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yoTrakkz « Used by pros.. »
Published on 08/12/11 at 09:36This is a great workstation, with enough octaves for a pro keyboard player. The Yamaha Motif es 8 is the industry standard as far as quality sounds go. The board is really easy to understand and navigate through, you will get the hang of it after a week or two. Probably wont even need the manual if you are familiar with these type of workstations. But if you do need to use the manual its really easy and work though and understand and you will be on your way to making great music in no time at all.
UTILIZATION
This board has midi connections ins and outs along with audio. The Yamaha Motif ES 8 comes with great presets and stock sounds. I am a big fan of the brass on this board, all of the brass is very clean and crisp and realistic. Some of the brass is kind of like a plastic sound though and not as warm as the sounds on its rival the Roland Fantom. But the synths on the Yamaha Motif es8 out shine the synths on any of its competitors by far. Very airy and clean synths and leads to brighten up your music real fast.
SOUNDS
Very realistic sounds!
OVERALL OPINION
Overall this is a powerful board, the price I paid was 2,500 which is a bit on the high in. You can get the Yamaha Motif ES 6 for cheaper and it’s the exact same thing which is what I should have done. But you get what you pay for and Yamaha Delivers quality and great support and warranties for all of the products that they sell and the Yamaha ES 8 is no exception to that. This board is built tough and built to last. You will need this for all of your projects in the years to come.
UTILIZATION
This board has midi connections ins and outs along with audio. The Yamaha Motif ES 8 comes with great presets and stock sounds. I am a big fan of the brass on this board, all of the brass is very clean and crisp and realistic. Some of the brass is kind of like a plastic sound though and not as warm as the sounds on its rival the Roland Fantom. But the synths on the Yamaha Motif es8 out shine the synths on any of its competitors by far. Very airy and clean synths and leads to brighten up your music real fast.
SOUNDS
Very realistic sounds!
OVERALL OPINION
Overall this is a powerful board, the price I paid was 2,500 which is a bit on the high in. You can get the Yamaha Motif ES 6 for cheaper and it’s the exact same thing which is what I should have done. But you get what you pay for and Yamaha Delivers quality and great support and warranties for all of the products that they sell and the Yamaha ES 8 is no exception to that. This board is built tough and built to last. You will need this for all of your projects in the years to come.