MOTIFATOR.COM HELPS KEEP YAMAHA MOTIF HOT

—Top Software Developer Provides Forum Website for Users—

BUENA PARK, CA (December 27, 2002)—The Yamaha Motif Music Production Synthesizer continues to be one of the hottest synths on the planet, thanks in part to Motifator.com, a third party support and forum website for Motif users. Developed by the web designers at leading content company Keyfax Software of Santa Cruz (CA), the site provides information on the inner workings of Motif through discussion forums, downloadable content and "how-to" clinics. Visitors can also swap grooves, enter contests, pick up special accessories such as custom audio and MIDI file data, and see how some of the top names in the business—"Motifated People"—are incorporating Motif into their work.

The site is based around a central communications area, "MotiForum," where questions and requests can be answered, and where new grooves and screenshots can be uploaded or downloaded. In the extensive "Behind the Manual" area, Motif's many applications and facilities can be discussed in a direct, yet relaxed manner.

Julian Colbeck, CEO of Keyfax, notes, "The Yamaha Motif Music Production Synthesizer is an incredibly multi-faceted instrument, and still has a lot to offer. Motifator.com reflects its many musical opportunities and possibilities, from sample-based music production—both recorded and live—to painstaking sound and groove design incorporating MIDI and audio."

The Yamaha Motif Music Production Synthesizer combines the sonic power of the world's most advanced synthesizer, the hands-on immediacy of a groove box, a unique Integrated Sampling Sequencer and an approachable user interface in one package. The 61-key Motif 6, 76-key Motif 7, and weighted-action 88-key Motif 8 feature some of the best sounds from the Yamaha S80, 9000 Pro, and EX5 and EX7 synthesizers, Modular Synthesis plug-in slots for expansion, and an improved category search function for quick access to sounds.

The heart of Motif is the Integrated Sampling Sequencer (ISS), which allows both MIDI and audio to be combined seamlessly. Users may "slice" audio based on amplitude peaks, then manipulate those pieces as if they were regular MIDI data. Motif contains linear and pattern sequencers (with the ability to transfer data between the two), plus four real-time physical sliders and four physical knobs, which work as 16 virtual knobs and 16 virtual sliders when used with the expanded real-time control functions.

In addition, templates are included for using Motif as a remote control surface for some of the industry's most popular software sequencers (including Steinberg Cubase VST, Logic Audio, Cakewalk and Digidesign Pro Tools).

Motif is a favorite in the field, as well. Read a review from Electronic Musician magazine.

For more information on the Yamaha Motif Music Production Synthesizer, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, Digital Musical Instruments, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail info@yamaha.com; visit www.yamaha.com or www.yamahasynth.com or www.motifator.com.