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Yamaha Motif 7 - $800 (Granger, IN)
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The Yamaha Motif is one of my favorite synthesizers. But I live in a tiny apartment and this has an extended 76 key synth-action keybed [I find myself using my Kurzweil instead because it has piano-style keys].
ANYWAYS, I'm selling off some of my music gear to make a little space. This keyboard has seen some things, but it's in generally good condition. I can give you a large collection of Motif sounds. There are 2 expansion slots, and you can load your own samples in it -- although it's a bit more laborious to use a floppy disk nowadays.
If you play in a gigging band, this doesn't cost $5000 like a Nord Stage. However it's reliable and still sounds great for all your basic bread and butter sounds: pianos, organs, basses, pads, strings, electric pianos -- even drums and hip hop sounds. It might be a little dated in the synth / dance arena, but Yamaha builds quality instruments. Like all flagship synths from the 2000s, it has a sequencer and allows you to add your own samples.
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Fantastic review as always from SoundOnSound magazine.
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yamaha-motif-7
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Specifications:
62‑note polyphonic.
16‑part multitimbral.
Equivalent 84Mb waveform ROM.
384 factory Voices; 48 drum kits; 128 factory (overwritable) Performances; 128 GM presets; one GM drum kit.
128 user Voice memories; 16 user drum kits.
Four assignable real‑time control sliders; four assignable real‑time control knobs; pitch‑bend/mod wheels.
31 preset alternate tunings, including Indian, quarter‑tone, Werkmeister, various pure majors and minors.
16‑track linear/pattern‑based sequencer: 480ppqn resolution, 1‑300bpm tempo range, 1/16 to 8/4 time signature range, 110,000‑note capacity, full event and cut‑and‑paste editing, quantisation, five manually‑selectable Scenes, recording of controller movements, 16 Song templates.
16‑bit, 44.1kHz stereo sampler: 4Mb RAM (expandable to 64Mb, for 23+ minutes of mono, 44‑1kHz sampling), WAV‑ and AIFF‑compatible, loads Akai/Yamaha sample data, accepts 48kHz samples via digital in (if installed), offers real‑time sampling into sequencer tracks, Loop Remix and Slice functions.
Arpeggiator: 256 preset patterns, MIDI sync.
Bundled software: Mac/PC sample editor, Voice editor, file‑swapping utility, Logic and Cubase demos, PC‑only Acid Express loop software.
Supplied I/O: MIDI In/Out/Thru; stereo jack audio In with gain control; four jack audio outs; optical S/PDIF digital out; SCSI‑2; USB; breath controller input; headphone socket; two foot controller sockets, two footswitch sockets, SmartMedia card slot.
76‑note velocity and aftertouch‑sensitive keyboard (Motif 7)
Display: 240x64‑dot backlit graphic LCD.
Dimensions: 1255x397x135mm (WxDxH)
Weight: 18.1kg