Yamaha MOTIF XS6 Synthesizer Workstation


The new Yamaha MOTIF XS6 provides robust and high quality sounds, and exceptionally wide selection of realistic sounds to triggers your creativity, with on board 355 MB of samples and waveforms. A single voice could comprise of eight distinct sound Elements. Yamaha is prudent with details and the sound quality of the recorded concert grand piano sound, electric piano, new acoustic piano and orchestral samples are worth the money spent. The Yamaha Motif XS6’s new feature, the Expanded Articulation (XA) tone generation system enable you to recreate realistic sound and natural performance techniques more effectively, which are difficult to create on electronic keyboards. XA also allows you to assign Elements to On or Off panel switches and swipe sounds within a Voice in real time. The Motif XS6 has a full set of effects; insert (Insertion), send (System) and Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) effects.

Obviously, the Motif XS6 has a variety of sophisticated features and everything you need to make professional quality music and perform live performance. The most robust is Arpeggio, which lets you trigger a variety of sequenced phrases from the keyboard. There are approximately 6,000 different Arpeggio phrases on board, and you can have four different Arpeggios, playing four different instrument parts, running simultaneously-in perfect sync. The music making possibilities are virtually endless. Have a drum Voice play an automatic rhythm, add an Arpeggio bass phrase, and fly in other instrument phrases as the inspiration hits you. Everything stays in sync, and follows your chord changes. Another robust feature is the Integrated Sampling Sequencer, which seamlessly combines audio and MIDI recording. Install optional DIMM modules (up to 1 GB) and record the audio directly to tracks on the MOTIF XS6. Record your vocals or acoustic guitar (with a microphone), electric guitar, bass, or short rhythm loops from a sample CD. There’s also a Slice feature that automatically chops up your rhythms and riffs into their individual beats and notes, letting you manipulate the component parts of your sample loops as MIDI data-enabling you to easily change tempo and rhythmic feel, without disturbing the pitch or sound quality.

The compact and lightweight Motif XS6 features 61 keys, new natural FSX keyboard and weight approximately 14.8 kg. Even though, the XS6 incorporates all the advanced technology and massive features however, it is still exceptionally user-friendly and reasonably price. Alternatively, The Yamaha Motif XS also comes in 76 keys and 88 keys Portable Keyboard.

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Roland Prelude Arranger Keyboard

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The Roland Prelude is a Portable and Unique keyboard instrument and Prelude represents Roland new generation home entertainment keyboard. The Prelude features 61 keys with velocity, 128 voices (max) Polyphony, LCD display, Effects: MFX 78 effects, Reverb 5 effects and Chorus 3 effects, tons of top-quality contemporary and authentic ethnic sounds and styles from Roland’s famous sound modules and also from all around the world.

Additionally, the stylish design portable keyboard also features robust sound speaker, and incorporates Playlist Editor and Style Converter software, to enable users to have access to Computer to arrange and customize their songs. The Stylish and ultra-portable Prelude weight 17 lbs. 4 oz.

The Roland Prelude has user-friendly and fun features. For fun features, the Center Cancel translate your favourite pre-recorded songs into sing-along tracks. Whereas, for Performance effects, just wave your hand over Prelude invisible D Beam to manipulate your sounds. Though the Roland Prelude has all the unique, fun and exciting features but still at an Affordable price. [ad#co-17]

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Casio CTK-2000 Portable Keyboard

 

 

The Casio CTK-2000 Portable Keyboard features 61 Standard size piano style keys, 400 high quality tones with AHL Sound Source, 48-note Polyphony, Effects: 10 reverb effects, 150 rhythms, Step Up Lessons, Sampling function, Audio-in function. The CTK-2000 can runs on 6 AA-size Batteries and could last approximately 4 hours on Alkaline Batteries. The keyboard weight approximately 3.8 kg.

The CTK-2000 keyboard sound is awesome and has two built-in Speakers. The piano style keys has a very nice feel. With the Step Lessons, learning is simplified into stages which makes it fun to learn songs and is suitable for beginners and more advance players. The AHL Sound Source enable the instrument to create real grand piano and acoustic musical instruments sound.

Additionally, new entertainment functions like, Sampling function and Audio-in function enable players to play their favourite songs and sounds. The CTK-2000 has synthesizer sounds like voice 306, reverb can be adjust up to ten and you can notice it even from a distance. The Casio CTK-2000 is a good choice if you are looking for a budget Portable keyboard with more than reasonable features.