In this, the final video in our three-part look at the new Yamaha Motif XF, we see how the workstation excels as part of both your studio setup and your live rig.

For the studio, the Motif XF integrates comprehensively with Cubase Ai. As Yamaha rep Blake Angelos demonstrates, a two-way Firewire connection transforms the XF8 into a physical extension of the DAW, capable of preset saving parity, session management, and other smart, time-saving features. It even works as a control surface for non-Steinberg-authored DAWs.

For pro live keyboardists, the Yamaha Motif XF is compatible with an optional flash memory module which offers non-volatile, pre-load memory of massive sample libraries that would otherwise take an impractically long time to load.

Check out the first two clips covering the Yamaha Motif XF here, and here.