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From Our Research Team:

A new definition of synth power

MOTIF is a completely new animal in the synthesizer workstation jungle. It's as if synthesizer evolution took a few big leaps forward overnight. You've never seen anything like it. The sounds alone will blow your mind. What's more, you gain hands-on, realtime control over all this power through an easy-to-navigate interface that responds much like a groovebox. Then, you add the revolutionary Integrated Sampling Sequencer that seamlessly integrates audio sampling and MIDI in a way never achieved before. SOUNDS, SOUNDS, SOUNDS First, we'll talk about the sounds. MOTIF's sounds are the absolute best Yamaha has to offer, and there are TONS of them. MOTIF's astounding 85MB wave ROM (when converted to 16-bit linear format) contains many of the best waveforms from Yamaha's highly-acclaimed S80, 9000 Pro and EX Series synthesizers. Plus there's a wealth of new and improved waves, including many of the drums from the brand new RS7000 Integrated Sampling Sequencer, to give you an amazing range of sounds - one of the largest sound menus from a Yamaha keyboard ever (any keyboard, for that matter). You'll get incredibly realistic stereo acoustic instruments like pianos, drums, strings and brass, never-before- heard dance sounds, lush ambient textures, and much more. There's even a convenient General MIDI set for playing back Standard MIDI Files. And with room for up to 3 Modular Synthesis Plug-in System expansion boards and advanced integration capabilities (all the voices for the PLG boards are already stored in MOTIF's OS), MOTIF can expand as your needs grow. INTEGRATED SAMPLING SEQUENCER MOTIF's Integrated Sampling Sequencer seamlessly combines the audio and MIDI recording processes, giving you unprecedented freedom for creating music. In this age of digital production, cutting and pasting different sections of music and audio (motifs) together is an integral part of the music making process. MOTIF has 4 unique features that simplify composing and producing music digitally, letting you flex your creative muscles like never before. CONTROL Next, MOTIF offers two different kinds of realtime control. Its front panel comes with 4 physical sliders and 4 physical knobs, which work as 16 virtual sliders and 16 virtual knobs when used with the keyboard's expanded real-time control functions. In any mode, you can readily edit the Reverb, Chorus, Pan, Cutoff, Resonance, Attack, Release and EQ as well as 4 user-assignable parameters. In Mix mode, these sliders and knobs work in conjunction with the Track Select buttons to give you all the capabilities of a 16 channel digital mixer. INTERACTIVE ARPEGGIATOR MOTIF's newly designed arpeggiator lets you add even more expression to your playing. On top of an extensive range of rhythmic sequences, it also features "human" patterns such as the strumming of a guitar or the trilling of a flute. Instead of trying to duplicate these performances with complicated algorithms, MOTIF creates them by using real MIDI data recorded by real musicians. There's even a velocity window, which opens up unprecedented possibilities; for example, while playing a lead guitar voice, you could trigger a sampled MIDI guitar phrase on the fly by hitting a key hard. And because the arpeggiator is integrated into MOTIF's system, you can easily include arpeggio performances into your sequences and even import new arpeggios from Standard MIDI files. UNPRECEDENTED EXPANDABILITY Yamaha's Modular Synthesis Plug-in System lets you upgrade MOTIF with completely new synthesizer or sound processing "engines." Each expansion board is equipped with a full-fledged synthesizer or digital effects processor, so not only do you get more sounds and effects, but also more polyphony and additional multi parts -- without taking any processing power away from the keyboard itself. A diverse range of synthesizer expansion boards is already available, including analog physical modeling, FM synthesis, vocal harmony processing and more. MOTIF is equipped with 3 expansion slots, allowing you to customize it with the exact combination of synthesis you need -- whenever you need it! The plug-in voice data of every PLG Series expansion board is already stored in the keyboard's ROM, so you'll have a great selection of additional sounds the moment you install any new plug-in board. MOTIF 6 is the 61 key version with Initial Touch/After Touch. Features:

• Built-in USB MIDI Interface
• SmartMedia Card Slot
• SCSI Port
• Yamaha's mLAN - link together all your digital audio and MIDI data through a single high-bandwidth cable. MOTIF is ready for both the present generation of mLan expansions and future mLan products, so you'll be able to stay current with future possibilities.
• Multi-Out Expansion Board - as an alternative to the mLAN board, the AIEB1 expansion board is also available, which gives you 6 assignable analog audio outputs as well as both optical and S/P DIF digital outputs.