Motif Creator™
Creation and Editing Software for the Yamaha MotifMotif Creator™ - FAQ
How much is Motif Creator™?
Currently, the MSRP of Motif Creator™ is $79.95. It is dual-platform - both Mac and Windows version are included.
You can purchase at our retail arm SamplerZone.com, or at many music stores. Sometimes SamplerZone.com has sales periodically.
Is there a demo?
Yes, we call it Motif Creator™ Free. It primarily exists to show you the program and shows you how easy it is to use, and what it feels like. You can use it to move files around and to format proprietary disks.
Go the the Download Motif Creator™ Free page to download it.
How is Motif Creator™ shipped and how is it updated?
Motif Creator™ is a physical product and MUST be shipped to you.
However, so you can use the program immediately, we offer a temporary build that you can download after you order from SamplerZone.com, to use for the time being. That temporary build expires by the time the CD arrives.
Updates are available for immediate download from our Web Site, using our easy-to-use updating method from the program itself.
Where can I purchase Motif Creator™ from?
(Please notify us if any of these links are dead.)
More distributors, such as Guitar Center, AudioMIDI.com, Sweetwater, BestService GmbH, and Time+Space are being lined up as of this writing.
Aren't parameters on different samplers different? How is it possible to make instruments to sound the sample on completely different samplers?
Obviously all/most translations will be to a certain extent "lossy." The point is to get as close as possible to achieve coherency, just like language translation does. All samplers share basically the same attributes, with supersets of the basic OSC-FILTER-AMP-ENVELOPE-LFO scheme. Translator is extensively documented on the abilities and limitations of it's translations.
Why should I get Motif Creator™ when my sampler already builds it's own Instruments?
Motif Creator™ can potentially build better and faster, with it's automated tools.
For example, the Ensoniq ASR-X imports Ensoniq EPS/ASR sounds, but there are certain critical translation problems, the effects DSP information is not translated, and it has to be done one-by-one.
In addition, the ASR-X can translate Akai and Roland formats, but only the wavedata and the keymap arrangement on the keyboard.
This is also the case with many other manufacturers translations - they want to expand the reach of their product, but have not had the resources to truly get the job done right. Translator improves on this situation for your benefit.
What if I don't like the mappings and parameters that Motif Creator™ performs? What if I spot a bug or a obvious error?
Call or e-mail us and give us SPECIFIC information on the problem - best of all, send us the actual source file in question - you may do this without prior permission.
- Report the incident at our Bug Report Page - this is all you need to do.
- OR, you can e-mail us it regardless of size (beware: your outgoing server probably restricts e-mails sizes).
- OR, FTP it to our site (do not include spaces in the file name you are sending).
- For more info on sending files, see the Sending Files area of the documentation.
Chicken Systems uses a information-intensive bug-solving apparatus that allow us to diagnosis any problem. We listen and may upload or e-mail you an update within 24-48 hours.