This is the best yamaha synth existing so far. It was (and still is -2012-) father of the Motif. Incredible analog sounds, brasses, elegant pads, Rhodes, HiFi sound in maximal expression !! Makes every record sound professional.
Still my absolute favorite Hardware Synthesizer I own. The Strings, Pads, Bells and EDM type Lead sounds this Beast is capable of still blow my mind. AWM2, Virtual Analog, Physical Modelling, FDSP & ReSampling in one unit plus great Effects and a very good Keyboard - the EX5 is my Master keyboard and shall always be my personal Number One.
This guy's vids are incredibly informative! His playing skills and ability to interpret each instrument's style & character is phenomenally astounding. His playing & musical presentation is tremendously flawless!
I have current high end Yamaha and Korg gear and a Receptor but nothing sounds like an EX. I have bought and sold loads of keys over the last 10 years trying to find something to compliment or better the expressiveness of my EX and now recognise that my Blue Singing Machine will be a keeper
Yea, the EX5 does have a really warm & unique sound. I really love it. Some of my higher end synths include; Korg Kronos X & Triton, Yamaha Motif Classic & EX5, Kurzweil PC3K, & Alesis Fusion. I like the EX5 more than my Motif, but the Triton (Pro X 88 w/EXB-MOSS & EXB-PCM Analog Archive/Trance Attack) is my personal favorite. BTW, are you familiar with ex5tech.com? There are hundreds (if not 1,000s) of great & awesome EX5 patches there, all free.
Ive played many hours on this synth. The depth of what is possible is astonishing and can take you weeks to learn. An underrated keyboard of the highest quality from Yamaha.
Had the 'board for ages, then migrated to the EX5R rack, which is now fully loaded with all the extras including floppy emulator & 'Sector-101' 16Mb Flash expanded memory option. Sounds incredible still, after all these years. It has to be one of Yamaha's best ever workstation-based synths - worth it alone for the Extended Synthesis engines covering virtual analogue AN, virtual acoustic VL, Formulated Digital Sound Processing FDSP and of course is a fully-fledged sampling work horse, where you can compliment the Advanced Wave Memory AWM2 engine to create some amazing patches. Digital filters on this are ace too !! Nice upload Katsunori-san 😎🎹👍
I agree. I bought this keyboard on eBay last year (I have the blue instead of the silver edition). This is where the first generation Motif was born. The EX5 has some incredible sounds that are timeless. I admit the acoustic pianos are more suited for "Pop" than "Classical", but the electric pianos are A+. This is one keyboard I'll never part with.
Such a power house of sound programming! I was still touring with my SY99 when this thing came out. And later jumped to the then brand new Motif, ignoring the EX5. What a miss was that! I just realize it buying one after 22 years!
I had one (which I upgraded with memory and a SCSI drive). I sold it, but I keep wishing I hadn't. It was HEAVY to haul around, but the keybed was great and the board felt solid. It was a great controller with good aftertouch. Sounds were good as long as you didn't expect super realistic stuff (VSTs do better). Synthesis was a bit confusing and required a lot of menu diving, but results were worth it. Sound sets from folks on the EX5 forums really made it shine.
The EX5 is not the best workstation or sequencer, BUT if you use it purely as a SYNTHESIZER it is one of the best and deepest digital synths ever made. The acoustic instruments are good too, but this thing is BEAST for evolving pads, washing warm harmonic rich tones and crazy out of this world type sounds.
That's a hard one to answer. It depends on what you are looking for. I paid around $450 for mine, but I got a great deal on it. They are sometimes going for $650. I wouldn't pay that much for this unit, I would shop around or try to talk the person down to around $500ish. Again, it depends on what you are looking for. If you want fantastic piano, strings and deep sounding low end on acoustic instruments & pads, then this is your baby. Its a monster in terms of size, its dated in the sense it has a floppy drive. I actually sold mine for $550 in PERFECT shape, because it was way too big to keep, and I have several other instruments that could do the same thing in the areas I wanted them to. I hope this helps.
@ EgoShredder WOW I do NOT know, I had to sell mine :( very sad but I needed the room, it was a tank in the studio and I had so many other synths that I used more. The sound though is really FANTASTIC!
