Award-winning MOTIF8 sounds and 88 weighted keys in a portable package with no fat.

If you want fantastic sounds and finger-friendly keys but don't need a huge onboard CPU for sampling and workstation functions, the Yamaha S90 88-Key Synthesizer is your baby. Balanced, hammer-action weighted keys feel just like an acoustic piano, and an extremely simple interface lets you call up the 640 available voices including a 3-velocity-layer S700 stereo grand piano. 64-note polyphony with 115MB of AWM2 sample ROM. 128 performances, 50 mix templates, and 128 master programs. Polyphony, effects, and synthesis expansion via PLG boards. SmartMedia slot for storing voices and performances also permits playback directly from the card. Audio input lets you plug in a mic and use onboard effects. Includes SQ01 audio/midi sequencing software and voice editor for interfacing with your computer.

Yamaha S90 88-Key Synthesizer Features:

• 88 balanced, hammer-action, weighted keys
• 640 voices
• 3-velocity-layer S700 stereo grand piano
• 64-note polyphony
• 115MB of AWM2 sample ROM
• 128 performances
• 50 mix templates
• 128 master programs
• Synthesis expansion via PLG boards
• SmartMedia slot for storage
• Audio input perfect for mic
• Includes SQ01 audio/midi sequencing software and voice editor

Whether you're an educator, a performer, a basement prodigy, or all three, this is a true player's keyboard. Order now. You won't be disappointed.

Yamaha S90 88-Key Synthesizer

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great keyboard!!!

Posted by A Musician Friend from USA on Jul 5, 2006

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: In Church Band, Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: all

This is an awesome keyboard i have used for a cheap price! the sounds are incredible. your money will be not waisted, trust me. whatever music you are playing this will meet your needs for whatever!

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Thanks Musicians Friend!!!

Posted by Minio Class from Jersey City,NJ on Apr 19, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: keyboardist on Mary J. Blige hit

Reviewer's Play Style: Jazz, Latin, Gospel, Blues

I've been playing piano and keyboards for over 26 years and have owned many different instruments, but I'd have to say that this is one of the finest that I have ever purchased. Aside from the outstanding craftsmanship, it feels, looks, and sounds absolutely fantastic. It is an outstanding value for the price. The salesperson was friendly, courteous, and helpful. Excellent service Musician's Friend, and thank you for a first rate instrument.

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Absolute quality

Posted by Kolis from Detroit, MI on Nov 13, 2005

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Alternative, Classic, Electronic

I've had Roland's and Korg's, but this one takes the cake. Well built, solid strong sounds, easy to navigate, on-board sequencer and realistic piano keys. The instruction manual could have been better. Once you combine the S90 with a yamaha rack (ex. motif ES rack) there is nothing more you'll need to buy as far as sound bank. Fits styles from hip-hop to Hyden, and from country to Coltrane. Highly recommend for beginners to pros.

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Best I've played

Posted by JesusFreak from Fort Worth, Texas on Jun 23, 2005

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Alt Rock, Gospel

I purchased this keyboard a year ago now and all I can say is that I'm the pickiest keyboardist you'll meet. Trained classically on an acoustic spinnet, I lean towards the real thing and therefore refused for years to even own a keyboard. After going through many different models (once I realized no roadie is willing to haul an acoustic piano - haha), I finally stumbled across the Yamaha S90 when I had my heart set on a Kurzweil. Well, thank God most places don't sell K's anymore because I would have missed out on an amazing keyboard. It has the most realistic piano sound I've heard and has excellent samplings of other sounds. Great for live performance. My only qualm - there's so much do learn on it! Will I ever learn it all! :)

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Good for real pianists

Posted by Anonymous Musician on Apr 2, 2005

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: N/A

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As many have already stated, this won't do any sequencing or sampling, but I was looking for the best piano sound and keyboard feel out there and this was it... The strings, to me sounded superior to the triton's as well... There's only one harpsichord though, and it doesn't sound that good to me... There are quite a few chips to expand it's strings and piano's and all that though, and I can only imagine how that would greatly add to it... I'm eager to try... There is a very easy analog influenced slider approach to editing the sounds too, which I find easier than on any other synth, and there's alot you can do, but be careful as the thing automatically saves any changes, and so you have to reboot the original presets if you don't want your grand piano sound to sound like the keyboard from Shine On You Crazy Diamond that you just accidentally warped it into... This is the same sound engine and keyboard for digital piano that Stevie Wonder uses, without the sequencing, which, for some reason, I doubt he does a whole lot of himself, unless they make one with a brail display... I think Yamaha just puts a motif in his hands for product placement... Whatever Stevie uses is good enough for me...

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