- 61 Keys (initial touch)
- Tone Generator AWM2
- Polyphony 32 notes
- Wave-Rom 70MB
- Voices preseet 418 normal + 22 drum kits GM 128 normal voices + 1 drum kit
- effect system – Reverb x 25, Chorus x 30, Varaition x 189 types, Master EQ x 5 types
- 8 8 track sequencer
- 168 patterns (x 4 sections)
- 3 preset songs, 5 x user songs USB 400 songs maximum
- Arpeggio x 213 types (variable multiple tempo)
- Pitch Bend wheel
- Modulation wheel
- 4 real time controllers (cut off, resonance, attach, release)
- 320×240 dot graphic backlit LCD display
- Connectors – output L/MONO, R (standard phone jack), Phones (standard stereo phonejack), Foot Controller,Sustain,MIDI In/Out, USB to Hosts, USB to Device, DC inlet
- 948.5 x 374.2 x 122.8, 5.0kg
61-Note Workstation
Great piano and organs, not so great synths,
This keyboard has one of the best piano sound I’ve ever heard. The grand piano is just like the one from the motif. The organs, guitars, basses, string pads and drums are also quite good. The other strings and most synths, however, are a bit lacking.
I bought the MM6 without actually seeing it in store first and was a bit disappointed from the synths since that is what I usually play. There is no option for monophonic sound and the electronic sound is quite basic, or at least on stock settings.
Although there is no real analog synth engine, every instrument can be tweaked a bit. Besides the cut off, resonance, attack and release (conveniently exposed as knobs), there are 3 DSP filters that can be added. 2 are fixed for reverb and chorus, while the third one can be chosen from about 200 effects. All those can be saved on a performance bank, so after spending about an hour I have an OK synth with the click of a button.
The manual is quite useful. I like the bank encoding tables since I can easily access all non general MIDI sounds over the MIDI interface.
Overall, for this price, it is good value.
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It didn`t take long for me to get to the problem of the MM6. Quite simply it is described as a workstation, this is not true. If you are expecting to create a virtually finished piece from this machine then you will be disappointed. There are severe limitations to what this keyboard can do and it felt like technology had stood still. It felt like a `home keyboard` in the yamaha PSR range and not the semi professional synth workstation I was expecting.
The drum machine is not programmable. No intros or endings and, as far as I can see, only one basic variation which must be played live to each pattern. No fade in or out.
No volume control for any of the elements. All seem preset in relation to each other so you cannot alter the main sound in relation to the drums or split element, or fade any out in relation to the others.
No note editing. OK if you can guarantee a perfect play but who can? So you better be good when you use the on board recorder. This again is so basic, you play, it`s recorded. No looping, no modulation, think old style seventies expectations.
No stereo control for any of the elements, it`s all set like the volume.
Bass lines, as far as I could tell, are preset. I could not see any way of writing them or changing the bass instrument and there seemed just one per drum line. Again volume and pan is preset so no adjusting, on or off and that`s it.
Arpegiator seemed to work fine but volume was set against the drums so it was always `loud`, no subtle background sequences here. Of course as with the rest, no panning either. It is in the middle, no left or right.
Cubase software licence was a bit of a chore. I have one pc for internet and a larger one with 16gb of RAM for music that is stand alone. The software licence means it`s tied to the internet pc and it didn`t help that it crashed the pc when I tried to use it so I`m guessing it needs windows 7.
I could go on but won`t. If you are happy with a very basic and over priced `home keyboard` with some lovely preset sounds then buy but if you are looking for a workstation steer clear, despite the hype and crazy europeans on the promo videos, this is NOT a workstation.
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