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Yamaha MO8 Review - A Detailed Review of the Yamaha MO8 Digital Keyboard

There's no denying that the Yamaha MOTIF is one of the finest-sounding workstation keyboards around. Also hard to deny: its price. Hey, you want the best in the game, there's always a cost. But what if there were some way to get all those amazing sounds at a fraction of the MOTIF's price? What if you could still get the awesome sequencing features and DAW integration the MOTIF ES has to offer, too? There just so happens to be a keyboard workstation that fits that exact description: the Yamaha MO8.

Built off the powerful AWM2 sound engine that's at the core of the MOTIF ES, the Yamaha MO8 88-Key Music Production Synthesizer puts that MOTIF sound well within reach of most musicians, without sacrificing functional design or sonic power.

MOTIF ES Sound Engine
Sound quality is the deal-maker or -breaker on any workstation keyboard, and the MO8 delivers. It boasts the same powerful synthesis engine as the industry standard MOTIF ES, so you can show up to any gig, session, or production date with your MO' in hand knowing you're packing some of the most explosive sounds in the biz. All the celebrated Yamaha sample-based instruments are there, including their much-lauded acoustic grand piano patches. Percussion sounds spanning from life-like studio kits to cutting edge hip-hop beats are at all your disposal. You even get the breathtaking MegaVoice instruments; when coupled with the MO8s sophisticated arpeggiator, the MegaVoices recreate subtle playing nuances like guitar hammer-ons and pull-offs, or clarinet grace notes and over-breath noise.

Also on board are the impressive analog-synth modeling capabilities of the MOTIF ES. A four-oscillator sound-generator architecture, multi-band filter, and dynamic envelope controls effortlessly recall the entire history of modern musical synthesis. Ever said to yourself "I know exactly what this track needs"? The MO8 has that sound, whatever it might be; it's like having every vintage synth you've ever heard, instantly at your fingertips. The MO's array of solid sliders and knobs provide assignable, real-time control over every instrument parameter, as well as over the comprehensive DSP effects. Yamaha wouldn't have called it a Music Production Keyboard without including a wide array of studio-quality effects, so along with the hundreds of voices, they ported the MOTIF ES's EQs, choruses, reverbs, compressors, and radical lo-fi, digital scratching, slicing, and beat change FX to the MO8. More than providing you with every sound you can think of, the MO8 will inspire you with sounds you never thought possible.

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