Fantom-X 8 or other Workstation

ff freak,

u didnt tell us the price range... if u need the BEST price-performance combo with a lil screen that u dont mind, IMHO, go for the Mo ES...... reasons :

1). supports AKAI format straight outta the box
2). realtime faders (4 and ribbon controller)
3). full mLAN compatibilty(optional)
with mLAN, mo ES becomes a 8-in 4-out(i'm not sure whether 4 out...) audio interface...
4). 175 MB wave ROM - largest of all....
5). arps - none to beat (KARMA comes close with its GEs)

what this means is : u'll be able to record vocals, guitars, your piano, moES's sequencer and send all of the stuff THRU JUST ONE SINGLE CABLE!!!! and u can interact with mLAN interface devices such as firepod. u can even daisy chain them for more inputs and outputs....mo ES becomes ur external soundcard!!!also, it becomes a mackie control surface!!

so, its upto u...... IMHO, when u have a Mo ES, connected to external gear, u can load piano samples create multisamples, record parts thru and send them thru mLAN, create cool arps, plug in your guitar and have 8 Insert Effects at the same time plus a great control surface!! FX cant do all of this stuff.....

however, IMHO, motif loses in terms of screen size and RAM expandibility, .... i dunno about piano in FX, but u can always get piano samples and create piano patches using multisamples.


so consider ur decision : just for a lil' better piano (that too depends on user taste) and huge screen and pads, do u want to miss out other great features?? i am not supporting mo ES and discouraging FX (i know i cant) but JMHO.


all the best

Sambasevam.S

BTW, Pa1X is really good and its the first workstation with color touch screen

Sambasevam.S

Pa1X is a Entertainer Keyboard and I don't need those Keyboard functions.
I think Yamaha would be the best choice for me because I have some other Yamaha articles(Magicsomp= and when I want some new things the mLan would be great. Thanks fpr your help!

>Is the piano sound as good as the Yamaha P120 Stage Piano? Or what do you think about the combination: Yamaha P120 Stage Piano and Fanto XR Rack? Would this be better?


I'm using a Yamaha P250 with a Fantom-X7 and I think it's a great combination. I love the piano sound of the P250. To my ears, none of the "big three" workstations comes close (although of the three, the Fantom-X is the closest, IMHO). Were it not for the fact that I wanted something with synth keys, I probably would have chosen the Fantom-XR.

I have bought the magazine "keyboards" and there was a CD with samples of different Voices of the three Wokstations.
And the Korg Triton Extreme was in my eyes the best. It has nice rock pianos but the concert pianos are great, too. The synthesizer and Violine sound was in my opninion very good, too.
The worst of the three was the Fantom X. The organs sounded boring and not very powerful. The piano was not much better than the one of the Motif ES or Korg.
I think the Triton Extreme is the right instrument for me.

good decision ff_freak,

but also consider the fact the CD that u got has only a few patches....

i can show u some very good samples from FS and compare it to some really ugly patches from Triton Extreme and make u believe that FX is better.....

remember, the triton extreme doesnt support mLAN or dont have 8 insert effects. arp wise, motif beats the triton tho the triton has 2 arps and the motif has 1.


soundwise - motif
feature wise - motif
sampler - FX
easy use/friendliness - extreme/FX

Sambasevam.S