

While ownership of the storage media in which the SOFTWARE is stored rests with you, the SOFTWARE itself is owned by Yamaha and/or Yamaha’s licensor(s), and is protected by relevant copyright laws and all applicable treaty provisions. The best Logic can do is send note on and off messages, channel and programme changes and system exclusive messages - the sound will be generated and remain inside the Motif.Yamaha hereby grants you the right to use the programs and data files composing the software accompanying this Agreement, and any programs and files for upgrading such software that may be distributed to you in the future with terms and conditions attached (collectively, “SOFTWARE”), only on a computer, musical instrument or equipment item that you yourself own or manage. Are you confusing 'MIDI' with a VST - virtual instrument? I fear you may be. Timecode doesn't do pictures down the cable, DMX doesn't power lights and MIDI doesn't transmit audio. English is just the language everything understands - this is what General Midi is - a common protocol, like lighting people have in DMX, and people doing video have with timecode. MIDI is a common language - think of it as English - your Yamaha talks English, logic understands English. If you want them in the DAW, then you need cables connecting to the computer's audio input or interface. If your Motif is set to a Synth sound, Logic can tell it to suddenly become a piano for a few bars then change back to synth - but these sounds remain in the Motif. When you say "Use it as a MIDI" this is what makes me think you expect music sounds suddenly appearing in Logic - this does NOT happen. What you cannot do is get any audio down that MIDI cable - that MIDI cannot do. Your Motif can do this kind of thing - you just need the DAW to train itself. Your DAW can change the motif's programmes, and the motif can be used to control some DAW functions - my master keyboard has stop, rewind, ff, rec and play features and I can write a little table that converts the MIDI data these buttons generate into real commands. It's common for people to confuse the MIDI connection with the audio connection.

The Motif will respond to the usual commands from Logic (as Cubase does too) I suspect you are actually expecting things that MIDI will not do? In Cubase sending model specific data back to a device normally works straightforwardly - although you can set up templates to access frequently used MIDI features, but I've never needed these. I can't speak for Logic, but in Cubase, the Motif would be received as a generic MIDI device too - which is exactly what Cubase needs.
