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I n t r o d u c t i o n
I n t r o d u c t i o n
Thank you for purchasing the "Vintage Keys" sound library for the
Yamaha Motif XS. This sound library contains 128 voices and 1 user
arpeggio which is required for use with one of the voices.
"Vintage Keys" was the second DCP Productions sound library made
for the Yamaha Motif series synthesizer/workstations – dating all the
way back to 2003 and the original Motif "Classic". This, the "XS"
version, represents a considerable leap forward from the Motif
Classic and ES-series versions, and includes significant re-workings
of the original voices, as well as a large number of brand new voices.
Additional research into the keyboards and synths emulated, plus
extensive use of the new features in the Motif XS (such as assignable
switches, 8 element architecture, key-off triggering, etc.) result in
what is the most comprehensive and authentic collection of vintage
keyboard and synth sounds ever created for any Yamaha
workstation.
The library is divided into two groups of 64 voices each. The first
group (A1 to D16) consists of electric pianos, clavinets and other
"keyboard" sounds. The second group (E1 to H16) consists of classic
"synthesizer "sounds. By "vintage", we refer to keyboards and
synthesizers built before 1987.
It would be impossible to include emulations of every electric
keyboard or synth ever built. For that reason, this collection largely
contains emulations of what could more or less be considered the
"greatest hits" of vintage keys - the Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric
pianos, the Hohner clavinet, Yamaha CP70, Yamaha FM
synthesizers, the Moog Minimoog and Memorymoog, ARP Odyssey
and 2600, Sequential Prophet 5 and T8, Oberheim OB synths, and
Roland Jupiter/Juno synths, with the occasional "honorable mention"
synth such as the Korg Polysix and EMS Synthi AKS.
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