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Yamaha MOTIF 8

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Yamaha MOTIF 8
Yamaha MOTIF 8
900.00 street price

MOTIF 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.

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Country of origin / production: Japan

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Usage area
Workstation 
Usage Design/ Form Factor
With Keys 
Archetype
Digital (D) 
Polyphony
Voices62
Multi Timbral Capacity16 part(s)
Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis
Yamaha
AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) 
Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count1309
Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform ROM84 Mb
Programs/ Voices/ Timbres
Single Voice Preset384
User-defined Single Voice128
Multitimbral Preset128
User-defined Multitimbral128
Drum Kits Preset48
Drum Kits User-defined16
Performance/ Multitimbral Parts4
Effects
Reverb 
Chorus 
Insertion 
Variation 
Equalizer
Bands5
Sampler
DAC24 bit
ADC20 bit
Resolution 16 bit/ 11.025 kHz
Resolution 16 bit/ 22.05 kHz
Resolution 16 bit/ 44.1 kHz
Sequencer
Tracks count16
Pattern Sequencer 
Sequencer Resolution480 ppqn
Note Capacity111000
Tempo (min value)1
Tempo (max value)300
MIDI
General MIDI (GM) 
MIDI in/ out
IN 
OUT 
THRU 
Keys
Type Balanced Hammer Effect
Size7.5
Number of Keys88
Display
Color resolution Monochrome
Resolution: Horizontal240
Resolution: Vertical64
Built-in controllers
Pitch Bend Wheel 
Modulation Wheel 
Slider/ Drawbar4
Programmable 
Jog dial 
External controllers
Sustain foot pedal 
Expression foot pedal 
Foot Controller1
Audio out
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm)2
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified1
Digital: optical1
Audio in
Digital: Coaxial1
Computer Interfaces
SCSI 
USB USB PC Link
Expandability
Sampler Memory Slot2
Sound Synthesis Slot3
Dimensions
Height166 mm
Width1458 mm
Depth465 mm
Weight28 kg
Case/ body
Metal&plastic 
Production start2001
Production ended

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