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M SensationXS

Roland MKS-20 Sound Library for the YAMAHAMOTIF XS

Brought to you by Gospel Musicians LLC

a division of eHartwell LLC

www.E-Hartwell.com

www.GospelMusicians.com

OWNERS MANUAL



About this Library

Thank you for purchasing the MKSensation for the Yamaha Motif XS. This libraryis designed to be an exact replica of the famous Roland MKS-20 Digital Pianomodule. The Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano was once a respected "realistic" pianomodule, but has given way to affordable samplers with mega RAM. The MKS-20ruled the '80s with its brother and sister digital pianos, the RD-1000 and RD-300.These digital pianos can still be heard on countless Elton John, country, andtechno songs although lately even they are being replaced by samples of theoriginal. Now we see a resurgence for this type of piano as it is an awesomealternative for a CP-80 and the expressiveness, warmth and detail of this moduleis unmatched, especially in the pop and gospel arena. Today these covetedmodules are very rare and can run as much as $600.00 for a module in goodcondition. Musicians around the world miss this unique sound, because of it’s

very warm filters and the unmatched expressiveness of the piano sounds. Nowmusicians are paying top dollar for these coveted and rare modules.

The MKS-20 features eight distinct digital tones: three pianos, two electricpianos, clavinet, vibraphone, and harpsichord. Each tone has eight variationsstored in RAM. User editable parameters include a three band EQ withparametric mid, chorus depth and speed, and vibrato depth and speed. Chorusand vibrato on/off status can be stored with each patch. Global transposition isavailable, and handy when layering with other tones. The MKS-20 is a highlyexpressive piano module, but has a characteristic digital sound that is not easily

confused with a real piano. However, it often cuts through a mix better than a realor sampled acoustic, and sounds wonderful when layered with pads and a littledelay or reverb. For that unmistakable '80s sound the MKS-20 can't be beat,although the Roland P-330 digital piano module comes extremely close, but notas warm. The secret to this module is that it uses NO SAMPLES! Rolanddeveloped a proprietary technique called SA (Structured Adaptive) synthesis,which provided an ultra-musical expression of synthesized voices.

Our goal was to replicate this module in its entirety, while preserving theexpressiveness, warmth, richness, and clarity. The pianos and EPs wererecorded with a 4-layer velocity switching waveform. The other instruments only

required one layer. We recorded in our studio with a real MKS-20 module straightthrough our Apogee converters at 96kHz/24-bit, to preserve the highest quality.We sampled the notes with long decays, thus to keep the pureness of the naturaldecay of the instruments. You will thoroughly enjoy these new samples as wesucceeded in replicating the MKS-20 digital piano module to be loaded into yourMotif!



Specifications

Thank you for purchasing the “MKSensation XS” library for the Yamaha Motif XS.The library contains 185 MB of new samples, therefore, you will need at least256 MB of RAM (DIMM’s modules) installed in your Motif XS. 512MB isrecommended.

The Motif XS does not ship with any RAM, you will have to purchase and install ityourself. For more information on what type of DIMMs are needed, and how toinstall them, please refer to page 295 of your Motif XS owner’s manual.

HOW TO LOAD THE SOUNDS

WARNING – BACK UP YOUR DATAFIRST

BEFORE YOU LOAD “MK Sensation XS”, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED

UP (SAVED) ANY DATA IN YOUR PRODUCT THAT YOU MAY WANT TOKEEP.

YOU CAN SAVE YOUR DATA IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS ONTO A USBSTORAGE DEVICE, OR AS AN EDITOR FILE VIA USB. CONSULT YOURPRODUCT’S OWNER MANUAL FOR DETAILS ON SAVING/BACKING UP

YOUR IMPORTANT DATA SUCH AS SOUNDS, BEATS, SEQUENCES ORSONGS.

A NOTE ABOUT SHARED SAMPLE DATA

It is recommended that you always load “MK Sensation XS” as an ALL file. Manyof the voices in the library share the same sample data. If you choose to load theindividual voices from the library in “Load Voice” mode, one at a time, the MotifXS will always load the associated sample data with each voice, which can resultin the same samples being loaded over and over. This will lead to your user RAMgetting “filled up” in a hurry, which will result in an overload and the errormessage “WARNING! SAMPLE MEMORY FULL!”



