Oh My

Been a long time since I bought a pro synth. The acoustic guitar sounds are killer - the "Steel Slide Velo" patch alone has provided me with many hours of joy. Lots of really good electric pianos, good acoustic pianos, the synth engine is powerful.

The ability to attach a laptop via USB only, trigger soft synths on that laptop, then have their sound from that soft synth come back through the MOX to your amp makes things very nice (still discovering things).

Great Keyboard

This is one powerful keyboard. I have several samplers and the sound of the MOX is better then some of my sampled sounds. The Piano sounds are wonderful, the Organs are great, the Guitars, the Flutes, and there is a solo Violin that will make you cry. I cant say enough about it. Oh, and its 15LBS. I havn't moved it much, but I suggest a decent hard case for it, if your giging with it. May be a little delicate. Keyboard is very playable. Again its a GREAT sound.

Fantastic!

This is simply a fantastic instrument, and for the price a true bargain! I can't imagine what reason there could possibly be for buying anything else! The MOX6 has tons of truly GREAT sounds, as well as useful, totally tweakable, patterns and arps. I have yet to find it lacking something that I would need (or want!). It leaves nothing to be desired, as far as I'm concerned. Great board at a great price. Just great!

Vocoder wow!

Awesome piece of kit. Ordered!

Perfect for my gigging needs

The Yamaha MOX6 is perfect for my gigging needs. It is light weight and sounds great. I do wish that it had aftertouch and a standard power cord instead of an adapter. However, overall, it is wonderful and it is my go-to keyboard of choice at this time!

Super Machine

Awesome keyboard, lots of extras and effects! perfect for the at home player like myself and quite the step up from my last keyboard! Many thanks Yamaha!

MOX6 a Players Keyboard

Great product. Moving from my old Roland XP, the sounds are great and the feel is similar. The Arpeggiaters are too much fun. The DAW interface adds an unbelievable amount of flexibility, especially if you are a Cubase user. Great portability, and logical arrangement of buttons makes it an easy fit in the studio, home and at the bar.

Unbelievable Keyboard

I loved this keyboard. It looks good and it sounds great unbelievable keyboard in this weight. .Son of Motif XF! Thank u sweet water

Stepping filter...

I just cannot believe the filter steps... it really makes this thing suck for modern electronic music. :(

Has some nice sounds though, but if you're looking for smooth and creamy sound design, look elsewhere.

Wonderful workstation,terrible PC integration

The pro's; incredible guitar & drum samples,the best I've ever heard in a hardware workstation.
Even though I'm brand new to Yamaha,the sequencer is fairly straight forward & the effects are exceptional.
The arpeggios are phenomenal,the bass sounds are impressive and the ethnic,brass,woodwind & strings are astonishingly good.

The con's; the key-bed does not have true semi-weighted action,as it has a flimsy feel to them and the keys are too small.
A built in audio interface sounds wonderful in theory,but here is the reality...you will constantly find yourself digging through sub menus to find the appropriate setting to suit your particular DAW and if you don't have Cubase,Digital Performer,Logic or Sonar,then don't even bother purchasing this keyboard if you plan on integrating it with a DAW.

If you're brand new to Yamaha and you are not intimately familiar with Cubase,you will never be able to figure out how to set up your MOX with the included Cubase AI5(unless of course you live on the Motifator forum,contact Steinberg support on a regular basis and buy the DVD tutorial...& then maybe you might get sorted out).
Cubase AI5 is one of the worst experiences I've ever dealt with(the other,being NI K-6).
Even the sound designer that works for Yamaha,warned me to stay away from Cubase and after 3 weeks of pulling my hair out,I took his advice.
I should also warn you again,about the audio interface,which is that the audio output is very weak,as once you record an audio track to your DAW,you really have to crank up the volume in your DAW to hear it.
Here's another really sad aspect of the interface; it does not have 48V phantom power and if you ever plan on listening to the audio on your PC without having the MOX6 turned on,you will need a PC that has an HDMI output.
I have both the Presonus S1 and Reason 6 and the MOX6 is virtually useless as a viable PC recording tool.
I can't use any of the DAW Remote functions on this keyboard,because of the DAWS that I have...what a terrible waste of resources.
Personally,I think Yamaha wasted their production budget on including an audio interface,as they should of put the expense towards adding more insert effects.
One more thing you should know...if you want to transfer your midi data from the MOX6's sequencer to Cubase,you need to send the song information to a USB stick,shut off your MOX and then plug in the USB stick to your PC and THEN you can send your song to your DAW...makes you wonder why Yamaha even bothered to create an audio/midi driver,doesn't it?

Good sounds, poor interface!

+ great guitar & piano patches

- stock sounds hit or miss, not as great as anticipated, too much menu diving to change anything, definitely not a user friendly interface, plays like a Casio toy, definitely not pro level for the price

Sparkle dulled by interface and lack of support

The MOX is loaded with capabilities and the Motif sounds at a good price if you can live with the restricting interface. The 6 only weighs 15lbs and the 8 35(?). I think adding at least 10lbs using heavier plastic in the body would have made more sense. I could see it cracking if you bumped into it with other equipment. The two men in promotional videos on Youtube are the only people that really know how to use it. The owner manual is inadequate and without a tutorial. Yamaha tech support is nice but not very helpful and dodges user questions. If you are unfamiliar with Yamaha, good luck and patience be with you!