Great video as usual! Just makes me sad thinking about all the amazing synthesis technology Yamaha is just sitting on. The EX5 combined virtual analogue, physical modeling, FM... We can't even get a FS2r formant/FM out of Yamaha, I understand the ROMpler workstations are where the money is, but KORG has been putting out amazing synths for years, come on Yamaha! By the way, I'd love to see a Monotribe demo when they finally launch. :D
Cool eh? I got one too, when they were being dumped in the UK. Had it shipped it over to the Netherlands for £60. It was £100 more expensive than the blue one, if I remember correctly. All in all, I paid just over 3000 Dutch guilders (around €1400) for it brand new, whereas I saw a second-hand one in Amsterdam for 4000 Dutch guilders, with a thick layer of dust under the keys.
Severity One Mann lucky you!!!! Haha I have a good ole blue one here in the closet that I absolutely refuse to let go of :) Probably one of the most underrated synths of all time
Local ad, he was also selling an FS1R for $150 but I called him on that and he said he had bidders on it, was on $550 at that time so I backed out, didn't want it that badly. He didn't know what the stuff was worth.
thins think is a beauty, i remember walking into a music shop and playing all these other synths, then just before i left i saw this and tried it...i played about 5 samples, and the sound was gorgeous, best synth, must have been good i still remember it clearly...can't go wrong with this one
@efectooro7 El Yamaha EX5 es un teclado legendario, muy respetado, es todo un clasico, tiene una potencia tremenda, para mi el mejor teclado en su epoca, tanto asi que fue el teclado base de los MOTIF...!!!
I have just bought the EX7. Wow what a great synth. I own four Yamaha synths now. The piano on the EX is the best I've heard, but no weighted keys I believe. the sax sounds excellent. can't wait for it to come. Excellent demo. thank you so much.
I have just ordered an EX7 too. Wanted a good Yamaha synth. For arrangements I gotten the Korg Karma..and for piano weighted keys.. the Kurzweil. So, no need to expect just what I look from any.
Wow, this oldie beats even much more younger Yamaha's (16 programs per performence, differend synthtype, not only AWM2...) Did I hear Eric Norlander sounds?
Maybe these synthesizers were used in hits from 2000 to 2002 For example, probably songs like: Try Again by Aaliyah (March 2000) It Wasn't Me by Shaggy (November 2000) Survivor by Destiny's Child (March 2001) Without Me by Eminem (May 2002)
There's really no difference with the blue EX5. The box says "EX5S", the logo on the back (facing the audience) is a bit bigger... that's it. Mine is fully kitted out with 64 MB RAM, 16 MB flash, SCSI and four extra outputs. As for our bedroom, that's the only room in the house that isn't air conditioned. Plus it's 33 degrees C, and summer hasn't even started... :)
My biggest dissatisfaction with the Yamaha synths is the lack of multi synth engines - which they pioneered and simply allowed Korg to dictate since...
Predecesor del primer Yamaha Motif, claramente usa el sonido de piano llamado Power Grand usado en muchos pianos y teclados Yamaha, solo que aqui en el EX5 suena con una calidad inferior.
Seems unlikely it's unequivocally better :) Seems more flexible. But as a sequencer I can't believe it's better. Surely the Motif's grand piano is better, it has a lot more wave memory. I am curious, have you owned the XF? I have owned the XS, XF and Moxf6. And the XF is indepensible for me. I did feel I had to add some other synths, so bought a Virus, Blofeld and Prophet 12 over some time. But the XF is my centerpiece - sequencing, drums, acoustic stuff, organs...I use the basses on the Virus a lot, but I like the Motif's as well. I don't enjoy programming Motif patches much, it's not hands on, and it doesn't have modulation options like the other three.
The EX5 is a synthesizer with some workstations capabilities, the Motif is a workstation with some synth skills. They're both so different in concept to try comparison...
I doubt the EX5 is better in term of sample based synthesis, as the Motif came after, has more memory, the pianos should sound more 00's than 90's on the motif. Not saying that the EX5 sucks, it sounds really good in this demo
Neither the EX5 or the EX7 were strong in the sequencing department.., but BOTH are amazing just for the synth capabilities. Granted the EX7 was more watered down.., but it too was great as a synth.
@maidiremirko same sample sets pretty much. Yamaha took a lot of great samples and have been making them available for years in different configurations. The A4000 cds are probably the "rawest" format of those samples available commercially.
I still have one of these that I got in 1997. I used it a lot in rock bands and still use it to this day. I've never seen a white one. Mine is the blue beast. My only complaints are that it is REALLY heavy and difficult to use. The manual is virtually useless.
