The first time I played the Motif, I was hooked. The patches/sounds are excellent and the user interface is so self explanatory. With a SCSI card and an optical I/O port, I knew I couldn't go wrong. Apart from the excellent sounds which the Yamaha Motif has, you can also import and map sounds to create your own patches or effects. All the inputs and outputs, I need are right there.

I could go on and on about how I like this Yamaha keyboard. I will never forget the day when I saw the great Stevie Wonder playing the Yamaha Motif on B.E.T. By the way, I must admit that this is what really pushed me into digging into this musical keyboard.

Here's something I find interesting. The Motif is the first Yamaha keyboard with a name. They have keyboards like the DX7, the CR6X and so on, but now they give a Yamaha keyboard a name. I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I think that Yamaha may be trying to say something to keyboard players and musicians about the uniqueness of this keyboard.

If you're like me, and you like a good sequencer, you'll like the 16 track sequencer that the Motif comes with. The 16 bit sampler is also quite impressive.

The Motif uses the AWM2 engine. Last time, a friend of mine was telling me how he doesn't understand why Yamaha says that. He told me that as far as he's concerned the Yamaha Motif sounds better than the other keyboards that use the AWM2 engine. You can surely judge for yourself.

I believe I'd better stop talking about the Yamaha Motif and let you check it out yourself, here. You may have your own views.

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