MKSensationXS

Roland MKS-20 Sound Library for the YAMAHA

MOTIF 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 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 MKSensation XS library for the Yamaha Motif XS.
The library contains 185 MB of new samples, therefore, you will need at least
256 MB of RAM (DIMMs modules) installed in your Motif XS. 512MB is
recommended.
The Motif XS 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 page 295 of your Motif XS owners manual.

HOW TO LOAD THE SOUNDS

WARNING BACK UP YOUR DATA

FIRST
BEFORE YOU LOAD MK Sensation XS, 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 MK Sensation XS 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
XS 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 THE DOWNLOADED ZIP FILE TO USB DEVICE (JUMP

DRIVE or FLASH DRIVE) 1. Insert your USB device into your computers available USB slot. Its icon
should appear on your desktop.
2. If it isnt 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 doubleclick to open it.
4. Copy the file called MKSensation.X0A to your USB devices icon (by
either dragging the file directly to the icon, or going to your file menu and
choosing Copy and To and selecting the USB device as your
destination).
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 rear
panel 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 cursor
buttons to move up to the top of the screen so that the Device field is
highlighted and turns blue-green. If necessary, turn your jog wheel to the
right until you see the name of your USB device in the field. This will
indicate that your USB device has been selected.
7. Using the cursor buttons, cursor down to the field marked Type and
make sure it is set to all.
8. Press the cursor up button one more time, then use the INC/YES button
to select the file name MKSensation.X0A. The name should highlight in
blue-green.
9. Press SF2 LOAD button, then the INC/YES button. The MK Sensation
XS library will load 32 voices to Voice User Bank 3, and 8 performances
to Performance Bank 3When loading is finished you will again see the
FILE 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. You
will have to re-load MKSensation.X0A when you power up your Motif XS again.

VOICE DESCRIPTIONS
NOTE ABOUT CHORUS VOICES
The gorgeous piano sound that fans of the MKS-20 so fondly remember usually
refers to sounds with the chorus set to on. If you want to go straight to the
chorus 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 2
enables 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 2
enables delay (echo).
A04 MKS Harpsichord MW>C
Harpsichord 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).
A05 MKS Clavi MW>C
Clavinet 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).

A06 MKS Vibraphone Trmlo

Vibraphone sound from the MKS-20. Tremolo is on when you select it. Mod
Wheel 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>C
Electric 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 2
enables delay (echo).
A08 MKS-20 E.Pno 2 MW>C
Electric 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>T
Same as A01 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.
A10 MKS-20 Piano 2 MW>T
Same as A02 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.
A11 MKS-20 Piano 2 MW>T
Same as A03 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.
A12 MKS Harpsichord MW>T
Same as A04 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.
A13 MKS Clavi MW>T
Same as A05 except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.
A14 MKS VibraphoneChorus
MKS-20 Vibraphone with chorus instead of tremolo. Mod Wheel controls chorus
amount. Assign. Knob 1 controls chorus rate. Assign. Knob 2 controls brightness.
Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function Switch 2
enables delay (echo).
A15 MKS-20 E.Pno 1 MW>T
Same as A07, except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.
A16 - MKS-20 E.Pno 2 MW>T
Same as A08, except that Mod Wheel controls tremolo amount.

B01 MKS-20 Pno 1 Chorus

MKS-20 acoustic piano 1 sound with chorus on when selected. Mod Wheel
adds tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls
brightness. 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 Wheel
adds tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls
brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function
Switch 2 enables delay (echo).
B03 MKS-20 Pno 3 Chorus
MKS-20 acoustic piano 3 sound with chorus on when selected. Mod Wheel
adds tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls
brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function
Switch 2 enables delay (echo).
B04 MKS Hrpsichrd Chorus
MKS-20 harpsichord sound with chorus on when selected. Mod Wheel adds
panning tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls
brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function
Switch 2 enables delay (echo).
B05 MKS Clavi Chorus
MKS-20 clavinet sound with chorus on when selected. Mod Wheel adds
tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls
brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function
Switch 2 enables delay (echo).
B06 MKS-20 E.Pno1 Chorus
MKS-20 electric piano 1 sound with chorus on when selected. Mod Wheel adds
tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls
brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function
Switch 2 enables delay (echo).
B07 MKS-20 E.Pno2 Chorus
MKS-20 electric piano 2 sound with chorus on when selected. Mod Wheel adds
tremolo. Assign. Knob 1 controls tremolo speed. Assign. Knob 2 controls
brightness. Assignable Function Switch 1 enables reverb. Assignable Function
Switch 2 enables delay (echo).
B08 MKS-20 E.Pno1 Trmolo
MKS-20 electric piano 1 sound with tremolo on when selected. Mod Wheel
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).
B09 MKS-20 E.Pno2 Trmolo
MKS-20 electric piano 2 sound with tremolo on when selected. Mod Wheel
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).
B10 MKS-20 Pno 1 Trmolo
MKS-20 acoustic piano 1 sound with tremolo on when selected. Mod Wheel
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).
B11 MKS-20 Pno 2 Trmolo
MKS-20 acoustic piano 2 sound with tremolo on when selected. Mod Wheel
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).
B12 MKS-20 Pno 3 Trmolo
MKS-20 acoustic piano 3 sound with tremolo on when selected. Mod Wheel
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).
B13 MKS Hrpsichrd Trmolo
MKS-20 harpsichord sound with tremolo on when selected. Mod Wheel 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).
B14 MKS Clavi Trmolo
MKS-20 clavinet sound with tremolo on when selected. Mod Wheel 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).
B15 Dark2LightPad(4prfm)
Synth pad sound programmed for use in Performance 4, MKS Keypad. Mod
Wheel 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).

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 background
stringpad.
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 the
dark pad sound change to bright synth strings.
A05 MKS Flava
MKS-20 Electric Piano 2 Chorus (Voice B07) layered with lush dark background
stringpad 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 1
Layer of MKS-20 Piano 1 Chorus (Voice B01) and MKS-20 Electric Piano 1
Chorus (Voice B06).
A08 DX7+MKS!
Layer of MKS-20 Piano 2 Chorus (Voice B07) and Motif DX7 FM piano sound.