The MOTIF XS series of Midi keyboard synthesizers is one among the a long line of music workstations from Yamaha Corporation. It was announced during the 2007 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
It provides 355 MB of high quality waveforms (around 2,670 when converted into 16-bit linear format) and samples. It has new acoustic piano, electric piano and orchestral samples and also richly textured and distinctly electronic synthesizer waves. Additionally, it incorporates a 130,000 note MIDI sequencer.
It enhances from the MOTIF ES MIDI keyboard synthesizer series with features such as four more faders, up to 8 elements or tones per voice, expanded articulation, up to 4 simultaneous arpeggios in performance mode, Ethernet connectivity and also a much larger color display.
MOTIF XS6
• The MOTIFF XS6 is the smallest of the three with 61 synth action keys and weighing in at 32.6 pounds.
• It has pitch blend, modulation, 8 assignable control sliders, 8 assignable knobs, ribbon controller, 2 assignable function buttons and also a data dial.
• It has 5.7-inch graphic color LCD that's backlit and comes with contrast controls.
• Its voices boasts a tone generation multi-timbral capacity of 16 parts internal with 128 maximum polyphony too number of voices including Preset: 1,024 Normal Voices + 64 Drum Kits, GM: 128 Normal Voices + 1 Drum Kit, User: 128 x 3 (selected and copied from Preset bank) Normal Voice + 32 Drum Kits
• In terms of effects it has 9 types of reverb, 22 types of chorus, 53 x 8 types of insertions, 9 types of master effects, 5 bands of master EQ, and 3 bands of part EQ.
• It has a data capacity of 130,000 notes with note resolution set at 480 parts per quarter note and up to 1,024 waveforms.
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