Too bad - but thankfully one can simply hook up a good 88 note controller for full piano. Or connect a later-model Electone with dual 61 note keyboards and bass pedals. Something like the ELS-01X or ELX-1m. These were designed to work together.
Would it be in any way redundant to buy this and the SY99 already owning a PSR-S950? The S950 reproduces many of these type of patches (FM pianos, complex pads), but I'm so drawn to the lushness and grit of the SY & EX! Should I buy just one or the other (the latter probably having some edge)?
Am taking this in few days time for just 350Euros. Do you think thats a bargain?And pls say more about the synth?Does it have a hard disk or a sampler???
EX5/7 dernier Synthétiseur Workstation multi-synthèses de chez Yamaha, perso j'ai la version rack, l'EX5R, mais j'adorerais avoir cette version "anniversaire" :-)
this was a great synth in its day. I thought it sounded better than the Korg Trinity which was the competition at the time. I went with the Trinity because it had an aluminum case instead of the cheap AN1X style plastic. and the Korg was infinitely more user friendly.
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This is the best yamaha synth existing so far. It was (and still is -2012-) father of the Motif. Incredible analog sounds, brasses, elegant pads, Rhodes, HiFi sound in maximal expression !! Makes every record sound professional.
fantastic. even without the English captioning I could watch this guy all day!
Yeah, this guy knows his stuff, he plays really well and you can tell he’s enjoying himself.
Still my absolute favorite Hardware Synthesizer I own. The Strings, Pads, Bells and EDM type Lead sounds this Beast is capable of still blow my mind. AWM2, Virtual Analog, Physical Modelling, FDSP & ReSampling in one unit plus great Effects and a very good Keyboard - the EX5 is my Master keyboard and shall always be my personal Number One.
This guy's vids are incredibly informative! His playing skills and ability to interpret each instrument's style & character is phenomenally astounding. His playing & musical presentation is tremendously flawless!
I have current high end Yamaha and Korg gear and a Receptor but nothing sounds like an EX. I have bought and sold loads of keys over the last 10 years trying to find something to compliment or better the expressiveness of my EX and now recognise that my Blue Singing Machine will be a keeper
Yea, the EX5 does have a really warm & unique sound. I really love it. Some of my higher end synths include; Korg Kronos X & Triton, Yamaha Motif Classic & EX5, Kurzweil PC3K, & Alesis Fusion. I like the EX5 more than my Motif, but the Triton (Pro X 88 w/EXB-MOSS & EXB-PCM Analog Archive/Trance Attack) is my personal favorite.
BTW, are you familiar with ex5tech.com? There are hundreds (if not 1,000s) of great & awesome EX5 patches there, all free.
Lots of EX5 fans here- nice.
Katsunori UJIIE reminds me of why I won't sell my EX5-R. The VL Shakuhachi, Trumpet, and Sax are extraordinary.
This man must be a studio musician from back in the day. His technical interpretations of each patch are always so perfect.
I know that Katsunori took part in recording some tracks for video games, like ActRaiser for SNES.
Ive played many hours on this synth. The depth of what is possible is astonishing and can take you weeks to learn. An underrated keyboard of the highest quality from Yamaha.
Great demo- even many years later. I enjoy your demos!
The EX5 is one of the best synths ever! I love mine. Other synths come and go in my studio, but the EX5 will stay forever! So inspiring and lush.
i have no idea what he is saying but i love his reviews. if nothing else he obviously LOVES his instruments and he can certainly PLAY very well.
I'm here because the Oyaji, always like the way he explains stuff with full of energy and excitement :D
Had the 'board for ages, then migrated to the EX5R rack, which is now fully loaded with all the extras including floppy emulator & 'Sector-101' 16Mb Flash expanded memory option. Sounds incredible still, after all these years. It has to be one of Yamaha's best ever workstation-based synths - worth it alone for the Extended Synthesis engines covering virtual analogue AN, virtual acoustic VL, Formulated Digital Sound Processing FDSP and of course is a fully-fledged sampling work horse, where you can compliment the Advanced Wave Memory AWM2 engine to create some amazing patches. Digital filters on this are ace too !! Nice upload Katsunori-san 😎🎹👍
I agree. I bought this keyboard on eBay last year (I have the blue instead of the silver edition). This is where the first generation Motif was born. The EX5 has some incredible sounds that are timeless. I admit the acoustic pianos are more suited for "Pop" than "Classical", but the electric pianos are A+. This is one keyboard I'll never part with.
English sub-title is available now !
