Yamaha - MOTIF XF8

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Soon after the original MOTIF was released in 2001, it was recognized as the best sounding, top selling and most requested music workstation on the market. Over time, it has continued to evolve and improve its expressiveness and functionality. At the same time, the online community of end users, sound programmers, software developers and product support specialists at www.MOTIFATOR.com has expanded into a vibrant online music production community. The MOTIF breathes new life into live performances with its expressive sounds and intuitive control. In music creation, the MOTIF not only offers its own music creation capabilities, it also offers a system for integrating those capabilities with a variety of software applications. And now, the next generation XF builds on the decade-long heritage of MOTIF, and provides groundbreaking expansion capabilities with flash memory that will set a new standard for keyboard workstations for years to come.
The MOTIF XF boasts a rich collection of instrument Voices that includes piano, EPs, strings, wind instruments, orchestral sounds, guitars, basses, and drums, as well as a wide variety of vintage and modern synth sounds. Of special note are the detailed digital re-creations of two Yamaha grand pianos (a 9' CFIII and a 7' S6) that only an acoustic piano manufacturer could achieve. The reproduction in minute detail of even very subtle nuances results in exquisitely crafted piano Voices that will satisfy even the most demanding players.
New waveforms have been added to the MOTIF XF, which now contains a huge total of 741 MB of waveforms.
Starting with the S6 piano, the 136 newly-added Voices include keyboard sounds such as those of clavinets and organs as well as a wide range of new sounds from orchestral to hip-hop. This huge internal wave memory ensures that the MOTIF XF is the best sounding and most versatile keyboard workstation right out of the box.

･ Comprehensive high sound quality, including an enormous 741MB of waveforms
･ An additional 128 Voices and 8 drum kits, for a total of 1,353 high-quality Voices
･ Up to 2GB of additional content available through separately sold flash memory
･ Realization of unique instrument performance methods through the XA (Expanded Articulation) tone generation system
･ Reproduction of the unique, natural, warm sounds of vintage instruments through VCM effects
･ 384 types of performances based on approximately 7800 types of arpeggiators
･ Enhanced sampling through 128MB of onboard SD-RAM
･ The popular FSX (MOTIF XF6/7) and BH (MOTIF XF8) keyboards
･ Improvement of usability thanks to the use of a new GUI
･ Category Search feature that provides instant access to the Voices you want
･ Cubase AI -- a DAW software application from Steinberg
･ DAW integration through remote control, an editor software
･ Scalability through standard-equipped USB and Ethernet and the FW16E option

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