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Yamaha Motif XF: Sound Library For Kontakt 5 "Revisited" Edition by Docam411

This document provides an introduction and user guide for a Kontakt 5 sound library inspired by the Yamaha Motif XF workstation. The library contains over 1,000 instruments organized into different sets that can be installed from 6 DVDs. It aims to improve upon an earlier version of the library that had bugs and inconsistencies. Installation involves copying files to the hard disk and adding the library in Kontakt. The library then provides access to the instruments which are organized into categories and sets in different ways to suit different preferences.

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Yamaha Motif XF: Sound Library For Kontakt 5 "Revisited" Edition by Docam411

This document provides an introduction and user guide for a Kontakt 5 sound library inspired by the Yamaha Motif XF workstation. The library contains over 1,000 instruments organized into different sets that can be installed from 6 DVDs. It aims to improve upon an earlier version of the library that had bugs and inconsistencies. Installation involves copying files to the hard disk and adding the library in Kontakt. The library then provides access to the instruments which are organized into categories and sets in different ways to suit different preferences.

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YAMAHA 

MOTIF XF 

Sound Library for Kontakt 5 
"Revisited" Edition by docam411 

User Guide 
INTRODUCTION 

Yamaha  Motif  XF  is  a  Kontakt  5  sound  library  inspired  by  Motif  XF  workstation 
(manufactured by japanese Yamaha, since August 2010). 

Initially  sell  by  TrueNotes,  this  is  a  sample  library  designed  to  be  used  with  many 
DAWs/CM softwares like Cubase, Logic, Alchemy, Reason or Kontakt. 

Unfortunately, the Kontakt version (NKI format) has ton of bugs, like unsolved samples 
folders or PAN badly defined. Several instruments aren't Motif XF compliant (you can 
find some... Roland Fantom G sounds!) and several filenames are fantasy or funny! 

By the way, I propose to you a "revisited" version of this sound library. 

SPECIFICATIONS 
‐ 937 differents instruments (total 1143 including two‐categories). 
‐ 68 drum kits (aka "Voice Drum"). 
‐ Lossless compressed samples, using Native Instruments' ncw format. 
‐ Simple UI and wallpaper for every instrument. 
‐ Custom "XF" icon for every instrument. 
‐ Can be added as Kontakt library (left pane). 
‐ Included three instruments sets (instrument folders & files organization). 

REQUIREMENTS 
‐ Native Instruments Kontakt 5, version 5.2.1 or later, for PC / Mac. 
‐ 26GB free space on hard disk for library installation. 

INSTALLATION 
For every DVD (DVD1 to DVD6), simply copy Yamaha Motif XF folder to any hard disk 
(optionally to a subfolder). 

During copy operations, always accept to merge folders. 
ADDING AS KONTAKT LIBRARY 
From Kontakt, you can add Yamaha Motif XF to the libraries pane. To do this: 

‐ Select "Libraries" tab from left pane. 
‐ Click "Add Library" button. 
‐ Browse to Yamaha Motif XF folder on your hard disk. 
‐ Click "OK" button. 

Now Yamaha Motif XF can be used as any Kontakt library, like this: 

Of couse, you can open any instrument by using Kontakt file browser ("Files" tab from 
Kontakt left pane). 

INSTRUMENT SETS
After  copy  all  six  DVD,  you're  ready  to  use  instruments  set  #1  (corresponding  to 
"Instrument Set 1.zip" file content). 

You can choose another instruments set (different instrument organization). 
To do this: 

‐ Close any Kontakt instance (highly recommended). 
‐ From Windows Explorer or MacOS X Finder, open the folder where you have 
   installed Yamaha Motif XF. 
‐ Delete entirely the "Instruments" subfolder. 
‐ Unzip "Instrument Set x.zip" (x from 1 to 3) of your choice, you must have got 
   another "Instruments" subfolder with specific files/folders organization. 
Instruments  set  #1  (defaut  installation  and  "Instrument  Set  1.zip"  file)  offers  all 
main/sub categories, regardling the real Motif XF (like SyCmp ‐ Analg or Piano ‐ APno, 
for  example)  and  compliant  with  Voice  List  (Yamaha  Motif  XF).pdf  enclosed 
document (itself based from official Yamaha Motif XF documentation). 
 
Filenames for instruments are composed by: 
 
‐ Bank ID, such PRE 1. 
‐ Voice number, such 001(A01). 
‐ Voice name, such Full Concert Grand. 
 
As final you've got: PRE 1 001(A01) Full Concert Grand 
 
For each category, all instruments are sorted by bank ID / voice number. They're few 
instruments per folder, by this way you can find any instrument more quickly. 
 
Instruments set # 2 (from "Instrument Set 2.zip" file) offers unified categories, used by 
Motif XF Editor software from Yamaha : 
 

 
 
Folder  names  are  more  explicit  (like  Acoustic  Piano),  however,  and  all  categories 
contain more instruments. The instrument names scheme are identically than set #1. 
 
Finally,  instruments  set  #3  (from  "Instrument  Set  3.zip"  file)  is  identical  than  set  #2, 
except  for  instrument  naming  scheme:  no  bank  ID,  no  voice  number,  but  only  voice 
name,  like  Full  Concert  Grand,  by  this  way  all  instruments  are  sorted  by  names 
(instead of numbers) for every category. 
 
I recommend to test every instruments set, so you'll can choose your favorite! 
 

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