you make the point of the motif being software inside a hardware box. but it isn't exactly as simple as that. the hardware is completely dedicated for sound so they can utilize all of it's power to work toward that cause where as often times computer programers keep the code from over working the computer at the cost of sound quality.mathew wrote:shaneblyth wrote:sorry guys but I ahve been trying to find a softsynth to replace the sounds on my Yamaha Motif ES I have tried the lot but nothing is close to the sound quality ease of use and flexability
but, you are playing a soft synth.
all modern digital synths are software with hardware controllers.
if you could put albino or polyiblit inside of a box, it would be the same as saying "my motif sounds authentic".
the reason you havet found anything that matches the motif, is that, well, nobody has copied the motif into a hardwareless version. its not like there is circuitry that has variables in its inherent character.[/i]
the second reason it's not so simple as "software in hardware body" is that dsp and pcm technology has been around alot longer than soft synths, so there is a greater understanding involved and therefor you're probably gonna get a better sound.
that and with "software in hardware" synth's you don't have any issues with bit rate and sampling rate, it's always as high as the designer made it.