The Yamaha MOTIF is one of the finest-sounding workstation keyboards around. Built off the powerful AWM2 sound engine that’s at the core of the MOTIF ES, the Yamaha MO8 88-Key Music Production Synthesizer puts that MOTIF sound well within reach of most musicians, without sacrificing functional design or sonic power. The Yamaha MO8 Music Production Synthesizer Workstation is a direct descendant of the pro-level MOTIF ES and features the same balanced hammer-action keyboard technology and mechanism as the Yamaha S90 ES. . The Yamaha MO8 boasts the same powerful synthesis engine as the industry standard MOTIF ES, so you can show up to any gig, session, or production date with your MO8 in hand knowing you’re packing some of the most explosive sounds in the biz. Also on board are the impressive analog-synth modeling capabilities of the MOTIF ES. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a semi-professional musician, performer, or songwriter.

Yamaha MO8 provides a full set of authentic sounds and comprehensive music-making features. Percussion sounds spanning from life-like studio kits to cutting edge hip-hop beats are at all your disposal. The MO’s array of solid sliders and knobs provide assignable, real-time control over every instrument parameter, as well as over the comprehensive DSP effects. The song sequencer on the Yamaha MO 8 includes a pattern mode, phrase building, and a one-key arpeggiator with as many as 1700 sequenced phrases. You can control your favorite sequencer software from the keyboard itself via USB. With Studio Connections “Audio Integration”, you can even turn your MO into a Virtual Synth complete with phase accurate latency compensation and add VST effects directly to your MO inside your VST mixer.

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A four-oscillator sound-generator architecture, multi-band filter, and dynamic envelope controls effortlessly recall the entire history of modern musical synthesis. The Yamaha MO8 is compatible with Studio Connections; allows comprehensive hardware/software integration into music production system. And also through Audio Integration you can seamlessly assign and access the MO right from the sequencer. Yamaha MO 8 provides hundreds of voices, MOTIF ES’s EQs, compressors, choruses, reverbs, radical lo-fi, slicing, digital scratching and beat change FX to the MO8. The Yamaha MO8 can be effortlessly set up to control all basic DAW functions like transport controls, track volume, panning, and can even control virtual instrument parameters. The Studio Connections compatibility let you treat the MO as a VST SoftSynth inside Cubase SX 3.1 and Nuendo 3.1. The special Utility Quick Setups let you easily change from one style of working to the next. So no matter how you like to work, the MO series adapts to fit your workflow and lets you be more musically productive. The new Utility Quick Setups also let you transfer from the internal sequencer to your computer with a single button press.

The Voice and Multi Part Editors for the MO Series are Total Recall compatible so they work inside the Studio Manager system available in the latest versions of Cubase and Nuendo. The Yamaha MO8 has 88 weighted, touch-sensitive keys, 64-note polyphony, 256 performance presets, 256 user presets, a backlit graphic LCD, 5-band master EQ, as well as USB and S/PDIF outs for digital connectivity.

Yamaha MO8 Music Production Synthesizer Workstation Technical Information

• 240 x 64 dot graphic backlit LCD Display
• 88 keys, Balanced Hammer Effect keyboard (initial touch)
• AWM2 Tone generator
• 64 notes Polyphony
• 16 parts (internal) Multi-timbral capacity
• 16 per pattern (256 maximum)
• 175MB (when converted to 16-bit linear format), 1,859 waveforms
• 18 types (filter), reverb x 20 types, chorus x 49 types, insertion (a, b) x 116 types x 3 blocks, master effect x 8 types, master equalizer (5 bands), part EQ (3 bands, stereo)
• Approx. 226,000 notes
• 480 ppq (parts per quarter note) Note resolution
• 124 notes Maximum polyphony
• 64 songs
• Real time replace, real time overdub (with the exception of the pattern chain), real time punch (song only), step (with the exception of the pattern chain)
• 64 patterns (x 16 sections), measures: 256 maximum
• Voice:
    Preset: 512 normal voices + 64 drum kits
    GM: 128 normal voices + 1 drum kit
    User: 128 x 2 (bank 1: original, bank 2: picked up from preset), normal voice + 32 drum kits
    Performance user: 256 (up to 4 parts)
• Tracks:
    Pattern mode: 16 phrase tracks
    Pattern chain mode: pattern track, tempo track, scene track
    Song Mode: 16 sequence tracks (loop on/off can be set for each track), tempo track, scene track
• Phrases:
    Preset phrases: 687 phrases
    User phrases: 256 per pattern
• Arpeggio:
    Preset x 1787 types, User x 256 types
    MIDI Sync, MIDI transmit/receive channel, velocity limit, and note limit can be set.
• Scene memory: 5 per song
• Sequence format:
    MO6/MO8 Original format (compatible with MOTIF ES)
    SMF format 0, 1 (Format 1 load only)
• Master:
    User: 128
• Sequence software compatible with the Remote Control function:
    For Windows: Cubase SX 3, SQ01 V2, SONAR 4, MO6/8/MOTIF ES/MOTIF-RACK ES/MOTIF-RACK/S90 ES Multi Part Editor
    For Macintosh: Cubase SX 3, Logic Pro 7, Digital Performer 4.52, MO6/8/MOTIF ES/MOTIF-RACK ES/MOTIF-RACK/S90 ES Multi Part Editor
• *4 Zones (master keyboard settings), assignable knob/slider settings, program change Table
• *Functions to be controlled by the MO6/MO8 differ depending on the software you use.
• pitch bend wheel, modulation wheel, assignable control sliders (4), assignable knobs (4), data dial
• 13.5 W Power consumption
• Yamaha MO 8’s Width is 54.28, depth is 15.44 and height is 6.68 in.