Bold MOTIF sounds in a very affordable package

The Yamaha MM6 Music Synthesizer Workstation is a 61-key synth with 418 voices and 22 onboard drum kits (plus an extra set of GM voices) combined with lots of realtime controls for performance and song creation. Nicknamed the "Mini-Mo" because it draws on the powerful sound engine from the pro-level MOTIF series workstations, the MM6 has a wide variety of dynamic, realistic and just plain powerful voices to help you create amazing music. The MM6 makes it easy to take control of your sounds—just twist some knobs and tweak the sound in realtime as you play. You also get special patterns for full backing of your live performance and song creation. Exceptionally light and portable, you'll be able to bring your MM6 anywhere your music takes you.

Maximize your Music
Much of today's music is being made on computers and the MM6 digital piano is built to fit right into any computer music system. Just connect the USB (to host) terminal on the MM6 to your computer with a standard USB cable and you've got the makings of a sophisticated recording setup. Just to make sure you've got a head start, it includes a free copy of Cubase LE—a full-featured music production application that has all you need to record your performance data from the Yamaha MOTIF MM6 via MIDI, edit the data, process the sounds with effects, arrange it in multiple tracks and perform the final mixdown.

Patterns to groove on
The MM6 has a full set of Patterns that give you rhythmic backing in a wide variety of music styles—including hip hop, rap, R&B, dance, ambient, pop, rock, jazz, and even world styles. These patterns are just what you need to shake up the dance floor. All dynamic, all powerful—the MM6 gives you the real thing. Patterns that stay in the groove but never sound mechanical. Drum loops with a truly human feel that dance and float around the beat, yet remain firmly in the pocket. Riffs and licks that get you inspired, get you moving, and get you creating some serious music.

Arpeggiate yourself
The powerful arpeggiator feature lets you automatically create repeating rhythmic phrases and note patterns. A full 213 arpeggiator types are built in, letting you trigger a variety of musically useful and exciting patterns to get the house jumping. Many of these arpeggiator types use synth lead, piano and guitar voices to generate melodic and broken chord patterns based on the chords you play with your left hand. Bass arpeggios and drum voice rhythm loops are also included, letting you easily set up dynamic riffs and beats to jam over.

Save and swap
When you play live, you want to be able to make sound changes quickly—not just between songs, but in the middle of a song too. The Performance Memory feature is just the tool you need to smoothly switch gears and take things up a notch or two. Each Performance can store combined settings for the Voices you want to use (including special keyboard splits and layers), the Patterns you want as backing tracks, and any other crucial settings for your live work. Then, simply call up each Performance by pressing a single button.

Share the wealth
With the rear panel USB connection, the MM6 makes it easier than ever before to transfer your valuable data between devices. Plug in a USB thumb drive or memory stick and store the important MIDI songs, Pattern files, Performance settings, and all other data you've created, and then bring it to a computer for archiving and organizing. You can also save your recorded songs in the universal SMF (Standard MIDI File) format, then transfer and use those on any another SMF-compatible device, including computers running MIDI music sequencing software.

All drivers and available editors for Yamaha synths can be downloaded from www.yamahasynth.com.

Yamaha MM6 Music Synthesizer Workstation Features:

• 61 synth-action keys
• AWM2 Tone generator
• 32-note polyphony
• 16-part muli-timbral capacity
• 70MB wave ROM (in 16-bit linear format)
• 418 normal voices, 22 drum kits
• 128 GM voices, 1 GM drum kit
• 8 banks of 8 performance settings
• 25 reverb types
• 30 chorus types
• 5 master EQ types
  
  Sequencer
• 96 parts per quarter note resolution
• 11-280BPM tempo range
• Real-time replace recording
• 168 patterns (x4 sections)
• 3 preset songs, 5 user songs
• 400 song max. with USB
• 213 preset arpeggio types

Delivers the power to create, perform, and make you move. Order your MM6 now!

