowd was very dead.

[@chriscaruso1]

I guess I don't understand, what with memory being so cheap, why workstations aren't featuring =gigabytes= of sample capability, rather than mere megabytes.

[@AnalogX1]

What I've heard sounds gorgeous, but I really wish he would have spent more time on sounds other than acoustic piano, electric piano, and clavinet. Hopefully, a second video will highlight these in more detail, among other functions of the instrument, for those of us who have never owned a Motif and are intrigued.

[@daftmusician]

how many voices does this synt has?

[@seankalifut9948]

I know this was a year ago, but the performance is called Second Breakfast.

[@duperdude25]

The presenter rocks, I was sold on XF two months ago when I got it from Sweetwater. Thanks Nick! But the crowd, looks dead. Who are these douches?

[@colbalt95]

3:38 Motif Xf doesnt have powergrand but the mm8 does :(

[@seankalifut9948]

You can download it from Motifator.com.

[@motifxs7193]

Love my xs

[@uconcerto]

Great Job !!

[@abosco771906]

After going thru all the sounds, I think it's called Second Breakfast. (Performance)

[@thejhambi]

@r34drummer3 I was gonna say the same thing. He knows the tech stuff spot on as well as the music stuff.

[@drastic209562]

I just placed an order for a MOTIF XF7 with Sweetwater using the "3 easy payments" option :) I wish I got laid off so I would have more free time to get jiggy with it.

[@coronado805]

He gets all funky at 04:40

[@TheTruthHurtsYup]

I would like a S700 piano.

[@behzadbhandari]

@Dadee3 .i agree..crowd is unresponsive..drugged mostly..hehe..love the synth..

[@musicajazz1]

LIBRARY THAT ARE PLAYING THE PIANO PRINCIPLE ESPECIALLY THE (Wurlitzer) THANKS

[@fanclub999]

Under his breath he's saying "This crowd is just killing me"

[@Baltuc_Racing]

Holy smokes that ac.guitar was super....

[@coronado805]

Good thing he doesn't looked tired & annoyed

[@J._Campbell]

This Man is GREAT!!! He is the BEST YAMAHA's PERFORMERS!!! and GREAT MUSICIAN!!! THANK YOU!!! I don't like Bert...

[@synthfiend707]

@brickben75 You got it - that's Phil.

[@stnkfnga]

I looked. It's not on MY box. But there's plenty of other dope performance sounds!

[@itorres008]

@Dadee3 Guy is good. I wonder if the crowd read in the paper there was a demo and just showed up. They have a Casio and are thinking of spending maybe $269 on a new Yamaha Portasound. They have that deer in the headlight look like they may not have any idea of what's going on - "Ah, it sounds cool..." :-)

[@itorres008]

@r34drummer3, Yes indeed...

[@DavidRoseberry]

So basically Yamaha took something that couldn't be beat.... and made it better. :-)

[@Soundamite]

Yamaha best sounddd

[@Jatere1]

This crowd is clearly not yamaha savvy smh, their loss! Hey at least the presenter is having fun-HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOOD!

[@Coowallsky]

Bad Mister rules!

[@camobanana1]

Pianos sound just like the S90xs

[@stnkfnga]

Yeah that shit is hot! I'm gonna look myself!

[@sjdj408]

Yeah he lost the crowd somewhere during set up i guess. I think this was a Sweetwater educational seminar for sales staff. You know, the service reps that answer the phone when us "musicians" want to waste more money on our dreams of rockstardom....

[@zfacundo]

menos blablablabla abuelo!!! muestra la potencia del yamaha motif!!!

[@emilshere]

I think he is confusing waveforms with sample partials.... the basic waveforms that analog synths have are present in all sounds... they are the building blocks of sounds... the 4,000 waveforms in the motif are sampled waves that make up the internal sounds.....

[@miamigroove]

Bad Mister Phil !!!

[@mproductionsmusik]

Memory should be quadrupling or more not doubling! specially at this price....

[@BenTuckerr1]

I agree this guy in brilliant! But all I can think of is Cleveland Brown!

[@danyboychicken]

I hate when people cough to express they are bored. The man is making incredibly good his job but people are not interested... dumb people!

[@cooldudebecomzhot]

He talks dominant just like Ice Cube did in 21st Jump Street movie....

[@BlueBellyfluff]

@6.10 fuck me, that's amazing!

[@novasco55]

dead heads

[@محمدعبدالقادر-خ4ح8ي]

النص بلغه العربي

[@qtippz]

Yea the crowd is wack. so dead. wtf?! smh. Great Presentation though.

[@JohnFekoloid]

May be the crowd don't understand English? Or is it Music? My gosh even aliens understand music.

[@qtippz]

SMH @ this crowd.

[@LetArtsLive]

not that old lol

[@kyma1999x]

please stop saying rubbish man....dont compare a plastic japanese digital workstation with 3700 waves and simulated filters, with vintage analogue synthesizer with 4 analogue waves and analogue filters, it's really nonsense! modern or vintage analogue synthesizers like prophet6 or ob6 sounds huge and musical compared to that digital shit, motif xf is like a suv vehicle, analogue synthesizers are like F1 cars, both cars in strict terms but not comparable....like saying 'my vst amp simulator has 120 amps and cabinets....my valve marshall amp has only one.... so my vst is better?' nope...more things doesnt mean more quality....in this prospective a motif is better than arp2600 or minimoog xD that's silly.

[@colbalt95]

kyma1999x Motif is made out of metal and wood.

[@kyma1999x]

...eh sti cazzi?