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Hi musical friends,
I wish to purchase the Yamaha MoxF8, though having no previous experience with Arpeggios and synths etc, but the videos seem easy and cool.
1) My question is whether to purchase the MOXF8 which I wish for its many MOTIF FX sounds and extra Flash RAM I think?
Comparison:
The keyboard bed is similar to that of the DGX 660: 88 Weigthed GHS (graded hammer standard). I know that many free sounds are possible to load onto the MOXF8 under here the free CP1 sounds. But also I guess I could choose to run VTS sounds or software sounds on a PC instead and thus perhaps settle with the somewhat heavier DGX 660. I read a lot but prefer asking You musicians since this is a specific question.
I have owned yamahas: P250, p 120, p 155 ,then CP5 (a handful UI wise but great sounds, including the guitar sounds and synths), and now the DGX 660 (the reason I bought rather similar models is that I moved abroad several times).
One good thing about the DGX is the rhytms of which there are around 200, and the learning module: FOr my son and I can compose songs and have the NOtes shown on the display for him to play them and use. It also has many drum sets. THe MoxF8 uses arpeggios and seems to be more flexible if I need to create my own backing patch from the ground. But perhaps I can also do that with the DGX 660. Never tried and it does not have Arpeggios so I guess not really. I imagine that would be done with a metronome and recording the whole song with drums, perhaps after having recorded the melody).
SO anyway if I decide for the Moxf8, I think I would need to keep the DGX 660 for my sons sake and because he can easily have rhytms as backing without needing some rather tricky creation of suc with Arpeggios.
2) Or could I get such rhytms from software for the DGX 660? You see how many questions are circulating in my tormented piano mind ;-)
3) WHich DAW do I need?
I have very little experience with using a daw (Cubase seems a handful: I have Audacity at the moment to edit but I need to also write out note sheets (perhaps presonus right): THe DGX has a midi step sequencer and the capability to record audio (the midi and the microphone all together or convert a midi song with a backing pattern (rhytms) into audio while saving the midi tracks: You sing while converting the midi tracks into audio).
I know the MoxF8 comes bundled with the DAW (good thing since I have an old cubase 5 which seems crazy) etc. and I can Line in a Microphone which I need as well as another instrument. Also it's possible to edit music onboard and program sound setups for gigging, which is another need, apart from composing at home. Still don't know if I will be happy with just mixing onboard the MOXF8 or if I need a pc.
I have the DGX 660 and its nice to keep going with composing and singing. Please see if you can help me answer these questions, since I am unsure if having the MOXf8 is stupid since my main purpose is to have better and more synths as well as better instruments generally than those of the dgx 660. I don't know if I can input them with a pc to the DGX 660 and in that case a new purchase might seem stupid since I know the UI of the DGx 660 quite well now.
Sorry about the length of this but I hope I got the parameters well covered. Happy new year
!
Dino
I wish to purchase the Yamaha MoxF8, though having no previous experience with Arpeggios and synths etc, but the videos seem easy and cool.
1) My question is whether to purchase the MOXF8 which I wish for its many MOTIF FX sounds and extra Flash RAM I think?
Comparison:
The keyboard bed is similar to that of the DGX 660: 88 Weigthed GHS (graded hammer standard). I know that many free sounds are possible to load onto the MOXF8 under here the free CP1 sounds. But also I guess I could choose to run VTS sounds or software sounds on a PC instead and thus perhaps settle with the somewhat heavier DGX 660. I read a lot but prefer asking You musicians since this is a specific question.
I have owned yamahas: P250, p 120, p 155 ,then CP5 (a handful UI wise but great sounds, including the guitar sounds and synths), and now the DGX 660 (the reason I bought rather similar models is that I moved abroad several times).
One good thing about the DGX is the rhytms of which there are around 200, and the learning module: FOr my son and I can compose songs and have the NOtes shown on the display for him to play them and use. It also has many drum sets. THe MoxF8 uses arpeggios and seems to be more flexible if I need to create my own backing patch from the ground. But perhaps I can also do that with the DGX 660. Never tried and it does not have Arpeggios so I guess not really. I imagine that would be done with a metronome and recording the whole song with drums, perhaps after having recorded the melody).
SO anyway if I decide for the Moxf8, I think I would need to keep the DGX 660 for my sons sake and because he can easily have rhytms as backing without needing some rather tricky creation of suc with Arpeggios.
2) Or could I get such rhytms from software for the DGX 660? You see how many questions are circulating in my tormented piano mind ;-)
3) WHich DAW do I need?
I have very little experience with using a daw (Cubase seems a handful: I have Audacity at the moment to edit but I need to also write out note sheets (perhaps presonus right): THe DGX has a midi step sequencer and the capability to record audio (the midi and the microphone all together or convert a midi song with a backing pattern (rhytms) into audio while saving the midi tracks: You sing while converting the midi tracks into audio).
I know the MoxF8 comes bundled with the DAW (good thing since I have an old cubase 5 which seems crazy) etc. and I can Line in a Microphone which I need as well as another instrument. Also it's possible to edit music onboard and program sound setups for gigging, which is another need, apart from composing at home. Still don't know if I will be happy with just mixing onboard the MOXF8 or if I need a pc.
I have the DGX 660 and its nice to keep going with composing and singing. Please see if you can help me answer these questions, since I am unsure if having the MOXf8 is stupid since my main purpose is to have better and more synths as well as better instruments generally than those of the dgx 660. I don't know if I can input them with a pc to the DGX 660 and in that case a new purchase might seem stupid since I know the UI of the DGx 660 quite well now.
Sorry about the length of this but I hope I got the parameters well covered. Happy new year
!Dino
