street priceMOTIF 8 is a model of the Yamaha Motif series which is now famous as Motif Classic series due to the appearance of many other Motif series.
Motif Classic instruments are represented with AWM2 PCM tone generator, 110 000 note MIDI sequencer, sample engine (4MB built-in, expandable up to 64MB of user RAM), compatibility with common sample formats such as Akai, WAV, and AIFF, 84MB of read-only memory (ROM), 62-voice polyphony.
There are 3 internal expansion slots on the keyboard versions allowing for connecting Yamah PLG expansion boards in order to enlarge the sound library. The onboard sampling RAM offers 4MB and with the third party memory sticks could be increased up to 64MB.
An mLAN network card can be connected via firewire 400 port on the xternal connectors. The instruments of the series were connected to a computer via MIDI cables through a USB port. USB port also let you use the external storage for your sounds. SmartMedia card could be purchased for storing sequence, voice, and sample data via available SmartMedia port.
Motif 8 released in 2001 has a 88-note keyboard with Balanced hammer effect key action, features 62 voices of polyphony, 84MB ROM waveforms and the total number of 1309 waves. Memory offers 384 presets + 48 kits, 128 user ones, 128 performances, and 128 master ones.
Tags: digital synthesizer
Country of origin / production: Japan
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Workstation | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Digital (D) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 62 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 16 part(s) |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Yamaha | |
| AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) | |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count | 1309 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform ROM | 84 Mb |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Single Voice Preset | 384 |
| User-defined Single Voice | 128 |
| Multitimbral Preset | 128 |
| User-defined Multitimbral | 128 |
| Drum Kits Preset | 48 |
| Drum Kits User-defined | 16 |
| Performance/ Multitimbral Parts | 4 |
| Effects | |
| Reverb | |
| Chorus | |
| Insertion | |
| Variation | |
| Equalizer | |
| Bands | 5 |
| Sampler | |
| DAC | 24 bit |
| ADC | 20 bit |
| Resolution | 16 bit/ 11.025 kHz |
| Resolution | 16 bit/ 22.05 kHz |
| Resolution | 16 bit/ 44.1 kHz |
| Sequencer | |
| Tracks count | 16 |
| Pattern Sequencer | |
| Sequencer Resolution | 480 ppqn |
| Note Capacity | 111000 |
| Tempo (min value) | 1 |
| Tempo (max value) | 300 |
| MIDI | |
| General MIDI (GM) | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Balanced Hammer Effect |
| Size | 7.5 |
| Number of Keys | 88 |
| Display | |
| Color resolution | Monochrome |
| Resolution: Horizontal | 240 |
| Resolution: Vertical | 64 |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend Wheel | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| Slider/ Drawbar | 4 |
| Programmable | |
| Jog dial | |
| External controllers | |
| Sustain foot pedal | |
| Expression foot pedal | |
| Foot Controller | 1 |
| Audio out | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 2 |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified | 1 |
| Digital: optical | 1 |
| Audio in | |
| Digital: Coaxial | 1 |
| Computer Interfaces | |
| SCSI | |
| USB | USB PC Link |
| Expandability | |
| Sampler Memory Slot | 2 |
| Sound Synthesis Slot | 3 |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 166 mm |
| Width | 1458 mm |
| Depth | 465 mm |
| Weight | 28 kg |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal&plastic | |
| Production start | 2001 |
| Production ended | |
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