Korg and Nord both have VA synth functionality that Yamaha does not. Though again, you can also use MIDI to trigger Korg lead sounds from, well, whatever board you put on top. Lead sounds, I'd go with the Nord, because of the hands-on knobby synth functionality.
#Difference between xf and xs motif full#
However, you may find suitable brass on your Kronos (especially if you load the full EXs3 library), and again, you can MIDI the two so you can trigger the Korg's brass sounds off the Nord if you prefer, and you can even use the Korg's assignable outs so that you can still keep the sound unmixed with whatever sound you may be playing on the Korg at the same time, if you'd like. (You also have strong organs in the Kronos that you can trigger from a second board.)īrass is stronger on the Yamaha, as it has velocity layers and articulations that are not available with Nord's sample library approach.
Krslae wrote:I will mainly use it for organs and brass, as well as some other lead sounds. I will mainly use it for organs and brass, as well as some other lead sounds. the fact that the XF is a workstation compared to the Nord Stage 2). So for me, the sounds of a pile-on-top semi weighted keyboard (that I’m looking to purchase) is more important than a bunch of features (e.g. Filmed in HD at Keyfax NewMedia’s studios, the XF Fully Loaded video lifts the lid on some of the instrument’s potentially confusing terminology (USER this and that) and shows you exactly how. So here is my question: Nord Stage 2 or Yamaha Motif XF? I had a hard time choosing between the Kronos and the XF when I now recently replaced my Yamaha S90, and I went for the Kronos (which I don’t regret for a single second - hands down). The Motif XF’s revolutionary Flashboard technology for sample storage is widely welcomed but it has been widely misunderstood as well.
I have access to a Nord Stage Classic (even though it’s not my personal asset), but the organs are not so good on there, nor are the brass sounds. I currently use a Korg Kronos 88 as my main keyboard (a keyboard that I am very pleased with so far), and I am looking to buy a secondary keyboard to ‘pile’ on top of this in live situations mainly. I know there are some Kronos / Motif / NS2 threads, but there still is one question left to be answered - for me at least.