Here's my opinion of the MOX6.......

I checked out the MOX6 enough to realize it was really nothing special.....

Not that it was bad per se, it just didn't inspire me....

The keyed is ok, errr...average....

The sounds were okay, but felt constrained.......No Wow factor

I think the sequencer layout along with the small screen is really kinda irritating....

Felt a tad flimsy, which I could've lived with if it had the rest of the goods....

In the end, buying an MOX6 is like your baseball team needing a free-agent First Baseman who hits for Power & a High Batting Average.....However, when you scout him, you see quickly all you are gonna get is a .260 hitter with 16 HR & 65 RBI.

You can't win championships with that kind of production..........

That's why I prefer a Tyros4 to any synth (or any other arranger)...just a heck of a lot more useful...and very inspiring.

I also don't watch baseball very much...too boring (yawn)...my time is much better spent playing music.

Ian

GO YANKEES!

Q: What do you have when 100 Yankees fans are buried up to their neck in sand?

A: Not enough sand.

Interesting comment about the sounds, Steve. Those are supposed to be the Motif XS wave samples and sound engine. I had an XS6 and felt about its sounds the way you do about the MO X6 sounds. Maybe I have owned too many Roland ROM-plers. To each his own, I guess. What impressed me, more than anything, about the MO X is that for a $1000 keyboard, there does not appear to be any 5 pin DIN MIDI connections - only USB. Little by little, we are being forced to haul a 'puter around with us.

Ted

Hi Ted, the MOX 6 has Midi in/out/thru connectors on the back.? is this what you meant?

The MOX6 also has USB connectors, as well as MIDI IN/OUT/THRU...

The USB [TO HOST] terminal is used to connect the
instrument to the computer via the USB cable and allows you
to transfer MIDI data and audio data between the devices.
Unlike MIDI, USB can handle multiple ports via a single
cable.

The USB [TO DEVICE] terminal is used to connect this
instrument to a USB flash memory device via the USB cable.
This lets you save data created on this instrument to an
external USB flash memory device and load data from a
USB flash memory device to the instrument.

I think it's a super instrument...not one I would buy, as I prefer arrangers, but, a great bang for the buck instrument, to be sure.

Ian

I guess, I would rather just save my money and get up into the next level of synth/workstation.....

It's a mid-level board.....

To be honest, nothing in that price range did it for me.....

I looked long and hard.....I decided to go with used gear and get a lot more board for the $$$$$

Certainly, the higher end stuff is the way to go in most cases, although some of the new mid-range instruments are as good (feature-wise) as high end instruments several years old; for example, I could have got along as well (or better) with a PSR-S910 as I could have done with a Tyros2 (or even a T3).

Did you get the Korg Triton Extreme you were interested in?

Ian

Sorry, guys ! My error. Somewhere I saw a picture of the MO X6 back panel, and the MIDI connections apparently didn't show up. The Yamaha US site doesn't have the specs listed yet and Uncle Bert only mentions the USB interface in the the video. Anyway, I feel better now. It would concern me for the future if the mfr's started leaving the MIDI DIN's off this price of board.

In defense of the XS6 - there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. It was my first venture back into the synth market after many years, and Ian I think you hit the nail on the head - it just wasn't an arranger. My mistake. I think I bought it based on marketing hype. I am sure most MO X6 buyers will be well satisfied with it.

Ted