[Note: this article is a bit long, and I only provide the gritty pre-XS details for the legions of people who are pondering the switch from workstation/drum machine-based composition to software-based composition,.and vice versa]I finally picked up a Motif XS. I put this "upgrade" off for a while for a number of reasons, but most importantly because--in my opinion--the XS seemed more like an ES in a new dress than a bonafide new Motif model. Hence, I couldn't justify the expense in my mind, and my disappointment with the XS's poor LCD screen implementation (more on this below) made the decision to hold off pretty easy. This review covers my road to...
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