With the new Yamaha MOTIF XS, inspiration is just a key press away. High-quality sounds to inspire you, intelligent arpeggiators to fuel your creativity, recording features to capture every idea, built-in sampling to create full audio/MIDI arrangements, rhythmic Patterns to compose with, studio-style mixing controls and versatile effect processing to master your final productions. With all this and more, the MOTIF XS will soon be your favorite 'go-to' instrument whether youre composing at home, recording in the studio, or playing live. It has got absolutely everything you need to make professional quality music. The MOTIF XS provides an exceptionally broad selection of realistic sounds to spark your creativity, with a massive 355 MB of high-quality waveforms and samples on board. A single Voice can have up to eight separate sound Elements, enabling composite sounds of remarkable complexity and nuance. There are approximately 6,000 different Arpeggio phrases on board. A full-featured music production synthesizer in every way, the MOTIF XS comes equipped with a variety of connectors and interfaces-for virtually any application and any studio situation. These include independent Assignable Outputs, A/D Inputs (for recording external sources), S/P DIF Digital Output, MIDI, Ethernet, IEEE 1394 (standard on the MOTIF XS8 and available on the MOTIF XS6/7 with the optional board) and two USB connectors, compatible with the high-speed USB 2.0 standard. Sample Data Bits 16 Sequencer block - Note Capacity Approx. 130,000 notes; Note Resolution 480 ppq (parts per quarter note) Track - 64 Patterns (x 16 sections), Measures - 256 maximum Controllers Pitch Bend wheel, Modulation wheel, Ribbon Controller, Assignable Control Sliders x 8, Assignable Knobs x 8, Assignable Function buttons x 2, Data dial Software - For Windows - Cubase 4, Cubase AI, SONAR 5.2; For Macintosh - Cubase 4, Cubase AI, Logic 7.2, Digital Per