Monday, May 28, 2007

Yamaha MOTIF ES7 76-Key Music Production Synthesizer

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Unprecedented performance and expressive control.

The Yamaha MOTIF ES7 76-Key Music Production Synthesizer features the largest wave ROM of any workstation keyboard: 175MB! An enhanced soundset of 1,859 waveforms provides the foundation for the Motif's 1024 voices plus 65 drum kits. A newly designed tone generator chip offers true 128-note polyphony, and a newly developed synth engine provides new parameters and faster, more precise envelope control. An enhanced effects system includes 20 reverb types and 49 chorus/delay types, 8 types of mastering effects including multiband compression, and a 5-band master EQ. It houses an advanced Phrase Factory arpeggiator with realtime loop remix capability plus parameters such as Swing, Velocity, and Quantize so you can easily modify preset arps. Overall expressiveness of the instrument has been expanded with the new "Mega Voice system, a technology that makes it possible to include all the nuances of an instrument in the sample. Motif ES integrates seamlessly with DAWs via its USB connection to function as a control surface. It also has a USB To Device port for connection to USB storage devices.

Yamaha MOTIF ES7 76-Key Music Production Synthesizer Features:

* 76 keys
* Largest wave ROM of any workstation keyboard (175MB)
* Enhanced soundset of 1,859 waveforms
* 1,024 voices plus 65 drum kits
* 128-note polyphony
* Newly developed synth engine provides new parameters and faster, more precise envelope control
* 20 reverb types and 49 chorus/delay types
* 8 types of mastering effects including multiband compression
* 5-band master EQ
* Advanced Phrase Factory arpeggiator
* New "Mega Voice system for samples that include all of the subtle nuances of an instrument

Yamaha MOTIF ES7 76-Key Music Production Synthesizer Specifications:

* Keyboard:
* 76 keys, FS Keyboard (Initial Touch/Aftertouch)

Tone Generator:
* AWM2 (complying with the Modular Synthesis Plug-in System)

Polyphony:
* 128 notes + the polyphony of the Plug-in Board (if installed)

Multi Timbral Capacity:
* 16 parts (internal) + 3 or more Plug-in Board parts (1 for each Single Plug-in Board; 16 for Multi Plug-in Board), Audio Input parts (A/D, AIEB2, mLAN*) * 4 stereo parts

Wave:
* 175MB (when converted to 16- bit linear format), 1859 waveforms

Voices:
* Preset: 768 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
* Plug-in Preset: PLG150-AN/DX/PF/DR/PC: 64, PLG150-VL: 192
* Plug-in User: 64 for each Plug-in slot

Plug-in Voices:
* Preset for the PLG150-AN/DX/PF/DR/PC: 64
* Preset for the PLG150-VL: 192
* User: 64 for each Plug-in slot

Performances:
* 128 User (up to 4 parts)

Filter:
* 18 types

Effect System:
* Reverb: 20 types
* Chorus: 49 types
* Insertion: (A,B) x 116 types x 8 blocks
* Master Effect: 8 types
* Master Equalizer: 5 bands
* Part EQ: 3 bands, stereo
* Plug-in Insertion: Available when the PLG100-VH has been installed into slot 1

Expandability:
* 3 slots for Modular Synthesis Plug-in Boards

Samples:
* Up to 1024 Waveforms (Multi Samples)
* Up to 128 Key Banks per Waveform
* Up to 4096 Key Banks

Sampling Sources:
* Analog input L/R
* Stereo output (Resampling)
* Digital/Optical (available when the AIEB2 has been installed)
* mLAN (available when the mLAN16E has been installed)

A/D Conversion:
* 20 bit, 64 x oversampling

D/A Conversion:
* 24 bit, 128 x oversampling

Sampling Data Bits:
* 16

Sampling Frequencies:
* 44.1kHz, 22.05kHz, 11.025kHz, 5.5125kHz (Stereo/Mono)
* * Sampling frequencies of 48kHz, 44.1kHz, and 32kHz can be input digitally when the AIEB2 is installed.
* * Sampling frequencies of 44.1kHz (fixed) can be input digitally when the mLAN16E is installed.

Memory:
* Optionally installed, expandable to 512MB (256MB DIMM x 2 slots)

Sample Lengths:
* Mono: 32 MB, Stereo: 64MB

Sampling Time:
* 44.1kHz: 6 min. 20 sec.
* 22.05kHz: 12 min. 40 sec.
* 11.025kHz: 25 min. 20 sec.
* 5.0125kHz: 55 min. 40 sec.

* Mono/Stereo

Sample Formats:
* Original format
* WAV
* AIFF
* A3000/4000/5000/SU700 format (loadable only)
* AKAI S1000/S3000 format (loadable only)

Sequencer Block
* Note Capacity:
* Approximately 226,000 notes

Note Resolution:
* 480 ppq (parts per quarter note)

Maximum Polyphony:
* 124 notes

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

Patterns:
* 64 patterns (x 16 sections)
* Measures: 256 maximum

Phrases:
* Preset: 687
* User: 256 per pattern

Songs:
* 64 songs

Arpeggio:
* Preset: 1787 types
* User: 256 types

* MIDI Sync, MIDI transmit/receive channel, Velocity Limit, and Note Limit can be set.

Sequence Format:
* Original format, SMF format 0, 1 (Format 1 load only)
* Others
* Master:
* User: 128

* 4 Zones (Master keyboard settings), Assignable Knob/Slider settings, Program Change Table

Software:
* Sequence Software compatible with the Remote Control function
* * For Windows
* SQ01 V2, Cubase SX, SONAR 2.0, Multi Part Editor for MOTIF-RACK, Multi Part Editor for MOTIF ES
* * For Macintosh
* Logic 5.5, Digital Performance 3.1

Controllers:
* Pitch Bend wheel, Modulation wheel, Ribbon Controller, Assignable Control Sliders (4), Assignable Knobs (4), Data dial

Display:
* 240 x 64 dot graphic backlit LCD

External Memory:
* SmartMedia (3.3V)

Connectors:
* OUTPUT L/MONO, R (standard phone jack)
* ASSIGNABLE OUTPUT L, R (standard phone jack)
* AD INPUT L, R (standard phone jack)
* PHONES (standard stereo phone jack)
* FOOTCONTROLLER 1/ 2
* FOOTSWITCH x 2 (SUSTAIN, ASSIGNABLE)
* BREATH
* MIDI IN/OUT/THRU
* USB (TO HOST, TO DEVICE)
* AC INLET

Power Consumption:
* 38W

Dimensions:
* 49-3/8 (W) x 15-1/2 (D) x 5-3/8 (H) inches

Weight:
* 42.3 lbs.

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