Yamaha MOTIF XS8

Music Production Station

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MOTIF XS8 is an instrument of the Motif XS series which is represented with an AWM2 Tone Generator, 128 note polyphony, 130 000 note MIDI sequencer, 355MB of sounds and 2670 waveforms. The keyboard has weighted keys. The connectivity offers full MIDI implementation, USB host and device, A/D input, digital out, assignable output jack, output L/R phone jack, foot controller, 2 footswitch options, AC In, mLAN support, Ethernet.

XS series got some improvements comparing to the previous Motif series among which there are a larger color display, 8 faders, up to 8 waveforms per voice, Expanded Articulation, Ethernet support, bigger waveform ROM, direct performance recording to pattern, possibility of 4 simultaneous arpeggios in Performance mode. Yamaha PLG expansion cards could not be installed into Motif XS series. The units shipped with Cubase AI.

Motif XS8 released in 2007 has a 88-note keyboard with Balanced hammer effect key action, features 128 voices of polyphony, 355MB ROM waveforms and the total number of 2670 waves. Memory offers 1024 presets + 65 kits, 384 user ones + 32 kits, and 384 performances.

Country of origin / production: Japan

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Usage area
Workstation
Usage Design/ Form Factor
With Keys
Archetype
Digital (D)
Polyphony
Voices	128
Multi Timbral Capacity	16 part(s)
Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis
Yamaha
VCM (Virtual Circuitry Modeling)
AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2)
Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count	2670
Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform ROM	355 Mb
Programs/ Voices/ Timbres
Single Voice Preset	1024
User-defined Single Voice	384
Multitimbral Preset	384
User-defined Multitimbral	128
Drum Kits Preset	64
Drum Kits User-defined	32
Performance/ Multitimbral Parts	4
Effects
Reverb
Chorus
Insertion
Variation
Vocoder
Equalizer
Bands	5
Sampler
DAC	24 bit
ADC	20 bit
Resolution	16 bit/ 11.025 kHz
Resolution	16 bit/ 22.05 kHz
Resolution	16 bit/ 44.1 kHz
Sequencer
Tracks count	16
Pattern Sequencer
Sequencer Resolution	480 ppqn
Note Capacity	130000
Tempo (min value)	5
Tempo (max value)	300
Arpegiator/ Portamento
Arpegiator
Arpeggio presets	6633
Arpeggio User-defined Memory	256
MIDI
General MIDI (GM)
MIDI in/ out
IN
OUT
THRU
Keys
Type	Balanced Hammer Effect
Size	7.5
Number of Keys	88
Display
Color resolution	65k colors/ 16bit/ High Color
Resolution: Horizontal	320
Resolution: Vertical	240
Resolution: Diagonal	5.7
Built-in controllers
Pitch Bend Wheel
Modulation Wheel
Ribbon Controller	1
Slider/ Drawbar	8
Programmable
Jog dial
External controllers
Sustain foot pedal
Expression foot pedal
Foot Controller	1
Audio out
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm)	2
Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified	1
Digital: optical	1
Audio in
Digital: Coaxial	1
Computer Interfaces
Ethernet
mLAN
USB	USB PC Link
USB	USB Storage
Expandability
Sampler Memory Slot	2
Power
Voltage	100-230(250)V
Voltage	50-60Hz
Power consumption	30 W
Dimensions
Height	168 mm
Width	1457 mm
Depth	466 mm
Weight	28.6 kg
Case/ body
Metal&plastic
Production start	2007
	Production ended

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