Best Motif XF8 88 key piano keyboard synthesizer

MOTIF XF8 88-Key Music Production Synthesizer Specifications:

• Tone generator: AWM2, with Expanded Articulation
• Multi-timbral capacity: 16 Parts (internal), Audio Input Parts (A/D, FW*)
• *1 stereo Part
• Wave: 741 MB (when converted to 16-bit linear format), 3,977 waveforms
• Voice: Preset: 1,024 Normal Voices + 64 Drum Kits
• GM: 128 Normal Voices + 1 Drum Kit
• User: 128 x 4 (Bank 1: original, Bank 2 - 4: selected and copied from Preset bank) + 32 Drum Kits (No. 1 - 8: original, No. 9 - 32: selected and copied from Preset bank)
• Performance: User: 128 x 4 (up to 4 Parts)
• Filter: 18 types
• Effects system: Reverb x 9 types, Chorus x 22 types, Insertion (A, B) x 53 types x 8 Parts (up to 16 units), Vocoder x 1 (uses both Insertion Effect A and B blocks), Master Effect x 9 types (Preset settings for parameters of each effect type are provided as templates; total 320) Master EQ (5 bands), Part EQ (3 bands, stereo) Sampling block
• Samples: Up to 128 Waveforms (Multi Samples)
• Up to 256 Key Banks per Waveform
• Up to 512 Key Banks
• Sampling sources: Analog input L/R, Stereo output (Resampling)
• FW (available when the FW16E has been installed)
• A/D conversion: 24-bit, 64x oversampling
• D/A conversion: 24-bit, 128x oversampling
• Sample data bits: 16
• Sampling frequency: 44.1kHz, 22.05kHz, 11.025kHz, 5.5125kHz (Stereo/Mono)
• Sampling Frequency via FW (when the FW16E has been installed): 44.1kHz (fixed)
• Sampling memory: Internal SDRAM: 128M
• Sample length: Mono: 32 MB; stereo: 64 MB
• 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 format: Original format, WAV, AIFF
• Sampling sources: Analog input L/R, Stereo output (resampling) FW (available when the FW16E has been installed) Sequencer block
• Note capacity: Approx. 130,000 notes
• Note resolution: 480 ppq (parts per quarter note)
• Maximum polyphony: 124 notes
• Tempo (BPM): 5 - 300
• Recording type: Realtime replace; realtime overdub (with the exception of the Pattern Chain); realtime punch in/out (Song only)
• Tracks: Pattern: 16 Phrase tracks
• - Pattern Chain: Pattern track, Tempo track, Scene track
• - Song: 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
• - Mixing Voices: 16 Voices per Pattern and up to 256 Voices for all Patterns
• - Mixing Templates: 32 for all Songs and Patterns
• Phrases: User Phrases: 256 per Pattern
• Songs: 64 Songs
• - Mixing Voices: 16 Voices per Song and up to 256 Voices for all Songs
• - Mixing Templates: 32 for all Songs and Patterns
• Arpeggio: Preset: 7,881 types
• User: 256 types
• *MIDI Sync, MIDI transmit/receive channel, Velocity Limit, and Note Limit can be set.
• Scene memory: 5 per Song
• Sequence format: Original format, SMF format 0, 1 (Format 1 load only) Others
• Master: User: 128
• *8 Zones (Master keyboard settings), Assignable Knob/Slider settings, Program Change Table
• Sequence Software compatible with the Remote Control function:
• - For Windows: Cubase 4 - 5, SONAR 5.2 - 8
• - For Mac: Cubase 4 - 5, Logic 7.2 - LogicStudio, Digital Performer 5.1 - 6
• *Functions to be controlled differ depending on the software.
• Controllers: Pitch Bend wheel, Modulation wheel, Ribbon Controller, Assignable Control Sliders x 8,
• Assignable Knobs x 8, Assignable Function buttons x 2, Data dial
• Display: 320 x 240 dot, 5-11/16" graphic color backlit LCD
• Connectors:
• - Output L/mono, R (standard phone jack)
• - Assignable output L, R (standard phone jack)
• - A/D input L, R (standard phone jack)
• - Digital out
• - Phones (standard stereo phone jack)
• - Foot controller 1, 2
• - Footswitch X 2 (Sustain, Assignable)
• - Midi In/Out/Thru
• - USB (to host, to device)
• - AC in
• - Ethernet (100BASE-TX)
• IEEE1394 (available when the FW16E has been installed)
• Power consumption: 30W