What sound patch is the one at 9:00 minutes?
Such a power house of sound programming! I was still touring with my SY99 when this thing came out. And later jumped to the then brand new Motif, ignoring the EX5. What a miss was that! I just realize it buying one after 22 years!
I had one (which I upgraded with memory and a SCSI drive). I sold it, but I keep wishing I hadn't. It was HEAVY to haul around, but the keybed was great and the board felt solid. It was a great controller with good aftertouch. Sounds were good as long as you didn't expect super realistic stuff (VSTs do better). Synthesis was a bit confusing and required a lot of menu diving, but results were worth it. Sound sets from folks on the EX5 forums really made it shine.
The EX5 is not the best workstation or sequencer, BUT if you use it purely as a SYNTHESIZER it is one of the best and deepest digital synths ever made. The acoustic instruments are good too, but this thing is BEAST for evolving pads, washing warm harmonic rich tones and crazy out of this world type sounds.
They were made from 1998 - 2000 ... I had one...I loved it...someone stole it from me in 2011...thanks for video
7:44 that super mario 64 feeling!!!
The precursor to the amazing Motif series...! And it sounds just as good as any of the Motif models. Yamaha surely knows music...!
one of the best demos I have ever seen
These are fantastic instruments to own and play. I have the 76 keyboard and it sounds incredible!
Pure Ambient Drone is the 76 keys worth to buy for $650?
That's a hard one to answer. It depends on what you are looking for. I paid around $450 for mine, but I got a great deal on it. They are sometimes going for $650. I wouldn't pay that much for this unit, I would shop around or try to talk the person down to around $500ish. Again, it depends on what you are looking for. If you want fantastic piano, strings and deep sounding low end on acoustic instruments & pads, then this is your baby. Its a monster in terms of size, its dated in the sense it has a floppy drive. I actually sold mine for $550 in PERFECT shape, because it was way too big to keep, and I have several other instruments that could do the same thing in the areas I wanted them to. I hope this helps.
You can't beat these things for the price.
Hard drive connected via SCSI possible?
@ EgoShredder WOW I do NOT know, I had to sell mine :( very sad but I needed the room, it was a tank in the studio and I had so many other synths that I used more. The sound though is really FANTASTIC!
こうやって見ると今売ってるシンセより良いような気さえしてしまうね。
I’ve got the EX7, baby brother & it is superb even today
ラックマウント版のEX5R所有してて重宝してますが、鍵盤付き欲しいなぁ。ホイール三つとリボンコントローラーがたまらん!! この映像の尺八でも紹介されてますが、VLはピッチベンドやベロシティで人間が演奏してるかの様な生々しいノイズが出るのがPCMには無い面白さです。
Picked up a EX5. Enjoying it!!!
Great video as usual! Just makes me sad thinking about all the amazing synthesis technology Yamaha is just sitting on. The EX5 combined virtual analogue, physical modeling, FM... We can't even get a FS2r formant/FM out of Yamaha, I understand the ROMpler workstations are where the money is, but KORG has been putting out amazing synths for years, come on Yamaha!
By the way, I'd love to see a Monotribe demo when they finally launch. :D
As a JV-ten eighty owner I must say this is amazing
What made you reach back and do a Yamaha EX5 video after so many years?
Gospel Musicians Do you still use yours?
The band Isis
Aw SNAP, he's got the Millenium Edition
Cool eh? I got one too, when they were being dumped in the UK. Had it shipped it over to the Netherlands for £60. It was £100 more expensive than the blue one, if I remember correctly. All in all, I paid just over 3000 Dutch guilders (around €1400) for it brand new, whereas I saw a second-hand one in Amsterdam for 4000 Dutch guilders, with a thick layer of dust under the keys.
Severity One Mann lucky you!!!! Haha I have a good ole blue one here in the closet that I absolutely refuse to let go of :) Probably one of the most underrated synths of all time
I saw one for sale for $300. Didn't get it though, this thing is too large to keep if you don't really need it.
F0nkyNinja omg WHERE?????!!! LOL I have the blue one but want that silver one too!
Local ad, he was also selling an FS1R for $150 but I called him on that and he said he had bidders on it, was on $550 at that time so I backed out, didn't want it that badly. He didn't know what the stuff was worth.
This was an awesome demo! Thank you Katsunori!
thins think is a beauty, i remember walking into a music shop and playing all these other synths, then just before i left i saw this and tried it...i played about 5 samples, and the sound was gorgeous, best synth, must have been good i still remember it clearly...can't go wrong with this one
Well done maestro, you bring back former glory to this old synths!
