Yamaha MOTIF XF8 88-Key Music Production Synthesizer

Features

• 741MB of internal Wave ROM includes incredibly realistic pianos and acoustic instruments, vintage synths and the hip-hop sounds that all of today's top producers are using
• Sophisticated 8-element synth architecture with XSpanded articulation and 18 different filter types let you shape your sound anyway you want;
• 8 front-panel knobs and sliders make it easy to do even in real time
• 1664 Voices and 97 Drum Kits put more sounds at your fingertips than ever before
• Category Search function makes it easy to find the sounds you need.
• 512 Performances combine 4 Voices and 4 Intelligent arpeggiators so you can instantly create backing tracks with Yamaha's intuitive Direct Performance Recording feature
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• 16-track Integrated Sampling Sequencer and built-in 128MB of sample RAM let you:
• Load new sample libraries
• Add vocals and guitars to your Motif sequences
• Slice audio loops to playback at any tempo
• Use Real Time Loop Remix to create new grooves
• Easily move back and forth between the loop based Pattern Mode and tape machine style Song Mode
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• Integrated Yamaha digital mixer includes 3-band EQ for each part, 8 dual insertion effects, 2 System effects, overall master effect, and master EQ let you create finalized mixes of your songs
• Direct-to-USB recording and playback let you record your final mixes to any connected USB memory device as CD-quality WAV files, or play WAV files created on your computer back on the XF
• Up to 2GB of optional flash Wave memory—two slots accommodate proprietary Yamaha flash board options: a 512MB flash board and a 1GB flash board. Once you've loaded a sound, it's always in your Motif when you turn it on
• 128MB of onboard volatile sample RAM—for user sampling, loading and auditioning sample libraries or adding vocals and real instruments to your Motif XF sequences with the Integrated Sampling Sequencer
• Improved User Interface with many user-requested features, such as Tap Tempo, Drum Editing in Mix Mode, and Auto Mapping of samples, plus a new customizable UI for selecting your choice of color and positioning of key displays will be available for Motif XF in a future OS update
• Computer connectivity (via USB, Ethernet or the FW16E FireWire option) and DAW integration features, such as 8 zone Master mode, DAW remote control and cross platform editors let you seamlessly integrate the Motif with any DAW software, including the bundled Cubase AI software
• hosts a global community of Motif experts, sound programmers and software application developers, and allows access to discussion forums, Voice libraries, Motif specific application software, tutorial videos and in-depth application guides
• New large format (512MB - 1GB) Voice libraries from Garritan, Sonic Reality, Easy Sounds and more, plus new Motif-specific software tools, including waveform editors, sample format convertors and arp managers