Great Keyboard

I love this keyboard! It feels great, and the interface is pretty simple. The sounds on it are fabulous, especially the piano's. I use it in a praise and worship setting at our church and I was told that this is the keyboard to get for that purpose. They were right. This is a great instrument!

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This is a great piece of equipment. Not only is it much lighter than its big brother (Yamaha Motif XS8,) it features the Yamaha S6 Grands, and has a great user interface. I upgraded from a Roland Fantom X8, and am loving this keyboard!

Amazing!

This synthesizer is one powerful piece of equipment. The action and sound quality are exceptional!

Amazing!

An outstanding keyboard. All the sounds of the Motif XS8 plus audio record/and playback. Amazing piano samples(Natural Grand). This would be a perfect fit for a worship/church setting. Thanks Yamaha and Sweetwater.

Amazing!

This keyboard makes playing enjoyable. It is somewhat a pain to transport so it isn't good to move around a lot but when I'm on stage it really delivers. Very heavy but such good quality! If you are serious about playing, this is a good set of keys.

Really great instrument!!!

I bought my first synth in about 1990 and have owned at least a dozen since. I also played piano for ten years before that. I've had this unit for about 5 days. It is really nice. I just recently sold a Fantom Xa, XP-30, Korg X-50, and a Yamaha AN1x. Now I have only this board and I can pretty much get any sounds I had before out of just this one board. It is a great sounding synth but the pianos are the best I have ever played in hardware. In fact, I own software pianos that aren't as nice or versatile as this board. They sound great and there are several of different styles. None of them are bad and the good ones are pretty much great.

I have been in a cover band for the past three years that plays a lot of 80 pop and I am also a huge Van Halen fan of the synth-era stuff. I immediately prgrammed sounds for Love Walks in, 1984, Jump, Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer, etc. No real problems getting all the tones I want and I am a tone snob when it comes to programming. THese versions I have made have lots of sweet punch and sizzle. Love it!

So why 4.5 stars instead of 5. Well, two reasons and this may or may not bother you. For one, the deepest patch editing (element level) has to be done through the VST editor. Not a big deal for me because I keep my baord right there at my PC anyway as my main controller. You can edit quite a few things without but I like to be able to fully dig in when I want to. For two, as great as the arpeggiators are and all of the 6000+ patterns, they are not programmable...... at all. Not from the board and not in the editor. There is one song, "Hella Good" by No Doubt, where I need a really standard little step sequence of 3 notes and a rest. Nope, cant do it. This is the only thing that I am having a hard time dealing with. Otherwise, I am totally satisfied with the tone and my ability to make about any sound I would ever want.

Bottom line, I love it. I dont think I've ever had my fingers feel so connected to the sounds that they are triggering. The action is sort of buttery smooth. Love it love it love it!!!

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY

The musicality of this board is amazing............its easy to sound great.
People tell me i sound like a whole band live.
I would like to see the ability to make or import your own beats n grooves and drum patterns
The only thing I dont like is scolling through 6000 arpegios... its pain staking.........other than that its a joy to use. I use this through QSC K12s and a PRESONUS STUDIO LIVE......... its sounds stellar

s90XS

This is an exceptional piece of equipment. At this price you can't do better. Put a software sequencer to it and you have pretty much everything the Motif has. The sounds are great, the feeling on the keys quite piano-like. I am no expert at this, and there is a lot to learn, but I have every intention of keeping this instrument around for a while.