Low-cost Breakthrough in a Professional Synth!
The Yamaha S08 is a cost breakthrough for an 88-key programmable synthesizer. Incredibly versatile, the S08 boasts a sleek, lightweight portable design, a generous selection of high quality sounds and advanced storage features. It's an ideal primary or additional instrument for the songwriter, arranger, live performance musician, studio musician, or beginner.
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- Balanced hammer action keyboard and over 749 great sounds
- Easy to use, with large LCD screen and ample controllers
- Included PC software for editing voices and sequencing
Balanced hammer action keyboard and over 749 great sounds
The Yamaha S08 features an 88-key balanced hammer design with Initial Touch , plus full 64-note polyphony. Yamaha's AWM2 tone generation, over 749 incredible sounding voices and 31 drum kits, full XG and GM2 compatibility, stereo sampled pianos and drums - many of which are identical to those found on higher-end synthesizer products in Yamaha's S-series - provide excellent building blocks for song production and performance. You can create your own sounds and store them in any of the S08's 128 user-voice memory locations. Onboard effects include chorus, reverb and variations.
Easy to use, with large LCD screen and ample controllers
The S08 features panel switches, a large LCD display, and controllers that include pitch bend, a mod wheel and a numeric keypad, to provide full control and quick access to all functions. Connections include MIDI in/out/thru, stereo headphone out, foot switch, and foot controller. The S08 also includes a SmartMedia card slot that allows the introduction of new sounds and the direct playback of SMF sequence files.
Included PC software for editing voices and sequencing
Compatible with USB-equipped Windows PC platforms (Windows 98 or higher), the S08 opens a whole world of musical, educational and creative possibilities to musicians with personal computers. An application CD-ROM contains Voice Editor, Sequencer and Card Filer software.
The combination of a solid synthesis engine, essential sounds, storage options and computer-based applications makes the S08 a good foundation for any setup, and provides musicians with a high level of performance and productivity.
Yamaha S08 88-key Programmable Synthesizer Features:- 88-key weighted (Balanced Hammer) action Synthesizer
- 64-note Polyphony
- 25.2 MB wave with over 700 sounds
- GM and XG compatible
- 3 Effects Blocks with 88 types
- 16 part Multi-timbral
- 32 Multis (User Storable)
- Quick Access and Category Search
- Custom Backlit LCD
- CDROM with Sequencer, editor and card filer included
- SmartMedia slot, playback sequencer for playing standard MIDI files direct from SmartMedia, USB and MIDI in/out/thru
The Yamaha S08 has the sounds and the features to make your music happen!