@efectooro7 El Yamaha EX5 es un teclado legendario, muy respetado, es todo un clasico, tiene una potencia tremenda, para mi el mejor teclado en su epoca, tanto asi que fue el teclado base de los MOTIF...!!!
EX5は90年代前半から中期ではなく 後期の98年発売ですね。
I watch this every day, or at least listen while it plays in the background
From when... I was love your sound, Ujiie-san.
I have just bought the EX7. Wow what a great synth. I own four Yamaha synths now. The piano on the EX is the best I've heard, but no weighted keys I believe. the sax sounds excellent. can't wait for it to come. Excellent demo. thank you so much.
I have just ordered an EX7 too. Wanted a good Yamaha synth. For arrangements I gotten the Korg Karma..and for piano weighted keys.. the Kurzweil. So, no need to expect just what I look from any.
Bought yesterday.still shocked how it sounds
EX5 has so much dynamics, the VL engine is just genius, the sounds are expressive, I love it so much! Why did I gave it away!!! :'(
EX5持ってます。1パートづつ贅沢に音源使って多重録音やってます。
EX5/7 & Kurzweil K2600S, always be my favorite.
These videos are fantastic. I've learned a great deal about these old school synths, thanks man!
Wow, this oldie beats even much more younger Yamaha's (16 programs per performence, differend synthtype, not only AWM2...) Did I hear Eric Norlander sounds?
@GospelMusicians I think it‘s pure nostalgia, isn‘t it? A great synthesizer like EX5 brings us nostalgia!
Korg made VSTi version on Triton, come on Yamaha 😎
発売年度を考えるとマルチティンバーのツールとして使いたいユーザーが多い時期だったと思いますが、ＹＡＭＡＨＡもフラッグシップ機たるモンスターシンセを発売する上で、「できるだけマルチティンバーの主力とは考えないで欲しい」というある意味妥協の産物だったと言えそうですね。むしろ今日日、中古で安く手に入れるのにはお得な一台だと言えそうですね。
Pianist excellent, very good indeed, yamaha EX5 amazing!
Crap, this thing's amazing, especially for the era. So many great sounds, and the 'morph between scenes' is way ahead of its time.
Beautiful sound and beautiful keyboard.
This is a great sounding synthesizer.
I've only ever seen two: one second-hand at Dirk Witte in Amsterdam, and the other in my guest bedroom. :)
最後、マルチティンバー音源として使うと死ぬほどバラついたりモタったりすることも紹介してくださいｗ
MUで入門したので同じ感覚で打ち込んで笑った、いや泣いた思い出が
8:36 beautiful sequence !
Maybe these synthesizers were used in hits from 2000 to 2002
For example, probably songs like:
Try Again by Aaliyah (March 2000)
It Wasn't Me by Shaggy (November 2000)
Survivor by Destiny's Child (March 2001)
Without Me by Eminem (May 2002)
There's really no difference with the blue EX5. The box says "EX5S", the logo on the back (facing the audience) is a bit bigger... that's it. Mine is fully kitted out with 64 MB RAM, 16 MB flash, SCSI and four extra outputs.
As for our bedroom, that's the only room in the house that isn't air conditioned. Plus it's 33 degrees C, and summer hasn't even started... :)
My biggest dissatisfaction with the Yamaha synths is the lack of multi synth engines - which they pioneered and simply allowed Korg to dictate since...
No, but you can get its controller map to use it as a midi-controller on a program such as Cubase.
Predecesor del primer Yamaha Motif, claramente usa el sonido de piano llamado Power Grand usado en muchos pianos y teclados Yamaha, solo que aqui en el EX5 suena con una calidad inferior.
冒頭のシンセパッド(クリスタルレイク)は、後のMOTIFにもプリセットされてますね。
no the guy who made them is nobuo uematsu and he is katsunori ujiie
If EX5 was released after motif XF, it would be an upgrade.
Robbinsffxi EX5 was released in 98, in my mind the motif came around the same time as the rs7000 which was around 2002/3
the EX5 is better then motifxf
Seems unlikely it's unequivocally better :) Seems more flexible. But as a sequencer I can't believe it's better. Surely the Motif's grand piano is better, it has a lot more wave memory. I am curious, have you owned the XF? I have owned the XS, XF and Moxf6. And the XF is indepensible for me. I did feel I had to add some other synths, so bought a Virus, Blofeld and Prophet 12 over some time. But the XF is my centerpiece - sequencing, drums, acoustic stuff, organs...I use the basses on the Virus a lot, but I like the Motif's as well. I don't enjoy programming Motif patches much, it's not hands on, and it doesn't have modulation options like the other three.