Yamaha MM6 Music Synthesizer Workstation Specifications:

• Connections
• Left, Right (1/4" mono)
• Headphones (1/4" stereo)
• Foot Controller
• Sustain
• MIDI In/Out
• DC inlet (12w power consumption)
  
  Dimensions: 37.35"W x 4.85"H x 14.75"D
• Weight:11 lb.

Yamaha MM6 Music Synthesizer Workstation

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An other Big instrument from YAMAHA is AWESOME.

Posted by Cesar from New Jersey on Sep 17, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: anything

This is a great keyboard im very amazed with everything it have's the guitars are very realistic sound like someone professional is playing is very amazing quality and is a little thing can do a big job.

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I didn't spend to much time on the title

Posted by Jarrett Percivalle from California on Jul 21, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Techno, Hard core, Blues

It was the best keyboard I ever played thats affordable. It has great arpegio settings ... Like over 100 settings ... Its great for techno bands who play live ... Its amazing for stage performances I highley recomend it for recording to. Alot of settings for any type of music yay.

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Great Tone

Posted by OneDrop from NorCal on Jul 6, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock,reggae,jazz,blues,classical

This is a great keyboard/synth for the price. I picked it up used at my local music store for $400 and it had better,more realistic tones than any other machine in the price range,you would have to spend $1,000 or more to beat the sounds/features in this. Sure there were other synth workstations for $2,000-5,000 that were much better & I loved,but who can afford that? Not me at least,my budget was $500 & this filled the need & more in that price range,sounds much better than my old digital piano which had a lot of tones,but they all sounded fake & cheesy. When we play out,this thing rocks the house,just run it through the PA & you're jammin',with the right settings for your songs the audience will think you've got a real organ or wurli going. I'm not using it for sequencing,so I can't comment on any flaws it has there,but it records great into USB,my 8 track & you can do layered keyboard recordings on the machine it's self. Anyways,I play out & this thing is LIGHT! Super easy to carry & has all the tone you need. I have an old Hammond I play at my house,but at 400lbs. I can't take that out to play easily,so I grabbed this & I love it,much easier to move & has sooooo many instrument sound options.

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Excellent Horns, Wurlis, Strings, Pianos, & Clavs.

Posted by jtcheatwood from Athens, Al on May 5, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Professional

Reviewer's Play Style: Soul, Rock, Motwon

I bought this keyboard specifically for playing horn and string parts for 60s 70s and 80s Soul, Motown, and Rock music. I am VERY impressed with the realism of the pianos, wurlis, strings, horns and clavinets. I love the Dual and Split functions and options that come with them. I have recorded live shows and I am constantly amazed at how realistic "Live! Octave Brass" mixed with "Sforzando Brass" voices sound to create an ultra-realistic brass section. I would HIGHLY suggest this keyboard if you have are on a budget and need quality sounding horns, strings, clavis, wurlis and pianos. The mega voices are very impressive too. The organs are not as programmable as I would like. There is no tremolo-chorus function. You just have to use what is built in the voice. There are some strange sounds built in like "Whale Dreams" and several sound effects such as "Laugh" and "Scream" ect. They can provide a hilarious on stage situation if you are in a show band situation.

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Best in its category

Posted by Chris from FL on May 2, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Producer

Reviewer's Play Style: Anything and everything :]

The MM6 was my first "real" synth/workstation purchase. In my opinion, it was the best choice, and the best value for the money. There are literally thousands of possibilities with over 400 patches (and the GM voices on top of that) plus the ability to make your own split and dual voice combinations. The drum patterns and kits sound great, though some of the accompaniments are cheesy. The screen is nice and bright, the key action is very light and smooth (which I like). The sequencer is very basic, but nothing else in the price range has one, so I can't complain. It seems to be pretty solid too, the buttons have a nice rubber feel, and the thing survived a fall to the floor and into the wall (without a scratch!) when my dad accidentally released the clutch on the keyboard stand (with the MM6 on it). Overall it's a great machine and, most importantly, it sounds good and is easy to use.

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