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Yamaha Motif
Workstation synthesiser, 2001 onwards (later ES, MO and XS versions to 2007). Sample-based (AWM2): up to four sampled waveforms per voice through resonant multimode digital filters, with sequencer, sampler and effects. Yamaha's standard stage and studio workstation of the 2000s.
Source, read 15 Nov 2026
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- 4 Minutes
Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland · Hard Candy, 2008
- Brass samples · InstrumentReportedThe engineer believes the horn samples came from the Motif, but says he is not sure.
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A collection of sample-based workstations (M1, Trinity, Triton) from just before the Motif, which build sounds from stored samples in the same way; it is not a model of this unit.
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