Yamaha MOTIF XS8 Synthesizer Workstation, 88-Key

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 8.3 out of 10
Quality:: 6.8 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 5.5 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 2.5 out of 10

Features:: 6.9 out of 10
Value:: 2.7 out of 10
Sound:: 8.5 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 2.5 out of 10

User Reviews for Yamaha MOTIF XS8 88-Key Workstation

Overall:: 6 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 8 out of 10
Value:: 2 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 4 out of 10
Sound:: 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 3 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 3 out of 10

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By a customer from yahoo.com

Submitted: 1/26/2008

Style of Music: all

Experience: pro

"Most overrated synth in existence - get the ES"

Sound:

Pretty good sound, but most presets awash in cheap Yamaha effects. Some instruments are very good, many are crap you could never put in a mix. These are mostly recycled sounds from all of Yamaha's other instruments

Feature:

Standard for this class.

Ease of Use:

Nightmare to use if you're going to sequence with it. ES series 100x better and easier to use. The display on the XS has a horrible glare. You can barely see it in a lighted room

Quality:

Pretty solid

Manufacturer Support:

Pretty much non existent.. must get user support

Value:

Look at the price. Ridiculous

The Wow Factor:

Decent. ES series better

Overall:

too expensive, bad glare, screen is poorly organized, too much focus on gimmicks to liven up instruments and not enough on new sounds, unit weighs a TON, no UNDO button, adds pretty much zero value over the ES. Good luck finding an ES for sale. No one is selling theirs. Which means no one is upgrading. Yamaha failed miserably with the XS .. color is ugly too