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Yamaha Motif

Series of music workstations

The Yamaha Motif is a series of flagship music workstations launched in 2001 that became industry standards for production and live performance. Built on sample-based synthesis with sampling, sequencing, and effects, the Motif line ran through several generations (ES, XS, XF).

Sources

Category

  • Technical line drawing of Synthesizers

    Synthesizers

    Hardware synthesizers, synth model families, and related electronic instruments.

Made by

  • Yamaha

    Yamaha is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1887 and one of the largest in the world, producing pianos, guitars, wind and brass instruments, drums, and a wide range of electronic instruments.

Models in series

  • Yamaha MOTIF-RACK XS

    Japan

    The Yamaha Motif-Rack XS is a rackmount tone module that packs the sound engine of the Motif XS workstation into a studio-friendly unit for use with sequencers and controllers.

  • Yamaha MOTIF XF8

    Japan

    The Yamaha Motif XF8 is the 88-key, weighted-action flagship of the Motif XF generation (2010), Yamaha's top sample-based workstation, with expanded waveform memory and flash-board expansion.

  • Yamaha MOTIF ES6

    Japan

    The Yamaha Motif ES6 is the 61-key model in the Motif ES generation (2003) of Yamaha's flagship workstation line, offering expanded sample-based sounds, sampling, and sequencing.

  • Yamaha MOTIF XS7

    Synthesizer · Japan

    The Yamaha Motif XS7 is the 76-key model in the Motif XS generation (2007) of Yamaha's workstation line, offering the XS sound engine, sampling, and sequencing.

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