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Yamaha MOTIF XS6 (No Longer Available)

Item ID: MotifXS6

Sampling Keyboard Workstation with 61 Keys, LCD User Interface, Mixer Section, and Sequencer

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From Our Research Team:

A Powerful, Integrated Keyboard Workstation!

The Yamaha MOTIF XS6 keyboard workstation gives you the power to create, using the Xpanded Articulation Synth engine's 355 MB of WAVE ROM, a studio-style mixing environment and Virtual Circuitry modeling effects to fire your imagination. The user interface on the 61-key XS6 features a large color LCD screen with eight knobs and sliders. Other features include FireWire and Ethernet connectivity and storage of new sounds via an onboard sampling sequencer. Capture your inspiration with the Yamaha MOTIF XS6.


Yamaha MOTIF XS6 Keyboard Workstation at a Glance:
  • Exclusive XSpert upgrade with memory, storage, and new sounds!
  • High-quality sounds
  • Easy song creation
  • Computer connectivity
  • Intuitive interface

Sweetwater Exclusive - $1,175 in Extras FREE!
The Yamaha Motif XS keyboard workstation features great ROM sounds, top-notch effects, and powerful arpeggiators and sequencer. But did you know the Motif XS possesses robust sampling capabilities as well? Sweetwater's Director of Product Optimization, Daniel Fisher, developed the ultimate bundle to enhance this feature: the Motif XSpert, a sampling powerhouse and ideal DAW companion, with added RAM, a free flash drive, bonus samples, and a ton of extras. Best of all, this upgrade - an $1,175 value - is FREE!

Sweetwater's FREE Motif XSpert Upgrade Includes:
  • 512MB of RAM and 1GB USB 2.0 flash drive
  • Sweetwater-exclusive internal flash drive mounting plate
  • DVD-ROM with samples of $250,000 S700 piano
  • Bonus XS bank of instruments and 64 analog synth emulations
  • All Motif ES and MO8 preset banks converted to Motif XS format
  • "The World of Motif XS" 4-hour tutorial DVD
  • Cubase AI DAW software with 2-hour tutorial DVD
  • Gigabytes of samples, loops, and MIDI grooves
  • Plus much more!

Lots of great sounds
The MOTIF XS6 gives you several great new sounds and options, such as acoustic piano, electric piano, and orchestral waves, key-off/legato/cycle wave/random assignable functions, eight elements per voice, half damper, and vocorder. VCM vintage effects include EQ, compression, reverb, phaser, flanger, and wah.

Your song-making assistant
An integrated sampling sequencer and several assignable control parameters give you the flexibility and convenience you need to capture, manipulate and produce the sounds that inspire you. Direct performance recording lets you get results in real time.

See and feel what you're doing
A large (320x640) full-dot color graphic LCD user interface lets you easily monitor what you're doing, while assignable function buttons and a bank of eight knobs and eight faders give you complete control over your work. It's all integrated into a studio-style environment, right on the keyboard!

Yamaha MOTIF XS6 Keyboard Workstation Features:
  • New UI with large color LCD and 8 knobs and sliders
  • Xpanded Articulation Synth engine with 355MB of WAVE ROM
  • 61 keys with initial touch/aftertouch
  • Studio-style mixing environment with Virtual Circuitry Modeling effects
  • Four intelligent Arpeggiators with instant Performance Recording
  • Integrated Sampling Sequencer with 1GB of optional memory
  • Total computer integration and Cubase AI software included

The Yamaha MOTIF XS6 keyboard workstation is a complete songcrafting machine!

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Specification Detail
Manufacturer Part Number MOTIFXS6

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Reviews

Great Sounding, Very Powerful, Intuitive Instrument

by Mike Rhodes from Indiana
June 11, 2010
Music Background: Composer, performer
The only keyboard I have ever owned is an Ensoniq SD-1 that I have used for the past 20 + years. It continues to serve me well. However, I wanted some new sounds, new features and to generally upgra... read more [+]de to something newer. I watched many YouTube and Sweetwater videos and checked out a variety of keyboards in person. I bought the XS 61 key about 3 weeks ago. This unit is very sophisticated and it DOES seem complex at first. However, within the first hour, I was playing with it and using its performance features to jump start song writing. After about 3 more hours I was able to record and sequence a song. Plus, I was able to pretty easily adjust the EQ in a mix. For all the “sophistication” of this keyboard, I was able to do a lot after 4 hours…and that is really an accomplishment after doing it “The Ensoniq Way” that had been ingrained for so many years.

I have a long drive to and from work everyday, so I took the opportunity to just “listen” to the DVD’s that come with the XS. Those were very helpful and I look forward to watching them. The screen seems to do everything you need, the effects are great and that little USB port in the back is super helpful for adding a LED gooseneck light.

The onboard sounds are very good and many are VERY authentic. For the first time, in my keyboard playing experience I can actually play a very cool sounding rock guitar! Certainly, I have many things to learn about this new instrument. That’s half the fun. The way they have designed it, you are almost forced to learn new styles of music you may not have tried before. That’s a good thing. If you have used a synth before, this instrument will really add to your enjoyment of making great music.

I like it very much.
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The Best and most Versital sound set.

by John Lenington from near St. Louis
May 28, 2010
Music Background: Active Musician
I have used a Prteous 2500 for a few years now and wanted to upgrade. To be fair I was actually looking at the Roland Fatom G6 before I got the Moti XS6f and ended up trying one after I bought the Mot... read more [+]if. I do a style of music that involes aspects of Jazz, Rock electronica and a little Blues (as I am mainly a lead guitarist. My needs run the gammet form authentic sounding electric pianos to cutting edge synth sound and hip arrpegiator patterns I have been through every sound in both and have to say that while the Roland Fantom is very flashy and does have a few more features the bottom line is that sound against sound Fantom CANNOT touch the Motif. The Fantom can compare somewhat in some types of sound but amazingly where it falls short is in electronic sounds. Which is astnoishing since the Fantom seems so gearded towards electronic styles of music. I mean these two are not even in the same class!! The sounds in (especially synthy types) the Motif are so much more usable and there are sounds you won't likley even come close to with the Fantom. The one downside to the Motif is that the operating sytem is a bit complex but, it's worth the effort . close [-]

king motif

by Dereck brothers from west cocoa fl
December 13, 2007
Music Background: rapper/singer investor
move over fathom theres a new king in town,for all you fathom fans out there theres a beast out there.
don't get me wrong i own a fathom x6 with two expansion boards. but let tell you this board ... read more [+]its nothing but the truth.SO LET IT BE TOLD! THE SOUNDS
ARE AMAZEING REPEAT THE SOUNDS ARE AMAZEING.everthing sounds so real. no explaining here, you have to SEE it and HEAR it for yourself!!!!!!!!!! close [-]

OFF THE CHAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Full Blown, LLC. from MISSISSIPPI
June 19, 2007
Music Background: Record Label
I been tryin to get the xs6 for a minute and no one had it in stock. I finally got it, and boy the sounds are mind blowning. I don't see myself ever getting tired of this board. It is truely a board o... read more [+]f the future. They gonna have to come with it to top this 1!!!!!!! close [-]

THIS MACHINE IS GREAT

by JOSH from
May 9, 2007
Music Background: PRO MUSICIAN
GREAT ITS INCREDIBLE SOUND I CALLED EVERYDAY 4 A MONTH 2 GET THIS MACHINE ITS WORTH IT
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