I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 16:13

hey guys
i know im on the roland forum so for all the guys about to ask me do i know where i am , I DO hehe

im in a middle of buying a workstation for my studio, i do hip hop , top 40, rnb beats and im on the fence of either buying a ROLAND FANTOM G6 or YAMAHA MOTIF XS6....what would you buy and be honest and tell me why...

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 16:19

Get a Mac!

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 16:29

I myself make like wise music like you,
I went with the G,personaly cause the work flow is so easy to use,the sounds are dope,cant go wrong with the big screen,midi ready,import audio,sampling.ect...its got all the needs for a hiphop/rap producer in my opinion.
Or like our leader sez (Get a MAC) LOL
good luck on your choice.

Capital Skill

my way of feeling what music is......THOUGH MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT,FEELING MY WAY ACROSS THE PLAIN OF CREATION TILL I FEEL TOTAL Consciousness AND BECOME ONE WITH WHAT IM CREATING.(IF I DECIDE TO STOP AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.SO BE IT)

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 16:44

i do gotta mac, i got 2 :)
but yea my set up currently is imac 24" , got a 003 rack , Logic (i do all my sequencing in it), Reason 5.0, Komplete 7 and the motif xs6. the reason why im asking is because I have a 30 day return policy and i wouldnt mind switching it for a G6 if its gonna do better for me... the XS doesnt have the hip hop sounds i need. i mean it does but it doesnt.....
and im gonna be honest , i need a workstation, i cant use komplete 7, im not a vst guy i dont like it, i dont got any inspiration to use my mouse and start looking for sounds with some midi controller...i need hardware hehe...even tho i do my drums in reason just cuz its easier and i have custom drums i use.. .
does the fantom g have more sounds then the motif? is it easier to import sounds in it???

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 16:49

Fantom G FTW! Might be worth waiting till the MusikMesse tho, just on cases.

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 16:55

I dont know much about the motif,ive had the G for 2 years and it suits my needs,its got alot of sounds,plus you can make ur own sounds with it...u say u need a "workstation" the G is just that.
Check out some of the stuff i have done with it.
Maybe it will help with your decision.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CAPITALSKILL

Capital Skill

my way of feeling what music is......THOUGH MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT,FEELING MY WAY ACROSS THE PLAIN OF CREATION TILL I FEEL TOTAL Consciousness AND BECOME ONE WITH WHAT IM CREATING.(IF I DECIDE TO STOP AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.SO BE IT)

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 17:33

yea thats sick bro
im gonna keep the xs6 for sure its still a sick keyboard and i got it for dead cheap

but i also wanna add a partner to it :)
is the FANTOM G much different then the FANTOM X im talking about strickly sounds

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 18:05

if your stepping up from the XS you need to go for the G not the x.
the best partner imo to any workstation or synth is the V-synth XT.

as to which to get Yamaha or G..
I have the G and if someone gave me to opportunity to swap for yammy..
I would have to decline.
As I said before.. I don't see myself looking for another workstation replacement for quite some time..
so if that's any indication for you.

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Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 19:42

Get the G; it is the most advanced technically and sound wise.

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 20:24

ixmillyent wrote:
hey guys
i know im on the roland forum so for all the guys about to ask me do i know where i am , I DO hehe

im in a middle of buying a workstation for my studio, i do hip hop , top 40, rnb beats and im on the fence of either buying a ROLAND FANTOM G6 or YAMAHA MOTIF XS6....what would you buy and be honest and tell me why...

For the type of music you're producing FantomG all the way! :)

Re: I need your honest opinion

15 Mar 2011, 22:09

yea im thinking the same thing.... a fantom g would be a beautiful partner to my motif...
hows the synths and everything on it? what is its best points?

Re: I need your honest opinion

16 Mar 2011, 07:10

i have both the fantom G and the S70xs (which has the same soundset as the motifxs).

sound wise they are very different.. and the good news is that they complement each other very well...

from a STOCK persective i would say that as a generalisation for anything acoustic in nature then the motif is generally equal or better than the fantom, anything electric (gtr, bass) is kinda a wash, but anything synthesized in nature (synth brass, bass, leads, pads, vox) then the fantom is equal or far better than the motif..

workflow and user interface is a massive edge to the fantom. hope this helps.

ixmillyent wrote:
yea im thinking the same thing.... a fantom g would be a beautiful partner to my motif...
hows the synths and everything on it? what is its best points?

Re: I need your honest opinion

17 Mar 2011, 01:19

defenetly alot of help... im actually gettin the g for sure and im gonna take the xs back.. im gonna get the motif 8 the original beast to be the partner for the g.. i think that original motif has the best sounds out of all motifs... i dont like the xs much cuz the sounds are way too real... the old one has dirty sounds which i need.. and its only 800$... the xs6 i payed 1600.. so why not save as much as i can... lol

Re: I need your honest opinion

17 Mar 2011, 09:57

It's your money, so do whatever you want. But the original Motif is certainly not the best of all motifs. After all, the Motif XS should have all the samples from the original Motif. There are a lot of other advantages on the XS compared to the original Motif, starting with the polyphony and ending somewhere on the effects. Sounding to real can IMHO hardly be an argument against a keyboard.

Re: I need your honest opinion

17 Mar 2011, 14:00

i just wanted to save 800 dollars brother... and invest towards the fantom g6... which im lovin by the way... this keyboard is nuts...