FROM THE DOWNLOADED ZIP FILE TO USB DEVICE (JUMPDRIVE or FLASH DRIVE) -

1. Insert your USB device into your computer’s available USB slot. Its iconshould appear on your desktop.2. If it isn’t already open, navigate to the “MK SENSATION XS” folder and

double-click on it to open it.3. Navigate to the folder called “MK SENSATION XS ALL File” and double-

click to open it.4. Copy the file called “MKSensation.X0A” to your USB device’s icon (by

either dragging the file directly to the icon, or going to your file menu andchoosing “Copy” and “To” and selecting the USB device as yourdestination).

5. When the file has copied completely to your USB device, properly eject

the USB device and insert it in the slot labeled “TO DEVICE” on the rearpanel of your Motif XS. You will see a screen message that says“Connecting to USB device…”.

6. Press the FILE button on the front panel of the Motif XS. Use the cursorbuttons to move up to the top of the screen so that the “Device” field ishighlighted and turns blue-green. If necessary, turn your jog wheel to theright until you see the name of your USB device in the field. This willindicate that your USB device has been selected.

7. Using the cursor buttons, cursor down to the field marked “Type” andmake sure it is set to “all”.

8. Press the cursor up button one more time, then use the INC/YES buttonto select the file name “MKSensation.X0A.” The name should highlight inblue-green.

9. Press SF2 “LOAD” button, then the INC/YES button. The “MK SensationXS” library will load 32 voices to Voice User Bank 3, and 8 performancesto Performance Bank 3When loading is finished you will again see theFILE screen.

10. Press the VOICE button, then USER 3 button, then button A1 to begin.

NOTE: When you power off your Motif XS, the sample loaded will be lost. Youwill have to re-load “MKSensation.X0A” when you power up your Motif XS again.



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VOICE DESCRIPTIONS

NOTE ABOUT “CHORUS” VOICES

The “gorgeous piano sound” that fans of the MKS-20 so fondly remember usuallyrefers to sounds with the chorus set to “on”. If you want to go straight to thechorus sounds, select User Bank 3, then select voices B01 thru B07.

USER BANK 3, starting with A01:

A01 – MKS-20 Piano 1 MW>C Acoustic piano 1 sound from the MKS-20. Mod Wheel controls chorus amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus speed, Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb, Assignable Function Switch 2enables delay (echo).

A02 – MKS-20 Piano 2 MW>C Acoustic piano 2 sound from the MKS-20. Mod Wheel controls chorus amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus speed, Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb, Assignable Function Switch 2

enables delay (echo).

A03 – MKS-20 Piano 3 MW>C Acoustic piano 3 sound from the MKS-20. Mod Wheel controls chorus amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus speed, Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb, Assignable Function Switch 2enables delay (echo).

A04 – MKS Harpsichord MW>CHarpsichord sound from the MKS-20. Mod Wheel controls chorus amount.

Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus speed, Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness.

Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb, Assignable Function Switch 2enables delay (echo).

A05 – MKS Clavi MW>CClavinet sound from the MKS-20. Mod Wheel controls chorus amount. Assign.Knob 1 controls chorus speed, Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness. AssignableFunction Switch 1 enables reverb, Assignable Function Switch 2 enables delay(echo).



A06 – MKS Vibraphone Trmlo Vibraphone sound from the MKS-20. Tremolo is “on” when you select it. ModWheel controls tremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign.Knob 2 controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb.

Assignable Function Switch 2 enables delay (echo).

A07 – MKS-20 E.Pno 1 MW>CElectric Piano 1 sound from the MKS-20. Mod Wheel controls chorus amount.

Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus speed, Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb, Assignable Function Switch 2enables delay (echo).

A08 – MKS-20 E.Pno 2 MW>CElectric Piano 2 sound from the MKS-20. Mod Wheel controls chorus amount.

Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus speed, Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb, Assignable Function Switch 2

enables delay (echo).

A09 – MKS-20 Piano 1 MW>TSame as A01 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.



A12 – MKS Harpsichord MW>TSame as A04 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.

A13 – MKS Clavi MW>TSame as A05 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.

A14 – MKS VibraphoneChorusMKS-20 Vibraphone with chorus instead of tremolo. Mod Wheel controls chorusamount. Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus rate. Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness.

Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function Switch 2enables delay (echo).

A15 – MKS-20 E.Pno 1 MW>TSame as A07, except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.

A16 - MKS-20 E.Pno 2 MW>TSame as A08, except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.



