I use a Yamaha S90ES keyboard and a Yamaha Motif-Rack ES sound module. Both are installed in Windows 10 with current drivers, and each shows correctly in both Windows and Cakewalk. Both devices work correctly, including the instrument definitions, when communicating through 5-pin connections and a MIDISPORT 4 x 4. However, neither responds to Cakewalk when using USB connections to the DAW. I use either 5-pin or USB connections, but never both, and I am careful to match send/receive channels. Are there any suggestions for making these devices work while using the USB connections?
I did try the other driver mode. It didn't work for the Yamaha devices, and it messed up everything for my other devices. USB MIDI works well for my Akai, Roland and M Audio devices. I'll just stick with 5-pin Yamaha connections for now; they work reliably. Thank you for the suggestions.
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Thank you, Michael. I have not delved into the editor yet, but this is on the list of things to explore. I picked up the rack unit for live work, and it has been a good match with an Akai Advance 61. I love the action of the S90ES, but I don't miss lugging it around. In the home studio, I am now in a new world, having finally moved on to a Windows 10 world, leaving behind Sonar 4 Producer on an optimized XP system. Hopefully live music will return this year!
Hope someone here can give me some guidance on my new machine (Yamaha Motif-Rack ES.) Installed USB Driver & all software. Got it fired up & opened up an all MIDI composition in SONAR5. Armed an audio track & have nothing. Checked out the demo songs & they sound fine (little weak in audio output, IMO...this rompler.)
2) In the owner's manual, under 'Connecting To A Computer' > 'Using A USB Connector', the parameter requirement is: [uTILITY] > MIDI Display > MIDI In/Out > USB. Well...that's not happening for me. I hit the UTILITY button; & the display reads 'General' Volume = 127. The menu below does not contain MIDI In/Out...or anything else MIDI related.
(1) I haven't tried using with a sequencer yet, but from what I observed with a controller, if you are in Multi mode the light on the button will be green and blink when MIDI messages are received, and if you're in performance mode the light will be amber and blink when MIDI messages are received.
(2) Press Utility, then press the "Page >" button to shift pages till you get to the page that says "MIDI" on top. Then use the down arrow till you highlight "MIDI IN/OUT". Then turn the dial so that it reads "USB".
1) Rod S is correct, above, and this will tell you if the Motiff is receiving MIDI. In order for it to do so, you need to be sure that you're also sending MIDI properly from the sequencer, like you stated. Are you? Each one of the MIDI tracks in your MIDI song has to be assigned to the Motiff via the USB driver. If this does not appear as an option out of the MIDI tracks in Sonar, that's where you need to investigate further.
Another thing you'll always need to keep track of with the Motiff ES Rack is whether or note the "arpegiator" is on - indicated by a light on the front panel. Anytime you're not actively using the arpeggiator, it needs to be off. Trust me.
++ If you are in fact sending and receiving MIDI properly, use headphones to determine if there is any audio coming out of the ES Rack. Perhaps this will tell you for sure that your USB is happening, but not something between the audio outs and your sound card.
On the weak output question...weak as compared to my old rompler, which was a Rolnd XV-5050. That thing kicked serious butt-ola. I've purused the output parameter once already; & it's set to 6dB...although...I noticed a 6, but I didn't notice a plus or minus...so, I'll go back & look at that again tonite.
As long as you've setup your Sonar file to send the GM SysEx messages in the first measure of your file per the manual, and you're in the proper mode on your ES, then the Motif will play your file. You won't hear 'the same thing' because the voices will be Yamaha voices and not Roland voices, but it will sound close enough--hopefully better.
If I buy a Honda car, I can ask questions about it in any automotive forum, and there are likely to be Honda owners there who can answer my questions. However, if I go to a Honda-specific forum, I'm speaking to a much more focused group of individuals, so my odds of getting my question answered are far greater (and potentially answered by a Honda employee/mechanic/whatever).
Do yourself a favour, and download the PDF version of the manual from the Yamaha manual library website; this will allow you to do a search for terms like GM and multitimbral wherever they appear in the document.
