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brassclass
Total Posts: 28
Joined 12-15-2009 status: Regular |
Are there any options to output the display screen info onto a computer monitor or iPad to make it easier to view and work with? All comments appreciated! |
cmayhle
Total Posts: 3116
Joined 10-05-2011 status: Guru |
Other than training a camera on the screen, no there are not options to output the signal. |
DavePolich
Total Posts: 6820
Joined 07-27-2002 status: Guru |
This is the XF forum...not the XS forum. |
RichS
Total Posts: 45
Joined 11-30-2013 status: Regular |
John Melas has a set of outstanding applications for working with the XF / XS. I personally find them much easier to work with for programming the XF than the built-in interface. I haven’t tried the XS version but the XF tools are well worth the price of admission. Check them out; http://www.jmelas.gr/motif/index.php |
5pinDIN
Total Posts: 11891
Joined 09-16-2010 status: Legend |
Anyone old enough might remember back in 1987 when the resolution of VGA (640x480) was considered a big deal. Well, the display in the Motif XS and XF is QVGA (Quarter VGA - 320x240). That’s the same resolution as some mobile phones. It doesn’t look too bad on small screens, but enlarging it results in very jagged characters. Even if upconverting to 640x480 was done, the result wouldn’t be great. However, if you want a larger screen display for the purpose of editing Voices or Songs/Patterns, then the Yamaha Motif XS Editor (a free download) is worth trying. |
RichS
Total Posts: 45
Joined 11-30-2013 status: Regular |
[/crotchety old guy on]
Pssshh… VGA. Next thing you know people will talk about giving up their floppy disks! Now where’s my copy of Lotus 1-2-3? [/crotchety old guy off] :p :D |
5pinDIN
Total Posts: 11891
Joined 09-16-2010 status: Legend |
Yeah… well, I remember monochrome. Â ;-) Of course, I mentioned VGA because it was such an improvement over CGA and EGA, but the Motif display resolution is slightly better than 4-color CGA (320x240 vs 320x200).
This Wikipedia image shows the QVGA/VGA relationship:
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