Yamaha Motif 7 Keyboard Synthesizer Workstation

Selling off some synthesizers I do not use frequently. In good condition, never gigged with, kept in non-smoking home studio. I meet buyers at the Dunkin parking lot at Cicero & Cermak in Chicago. New price was $2600 around 18 years ago — it’s worth less now. Serviced professionally in March to replace a broken key. Cash accepted. The Yamaha Motif is one of my favorite synthesizers. But I live in a tiny apartment and this has an extended 76 key synth-action keybed [I find myself using my Kurzweil instead because it has piano-style keys]. ANYWAYS, I’m selling off some of my music gear to make a little space. This keyboard has seen some things, but it’s in generally good condition. I can give you a large collection of Motif sounds. There are 2 expansion slots, and you can load your own samples in it — although it’s a bit more laborious to use a floppy disk nowadays. If you play in a gigging band, this doesn’t cost $5000 like a Nord. It’s reliable and still sounds great for all your basic bread and butter sounds: pianos, organs, basses, pads, strings, electric pianos — even drums and hip hop sounds. It might be a little dated in the synth / dance area, but Yamaha builds quality instruments. Like all flagship synths from the 2000s, it has a sequencer and allows you to add your own samples. * Fantastic review as always from SoundOnSound magazine. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yamaha-motif-7 * Specifications: 62‑note polyphonic. 16‑part multitimbral. Equivalent 84Mb waveform ROM. 384 factory Voices; 48 drum kits; 128 factory (overwritable) Performances; 128 GM presets; one GM drum kit. 128 user Voice memories; 16 user drum kits. Four assignable real‑time control sliders; four assignable real‑time control knobs; pitch‑bend/mod wheels. 31 preset alternate tunings, including Indian, quarter‑tone, Werkmeister, various pure majors and minors. 16‑track linear/pattern‑based sequencer: 480ppqn resolution, 1‑300bpm tempo range, 1/16 to 8/4 time signature range, 110,000‑note capacity, full event and cut‑and‑paste editing, quantisation, five manually‑selectable Scenes, recording of controller movements, 16 Song templates. 16‑bit, 44.1kHz stereo sampler: 4Mb RAM (expandable to 64Mb, for 23+ minutes of mono, 44‑1kHz sampling), WAV‑ and AIFF‑compatible, loads Akai/Yamaha sample data, accepts 48kHz samples via digital in (if installed), offers real‑time sampling into sequencer tracks, Loop Remix and Slice functions. Arpeggiator: 256 preset patterns, MIDI sync. Bundled software: Mac/PC sample editor, Voice editor, file‑swapping utility, Logic and Cubase demos, PC‑only Acid Express loop software. Supplied I/O: MIDI In/Out/Thru; stereo jack audio In with gain control; four jack audio outs; optical S/PDIF digital out; SCSI‑2; USB; breath controller input; headphone socket; two foot controller sockets, two footswitch sockets, SmartMedia card slot. 76‑note velocity and aftertouch‑sensitive keyboard (Motif 7) Display: 240×64‑dot backlit graphic LCD. Dimensions: 1255x397x135mm (WxDxH) Weight: 18.1kg VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrRWFjl7WIo&t=4s