MKSensation ES

Roland MKS-20 Sound Library for the YAMAHA

MOTIF ES
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 XF. This library
is designed to be an exact replica of the famous Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano
module. The Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano was once a respected "realistic" piano
module, but has given way to affordable samplers with mega RAM. The MKS-20
ruled 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, and
techno songs although lately even they are being replaced by samples of the
original. Now we see a resurgence for this type of piano as it is an awesome
alternative for a CP-80 and the expressiveness, warmth and detail of this module
is unmatched, especially in the pop and gospel arena. Today these coveted
modules are very rare and can run as much as $600.00 for a module in good
condition. Musicians around the world miss this unique sound, because of its
very warm filters and the unmatched expressiveness of the piano sounds. Now
musicians are paying top dollar for these coveted and rare modules.
The MKS-20 features eight distinct digital tones: three pianos, two electric
pianos, clavinet, vibraphone, and harpsichord. Each tone has eight variations
stored in RAM. User editable parameters include a three band EQ with
parametric mid, chorus depth and speed, and vibrato depth and speed. Chorus
and vibrato on/off status can be stored with each patch. Global transposition is
available, and handy when layering with other tones. The MKS-20 is a highly
expressive 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 real
or sampled acoustic, and sounds wonderful when layered with pads and a little
delay 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 not
as warm. The secret to this module is that it uses NO SAMPLES! Roland
developed 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 the
expressiveness, warmth, richness, and clarity. The pianos and EPs were
recorded 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 straight
through 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 natural
decay of the instruments. You will thoroughly enjoy these new samples as we
succeeded in replicating the MKS-20 digital piano module to be loaded into your
Motif!

Specifications
Thank you for purchasing the MKS-20 library for the Yamaha Motif ES. The
library contains 185 MB of new samples, therefore, you will need at least 256 MB
of RAM (DIMMs modules) installed in your Motif ES. 512MB is recommended.
The Motif ES does not ship with any RAM, you will have to purchase and install it
yourself. For more information on what type of DIMMs are needed, and how to
install them, please refer to your ES owners manual.

HOW TO LOAD THE SOUNDS

WARNING BACK UP YOUR DATA

FIRST
BEFORE YOU LOAD MKS-20, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP
(SAVED) ANY DATA IN YOUR PRODUCT THAT YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP.
YOU CAN SAVE YOUR DATA IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS ONTO A USB
STORAGE DEVICE, OR AS AN EDITOR FILE VIA USB. CONSULT YOUR
PRODUCTS OWNER MANUAL FOR DETAILS ON SAVING/BACKING UP
YOUR IMPORTANT DATA SUCH AS SOUNDS, BEATS, SEQUENCES OR
SONGS.

A NOTE ABOUT SHARED SAMPLE DATA

It is recommended that you always load MKS-20 as an ALL file. Many of the
voices in the library share the same sample data. If you choose to load the
individual voices from the library in Load Voice mode, one at a time, the Motif
ES will always load the associated sample data with each voice, which can result
in the same samples being loaded over and over. This will lead to your user RAM
getting filled up in a hurry, which will result in an overload and the error
message WARNING! SAMPLE MEMORY FULL!

FROM USB DEVICE CONNECTED TO MOTIF ES:

1. Make sure the USB device is properly connected.
2. Press FILE and F1 (CONFIG). Change type to "USB".
3. Press F3 (LOAD). You will see the "MKS-20 .W7A" file listed. Using the cursor/jog
wheel, highlight that name, press ENTER. The file will load into Motif ES USER
BANK 1.
4. Press USER 1 bank button, then A1 to begin.

Voice List:
USR1 :001 (A01) MKS Piano 1
USR1 :002 (A02) MKS Piano 2
USR1 :003 (A03) MKS Piano 3
USR1 :004 (A04) MKS Clav
USR1 :005 (A05) MKS Vibes
USR1 :006 (A06) MKS Harpsi
USR1 :007 (A07) MKS-20 EP1
USR1 :008 (A08) MKs-20 EP2
USR1 :010 (A10) MKS Remix Piano and EP Tines with chorus
USR1 :011 (A11) Piano1&Str MKS Piano 1 with Strings.
USR1 :012 (A12) MKSEP&Strg MKS EP 2 and Strings
USR1 :013 (A13) Stack Vibe Super layered MKS and Yamaha Tines
USR1 :014 (A14) MKS Tine 1 MKS EP 2 with high chorus and warmth
USR1 :015 (A15) MKS Tine 2 Piano 2 and Strings
USR1 :016 (A16) Hard MKS20 Piano 3 with a hard dance piano sound