B01 – MKS-20 Pno 1 ChorusMKS-20 acoustic piano 1 sound with chorus “on” when selected. Mod Wheeladds tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function

Switch 2 enables delay (echo).

B02 – MKS-20 Pno 2 Chorus MKS-20 acoustic piano 2 sound with chorus “on” when selected. Mod Wheeladds tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B03 – MKS-20 Pno 3 ChorusMKS-20 acoustic piano 3 sound with chorus “on” when selected. Mod Wheeladds tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls

brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B04 – MKS Hrpsichrd ChorusMKS-20 harpsichord sound with chorus “on” when selected. Mod Wheel addspanning tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B05 – MKS Clavi ChorusMKS-20 clavinet sound with chorus “on” when selected. Mod Wheel addstremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B06 – MKS-20 E.Pno1 ChorusMKS-20 electric piano 1 sound with chorus “on” when selected. Mod Wheel addstremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B07 – MKS-20 E.Pno2 ChorusMKS-20 electric piano 2 sound with chorus “on” when selected. Mod Wheel addstremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B08 – MKS-20 E.Pno1 TrmoloMKS-20 electric piano 1 sound with tremolo “on” when selected. Mod Wheelcontrols tremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2



controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. AssignableFunction Switch 2 enables delay (echo).

B09 – MKS-20 E.Pno2 TrmoloMKS-20 electric piano 2 sound with tremolo “on” when selected. Mod Wheel

controls tremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. AssignableFunction Switch 2 enables delay (echo).

B10 – MKS-20 Pno 1 TrmoloMKS-20 acoustic piano 1 sound with tremolo “on” when selected. Mod Wheelcontrols tremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. AssignableFunction Switch 2 enables delay (echo).

B11 – MKS-20 Pno 2 Trmolo

MKS-20 acoustic piano 2 sound with tremolo “on” when selected. Mod Wheelcontrols tremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. AssignableFunction Switch 2 enables delay (echo).

B12 – MKS-20 Pno 3 Trmolo MKS-20 acoustic piano 3 sound with tremolo “on” when selected. Mod Wheelcontrols tremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2controls brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. AssignableFunction Switch 2 enables delay (echo).

B13 – MKS Hrpsichrd TrmoloMKS-20 harpsichord sound with tremolo “on” when selected. Mod Wheel controlstremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B14 – MKS Clavi TrmoloMKS-20 clavinet sound with tremolo “on” when selected. Mod Wheel controlstremolo amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controlsbrightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable FunctionSwitch 2 enables delay (echo).

B15 – Dark2LightPad(4prfm)Synth pad sound programmed for use in Performance 4, “MKS Keypad”. ModWheel controls brightness. Assign. Knobs 1 and 2 control EQ parameters.Ribbon controls panning.



B16 – Trancesaw (4prfm).Bright “trance” stab sound programmed for use in Performance 5, “MKS Flava”.Mod Wheel controls brightness. Assign. Knob 1 controls reverb amount. Assign.Knob 2 controls echo amount. Ribbon controls filter resonance (sharpness).

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PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTIONS

PERFORMANCE BANK 3, starting with A01:

A01 – MK Sweet!

MKS-20 Piano 1 Chorus (Voice B01) layered with lush background stringpad.

A02 – MKS EP+Strings MKS-20 Electric Piano 2 Chorus (Voice B07) layered with lush backgroundstringpad.

A03 – MKS Special MKS-20 Piano 2 Chorus (Voice B02) layered with MKS Electric Piano 2 Chorus(Voice B07).

A04 – MKS Keypad

MKS-20 Piano 2 Chorus (Voice B02) layered with MKS Electric Piano 2 Chorus(Voice B07) and Dark2Light Pad (voice B15). Move the Mod Wheel to make thedark pad sound change to bright synth strings.

A05 – MKS FlavaMKS-20 Electric Piano 2 Chorus (Voice B07) layered with lush dark backgroundstringpad and buzzing synth sound (“Trancesaw”, voice B16).

A06 – Super MKS Rhodes!MKS-20 Piano 1 Chorus (voice B06) layered with Motif XS Dyno Rhodes sound.

A07 – MKS Pno1+E Pno 1Layer of MKS-20 Piano 1 Chorus (Voice B01) and MKS-20 Electric Piano 1Chorus (Voice B06).

A08 – DX7+MKS!Layer of MKS-20 Piano 2 Chorus (Voice B07) and Motif DX7 FM piano sound.

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