This is addressed to Bad Mister but help from anyone would be very much appreciated.

I am trying to get a workable set up between my Motif XS and my Cubase 8 DAW. I have read so many times that my Motif XS and Cubase work seamlessly - Sadly not in my world!

I have read, re-read and consumed so many forum posts, articles and blogs on the subject of correct set up parameters to the point my brain is scrambled. One article that I’ve studied time and time again is 33 pages long with diagrams, screen prints and jargon to die for emphasises that LOCAL must be off and “with PC” should be selected as mLan setting. I do this and I get nothing. No midi into Cubase, no audio sound and when I press Song Play on the Motif nothing happens at all.

Would it be at all possible for Bad Mister to take the less technically able such as me through a simple set of basic routines just to get us going?  Perhaps a simple exercise such as the basic yet essential set up needs both in the Motif XS and Cubase. Then maybe a walk through on say recording one of the XS demo songs into Cubase using midi and also VSTi.

I apologise if I appear really stupid. I have spent the last few days trying everything I have continually read on Motifator and elsewhere and got nowhere fast. I’m now wondering how I get back to the beginning. Sorry Motif XS and Cubase isn’t at all seamless for me.

I would really appreciate some basic “button pushing” guided steps to get me going.

Thank you so much.

FYI, Bad Mister no longer visits his site. You can reach him at the forum section of yamahasynth.com.

First and foremost you must have all the proper drivers installed. They can be found here.

MOTIF XS Extension
Yamaha Steinberg FW Driver
Motif XS Editor Standalone/VST
IEEE1394 Firmware Updater

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