2013/05/30 10:56:23
Beagle
so you've had your MOX for a little while now, right?  how do you like it?  any pros/cons you can share?
2013/05/30 11:50:12
Ham N Egz
Howdy Bugle,Yes I have had it for over a month now and I will try to surmise the Pros and Cons.

I use it Live, usually as the bottom board with a Nord Stage 2 73 on top.However if I go one board I usually use the Nord (ill tell you why in the points)

PROS:
1 lightweight, 23 pounds in an 88  key format.Even in the semihard gig bag very easy to transport.

2 88 weighted keys, NOT like the CP series, but still very playable. I think if you grew up as a pianist you might not like the action, but I vome from a keyboard backround so it feels wonderful.

3. the sounds, just 355 mb, but to ME, the acoustic piano works very well in a band/praise context. I actually prefer the MOX piano to my Kromes with its 3 Gig piano.Very good brasses, woodwinds, strings, AND drums. I have programmed a tenor sax that caused the audience to look for the horn player. Lots of "synth" sounds I dont care for or use, not that they are bad, just not in my arsenal.

4. Sequencer- EASY to use intergrates with Sonar. I have ported over projects from my DAW to the MOX and vice versa. Note you have to do it with a USB stick, the MOX will not be recognized as an external drive .

5 Controls 3 pedal inputs, assignable knobs, favorites memory locations, easy to mute a part in combi mode. Instant Split/Layer button.

CONS

1 Sounds-- the organs are, well, OK but the rotary sim is just blah. That is why I bring the Nord when I have one board gig. My focus is on organs and I will take the AC pianos and brass in the nord versus the MOX because the Stage is so much better with organ and the rotary sim.

2. Menu Driven- sometimes its not intuitive I purchased a John Melas software editor for the combis. Yamaha has a free program editor but you can overwrite your patches by one wrong move SO SAVE YOUR EDITS FIRST.

3 The soundset is supposed to be the same as the Motif SX Rack. I have the rack and yes they are the same, so you could score a rack if you have an 88 key controller already.

All in all I am very pleased with its performance size and sounds.I dont ever see them for less than 1699 , but I have seen Sweetwater doing a 12 or 18 month financing on it..

Let me know if you have other questions.
2013/05/30 12:12:07
SteveStrummerUK

I like kittens George
2013/05/30 12:40:37
Mesh
Meh!! No dulcimer..........
2013/05/30 12:41:08
Ham N Egz
eye lik Mad Dogs and Englishmen (and women)

heres to ya Strammy.. if ewe cud have a pint roight know I wood...
2013/05/30 12:42:14
Ham N Egz
Mesh


Meh!! No dulcimer..........


Oh but there is, Patch F36
2013/05/30 12:44:49
Mesh
musicman100


Mesh


Meh!! No dulcimer..........


Oh but there is, Patch F36

Cool!!!!
 
I'd like to hear a dulcimer/sax duet please.
2013/05/30 14:07:32
Beagle
George! great review, thanks!

I'm trying to save up for one now, but it will likely take me a few months to do it.

interesting however, that you say it's the same thing as an XS rack.  I wonder if I could get away with that instead.  although the price is actually a little higher for an XS rack if you buy it new than the MOX8 is.

i'll have to think about that.
2013/05/30 14:35:22
craigb
But is it all crash in the loudspeaker?
2013/05/30 16:14:12
Ham N Egz
Beagle


George! great review, thanks!

I'm trying to save up for one now, but it will likely take me a few months to do it.

interesting however, that you say it's the same thing as an XS rack.  I wonder if I could get away with that instead.  although the price is actually a little higher for an XS rack if you buy it new than the MOX8 is.

i'll have to think about that.

WHERE are you Shopping????
 
 
MOX 8 $1699 EVERYWHERE
 
MOTIF XS RACK $1299 https://www.google.com/search?q=MOTIF+XS+RACK&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=MOTIF+XS+RACK&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&hs=YLV&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ei=1LKnUeylL4KG9gTIn4D4Dw&ved=0CAwQ_AUoAw&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47244034,d.eWU&fp=729caf472d17d796&biw=1280&bih=871
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