The software that makes this all possible, Yamaha's Studio Manager (currently at v2.1.2), is bundled on a CD-ROM supplied in the box with the ES. When installed, it can be directly invoked from within an OPT-compatible DAW, providing transparent access to, for example, a Motif ES voice editor, without having to run the editor as a separate, external application. Additionally, devices' editing applications can be operated remotely, meaning that a Yamaha 01X control surface, for example, could be configured as a hardware control surface for the Rack ES. So what products are able to make use of this system? Currently, the DAWs compatible with Total Recall are Steinberg's Cubase SX3 and Nuendo, while the hardware devices currently supported are Yamaha's DM2000, DM1000, 02R96, 01V96, the 01X and the Motif ES keyboard and Rack synths (note that the mixers are only compatible from OS v2 onwards).
The Multi-part editor, which provides on-screen editing of multitimbral performances, or Multis, did not exist at the time of the original Rack review, and appeared two months later, in August 2003. It's very welcome nevertheless, and is now at version 2.1. Curiously, Yamaha's OPT-compliant SQ01 sequencer for Windows, which was bundled with the original Motif Rack, is not included in the Rack ES's software bundle either. This can be downloaded from www.yamaha.co.jp/product/syndtm/dl/sq01.html, but it seems that you have to have installed all the previous revisions in order to upgrade to the latest version (v2), so again, be prepared for a lengthy download session! The software bundled with the Motif Rack ES is compatible with both Windows XP and Mac OS X (10.3 or later), and the USB MIDI driver is compatible with Windows XP/2000 or any Mac with a Power PC processor and a USB port.
Users of other sequencers can still take advantage of Studio Manager 's Total Recall and editing functions by running it as a stand-alone application. Of course, if you're using it like this, it's not integrated into your main DAW application, so Studio Manager 's settings have to be saved as a separate file and reloaded manually when the song they refer to is required again.
Plans are currently afoot to make the Studio Connections interface protocols available to other manufacturers so that they can develop compatible products. If everyone buys into the idea, then Yamaha/Steinberg's concept will be an attractive proposition; and even if they don't, it will remain a useful tool, if one limited to a narrow range of products. For more information, visit: www.studioconnections.org.
The back panel seems unchanged from the days of the original Motif Rack, featuring the USB computer connection, MIDI In, Out and Thru, main stereo outputs and four individual outs on analogue jacks, and co-axial and optical stereo digital out.Photo: Mike Cameron
On the original Rack, only basic offsets (cutoff, amplitude envelope, filter envelope) could be applied to each Voice as a whole in Multi mode. The ES, however, allows for detailed Multi-part editing at the Element level, in the same way as on Roland's JV, XP and XV synths, for example. Drum parts can still only be edited from within a Multi at the Common level though, unlike the Roland synths. If you want to edit the drums on a per-key basis, or create customised drum layouts, you must do this in Voice mode and store the results to a User drum patch first.
So, with the PLG100XG installed, together with one other PLG board, the ES is capable of playing on up to 33 MIDI channels at once, clearly demonstrating the advantage of using the USB connection. However, it should be borne in mind that if you intend to do SysEx dumps from the ES into, for example, Sonar 's integral SysEx librarian or a non-USB hardware sequencer or data filer, these still have to be performed over a standard MIDI connection.
Despite these niggles, both the Motif's internal piano and the PLG150AP stand up very well against the competition, and the PLG board has the benefit of its own 64-note polyphony, which will be indispensable to anyone using any of the Motif range to produce piano-heavy arrangements.
Bearing in mind that sequencers prioritise tracks according to their position in the track list, I moved the ES's drum part from track 2 to track 16, at the bottom of the list. Incredibly, the timing remained just as solid as before. These tests were performed using the ES's five-pin MIDI connections and the USB connection. In order to accurately measure the difference in response time between the TTS virtual synth and the ES, the drum part from the TTS synth was rendered to audio, as were the various MIDI/USB/track number variations of the ES drum part. Surprisingly, there was virtually no difference in timing between the ES's MIDI and USB port outputs. And best of all, the average difference in timing between the ES and TTS was in the order of between 4ms to 6ms. So yes, it looks like Yamaha have got the timing problem well and truly licked. 152ee80cbc
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