The Yamaha Motif series represents over two decades of evolution in professional workstation synthesizers, spanning from the original Motif's introduction in 2001 through to the last-in-series XF generation. Each iteration has built upon its predecessor's foundation while introducing significant technological advances that have kept the Motif line at the forefront of music production. This comparison highlights the key specifications and features across all four generations, with highlighted entries indicating the most significant improvements in each model. Whether you're considering an upgrade from an older Motif or evaluating the series for the first time, this table provides essential information for understanding each model's capabilities and evolution.

Behringer teases with more details on the new clone, Korg provides Monologue owners with free sound library created by the film soundtrack composer, Squarp Instruments offers multifunctional step sequencer Hermod, while Warm Audio has been into recreating the Neve 1073 circuitry. And quite successfully.

Daito Manabe of Rhizomatiks together with Red Bull Music Academy and Korg decided to make an extraordinary installation in Tokyo: The Human Sized Synthesizer…

One of the Korg crew members uploaded (supposedly “by accident”) the photo to the official Instagram depicting 2 variants of a desktop version next to the KORG ARP Odyssey keyboard. The photo was quickly removed which makes us think whether it was on purpose or it happened by mistake due to some kind of miscommunication within the team. But what we’re really concerned with is whether it’s an experiment featuring a desktop Odyssey by Korg or the company does think about putting it into production.