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Many users describe the menu navigation as cryptic and requiring excessive steps for basic tasks, with the manual failing to explain essential features like changing key ranges or layered volumes, leading to significant frustration.

@jandoedel1012

If i look at the current modx and compare it to my mox8 i feel betrayed by Yamaha. Not because it does sound bad. No, but how to handle a mox8 is a complete disaster. The guy in this vid acts like if everything is soooo easy and soooo nice...but its nonsens. Even the manual is a complete garbage. It has the size of a book and you will get lost because for some simple things you have to keep pushing buttons to eternity. The people that designed the interface/software for this rig did a realy bad job. It's a total userunfriendly sythesizer i have to say.launch

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November 27, 2019

@jhonsmith6384

Could they make it more complicated? User interface is unintuitive and cryptic. The manual dont explaine many important features and essential functions. \"INSPIRATION IN A FLASH \" ? A joke..The menus are hard to navigate and require too many steps are required to do anything advanced.(It´s the opinion of many users.. inckuding mine) Added to the fact that Yamaha support is only available during what, for most of us, are week day working hours, they were as useless as the manual. If you have all the free time in the world to figure out the interface, or... if you're a performer and NOT a songwriter/composer, you'll probably love the sounds. As for the rest? Sorry to say it's garbage. A monumental garbage..? Yamaha Doesn´t realize we´re in the 21st century AND not all musicians thimk like engineers!launch

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September 1, 2018

@joerolon1468

hi: very useful video. Would you please tell me what you think about the key bed of the moxf6? I have to choose between a mox8 and a moxf6 but I am a little concern about the key action in the moxf6. Some people say that the keyed are almost like a psr entry level keyboards like a ( toy ). Please if you can help me , tell me about your experience. thankslaunch

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May 4, 2017

@atypicallavender77

I have a MOX8 and when i push both buttons, nothing happens. I'm trying to figure out how to change the octave on layered voices independently. i hate this keyboard workstation because it is too complicated. All i want to do is compose music with different sounds but get too frustrated creatively because I've wasted half the day on trying to figure out how to make sounds work on this blasted board. :(launch

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December 2, 2015

Users report the MOX cannot be used as a direct VST instrument despite manual wording suggesting otherwise, and some experience exported recordings reverting to the wrong voice or ASIO audio failing to pass to a PC.

@rcgldr

The MOXF8 is supposed to be able to send sound over the USB port as an ASIO device, but when I tried one out with the included Cubase software, I could never get any sound to play on a PC. The Cubase software is limited to one ASIO device, but that's all I was trying: MOXF8 ASIO to PC, then PC direct sound to PC line out (to amp and speakers).launch

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October 27, 2014

@salcorgom

why everytime i record in performance mode and then export to my computer it sounds like my basic piano sound? It is indeed the one that is current on voice mode but the song was recorded in performance mode... Any leads on that?\nPS I also used cubase and its exactly the same, when i record it sounds like the performance but when i export it sounds like piano....launch

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April 30, 2013

@motionwindmedia

... and as far as this YouTube post goes, I must agree that everything this guy says is true ... but BEWARE ... there is NOT a true VST-instrument capability. You can trigger/play the sounds of the MOX6, but you can NOT use them directly as a VST instrument to record the sound directly in the DAW. The manual talks about the AUDIO being transported over the USB/MIDI cable, but in fact you connect your AUDIO OUTS to record the sound, which is quite mis-leading in my opinion.launch

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July 24, 2012

Applying an effect to one track affects all tracks for some users, and others struggle to route external sound through effects or separate beats from their assigned sounds, calling the process frustrating and poorly documented.