The EX5 is a synthesizer with some workstations capabilities, the Motif is a workstation with some synth skills. They're both so different in concept to try comparison...
I doubt the EX5 is better in term of sample based synthesis, as the Motif came after, has more memory, the pianos should sound more 00's than 90's on the motif. Not saying that the EX5 sucks, it sounds really good in this demo
It's an old board but I love mine!!!
5:30 Trompeto
11:04 - 11:32 man you rock! that was some nice zelda like stuff!
Neither the EX5 or the EX7 were strong in the sequencing department.., but BOTH are amazing just for the synth capabilities. Granted the EX7 was more watered down.., but it too was great as a synth.
@maidiremirko same sample sets pretty much. Yamaha took a lot of great samples and have been making them available for years in different configurations. The A4000 cds are probably the "rawest" format of those samples available commercially.
Plus it has the features of the QY700 sequencer in it too. 😊
Awesome playing!!!!
11:05 Just a brilliant!
It's Japanese, nimrod. I'm thinking Osaka dialect, since he's quite heavy on his vowels.
I still have one of these that I got in 1997. I used it a lot in rock bands and still use it to this day. I've never seen a white one. Mine is the blue beast. My only complaints are that it is REALLY heavy and difficult to use. The manual is virtually useless.
03:54
Is anyone else getting distortion in the right channel when he demos a phaser effect?
Jesus loves you Katsunori.
Piano sounds are so similar to Motif classic
The Motif classic is the direct sucessor of this machine
And the AN1x! Conquering for number one with the Clavia's!
Great synth! Great music and playing. Thank you!
当時のYAMAHAシンセ最高機種だから未だに人気ですね。未だに中古で3万強～4万強しちゃう。
Amazing, could you play a complete song sometime?
That third wheel is like knob on montage !
Beautiful job. Auguries for great Japan, hello from' Italy
i about to go throw my very generic moxf6 in the garbege,but still got my TX-7 which is a beast
It sounds the Motif / Mo series lol but that 3rd weel is fantastic for Trumpet articulation!
I PREFER THIS GUY THAN JORDAN RUDESS PLAYING
Jordan does not play, he runs
or richard devine? :o
but jexus aka wc olo grab is also great
Jexus is not a very good player.
Duh, because he is better.
Too bad - but thankfully one can simply hook up a good 88 note controller for full piano. Or connect a later-model Electone with dual 61 note keyboards and bass pedals. Something like the ELS-01X or ELX-1m. These were designed to work together.
This was the ancestor of the MODX
much nicer tone than the motif series, far greater programmability ; just a much better synth.
I would have to agree with you
I still have mine after all these years.
このシルバーは浅倉だいちゃんもお気に入りのやつですね。まぁ、ライバルとしてはローランドのJVかな。今でも使えるクリアな音
Mind blowing demo.
Would it be in any way redundant to buy this and the SY99 already owning a PSR-S950? The S950 reproduces many of these type of patches (FM pianos, complex pads), but I'm so drawn to the lushness and grit of the SY & EX! Should I buy just one or the other (the latter probably having some edge)?
great demo of abilities - bravo!
Bend wheel, two mod wheels AND a ribbon controller? Talk about overkill.
@ Yangshensensen - NO
Прикольно когда японец играет на японском инструменте :)
No, there's only the EX5 (76 keys) and the EX7 (61 keys and restricted functionality and polyphony).
Great man and instrument
Am taking this in few days time for just 350Euros. Do you think thats a bargain?And pls say more about the synth?Does it have a hard disk or a sampler???
EX5/7 dernier Synthétiseur Workstation multi-synthèses de chez Yamaha, perso j'ai la version rack, l'EX5R, mais j'adorerais avoir cette version "anniversaire" :-)
Hi
I'm based in Tokyo Japan (Kawaguchi) and would like to visit you at your studio for some general advice related to my studio.
Thanks
Tren
this was a great synth in its day. I thought it sounded better than the Korg Trinity which was the competition at the time. I went with the Trinity because it had an aluminum case instead of the cheap AN1X style plastic. and the Korg was infinitely more user friendly.