Len Massaar from Vancouver WA
Subject:
Beautifully expressive
Quality:
Quality Yamaha sounds - documentation in English, French and German detailing parameters, voice list etc. Additional doc online via Yamaha (power user pack, breath controller etc).
Features:
Great selection of board voices. User bank can store your own 64 voices; presets include bank for touchEG, velocity (ie. keys), breath controller and others.
Ease of Use:
Becoming familiar with ALL of the parameters will take some time - ease of changing these will vary by synth (unless the computer editor is used). Online tutor files avail. from Yamaha.
Sound:
Wonderful - have used sound bank via BC3 breath controller as well as the other banks. The voices using just the keys sounded terrific - esp. Trumpet and Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) and were very expressive and breathy, depending on velocity. First class.
Action:
Easy to install, right out of the box. Installation depends on the synth (of course) but my ES8 isn't a rack, it's the 88-key keyboard (card fits into the rear via removal of one screw). One note at a time (monophonic mode) or change the generator to poly mode (via COMMON/General/SF2 on the Motif ES8). Great effects too.
Value:
Yes - cost effective expansion of my existing keyboard. Box comes with CD-ROM of computer editor (Windows and Mac). Product shines with a BC3 breath controller but isn't required IMHO though voice selection is curtailed without it.
Do you own this product?:
Yes