@independentsinema

Hey Alexander, I have the Moxf6 and it is an amazing keyboard. Quick question: when I apply an effect to one track, it affects  all of the tracks. The only way I know how to stop this is by decreasing the chorus reverb send levels. I want to apply independent effects to each track. Example, if I apply a delay effect to a voice on a track, all the other tracks have a delay. Please help.launch

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May 11, 2015

@robprevost2768

I just don't get this machine.. lots of different sounds.. I had it now for 3 weeks.. and I can't even figure a simple task like taking any beat and adjusting to any key sounds I want. it seems the beats are hooked to specific sounds and effects that you can't take them apart.. With any keyboard that is the 1 thing people like to do and should be an easy task.launch

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October 1, 2013

@oddnilsen1728

What the hell.I try to have effects from external sounds via MOX-6 but cant find out how. It comes thru dry. Before i had hat working. And to sort that ut in the manual, its like\nthey dont expect people to want this cos its like finding a needle in a haystack. Btw the\nMOX6 DRUMS MUST BE THE BEST ONE CAN FIND. IN THIS WORLD. But i dont have time to figure out that. The effects. \nAnnoying.launch

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May 31, 2013

A MOXF8 owner notes the lack of screen brightness adjustment as a basic missing feature, while another comparison notes neither the MOX nor its main rival offers aftertouch.

@koreamedia

Hey old man. I own moxf8. There is not the brightness adjustment for the LCD screen. What do you think about it? Isn't it common sense having adjustment for brightness for human eyes?? Do your company deceving people with this kind of small thing, which consumers take for granted, but very big inconvenience?? I know this kind of circumstances, but watching this kind of wrong company morality on youtube is disgusting.launch

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January 7, 2015

@keyboardkomuso

@ThePukkadj Really? I think Yamaha pianos and orchestral sounds are far superior to Korgs. Korg has an edge in the pad department though. The M50, which is the obvious contender to the MOX8 is more solidly built. I like the touch screen and RH3 keybed. Neither one has aftertouch which is a bummer. I played the MOX8 and the keybed was quite nice. In the end I think Yamaha has Korg beat as far as overall sound quality. Just warmer and richer in my opinion. Too bad no one makes a Yamakorg.....launch

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June 17, 2011

The onboard sequencer has only 1MB of memory, letting users create at most two or three songs despite the instrument's many patterns and effects, which one user calls essentially 'useless.'

@daceved2

Just a quick note, the sequencer memory capacity is useless, just 1MB. Yes you heard correctly, 1 MB. Why put so many effects, patterns, etc if you can just create at the most two or three good songs without going out of memory?!? What’s the point! I have a MOXF8, very nice keyboard with very good sounds and weighted keys, but can’t do much with the sequencer.launch

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November 30, 2020

One user describes being unable to record directly onto the instrument's memory in the expected way, losing a liked setting when switching modes and needing to reconfigure numerous settings.

@robprevost2768

Another damm issue with this CRAP MOX6! You can't record on the memory itself at any time! OK.. So you go thru the instruments you find one you like.. awesome... you got the beat... You're good to go... You hit REC ... NOTHING! So now you need to go in a certain mode.. NOW GOOD LUCK FINDING What you liked...it's gone.. and the setting will not be the same... You got fuck around with 1000 settings to get exactly what you liked it the other mode!..AH mAn... I think this is a return to the STORE!launch

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September 29, 2013

At 64-voice polyphony, some users feel the MOX falls short compared to competitors like Roland that offer 128 voices at lower price points.

@yamahamusicians

@squeakD Can't argue with that really. 64 voice does seem a bit paltry these days. I'm also a great fan of Roland and they manage 128 even on things like the GW8, Juno G etc, all priced a lot lower than the MOX. Still, this IS Yamaha we are talking about and they have never really been known for being generous in the poly department. Guess I will wait until mine arrives to give a more accurate appraisal of it's limitations, if indeed it has any.launch

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April 19, 2011

One user found the built-in USB audio unit couldn't integrate well alongside a dedicated interface like an RME Fireface, limiting the MOX to live use rather than studio production.

@motionwindmedia

Thanks for your reply. Yes it provides a low-cost solution, but does not integrate well with a professional setup because I already have an RME Fireface 800 and if I switch to use the CHEAP built-in unit of the MOX6 the rest of my setup is then useless since I cannot use both sound cards simultaneously. I was hoping that I could effectively use the MOX6 in my studio configuration, but I ended up only using it for playing gigs with my band, so I'm still quite disappointed.launch

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October 3, 2012